Plan-It Hennepin
The Cultural District Plan
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Imagine a re-energized and refreshed Hennepin Avenue as a walkable and unified cultural district stretching from the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden to the Mississippi Riverfront. Hennepin Theatre Trust is working with its partners Walker Art Center, Artspace and the City of Minneapolis to gather input and ideas to plan the re-invention of Minneapolis' oldest street. We want to string together the existing pearls and add more cultural activity to make the Avenue a more inviting place.
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Talk-It Hennepin
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Talk-It Hennepin: Honoring History - The Avenue Through the AgesThursday, March 8 Talk-It Hennepin kicks off with a panel of local historians and experts in Native history, transit and GLBT issues examining the stories and histories of Minneapolis’ first street and gathering place. Discussion will range from Hennepin Avenue’s roots as a Dakota footpath and a trading/transportation hub for fur, agricultural commodities and people, to its modern transformation and function within the city’s evolving economy. Talk-It Hennepin Workshop: Putting Our Stories on the StreetsSaturday, March 10
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Talk-It Hennepin: Creative Urban Interventions—A Dialogue with Candy ChangThursday, April 26, 7:00pm Candy Chang is an artist, designer, urban planner and co-founder of the New Orleans-based studio Civic Center who often combines street art with social activism. Talk-It Hennepin Workshop: Creating Urban VisionsSaturday, April 28, 10:00am Local artists help shape a communal vision for Hennepin Avenue, drawing on words, visual art, music and dance in a fresh form of city and cultural planning. Candy Chang’s participation is sponsored by Forecast Public Art, Walker Art Center and Hennepin Theatre Trust. |
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Talk-It Hennepin: A Week Long Visit From Charles LandryMonday, May 7 at 10:00am Charles Landry begins his Twin Cities visit to inspire new thinking and start a dialogue with the neighborhoods along the Central Corridor Light Rail Line from Hennepin Avenue to Lowertown, St. Paul. Partners include Metropolitan Council, Twin Cities LISC, St. Paul Riverfront Corporation and Ethnic Cultural Tourism Destinations Collaborative/CultureBrokers Foundation.
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Talk-It Hennepin Workshop: Coming, Going, and Staying on Hennepin AvenueSaturday, May 12 at 9:30am With Hennepin Avenue as the central point, local artists and urban designers will ask workshop participants to walk up and down the Avenue, lead them to visualize challenges and suggest problem-solving ideas. |
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Talk-It Hennepin: Owning Public Space - The Power of Place IdentityThursday, June 7, 7:00 - 9:00pm The Talk-It Hennepin series of conversations and workshops as part of the broaderPlan-It Hennepin project to re-imagine Hennepin Avenue, wrapped up on June 7, 2012 at Hennepin Theatre Trust’s New Century Theatre with Owning Public Space - The Power of Place Identity. This talk featured local artist Seitu Jones,Chanchanit Martorell of Thai Town, LA and Don Mitchell, a cultural geographer and MacArthur Fellow, exploring the challenges of creating shared space in multi-cultural, urban environments. Talk-It Hennepin Workshop: Putting It All Together - Naming and ClaimingSaturday, June 9, 9:30am – 12:30pm The local artist team will lead this “naming and claiming” workshop and participants will explore different ways to talk about the Avenue as a shared cultural experience. The workshop will identify work to be done to improve the space and how various tasks to move Hennepin Avenue forward might be shared. Note, as part of Northern Spark, also taking place June 9, Talk-It Hennepin will be contributing to the activities. |
Talk-It Youth Programs
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2nd Annual Say Word Youth Poetry FestivalSaturday, April 21 The MN Spoken Word Association in partnership with Plan-It-Hennepin present the 2nd Annual Say Word Youth Poetry Festival: THE EXCHANGE What's a Slam?
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Map
Workshop Participants Identify Barriers on Interactive Map
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Downtown 2025 - Looking Forward 15 Years
The Plan-It Hennepin initiative is also directly involved with Downtown 2025, a consortium of Minneapolis business leaders, city staff and elected officials formed in 2010 to envision and plan what the area should become during the next 15 years. Visit the Downtown Council website for a summary and a full published PDF version of the full plan, named Intersections 2025.
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We are looking for people to share their experiences of Hennepin Avenue from the Walker up to the Mississippi. With this 5 minute Walk-It Hennepin survey we hope you can join us to envision a more connected and lively future for Hennepin Avenue!
