Open Streets MPLS

By opening our streets to people, we get an opportunity to experience our city in a whole new way. For advocacy: @OurStreetsMpls

Cover photo by Jacob Albright

[Our Streets @ourstreetsmn]

Imagine 6th Ave North is tomorrow!

📍Harrison Park, Minneapolis
📅Aug 10 @ ⏰11am-5pm

[Zak Yudhishthu @zyudhishthu]

A favorite on my apartment walls @ourstreetsmn

[Open Streets MPLS @OpenStreetsMPLS]

…The first Open Streets was a protest.

Car show?!

[Wedge LIVE!™ @WedgeLIVE]

1st Annual Open Streets Lyndale/Uptown Car Show

[Our Streets @ourstreetsmn]

The @OpenStreetsMPLS you know and love isn't happening this year. Here's why.

https://t.co/lUcXhUEEN5

[Open Streets MPLS @OpenStreetsMPLS]

@daviss @WedgeLIVE What’s 3x0?

[Laura Mitchell @LauraGMitchell]

Every neighborhood in Minneapolis deserves events like this.

[Open Streets MPLS @OpenStreetsMPLS]

👀

[daviss 📸 @daviss]

Hrm, 6 people other than staff at Warehouse District Live.

[Our Streets @ourstreetsmn]

Required: ability to fundraise at least an additional $100k in a matter of weeks

[Robin4mpls @robin4mpls]

It's already mid April and two of the five planned @OpenStreetsMPLS events for this summer don't even have hosts yet—including Franklin Ave in Seward.

After ending ties with @OurStreetsMpls, what is Mayor Frey's plan to ensure these quintessential Mpls summer festivals continue?

[Our Streets @ourstreetsmn]

https://t.co/Iy6Mh0Suo7

[Our Streets @ourstreetsmn]

Want to learn more about @OpenStreetsMPLS and our new Imagine event series?

Listen to the latest @WedgeLIVE podcast interview with our executive director @YesWayDrJose.

https://t.co/ImS730Ae6z

[Our Streets @ourstreetsmn]

Read more about the partial funding of @OpenStreetsMPLS:

https://t.co/emb6HWnAku

[Wedge LIVE!™ @WedgeLIVE]

One note about @OpenStreetsMPLS funding: the organization that has put on the event for the last decade says in a press release that $250,000 is "$600,000 short of what is needed to make a five-event series next year a reality."

[Our Streets @ourstreetsmn]

"After years of fostering community engagement and relationships, we remain steadfast in the belief there is no Open Streets without Our Streets.”

-@YesWayDrJose

[Our Streets @ourstreetsmn]

We are glad to find out the Minneapolis City Council passed funding for the 2024 Open Streets program.
Unfortunately, because the council relied on misinformation from the Public Works Department, the funding amount falls well short of the actual cost for hosting the events.

[Our Streets @ourstreetsmn]

Here's a timeline of the @CityMinneapolis budget process as it relates to #PlowMPLSSidewalks and #SaveOpenStreets🧵

[Our Streets @ourstreetsmn]

Some of our successes🧵

We've hosted 100,000+ at annual @OpenStreetsMPLS events (and are tirelessly working to save the program).

[Our Streets @ourstreetsmn]

Good morning, and happy #GTMD23! We know there are many important organizations to support, but we hope you consider supporting our mission to make our streets places where people can easily and comfortably walk, bike, roll, and use public transit.

https://t.co/TniRdGLHIv

[Our Streets @ourstreetsmn]

There is no @OpenStreetsMPLS without @OurStreetsMpls

🖐️🎤⬇️ Jeremy Winter testified in front of Minneapolis City Council two weeks ago, emphasizing the importance of @OpenStreetsMPLS and safe streets.

https://t.co/f0Enq2j5bo

[Our Streets @ourstreetsmn]

Beloved former Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak agrees that losing Open Streets MPLS would be crushing.

Take action to #SaveOpenStreets - we only have a few days until City Council budget amendments are due.

@MayorFrey @MAKMinnesota
https://t.co/H8tPaILUWm