Safety Meeting tonight + 2017 Brochures are in! + West Bank Vision coming up

Safety Meeting tonight + 2017 Brochures are in! + West Bank Vision coming up
Post Date May 8, 2017
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Save the dates and mark your calendars!

Reminder – this afternoon, May 8th, 4pm! Join us for a happy hour and networking event centered all around safety. Come meet your neighbors and local officers.

In attendance will be:
– Carla Nielson, Crime Prevention Specialist from the Cedar Riverside / West Bank Safety Center
– Officers Kevin Lazarchic and Shaun Harrington – Day Beat Officers;
– Beth Roberts, City of Mpls Licensing.
– Melissa Wisniewski, Securonet (one of the city’s partners on safety networks)

We’ll hear from our local representatives, learn about upcoming meetings …

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West Bank / Cedar – Riverside Call for Art – 2017 Northern Spark & Springboard Pilot

West Bank / Cedar – Riverside Call for Art – 2017 Northern Spark & Springboard Pilot
Post Date April 6, 2017
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Share gifts of light, gifts from the earth on the West Bank during the 2017 Northern Spark.

Gifts are nourishment for humanity, and our first night market will focus on the gift economy.

“A gift economy, gift culture, or gift exchange is a mode of exchange where valuables are not traded or sold, but rather given without an explicit agreement for immediate or future rewards.”

Northern Spark is a free all-night art festival exploring the effects of climate change through participatory projects happening in …

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Can we talk? A Conversation with Funders about Funding

Can we talk? A Conversation with Funders about Funding
Post Date November 10, 2015
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It’s more than just writing a stellar proposal or competing with your peers. Grants are a relationship between funders and recipients.

Join us as we examine this relationship. This December, we’ll be having a conversation with funders and experts about the funding process. What are some of the most significant challenges foundations experience when working with applicants or grant recipients? What are the things organizations and artists should keep in mind as they approach the funding process? And, as we consider both sides of the conversation, …

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News and Opportunities for West Bank Nonprofits

News and Opportunities for West Bank Nonprofits
Post Date March 30, 2015
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Hello West Bank Nonprofit friends!

Please see below for several opportunities and events – including several opportunities just for you!

Nonprofit Networking

Join us this Thursday April 2, 9:30 am at the Southern Theater for Nonprofit Networking. This is an informal monthly meeting, a chance to connect with other nonprofits working on the West Bank. Stop by to get some free coffee and treats and meet some of the other awesome community-minded organizations in our neighborhood!

Pro Bono Marketing Assistance

Need help drafting a marketing plan? Want help drafting a content strategy for your Social Media? Need some photography done for your organization? The WBBA is …

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Reminder – Free Seminar on Thursday + other opportunities!

Post Date March 25, 2015
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Reminder  – Cultivating Your Audience Online – This Thursday March 26th!

Our March event is all about cultivating new audience members, and is geared towards businesses looking for help with event promotion and marketing assistance. We’ll be aiming to answer a key question – Where and to whom should you be focusing your efforts, especially with limited capacity? There’s an art to cultivating a following and turning your following into actual, measurable traffic for your business.

Join the WBBA and our friends from the new RedCurrent! We’ll be talking about some of the tools and …

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West Bank Light Rail opening celebration!

Post Date May 1, 2014
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Greetings West Bank Businesses!

 

The Light Rail opening event is going to be here before you know it – and we’ve got some great ways for you to get involved. Please read below to see how you can participate in the opening festivities.

 

The main event will be on June 14, 2014 held in the Lot B (1817 3rd St S) and this will be a “reception style” lot – where we’ll be welcoming folks to the West Bank from the light rail and directing them outwards …

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Gettin’ Arty on the West Bank

Post Date February 7, 2014
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Wow – do we have some news and opportunities for you!

Announcing: The West Bank Arts Foundry!
The West Bank Arts Foundry is for artists, musicians, actors, businesses – and anybody that is or wants to be more arts-friendly and arts-active.

On Saturday April 5, 2014, we’ll be hosting a day-long conference with seminars and brainstorming sessions, all about bringing more creative activity to the West Bank. Sessions will include topics such as graffiti prevention, wayfinding and signage, press and marketing for events, social media for artists and more. We’ll have …

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Planning for the Light Rail!

Post Date January 23, 2014
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This summer marks the advent of the next light rail opening!

The WBBA has been asked to help coordinate efforts for opening event. This includes but is not limited to planning festivities for the opening weekend and including West Bank businesses and organizations on the planning process.

We’ll be having our first planning session on Thursday January 30th, 2014 at 1pm at the Southern Theater (1420 Washington Ave South.) If you’d like to be involved in planning for this event, please join us! The more the merrier.

 

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New Year’s Day

Post Date January 3, 2014
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West Bank friends,

We did not kick off the year quite as anybody had hoped. This week has been an emotional one as we pick up the pieces of the events on New Year’s Day. And while it has been heartbreaking, I can’t say enough about the incredible outpouring of support, concern and help. The West Bank continues to amaze and humble me, and I consider myself very lucky to be a part of this community.

I am receiving lots of messages about ways people can help …

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UofM Training Exercise on Weds

Post Date August 12, 2013
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On Wednesday, August 14, the University of Minnesota will hold an emergency training exercise on the West Bank campus beginning at 9:00 a.m. The emergency training exercise will take place at the two Regis Center for Art buildings (east and west), located at 405 and 418 21st Avenue S, Minneapolis. See http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/maps/RegCtrE/

This exercise will allow multiple agencies to test and practice working together so they will continue to be well prepared when responding to major emergencies. This is an exercise only and not an actual emergency.

It is likely that those living, going to …

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