NRP
Update

In May, KIAA was informed that we would receive an unexpected increase in our Phase 2 NRP funding. 70% of NRP Phase 2 funds must be directed to housing-related uses; in 2007, we had allocated ¾ ($45K) of our earlier housing funding to support the transitional housing building project of The Bridge for Youth, located at Emerson Ave S and W 22nd St in the East Isles neighborhood. The remaining ¼ ($15K) was allocated to the Clare Apartments, a housing development in NE Mpls for previously homeless people living with HIV/AIDS.

Following discussion and consideration, the KIAA Board decided in July to allocate the unexpected, new $10K in housing funds to the Bridge for Youth, for its supportive transitional housing and scattered-site housing for youth. Our Board wished to put the money to work quickly, and believes it is wise to follow our earlier capital funding with support for the programming that The Bridge provides to homeless young people in Mpls.

In June, the KIAA Board allocated $2K of our Neighborhood Livability funds to support Phase 2 of the Kenwood (School) Environmental Improvement Project (KEIP). Our funds this year will help with the new garden area being created next to the school, east of last year’s improvements.

At this point, our neighborhood has about $6K in unallocated Neighborhood Livability funds. Our Phase 2 NRP Action Plan is almost completed.

So what’s next? We don’t know yet, as uncertainty abounds in the new city-run community engagement approach being constructed. Draft guidelines have recently been released, so we will attempt to evaluate and comment on those to see where, if at all, our neighborhood organization fits in.

Pat Scott, KIAA Vice Chair & NRP Committee Chair

Questions?
Please contact KIAA NRP Committee Chair, Pat Scott
Phone: 612-374-1173
E-Mail:pscott01@hotmail.com


NRP Phase I Action Plan (PDF)
NRP Phase II Action Plan(PDF)
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