The Minnehaha-Hiawatha Corridor Environmental Collaboration is a  new county-led effort to address environmental toxins in western Longfellow and East Phillips.  The project brings together two dozen business, community, government, and non profit agencies in a Community Environmental Workgroup to lead an effort to identify and prioritize environmental risks in the area.

This project is funded by an award from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  Through its CARE (Community Action for a Renewed Environment) program, the EPA works with communities to reduce toxins in local communities.

Hennepin County is working with the Women’s Environmental Institute (WEI) and Longfellow Community Council (LCC) on this important effort.  These organizations will provide technical and community engagement expertise to help reach the many diverse communities in the corridor area. Project activities will include the following:

1. Identifying and understanding perceptions of environmental risk in the corridor
2. Sharing data on the extent of existing risk
3. Ranking and identifying priority risks
4. Developing an Action Plan to address risks

In spring, the project team will begin a series of conversations with community stakeholders to understand their perceptions of risks in the corridor area.  Check back for more information on how you can get involved.

Additional Project information:
Community Partners (Community Environmental Workgroup)
Project Area Map
Recent Articles and Media about CARE project

CEW Meetings:
April 15, 2011 – Meeting Agenda and Notes
May 20, 2011 – Meeting Agenda and Notes
June 30, 2011 – Meeting Agenda and Notes
September 15, 2011 – Meeting Agenda and Notes
November 3, 2011 – Meeting Agenda and Notes
January 12, 2012 – Meeting Agenda and Notes

EPA Information:
The CARE Roadmap provides a process to identify a community’s environmental risk.
EPA CARE website provides more information on the CARE program.

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