About PPNA
Mission
Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association mission is to sustain a strong south Minneapolis community.
About Our Community
Please visit the Powderhorn Park Neighborhood profile on the City of Minneapolis' website:
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/neighborhoods/powderhorn_profile_home.asp
An Overview of our Organization
The Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association was formed in 1982 to strengthen this inner-city, south Minneapolis neighborhood - bounded by Lake Street, Cedar Avenue, 38th Street and Chicago Avenue - by building connections among the neighborhood’s members (residents, property owners, employees and businesses) and working to support their collective efforts to address community concerns.
From offering restorative justice programming and creating community development plans to connecting businesses with support services and collaborating with other neighborhoods, our activities strengthen the commitment to civic involvement in the community. PPNA’s top priorities - as identified by our Board - are to:
- Ensure equal access to programs, services, education and the arts for youth and families;
- Strengthen commercial districts to maintain and attract appropriate goods and services;
- Improve safety in the neighborhood;
- Ensure high quality, mixed income housing;
- Complete a three year strategic plan;
- Implement a comprehensive development program to ensure sufficient funding for long-term sustainability;
- Build the capacity at the neighborhood level to address issues by focusing on community assets;
- Increase the racial and economic diversity of the organization;
- Collaborate with strong functional partners for greater effectiveness and efficiencies; and
- Implement our Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) Phase II plan.
PPNA is a volunteer-based, fiscally sound, results oriented, private non-profit corporation. A volunteer Board of Directors (elected to two-year terms by members of the neighborhood) guides PPNA and the work of its Program Committees. These Committees focus on priority issues that have been identified at neighborhood meetings:
- Community Building and Public Safety
- Youth and Families
- Economic Development
- Housing and Land Use
- Restorative Justice
- Arts
- Organizational Development
Staff support is also provided to the Powderhorn Art Fair Committee. PPNA meetings are open to all interested parties. We have strong membership support, generally raising about $100,000 per year from our membership, event income and fee-for-service activities.