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Media
PHOTOS PRESS CLIPS AND RELEASES VIDEOS RADIO
PHOTOS
VIDEOS
Credit: D. Bluestein, PartnershipMEDIA |
Jennifer Phelps, Art Director at Le Meridien Chambers Minneapolis and Burnet Gallery, explains why art is so important to Hennepin Avenue, and what she envisions it to look like in the future. |
Mankwe Ndosi, a Minneapolis-based vocalist, leads a soundscape performance built around a story told by of one of the participants. |
Walt Johnson, a librarian at Minneapolis Central Library, points out that the library has always been on Hennepin Avenue, and also describes the library's appeal, and why it draws so many people in each day. |
JoEllen Haugo, a librarian in the history collection at the Minneapolis Central Library, explains why the general public enjoys hanging out in the library, and also says that she wishes that Hennepin Avenue was more welcoming to visitors. |
Michael Lent, a 2001 graduate of Hopkins High School, discusses the growth of Minneapolis, and how useful Hennepin Avenue is to him. |
A FAIR School Downtown student comments on the excitement and diversity that she finds along Hennepin Avenue, and cites the differences with having a suburban life. |
A Minneapolis teen talks about the bad influences that kids have to live with while growing up in the city, and how creativity and motivation are essential to having a better life. |
Michelle Tobin, director of the Walker Shop, shares her stories about her interactions with the different types of people off the street, and also how the store has a good balance of international and local art. |
Carol, a children's librarian at the MInneapolis Central Library, tells us why the library is such an interesting place to work, and also why she loves helping people find the answers that they need in their lives. |
Marcos, a frequent visitor of the Minneapolis Central Library, remembers when downtown was a fun place to be after school, but now there isn't very much for him or his friends to do. |
John Sweeney, owner of the Brave New Workshop, touches on his relationship to the city of Minneapolis, and also how he got in to the comedy business. |
David Hanson, a Metro Transit supervisor, points out that most all of the local busses drive on Hennepin Avenue at some point. |
Riawa, from Minneapolis, explains why she spends more time on Nicollet Avenue vs Hennepin Avenue, and also tells us how and where she met her husband. |
Lee Lynch, former CEO of advertising agency Carmichael Lynch, shares his thoughts about what Hennepin Avenue has meant to him over the last 30 years. |
An elementary teacher at FAIR School Downtown talks about her connections with the city, and how having a campus on Hennepin Avenue opens up endless possibilities for students. |
Susan Mabry, the General Manager of Le Meridian Chambers Minneapolis, chats about how much Hennepin Avenue has to offer, and how foot-traffic on the street has increased considerably since Target Field opened in 2010. |
Patrick McCarver, a police officer in the 1st Precinct, discusses the everyday duties of his job, such as talking with people on the street, giving them directions and helping solve their problems. |
RADIO
Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Weber of The Daily Circuit show sat down with Charles Landry to chat about urban planning, touching on topics including how the new Vikings Stadium might impact downtown Minneapolis.
KBEM-FM Jazz 88 Radio & North High School Lend a Voice to Plan-it Hennepin
As part of Plan-it Hennepin, KBEM Jazz 88 FM Radio and North High School students visited Hennepin Avenue to experience and research the area and create an audio documentary project They studied the history of Hennepin Avenue, journalism and the interviewing process before talking to people who visit, work and live in Downtown Minneapolis and record short spots for the KBEM website and live broadcast.
Project Coordinated by: Tom Borrup and Lucas Erickson, for Hennepin Theatre Trust
Robert Hayles, KBEM-FM Jazz 88
Tina Schaefer, North High School English Teacher
Calvin Keasling and Katherine Dunbar, Minneapolis Public Schools and Arts for Academic Achievement
Committees
Leadership Team
Provide detailed oversight to project, direction to project staff, and coordination between lead partner organizations.
Olga Viso - Executive Director, Walker Art Center
Tom Hoch - President/CEO, Hennepin Theatre Trust
Kelley Lindquist - President, Artspace Projects
Tom Borrup - Consultant, Hennepin Theatre Trust
Steering Committee
Guide project director, synchronize planning activities, maintain appropriate breadth and levels of participation, secure strong outcomes and deliverables.
Aparna Ramaswamy - Choreographer, Co-Artistic Director, Ragamala Dance Co.
