Each episode features reports about the work of Minneapolis neighborhoods in the NRP.

Minneapolis Neighborhood News can be seen on cable in the city of Minneapolis on MTN 16 on Sundays at 5 p.m., on MTN 17 on Fridays at 6:30 p.m. and on City Cable 14 on Sundays at 4:30 p.m., Mondays at 5:30 p.m., and Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.

Now showing:

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #97

This show features segments on the Midtown Farmer's Market, the Phillips Clean Sweep, and economic development projects of the Kingfield Neighborhood. Watch the show.

Length 27:09. November 2007

Recent Past Episodes:

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #96

This show features segments on a home fix-up in the Holland Neighborhood, on the East Harriet Farmstead Rosefest, on the 2007 Parade of Community Gardens, and on the Ventura Village Art Fair. Watch the show.

Length 28:30. September 2007

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #95
This show features segments about the Minneapolis and Saint Paul Home Tour, the "Lyndale Blooms with Youth" project in North Minneapolis, and the Northeast Gateway art project. Watch the show.
Length: 26:38.June 2007.

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #94
This is the preview show for the 2007 Minneapolis and Saint Paul Home Tour. Visit five homes on the tour and find out about this self-guided celebration of city living that is organized by the NRP. Watch the show.
Length: 28:30. April 2007.

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #93
This episode takes you to Bohemian Flats Park, where the West Bank NRP uses history as an organizing tool with its Bohemian Flats Day. Next we visit the intersection of four neighborhoods to see the unveiling of a children's sculpture park as part of The Speak Project. Then we tour restoration efforts going on around Grass Lake in the Kenny Neighborhood. And last, we visit the West Phillips Winter Social for a look at the food and friendship there.
Length: 28:30. Februaryr 2007.

Watch the Bohemian Flats Day Segment.

Watch The Speak Project Segment.

Watch the Grass Lake Segment.

Watch the West Phillips Winter Social Segment.

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #92
"Safety" is the subject of this episode. We go on a walk with the Steven Square Block Patrol, which has been building community while preserving neighborhood safety for fifteeen years. We also visit the Franklin Safety Center in the Ventura Village Neighborhood, and find about how they have improved safety with the Courtwatch program. We also visit the Phillips Clean Sweep, a community building event organized by the Weed and Seed program.
Length: 27:00. November 2006.

Watch the Stevens Square Block Patrol Segment.

Watch the Franklin Safety Center/Courtwatch segment.

Watch the Phillips Clean Sweep segment.

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #91
In this episode, you will tour several community gardens that used NRP resources or build community in many ways. These gardens were part of the Parade of Community Gardens organized by GardenWorks. The second segment is a visit to 3310 Nicollet, a new building on a major transit corridor that features affordable housing through the NRP and the City of Lakes Community Land Trust.
Length: 28:30. September 2006.

Watch the Parade of Community Gardens segment (Quick Time Movie).

Watch the 3310 Nicollet segment (Quick Time Movie)

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #90
This is an all-arts episode that features an extended segment on the transformation of the Ritz Theater into a new home for the Ballet of the Dolls dance company. This rehabilitation of a long-abandonned theater was made possible in part through the NRP contributions of the Sheridan and Holland Neighborhoods. The show also features a segment on the Northside Arts Collective's Spring Art Party, an event that builds community through the arts.
Length: 28:30. August 2006.

Watch the Ritz Reopens segment (Quick Time Movie).

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #89
In this episode we visit four of the homes featured on this year's Minneapolis St. Paul Home Tour. All of these homes used NRP resources to fix them up or construct them. The show also includes a segment on a series of forums that Third Ward City Council Member Diane Hofstede held using the NRP model to develop an agenda for the ward. It ends on a segment about the Annual Meeting of the Nokomis East Neighborhood Association.
Length: 28:30. June 2006.

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #88
This episode starts out with a look at the Bill and Bonnie Daniels Firefighters Hall and Museum. This Museum was established with help from the Holland Neighborhood, which contributed NRP funds for a facade for the building. The second segment looks at Plaza Verde at Lake and Bloomington Ave. This development was re-dedicated to honor Mexican President Benito Juarez. The final segment looks at a Town Meeting in the Longfellow Community in which residents gave input on a development proposed for along the Hiawatha Line.
Length: 28:30. May 2006.

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #87
This is the preview show for the 2006 Minneapolis and Saint Paul Home Tour. Visit five homes on the tour and find out about this self-guided celebration of city living that is organized by the NRP.
Length: 28:30. April 2006.

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #86
First, we visit three homes featured in the Minneapolis Saint Paul Home Tour, which is organized by the Minneapolis NRP. The second segment is about the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ripley Gardens housing project in the Harrison Neighborhood. This project is converting a historic maternity hospital into housing. The final segment looks at the Kingfield Neighborhood Fall Festival. Some highlights of the festival were a neighborhood fundraiser and a design survey.
Length: 28:30. September 2005.

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #85
In this episode, visit a recently rehabilitated home in North Minneapolis that was returned to the family that owned it years ago. Also visit a Hmong Cultural Fair put on by a collaboration between three neighborhood associations and the Southeast Asian Community Council. Then drop by the newly rehabilitated Franklin Community Library and the terrific celebration that welcomed the community back into this beautiful space.
Length: 28:22. June 2005.

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #84
This is the annual Minneapolis and Saint Paul Home Tour Preview Show. Visit five houses on this year's tour and find out what these homeowners did to make their homes more useful and inviting. The Home Tour is organized by the NRP, with the assistance of many volunteers and volunteer home tour hosts.
Length: 28:30. April 2005.

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #83
This show features two segments on community building activities and a segment on a housing project. In the McKinley Neighborhood, a NRP youth program develops a community garden that is dedicated to peace in the memory of Sheila Wellstone. In East Phillips, the Franklin Station homes open. They are affordable housing made affordable through NRP resources, and also through proximity to transit. And the Phillips West Neighborhood gets together for their 8th Annual Winter Social, a community festival that has turned into a tradition.
Length: 27:20. February 2005.

Minneapolis Neighborhood News #82
This program is titled, "Environment," and looks at several environment-related NRP projects. Included are segments on native planting projects along the Mississippi River in the Longfellow Community, and along Ryan Lake in the Victory Neighborhood of North Minneapolis. The program also looks at the Rain Garden Program in the Fulton neighborhood, and at a multi-neighborhood effort to change the air over Minneapolis by convincing Excel Energy to convert the Riverside power plant's fuel from coal to natural gas.
Length: 28:30. November 2004.

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Under Programs you will find a list of past Minneapolis Neighborhood News programs, and the topics in each show. Under Watch you can take a look at some segments from past episodes.