Neighborhood Forums
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The text below will be updated as we plan for phase 2 of this activity now that we are open in four Minneapolis neighborhoods and soon two St. Paul neighborhoods in addition to the five "neighbourhood" forums in the UK.
SPECIAL - Live in Minneapolis or St. Paul?
Take our quick survey to request a neighborhood forum for your area. Then tell a friend.
Neighborhood Forums in the United States and Neighbourhood Forums in the United Kingdom are growing part of our "local-up" approach to community building online. A neighborhood forum in Bristol has been operation since early 2007 and forums in Oxford are under development. Minneapolis neighborhood forums are emerging today.
We received $25,000 US grant from the MSNet fund of the Minneapolis Foundation to start a "neighbors" forum in areas with high immigrant/low income/communities of color in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Our goal is open at least one target forum in each of the central cities along with the other all-volunteer driven neighborhood forums efforts in other area.
Related content:
- Neighborhoods Forums Project Plan - As submitted to the Minneapolis Foundation stating what we would do with about half the amount of our original request.
- Minneapolis neighborhood forums planning grant - Where we did our drafting.
- St. Paul Outreach - Our St. Paul chapter's digital inclusion outreach efforts at Rondo Community Outreach library will likely inform any St. Paul efforts
- Example neighborhood forums - Look. Imagine one for your neighborhood
Draft documents:
- Local Market - A proposed standardized "local market" option for those forums wishing to allow such announcements
- Neighborhood forum uses - A sample list of things you can use your neighbor forum for
- Sample neighborhood forum charter - A draft template for future use by
- Neighborhood forums guide - A draft outline of steps required to start a forum
Previous documents:
