Resources

The Whittier neighborhood is full of opportunities and challenges. Home to a thriving multicultural community of small business owners, arts organizations both large and small, and an exciting urban population of almost 90% renters, the Whittier Alliance strives to bring these diverse voices into our ongoing conversation about how to make our neighborhood better.

See our Community Calendar for the times, locations, and agendas of upcoming meetings. To find out more about just a few of the issues facing the Whittier Neighborhood, and the initiatives the community is using to deal with them, explore the links on the left. Or, Contact Us with your questions and concerns.

Whittier Studies/Documents

The City of Minneapolis Historic Preservation Commission conducted a study to evaluate the historic, social, econimc and development contributions of the Rex Hardware Building at 2601 Lyndale Avenue. As of April 2010, the HPC is recommending historic designation. Review a draft of their findings by clicking here.

The Whittier Design Guidelines Task Force and the Whittier Alliance have contracted with Lunning Wende & Assoc. to assist in the development of the Whittier Commercial Corridor Design Guidelines. Click here to see the completed Whittier Neighborhood Commercial Area Design Standards.

The Business Association of the Whittier Alliance contracted with Maxfield Research to do a marketing sudy for South Nicollet Avenue in the spring of 2009. Review the marketing study by clicking here.

Over the summer of 2008, the Whittier Alliance had a Housing Intern from the University of Minnesota, who created a Whittier Multi-Unit Rental Housing Study.
Check out the Rental Housing Study here.