[Mpls] Conference on Minneapolis Neighborhood Citizen Participation Feb. 23rd

[Tom Taylor]

Mark your calendar to participate in the Center for Urban and Regional
Affairs' conference on Minneapolis Neighborhood Groups and Citizen
Participation.

DINNER IS INCLUDED!!!

Wednesday, February 23, 5:30-8:30 P.M.
 Wilkins Room 215, Humphrey Center
 University of Minnesota, West Bank
 301 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis

Tom Taylor
Sheridan Neighborhood

"Raise less corn and more hell."
Mary Elizabeth Lease

The Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota is
sponsoring a conference for people involved in Minneapolis  Neighborhood
Organizations

 MINNEAPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

 Questions and discussions about the role of neighborhood organizations  in
citizen participation have taken on new importance.  Several reports
dealing with  neighborhood groups and citizen participation are  circulating
in city hall. Community Planning and Economic Development  has proposed
changes to the contractual relationship between  neighborhood groups and
city government and  how citizen participation  is carried out.

 Neighborhood organizations need to be fully involved in these  discussions.
This conference will give people active in neighborhood groups the
opportunity to be part of the debate and talk with each other about how they
do citizen participation, the future of citizen participation, and how
neighborhood groups and the city work together.

 These topics will be covered at the conference:

 Minneapolis Neighborhood Groups Doing Citizen Participation  5:30

 * What Is Citizen Participation?
 * What Citizen Participation Responsibilities Do Neighborhoods do Well?
 * With What Citizen Participation Responsibilities Should Neighborhood
Groups  Be Doing a Better Job?

 Dinner and Fun (dinner provided) 6:45

 Neighborhood Organizations and City Government 7:15

 * History of Citizen Participation in Minneapolis
 * Future of Citizen Participation in Minneapolis
 * What Should Be The Relationship Between City Government and Neighborhood
Organizations
 * How can Neighborhood Organizations work together to Impact The Future of
Citizen Participation.


 Wednesday, February 23, 5:30-8:30 P.M.
 Wilkins Room 215, Humphrey Center
 University of Minnesota, West Bank
 301 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis

 The conference is free., If you call and tell us you are coming, we can
make sure to have enough food for everyone.  612-625-1551

 For more information, contact Jay Clark, 612-625-2513, clark037 at umn.edu or
Kris Nelson, 612-625-1020, nelso193 at umn.edu