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["Art","Parks & Open Space","Buildings","Streets & Sidewalks","Public Transit","Public Safety","Environmental Sunstainability","Health","Equity","Education","LHENA Governance & Development","Leadership","Government","Partnerships","Communication & Outreach","Community Relationships/Connecting Neighbors","Land Use","Housing","Local Business","Gentrification & Displacement","Historic Preservation","Miscellaneous"]
["could use fewer bad murals","Mueller Revamp - Parks, Partnerships","need a rec center","could use less traffic","I like the BRT (bus rapid transit) concept","free bike lights and reflective vests/strips for biking at night","more public organic waste disposal","community pantry for anyone in need","participation opportunities outside of committees","Engage the diversity of Jefferson School","socially responsible investing","creating pilot programs that have the potential to be adopted by other organizations and institutions","closer relationship with government leaders","partnerships with educational institutions on programs","Canvassing Program","conflict map","Supporting density where it really matters","could use less trendy and pricey apt buildings (especially micro apts) that are way overpriced","develop small business concepts","create fund that helps residents move back into the neighborhood where they were pushed out by gentrification (like Portland)","community/history events ","You are on the right track. Keep going."]
["would like to see more community-made public art (never too much art)","green space","need a rec center","bad traffic","support mass transit/biking","I think we need to really improve pedestrian safety in particular.","support mass transit/biking","have a pantry like the little free libraries","Engage the diversity of Jefferson School","mentorship of leaders","Engage businesses as potential donors","recruit Jefferson School staff for board/committee leadership","advocate for LHENA at the city","Connect with other neighborhood organizations. Unite for certain efforts. ","Engage more residents","closer relationship with government leaders","could use less construction and fewer changes in zoning that only suits the needs of property investors.","could use less pricey micro apts","could use more POCI (People of Color and Indigenous)-owned businesses","take an active interest in the Lake & Lyndale intersection and the threat to it","neighborhood oral history project run by teens","Thank you! Y'all work so hard, and it's appreciated :)"]
["could use more fun, friendly signs","Green space!","need a rec center","could use less bikers who don't pay attention to traffic laws","Other transportation modes like links to the Southwest light rail line","Sidewalk maintenance needs to be improved. Access of emergency vehicles to the neighborhood needs to be improved (26th & 28th streets overly constricted).","I like the BRT (bus rapid transit) concept","could use more community meals - love this idea","use restorative justice","offer community classes like City Bureau in Chicago","Fiscal independence ","mentorship of leaders","closer relationships with political leaders","engage with other neighborhood organizations","could use more fun, friendly signs","community/history events","less condos, ugly new construction, developers","could use more affordable, pet-friendly rental housing","take an active interest in the Lake & Lyndale intersection and the threat to it","watch and participate in the LynLake area and the way the city is handling it","always remember the past - it's important","Homeowners are not the enemy, and are not anti-renters."]
["make sure to promote the success of the Southwest School District and support it’s athletics and arts.","wildlife habitat","need a community meeting space","free bike lights and reflective vests/strips for biking at night","Buses - I know there are a lot, but I'd like to see even more","creating pedestrian safe streets and ordinances.","public composting receptacles","more public organic waste disposal","more engagement levels","offer classes","annual fundraiser","offer internships","You should devote some time to finding a good representative for our ward who cares about the concerns of the people. This way we could have a rep to work at the council for those who live here now and not the citizenry \"we\" may wish to have or those merely passing through.","Establishing/continuing relationships with neighborhood organizations to advance projects","reach outside of our \"bubble.\" What is life like in other parts of the city? ","Engage the diversity of Jefferson School","Incorporation of mixed use projects but also make parking less of a hassle","address affordable housing","watch and participate in the LynLake area and the way the city is handling it","support low income distressed homeowners","Promoting history.","Thanks for everything you do."]
