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Minneapolis Neighborhoods / Neighborhood Organizations

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Neighborhood association merger news: three east bank neighborhoods, Nicollet Island / East Bank, Marcy Holmes, and Como, voted in recent weeks to merge into a single neighborhood organization. The vote passed in all three neighborhoods, advancing the plan to merge before the end of the year.

https://mndaily.com/285559/city/east-ba ... ty-voting/
https://mndaily.com/286039/city/east-ba ... on-merger/

You can read a summary of the plan here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TYEduJ ... LbGYO/view
Here's a snippet from NIEBNA's website:
Merging Organizations, Not Neighborhoods
The boards of the Nicollet Island-East Bank Neighborhood Association (NIEBNA), the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association (MHNA), and the Southeast Como Improvement Association (SECIA) have recognized that as their neighborhoods continue to evolve, the effectiveness and sustainability of neighborhood organizations has become increasingly critical. These three associations have long served their neighborhoods well; however, the time has come to merge into a single, more robust organization. The East Bank Neighborhoods Partnership will enhance resource allocation, strengthen advocacy, streamline operations, and ultimately result in a more unified and effective voice for the communities they represent.
Following the vote, the current associations tweeted out a logo indicating the public facing name of the merged organization will be "East Bank District", which is better than the working name "East Bank Neighborhoods Partnership". "East Bank District" is a solid name for the merged organization, but it won't necessarily be pushed as a name for the Downtown Northeast/CenHen/Old Town/Old St. Anthony (Main) business district, which still seems to be officially unnamed despite this guy pushing hard for "Old Town": https://www.oldtownmpls.com/about.

My take: East Bank and Marcy Holmes working as a single organization just makes sense, especially considering the many-named business district gets split right down the current boundary line of Central Avenue. Now at least the entire business district is contained within a single neighborhood organization. Adding Como (which also includes Mid-City Industrial) into the mix makes a lot of sense too. Now the entire greater University area (except Prospect Park) and inner NE/SE will have a professionally-run neighborhood organization on the scale of Longfellow Community Council.

As for the business district name, I didn't love "Old Town" at first, but that website makes a strong case for it. Apparently NIEBNA voted on officially adopting "Old Town" and the motion failed by a single vote. Of course, Old Town (or DTNE or CenHen or whatever you call it) will now be just one business district within the greater East Bank District, which also contains Dinkytown and Como.

Lastly, a fun little map nerd fact: all three neighborhoods contain streets with both NE and SE directionals.
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Prospect Park will give up its identity and join this group when hell freezes over.
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Another merger happened about a year ago. Beltrami and Northeast Park neighborhoods joined forces to form Lower Northeast Neighborhoods Association. St. Anthony East and Logan Park were invited to join but did not end up doing so. https://www.startribune.com/two-northea ... /600314966
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twincitizen wrote: November 15th, 2024, 12:38 pm Another merger happened about a year ago. Beltrami and Northeast Park neighborhoods joined forces to form Lower Northeast Neighborhoods Association. St. Anthony East and Logan Park were invited to join but did not end up doing so. https://www.startribune.com/two-northea ... /600314966
I think the East Bank merger is a smart move, it’s just for clout, to streamline things and give these neighborhoods more clout. But Prospect Park? For as long as they can, they’ll maintain their independence. I like that Beltrami and Northeast Park are teaming up, but I don’t know if many others will take the leap. Some neighborhoods don't care what others think.
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