For the second year in a row, we're excited to bring the Minneapolis Health Department's free vaccine clinic to the Community Connections Conference. Stop by the clinic on June 10 while you explore the more than 100 interactive, informative exhibits in this year's exhibit hall.

Get your booster shot against COVID-19, or if you haven't gotten vaccinated yet, get your one-dose, bivalent Pfizer shot. To take advantage of this opportunity:

• Bring your vaccination card if you have one.
• No insurance needed.
• Anyone over age 5 is eligible.
• If you're over 65, you can get a second booster.

After you're done, feel free to take home a toy for kids and portable first aid kit.

Email [email protected] with any questions.

Three weeks to go! Register now!

You can sign up now for the 2023 Community Connections Conference on June 10. The conference is open to everyone and will run together with the 2023 Green Zone Summit for environmental justice.

Community Connections Conference and Green Zone Summit
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, June 10
(Check-in starts and exhibit hall opens at 8 a.m.)
Minneapolis Convention Center, Lower Level, Hall A
Pre-register online or register in person on conference day.

The METRO F Line is a planned bus rapid transit line that will provide faster and more reliable transit service in the Route 10 corridor between downtown Minneapolis and Northtown Transit Center along Nicollet Mall, Central Avenue, 53rd Avenue, and University Avenue. The F Line will be the region’s sixth arterial BRT line.  

​Bus rapid transit is a package of transit enhancements that adds up to a faster trip and an improved experience on Metro Transit’s busiest bus routes. Learn more at metrotransit.org/brt or watch a short video. 

Please click here to see the presentation given at a recent meeting organized by Marcy-Holmes. 

​To learn more about the F Line project: 

• View a project ​fact sheet in English, Spanish, Somali, Hmong, Oromo, or Arabic
• ​View materials from past project presentations  
• Subscribe to the F Line Update and get project news delivered to your inbox 

The City of Minneapolis is launching a renting rights campaign to inform renters and property owners about renter rights by improving access to information from the City. The campaign aims to raise awareness about renting rights and the City’s renter resources with updates to the City website and community engagement with residents throughout Minneapolis. More than half of Minneapolis residents are renters.

Residents can learn more about renting rights, help with issues and resources on the City website.

Renting rights

Find out what you need to know about your rights as a renter in Minneapolis. We explain renter rights for the following issues:

• Renter screening.
• Security deposits.
• Evictions.
• Relocation.
• Repairs and maintenance.
• Retaliation.

Help with renter issues

Learn how you can get help with urgent situations, rental issues and City notices including:

• Property owner harassment or threats.
• Heat not working.
• Dangerous conditions.
• Property owner not responding to repair requests.
• Property owner discrimination.

Renter resources

See what resources are available to help you with rental housing issues in Minneapolis including:

• City resources of support from Rental Housing Liaisons.
• Legal resources.

The City Council has adopted the 2023-2025 Minneapolis Vision Zero Action Plan, which sets priorities for the next three years toward the City’s goal of ending traffic deaths and severe injuries by 2027.

The updated plan builds on the work of the 2020-2022 Vision Zero Action Plan and draws on information in the 2022 Vision Zero Crash Study. An average of 150 people suffered life-altering injuries or were killed in traffic crashes each year on streets in Minneapolis from 2017 to 2021. That is unacceptable and preventable. Traffic crashes disproportionately impact people in neighborhoods with lower incomes, Native American residents and people walking and bicycling.

The plan features 17 strategies and 78 actions to implement between 2023 and 2025. They include four focus areas:

• Safety improvements on high-injury streets.
• Reducing dangerous vehicle speeds.
• Traffic safety camera pilot addressing speeding and running red lights.
• Reforms to address racial disparities in traffic stops.

Learn more about the work to make our streets safer and how to get involved on the City’s website.

Minneapolis residents can sign up now for the free 2023 Community Connections Conference on June 10. This year's theme, "Minneapolis in motion," welcomes all communities to explore how Minneapolis is growing, moving and changing, including through the City’s 2023-2024 priorities. The conference will run together with the 2023 Green Zone Summit for environmental justice.

The Community Connections Conference is a free annual event for residents, community groups, neighborhood organizations and local government to build relationships, learn together and create a better Minneapolis.

