Have you ever been waiting for news with such anticipation that you refreshed your email several times per minute? That was me waiting to hear if I had been selected…
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These questions have emerged from one on one conversations and the Information Session held on Oct 20, 2020 (see recording of Info Session below). This document will be updated up…
PURPOSE: The Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota (the Foundation) seeks an organizational host and manager for a Northside Commercial Real Estate Revolving Loan Fund (Revolving Loan Fund)…
It feels like a lifetime ago (maybe two) when I posted the last blog about the Commercial Land Trust Initiative. Yet, it was just about a year and a half…
New Year’s Eve is my least favorite holiday. I just feel so much pressure… Have the most fabulous party plans… Think back on your year and reflect on how much…
It’s hard to weave your way through Northside neighborhoods and fail to notice how things are simultaneously changing and staying the same. New buildings are cropping up here and there...
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When I think of social change work, the kind that addresses the root causes of injustice, I think about systems. If you are steeped in this work, this is not…
Imagine leaving your home and walking down the street to the local barber shop, the one your father used to visit. As you make the ten-minute trek, you notice the…
I don’t know about you, but once the long, sunny days of summer slip away and are replaced by the dark, gloomy chill of fall, I can easily slide into…
How many of us have had the experience of spending valuable resources to attend workshops, trainings, conferences … we feel energized (and totally overloaded with information) and then we get…
