Can’t believe we’re already at the end of 2007 and will be starting new adventures for 2008 very shortly. Reflecting back over this year, I’m grateful to be working with a group of such dedicated neighbors as the SCNA Board. This has been an amazing year for our neighborhood group. In preparation for 2009, we have taken steps to grow in new ways this year thanks to our volunteers and efforts of the newly formed Finance committee. This December, this City Council and Mayor will be making historical decisions that may end the NRP program and change the face of how neighborhoods and residents interact with the City forever.
The Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) is unique in the nation for civic participation through the current independent system of NRP. In its nearly twenty-year history, NRP and we have reached some pretty monumental accomplishments. (see www.neighbors4nrp.com). If the City changes the structure and interface to be more of a City department, it will mean some pretty big changes ahead for all neighborhood groups across the City, notjust SCNA.
Until then, SCNA continues it’s important nonprofit work in the neighborhood of promoting the neighborhood and educating residents. This past month our SCNA Board members Jeff Johnson, Brian and Bonnie Hitchcock, Emily Stull, Marsha and Rock Rochow, and the Camden Youth Engagement Project(CYEP) attended the first two Minneapolis School Reuse meetings. They were well attended and the discussion is just starting in this long process of discovering what reuses are
possible of these sites. The Camden Youth Engagement ProjectCrew brought five things to SCNA’s attention as to what they would like to see at the site and reasons for them. We look forward to continuing to work with the CYEP to help them reach their goals to better our community.
Congratulations to our SCNA Secretary and former Chair, Jeffrey L. Strand for being reelected to the NRP policy Board. He’ll be a strong advocate for neighborhood organizations as he has been in the past. I look forward to learning much from him in the future as we both work on common neighborhood policy board issues together.
Many thanks also to SCNA resident Mary Scott who brought her idea for a story that she had been hearing was a concern to residents, did some research and wrote a story to share in this month’s newsletter. We’re open to anyone’s ideas or help so please feel free to contact us at scna@stribmail.com or our staff at 763-561-1616 anytime.
Happy Holidays from all of us at SCNA and hope to see you in 2008!
Brock Hanson,
SCNA Chair
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Thursday, November 1, 2007
November 2007 Greetings
Well it’s getting to be fall, and I am sure everyone’s enjoying having leaves fall and raking them into nice little piles. If your yard is like mine, your Maples will be full until well into November and I’ll be writing the December Greetings from a leafy snowpile. Let’s get what we’ve been working on this last month out of the way first. Our major event was the hosting of the Camden Alliance of Neighborhoods (CAN!). We had on attendance of over 40 residents of the Camden Community, along with Directors of the Minneapolis School Board and Superintendent. We were brought up to speed as to what is happening with the North Side Initiative and where they were in getting community input in on their closed buildings. A school building community input meeting is planned for North Minneapolis on Saturday, November 10th, 10-Noon at Plymouth Christian Youth Center, 2210 Oliver Ave. N or Thursday Nov. 15 6:30-8:30 pm at Creekview Park.
For more details go to www.mpls.k12.mn.us/CADP_Meetings
When I’m biking or at meetings meeting new neighbors, I often hear the question, “What is the Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association and what does it do?” SCNA is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, made up of neighborhood volunteers, working on bettering the neighborhood and community at the grassroots level. Here
are just some of our accomplishments:
♦Over the past fifteen years, we have provided over 250 residents and leveraged over 1 million dollars of home improvements with low interest loans for home
repairs, which have increased the value of all of our properties. We also contributed with other neighborhoods toward the Shingle Creek Commons building.
♦ We have provided funds to Olson Jr High to repair their gym floor, supported various Minneapolis Park Board activities and programs atSummer, Summer Stars, Skateboard Park, Lighted Sign, Haunted House and various other efforts.
♦ SCNA provides open community meetings for all residents to freely participate in discussions and learn about local governmental process and procedures and
provide a supportive learning environment for greater and varied citizen participation through SCNA’s activities, projects, events, and programs.
♦ In the past, SCNA has participated in the planning efforts of the Humboldt Greenway. It has led community-wide planning, visioning, greening and beautification discussions about improving the footprint of the Humboldt Industrial Park area which has led to many improvement such as the Minneapolis usiness Complex at 49th and Osseo Rd, truck traffic reduction, and burming and beautification by various businesses.
