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Cars, Trucks and Airplanes oh my!

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A huge thank you to the Cleveland Neighborhood Association Youth Committee and the amazing high school students from Patrick Henry High school and Edison High school who put together and pulled off a great family event on Saturday. With there help the kids and parents imagined and created Cars, SUVs, a truck and even a plane (click to see pictures!). It was so great to see the details that they added to their projects. We have an amazing neighborhood and great families and youth.
You won’t want to miss our summer series, Party in the Park, the next big event that the Youth Committee is planning. If you’d like to participate in the planning we’d love your help. Join us this Thursday, April 2nd, at 6:30pm at CNA for the monthly Youth Committee meeting to play an important role in your community and ensuring we have positive activities for youth and families all summer long. We hope to see you there!

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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!
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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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Five Weeks Until Live On The Drive!

 

 

It’s time to start the countdown to everyone’s favorite northside summer concert series. Live on the Drive 2014 will feature three stunning acts from Jazz to Classical Fusion to Indie Folk Rock. We’ve lined up some delicious local food vendors including the Lowry Cafe, pizza, sandwiches and gelato. To top it off your nights can continue with a movie in the park after each concert. Mark your calendar on Facebook for Thomasina Petrus June 12th, Clocks and Clouds July 10th, and Bomba De Luz on August 14th. Help us spread the word by liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter. We’ll see you there!
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Submit Event info now for Northside Summer Community and Arts Guide

draft coverThe Cleveland Neighborhood Association is developing a Northside Community and Arts Guide for summer 2014! The guide will feature all community and arts activities occurring on the Northside between June and September. We are seeking out organizations hosting summer events to list in our guide. The Northside Community and Arts Guide will be 5.5″ tall by 8.5″ long and have a print run of 5000 copies that will be distributed at local northside businesses and organizations, community events and door to door through neighborhood organizations. The summer guide will also be available to the many people that attend Live On The Drive.

The breakdown of listing options (example pdf link) are as follows:

Basic Listing:  Cost = FREE. Includes 10pt. listing with organization name, event name, location, and date/time, and contact info. (approx. 100 characters)

Bolded Listing: Cost = $25. Includes Bolded listing with banner heading and organization and event details (approx. 300 characters). Include a small photo/logo for additional $25

Half Page Listing: Cost = $150. Includes ½ page feature in the guide that includes photo, organization and event details (approx. 600 characters) and special ‘sponsor’ listing.

Full Page Listing: Cost = $300. Includes 1 full page feature in the guide that includes 1-3 photo(s), organization details, event details, and special ‘sponsor’ listing

Sponsor: If you are a business, organization or individual simply interested in supporting this project, you can make a donation of $100 or more and be listed as a sponsor in the guide by name and with your logo. 

This is an awesome opportunity to share your summer event(s) with the community! If you are interested in taking advantage of this promotional opportunity, don’t hesitate to contact us. If you are ready to make your submission you can do so below. You can also make your payment/donation for your listing or as a sponsor here at Razoo. Submit your listing now. Deadline is April 25th


msab_logo_color_smallLegacy Logo ColorFinal“This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.”

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Take A Seat, Meet A Neighbor

Our community engagement ball pit was a project of the Cleveland Neighborhood Association as an innovative means of connecting neighbors. Participants interacted with neighbors they’d never met before and discussed some lighthearted questions written on the balls. Take a look and keep an eye out for us this spring and summer at a block party near you. We’d love for you to be involved with the work that we are doing. Text “Connect” at 612-567-1262 and we’ll connect with you about how you can be involved.

This project was made possible through a grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation and was inspired by SoulPancake.
Video production by Bully Creative Shop.

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Trampoline Avenue pilot site in Cleveland Neighborhood

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A Photoshop rendering of how Trampoline Avenue could look.

Trampoline Avenue, an innovative national transit development project, will launch in the Cleveland Neighborhood of Minneapolis this spring. Based on the interest in a north Minneapolis greenway for biking and walking, the Cleveland Neighborhood has decided to go a step further and remove one of our residential streets and replace it entirely with trampolines. While the Greenway project is still collecting surveys, Trampoline Avenue is bouncing forward. The Cleveland Neighborhood was chosen for this project based on it’s willingness to try innovative approaches to community engagement, like sticking two complete strangers in a ball pit together and making them answer awkward questions. Similar to the greenway project, Trampoline Avenue would remove a low-traffic residential street and replace it, this time with a giant, continuous trampoline. Slip-n-Slide Street was a second possible transit development being considered and could still be implemented on Sheridan Avenue should funding arise.

