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West Bank / Cedar Riverside NeighborhoodCouncil Member Gordon’s Cedar Riverside Office Hours:First Tuesdays 9:30-11:00am The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood is named after the intersection of the two main avenues of the neighborhood, Cedar and Riverside. The neighborhood is triangular-shaped with three definitive boundaries: the Mississippi River on the east side, Interstate 94 on the south side, and Interstate 35W on the west side. Cedar-Riverside’s history is nearly as old as Minneapolis'. In the late 1890s, the neighborhood was known as "Snoose Boulevard," with a thriving community of Scandinavian immigrants, many of whom worked in the milling and lumber industries on the Mississippi River. In the 1960s and 1970s, Snoose Boulevard turned from a quaint neighborhood to a beehive of hippies, intellectuals, actors, artists and musicians. Presently, the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood boasts the largest community of immigrants in the Twin Cities, continuing a long history of ethnic and cultural diversity. Neighborhood Profile (includes Census data) Identifying featuresRiverside Plaza, Augsburg College, University of Minnesota West Bank, West Bank Arts Quarter, Seven Corners, Fairview Hospital, Riverview Tower, Cedar Riverside People’s Center, Brian Coyle Center Neighborhood Celebrations: Bohemian Flats Days – celebrates Cedar Riverside’s immigrant and cultural history. Parks/Greenspace: Currie Park, Riverside Park Schools: Cedar Riverside Community School, West Bank School of Music Local Media: The Bridge Newspaper Neighborhood GroupWest Bank Community Coalition Business AssociationWest Bank Business Association (CRBA) Community Developers West Bank Community Development Corporation City ContactsCrime Prevention Specialist: Luther Krueger Luther.Krueger@ci.minneapolis.mn.us, (621) 673-2923 Police Precinct: 1 Sector Lieutenant: Kathy Waite, Kathy.Waite@ci.minneapolis.mn.us, (612) 673-2575 Inspector: Janee Harteau, janee.harteau@ci.minneapolis.mn.us, (612) 673-5643 CPED Planning Team: Planning: Haila Maze, 612-673-2098 Housing: Jerry LePage, 612-673-5240 Economic Development: Kevin Carrol, 612-673-5181 Housing Inspections: Angela Hugen, 612-673-5851 Park Board Commissioner: Scott Vreeland, svreeland@minneapolisparks.org, (612) 230-6443 Upcoming/Ongoing DevelopmentsCentral Corridor Light Rail Transit Currie Park Development / Street Repair Fairview Children’s Hospital Expansion Riverside Park Rehab Bluff Street Park University District Planning Study Bike Lanes on Riverside/4th, 15th, 19th, and bike tunnel under I-35W Bridge For monthly reports on issues of importance to neighborhoods, please go to the Reports and Newsletters page. Nonprofit/Arts/Educational Organizations
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