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HomeAbout Camden NewsAdvertisingPast IssuesPayPalArchived ArticlesSupporters Location:Front Page Share     Front Page (Primary)   Front Page (Secondary) An end to the old NRP, neighborhood work now moves to City By: Jeffrey Strand 01/01/2012 A mid tears and remembrances from Park Commissioner Annie Young, Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) Policy Board Chair Senator Ken Kelash adjourned the last meeting of the “old” NRP Policy Board on December 19, as established under a 1992 Joint Powers Agreement. The “old” NRP Policy Board completed work to approve the Bryant Neighborhood Phase II Action Plan; a salary increase for the NRP Director; a severance pay and benefits plan for remaining NRP employees; and actions for closing down NRP including a $50,000 reserve and to disburse funds to neighborhood organizations from an unrestricted portion of $604,907 from an administrative office fund “available for spending at the Policy Board’s discretion” according to a memorandum from Director Robert Miller. The Policy Board also approved an “Agreement for the Transfer of Administration of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program” by and between it and the City of Minneapolis. The NRP Office situated at the Crown Roller Mill will have closed on December 31. “I feel fortunate to have been so involved with the foremost citywide grass roots neighborhood development initiative in the country,” said Representative Joe Mullery, who sat on the NRP Policy Board and was a previous board chair. “The tremendous volunteer efforts combined with the physical improvements have established a stable foundation for the future of Minneapolis,” Mullery said about the program. More Info...   end to the old NRP Webber Park master plan is underway By: Sue Quist 01/01/2012 I recently took a chance on the ice of the shallow pond in Webber Park and it held. I did this in anticipation of skating on the pond in the near and cold weeks of January. But to my disappointment I was informed by a park employee that the Webber Pond would not be flooded this winter, the warming house would not be brought in, and it was another blow to my sense of fairness for our community. Skating on the pond, on cold and clear winter nights, with Orion sparkling in the evening sky, is truly one of the delights of winter, and like the pool, it also will be gone in 2012. A simple delight that makes life in a cold winter special; even great. Last winter, as I laced my skates on the boardwalk, a fox zipped past with a rabbit in its mouth. These are not moments to be missed. More Info...   Webber Park master plan is underway   Front Page (List Settings) Camden Community News Copyright 1997-2012

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