♦ SCNA Committee advocated for keeping the Shingle Creek Elementary School open which kept the community asset open for another three years
♦ Most recently, we’ve partnered with most of the Camden neighborhoods to fund the Youth Engagement Project to create an asset map of youth-identified safe
places for youth to hang and provided leadership training.
♦ This newsletter is delivered monthly to inform residents and be a resource of what is going on in the neighborhood and how residents can effect change when seeing something wrong in the neighborhood. We also are able to put on projects and events like the Shingle Creek Clean Up, Tour de Camden, hold a School Supply drive, or help our neighbors put on Holiday on 44th and Heritage Days.
Or another question is: “Why is the City of Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) so unique?”
As I found out from the Des Moines Neighborhood Summit, the current NRP program SCNA participates in as a 501c3 organization, is designed to operate independently to encourage all residents to participate in creating a better community and city from the grassroots “street” level by developing and implementing a neighborhood action plan. It differs from other programs because its not politically driven and a top-down city departmental program. It is
designed and has been fiscally accountable.
There has been more participation of residents as a result of NRP than at any time in the past 40 years. More than 1,000 people are on the Boards of neighborhood organizations city-wide and countless others are volunteers participate.
NRP has also encouraged investment in neighborhoodsMore than $1 billion has been leveraged as a result of the investments of neighborhoods citywide. In a 2005 Harvard Study of NRP, researchers found “Citizens who rated the City favorably are more likely to be familiar with the NRP than those who rate the City unfavorably. The same held true for the rating of one’s neighborhood.” All these factors are just some of the results of NRP.
What makes this program so successful and nationally unique?”
Along with it’s grassroots approach to citizen participation, is the State and City along with other multijurisdictional partners such as the Minneapolis Parks, Hennepin County, Schools, and Libraries all partner and help fund NRP through the City’s Common Project budget. (Not the General Budget that funds police and fire departments.) All of these amazing results take less than 7/10’s of 1% of the whole cities 1.6 billion dollar budget. Many neighborhoods
would have to hold 30 or more fundraising events annually to fund their current organizational programs and projects.
Why am I telling you this you might be asking? Because this November and December the City Council and the Mayor will be determining the critical future of NRP. The 2009 sunset date is being shaped in these next two months. As we have for the past 15 years, SCNA will keep residents informed of any progresses made on this important topic. For more information and updates on this topic go to www.neighbors4nrp.com.
Thank you for the many great questions and comments we received in the last few months. I look forward to hearing more of them and hope to see you November 13th, 6:30pm at Creekview.
For more details go to www.mpls.k12.mn.us/CADP_Meetings
When I’m biking or at meetings meeting new neighbors, I often hear the question, “What is the Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association and what does it do?” SCNA is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, made up of neighborhood volunteers, working on bettering the neighborhood and community at the grassroots level. Here
are just some of our accomplishments:
♦Over the past fifteen years, we have provided over 250 residents and leveraged over 1 million dollars of home improvements with low interest loans for home
repairs, which have increased the value of all of our properties. We also contributed with other neighborhoods toward the Shingle Creek Commons building.
♦ We have provided funds to Olson Jr High to repair their gym floor, supported various Minneapolis Park Board activities and programs atSummer, Summer Stars, Skateboard Park, Lighted Sign, Haunted House and various other efforts.
♦ SCNA provides open community meetings for all residents to freely participate in discussions and learn about local governmental process and procedures and
provide a supportive learning environment for greater and varied citizen participation through SCNA’s activities, projects, events, and programs.
♦ In the past, SCNA has participated in the planning efforts of the Humboldt Greenway. It has led community-wide planning, visioning, greening and beautification discussions about improving the footprint of the Humboldt Industrial Park area which has led to many improvement such as the Minneapolis usiness Complex at 49th and Osseo Rd, truck traffic reduction, and burming and beautification by various businesses.
♦ SCNA Committee advocated for keeping the Shingle Creek Elementary School open which kept the community asset open for another three years
♦ Most recently, we’ve partnered with most of the Camden neighborhoods to fund the Youth Engagement Project to create an asset map of youth-identified safe
places for youth to hang and provided leadership training.
♦ This newsletter is delivered monthly to inform residents and be a resource of what is going on in the neighborhood and how residents can effect change when seeing something wrong in the neighborhood. We also are able to put on projects and events like the Shingle Creek Clean Up, Tour de Camden, hold a School Supply drive, or help our neighbors put on Holiday on 44th and Heritage Days.
Or another question is: “Why is the City of Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) so unique?”