["street art","more trees","need a library","I like the BRT (bus rapid transit) concept",null,"Have traffic cops enforce our crosswalk laws, slow traffic down, and have the city look at traffic flow and numbers on our streets now that we have added 1000+ new rentals along the greenway in the last 10yrs. That new traffic flows thru our side streets at super fast speeds.","more trees","support low income distressed homeowners","could use more POCI (People of Color and Indigenous)-owned businesses","could use more community PR/education","party lottery","internships","I moved in here when this was a marginal neighborhood with lots of crime and drug stuff happening. We worked hard and volunteered many hours over many years to improve housing and safety as well as many other things. Now we are being treated like pariahs by the city council member and her supporters. She really has to go to start things working well again. She is owned by big business and developers and has publicly stated that she doesn't represent me and other homeowners. The recent planned up zoning will be used by developers to tear down housing that is the fabric of this neighborhood and take away families that are the bedrock of neighborhood viability. It will NOT lead to more affordable housing but just the opposite. I know how things work downtown, I was an elected official who served on the planning commission for 2 years and witnessed first hand the control the developers have over many elected officials including this city council member.","partner with educational institutions for research, internships","find ways to reach harder to \"find\" neighbors (aging neighbors, single parents, working people)","recruit Jefferson School staff for board/committee leadership","Creating our own comp plan like we used to do, not power hungry politicians who are climbing the ladder to wherever","support low income distressed homeowners","provide benefit to business participation","promote/demand more affordable housing from developers","Honoring the history of this neighborhood. That does not mean tearing something down and then naming the apartment that replaces it something that vaguely references what was once there.","Awfully long survey. Sorry to be so incomplete"]
["Maintain and create great architecture and public art.","Gardening. Chickens!","Maintain and create great architecture and public art.","could use more car shares (ZipCar or Hour Car)","more buses","Crime, assault in particular, has been a regular occurrence in this area for 30 years. Mostly unreported. ","promote more walking and biking, not with more paths and such, but maybe events that get people out to do that through the neighborhood. visibility and recognition of each other is a positive thing, and you can't get that from sitting in your car!","need more cleanliness","diversify board and committees around race and age and socioeconomics","make sure to promote the success of the Southwest School District and support it’s athletics and arts.","engage business for adverstising opportunities","need more people who think for themselves","need more Input at City Hall - A City Hall that listens to citizens rather than ignoring them and going its own way confident that it knows best.","continuing to build and maintain relationships with groups who have spaces that can be used by neighborhood (like SpringHouse)","consistent, clear, and simple messaging","social events","Update the zoning laws so that high rises can't be built in the neighborhood, and cap rents.","promote/demand more affordable housing from developers","Increasing entertainment opportunity.","need more affordable/low income housing",null,"Sorry about the timid responses; having just moved here less than a year ago I feel like I'm still finding my feet a bit with the neighborhood. I love it so far, though."]
[null,"could use a library, park large enough to play sports at (mueller is hilly, tiny, sidewalky - something with a field would be so great)","getting every (EVERY!) building in the neighborhood on solar (or renewables) in some capacity - whether it be through buying into solar through power company, or installing solar panels on roof, etc. That isn't all the way there and not carbon neutral or energy independent but it could be a start.","Other transportation modes like links to the Southwest light rail line","Transit overall is good but wish the Southwest line would have better routes down lyndale and lake where more people will use it than the Kenwood and isles neighborhoods","Safe biking and walking.","need more cleanliness","I haven't been able to attend the neighborhood clean-up events but do plan to in the future. Please keep offering these opportunities.","find ways to reach harder to \"find\" neighbors (aging neighbors, single parents, working people)","focus on resources for small landlords, duplex","establish new funding opportunities/research past funding sources","develop more leadership","Standing up to city council and developers","interact more/partnerships with local organizations and nonprofits","need greater participation at community events","have social and hobby groups",null,"need more affordable/low income housing","Just saying a formally/pronounced queer bar or space in the wedge would be lit. not sure where LHENA fits in to that dream tho","Fallout of destruction of public housing and alarming trends that are sp pro developer and anti family and home owners",null,"Your initiative to get residents to shovel other people's sidewalks is terribly misguided. The vast majority of unshoveled sidewalks are in front of absentee landlord properties. These landlords earn lots of money in this neighborhood but refuse to do their basic duty. They have no concern for the safety of this community. Having ordinary people shovel for irresponsible landlords is offensive to me and a terrible joke."]
