Eligibility The initiative or project must have community support. The project should be a community building activity for North Minneapolis neighborhoods. We serve 13 neighborhoods in North Minneapolis:
Cleveland Hawthorne McKinley Sumner-Glenwood Victory Folwell Jordan Near North Webber-Camden Harrison Lind-Bohanon Shingle Creek Willard-Hay Strategy Requirement All requests must address at least one of NorthWays five long-term strategies: Building connections and capacity: Building new interpersonal connections among residents with a focus on dismantling racism and developing a community voice and sense of power. Building community wealth: Creating new economic relationships that foster wealth creation by increasing the flow of money between residents so that local transactions build local wealth and acquiring new connections to the regional and global economies. Creating affordable housing: Encourage the development of homes affordable to people who earn below 50% of the city median income. Combine construction and rent credit programs with educational and support programs for home maintenance. Addressing health disparities: Engage residents in the process of building greater health, provide new affordable health care options, encourage culturally appropriate care models and address community risk factors. Building knowledge: In a systematic and sustainable way, bring together best practices to provide basic education to youth and enable adults to prosper in a knowledge-based economy. http://www.northwaycom.org/partnership-investment.html Posted by Shawn Lewis, Minnetonka, MN -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
