Are you interested in helping local businesses?
Please check out our recent job posting: Business Services, Website and Marketing (pdf)
http://www.wbba.thewestbank.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Marketing-Job-Posting.pdf
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WBBA is excited to announce a new internship: Small Businesses and Climate Change Internship
Do you find yourself straightening crooked picture frames and picking up random trash and bottles until you find a bin for them? Are you the type of person that helps organize your local neighborhood cleanups? Do you love Minneapolis and our small business community, especially the West Bank? Are you passionate about mitigating the effects of climate change? If so, read more here: wbba.thewestbank.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019_EnvironmentalInternship-1.pdf
Hours and Compensation:
Flexible hours, mixed availability with …
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WBBA business friends,
It’s a critical time for the West Bank community and for our organization.
When the city entertained the idea of development in Lot A / the 16th Avenue lot in back in 2012, the West Bank Business Association was there to help lead an inclusive outreach process. Along with our community partners, we created a channel so that the concerns and needs of the West Bank community could be heard. In 2019, when a project for Lot A was announced, the West Bank Business …
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Hello West Bank Businesses,
We invite you to join us for this year’s West Bank Night Market!
Last year’s market drew hundreds of people to the neighborhood for art, food, and music.
Held Saturdays July 6 – August 24 from 5pm-10pm, this year’s night market will be a way for the neighborhood to take a dark, empty lot and fill it with fun and light.
An added benefit: during the weekend of the night market last year, crime for the neighborhood was reduced! Let’s bring some more positive and …
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Reports to: Executive Director
Primary Functions:
The marketing and communications manager will work with the Executive Director to execute the West Bank Business Association’s outreach, communications, and program services to benefit area businesses as well as guests to the West Bank.
Principal Duties:
Outreach
Work with the Executive Director to communicate opportunities to area businessesCreate area newsletters highlighting activity on the West BankTranslate and/or work with translator to make information more accessible
Social Media and Website
Create and schedule social media content Help maintain content on the …
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Join your fellow West Bank Businesses as we make Cedar Ave cleaner and greener.
What You Can Do:
Sweep your sidewalk daily, and pressure-wash spills so they don’t set in the concrete.
Remove graffiti within 24 hours. We can supply you with graffiti wipes for free!
Adopt a trash can and ash receptacle from the city of Minneapolis. These sturdy containers are FREE to you if you take care of the removal yourself!
Take the “Shiny Sidewalks and Storefronts” pledge! Our goal is to collect pledges from 25 businesses this …
The West Bank is home to almost 200 businesses, over 90% of which are still small, locally owned – including one of the last locally owned and independently operated pharmacies!
We connected with Ross West Bank Pharmacy, hoping to highlight their unique location amidst a sea of corporate chains. They are truly a community hub: connected to a Minute Clinic for fast and affordable urgent care services, they also provide the West Bank with notary services!
We highlighted Ross West Pharmacy with a series of ads in …
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Join us for the annual West Bank Vision!
Every year we host a conversation intended to shape the future of the West Bank district. This year, we’ll be focusing on: BUSINESS.
Learn about what resources the WBBA and City of Minneapolis has to support this incredible cultural district – where 90%+ of businesses are still locally owned and operated. We’ll have snacks, city representatives, and information about available resources – all to help YOU!
We’ll also have concept artwork from artists for some of the proposed installations on Cedar Ave so …
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The historic arch lights of the Southern Theater
One in four businesses on the West Bank is a nonprofit organization, among which are our cornerstone venues: The Cedar Cultural Center, Mixed Blood Theatre, Theatre in the Round, and The Southern Theater.
Specialized business structures, nonprofits of course have a special set of needs as well. This was especially the case with The Southern, a historic venue on the edge of the West Bank district. While they went through a major transition in 2008, The Southern was back …
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Malabari Kitchen
Sometimes our client service projects kick off organically – as it did with Malabari Kitchen. WBBA staff often frequents West Bank restaurants – with such tasty options, how could we not?
While out for lunch one day at Malabari Kitchen, the owner Biju asked if we could recommend anybody to help with some photography. He’s a talented photographer himself, but lacked the time and equipment to capture photos-especially in instances where he was doing the prep work himself. So, WBBA staff came in to help! …
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