As recipients of the Hennepin County Green Partners Grant, LCC and three community partners are building, painting, and installing Leopold benches in the community! Join us at Better Futures for the first part of this exciting project: bench building! We’ll be working together to build Leopold Benches for the Greater Longfellow Area. We highly encourage Black, [...]
Our Board of Directors discusses the objectives and programming of Longfellow Community Council and votes on grants and projects. Look at our agenda for a more complete picture of what we're doing each month. Our Board meets the third Tuesday of the month from 6pm to 8pm. All meetings are open to the public and [...]
As recipients of the Hennepin County Green Partners Grant, LCC and three community partners are building, painting, and installing Leopold benches in the community! Come join us and Black Table Arts for the second part of this exciting project: bench painting! We’ll be working together to paint and beautify the Leopold Benches built by our [...]
Join the working group of neighbors coming together to spread love and joy through art. Maybe you are an artist - or know an artist. Maybe you are a musician - or know a musician. Maybe you have a food truck - or love a food truck and want to see them at this event. [...]
The Equitable Housing & Development Committee (EHDC) focuses on identifying, researching, and planning that will mitigate and/or support issues and opportunities of equitable housing in Greater Longfellow. The committee also assists with the review of new development proposals and hosts transportation planners for presentations on upcoming projects. Join us at an upcoming meeting! EHDC meets [...]
The Environment-River Gorge Committee (ERG) works to create environmentally focused programs, projects and events that help advance the greening of Greater Longfellow, as well as promote and protect the River Gorge. ERG meets the first Wednesday of the month at 7pm; All meetings are open to the public. We are currently meeting on Zoom! Zoom [...]
Our Events and Engagement Committee works to engage with the community with meaning and purpose through events and programming. We assist with outreach efforts to ensure all neighbors feel welcome [...]
Longfellow Community Council is thankful and energized to be a part of the community engagement efforts around the future site of the police building in the 3rd precinct as it is vital to bring residents, businesses and community organizations into the conversation and that we start the work of taking down the barbed wire and [...]
“Facing the Fire” is an ongoing public art project, devised by Minneapolis artist Paul Herwig, to reflect on the murder of George Floyd, police brutality, and the civil unrest of 2020. Originally presented in the fall of 2022 on Lake Street East, east of Hiawatha Avenue in the Longfellow Neighborhood of Minneapolis, “Facing the Fire” [...]
Longfellow Community Council is thankful and energized to be a part of the community engagement efforts around the future site of the police building in the 3rd precinct as it is vital to bring residents, businesses and community organizations into the conversation and that we start the work of taking down the barbed wire and [...]
“Facing the Fire” is an ongoing public art project, devised by Minneapolis artist Paul Herwig, to reflect on the murder of George Floyd, police brutality, and the civil unrest of 2020. Originally presented in the fall of 2022 on Lake Street East, east of Hiawatha Avenue in the Longfellow Neighborhood of Minneapolis, “Facing the Fire” [...]
“Facing the Fire” is an ongoing public art project, devised by Minneapolis artist Paul Herwig, to reflect on the murder of George Floyd, police brutality, and the civil unrest of 2020. Originally presented in the fall of 2022 on Lake Street East, east of Hiawatha Avenue in the Longfellow Neighborhood of Minneapolis, “Facing the Fire” [...]