As I found out from the Des Moines Neighborhood Summit, the current NRP program SCNA participates in as a 501c3 organization, is designed to operate independently to encourage all residents to participate in creating a better community and city from the grassroots “street” level by developing and implementing a neighborhood action plan. It differs from other programs because its not politically driven and a top-down city departmental program. It is
designed and has been fiscally accountable.
There has been more participation of residents as a result of NRP than at any time in the past 40 years. More than 1,000 people are on the Boards of neighborhood organizations city-wide and countless others are volunteers participate.
NRP has also encouraged investment in neighborhoodsMore than $1 billion has been leveraged as a result of the investments of neighborhoods citywide. In a 2005 Harvard Study of NRP, researchers found “Citizens who rated the City favorably are more likely to be familiar with the NRP than those who rate the City unfavorably. The same held true for the rating of one’s neighborhood.” All these factors are just some of the results of NRP.
What makes this program so successful and nationally unique?”
Along with it’s grassroots approach to citizen participation, is the State and City along with other multijurisdictional partners such as the Minneapolis Parks, Hennepin County, Schools, and Libraries all partner and help fund NRP through the City’s Common Project budget. (Not the General Budget that funds police and fire departments.) All of these amazing results take less than 7/10’s of 1% of the whole cities 1.6 billion dollar budget. Many neighborhoods
would have to hold 30 or more fundraising events annually to fund their current organizational programs and projects.
Why am I telling you this you might be asking? Because this November and December the City Council and the Mayor will be determining the critical future of NRP. The 2009 sunset date is being shaped in these next two months. As we have for the past 15 years, SCNA will keep residents informed of any progresses made on this important topic. For more information and updates on this topic go to www.neighbors4nrp.com.
Thank you for the many great questions and comments we received in the last few months. I look forward to hearing more of them and hope to see you November 13th, 6:30pm at Creekview.
Monday, October 1, 2007
October 2007 Greetings
Greetings Shingle Creek Neighbors!
Since becoming Chair of the Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association just five months ago, it’s already been quite amazing meeting so many new and old neighbors and hearing how these monthly recaps have been helpful in better understanding the Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association. The efforts of our small group of neighborhood volunteers can and have effected much change in our community. We are very lucky to have and participate in the City of Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program.
Last month, I had the privilege of representing Shingle Creek at the 4th Annual Neighborhood Summit held in Des Moines where over one hundred and twenty representatives from Des Moines, Omaha, Kansas City and Minneapolis attended. After listening to representatives from the other major cities, it was clear how the other cities were more a top-down neighborhood revitalization program model. This experience emphasized how unique and critical the “grassroots, bottom-up” approach of the City of Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program(NRP) truly is and why it is a national award-winning and world-renown model for citizen participation and revitalization. The other cities lag far behind the Minneapolis NRP model which gives each neighborhood resident a chance to gather at the neighborhood level and educate themselves about city, state, and local government to make better and informed decisions and provides an opportunity for residents to become involved in creating and improving the stronger community they envision.
In August, SCNA and LBNA held a joint neighborhood meeting to address crime and safety in the neighborhoods. We had a diverse panel, which included our City
Council President Barb Johnson, State Representative Joe Mullery, Minneapolis Park Commissioner John Olson, MPRB Park Police, CCP/Safe Specialist McDonough and LT. Michel Sauro who came out to answer our questions and listen to our concerns. The most important thing reinforced was the need to call 911 when in doubt about what’s happening around you. Some of the things we can do as residents are to form active block clubs, know our neighbors, and keep our doors locked. Other available methods are to get involved with your neighborhood organization or become active in the Fourth Precinct Adversity Committee (4PAC), which meets monthly with the Inspector of the 4th Precinct and other officials.
On October 3rd, SCNA is also hosting the quarterly meeting of Camden Alliance of Neighborhoods (CAN!) which is a big acronym for all of the seven neighborhoods in Camden. It will feature members of the school board and their staff and the President of the School Board Pam Costain and Dr. Perry will be
in attendance. One of the most vital issues facing Shingle Creek and many other neighborhoods are our public schools. SCNA is proud to be on the forefront of advocating for a beneficial community reuse of Shingle Creek Elementary School and also having members of the School Board come to our community to give an
update on the progress of the Northside Initiative. This meeting is a chance for anyone to come out and have a face-to-face contact with our elected School
Board representatives and hear first hand about important decisions they will be making on behalf of our children and future children in our community. Please feel free to attend this important meeting.
