SENA HISTORY – here a just a few of the
high points.
1991 -
Neighborhood residents met to organize, find a name, and apply for
NRP
1992 -
SENA incorporated, a Board and Officers elected, Committees
established.
1993 - The
SENA Newsletter was started, NRP Transition Funds approved.
1994 -
Staff was hired and programs in home improvements, commercial
improvements and association initiated. NRP First Step planning started,
Survey and meetings establish Action groups in Housing, Commercial, Crime
and Livability, Parks and Environment, and Youth, Family and Seniors.
Existing committees merged into action groups. NRP steering Committee
established. NRP First Step plan finished
1995 -
NRP First Step plan approved and staff hired to implement it. Community meetings were held to
discuss issues.
1996 -
NRP First Step plan results presented to the Community at the annual
meeting
Wetland Project groundbreaking was held
on November 23, in the snow.
1997 -
SENA sponsored Youth Computer arrived at Roosevelt Library.
Wetland
Project construction and planting began.
Project receives CUE award.
1998 -
SENA produces neighborhood brochure.
NRP Full Plan approved by
neighborhood vote. Plan approved by
Minneapolis City Council on December 18.
1999 -
Master Plan meetings for Lake
Hiawatha Park
began..
2000 -
Implementation of NRP Full Plan strategies was underway:
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Roosevelt High School
Computer lab was completed.
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Individual Crime Prevention
grants were distributed
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Matching grants for
improvement of local businesses were announced
Planning
for the 46th Street
LRT Station Area began
2001 -
SENA hosted an old-fashioned street fest to celebrate our 10th
Anniversary.
2002 - SENA’s
NRP Review Committee began it’s evaluation of our NRP efforts.
2003 -
NRP Phase II planning began.
1st
Annual Neighborhood Garage Sale was held May 3.
Planning for 38th Street
LRT Station Area began
2004 - Hiawatha Light Rail line –
with two stations in our neighborhoods – began service.
2005 -
NRP Phase II plan was approved by the neighborhood, NRP Policy Board
and the Minneapolis City Council.
2006 -
SENA moved to new office space – a storefront at 1830 East 42nd Street.
CURA intern
Dan Allen, a Macalester student, conducted a study and produced Fighting Graffiti: An Investigation of
Causes and Solutions for the Standish and Ericsson Neighborhoods.
2007 - The
Graffiti Task Force received funding from Athwin Foundation and a donation
of paint from Valspar to help in the battle against graffiti.
SENA
received a “Mobilizing Citizens for Grassroots Climate Change” grant from
the city of Minneapolis.
CURA intern John
Gianoulis, a Bethel University student researched
options for property tax relief for seniors and developed a website to
explain the MN Senior Citizen Property Tax Deferral Program and assist with
application to the program. http://standish-ericsson.org/seniortaxrelief/ (a partnership with Nokomis Healthy
Seniors)
2008 -
The Graffiti Task Force completed 2 new murals on East 38th
Street
SENA
volunteers assisted in the selection of the artist who created “The
Listening Vessel” art piece installed at Lake Hiawatha Park.
SENA
began participating in Hennepin County Community Works meetings, which will
help guide city, county and other investors in revitalizing efforts along
the Hiawatha corridor.
2009 -
$100,000 in home improvement funds were made available to
neighborhood residents, using SENA’s NRP funds.
SENA welcomed the e-democracy
Standish Ericsson Neighborhood Forum to our neighborhood.
Redesign partnered with SENA to
receive a $50,000 Great Streets Business Support Grant, bringing important
services to neighborhood businesses.
Twenty-five SENA bike racks were
installed at businesses throughout the neighborhoods – thanks to the work
of SENA’s Transportation Committee volunteers.
West of the Rail Business
Association began. Amos Deinard, DVM, was elected
first President.
2010 -
Southside Star Community Garden asked SENA to provide organizational assistance, leading to an
ongoing partnership.
The
Graffiti Task Force completed two murals on East 42nd Street and
one on 28th Avenue.
After
several years of planning, and lots of SENA volunteer hours, the RiverLake Greenway bicycle route was completed..
The
neighborhoods said good-by to Folwell Middle
School, which closed at the end of the school year.
2011 - Our 20th Anniversary!
SENA Community Conversation: We
Love Our Parks! was held in April, bringing many
Minneapolis Parks staff and commissioners to our neighborhood for a casual
conversation about our parks.
“What’s The Big Idea?” was the
theme at SENA’s annual meeting. Residents were asked to bring forward their
ideas for spending a $1,000 grant to the neighborhood from SENA. The winning “Big Idea” was raised garden
beds at the Southside Star Community Gardens.
The SENA News won a Gold Level
Award for Excellence in Neighborhood Newsletters from Neighborhoods USA.
The awards were announced in May at the NUSA conference in Anchorage Alaska.
The city said good-bye to NRP –
the Neighborhood Revitalization Program. The NRP was a major supporter and
funder of SENA for 20 years.
Updated January 7,
2008
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