Ben Shardlow - Architect/Designer, Works Progress
Gulgun Kayim - Director, Arts and Culture, City of Minneapolis
Ignacio San Martin - Professor, Director, Metro Design Center, University of MN
Kelley Lindquist - President, Artspace Projects
Olga Viso - Executive Director, Walker Art Center
Phil Eckhert - Director of Housing, Community Works and Transit, City of Minneapolis
Sarah Harris - Director, Downtown Improvement District
Syd Beane - Professor, Community Development, Indigenous Studies, MCTC
Wing Young Huie - Artist
Tom Hoch - President/CEO, Hennepin Theatre Trust
Tom Borrup - Consultant, Hennepin Theatre Trust
Advisory Committee
Broad oversight to assure public, business, and other concerns are incorporated; provide guidance to bring final plan through appropriate approval processes
Bill McGuire - Philanthropist
Cora McCorvey - Minneapolis Public Housing Authority, Executive Director
Dorothy Bridges - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Senior VP
Jay Cowles - President, Unity Avenue Associates
John Erwin - President, Minneapolis Park Board
Kelley Lindquist - President, Artspace Projects
Lisa Goodman - Minneapolis City Council, 7th Ward
Olga Viso - Executive Director, Walker Art Center
Ralph Burnet - RWB Development/Chambers Hotel
Seitu Jones - Artist
Tom Hoch - President/CEO, Hennepin Theatre Trust
Tom Borrup - Consultant, Hennepin Theatre Trust
Speaker Series Advisory Committee
Connect and tap the collective resources of cultural and educational groups related to the Avenue; fashion speaker series to propel visioning and implementation
Andrew Blauvelt - Design Director, Walker Art Center
Ben Shardlow - Architect/Designer, Works Progress
Caren Dewar - Executive Director, Urban Land Institute Minnesota
Gulgun Kayim - Director of Arts, City of Minneapolis
Ignacio San Martin - Professor, Director, Metro Design Center, University of Minnesota
Jay Coogan - President, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Melissa Koch - Director of Education and Community Engagement, Hennepin Theatre Trust
Olga Viso - Executive Director, Walker Art Center
Sarah Harris - Director, Downtown Improvement District
Sarah Schultz - Director of Education and Community Programs, Walker Art Center
Steve Deitz - Director, President and Artistic Director, NorthernLightsMN
Tom Borrup - Consultant, Hennepin Theatre Trust
Syd Beane - Professor, Community Development, Indigenous Studies, MCTC
Workshop Facilitation Team
Devise and coordinate engaging and interactive public participation programs.
Harry Waters - Theater artist, Macalester College professor
Leah Nelson - Independent choreographer and educator
Pete Musty - Peter Musty, LLC, urban designer and planner
Ta-coumba Aiken - Independent visual artist, educator
Tom Borrup - Consultant, Hennepin Theatre Trust
Advisors
Meet on a limited basis individually or as small group; advise and inform project on particular aspects of emerging plan (developers, downtown interests)
Bob Lux - Principal, Alatus
Bob Parr - Director of Development, Ryan Companies US, Inc.
Caren Dewar - Executive Director, Urban Land Institute Minnesota
Colleen Carey - President, Cornerstone Group
David Frauenshuh - Founding Director, Frauenshuh, Inc.
David Sternberg - Senior VP / General Manager, Brookfield Properties Corporation
Russ Nelson - President, Nelson, Tietz and Hoye, Inc.
Tres Lund - President and CEO, Lund Food Holdings
Youth Projects Facilitation Team
Develop and manage programs engaging youth in urban planning and design and highlighting youth-produced work within planning and in public eye.