Lastly for now, SCNA believes good communication is imperative. We provide this newsletter and interactive website to help keep residents informed about upcoming important dates, projects, programs, and events in our community. Thanks for checking out our neighborhood website often for updates and for more details on the topics above.
Til next month,
Brock Hanson
SCNA Chair
Since becoming Chair of the Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association just five months ago, it’s already been quite amazing meeting so many new and old neighbors and hearing how these monthly recaps have been helpful in better understanding the Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association. The efforts of our small group of neighborhood volunteers can and have effected much change in our community. We are very lucky to have and participate in the City of Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program.
Last month, I had the privilege of representing Shingle Creek at the 4th Annual Neighborhood Summit held in Des Moines where over one hundred and twenty representatives from Des Moines, Omaha, Kansas City and Minneapolis attended. After listening to representatives from the other major cities, it was clear how the other cities were more a top-down neighborhood revitalization program model. This experience emphasized how unique and critical the “grassroots, bottom-up” approach of the City of Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program(NRP) truly is and why it is a national award-winning and world-renown model for citizen participation and revitalization. The other cities lag far behind the Minneapolis NRP model which gives each neighborhood resident a chance to gather at the neighborhood level and educate themselves about city, state, and local government to make better and informed decisions and provides an opportunity for residents to become involved in creating and improving the stronger community they envision.
In August, SCNA and LBNA held a joint neighborhood meeting to address crime and safety in the neighborhoods. We had a diverse panel, which included our City
Council President Barb Johnson, State Representative Joe Mullery, Minneapolis Park Commissioner John Olson, MPRB Park Police, CCP/Safe Specialist McDonough and LT. Michel Sauro who came out to answer our questions and listen to our concerns. The most important thing reinforced was the need to call 911 when in doubt about what’s happening around you. Some of the things we can do as residents are to form active block clubs, know our neighbors, and keep our doors locked. Other available methods are to get involved with your neighborhood organization or become active in the Fourth Precinct Adversity Committee (4PAC), which meets monthly with the Inspector of the 4th Precinct and other officials.
On October 3rd, SCNA is also hosting the quarterly meeting of Camden Alliance of Neighborhoods (CAN!) which is a big acronym for all of the seven neighborhoods in Camden. It will feature members of the school board and their staff and the President of the School Board Pam Costain and Dr. Perry will be
in attendance. One of the most vital issues facing Shingle Creek and many other neighborhoods are our public schools. SCNA is proud to be on the forefront of advocating for a beneficial community reuse of Shingle Creek Elementary School and also having members of the School Board come to our community to give an
update on the progress of the Northside Initiative. This meeting is a chance for anyone to come out and have a face-to-face contact with our elected School
Board representatives and hear first hand about important decisions they will be making on behalf of our children and future children in our community. Please feel free to attend this important meeting.
Lastly for now, SCNA believes good communication is imperative. We provide this newsletter and interactive website to help keep residents informed about upcoming important dates, projects, programs, and events in our community. Thanks for checking out our neighborhood website often for updates and for more details on the topics above.
Til next month,
Brock Hanson
SCNA Chair
Saturday, September 1, 2007
2007 greeting September
Greetings again from the Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association!
Wow, have we had a busy month. We ended July with our first annual Tour de Camden, improved our turn out of block parties for National Night Out -almost doubling the amounts from last year- and met with the representatives of the School Board that are charged with finding reuses for the closed schools. Could anyone imagine that was just the beginning of what has happened in a month? We also met with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, formed two committees and board members have been invited to attend a Neighborhood Summit in Des Moines Iowa.
On July 28, we held our first annual Tour de Camden; it was a beautiful Saturday morning eight hearty souls took off for a relaxing 9 mile bike ride around the Camden Community. We also had a great volunteer from our sister neighborhood group across Humboldt Ave N, the Lind-Bohanon Neighborhood Association, who offered to provide ride support.-Michaeleen, I and SCNA extends our heart-felt thanks.
On August 2 we celebrated National Night Out, a celebration used to increase community and decrease crime. From my tour of the block parties, I had the chance to meet many of our neighbors and listened their questions and concerns. We have some very talented residents: a wine brewer, old school big wheeled bike, and many families and long time residents. Shingle Creek had over a hundred neighbors out and enjoying old and new friendship right next door. The list of programs included BBQs, potlucks, ice cream socials, chalk drawing in the street, face painting, and give-aways.
