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Financial Guidance Sessions – Sept 20th

10557716_731719990218608_1713849998233216525_oDo you feel overwhelmed by your finances or bogged down by debt? Do you have trouble making it to the next paycheck before running out of money? Do you have questions but feel like the financial professionals you speak to are only trying to sell you something?

Traci Johnson is a Certified Financial Planner™ who has lived in the Cleveland neighborhood for 14 years. She’s worked in Financial Services for nearly 20 years and is eager to help the residents of our community achieve financial wellness and balance. She will hold office hours at the Cleveland Neighborhood Organization office on Sept 20th between 10:00 am and 2:00pm. Stop by to talk with Traci about your questions on debt and money management, budgeting and savings. Please note that no financial products will be sold or specific investment recommendations made.

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or drop-in at our office, 3333 Penn Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55411 at the Cleveland Neighborhood Association office at Lucy Laney School on Saturday, September 20th, from 10-2pm. If you aren’t able to make it this Saturday, but are interested in learning about future Financial sessions, we’d like to know! Send us an email or shoot us a text at 612-567-1262. With enough interest, we’ll look to host these on a monthly basis in the community.

This posting does not imply an endorsement by the Cleveland Neighborhood Association.

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Party in the Park – Back to School – August 20th

Final-Party-FlyerJoin us this Wednesday evening for our second Party in the Park event with the theme Healthy Living. We’ll have a custom backpack take-home project for students with Juxtaposition Arts, resource tables from Hennepin Teen and Child Check-ups, Center for Energy and Environment and more. This event is put on by the Cleveland Neighborhood Association’s Youth Committee.

The event is held near our office in the green space between Cleveland Park and Lucy Craft Laney School near Penn and Lowry Avenues north and reaches residents in the Cleveland Neighborhood and surrounding area.

This year we’ve chosen themes for the Party in the Park events. In June we had Summer Fun and Safety, July 16th was Healthy Living, and August 20th we’ll round it out with Back to School themes. We’d love for you to join us at the events as a resident or come as an organization. Come for Dinner, stay for the community!

RSVP on Facebook for our August 20th Event!

Would you like to Table at the event? Register Here!
(Sponsor Letter PDF)

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Win Dinner at Live On The Drive Next Week

Bomba for webDon’t just come and enjoy a great concert by Bomba De Luz with your family and neighbors, enjoy a delicious free pizza at the concert as well! Next week on August 14th at 6pm is the last Live on the Drive concert of the season. We’re giving away a few pizzas to some lucky winners who help us spread the word about the upcoming concert. Use the link or giveaway box below to spread the word via Facebook and Twitter and we’ll give away some prizes the day of the concert next week.

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Community Engagement Forum Saturday 9am

flyerMinneapolis is a stronger, more unified city when everyone is represented and participating. How should community engagement work to best make that happen? City leaders need to hear from YOU.

Please join the Department of Neighborhood and Community Relations, the Neighborhood and Community Engagement Commission (NCEC) and the Health, Environment, and Community Engagement (HECE) Committee for a citywide forum on what an engaged community looks like for all our residents.

9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Saturday, August 2 

Folwell Recreation Center
1615 Dowling Ave N

There will be facilitated conversations in small groups and time to mingle with City leaders as well as food and refreshments to enjoy from local businesses. Childcare provided.

To request interpretation services or to ask any questions, contact Forum Coordinators at612-467-9745 or mplsblueprint@gmail.com. To reserve your spot, go to eventbrite.

Hope to see you there! Please spread the word to make these forums a powerful convening of the people.

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Bomba De Luz will Rock Out Live On The Drive – August 14th

Bomba for webThe annual Northside summer concert series, Live on the Drive, finishes its seventh year with the up and coming Bomba De Luz on Thursday, August 14th, from 6 to 8pm. This will be the final of three concerts held outdoors this summer on the scenic Victory Memorial Drive at 34th Avenue North in Minneapolis, one of the most beautiful concert settings in the city.

Bomba de Luz is a very musical, up and coming group of indie rockers featuring songwriter Lydia Liza on guitar and mesmerizing vocals. The band’s played on NPR and 89.3 The Current, at First Avenue and at the Basilica Block Party. Members of the band have also shared stages with artists like Chastity Brown, Toki Wright, Jake Bugg, Kimya Dawson, Family of The Year, Astronautalis, and many others. They’ve got a new CD coming out soon, too. Come hear them!