“This is the cutting edge of transit development. While we support Bikeways for Everyone, we wanted to take it a step further and include trampolines too.” said Cleveland’s Executive Director, “We are honored to have the opportunity to connect neighbors in a fun and bouncy way.” The pilot project will replace four blocks on Thomas Avenue, in keeping with alphabetical street names. Residents will be able to park their cars on adjacent side streets and bounce their way up their block and to their front door.
Below is a map of the pilot location for Trampoline Avenue:

P.S. Sorry for those who are really excited about this development… April Fool’s! Trampoline Avenue will only exist in our dreams for the time being. The Greenway project could really happen though, along Humboldt and Irving, they are really collecting surveys. And we really do support Bikeways for Everyone 🙂 We also found out, in preparing this fun post that something like Trampoline Avenue actually does exist in Russia. And in Bristol they’re really trying to make a slip-n-slide street!

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Lucy Laney is Ready to Build a Playground

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Come join Lucy Laney and KaBOOM! Thursday, March 27, for an exciting adventure to design a new, safe, and fun  playground for our children. Design Day will be held at Lucy Laney School-there will be an adult design portion of the day from 3-6:30 pm. As a parent or member of Cleveland Neighborhood, your involvement will not only bring joy to the new park creation, it will also bring community support in bettering your neighborhood. Let the Play Begin! For more information please contact Regina Cole via email regina@clevelandneighborhood.org or via phone (612)483-1706.

To learn more about design day check out this WebConference

 

 

 

 

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Register Now For the Community Connections Conference!

The 2014 Community Connections Conference will be held on Saturday, March 22, 2014 from 8:00a.m. to 4:30p.m at the Minneapolis Convention Center!

The conference is hosted by the City of Minneapolis Neighborhood and Community Relations (NCR) Department and is FREE to all participants.

This year’s conference theme, “Common Ground: A CitCOMMUNITY CONNECTIONSy that Works for All” aims to explore ways we can hone our organizational and communication skills, better understand how we can work with and influence city government, and build broad-based efforts that involve all segments of our increasingly diverse neighborhoods and community-at-large.

The conference includes a keynote address by Dr. Verna Cornelia Price, over 35 workshops, and a post-conference social gathering.

Conference workshops are organized around four themes:

•Making the City Work for Me: Helping Residents Better Understand and Influence City Government

•Thinking Bigger: Collaborations Will Get You There

•Finding Common Ground: Gathering Diverse Communities Around the Table to Share Common Goals

•Running an Effective Organization: Managing Your Work, Finances and Communications

Questions about the conference can be directed to Cheyenne Brodeen at 612-673-3737. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with other neighborhood and community-minded activists throughout our city.

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You Are Invited to 30 Days of Community

30 Days We have a very exciting project we are just about to launch and you get to be the first to hear about it. We are kicking off spring with 30 Days of Community! We’ll be hosting events every day from April 1st to April 30th in a currently vacant storefront at 2205 Lowry Ave (next to the Lowry Cafe). Over that 30 days the space will transform from a movie theater to art gallery, concert space to garden workshop, and any other ideas you come up with. Each event will be hosted by a neighborhood resident, so if you have a great idea you’ve been wanting to do in your community please contact us and we’ll work with you to make it a reality! We have a small budget for each event and will provide each resident with all the support they need to help make it a success. Text or Call 612-567-1262 or email us at cna@clevelandneighborhood.org

This 30 day event will also be the introduction to our Connector Lab, a innovative way of building up community leaders. The Lab will provide 3 residents with mini-grants up to $500 each to create a community project that will better their neighborhood. Lab members will bring together a team to work on and launch their project with the support of the Cleveland Neighborhood Association. Are you ready to turn your community idea into a reality? Contact us! Text or Call 612-567-1262 or email us at cna@clevelandneighborhood.org

Look forward to seeing you there! If you have any questions please send us a quick reply email.