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Corridor Housing Initiative Providing a framework for housing development |
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The Corridor Housing Initiative is an exciting
partnership among neighborhoods, city government, and a
technical team of development consultants, design experts, and facilitators
to connect market opportunities with neighborhood goals. Our goal is to
support great neighborhoods as they explore housing choices for a mix of incomes
and households, with access to transportation options, retail amenities,
parks, and job opportunities.
The Corridor Housing Initiative reduces front-end costs for developers by providing community support for development through suggested development guidelines, neighborhood and City support for higher density development through zoning recommendations, and increased access to available City funding cycles. |
The Corridor Housing Initiative has won the 2005 Special Community Initiative Outstanding Planning Award from the Minnesota Chapter of the American Planning Association (MnAPA). The award recognizes successful use of the planning process in nontraditional settings, with an emphasis on projects that expand public understanding of the planning process. The award will be formally presented at the MnAPA state planning conference in Alexandria at the end of September. For more information on MnAPA, please visit their website. |
| The Metropolitan Design Center has developed a number of important educational tools used in the Corridor Housing Initiative. Visit their website to access some of these tools and learn more about their role. | |
| Project Partners
- Phase I Phase I of the Corridor Housing Initiative was designed through a collaboration of the Minneapolis Mayor's office, Department of Community Planning and Economic Development (formerly Planning Department and Minneapolis Community Development Agency), Minneapolis Public Housing Authority, Hennepin County Transit and Community Works Department, Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Dewar & Associates, Inc., Center for Neighborhoods, and advised by a number of neighborhood and CDC representatives. |
Five Minneapolis
Corridors participated in the first phase I of the Corridor Housing
Initiative:
• Nicollet Avenue in Loring Park Click here to learn more about these five projects!
More about the Initiative |
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Phase II Phase II of the Initiative, currently in the planning stage, will make the resources of the Initiative available to St. Paul and Twin Cities Metro suburbs. |
If you're interested in accessing the Initiative's technical resources for your community, please contact Gretchen Nicholls at the Center for Neighborhoods. |
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"As the city continues its work to clarify goals, resources, and structure it is critical that we continue to engage our neighborhoods and community partners in constructive and proactive ways so that we can succeed together." - R.T. Rybak, Minneapolis Mayor |
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