NE CDC - Stakeholder Presentation

Northeast Community Development Corporation - Stakeholder Board Meeting - June 28, 2010

Our Mission The NE CDC works to promote the economic development of Northeast Minneapolis in a manner that furthers the interest of both residents and businesses. What the CDC has done What are we doing What will we be doing Most importantly - what we can be doing together!

The role of CDCs - Varies from region to region, economy to economy - Economic development - Neighborhood organizing - Small business services - Housing

Northeast - 13 neighborhood organizations - NEMAA, NE Mpls Chamber of Commerce - Arts District & vibrant commercial corridors NE CDC - Northeast-wide facilitation!

NE CDC - History Serving the Northeast community

NE Futures - Phase 1 = dialogue - Northeast-wide Canvasses - Engaged community discussions - Produced a Community Vision Statement*

Central Avenue - Active in Central Ave Special Services District - Small business consulting and startup help - Paint and Fix programs - Safety on Central - Community Garden - Window Merchandising - Central Avenue Plan ci.minneapolis.mn.us/cped/images/central_ave_plan_update-2.jpg

Jackson St. Artist Housing - Arts Action Plan* notes sustainable artist housing - Community supported, community driven - Next to a commercial corridor - A huge project to tackle, moving to a new phase

NE CDC - Present - January 2010 = organizational transition - Board and remaining staff reinvigorated - New leadership, new direction!

NE Futures - Phase II - Moving from talk to action - Building on research done in past phase - Great work being done @ City/Gov’t levels but what can people be doing to help? - NE Futures = engaging the community at an individual level

Business Services - Helping businesses start, grow and thrive La Gran Columbia, Sen Yai Sen Lek - Tiered rates - NPs, NEMAA & Chamber members - Finance, strategic planning, facilitation, & more - Continue business recruitment

Arts District - We are actively involved with the Arts Action Plan & Arts District Committee - Working to improve artists as a business - Sustainability of the area

Commercial Corridors - Central Avenue B.I.D. (Business Improvement District) Lake Street Council, University United, West Broadway Business and Area Coalition, St. Paul Area Redevelopment Corporation (SPARC on Rice St.) - Partner with other CDCs and nonproﬁts - Move outward to help additional corridors (Not just Central)

Jackson St. Artist Housing - Partnering with Artspace* - Moving from ownership to rental model - Continuing to work/communicate with lenders - Fulﬁlling the Arts Action Plan - Community asset

NE CDC itself - Working on board development - Rebuilding sustainable organizational structure - Communication/Outreach (website) - Diversiﬁcation of revenue streams - Continuing/developing strategic plan

NE CDC - Future - Meeting the changing needs of the NE community - Learning from past projects - Creating a more sustainable structure - Facilitating partnerships

Additional Areas - Business incubation and development (Working with Chamber, other CDCs.) - Redevelopment (807 Broadway, Hollywood Theatre, Porky’s, 2301 California Silos.) - Community endeavors (NE Futures, Cross-neighborhood Facilitation, Northeast Credit Union.) - Regional growth (Working with additional CDCs - SPARC, UABA, WBAC, LADV, Redesign Inc.) - Addressing underserved areas of NE (Mid-City Industrial)

Fulﬁlling Our Mission ...working to promote the economic development of Northeast Minneapolis in a manner that furthers the interest of both residents and businesses by: - helping businesses by offering needed services - serving residents by helping Neighborhood Orgs and providing hands-on volunteer opportunities - facilitation, support, development and more!

Our Success - depends on you!

Thank you!

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