Come with an appetite and enjoy dinner from food vendors The Lowry CaféMama Donato’s Woodfired PizzaGramsky’s Sandwiches, and treat yourself with gelato from Nona Rossa’s. Stay into the evening for a movie in the park, featuring the black and white thriller Psycho at dusk right at the Live on the Drive concert site. And buy one of our AWESOME T-Shirts! All t-shirt purchases are donations to keep our concerts going, we’re asking $10 per shirt for our last concert. Our “green” events feature recycling and composting, diverting 93% of materials out of the waste stream last year. Be sure to invite your neighbors and bring your friends to this family-friendly, all-ages event!


Live on the Drive is presented by founding partner, North Memorial, with the Cleveland Neighborhood Association, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board,North End Hardware and The Lowry CaféHennepin County, Westphal Auxiliary Legion, Healy CreativeNorth NewsVictory Neighborhood AssociationCamden LionsWashburn-McReavy, Folwell Neighborhood Association, and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council.  This activity is funded, in part, by appropriations from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the State’s general fund, and its arts and cultural heritage fund that was created by a vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

2014-07-03 21.13.51Live on the Drive brings people together from across the Northside and throughout the greater Twin Cities to hear extraordinary music and to celebrate summer, good health and Northside city living. We’ve had an amazing summer already with an incredible slate of Minneapolis-based musicians: jazz vocalist Thomasina Petrus (June 12th), rock and classical fusion act Clocks & Clouds (July 10th), and now this month with folk/indie rock band Bomba de Luz (August 14th). Food vendors and Movies in the Park are back to finish out each concert night: family-friendly movie Remember the Titans (June 12th), Black Film Festival pick Soul Food Junkie (July 10th), and Black and White classic Psycho (August 14th). Our Bike to the Drive event in August, Artist Spotlights during intermission and more will round out what has become a staple of summer on the Northside. 

For more information, call 612-588-1155 or visit www.liveonthedrive.org.

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National Night Out is next Tuesday!

NNONational Night Out is a great chance to get out and meet the neighbors on your block. It’s a fun evening when the whole city steps out of their houses for a bit and come together to share some food, fun and put names with faces to create a better neighborhood. We’ll be out in full force stopping by all the great parties that are happening throughout the neighborhood. And we want to help you make your block party the best it can be. Someone on your block might have already planned one and you should be getting a flier soon! Most events our August 5th starting around 5 or 6pm. For those doing the actual hosting where here to help any way that we can to help Connect Neighbors. Give us a call 612-588-1155 or shoot us an email cna@clevelandneighborhood.org and let us know what we can do to help make your National Night Out block party great!

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Party in the Park – Healthy Living this Wednesday night!

Cleveland Party In The Park_party_flyer_4x6 copyJoin us this Wednesday evening for our second Party in the Park event with the theme Healthy Living. We’ll have free health screening available from the “Q”mmunity Helath Mobile, resource tables from Hennepin Teen and Child Check-ups, Center for Energy and Environment and more. This event is put on by the Cleveland Neighborhood Association’s Youth Committee.

The event is held near our office in the green space between Cleveland Park and Lucy Craft Laney School near Penn and Lowry Avenues north and reaches residents in the Cleveland Neighborhood and surrounding area.

This year we’ve chosen themes for the Party in the Park events. In June we had Summer Fun and Safety, July 16th we’ll have Healthy Living, and August 20th we’ll round it out with Back to School themes. We’d love for you to join us at the events as a resident or come as an organization. Come for Dinner, stay for the community!

RSVP on Facebook for our July 16th Event!

Would you like to Table at the event? Register Here!
(Sponsor Letter PDF)

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Live on the Drive This Thursday with Clocks and Clouds!

Clocks for WebThe annual Northside summer concert series, Live on the Drive, continues its seventh year. The unique sounds of Clocks and Clouds classical fusion will perform on Thursday, July 10th, from 6 to 8pm. This will be the second of three concerts held outdoors this summer on the scenic Victory Memorial Drive at 34th Avenue North in Minneapolis, one of the most beautiful concert settings in the city.
 
Clocks and Clouds has stunned audiences with their unique fusion of rock and classical music. The group consists of violinist Stephanie Shogren, cellist Lucas Shogren, and drummer Derek Powers. Each member brings their own individual musical style and ideas to create exciting and epic music that has been met with enthusiasm in audiences of all ages. By adding pick-ups to their acoustic instruments, incorporating guitar effects and loops, using a full drum kit, and writing original rock music for stringed instruments, a sound is created that is instantly appealing to listeners.

