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1990-2011
DESCRIPTION:
The Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) makes the city’s residential areas better places to live, work, learn and play. NRP is an investment program based on truly empowering residents by bringing them into the priority-setting process of the city. The NRP is an investment program based on truly empowering residents by bringing them into the priority-setting process of the city. It is based on the belief that the empowerment of residents and the mobilization of untapped resources, energy and creativity can make our collective desire for a better future a reality.
LEGACY:
By the end of 2005, NRP had committed $280 million to improving neighborhoods and implementing Neighborhood Action Plans. Under the statute committing resources to NRP, the State of Minnesota required that 52.5% of all invested revenues be used for housing and housing related programs, projects, services and activities.
THE PROCESS:
The NRP uses a six-step process to help residents define what they want for their neighborhood, prepare their Neighborhood Action Plan and begin successful implementation. Residents, with support and assistance from NRP staff.
The Policy Board established four primary goals for NRP when it was established in 1990:
1.) Build neighborhood capacity.
2.) Redesign public services.
3.) Increase inter-governmental and intra-governmental collaboration.
4.) Create a sense of community.
Organization Type: Not- For-Profit
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Room 220, Tri Tech Center
331 2nd Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
