Our Work: Support |
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All neighborhoods have developed ways to reach out to residents and recruit volunteers. The capacity to tap this energy and channel citizen engagement is often limited, however. Insufficient funding, the lack of skilled local neighborhood organizers, and a perspective that is often too parochial in nature can all work to hinder a neighborhood organization’s ability to fully engage its residents. The Center provides tools to help organizations overcome these barriers to participation. |
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| This year, the Center's Corridor Housing Initiative will facilitate a planning process that merges the community development priorities of neighborhoods and the City of Minneapolis and identifies viable sites for affordable housing development. | |
| Two recent Center publications,
Minneapolis Zoning Basics and the Development Handbook for Neighborhoods,
provide valuable insight into navigating the development process and
understanding zoning restrictions.
Other Center publications, an in-house library and on-line Resource Guide provide information on organizational tools, funding trends, policy analysis and local and national resources. |
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| In 2002, the Center's Exploring Methods and Models of Inclusive Organizing initiative presented a series of focus groups facilitated by the Center looked at ways to involve low-income residents, renters, people of color and new immigrants in neighborhood planning and revitalization. | |