Minnehaha and Lake Shared Visions

 

 

The Minnehaha and Lake area is home to retail and other commerce, both big and small. Much of the surrounding area is a functional mix of light industrial and residential

Here’s a map of properties and businesses impacted by the uprising

The new Market Square space will be the home of the Midtown Farmers Market and the heart of the Minnehaha and Lake area.

The new space will be activated and programmed by the Corcoran Neighborhood Association and the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board. First Independence Bank will open in the ground floor space facing the Square.

Minnehaha and Lake Priorities

  • Facilitate ways to work together to support development projects so they can move forward

  • Explore ways to bring water and electricity to spaces being activated

  • Partner with Allina to explore a shared parking strategy at the East Lake Clinic

  • Determine, fund, and empower a single liaison for programming space to simplify the permitting process & make it user-friendly

  • Identify funding for the Parks Board an Corcoran Neighborhood to program & staff Market Square

  • Create a strategy for the 3rd Precinct site

 

Minnehaha and Lake Guiding Principles

The Minnehaha Area Leadership Team developed 6 Guiding Principles for the Minnehaha and Lake area process in October 2021

  • Make space for those often left out of the conversation.

  • We are all in this together, work collaboratively to attend to the whole.

  • Center justice and equity in order to keep community opportunity at the heart of this effort.

  • Dream beyond recovery and restoration, build towards a Lake Street that works for everyone.

  • Ensure our shared goals benefit everyone.

  • Remember that this is long-term work.

 

Learn More About the Minnehaha & Lake Themes

 

MINNEHAHA & LAKE VISIONS

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