The Speak Project
A collaborative, youth-produced metal sculpture installation at 3644 Chicago Avenue (just north of the Baha'i Center), it includes pieces done by young people from each of the four neighborhoods surrounding 38th Street and Chicago Avenue.
This project was conceived by Central resident and MCTC metal arts instructor Heather Doyle, and sponsored by FORECAST Public Artworks.
from Bancroft neighborhood
from Bryant neighborhood
from Central neighborhood
from Powderhorn Park neighborhood
Funding for this project was provided by:
- 38th and Chicago Business Association
- Baha'i Center of Minneapolis
- Bryant Neighborhood Organization
- Central Neighborhood
- James Ford Bell Foundation
- Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program
Additional support was provided by:
- Ambles
- Greedor / Mondor Electric
- Josh Grubbs
- Minneapolis Community & Technical College
- Montana Scheff
- Patrick Doyle
- Ryan Knoke
- Urban Foresters
Small Area / Corridor Framework Plan
- (The FINAL DRAFT was delivered to the City on 11.09.07. The City began its official review period on November 15 2007, and will accept comments until December 31 2007. The links below will take you to the official City of Minneapolis Plan page)
- Draft Plan >
- Comment on the draft >
Community Development Plan
- (Visioning work completed in March 2006)
- Download complete document (5.7Mb pdf)
- Public Comments and Workshops
- for Small Area Plan:
- August 21 2006 Small Area Plan Kick-Off
- from earlier phases of this Plan:
- from Phase 2: January 31 2005
- from Phase 1: January 28 2004 kick-off