The 38th Street and Chicago Avenue Small Area / Corridor Framework Plan

Residents sharing their ideas at the Plan’s Kick-Off Workshop.

A proposed cross section for Chicago Avenue near 38th Street.

Massing study for one of the project area intersections.

A placemaking and economic development blueprint prepared for four of the most economically, ethnically and culturally diverse neighborhoods in Minneapolis (with a combined population of 23,000 people), this Plan provides specific guidance for supporting the revitalization of important neighborhood corridors and nodes and for the improvement of the systems that make up people’s experience of the project area.

Developed through multiple rounds of community visioning and participation, the Plan includes recommendations for land use, transportation, economic development, housing and urban design, and also includes community health and arts-based community development components. It prominently features recommendations for improving pedestrian and bicycle connections and circulation in the project area.

The Plan was approved in March 2008 by the Minneapolis City Council for adoption into the City’s Comprehensive Plan. Several recommendations included in the Plan have received financial support and are moving towards implementation.

Resources

References

  • Elena Gaarder (Former Executive Director of Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association, which sponsored development of the Plan)
    Email: elena_gaarder at yahoo.com
    Mobile: 612-226-4704
  • Elizabeth Glidden, Councilmember, City of Minneapolis
    (Sponsored adoption of the Plan)
    City Council of Minneapolis, Ward 8
    350 S 5th Street, City Hall, Room 307
    Minneapolis, MN 55415
    Email: Elizabeth.Glidden at ci.minneapolis.mn.us
    Office: 612-673-2208