While meeting with neighbors, I heard many questions about the future of Shingle Creek Elementary School. We have formed a committee dedicated to help find
suitable uses for all parties involved, of which we’ve had very exciting possibilities and partnerships coming to the forefront. If you have an interest in helping in anyway to find a community friendly reuse for the school please contact the SCNA.
Now, as we finish the month of August and beginning the month of September, thirty people from the city of Minneapolis have been invited to attend the fourth annual Neighborhood Summit in Des Moines, Iowa. The SCNA has the honor of being included in this excellent chance to find out what other neighborhood groups are doing on the other side of the city and throughout the Midwest. Other cities that are invited to attend include Kansas City/Springfield, Omaha, and Des Moines. This year’s summit is focusing on the timely issues of Housing and Crime. We’re already excited to report back to the community as to what we learned and how it could potentially benefit the Shingle Creek Neighborhood~and we haven’t even left yet!
Well until next month, that’s just some of what the small group of volunteer neighbors known as the Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association is having fun with and working on. Feel free to contact me or SCNA at scna@stribmail.com to find out more about things going on in the neighborhood, how to take the first steps to getting a SCNA home loan or with how you can come and get involved! Everyone is welcome and our organization is free! Why not come to our next meeting to find out more!
Brock Hanson
SCNA Chair
Wow, have we had a busy month. We ended July with our first annual Tour de Camden, improved our turn out of block parties for National Night Out -almost doubling the amounts from last year- and met with the representatives of the School Board that are charged with finding reuses for the closed schools. Could anyone imagine that was just the beginning of what has happened in a month? We also met with Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, formed two committees and board members have been invited to attend a Neighborhood Summit in Des Moines Iowa.
On July 28, we held our first annual Tour de Camden; it was a beautiful Saturday morning eight hearty souls took off for a relaxing 9 mile bike ride around the Camden Community. We also had a great volunteer from our sister neighborhood group across Humboldt Ave N, the Lind-Bohanon Neighborhood Association, who offered to provide ride support.-Michaeleen, I and SCNA extends our heart-felt thanks.
On August 2 we celebrated National Night Out, a celebration used to increase community and decrease crime. From my tour of the block parties, I had the chance to meet many of our neighbors and listened their questions and concerns. We have some very talented residents: a wine brewer, old school big wheeled bike, and many families and long time residents. Shingle Creek had over a hundred neighbors out and enjoying old and new friendship right next door. The list of programs included BBQs, potlucks, ice cream socials, chalk drawing in the street, face painting, and give-aways.
While meeting with neighbors, I heard many questions about the future of Shingle Creek Elementary School. We have formed a committee dedicated to help find
suitable uses for all parties involved, of which we’ve had very exciting possibilities and partnerships coming to the forefront. If you have an interest in helping in anyway to find a community friendly reuse for the school please contact the SCNA.
Now, as we finish the month of August and beginning the month of September, thirty people from the city of Minneapolis have been invited to attend the fourth annual Neighborhood Summit in Des Moines, Iowa. The SCNA has the honor of being included in this excellent chance to find out what other neighborhood groups are doing on the other side of the city and throughout the Midwest. Other cities that are invited to attend include Kansas City/Springfield, Omaha, and Des Moines. This year’s summit is focusing on the timely issues of Housing and Crime. We’re already excited to report back to the community as to what we learned and how it could potentially benefit the Shingle Creek Neighborhood~and we haven’t even left yet!
Well until next month, that’s just some of what the small group of volunteer neighbors known as the Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association is having fun with and working on. Feel free to contact me or SCNA at scna@stribmail.com to find out more about things going on in the neighborhood, how to take the first steps to getting a SCNA home loan or with how you can come and get involved! Everyone is welcome and our organization is free! Why not come to our next meeting to find out more!
Brock Hanson
SCNA Chair
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
August 2007 Greetings
Greetings from the Chair!
Big things are happening in Shingle Creek! Owens Corning’s Air permit is up for renewal, the City of Minneapolis and Park and Recreation Board are investigating a land swap and the Minneapolis School Board is looking for an updated use for the Shingle Creek Elementary School. The August Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association (SCNA) meeting will create an open environment for further discussion on these changes.
First things first if you or your neighbors did not sign up to close off your street for National Night Out August 7, it’s never too late to throw a party, share a brat or two, and meet new or old neighbors. At the August meeting a representative from the MN Pollution Control Agency will be giving an informational update about the upcoming Owens Corning Air Permit renewal and taking residents comments and questions. Having talked to many residents in the Shingle Creek neighborhood, I know air quality and this information is of high importance.
