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Great City Design Teams Complete Three Design Charrettes in Round Two of the Projects
May 2008
AIA Minneapolis’ teams of architects and designers and community leaders have completed charrettes in the following areas: Historic Shoreham Roundhouse, Harrison Neighborhood/Glenwood Avenue, and Elliot Park Neighborhood/Chicago Avenue. See the charrette summaries and team leaders.

AIA Minneapolis and Mayor Rybak ‘s Great City Design Teams Share Round Two Projects for Design Charrettes in Early 2008
January 2, 2008

AIA Minneapolis’ teams of architects and designers and Mayor Rybak have summarized three projects and announced dates for the second round of design charrettes including the Historic Shoreham Roundhouse, located in Shoreham Yards at 2800 Central Avenue Northeast in Minneapolis, Community Partner: Shoreham Area Advisory Committee, January 4-5; Harrison Neighborhood/Glenwood Avenue, a small, culturally diverse neighborhood bound on the north by Olson Memorial Highway, Bassett's Creek on the south, Lyndale Avenue/I-94 on the east, and Theodore Wirth Park on the west, Community Partner: Harrison Neighborhood Association, January 31 – February 1; and Elliot Park Neighborhood/Chicago Avenue, located in South Minneapolis, a very urban, culturally diverse area along Chicago Avenue from 17th Street East to the Downtown East LRT Station Plaza, next to the Metrodome, Community Partner: Elliot Park Neighborhood, Inc., February 22-23. See the project summaries and team leaders.


AIA Minneapolis and Mayor Rybak Announce Completion of First Round of Design Charrettes in Partnership with Neighborhoods Across the City
September 10, 2007

AIA Minneapolis’ teams of architects and designers and Mayor Rybak share the results of the completion of the first round of design charrettes in partnership with neighborhood groups at Nicollet Avenue and 18th Street; 46th Street S. and 46th Avenue E.; 40th Street and Lyndale Avenue S.; Central Avenue NE and NE Lowry Avenue; and Penn Avenue N. and N. Lowry Avenue See the charrette summaries and images.


AIA Minneapolis and Mayor Rybak Request Letters of Interest for Second Round Community-Based Projects
August 3, 2007

The Mayor’s Great City Design Teams have just completed the first round of projects in partnership with six neighborhoods across the city. With the Request of Letters of Interest, the Mayor’s Great City Design Teams seeks proposals for the second round of projects to be conducted in partnership with communities towards the end of 2007/beginning of 2008. Read the Request Letter (pdf)


AIA Minneapolis and Mayor Rybak Announce Dates and Locations for Charrettes
April 20, 2007

The Mayor’s Great City Design Teams through participation in community design workshops (charrettes) and case studies, education of the design process and an inventory of each site, all work to educate the community on the principles of livable communities and build better connections between the signature buildings that have recently put Minneapolis on the design map. Locations include Penn Avenue N. and N. Lowry Avenue, Nicollet Avenue and 18th Street, 40th Street and Lyndale Avenue S., 46th Street S. and 46th Avenue E. and Central Avenue NE and NE Lowry Avenue. See the full release.


AIA Minneapolis and Mayor Rybak Announce Five Great City Design Teams
Residents & Design Professionals Chosen to ‘Re-weave’ Minneapolis Neighborhoods
December 19, 2006

Five Minneapolis neighborhoods have been chosen for some make-over design help from Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak’s Great City Design Teams. Teams of volunteer architects, landscape architects, urban designers and developers are gearing up to work with residents and community groups in five key neighborhoods in the coming year to develop design visions for future possible changes. Mayor Rybak joined Tom Hysell, President of the Minneapolis Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) today to describe the five projects chosen for one of the Great City Design Teams: Nicollet Avenue and 18th Street, 46th Street S. and 46th Avenue E., 40th Street and Lyndale Avenue S., Central Avenue NE and NE Lowry Avenue , and Penn Avenue N. and N. Lowry Avenue. See the full release.


Mayor Rybak to Launch Great City Design Teams
Residents and Design Professionals will work to Re-weave Minneapolis Neighborhoods
October 10, 2006

On Tuesday, October 10, 2006, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Tom Hysell, President of the Minneapolis Chapter of AIA Minnesota, launched the Mayor’s Great City Design Teams and encourage residents and community groups to join the effort to create new visions for the City of Minneapolis. The Mayor’s Great City Design Teams are made up of architects, landscape architects, urban designers and developers who will work with residents and community groups to develop design visions for their neighborhoods. The event took place at the Depot Parking Lot at the Corner of 5th Ave. and Washington Ave. in Minneapolis. See the full release