Housing, Zoning & Business Committee (HZB)
Housing, Zoning & Business Committee
The HZB committee works with neighborhood residents and business owners to ensure the neighborhood maintains and sustains its historic nature and remains a hospitable place to live and do business. Programs and projects include:
• B.L.E.N.D. Awards (encouraging neighborhood character friendly home design)
• Reviewing variance requests: Click here for East Harriet Checklist for Variance Request
• Overseeing the home improvement loan program
• Implementation of the business facade improvement grant program
How you can be involved:
Join us for Housing, Zoning & Business Committee meetings if you have something you’d like to discuss or learn more about. The committee meets the last Wednesday of each month from 7-8pm.
Contact committee chair Pam Meier via email if you have an idea for a business or housing/zoning project or would like more information about anything related to the committee.
CALLING ALL BUSINESS OWNERS! If you own a business in East Harriet, contact business association chairperson, Matt Perry, via email or by phone at 612-839-3320 — we've started a business association and we want you to be involved. For more information on the Nicollet-East Harriet Business Association, click here.
Public Hearing Meeting on Sewer Projects in SW Mpls
The Metropolitan Council will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, November 2 at 6:30 pm at Pershing Park Recreation Center, 3523 W 48th St to inform property owners about and accept comments on its Minneapolis Interceptor Rehabilitation Project Draft Facility Plan. The Draft Facility Plan for this project, prepared by Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES), outlines alternatives studied and the resulting recommendations for improving the regional sanitary sewer system serving northwest and southwest Minneapolis and upstream communities.
Construction would be scheduled for 2012-2015. It would include installing linings inside 6.2 miles of existing sanitary sewers; constructing a new 0.6-mile sanitary sewer to replace an existing sewer; and rehabilitating approximately 690 maintenance holes. The recommended improvements would fix problem areas in the regional sanitary sewer system in order to:
All interested persons are encouraged to attend the public hearing and provide comments. You also may submit comments, which must be received by the Metropolitan Council no later than November 14, 2011:
Click here to view meeting information. More information on sewer interceptors can be found at www.metrocouncil.org/environment/Interceptors Thank You East Harriet Clean Up Team!
East Harriet Farmstead Neighborhood Association had 18 fantastic volunteers who participated in the citywide North Side Volunteer Tornado Clean Up on June 4th. Working side-by-side with 2,000 other volunteers, the East Harriet team picked up tree branches, shingles, glass, wood and other tornado debris as part of rebuilding North Minneapolis. It was also a great opportunity to meet our neighbors, reconnect with friends from the past and make new ones.
What we accomplished as a community is truly something to be proud of. Its important to look for and recognize those acts of compassion, volunteer efforts, hard work in planning by city officials and a whole host of other agencies who so quickly came together to help our neighbors in need. As one of our volunteers said, '...this is where people raise families and children play...it's so important they have a positive image of their neighborhood'. She's right. It's pride of place. It's community. It's the future. Again, thanks to the following East Harriet team for sharing your time and heart to help our neighbors in need: Jan Bailey Sarah Black Chuck Campbell Marty Campbell Corryn Davis Brian Forney Karen Heinz Jo Marsicano John Michaels Pam Meier Caroline Palmer Lisa Van Dyke Stephen Rueff Nick Petersen Nancy Riestenberg Laurel Slavik Zeb Thomas Jack Thompson Special thanks to the City of Minneapolis, Salvation Army, Red Cross, Urban Homeworks and Habitat for Humanity for doing an absolutely outstanding job of organizing such a massive volunteer initiative. Click here to read the special thanks from Mayor RT Rybak. | Upcoming Committee Meetings
The HZB Committee meets on the last Wednesday of each month from 7 - 8 pm at Walker Health Services, 3737 Bryant Ave S. HZB Meeting Minutes
Energy Assistance
The Community Action of Minneapolis Energy Assistance Program offers the following programs to renters and homeowners. Click on each program to view more details.
Energy Services Program Weatherization Home Electric Savings Program Children and Family Development Additional Energy Workshops Scheduled
Click here
to listen to what home owners have to say about the energy audit they
received through participation in a Community Energy Services (CES)
workshop. Additional CES workshops have been scheduled including one on Tuesday, May 31 at Baron Open School from 6:30 - 8 pm.
Coffee cookies and daycare will be provided. This is a great
opportunity to receive $400 rebate worth of goods and services for a
co-pay of only $30. All work recommended by the CES home visit must be completed by June 10 and paper work submitted by June 15th.
Workshops scheduled for May and June:
More information can be found at www.mnces.org or by contacting Ashley Robertson at 612.335.5869. McKnight Foundation Challenge Grants
The top ten neighborhoods with the highest participation are eligible to receive a $5000 grant. Let's get East Harriet into the top ten! Click here to see how you can be involved in this challenge and to view the categories to be awarded through this grant.
Create Your Own CES Video
Have fun creating your own video showing how you are saving energy in your home and be eligible to win cash prizes too! CES participants are encouraged to put together their own best short film based on their experiences from CES. The best short films, (less than two minutes) will be competing for three cash prizes. including a $1000 grant prize for the best and most creative film.
The competition is open now until August 31, 2011. For more information about this contest, visit www.mnces.org. North Minneapolis Tornado Update
To continue to get the most updated information, go to the City website.
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