Sunday, August 25, 2013

EPIC E-News for August 25th, 2013



High Summer Heat + Wind + No Rain = Big Tree Loss.
Please Water Them.
Neighbors-
The  City has asked us to water trees, new ones and old ones... We will be experiencing wind, high heat and no rain for a while. Driving East Phillips, I see not just young trees, but seasoned oldsters  wilting and some dropping whole large limbs. This is heart breaking, but also costly. Taxpayer dollars are invested in each tree.

AND, importantly, East Phillips is far more attractive and a nicer place to live by far with an abundance of green, especially TREES. If you are a home owner or renter...and/or an apartment dweller...or duplex...take some buckets out....and continue to do so until we get out of this drought.  Talk to your neighbors...make a plan for your blocks, or even just do it yourself...See to the trees. We all can do this...make a party...whatever...But don't wait. Don't lose the trees!! When I watered recently, I was almost too late for my own peonies and daylilies...and they are tough. Love our space here and act. We will all thank you.


 

Friday, August 2, 2013

EPIC E-News for August 2, 2013,



To help plans for your
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
BLOCK PARTY
EPIC will provide $100.00
per registered
East Phillips Party.
Just contact us at this email address
or
call at 612-280-8418 and keep your receipts.
Turn them in as soon as you can
after NNO and you will be reimbursed
with a check from EPIC.
 And Have a GREAT TIME.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

E-News for April 21st

2 Very Important Meetings on April 24th and 27th
You will want to be there.

1)  on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24,
6:30 to 8:30
PHILLIPS COMMUNITY CENTER
2323 ELEVENTH AVENUE SOUTH

MAJOR MEETING
About the
SWIMMING POOL!!

COME AND SUPPORT THE
AMAZING NEW PHILLIPS AQUATIC CENTER

2) on SATURDAY, APRIL 27th,
9:30 to 11:30

PLEASE COME TO
THE
14th EPIC ANNUAL MEETING

EAST PHILLIPS PARK CULTURAL
and
COMMUNITY CENTER
2307 17th Avenue South

FABULOUS FREE FOOD

ELECT BOARD MEMBERS

VOTE on IMPORTANT ISSUES

Proposed Agenda:
9:30 – 10:10                FABULOUS BREAKFAST, MEET NEIGHBORS,

10:10-10:15                  WELCOME-Brad Pass as MC
                             INTRO INFORMATION
·                          AGENDA, DISCUSSION OF THE ELECTION
·                          NOMINATION APPLICATIONS, REQUIREMENTS/OBLIGATIONS OF A
    BOARD MEMBER: Must be an EPIC Member and have attended at least one    
    EPIC meeting.

10:15 – 10:30       EPIC’s ACCOMPLISHMENTS and FUTURE GOALS & PROSPECTS.

10:30 – 10:35       CONSIDER and VOTE on MOTIONS

10:35 – 11:00       EXPLANATION OF THE ELECTION PROCESS and                                                                                          VOTING for NEW BOARD MEMBERS,

11:00 – 11:20       COMMUNITY DISCUSSION

11:25 -  11:30      RESULTS OF VOTING, ANNOUNCEMENT of NEW                                                                                          BOARD MEMBERS

11:45                             ADJOURN


COME AND MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS
Call 280-8418-  for more details

Saturday, April 20, 2013

EPIC E-News for April 8th, 2013

JOIN YOUR NEIGHBORS !!
PLEASE COME TO THE 
EPIC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
 THURSDAY, April 11th, 6:30 pm !
At the EAST PHILLIPS PARK CULTURAL and COMMUNITY CENTER
2307 17th Avenue South 
 
Proposed Agenda:
1)  Support for the Swimming Pool, What's Needed to make this happen..
 
2)   New East Phillips Sports Council
 
3)  Planning for the Annual Meeting.
New Volunteers?
 
4)   Neighborhood USA Conference.
5)  EPIC Housing Program, Progress,
Do you know someone who needs help on their home??? Let them know about our Program.
6)  Opening of the Garden. Grow your own Food with your neighbors.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

E-News for January 25th, 2013

START TODAY!
BECOME A HOMEOWNER TOMORROW!

Have Your Own Little Place!...Your Own Garden!...
Have a Dog if you want!...Paint it any Color you Wish!

Down Payment Assistance Available
In Targeted Minneapolis Neighborhoods
(Minneapolis Advantage Program – Wells Fargo 2)

The City of Minneapolis has received funds from Wells Fargo to provide down payment assistance to homebuyers purchasing a single-family home in targeted neighborhoods – listed below.

Homebuyers may receive up to $5,000 in a no-interest deferred loan. The funds can be used to bring the housing ratio (principal, interest, taxes, homeowner’s insurance and mortgage insurance, if any) to 25% of their gross monthly income.  Income restrictions apply.

For complete guidelines and an application go to www.gmhchousing.org or call the Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation: HousingResource Center™ -North (612) 558-3033 or HousingResource Center – South (612) 722-7141.

