Jan

26

A haven for homeless youth

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YouthLink Project Supervisor Katie Miller (right) has an office inside Nicollet Square. She helps youth make the transition from homelessness to life in their own apartment.

 

By Aaron Rupar, Southwest Journal

Kentura’s four-year homelessness odyssey began when her mother learned that she is a lesbian.

“I was living with my mom but we kinda clashed due to my sexuality. When I was 16 she kicked me out and reported me as a runaway. As I got older, sometimes I would just leave,” Kentura, 20, said, adding that she has spent the past two years couch-crashing with friends.

But thanks to the new Nicollet Square housing development, she and 41 other Twin Cities youths without stable housing now have the opportunity to live in their own apartment and receive employment training and emotional support intended to help them eventually become self-sufficient citizens.

The $9.5 million development, located in Kingfield at 3700 Nicollet Ave., features 42 studio apartments, offices for four full-time staff that work with tenants, a front desk manned day and night by a security guard controlling entry into the building, an exercise room, computer lab, and shared community space complete with a large flat-screen TV.

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Jan

3

Hope and Opportunity for Homeless Youth at Nicollet Square

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The nightly count of homeless youth has increased 46 percent since 2006 in Minnesota, while the amount of available beds at shelters has stayed the same.

By Sheila Regan, Southwest Minneapolis Patch

Over the holidays, the first three tenants moved into Nicollet Square, an innovative new housing project for homeless youth in Kingfield. By the end of January, all 42 studio apartments should be occupied at the project, which combines social services, affordable housing and employment assistance for young people struggling with homelessness or aging out of foster care.

“It’s more than a cheap place to live,” said Josephine Pufpaff of YouthLink, the project’s social services provider. “It’s an opportunity to set yourself up so you’re more successful when you leave.”

Read more here.

Mar

12

Update about Nicollet Square

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Plymouth Church Neighborhood Foundation has closed on the construction financing for the property at 37th Street and Nicollet Ave. to build 42 units of housing and approximately 6000 square feet of storefront commercial space. Since the warm weather is lowering the frost level in the ground, construction activity on the site is beginning. In addition to notifying you about the status of the project, we would like to take this opportunity to share information about what to expect and serve as a resource during this process. Read more

Feb

6

Mayors Rybak and Coleman to Announce $41 Million Boost to CityLiving Mortgage and Downpayment Assistance Program

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Announcement of latest round of funding for first-time homebuyers to take place in newly built home on Minneapolis Northside WHAT: Mayor R.T. Rybak and Mayor Chris Coleman will announce $41 million available to first-time homebuyers through the CityLiving program, a mortgage-and downpayment-assistance program, offered by the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The program has been assisting homebuyers for 28 years, helping more than 30,000 first-time buyers move into their homes. (Due to the effect of the challenging economic climate on the bond market, funding was not available in 2009.)

WHO: Jerry Boardman, Fannie Mae; Rick Padilla, Freddie Mac; Sandy Loescher, Sandy Green Realty; Mayor R.T. Rybak, Minneapolis and Mayor Chris Coleman, Saint Paul; Minneapolis Council Member Don Samuels (Ward 5)

WHEN: Tuesday, February 9, 2010; 10:45 a.m.

WHERE: 1818 26th Avenue North, Minneapolis; home built under the Minneapolis Home Ownership Works program and is for sale to a first-time homebuyer. MORE: Information on the CityLiving program can be found at www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/cped/city_living.asp and at www.stpaul.gov/cityliving

Jul

13

Kingfield extends an affordable, green welcome

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By Elizabeth Sias, SW Journal, July 2009

Late last month, a new homeowner and new rain gardens marked the completion of an affordable green home in Kingfield.

Members of the Kingfield Neighborhood Association and neighbors gathered at the redeveloped 4307 Wentworth Ave. home on June 21–23 to reshape the soil for the installation and planting of the gardens.

To read more go here.

 

Apr

24

4307 Wentworth Open House & Home Tour House

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The City of Lakes Community Land Trust (CLCLT) has scheduled an open house for the 4307 Wentworth Avenue South home for this Sunday, April 19th,  between 4-5 p.m.  Please stop by if  you are interested in seeing the home.  Additionally, the home will be open both Saturday, April 25th and Sunday, April 26th for the Minneapolis/St. Paul Home Tour.

 

Jeff Washburne

City of Lakes Community Land Trust

 612-721-7556 x17

 learn more about the CLCLT at:  www.CLCLT.org

Feb

20

Home Painting and Preservation Help Available

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A Brush with Kindness offers home services such as house painting, minor repairs, and general clean up for low-income homeowners. Home preservation services occur throughout the year. Volunteer teams perform all work on the homes. Teams of volunteers are matched with homes that are appropriate for the size and experience of the group.

If you could benefit from these services, call 612-788-8169, or find out more and download the application at abrushwithkindness.org   Home assessment begins in March, so get your application in ASAP!

A Brush with Kindness is a home preservation program of Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity.

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The Metro Paint-A-Thon helps seniors and people with physical disabilities continue to live independently in their own homes. Volunteers scrape, prime and paint houses, free of charge.

Painting usually takes place the first weekend in August. If:

  • Your house is in need of paint, but not major repair;
  • You are the owner and occupant of a single-family home; are over age 60, or permanently physically disabled;
  • And your monthly income does not exceed $1735/month (1 person in the home) or $2335 (for 2 people in the home.)

Then Paint-A-Thon wants to work with you! Call 612-721-8687 x321 or go to gmcc.org/paint-a-thon for more information or to apply.

Metro Paint-A-Thon is a program of the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches

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