The 2023 conference will feature:

• Workshops and other breakout sessions in multiple languages. The subjects include renters’ rights, responsible development and worker well-being, creative expression and emotional release for incarcerated people through the community-based organization FreeWriters, building relationships with youths in challenging environments, recycling and organics, climate action, and creating a plan for saving energy at home.
• An exhibit hall showcasing more than 100 organizations with fun, interactive activities for both kids and adults.
• Opportunities to learn about City policies, programs and services.
• Lunch provided by local food vendors.
• Performances by local artists.

Community Connections Conference and Green Zone Summit
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, June 10
(Check-in starts and exhibit hall opens at 8 a.m.)
Minneapolis Convention Center, Hall A, Lower Level
Pre-registration is on the City website.

Call for breakout sessions, exhibits and volunteers

Community members can sign up by April 30 to lead a workshop, roundtable, panel or presentation.

Nonprofits and public institutions can apply for free exhibit space by April 30.

Volunteers can help spread the word about the conference, welcome guests, guide people to breakout sessions and keep lunch services running smoothly. Bilingual volunteers are especially helpful. The volunteer signup button is in the conference pre-registration form on the City website.

Register to attend the conference

Everyone is welcome to read more and register for the free Community Connections Conference on the City website.

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The City of Minneapolis is hosting an open house for the Johnson St NE/35W Intersection Improvement project on Thursday, April 27^th.  The project will be reconstructing the intersection, including Johnson St NE,  the ramps leading to I-35W, and the entrance to the Quarry with the goal of improving the safety, comfort, and travel experience for all people using the intersection and better meet the needs of the community.  While not project is not located within the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood, the project may be of interest for residents due to the close proximity of the intersection and the Quarry shopping center.

More information about the open house and the project can be found on the project page here.

A note from The Musicant Group:

This is our final year of Third Avenue Bridge construction. Thank you for your patience and support as we complete the necessary preservation and rehabilitation work to continue to allow this historic bridge to connect our communities.

Though we have not yet identified a bridge reopening date, we are thinking about what a project celebration and the reconnection of communities across the Mississippi River will look and feel like.

As a valued member of this community and because of your involvement throughout construction, we would love to hear from you about what would make this an exciting and festive community-centered celebration.

We also recognize that time is a valuable resource. We have prepared a survey to capture your thoughts and suggestions about our project celebration. However, if you would prefer to discuss them via a brief phone call, let’s find a time to connect.

Should you not have the capacity or otherwise feel that we should connect with another person, we welcome you to invite key members of your community or another staff person with your organization to share their thoughts via the survey. Your participation is what guides the event experience and is key to a more connected and vibrant event!

In order to continue in our planning, we will be closing the survey at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 28.

Take the Survey Here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/?sm=kh8JwyvVs7G8M0c_2Bgrq4lA_3D_3D

Thank you in advance for your participation.

Kimberly Peterson | Relationship & Events Manager | she/her
Creating Places Where People Want to Be
612.888.1901 
[email protected]

April 14, 2023, Noon - 1 pm

Moos Tower Room 2-650

515 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Sign up to attend the April 14th Overdose Response Training, provided by the Steve Rummler Hope Network together with Boynton Health Services. Session will cover current opioid overdose data, basic naloxone pharmacology, recognizing overdose symptoms, and naloxone administration. Registered attendees will receive an intramuscular/IM naloxone kit. Visit z.umn.edu/OverdoseResponseTraining to learn more about the training opportunities available during spring semester and to register. This training is open to UMN students, staff, faculty and community members.

Did you know that when it rains, stormwater carries grass clippings, leaves, cigarette butts, pesticides, fertilizer and animal waste through the storm drains directly into Minneapolis lakes and creeks and the Mississippi River? Not to mention antifreeze, paint, gasoline and motor oil. But you can help by adopting a storm drain in Marcy-Holmes and keeping it clear.

Hamline University recently reported on Adopt-a-Drain programs in the United States. Of the 170 active programs in the nation, the Minneapolis program ranked No. 1 for communities over 100,000 people because we had the most storm drains adopted (6,179 at the time of the report in September 2022) and the highest rate of adoption: 14.5 storm drains adopted per 1,000 people.

Minneapolis’ significant investments in the Adopt-a-Drain Program have already resulted in less flooding, better water quality, better educated residents and changed behavior.

Adopt a drain in Marcy-Holmes

You can be a part of it by adopting a storm drain near your home or business. Your 15 minutes twice a month can make a big difference. Learn more about adopting a drain in Minneapolis, and sign up to adopt a drain in Marcy-Holmes.