Loring Park
The Loring Park project focused on an area along Nicollet Avenue between 14th Street and I-94. Following earlier planning processes and a stalled 4-story development proposal, the Corridor Housing Initiative explored taller and denser development options. In public workshops and stakeholder meetings, neighborhood and city acceptance were tested, and the financial dynamics of development were presented through demonstration scenarios on a sample site. The findings from this work informed development guidelines subsequently created by the Nicollet Avenue Task Force of Citizens for a Loring Park Community.
People in the Loring Park Project
- Coordinators: Center for Neighborhoods
- Neighborhood: Nicollet Avenue Task Force, Citizens for a Loring Park Community
- Facilitators: Center for Policy, Planning and Performance (CPPP)
- Design: Metropolitan Design Center
- Development: Project for Pride in Living
- Government: City of Minneapolis
Timeline
- August 2003: Loring Park selected for Corridor Initiative through RFP
- October 2003: First meeting of Steering Committee
- January-February 2004: Stakeholder/developer roundtables
- February-March 2004: Community Workshops
- May 2004: Draft development guidelines by Nicollet Avenue Task Force
Downloads
- Minneapolis Corridor Housing Initiative, Nicollet Avenue Study Area, Loring Park Neighborhood. Center for Neighborhoods, 2004 11.38MB
An summary PowerPoint setting out some key concerns mid-way through the process.
Please note that these files are in compressed 'zip file' format. You need to have software that will allow you to decompress (unzip) these files.
The software that Macs need to zip and unzip files is called ZipIt and can be found (along with details about the software) at
<http://www.maczipit.com/index.html>The software that PCs use-WinZip-is available at
<http://www.winzip.com/>
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