Browsing by Subject "Cedar-Riverside"

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    Assessing Potential Impacts of the West Bank Light Rail Transit Station in the Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood
    (Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 2009-05-22) Ciorici, Patricia; Ludwig, Yoshi
    This report presents the methodology, findings and recommendations of a study of the types of potential effects of the Central Corridor Project on the Cedar-Riverside community. Specifically, the report identifies and compiles the types of potential effects of the Central Corridor Project and the planned West Bank LRT Station in a single document, integrates input on the Central Corridor Project from neighborhood businesses and organizations, and provides recommendations for future action for the Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood Revitalization Program (CRNRP) and other neighborhood organizations. The study is the product of a collaborative effort between Humphrey Institute graduate students and the CRNRP. It is meant to supplement the work already in progress by neighborhood and governmental organizations on the Central Corridor Project, and provide CRNRP with specific recommendations on how to make the project a success for the neighborhood. CRNRP’s objectives include building neighborhood leadership capacity, increasing community involvement, and creating effective partnerships for neighborhood planning and community development initiatives within the Cedar-Riverside area.
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    Collaboration for Community Development in the Cedar-Riverside Neighborhood
    (Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 2009-05-15) Corn, Jeff; Domansky, Scott
    This report was the result of a research partnership between the Cedar-Humphrey Action for Neighborhood and Community Engagement (CHANCE) and the West Bank Community Coalition (WBCC). The purpose of this report is to determine ways in which neighborhood organizations, and specifically the WBCC, can be an effective collaborator within the Cedar-Riverside Partnership, Dania Partners, the University District Partnership Alliance, and any future collaboration that may develop. This report was based on a literature review of twenty articles, twenty interviews with members of collaborations within and outside of Cedar-Riverside, and five case studies of local and national collaborations for community development. The WBCC is currently the only organization within Cedar-Riverside that is a member of the Cedar-Riverside Partnership, Dania Partners, and the University District Partnership Alliance. While this presents an opportunity to promote community engagement, several barriers have been identified to collaboration including a need for a unifying mission, a lack of collaborative capacity, and barriers to communication. However, collaboration is seen as an asset, and there is hope within Cedar-Riverside for new leadership. The theories to collaboration presented in this report are based upon the idea of asset-based community development, which advocates identifying resources within the community that can be mobilized for community development. Additionally, several factors were identified as being present within both effective neighborhood organizations, and collaborations for community development. The five case studies revealed several overarching lessons for effective collaboration, including the need for a strong vision for collaboration, the importance of the structure of the partnership, and the need for an effective use of available resources. Additionally, the case studies showed the importance of staff, and displayed how effective collaboration can increase the prominence of an organization within a community.
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    Early Childhood Development Services in Cedar-Riverside: Landscape Analysis and Strategic Action Plan
    (Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, 2013-05-17) Santori, Matthew; Wagner, Maureen
    In January 2013, the Cedar Riverside Neighborhood Revitalization Program (CRNRP) partnered with Cedar-Humphrey Action for Neighborhood Collaborative Engagement (CHANCE) at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs to explore the challenges and opportunities related to early childhood development in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. This Executive Summary will supplement a final report to be complete in May 2013, and is meant to summarize the most significant and compelling information resulting from an extensive review of relevant literature and resources related to early childhood development, three focus groups with parents in the neighborhood, and indepth interviews with residents, community leaders, and child development service practitioners. In reflection of the challenges and opportunities identified in this study, recommendations are provided which outline potential future efforts for the community to work together to ensure that all children in the neighborhood have the opportunity and support to learn, grow, and succeed during their most important years.
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    Engaging Somali Young Adults in Cedar-Riverside: Opportunities for Programming and Collaboration
    (Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 2009-05-20) Fleck, Peter; Gardner, Leah; Kasper, Eric
    The Cedar Riverside Neighborhood Revitalization Program (CRNRP) and the Somali American Education Program (SAEP), along with others in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood, have serious concerns about the neighborhood’s young adult Somali population due to last year’s spike in homicides (3), reports of gang activity, and the disappearances of young adults allegedly returning to Somalia. To address these concerns, CRNRP and SAEP partnered with our team of three graduate students from the Humphrey Institute Cedar-Humphrey Action for Neighborhood Collaborative Engagement (CHANCE) on a research project. We used a community-based research model to achieve the following goals: • Assess the scope and capacity of current programs for Somali young adults; • Determine areas where programming was missing or could be enhanced; and • Engage Somali young adults in a co-creative dialogue to identify their needs and capacities and to make use of their knowledge and experiences in identifying solutions. Our research included a review of the relevant literature, identification of promising practices, an analysis of current programming for young adults, identification of program funding opportunities, fourteen interviews with community stakeholders, and two learning circle conversations with youth. While we will focus on the Somali population within Cedar Riverside, we believe that our recommendations and program suggestions may be utilized to address the needs of Oromo and other East African immigrants and refugees living in the neighborhood. Our literature review explored background characteristics related to positive and negative behaviors among young adults including immigrant and refugee status, exposure to violence and trauma, and parental educational attainment. We found that maintaining cultural identification, higher parental educational attainment, English proficiency, participation in structured programming, strength of peer and family relationships, and involvement with religious organizations all had a positive effect on being civically engaged, achieving higher levels of education, and obtaining employment. A lack of these characteristics along with exposure to violence and trauma as children leads to an increased likelihood of violent and deviant behavior as adults.