At our July SCNA meeting we learned the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board are looking further into the potential feasibility
of a land swap of a few residential homes along 49th Ave near Shingle Creek with MPRB properties. Although the idea of improving the area near the creek and Moliter ball field has been discussed at previous neighborhood meetings, there had been no formal notice to the neighborhood of the City and MPRB’s progress. SCNA will continue to support housing and work with the City and MPRB to improve communications about this potential neighborhood improvement project.
The final topic for our August SCNA meeting will be SCNA’s involvement in deciding the next use of Shingle Creek Elementary School. SCNA plans to form a committee to work with the schoolboard on finding a use to benefit our neighborhood and surrounding communities. In addition to the Shingle Creek School reuse Committee, we will be forming a finance committee to grow our organization to serve the community we have lived in and continue to love, for many years to come.
You are all encouraged to bring your questions and comments on the above issues to Creekview Park on August 14 at 6:30 pm for the SCNA meeting
Brock Hanson
SCNA Chair
Big things are happening in Shingle Creek! Owens Corning’s Air permit is up for renewal, the City of Minneapolis and Park and Recreation Board are investigating a land swap and the Minneapolis School Board is looking for an updated use for the Shingle Creek Elementary School. The August Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association (SCNA) meeting will create an open environment for further discussion on these changes.
First things first if you or your neighbors did not sign up to close off your street for National Night Out August 7, it’s never too late to throw a party, share a brat or two, and meet new or old neighbors. At the August meeting a representative from the MN Pollution Control Agency will be giving an informational update about the upcoming Owens Corning Air Permit renewal and taking residents comments and questions. Having talked to many residents in the Shingle Creek neighborhood, I know air quality and this information is of high importance.
At our July SCNA meeting we learned the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board are looking further into the potential feasibility
of a land swap of a few residential homes along 49th Ave near Shingle Creek with MPRB properties. Although the idea of improving the area near the creek and Moliter ball field has been discussed at previous neighborhood meetings, there had been no formal notice to the neighborhood of the City and MPRB’s progress. SCNA will continue to support housing and work with the City and MPRB to improve communications about this potential neighborhood improvement project.
The final topic for our August SCNA meeting will be SCNA’s involvement in deciding the next use of Shingle Creek Elementary School. SCNA plans to form a committee to work with the schoolboard on finding a use to benefit our neighborhood and surrounding communities. In addition to the Shingle Creek School reuse Committee, we will be forming a finance committee to grow our organization to serve the community we have lived in and continue to love, for many years to come.
You are all encouraged to bring your questions and comments on the above issues to Creekview Park on August 14 at 6:30 pm for the SCNA meeting
Brock Hanson
SCNA Chair
Sunday, July 1, 2007
July 2007 Greeting from Brock
Greetings from the Chair!
What do 52nd ; GIRARD AVE N, 49th; PENN AVE N, 51st; PENN AVE N, 49th & HUMBOLDT, and 49th & WASHBURN AVE N have in common? DoneGuessing? They all participated in 2006’s Annual National Night Out(NNO). Now you may be wondering what NNO is? According to the Minneapolis City Website “Every year on the first Tuesday of August, people across the country gather to celebrate National Night Out (NNO).
This year on Tuesday, August 7, close to 50,000 Minneapolis residents will celebrate neighborliness, safety and stronger community. It’s expected that more than 1900 Minneapolis blocks will host more than 1,000 block parties. Some will be as simple as neighbors sharing iced tea and conversation on a front porch, while others will have closed off streets, music, face painting, chalk art, potlucks, dancing, games, and piñatas.
The Minneapolis 2007 National Night Out theme is Join the Movement: Put “Neighbors” Back in the Neighborhood.”” In 2006 Lind-Bohanon and Victory Neighborhood associations had NNO participation of 26 different groups. As Chair this year, with your help, I am ready to help facilitate the exponential growth of the Shingle Creek 2006 statistics. We are a great community composed of families that believe that community involvement is the best way to protect our community status and meet our neighbors.
SCNA July 10th 6:30pm NNO Planning meeting at Creekview Park To help facilitate planning your first NNO party or to help with networking or get new and creative ideas, the Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association will be holding a meeting July 10th at 6:30 pm at Creekview Recreational Center, 5001 HumboldtAve N to plan, celebrate, and motivate neighbors to find out how simple it is to host a National Night Out (NNO) block party in their neighborhood and to increase their knowledge of who lives on their block. We look forward to seeing many new faces on July 10th for information, food, and helpful tools to build a closer block and to have a wonderful NNO block Event.
