George Floyd,

an unarmed black man, was murdered by four Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020. Mr. Floyd’s death shook our state as well as the state of the world. The resulting 2020 uprising was ignited in Minnesota and heavily impacted residents, businesses, and properties on the Lake Street corridor

 
 
 

  • While the uprising was activated by the murder, the underpinning issues and systemic structures that moved people into action have been a part of our history since the beginning of this nation.

    Even as generations of new immigrants and people of color have come to live, work, and own along Lake Street – to consider it a new kind of home – the fundamental inequities of our nation have continued to live along Lake Street too. This moment is an opportunity to do community development differently

 THIS IS NOT ANOTHER PLAN

 Lake Street Alignment is a collaborative process to listen, align and help accelerate projects and ideas already underway that support local ownership, equity, power, and wealth-building for BIPOC businesses, property owners, and residents as we collectively rebuild Lake Street

  • Five Leadership Teams

    Five cross-sector, community-based leadership teams anchor and guide the Lake Street Alignment process. There is an Area Leadership Team for each of the four geographic areas of focus: Nicollet, Chicago, Bloomington and Minnehaha, and one corridor-wide leadership team.

    Representatives include business and property owners, residents, community and cultural organizations, institutions, business associations, major employers and arts organizations



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  • Project Team

    A collaborative team of consultants has been brought together to support the community and McKnight Foundation in the Lake Street Alignment process. It includes community-based nonprofits, culturally rooted organizations, and local and BIPOC-led community engagement, coalition building, and physical design firms, in partnership with national firms to support the effort.

    The team brings a deep understanding of the community, as well as expertise in engagement, collaboration and consensus building, business and people support, as well as equitable development

    Learn Who's Involved
 

Many and Moving

 

400+

People Engaged

153+

Organizations Engaged

128+

BIPOC Business Owners

49

Property Owners

 

Step by Step

Understand What’s Happened

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