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The Midtown Community Works
Partnership is a public-private partnership formed to guide
the redevelopment of the Midtown Greenway-Lake Street corridor
in south Minneapolis. Hennepin County, the City of Minneapolis,
and the Metropolitan Council formed this partnership to
provide leadership, integrate planning, and mobilize resources
for this corridor.
The MCW Partnership provides a forum to coordinate a wide
array of public and private investments. We focus on projects
that have community support and seek to enhance economic
vitality, improve connections to the local and regional
transit systems, and improve the surrounding neighborhoods.
NEWS & EVENTS
Midtown Greenway Coalition Annual Meeting
Mark your calendars for the Midtown Greenway Coalition's annual meeting on Thursday, May 28th from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on the northern edge of the Midtown Greenway between 10th and 11th Avenues - also known as the CEPRO site. Sign Up for Arbor Day: May 2, 2009
The annual Arbor Day 2009 tree planting along the Midtown Greenway will be Saturday, May 2 at 9:00 a.m. The planting site will be east of Hiawatha and south of 28th Street - not far from the 2008 planting near the Sabo bridge!
For more information or to volunteer, please contact Theresa Nelson, 612-879-0103, Theresa [at] midtowngreenway.org.
Download the flyer here!
Lyn Lake Small Area Plan
The Draft Small Area Plan is available on the City of Minneapolis website. The plan was approved by the Planning Commission on April, 20th, 2009 and will be considered for approval by the City Council.
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FEATURE STORIES
May 8, 2009
Arbor Day 2009: the Sun Shines for Volunteers Planting Trees
The day began with some of the best weather Mother Nature could offer: a perfect blue sky, temperatures in the mid 50s and warm sunshine. The Midtown Community Works Partnership's 9th Annual Arbor Day tree planting event was a success due to over 100 dedicated volunteers. may volunteers arrived by bike - enough to fill two large bike racks! Comissioner Peter McLaughlin led the even kickoff... More.
February 12, 2009
MCW Resolution on the Xcel Hiawatha Project
The Midtown Community Works Partnership passed a resolution regarding the Xcel Hiawatha Project. The Partnership continues to support a vision for the Midtown Greenway as a future transit, bicycling and pedestrian corridor and the Partnership finds that the Xcel Hiawatha Project as proposed is incompatible with this vision. Click here for the full text of the resolution.
A visualization of the proposed Xcel Hiawatha Project was prepared for the Midtown Community Works Partnership by Partnership Manager, Faith Cable. It shows the approximate height and scale of the proposed project.
June 26, 2008
MCW Partner Profiles
Meet MCW Chair David Orbuch and MCW Past Chair Nate Garvis
May 11, 2008
MCW Celebrates Another Successful Arbor Day
The eighth annual Arbor Day planting on the Midtown Greenway took place on Saturday, April 26, just east of Hiawatha at the site of the new Sabo bridge. Click here for a report on the event in all its muddy glory!
April 28, 2007
The Big Dig: Arbor Day 2007 on the Midtown Greenway
It was hard to see the trees for the volunteers at this year’s Arbor Day on the Midtown Greenway. For long-time participants, the 7th Annual MCW Arbor Day will surely count as one of the best yet. Flawless weather, a fabulous turnout, and seamless event planning and coordination combined to make for a near-perfect event. More.
October 10, 2006
Portland tour reveals streetcar possibilities
On September 7 and 8, a delegation of MCW partners, private developers, business owners, and representatives from the public sector traveled from Minneapolis to Portland for a firsthand look at that city’s widely-admired streetcar system. They discovered that as a city, Portland has great passion for its streetcar line and takes justifiable pride in the pattern of urban development it has created. More.
August 10, 2006
A Desire Named Streetcar: Inspired by its success, Minneapolis makes tracks to study the Portland Streetcar line
As part of its Ten-Year Transportation Action Plan, Minneapolis is conducting a Streetcar Feasibility Study of the viability of possible streetcar routes, the Midtown Greenway among them. The City is looking to places like Portland for lessons on how to reinvent this traditional form of transit for today’s urban environment. More.
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