Adriana Rimpel - Teen Arts Council Coordinator, Walker Art Center
Ann Marie Arndt - Media arts teacher, FAIR School
Antonio Rosell - Director, Community Design Group
Colin Harris - Project Engineer, Community Design Group
Dudley Voigt - Critical Views Coordinator, Hennepin Theatre Trust
Jeff Hnilicka - Executive Director, Kulture Klub
Katherine Dunbar - Arts for Academic Achievement
Melissa Koch - Director of Education and Community Engagement, Hennepin Theatre Trust
Michael Elston - Director of Partnerships, FAIR School
Michael Hay - Youth Program Director, Intermedia Arts
Robert Hayles - Automation Programmer, KBEM
Tom Borrup - Consultant, Hennepin Theatre Trust
Updated 2.5.2012
Archive
Plan-It Hennepin: Creating Cultural Connections
Timeline/Archive
2011
FEBRUARY
• NEA Our Town Grant Overview: Details of the Project Narrative
• NEA Our Town Grant Overview: Biographies of Key Personnel
JULY
• NEA Our Town Grant Press Release
SEPTEMBER
• Hennepin Avenue Linear Cultural District Planning Timeline 2011-2012
• Creative Placemaking Panel - Video
• The Journal Editorial: Hennepin Theatre District: The Power of Creative Placemaking - Article
• Star Tribune Editorial: A New Push to Make Hennepin Arts Avenue - Article
OCTOBER
• Existing City Plans Relevant to Hennepin Avenue
NOVEMBER
• Art Organizations on Hennepin Ave - Map
• Plan-It Hennepin: Project Timeline - Map
• Discussion Points as Posed to the Walker Board
DECEMBER
• Steering Committee Meeting (12/6/11)
• Star Tribune Editorial: Minneapolis’ Cultural Corridor: ‘Living, breathing buildings,’ not relics - Article
2012
JANUARY
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 1: Lee Lynch - Video
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 2: Teacher at FAIR School - Video
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 3: Michael Lent - Video
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 4: Jennifer Phelps - Video
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 5: Student at FAIR School - Video
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 6: Minneapolis Teen - Video
• Downtown Journal Editorial: A Roadmap for the Future - Article
• Advisory Committee Meeting (1/5/12)
• Steering Committee Meeting (1/9/12)
• City of Minneapolis Staff Involvement In Hennepin Plan-It Process
• Plan-It Hennepin: Youth Projects Meeting (1/23/12)
• Loring Park Neighborhood Land Use Committee Meeting (1/23/12)
• Loring Park Neighborhood Land Use Committee Meeting Minutes
• Steering Committee Meeting (1/30/12)
• Plan-It Hennepin: Youth Projects: Mapping and Story Collection
• Top 5 Things WACTAC Would Change About Hennepin Avenue -Video
• Top 5 Things WACTAC Would Change About Hennepin Avenue
• Top 5 Things WACTAC Would Change About Hennepin Avenue - Photos
FEBRUARY
• Plan-It Hennepin: Arts, Culture and Education Meeting - Photos
• Letter to Arts, Culture and Education Groups
• Talk-It Hennepin Series Press Release
• Plan-It Hennepin: Background for Development of Key Massaging
• Project Summary, Key Messages, Audiences, Messengers, Message Platforms/Channels (Written by Ryan French)
• Plan-It Hennepin Cultural Corridor Plan Outline
• Plan-It Hennepin: Workshop Facilitation Team Meeting (2/15/12)
• Plan-It Hennepin Blog Entry - Article
• Steering Committee Meeting (2/20/12)
• Twin Cities Metro Editorial: A Crucial Corridor - Article
MARCH
• Vision for Hennepin Avenue: Opportunities and Challenges By Tom Hoch, Olga Viso and Tom Borrup
• Star Tribune Editorial: Filling in the Culture Cracks on Hennepin - Article
• Plan-It Hennepin: Workshop Facilitation Team Meeting (3/6/12)
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 7: John Sweeney - Video
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 8: David Hanson - Video
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 9: Riawa - Video
• Advisory Committee Meeting (3/7/12)
• Talk-It Hennepin: Public Conversation: Honoring History - Article
• Talk-It Hennepin: Public Conversation: Honoring History: Overview/Event Details
• Talk-It Hennepin: Public Conversation: Honoring History: Program
• Plan-It Hennepin Indicators: Progress Report
• Planning Workshop: Schedule
• Plan-It Hennepin Advisory Committee: Big Questions
• Talk-It Hennepin: Workshop: Honoring History - Article
• Steering Committee Meeting (3/12/12)
• Steering Committee Meeting: Alexander Garvin Biography
