Neighborhood and Community Relations (NCR)
NCR is part of the broader City Coordinator department and will both serve residents directly and support all other City departments with enterprise guidance in the realm of strong neighborhood and community relationships.
NCR is charged with strengthening our City’s quality of life through vigorous community participation, resident involvement in neighborhood and community organizations, and supporting clearly defined links between the City, City services and neighborhood and community organizations.
The Neighborhood and Community Relations Department has moved
The NCR Department has moved to a temporary office location in the Public Service Center, Room 110 (250 South 4th Street). In early 2013, NCR will move to a permanent office location in the Crown Roller Mill Building, Room 450 (105 5th Avenue South). All phone numbers and emails for staff will remain the same.
2013 Audit and Financial Reviews
The Neighborhood and Community Relations (NCR) Department is arranging assistance for neighborhood organizations with audits, financial reviews, and year-end filings in accordance with the NRP Audit Policy. In an effort to be more transparent with audits, financial reviews, and year-end filings, the NCR department is notifying all neighborhoods of the assistance that is available and the 2013 Audit, Limited Financial Review and Agreed Upon Procedures schedules. Click here to learn more.
Neighborhoods, USA National Conference is Coming to Minneapolis in 2013
Minneapolis is set to host the 38th Annual 2013 Neighborhoods, USA Conference. The conference is expected to bring over 800 people to Minneapolis from across the country to share experiences and learn from each other.
The 2013 Neighborhoods, USA Conference is designed to showcase and build successful collaborations between neighborhoods, cultural communities, residents, and government. The major themes of the conference are collaboration, equity and innovation. The conference will help build the capacity of neighborhood and community organizations to see their decisions and activities through a lens of equity and inclusion and provide new and innovative ideas for collaboration and participation.
Our region has a long, established culture of community engagement. St. Paul and Rochester will join with Minneapolis to provide hands-on learning, sharing and networking opportunities. The conference will provide helpful tools for engaging your community by exploring unique challenges, possibilities and practical application of successful engagement and community building strategies. In addition, you will come away from the conference having learned ways to:
- Communicate the value of equity in your community and to incorporate an equity agenda into your organization and your work;
- Strengthen the work of your neighborhood organization and to build supportive networks with other community partners; and
- Support the successful operations of your neighborhood and community organizations.
The Neighborhood and Community Relations Department (NCR), in collaboration with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Nexus Community Partners, and host neighborhood Citizens for a Loring Park Community (CLPC) all look forward to welcoming you to our city, and promise to make the 38th Annual NUSA Conference an experience you’ll not forget. Questions? Contact Carrie Day Aspinwall, Conference Coordinator, 612-673-2243 or MinneapolisNUSA2013@gmail.com.
Minneapolis Connects
A bi monthly newsletter brought to you by the Neighborhood and Community Relations Department
- December 2012 (pdf)
- May-June 2012 (pdf)
- March-April 2012 (pdf)
- November-December 2011 (pdf)
- July-August 2011 (pdf)
- May-June 2011 (pdf)
- March-April 2011 (pdf)
- January-February 2011 (pdf)
- November-December 2010 (pdf)
- September-October 2010 (pdf)
The City of Minneapolis invites and encourages participation by every resident to each program, service and event within our city. Should you require an accommodation in order for you to fully participate, or should you require this document in an alternative format, please let us know by contacting 612-673-3737.
Last updated Feb. 7, 2013