Reporter's Notebook

West Bank Community Coalition, August 20 board meeting

NO SEPTEMBER MEETING; Bluff Street Park memorial; Smith Partners representation; Gateway demonstration project; LRT stations to be expanded; safety walking patrols

Longfellow Community Council board meeting, Aug. 20

'Framework for the Future' frustration; Vice Lords in Longfellow; LCC to sever ties with Seward Redesign

Prospect Park East River Road Improvement Association, July 28 meeting

Campus Crossroads development; home improvement loans; Granary Road into St. Paul; temporary historic protection; ‘mini-dorms’ and possible residential housing moratorium; Rapson memorial

Nicollet Island/East Bank Neighborhood Association annual meeting

Board members selected; legislators’ reports; riverfront development corporation, National Night Out; Pedal opens

Seward Neighborhood Group board meeting, July 23

Schools referendum; Assets, liabilites and NRP payback; yard-art proposal; chemical-coated Xcel poles; tenants for Seward Co-op building; Seward history project

Longfellow Community Council board meeting, July 17

Save NRP update; Hennepin County Community Works project; Center for Energy and Environment

West Bank Community Coalition board meeting, July 16

Bohemian Flats Day; schools referendum; online forum; murders still unsolved; youth mural project

Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association, July 15 board meeting

Florence Court development opposed; 1120 SE Eighth St. duplex 'defeated'; 15th Avenue Plan posting; Metal-Matic parking;

Southeast Como Improvement Association July 1 meeting

Good Neighbor Fund grant; Grand Rounds update; Manning Service station purchase; Mid-city Industrial expansion; no August meeting

West Bank Community Coalition June 18 board meeting

Board members, volunteers needed; Brian Coyle expansion; Bohemian Flats Day Aug. 6