Neighborhoods 2020 background

Information about Neighborhoods 2020 background in the City of Minneapolis.

The Neighborhood and Community Relations Department (NCR) provides funding and support to 70 neighborhood organizations representing every residential neighborhood in Minneapolis. NCR supports inclusive, vibrant and effective neighborhood organizations as part of the Blueprint for Equitable Engagement.

Why Neighborhoods 2020

The City of Minneapolis has historically recognized that neighborhood organizations are an important link to the civic and community life of the City of Minneapolis. Neighborhood organizations are also in a unique position to identify local issues and opportunities in their communities and mobilize local resources. For three decades, neighborhood organizations have led resident-based planning efforts resulting in more than 130 Neighborhood Action Plans adopted by the City, directing the use of more than $300 million of City funds.

You can view Neighborhood Action Plans here by selecting the neighborhood of your choice. View Neighborhoods 2020 project page.

To strengthen the neighborhood and community engagement system

The Neighborhoods 2020 process is an opportunity to look at how the City of Minneapolis serves and supports neighborhood organizations via staffing, organizational and advisory board oversight and grant-funded programs. Each piece is important for equitable and high quality services to our residents. The lens that Neighborhoods 2020 uses encompasses four important parts:

Consistent funding and programming for neighborhoods and other community-based programs.
Proper oversight of these programs by an advisory body.
A citywide community engagement policy for the City of Minneapolis that incorporates the core principles of community engagement.
An efficient and effective service delivery model from the Neighborhood and Community Relations Department.

Changes to revenue sources

The current funding program for neighborhood organizations, the Community Participation Program, was designed around the anticipated revenues from the Consolidated Redevelopment Finance District. Revenues from this District will be discontinued after 2020, and the change in funding sources provides an opportunity to re-examine the roles of Minneapolis Neighborhood Organizations and to establish a new partnership between neighborhood organizations and the City.

First community conversations

To begin this process, NCR partnered with the Neighborhood and Community Engagement Commission (NCEC) and neighborhood organizations around the City to host several community conversations about the future of neighborhood organizations.

The draft Summary of Findings summarizes the first round of community conversations.

The Neighborhoods 2020 roadmap

NCR and the Neighborhoods 2020 Committee of the NCEC developed recommendations based on those findings as well as other comments received. These recommendations were called the Neighborhoods 2020 Roadmap: A guide for conversation. NCR held public comment on the roadmap in early 2018. Public comment summary on the 2020 roadmap (Including all comments) .

Work group recommendations

Below are updated Neighborhoods 2020 work group recommendations, which take feedback from December community meetings into account.

Work Group Recommendations on Program Guidelines, Funding and Implementation Framework (12/18/18)
(12/11/18)
(12/14/18)

What work groups did

The Neighborhoods 2020 work groups played a vital role in shaping the future of neighborhood programming and funding, governance and engagement policies. The work groups took a citywide, holistic approach, while producing recommendations for the Minneapolis City Council. These recommendations will help the City to create a robust community engagement framework that is reflective of the city's population diversity and demographics.

Neighborhoods 2020 work teams' recommendations for the Minneapolis City Council will envision the next phase of Minneapolis’ neighborhood programming, which should reflect changes in the city’s population and demographics. The work teams also looked at advisory board structure and city-wide engagement policy.

From July to September, groups met to develop policy, and in December, they solicited public comment on their drafts. The work team includes the following three work groups:

Program Guidelines, Funding and Implementation (16 voting members)
Governance Advisory Structure for Neighborhood and Community Engagement (17 voting members)
Citywide Community Engagement Policy (16 voting members)

The Neighborhoods 2020 work groups submitted their draft recommendations for neighborhood funding, governance and City community engagement policy in December 2018. You can view their meeting notes from their six-month-long project below.

Agendas & Notes

Find agendas and notes for each work group posted in the three subsections below.

Members

Program Guidelines, Funding and Implementation Work Group

Kari Louwagie, NCEC Representative
Marcus Mills, NCEC Representative
Marcea Mariani, NRP Policy Board
Tony Sterle, Mayoral Appointment
Cacje Henderson, City Council Appointment
Sara Gangelhoff, City Council Appointment
Beryl Ann Burton, Fowell
Brandon Burbach, Webber-Camden
Becky McIntosh, Windom
Becky Timm, Nokomis East/Victory
Sarah Linnes-Robinson, Kenny/Kingfield
Claire Bergren, Powderhorn Park
Kathleen Cole, Waite Park
Sunny Chanthanouvong, Harrison
Long X. Yang, Hawthorne
Nate Streeter, Folwell

Governance Advisory Structure for Neighborhood and Community Engagement

Not filled, Cultural Community Representative
Nick Cichowicz, NCEC Representative
Jeff Strand, NCEC Representative
Council Member Reich, NRP Policy Board
School Board Member Samuels, NRP Policy Board
Erin Hart, Mayoral Appointment
Vacant, City Council Appointment
Vacant, City Council Appointment
Alexis Pennie, Jordan
Janet Court, Powderhorn Park
Kelley Skumautz, McKinley/Camden
Nikki Lindberg, Armatage
P. Victor Grambsch, Nicollet Island/East Bank
Saralyn Romanishan, Lowry Hill East
Shauna Dee, Stevens Square
Erika Dani, Victory
Stearline Rucker, Field-Regina-Northrop

Citywide Community Engagement Policy Work Group

Peter Eichten, NCEC Representative
Denis Houle, NCEC Representative
David Boyd, NRP Policy Board
Melvin Hamilton, Mayoral Appointment
Council Member Cam Gordon
Council Member Steve Fletcher (David Zaffrann)
Carin Peterson, Sheridan
Cathy Spann, Jordan
Khadra Fiqi, Cedar-Riverside
Aryca Myers, Bryant/Lyndale
Caitlin Ross, Standish-Ericsson
Danielle Tietjen, Folwell
Gary Simpson, Loring Park
Vanessa Haight, Elliot Park/Minnehaha
EG Nelson, Bancroft
Lolita Carter, Near North

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