Targeted Neighborhoods: Audubon Park, Bancroft, Beltrami, Bottineau, Bryant, Cleveland, Columbia Park, Corcoran, East Phillips, Folwell, Harrison, Hawthorne, Holland, Jordan, Lind-Bohanon, Logan Park, Marshall Terrace, McKinley, Midtown Phillips, Near-North, Northeast Park, Phillips West, Powderhorn Park, Regina, Sheridan, Shingle Creek, Standish, Sumner-Glenwood, Ventura Village, Victory, Waite Park, Webber-Camden, Willard-Hay, Windom Park.
Partial areas of Field and Lyndale neighborhoods.

Many of you know EPIC about to unviel our own Housing Program...However, most of our money goes to Housing Rehab with a small amount retained for Home Purchase.

This Program is available right NOW!
Think about it! It has been years since anyone has made this offer! It may be long before it comes again! And Houses haven't been less expensive for a long time.
Join our Neighborhood!
With the new Park Facilities, Soccer Fields and coming Swimming Pool!

Monday, July 30, 2012

E-News for July 30th, 2012

Important news For East Phillips residents:
EPIC hosted a major meeting last summer to review the proposed plan for the Hi-Lake Triangle Apartments. It is planned to be tucked into the triangle of land immediately west of the Lake Street LRT Station, just north of Lake and wedged between the Wells Fargo Bank and Hwy 55. This is an unusual development in that it is on a very tiny site, given the number of units, read on. This concerned us since it was billed as ‘for elders’ and the crime there is significant. We asked them to consider balconies to provide ‘eyes on the station and street’. Also the EPIC Board surveyed all the businesses in Hi-Lake and they were all struggling with parking issues. This 64 unit building adds very little parking. We shared these concerns and others with Wellington Developers at our meeting and have heard nothing since.

BUT NOW we may have an opportunity to express our views again.The following notice just came from the City. Mark the meeting time on your calendars and send your comments.

The City of Minneapolis invites the East Phillips Improvement Coalition, the Corcoran Neighborhood Association and the Longfellow Community Council to review and comment on the proposed Hi-Lake Triangle Apartments Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Plan and the related Modification No. 23 to the Model City Urban Renewal Plan and Modification No. 122 to the Common Development and Redevelopment Plan and Common TIF Plan (collectively, the “Plans”).  The Plans are available for review on the City’s website at http://www.minneapolismn.gov/cped/public/index.htm.

The Plans have been prepared to facilitate Wellington Management Inc.’s development of 64 units of affordable senior rental housing and ground-floor retail space in a new six-story building on a vacant .85-acre site at 2230 East Lake Street.  The site is adjacent to the Lake Street/Midtown LRT Station in south Minneapolis.

The project will include 53 one-bedroom units and 11 two-bedroom units.  All units will be affordable to individuals and families earning 60 percent or less of the Area Median Income.  It is anticipated that two to three retail tenants will occupy the ground-floor commercial space.

The Hi-Lake Triangle Apartments TIF Plan establishes a new housing TIF District within the existing Hiawatha and Lake Redevelopment Project.  Modification No. 23 to the Model City Urban Renewal Plan and Modification No. 122 to the Common Plan change project boundaries to remove the Hi-Lake Triangle Apartments parcel from the Model City Urban Renewal Area and the Common Project Area.

The Plans are being transmitted for review and comment to the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, the Minneapolis Board of Education, the City Planning Commission, the East Phillips Improvement Coalition, the Corcoran Neighborhood Association, the Longfellow Community Council and other interested parties. 

The Minneapolis City Council can approve, amend or reject the proposed Plans after consideration of comments received.  It is anticipated that the Plans will be the subject of a public hearing of the City Council’s Community Development Committee at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 in Room 317 City Hall.  The City Council is expected to consider the Plans at its meeting on Friday, September 21, 2012.


We welcome your comments, which are due by noon on Monday, September 10, 2012. Please submit comments to:

Matthew Hendricks, Development Finance Analyst

Minneapolis Finance & Property Services Department

105 5th Avenue South, Suite 200

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401

(612) 673-5236

matthew.hendricks@minneapolismn.gov

                                                                     

If you or your organization would like to meet to discuss the proposed Plans, if you would like paper copies, or if you have questions, please contact Matthew Hendricks.



Thank you. 

Friday, July 20, 2012

E-News for July 20th, 2012

MIDTOWN PHILLIPS ANNUAL BIG FESTIVAL
IS
TOMORROW, SATURDAY , JULY 21st
12:00 to 8:00 pm
Stewart Park, 12th Avenue and 10th Street
Wonderful Food! Toddlers Games!
Basketball, Soccer, Baseball
Heart of the Beast Theater Company
and
A Fabulous Music Experience!
Here is the awesome Line-Up!

12:00               Mariachi Mi Tierra Band - Awesome!        
1:00                  Shout It Out Songsters - Remarkable!
2:00                  Peter Lang, Singer / Song writer Very Cool!
3:00                  Black Audience…Hip!
4:00                  Crunchy Kids Hip-Hop …Extraordinary!
5:00                  The Representations - Smooth!
6:00                  Willie Murphy’s Band - Historic!
7:00                  Mitch Walking Elk and the Sugar Point Band -  

Free Parking at Children’s Hospital Ramp!
Enter on 10th Avenue!!