I am always concerned when residents are left out of the equation, and that is what I perceive in this case.
--- Eric Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I went to the web site and read further. > Phillips Partnership seems to be an organization > that many here would be ecstatic over. Corporate > heads who take a serious interest in the surrounding > community, by working with civic leaders to improve > neighborhood conditions. Safety, job training (and > hiring), affordable housing and infrastructure are > focus points. They put their own foundation money up > and receive some grants as well. > Would it make some feel better if only non-profits > worked on these issues? Of course it would, but how > long have people demanded that corporations begin to > invest in their physical community? > There also seems to be some insinuation that the > goals of the Partnership are mutually exclusive with > those of the surrounding community. Can you explain > further or did I just jump to a conclusion? I do > know that in the five years of its existence, > Phillips has become the neighborhood with the > fastest growing property values. > If more corporations took a vested interest in their > community, it would lighten the burden and numbers > of the operating non-profits. > > Eric Mitchell > Maple Grove > Dave Piehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For > several years (I think since approximately the > time of the demise of "People of Phillips"), a group > has existed in the Phillips neighborhood that calls > itself "Phillips Partnership". > > "Phillips Partnership" has a great > community-oriented > ring to it, doesn't it? Who exactly is the Phillips > Partnership? > > According to the Phillips Partnership website, > http://www.phillipspartnership.org/About_Us/about_us.html > > > "The Phillips Partnership is comprised of top > executives of prominent corporations and non-profit > organizations, Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles > Belton, > Metropolitan Council Chair Ted Mondale, and Hennepin > County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin. The mayor and > Gordon Sprenger, Chief Executive Officer of Allina > Health System, serve as the Partnership�s > Co-chairs." > > Are residents of the community involved at all? It > would appear that the Phillips Partnership is very > much a "top-down" organization, created to achieve > the > goals of almost everyone but the residents in > Phillips. Is this the trend in community > participation? > > The website also lists the "partners" as follows: > > Phillips Partners > > > > Jim Campbell, Co-Chair > Chairman and CEO, Wells Fargo Bank > > Peter McLaughlin, Co-Chair > Commissioner, Hennepin County Board > > Denny DeNarvaez > CEO, Abbot Northwestern Hospital > > Brock Nelson > C.E.O., Children�s Hospitals and Clinics > > Missy Thompson > Director, Minnesota Partnership Office, Fannie Mae > > Emmett Carson > President, The Minneapolis Foundation > > R.T Rybak > Mayor of Minneapolis > > Ted Mondale > Chairman, Metropolitan Council > > > Further, Louis Smith of Smith Parker PLLP is listed > in > the newsletter as "counsel" - interestingly, Tom > Johnson of Smith Parker is the coordinator of the > I35W > access project. > > As I recall, Phillips Partnership received something > in the area of $5 million for the Access Project > after > the initial corporate seed money ran out. I'm > interested in finding out what additional funds have > been solicited by Phillips Partnership - I've heard > that a letter was written to MNDOT by the > partnership > requesting additional funding. > > David Piehl > Central > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic > Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > New! SBC Yahoo! Dial - 1st Month Free & unlimited access __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