[null,"more trees",null,"Sidewalk maintenance needs to be improved. Access of emergency vehicles to the neighborhood needs to be improved (26th & 28th streets overly constricted).","need sufficient public transportation options that people don't feel a need to have a car (see New York, London, etc.)","Car drivers turning left or right off of Lyndale or Hennepin or Lake Streets failed to look/yield as I walked through the intersection during my right of way. ","I haven't been able to attend the neighborhood clean-up events but do plan to in the future. Please keep offering these opportunities.","Gardening. Chickens!","provide more diverse timing for participation opportunities","racially integrated schools","invest in real estate in neighborhood, rent out space",null,null,"reach outside of our \"bubble.\" What is life like in other parts of the city?","reaching hard to reach poeple","could use more community meals - love this idea",null,"Fallout of destruction of public housing and alarming trends that are sp pro developer and anti family and home owners","Get voices of those that don't want to be involved or bend the ear of the business community. ","Balancing gentrification with neighborhood character.",null,"less bender clones"]
[null,"more trees",null,"creating pedestrian safe streets and ordinances.","I'm very excited about Stockholm's free transit, New York City's tree initiative, and cities that eliminate plastic bags and styrofoam cups at businesses.","People feel safer & more engaged when they know their neighbors. With many renters in the region (& thus much transitioning), it can be hard to establish community. When working toward a common goal together, positive change feels more attainable.","more trees","Hair salons, litter, music speakers outside of bars and restaurants, loud rooftop bars, deaths of pedestrians and bicyclists, absentee landlords","multi-lingual resources, board members, events",null,"high interest savings account and low risk investments",null,null,"need more presence with business associations","meet people where they are at; go to them instead of them coming to us","more neighbor to neighbor connection",null,"Housing creation and affordability were not issues in LHENA until it became a target for developers, due to its proximity to downtown and the Lakes; development drove up prices and destroyed affordable units","need more local stores and restaurants","What are we doing to fight gentrification? I feel like I am going to be squeezed out of the neighborhood because I'm not wealthy. ",null,"less Divisiveness of city council member"]
[null,"need shared park space, better mueller park facilities,",null,"I think we need to really improve pedestrian safety in particular.","Get out-of-service buses off W. 28th Street.","Safer cross walks and traffic calming that does not involve more bike lanes.","more trees","less Idling. Driving. Light pollution. Noise.","provide new structures for engagement",null,"3 day work week",null,null,"Minneapolis Renters Coalition is awesome. Learn more at PPNA.","share triumphs/success stories","Although there are more renters than homeowners in this neighborhood,  homeowners are paying extraordinary amounts of property taxes for the privilege of living in this neighborhood. They are also the only ones demonstrably committed to the neighborhood long term.  They deserve more support and recognition as opposed to costly being referred to as the NIMBYs. ",null,"I moved in here when this was a marginal neighborhood with lots of crime and drug stuff happening. We worked hard and volunteered many hours over many years to improve housing and safety as well as many other things. Now we are being treated like pariahs by the city council member and her supporters. She really has to go to start things working well again. She is owned by big business and developers and has publicly stated that she doesn't represent me and other homeowners. The recent planned up zoning will be used by developers to tear down housing that is the fabric of this neighborhood and take away families that are the bedrock of neighborhood viability. It will NOT lead to more affordable housing but just the opposite. I know how things work downtown, I was an elected official who served on the planning commission for 2 years and witnessed first hand the control the developers have over many elected officials including this city council member.","need more small businesses","Housing creation and affordability were not issues in LHENA until it became a target for developers, due to its proximity to downtown and the Lakes; development drove up prices and destroyed affordable units",null,"Take care of our home"]