2014-07-03 21.13.51Come with an appetite and enjoy dinner from food vendors The Lowry CaféMama Donato’s Woodfired PizzaGramsky’s Sandwiches, and treat yourself with gelato from Nona Rossa’s. Stay into the evening for a movie in the park, featuring Soul Food Junkies at dusk right at the Live on the Drive concert site. And buy one of our AWESOME T-Shirts! All t-shirt purchases are donations to keep our concerts going, we’re asking $25 per shirt. Our “green” events feature recycling and composting, diverting 93% of materials out of the waste stream last year. Be sure to invite your neighbors and bring your friends to this family-friendly, all-ages event!

Live on the Drive is presented by founding partner, North Memorial, with theCleveland Neighborhood Association, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board,North End Hardware and The Lowry CaféHennepin County, Westphal Auxiliary Legion, Healy CreativeNorth NewsVictory Neighborhood AssociationCamden LionsWashburn-McReavy, and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council.  This activity is funded, in part, by appropriations from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the State’s general fund, and its arts and cultural heritage fund that was created by a vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

Live on the Drive brings people together from across the Northside and throughout the greater Twin Cities to hear extraordinary music and to celebrate summer, good health and Northside city living. Last summer, over 4,500 people attended, and we expect even more will come out to see this summer’s incredible slate of Minneapolis-based musicians: jazz vocalist Thomasina Petrus (June 12th), rock and classical fusion act Clocks & Clouds (July 10th), and folk/indie rock band Bomba de Luz (August 14th). Food vendors and Movies in the Park are back to finish out each concert night: family-friendly movie Remember the Titans (June 12th), Black Film Festival pick Soul Food Junkie (July 10th), and Black and White classic Psycho (August 14th). Our Bike to the Drive event in August, Artist Spotlights during intermission and more will round out what has become a staple of summer on the Northside. 

For more information, call 612-588-1155 or visit www.liveonthedrive.org.

 

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Free Financial Guidance Sessions

finance1Do you feel overwhelmed by your finances or bogged down by debt? Do you have trouble making it to the next paycheck before running out of money? Do you have questions but feel like the financial professionals you speak to are only trying to sell you something?

Traci Johnson is a Certified Financial Planner™ who has lived in the Cleveland neighborhood for 14 years. She’s worked in Financial Services for nearly 20 years and is eager to help the residents of our community achieve financial wellness and balance. She will hold office hours at the Cleveland Neighborhood Organization office on June 21st between 10:00 am and 2:00pm. Stop by to talk with Traci about your questions on debt and money management, budgeting and savings. Please note that no financial products will be sold or specific investment recommendations made.

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or drop-in at our office, 3333 Penn Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55411 at the Cleveland Neighborhood Association office at Lucy Laney School on Saturday from 10-2pm. If you aren’t able to make it this Saturday, but are interested in learning about future Financial sessions, we’d like to know! Send us an email or shoot us a text at 612-567-1262. With enough interest, we’ll look to host these on a monthly basis in the community.

 

This posting does not imply an endorsement by the Cleveland Neighborhood Association.

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North Minneapolis Proposed Greenway Open Streets – May 31st

static.squarespaceIf you’ve already got the Open Streets bug from our great event last September we’ve got a way to fulfill your urge this month! Open Streets kicks off with a one day event this Saturday, May 31st along the proposed Greenway route in north Minneapolis from 10-4pm. Here more info from Insight News:

The first of this summer’s Open Streets Minneapolis events will take place in North Minneapolis and will showcase the potential of a Greenway in the location of the event.

The North Minneapolis Greenway Experience will take place on Saturday, May 31 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and will close Humboldt Avenue North and Girard Avenue North from West Broadway Avenue to 42nd Avenue North to motor-vehicle traffic to allow families and neighbors to walk, bike, skate, have fun and shop in a safe, car-free environment.

Open Streets events are designed to help promote environmentally friendly transportation choices such as walking, bicycling and mass transit. They also help promote good public health by encouraging active, healthy lifestyles.

The location of the North Minneapolis Greenway Experience is where a Greenway is currently being considered. A network of 12 neighborhood, community and culturally based organizations are conducting outreach activities to engage area residents to gauge their interest in developing the Greenway. “We are proud and excited to have the kick-off Open Streets Minneapolis event in our neighborhood,” says Will Lumpkins. The North Minneapolis Greenway Experience will feature a pop-up roller rink, a portable playground, an urban farm fair, a BMX stunt show, a 3:3 basketball tournament, gardening demonstrations, live bands, a bike scavenger hunt, an old North Minneapolis history display and a pop-up flower park, as well as other activities and displays.