Tour de Camden July 28th at Creekview ParkIn the last newsletter I spoke of increasing our relationship with the Lind-Bohanon neighborhood. Inspired by the Tour de France, both associations are pleased to announce the Tour de Camden. The tour will be co-sponsored by Shingle Creek and Lind-Bohanon and is comprised of a fun,leisurely bike ride thru the Camden Community on themorning of July 28th. The tour route will have various points of interest and be another great opportunity for neighbors to get to know each other and their neighborhood. We hope this bike tour will become another fun annual event, adding it to the other keystone Shingle Creek events (such as the yearly Shingle Creek Clean Up led by Vice Chair Jeff Johnson).
I am very excited to be working with LBNA to coordinate the Tour de Camden. We invite everyone to join us. Any questions, comments, or wish to help or just take part in either National Night Out or the Tour de Camden feel freeto contact SCNA and we’ll be more then happy to talk with you to get you started. SCNA staff: 763-561-1616.
Brock Hanson
SCNA Chair
What do 52nd ; GIRARD AVE N, 49th; PENN AVE N, 51st; PENN AVE N, 49th & HUMBOLDT, and 49th & WASHBURN AVE N have in common? DoneGuessing? They all participated in 2006’s Annual National Night Out(NNO). Now you may be wondering what NNO is? According to the Minneapolis City Website “Every year on the first Tuesday of August, people across the country gather to celebrate National Night Out (NNO).
This year on Tuesday, August 7, close to 50,000 Minneapolis residents will celebrate neighborliness, safety and stronger community. It’s expected that more than 1900 Minneapolis blocks will host more than 1,000 block parties. Some will be as simple as neighbors sharing iced tea and conversation on a front porch, while others will have closed off streets, music, face painting, chalk art, potlucks, dancing, games, and piñatas.
The Minneapolis 2007 National Night Out theme is Join the Movement: Put “Neighbors” Back in the Neighborhood.”” In 2006 Lind-Bohanon and Victory Neighborhood associations had NNO participation of 26 different groups. As Chair this year, with your help, I am ready to help facilitate the exponential growth of the Shingle Creek 2006 statistics. We are a great community composed of families that believe that community involvement is the best way to protect our community status and meet our neighbors.
SCNA July 10th 6:30pm NNO Planning meeting at Creekview Park To help facilitate planning your first NNO party or to help with networking or get new and creative ideas, the Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association will be holding a meeting July 10th at 6:30 pm at Creekview Recreational Center, 5001 HumboldtAve N to plan, celebrate, and motivate neighbors to find out how simple it is to host a National Night Out (NNO) block party in their neighborhood and to increase their knowledge of who lives on their block. We look forward to seeing many new faces on July 10th for information, food, and helpful tools to build a closer block and to have a wonderful NNO block Event.
Tour de Camden July 28th at Creekview ParkIn the last newsletter I spoke of increasing our relationship with the Lind-Bohanon neighborhood. Inspired by the Tour de France, both associations are pleased to announce the Tour de Camden. The tour will be co-sponsored by Shingle Creek and Lind-Bohanon and is comprised of a fun,leisurely bike ride thru the Camden Community on themorning of July 28th. The tour route will have various points of interest and be another great opportunity for neighbors to get to know each other and their neighborhood. We hope this bike tour will become another fun annual event, adding it to the other keystone Shingle Creek events (such as the yearly Shingle Creek Clean Up led by Vice Chair Jeff Johnson).
I am very excited to be working with LBNA to coordinate the Tour de Camden. We invite everyone to join us. Any questions, comments, or wish to help or just take part in either National Night Out or the Tour de Camden feel freeto contact SCNA and we’ll be more then happy to talk with you to get you started. SCNA staff: 763-561-1616.
Brock Hanson
SCNA Chair
Friday, June 1, 2007
June 2007
Greetings from the New SCNA Chair Brock Hanson
Being a fairly new resident to the Shingle Creek neighborhood, two years ago,I wasn’t too sure what a neighborhoodassociation even did for our neighborhood. But in an attempt to learn and find out more, I joined the “neighborhoodassociation board”.