[null,null,null,"Have traffic cops enforce our crosswalk laws, slow traffic down, and have the city look at traffic flow and numbers on our streets now that we have added 1000+ new rentals along the greenway in the last 10yrs. That new traffic flows thru our side streets at super fast speeds.","Free transit.","City stepping up to use funds for sidewalk repairs, crosswalk painting, slowing traffic on Hennepin and NOT eliminating pkg meters, condos instead if only rental units, local ownership of property, both rental and homes","less Idling. Driving. Light pollution. Noise.","less Sorry to say but homelessness","Just saying a formally/pronounced queer bar or space in the wedge would be lit. not sure where LHENA fits in to that dream tho",null,"accessible office",null,null,"Lyndale neighborhood has/had an amazing board, intelligent and talented. The dedication of the Loring neighborhood organization and residents.","more outreach and engagement to disempowered residents","oppenness to new residents",null,"dispel urbanist false information of trickle down housing","More grab and go food places. We have lots of sit down places but we could use more places like Eat Street. Kind of like chipotle type restaurants but more unique. Less expensive restaurants. Places you could pickup up something and not have to spend more than $10-15.","I am a resident of the neighborhood of 43 years being priced out of the area. ",null,"getting rid of bender"]
[null,"Green grass space! (Personally, I really dislike the large amount of blacktop at Jefferson)",null,"Safe biking and walking.",null,"need more safe intersections","Transition town.","less of my neighbor's band practicing. Rabbits.","Keep working explicitly to engage new residents, especially renters in organized LHENA activities.",null,"provide new structures for engagement",null,null,"Lhena volunteering as a group, like corporations do, at places like second harvest etc.","go to where the people are","Events, potlucks, B2B partnerships",null,"affordable housing","Hair salons, litter, music speakers outside of bars and restaurants, loud rooftop bars, deaths of pedestrians and bicyclists, absentee landlords","The neighborhood is what it is due to long-term local involvement of residents who love it. We want to see it continue, not be taken over by developers and investors"]
[null,"Pocket gardens for folks to just feel welcome to sit.",null,"Car drivers turning left or right off of Lyndale or Hennepin or Lake Streets failed to look/yield as I walked through the intersection during my right of way. ",null,"Increased pedestrian safety","lots of trees","less Litter, homeless folks","racially integrated schools",null,"knowledge base/center, like an organized drive",null,null,null,"pay for social media consultant","Community events!",null,"Oversight of landlords and how they care for their buildings and their renters","less chain stores","This is a beautiful and charming neighborhood. I hope we don't lose it."]
[null,"Love the green spaces.",null,"Safer cross walks and traffic calming that does not involve more bike lanes.",null,"need accessible sidewalks esp. around construction points. example - by where aldi is going in, it's almost impossible for people to pass each other. and on lyndale and franklin-22nd it's been ridiculous for over a year by that pit they digging","I'm very excited about Stockholm's free transit, New York City's tree initiative, and cities that eliminate plastic bags and styrofoam cups at businesses.","Mental health and loneliness coalition to help prevent, advocate, and educate the city on ways to combat this issue.","library fine forgiveness",null,"staff time dedicated to fundraising",null,null,null,"better website","Events to build social connectives. Formally organized events that contribute to a common purpose",null,"need more apartments","Less Pedal Pubs. They bring people in from the burbs who get drunk and stop traffic (and sometimes pee on the lawn of my apartment complex, which is awesome). I am also pretty annoyed whenever I see a national chain moving in where a local business used to be. ","Less Unaffordable high rise condos/apartments. It seems that every time I turn around, some building is getting knocked over to build residences that nobody I know will ever be able to afford. There are multiple examples of this within two blocks of me in either direction (I live on Lyndale, across from the Giant Wash)."]
[null,"need Lots of trees.",null,"need more Bike lanes",null,"Hair salons, litter, music speakers outside of bars and restaurants, loud rooftop bars, deaths of pedestrians and bicyclists, absentee landlords","Preservation of (existing) parks, schools, houses, and gardens.","clean sidewalks and litter free streets, We pay enough in taxes we don't need to pay extra for city crews to clear neighborhoods. Its part of property owner responsibility, offer a pay-for-service plan. Enough of 'clear your neighbor's walk because they never do it' mantra in the emails, enabling irresponsibility will get us nowhere fast.","A tenant organizer. Especially one with Spanish language fluency.",null,"hire development contractor",null,null,null,"paid social","need more interaction between neighbors",null,"City stepping up to use funds for sidewalk repairs, crosswalk painting, slowing traffic on Hennepin and NOT eliminating pkg meters, condos instead if only rental units, local ownership of property, both rental and homes","less lower level retail space that no one can afford","less lower level retail space that no one can afford"]
[null,"Another park with amenities",null,"City stepping up to use funds for sidewalk repairs, crosswalk painting, slowing traffic on Hennepin and NOT eliminating pkg meters, condos instead if only rental units, local ownership of property, both rental and homes",null,"could use less crime","Transition town initiative.",null,null,null,"loan programs",null,null,null,"engage with youth and leverage in neighborhood","more large gatherings/block parties",null,"focus on resources for small landlords, duplex","less focus on business owners driving LHENA agenda, they have their own business associations","keeping the identity of the neighborhood and not letting big money move in and build up condo buildings that aren't even in demand"]
