There are several upcoming opportunities for you to have more input into the Minnehaha-Hiawatha Community Works project:
Minnehaha-Hiawatha Corridor Door Knock
Saturday – May 2 – 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Project staff will be out in the corridor on Saturday morning, May 2nd, to talk to area residents about the Minnehaha-Hiawatha Community Works project and to give out information on some upcoming public meetings in mid-May.
Community Conversations
The project team has collected great community input on how to improve the community’s quality of life. We would now like your input on issues, solutions, and desired outcomes for the corridor.
Join us at any one of the following Community Conversation workshops
Wednesday – May 13 – 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Minnehaha Communion Lutheran Church
4101 – 37th Avenue South
Thursday – May 14 – 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
2730 East 31st Street
Monday – May 18 – 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Longfellow Park Recreation Center
3435 – 36th Avenue South
Wednesday – May 20 – 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Northrop Urban Environmental School
4315 – 31st Avenue South
We look forward to seeing you in May!
There has been a lot of interest in the research studies being done as background for this project. Many of you had the chance to see presentations and ask questions to the consultants at the November Community Forum.
Now, several of the reports for these concurrent research studies are available via this website:
Cultural Resources Inventory: This report reviews the early history of the project area and the potential historical/cultural “themes” that should be considered as part of the study process. [File is very large - 12 MB]
Freight Rail Operations in the Corridor: This report examines current and future rail operations in the corridor. [File is large - 5 MB]
Minnehaha-Hiawatha Corridor Market Analysis: This report looks at retail and market conditions within the corridor and its retail trade areas. [File is large - 6 MB]
Also, a link to all previous research, planning, and studies done in the corridor can be found under Links to Past Studies.
* If you are having trouble accessing these files, please contact Robb Luckow at the link on the left.
Thank you to the over 100 community members who participated in the November 12 Community Forum at Sanford Middle School. Visitors had the chance to review information from concurrent studies and all the community input received to date, contribute their additional ideas, and go to
presentations on a recent railroad study, cultural resources study, and market retail study. Click on the links below to see more from the Forum:
Comments and Community Input
Comments from Forum Attendees links to comments made by neighbors who attended the Community Forum.
Input to Date links to the input from previous events.
Railroad Study
Rail Corridor Presentation Video [30 minutes long]
Rail Corridor PowerPoint – Part 1
Rail Corridor PowerPoint – Part 2
Cultural Resources Study
Cultural Resources Presentation Video [30 minutes long]
Cultural Resources PowerPoint – Part 1
Cultural Resources PowerPoint – Part 2
Cultural Resources PowerPoint – Part 3
Cultural Resources PowerPoint – Part 4
Cultural Resources PowerPoint – Part 5
Market Study
Market Analysis Presentation Video [30 minutes long]
Market Study PowerPoint – Part 1
Market Study PowerPoint – Part 2
In April 2008 Hennepin County Community Works launched a two-year process to develop a Strategic Development Framework for the Minnehaha-Hiawatha Corridor to guide County, City and other revitalization investments. These capital investment decisions will be community driven and based on a close collaboration among all stakeholders. A Community Advisory Committee (CAC) will serve as “stewards” of the community involvement process and work directly with the consulting team that the County has hired to lead this program.
For more information, click on “Project Overview” on the left.
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