Over the course of the past year, attending the monthly meetings and some outside neighborhood communitymeetings and events with SCNA, I’ve had a chance to meet residents from across North Minneapolis; have seen how our organization advocates and educates the community about neighborhood and City topics such asShingle Creek Elementary school closing and Creekview Park improvements, and possible developments to revitalize our neighborhood like the Real Estate RecyclingRER) site and how the RER project brought positive city attention to our neighborhood. Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association (SCNA) has advocated with elected officials and departments for amore livable community when neighbors broughtforward their concerns. We proudly informed the community of Real Estate Recycling’s development throughout their process and their recent accomplishment of being voted the Best in Real Estate ward winner Industrial/ Warehouse Development complex at the corner of 49th Avenue North and Osseo Boulevard.
SCNA has developed and launched a new neighborhood website to post volunteer opportunities,positive Youth Engagement Project progress, and othervital information that keep residents connected and informed. We most recently held a sign contest that will lead to the installation of our own neighborhood street signs to replace the neglected Camden Community street signs this fall.
I would like to extend many thanks to Mr. Lynn Hauger for his leadership and integral help in seeing so many of these items become realities in our neighborhood in 2006. Also to Mr. Jeff Strand who has lent his talents and time to this neighborhood group and served asChair and Vice of this for over a decade and continues to serve this year as Secretary.
On May 8, Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association held its annual election of officers and I was elected to serve as the neighborhood Chair. In the next year while I serve as Chair of the Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association, like my predecessors, I have one modest goal I’d like to achieve overthe course of the coming year: 1) Increase the visibility of Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association. We’ll be looking toachieve that by increasing the number and type of activities we host and participate with as SCNA, including block clubsand National Night Out, along with reaching out to our two closest neighbors Lind-Bohanon and Victory NeighborhoodAssociations.
As a graduate from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, I manage a company that provides rapid web development tomany area businesses. As a nearly life-long Minneapolis resident, my wife and I couldn’t resist buying our first home inShingle Creek. So when you see me while I’m out riding my bike or walking the dogs feel free to come up and say hello, I would like toknow what we’re doing right, what you would like to do, and where we can do more to improve the neighborhood.
Warmest Regard
Brock Hanson
SCNA Chair
Being a fairly new resident to the Shingle Creek neighborhood, two years ago,I wasn’t too sure what a neighborhoodassociation even did for our neighborhood. But in an attempt to learn and find out more, I joined the “neighborhoodassociation board”.
Over the course of the past year, attending the monthly meetings and some outside neighborhood communitymeetings and events with SCNA, I’ve had a chance to meet residents from across North Minneapolis; have seen how our organization advocates and educates the community about neighborhood and City topics such asShingle Creek Elementary school closing and Creekview Park improvements, and possible developments to revitalize our neighborhood like the Real Estate RecyclingRER) site and how the RER project brought positive city attention to our neighborhood. Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association (SCNA) has advocated with elected officials and departments for amore livable community when neighbors broughtforward their concerns. We proudly informed the community of Real Estate Recycling’s development throughout their process and their recent accomplishment of being voted the Best in Real Estate ward winner Industrial/ Warehouse Development complex at the corner of 49th Avenue North and Osseo Boulevard.
SCNA has developed and launched a new neighborhood website to post volunteer opportunities,positive Youth Engagement Project progress, and othervital information that keep residents connected and informed. We most recently held a sign contest that will lead to the installation of our own neighborhood street signs to replace the neglected Camden Community street signs this fall.
I would like to extend many thanks to Mr. Lynn Hauger for his leadership and integral help in seeing so many of these items become realities in our neighborhood in 2006. Also to Mr. Jeff Strand who has lent his talents and time to this neighborhood group and served asChair and Vice of this for over a decade and continues to serve this year as Secretary.
On May 8, Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association held its annual election of officers and I was elected to serve as the neighborhood Chair. In the next year while I serve as Chair of the Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association, like my predecessors, I have one modest goal I’d like to achieve overthe course of the coming year: 1) Increase the visibility of Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association. We’ll be looking toachieve that by increasing the number and type of activities we host and participate with as SCNA, including block clubsand National Night Out, along with reaching out to our two closest neighbors Lind-Bohanon and Victory NeighborhoodAssociations.
As a graduate from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, I manage a company that provides rapid web development tomany area businesses. As a nearly life-long Minneapolis resident, my wife and I couldn’t resist buying our first home inShingle Creek. So when you see me while I’m out riding my bike or walking the dogs feel free to come up and say hello, I would like toknow what we’re doing right, what you would like to do, and where we can do more to improve the neighborhood.
Warmest Regard
Brock Hanson
SCNA Chair
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