Neighborhood Notes
Stories by Our Neighbors, For Our Neighbors
The Midway Project
The Midway Food & Empowerment Project is a resident-led initiative that began in 2020 to address food insecurity in the Hamline Midway neighborhood. In the wake of the uprisings following the murder of George Floyd, many families faced a sudden lack of access to food.
Interview with Artika Tyner
Reading has always been a driving force in Dr. Artika Tyner’s life. As a child growing up in the Rondo neighborhood, the author and educator remembers taking the bus to the library with her friend and saving her money to buy books at the Salvation Army.
Salt and Snow
Deicing salt is often over applied, with 365,000 tons of road salt applied in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (TCMA) alone each year. It is vital to our transportation and infrastructure that we have safe roads, however we also know that chloride salt is not a sustainable solution as it wears on our infrastructure every winter
Open Hands Midway
Open Hands Midway has been serving the Hamline Midway and Union Park communities for 15 years. “Freely we give, freely we receive” has been at the core of operations since opening. They offer Meal Programs, Food Shelf, and Produce Distribution free of cost to all who come.
Food Justice at Zion Community Commons
The Community Dinner concept began at Eureka Compass in 2017. As it grew, and the potential for beneficial impacts in the community in the concept began to be better understood, more community partners were brought in.
A tour of Twelve22 Apartments
HMC staff and members of the Development Committee joined Union Park District Council members recently for a tour of Twelve22, a new apartment building at University and Griggs.
Taking Notes
But who is the Midway Neighborhood? What are our stories? What are our troubles and our dreams? What makes us want to live our lives here? From renters, to homeowners, students, to parents; we are the Hamline Midway Neighborhood, and our story is not one that begins and ends, but forever changes.