Welcome to the Citizens for a Loring Park Community!
Mission; To cultivate continuing leadership and help a diverse neighborhood realize a more harmonious, thriving, and beautiful community.
CLPC Events & Updates
Friends of Loring Park wraps the Utility Box at Hennepin/Lyndale
by Richard Anderson
You may have noticed some beautiful artwork covering the Utility Box at the Hennepin/Lyndale corner. The artwork is by local artist Atzin Rayas Fernandez. This design gestures love to the people and butterflies we are lucky to have.
Funding for the project was made possible by Friends of Loring Park and CLPC.
This artwork adds to the beauty at the entrance to Loring Park.
Save the date for the Loring Park Art Festival!
Apply now at www.loringparkartfestival.com/2025-applications.
Save the date - July 26-27 2025 p> Enjoy art!
Learn about our Berger Fountain Restoration Project!
In 2021, Friends of Loring Park and Citizens for a Loring Park Community, as part of the Berger Fountain Committee, contracted with premier landscape architectural firm Damon-Farber to do a pre-design study to rehabilitate Berger (Dandelion) Fountain. This Minneapolis icon needs help.
Learn more about the project and how to help here.
Look for updates about Berger Fountain here..
Text BERGER. to 53-555 to donate.
Hennepin Lyndale Corridor Plantings
You will notice that maintenance on the Corridor Landscaping has begun! Green Minneapolis who has taken on Project Management of this corridor change their organizational focus to one of advocacy at the end of 2023. Coalition members are discussing the need for a permanent Project Management replacement but in the interim CLPC has signed the contract with the Landscape Company and resident John Van Heel/co-chair of the project is volunteering oversight of the contract.
Contributors to the contract are: The Basilica of Saint Mary, Lowry Hill Neighborhood, Individuals supporting the Douglas Urn, Loring Corners, Inc, St Mark’s Cathedral, Hennepin Ave United Methodist Church, Walker Art Center, and 510 Groveland.
We will also be partnering with the Minneapolis Solid Waste & Recycling Department to establish some Trash Containers on the corridor through the Fall.
Upcoming Community Events & Engagement
Nicollet Safety Coalition
Virtual Meeting
Meeting ID:975 9125 5733 | Passcode: 776732
Watch Past CLPC Events
Community Meetings & Updates:
CLPC Board of Directors Meeting
CLPC is looking to appoint two new Boardmembers. Boardmembers need to live, be a property owner, or represent a business where you work and be 18 years of age. If interested please contact CLPC at LoveLoring2@gmail.com.
Join the City of Minneapolis on February 25 at an open house for the New Nicollet Redevelopment project. New Nicollet is a ten-acre parcel of land between the Midtown Greenway and Lake Street. It was home to Kmart for many years. We're developing a plan to make it a walkable area that meets the needs of nearby neighborhoods. Community input is at the heart of that plan.
Community priorities
The New Nicollet team gathered community input in 2024. We did this through surveys, online meetings, and in-person conversations. We asked residents, businesses, and community members what they hoped to see included in future development. They identified these top priorities:
Affordable housing, including housing with supportive services.
Home ownership opportunities to prevent displacement and support wealth building.
Well-connected public spaces for community connections and public safety.
A grocery store for access to healthy and affordable food.
The open house will showcase how extensive community input is shaping the project. Attendees can give feedback on the draft Development Framework and learn about next steps. We will have free food and kids’ activities. Language interpretation will be available for Spanish and Somali
Final New Nicollet open house
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 5-7 p.m.
Whittier International Elementary School
315 W. 26th St.
Find the Development Framework starting Feb. 25 on the New Nicollet Redevelopment webpage.
Berger Fountain Task Force Meeting
Join us on the fourth Monday of the month at 5:00 p.m. Note the meeting date change for January and February due to City holidays. Task Force meetings are held in person at the Loring Park Community Center.
1st Ave S Reconstruction Project Update
The Minneapolis Public Works Department plans to reconstruct 1st Ave. S. from Lake St. to Franklin Ave. including replacing the Midtown Greenway Bridge. In addition to new pavement, the project will include new sidewalks, an off street bicycle facility, updated safety features, sanitary and storm main replacement, and green stormwater infrastructure.
Construction Update
1st Ave. S closure Segments of 1st Ave. S will continue to be closed through the fall and into the winter. Drivers will need to follow the posted detour route.
- Segments of 1st Ave. S will continue to be closed through the fall and into the winter.
- Drivers will need to follow the posted detour route.
- 1st Ave. S is closed between 27th St. and Lake St. through the fall.
- Vehicle detour route: Lake St., Lyndale Ave. and Franklin Ave.
- Bicycle detour route: Lake St., Blaisdell Ave. and Nicollet Ave., and Franklin Ave.
Traffic control update
- 1st Ave. S., between Lake St. and 27th is now open to traffic.
- 1st Ave. S., between 22nd and 24th is a temporary two-way street to keep access to driveways.
- The 24th St. intersection was paved this week and will be reopened to traffic on Monday.
- 1st Ave. S., between 22nd and just north of Franklin Ave. remains closed.
- Franklin Ave. is open in both directions.
- The bike lanes along 1st Ave. remain closed between 27th St. and 19th St. E.
What to expect
- Sanitary main installation will continue between 27th and 26th St. E. through December.
- Sanitary main preparation work will be ongoing between 26th and 24th St. E. through December.
- Sanitary main replacement will be ongoing between 22nd and Franklin Ave. through December.
- Storm sewer installation started this week between 27th and 26th St E.
Upcoming Events
First Ave. S Reconstruction field hours
The project team has been available to answer questions every week. Now that construction is moving into the slower winter months, field hours will move to a monthly basis. Weekly meetings will resume in the spring. Come visit us to learn more:
February 20
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Wesley Andrews Coffee & Tea,111 E 26th St., Minneapolis, MN 55404
Visit the project website, sign up for project updates.
Safety walks for the Loring Park Neighborhood
Beginning soon, we will embark on safety walks from The Woman’s Club through Loring Park and the surrounding neighborhood each Thursday from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. If you’re interested, please email Aileen Johnson at fritzdoris@comcast.net.
Please join us. Together we stand for a safer community.