New Case Study Posted

October 31, 2017  

Minneapolis, Minnesota: A Revitalized Gateway to the Phillips Neighborhood

HUD User publishes a series of case studies based on federal, state, and local strategies that increase affordable housing opportunities and support sustainable community development. The projects and community development efforts featured in these reports have demonstrated innovation through a multitude of partnerships and initiatives.

A mile south of downtown Minneapolis, the intersection of Franklin and Portland avenues is a gateway into the ethnically and racially diverse Phillips neighborhood. The intersection, marked by vacant gasoline stations and a parking lot in the early 2000s, became the focus of the South Quarter, a revitalization effort spearheaded by two local nonprofits: Hope Community and Aeon. South Quarter's fourth and final redevelopment phase, a mixed-income development in the intersection's northwestern quadrant, won the 2016 Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award from the Urban Land Institute. The award recognized The Rose, with its sustainably designed 90 apartments, and the 30-unit Pine Cliff Apartments, both of which opened in 2015.

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