• Plan-It Hennepin: Youth Projects Meeting (3/12/12)
• Steering Committee Meeting: Alexander Garvin Take-Aways
• Plan-It Hennepin: Arts, Culture and Education Meeting (3/19/12)
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 10: Marcos - Video
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 11: Carol - Video
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 12: Michelle Tobin - Video
• KBEM Jazz 88 Plan-It Hennepin: Youth Project: Street Interviews - Photos
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 13: Patrick McCarver - Video
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 14: Susan Mabry - Video
• Plan-It Hennepin: The Sounds of Hennepin Avenue - Video
• Downtown Journal Editorial: Let’s talk About Hennepin - Article
• Plan-It Hennepin: Workshop Facilitation Team Meeting (3/27/12)
APRIL
• Steering Committee Meeting (4/2/12)
• The Line Editorial: Candy Chang Asks: "What Do You Want In Minneapolis? What Do You Want In St. Paul? - Article
• Plan-It Hennepin: Public Policy Incentives for Cultural Districts
• Plan-It Hennepin Committee and Team List
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 15: Walt Johnson - Video
• Plan-It Hennepin: Street Interview 16: JoEllen Haugo - Video
• Emerson Elementary Field Trip to Hennepin Avenue - Photos
• Emerson Elementary Model - Photos
•Plan-It Hennepin: SAY WORD Youth Poetry Slam (4/21/12)
• Plan-It Hennepin: SAY WORD Youth Poetry Slam - Photos
• Talk-It Hennepin: Workshop: Re:modeling Hennepin Avenue: Agenda
• Plan-It Hennepin: Neighborland Minneapolis - Article
• Talk-It Hennepin: Public Conversation: Creative Urban Interventions: A Dialogue with Candy Chang - Article
• Talk-It Hennepin: Workshop: Creative Urban Interventions - Article
• Talk-It Hennepin: Workshop: Creative Urban Interventions: Summary
• Steering Committee Meeting (4/30/12)
MAY
Downtown Journal Editorial: Becoming a “Yes” City - Article
• Track-It Hennepin: Goals, Outcomes and Indicators (5/1/12)
• Track-It Hennepin: Goals, Outcomes and Indicators: StrawMan Spreadsheet
• Talk-It Hennepin: Public Conversation With Charles Landry
• Talk-It Hennepin: Charles Landry: Connecting Cities, Connecting Cultures: Program
• Creating 21st Century Cities by D.A. Bullock featuring Charles Landry (9 min) - Video
• Summary of Creating 21st Century Cities by D.A. Bullock featuring Charles Landry (4 min) - Video
• Talk-It Hennepin: Lunch with Charles Landry (5/8/12)
• MinnPost Editorial: Rethinking Hennepin Avenue with Urbanist Charles Landry - Article
• MPR News Editorial: How Will Vikings Stadium Fit Into Urban Landscape - Article
• Talk-It Hennepin: Workshop: Coming, Going, and Staying on Hennepin Avenue: Agenda
• Talk-It Hennepin: Workshop: Coming, Going, and Staying on Hennepin Avenue - Article
• Steering Committee Meeting (5/14/12)
• Plan-It Hennepin: A Vision for Hennepin Avenue
• Plan-It Hennepin: Hennepin Corridor Diagram: Opportunity Sites
• Star Tribune Editorial: City-Making Guru Hits Hennepin Ave - Article
• Track-It Hennepin: Update and Stakeholder Engagement Analysis
• Track-It Hennepin: Working StrawMan Spreadsheet
• MinnPost Editorial: Making ‘Home’ Better: Leverage Art, Culture, Creativity, Diversity - Article
JUNE
• Advisory Committee Meeting (6/4/12)
• Steering Committee Meeting (6/4/12)
• Plan-It Hennepin: Potential Elements of the Central Concept for Hennepin Avenue
• Plan-It Hennepin: Time Lapse For Model Set Up - Video
• Talk-It Hennepin: Public Conversation
• Talk-It Hennepin: Workshop (6/9/12)
• The Line Editorial: A Confab On Hennepin's Future Wraps Up With A Question: Who Owns Public Space? - Article
• Plan-It Hennepin: Notes from Downtown Developers Meeting
• Plan-It Hennepin: Key Themes
• Steering Committee Meeting (6/25/12)
JULY
• Steering Committee Meeting (7/16/12)
• Youth Exhibit - Photos
• Leslie Koch Conversation at Meet Minneapolis (7/26/12)
• Leslie Koch Conversation at Meet Minneapolis: Summary
SEPTEMBER
• Plan-It Hennepin: The Plan Preview! (9/12/12)
• September, 2012- Plan Announcement/Unveiling
NOVEMBER
• November 2012- Plan Announcement/Unveiling
General questions and feedback:
Plan-It@HennepinTheatreTrust.org
Tom Borrup | Consultant - Hennepin Avenue Planning
612.281.6914 | 612.455.9502 fx
Tom.Borrup@HennepinTheatreTrust.org
This project was funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.