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Central Avenue – Outreach Presentation

August 10, 2011 / CentralAve / No comments

NECDC: Great Cities Project

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At the end of June, the Northeast CDC held an educational and conversational presentation about Special Service Districts (SSD) and Business Improvements (BID) and their impact on Central Ave in Northeast Minneapolis. The presentation was followed by an open conversation with community stakeholders.

The conversation that followed led to a number of interesting questions, including:

  • What will the actual numbers of a Business Improvement District look like?
  • Are there other Special Service or Business Improvement districts that work with snow removal, or is Central unique in that way?
  • If an administrator is needed, is a Business Improvement District sustainable?
  • What are the expected realistic impacts a Business Improvement District could have?

Over the next year, we’ll be answering these and other questions about the impact of a Business Improvement District along Central Avenue.

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the Central Ave Commercial Corridor – Future Planning

June 26, 2011 / CentralAve / No comments

Dear Central Avenue friends,

The Northeast Community Development Corporation is hosting an informational conversation about Special Service Districts (SSD), Business Improvement Districts (BID) and their impact along Central Avenue.

The conversation will take place this Wednesday June 29th, 7:30am – 8:30am at Eastside Food Coop (in the Granite Studio.)

I hope you can join us!

-Jamie

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Central Avenue Survey Results are in…

June 1, 2011 / CentralAve / No comments

The results of the Central Avenue Outreach Survey have been posted. The top three priorities along Central Ave as determined by participants:

  • Winter Services (i.e., snow removal)
  • Graffiti Removal
  • Filling Vacant Storefronts

You can read the full results here: central.great-cities.org/?p=24

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Central Avenue Survey – Results!

June 1, 2011 / CentralAve / No comments

Survey Responses

  • 50% were property owners
  • 65% were business owners (a few both business and property owners)
  • 50% were familiar with CASSD (Central Ave Special Services District)
  • 35% were familiar with BIDs (Business Improvement Districts – general)

High-Ranking Priorities
(Listed from most to least important, with a three-way tie for the #1 ranking.)

1. Winter Services (avg 4.11)
1. Graffiti Removal (avg 4.11)
1. Filling Vacant Storefronts (avg 4.11)

4. Control over Budgets/Spending (avg 3.89)
5. Marketing Central (avg 3.74)
6. Increased Parking (avg 3.68)
7. Landscaping (avg 3.42)
8. Tree Lights (avg 3.32)
9. Banners (avg 2.74)
10. Snowflake Installation/Repair (avg 2.53)

Other suggestions noted:

  • parking on friday afternoon is bad. clean up existing business store fronts and sidewalk (furniture store and corner mkt on 26th).
  • 5 – window signage, cluttered windows, dirty storefronts
  • 4 (marked “other” but left no note)
  • 3 Safety or Perception of Safety
  • 5 Better storefronts. Name brand restaurant as in, Applebees, TGI Fridays, Chili’s, Any hamburger chain.

Conclusions

The 35% awareness of Business Improvement Districts is not entirely surprising, but the 50% awareness of CASSD is lower than initially expected. Our next step will be to continue outreach and education to the businesses and property owners along Central Avenue.

We are proposing an outreach meeting on the morning of Wednesday June 29th, 2011, 7:30 am. This meeting will be to inform about the work that CASSD is doing on behalf of the local business community as well as to let businesses and property owners know about the research that the Northeast CDC is doing for Central Avenue. The meeting will be filmed and posted online for those not able to attend. More info to come.

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Last few days to take the Central Avenue Survey!

May 27, 2011 / CentralAve / No comments

Hello!

Are you a business, resident, or property owner on Central between 14th and 28th Ave NE?

If so, please complete the following informational survey. The survey will only take a few minutes and will help the Central Avenue Special Services District determine the next priorities.

In order for your suggestions to be included, please list your name and/or business name.

This survey will close on May 31st, 2011.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE96eVhLc1l3UzRQUlI5cExPalM3cXc6MQ

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The Immigrant Soul of Central Avenue

April 21, 2011 / CentralAve / No comments

The stretch of Minneapolis’ Central Avenue Northeast that runs from around 18th Avenue to a little past Lowry is a colorful collage of immigrant businesses: Hispanic, Arab, Afghan, Indian, Southeast Asian…

Find the full article here:

thelinemedia.com/features/centralavenueslides04202011.aspx

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Life intersects Art in Northeast Minneapolis

April 6, 2011 / CentralAve / No comments

While artists have outlined their hopes in the Art Action plan, residents have their own set of concerns about the future of Northeast…

Full Article on the Twin Cities Daily Planet site

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Central Ave – Services Survey

March 31, 2011 / CentralAve / No comments

Central Ave - 1953

Central Avenue, 1953

Are you a business, resident, or property owner on Central between 14th and 28th Ave NE?

If so, please complete the following informational survey. The survey will only take a few minutes and will help the Central Avenue Special Services District determine the next priorities.

In order for your suggestions to be included, you must include your name and/or business name. (We’ll have other surveys for opinions about Central Avenue generally in the future.) Thank you!

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Great Cities: Business Improvement District Research

March 18, 2011 / CentralAve / No comments

Great Cities: Business Improvement District Research

The NE CDC is partnering with four other groups to research Business Improvement Districts and their feasibility in the various areas as well as to identify the process of facilitating the transition.

For the past several months I’ve met with the current advisory board for the Central Avenue Special Services District as well as with my colleagues at SPARC, West Broadway, University United and Lake Street. We created great-cities.org to share research relating to all districts and individual sites like the one here for us to share individual-area related research and outreach tools.

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Greetings…

February 5, 2011 / CentralAve / No comments

more enlightening information about Central work on the BID collaborative coming soon!

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