Mill District Neighborhood Association Meeting - Agenda March 18, 2013

MILL DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MARCH MEETING

After the Vikings Stadium - Opportunity Sites for Development in Downtown East and Elliot Park

Monday, March 18, 2013

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Mill City Museum (1st Floor Commons)

It's been 30 years since the Metrodome was built, yet the surrounding remains a vast wasteland of mostly empty surface parking lots.  With the looming construction of the new Vikings Stadium Minneapolis, and our neighborhood, has a once in a generation chance to get it right and transform this dead-zone into a vibrant asset to our community.

Join David Fields, urban planning and community development expert, for an audio/visual presentation and discussion including:

- A look at specific underutilized (surface parking lots) properties in the district and what might be their prospects for development.  Includes a unique view of the area using Google Earth visuals.

- “Downtown East/Elliot Park 2100: Building the 21st Century Urban Community” vision report that EPNI worked on with various urban design consultants to provide a framework for new development in the neighborhoods.

- An extended Q&A and discussion session with Mr. Fields.

Hosted by Judy Borger, Mill District resident and member of the Vikings Stadium Implementation Committee.

About David Fields

- Community Development Coordinator, Elliot Park Neighborhood Inc.

- Doctor of Philosophy, American Studies, University of Minnesota

- M.A. in American Studies, University of Minnesota

- B.A. Journalism & Mass Communications, University of Washington

Mr. Fields is the staff coordinator of the Building, Land Use & Housing citizen participation committee (BLUH), which deals with land use, zoning, and development issues in Elliot Park Neighborhood. He served as project manager for the Elliot Park Neighborhood Master Plan and has administered the business of the many citizen design and development review task forces that have been engaged with a variety of development proposals in Elliot Park. Mr. Fields has served in several commission and advisory capacities: a seven-year member of the Minneapolis Zoning Board of Adjustment; an Officer of the Central Community Housing Trust Board of Directors; a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the City’s Downtown East/North Loop Master Plan. He teaches Urban Studies colloquia at the University of Minnesota.