Investing in North Minneapolis: housing revival
Like the legendary phoenix rising from the ashes of the Great Recession and the foreclosure crisis of 2008, the housing market is showing good signs of …
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Harvest Fest returns to Lowry Avenue
Harvest Fest will return to Lowry Avenue on Saturday, August 20, bringing with it a day of fun-filled activities surrounding the Penn/Lowry intersection. The …
Neighbors rally against violence
Vigils, rallies, and marches… the community has been publically calling for an end to the senseless gun violence on the Northside. All too often lately the …
Environmental Impact Study: Dramatically higher air pollution deaths near Lowry Avenue Bridge
North and Northeast Minneapolis have an industrial air pollution problem, and a new study indicates that residents near the Lowry Ave. Bridge may be paying …
McKinley joins forces with new neighborhood cafe
McKinley Community, a neighborhood nonprofit looking to build new capacity, is now leasing space to Serendripity Spot, a community coffee shop and café …
Hawthorne EcoVillage brings 75 units of affordable housing
On July 13 elected officials, community and business leaders, friends and neighbors got together at 617 Lowry N. to celebrate the official groundbreaking of …
33rd Annual Minneapolis National Night Out
If you haven’t planned for your National Night Out event on Tuesday, August 2, there’s still time. You don’t need to do anything fancy at this time – …
The Story Garden: Growing hope and reclaiming peace
It was almost dusk and a handful kids that live by the Story Garden at 35 and Humboldt started to throw rocks at the community board. Plants started to get …
The Camden Community News is celebrating 40 years! Support the Camden News —your community newspaper
Thanks to all of you who have donated to the Camden News for 40 years— we appreciate your support. You know that newspapers around the country are failing …
49th and Queen Aves. bridge improvement projects
The bridges on 49th Ave. N / Humboldt and Queen and 52nd and Penn are undergoing repairs and will be closed for up to five weeks. Start date was the week of …