[null,"More trees.",null,"need more sidewalks for walking",null,"less reckless driving!","More trees.",null,null,null,"There are I suspect many people who have had a less than great experience dealing with the Lena board in general and the tone of some meetings. I think you all should consider how to woo these people back into the conversation.",null,null,null,"more ways to engage: photo ops, contests","more ways of engaging teenaged residents",null,"Affordable housing","need food trucks"]
[null,null,null,"Need more Parking. Parking. Parking. It keeps people from visiting me, so if I want to see my friends, I have to leave the neighborhood!",null,"less recklessly planned bikeways, bikers blasting music at all hours of night on bryant ave, sexual predators and sexual harassers, bystander intervention (hella props to the work you're already doing)","Community solar garden",null,null,null,"less focus on business owners driving LHENA agenda, they have their own business associations",null,null,null,"more graphics, designs","less Vitriol on Nextdoor\n",null,"need more owner occupied homes and condos","More grab and go restaurants or like small groceries with affordable grab and go"]
[null,null,null,"need more vehicle lanes and off-street parking",null,"promoting walking/safety while walking/traffic slow-down","getting every (EVERY!) building in the neighborhood on solar (or renewables) in some capacity - whether it be through buying into solar through power company, or installing solar panels on roof, etc. That isn't all the way there and not carbon neutral or energy independent but it could be a start.",null,null,null,"less Political issues at LHENA events and meetings",null,null,null,"more community involvement on social media","the neighborhood could use less isolation",null,"less luxury apts","Business directory and discounts for LHENA residents"]
[null,null,null,"need more offstreet/underground parking options",{"$nulls":10},"go to where the renters are","Monthly (or more often) meet-ups (the community meal is a great example of this!). Free or sponsored events (yoga in the park, movies, potlucks, etc).",null,"Less Unaffordable high rise condos/apartments. It seems that every time I turn around, some building is getting knocked over to build residences that nobody I know will ever be able to afford. There are multiple examples of this within two blocks of me in either direction (I live on Lyndale, across from the Giant Wash)."]
[null,null,null,"need more parking",{"$nulls":10},"Keep working explicitly to engage new residents, especially renters in organized LHENA activities.","Philadelphia hosts a variety of neighborhood events that bring people together, e.g., Two Street.",null,"less condos, ugly new construction, developers"]
[null,null,null,"need more parking. Just look out your door at night. Every parking space is taken.",{"$nulls":10},"I really loved your voting info signs--I think they made a difference!!","I am a huge fan of Minneapolis in general. I love the fact that we have so many green spaces. I go to other cities, and I generally don't see the things that I love about Minneapolis. I enjoy train travel in Chicago and New York, but we really aren't big enough to justify that infrastructure. I grew up in Orange County, California and I never really felt like there was any sort of community identity there, so Minneapolis really has been my ideal.",null,"less condos"]
[null,null,null,"need more safe intersections",{"$nulls":10},"Get voices of those that don't want to be involved or bend the ear of the business community. ","I really enjoyed the neighborhood salons in Marcy-Holmes.",null,"less apartments"]
[null,null,null,"promote more walking and biking, not with more paths and such, but maybe events that get people out to do that through the neighborhood. visibility and recognition of each other is a positive thing, and you can't get that from sitting in your car!",{"$nulls":10},"more ways of engaging teenaged residents","More winter events",null,"support affordable housing"]
[null,null,null,"Try and keep walkability while also having better parking opportunities.",{"$nulls":10},"Engage the diversity of Jefferson School",null,null,"A tenant organizer. Especially one with Spanish language fluency."]
[null,null,null,"Bike lanes - get the bikes off the sidewalks!",{"$nulls":10},"could use Good messaging for informal meet-ups",null,null,"Stop the affordable housing destruction"]
[null,null,null,"Increased pedestrian safety"]
[null,null,null,"thoughtfully planned bikeways"]
[null,null,null,"need accessible sidewalks esp. around construction points. example - by where aldi is going in, it's almost impossible for people to pass each other. and on lyndale and franklin-22nd it's been ridiculous for over a year by that pit they digging"]
[null,null,null,"bicycle racks, stop signs"]
[null,null,null,"could use less driving, speeding, wide highways of cars down our busiest activity areas.\n"]
[null,null,null,"less cars driving through on their way to somewhere else. Our neighborhood streets should not be an alternative to Lyndale/Hennepin/Franklin/94."]
[null,null,null,"less bike lanes"]
[null,null,null,"less cars"]
[null,null,null,"less Parking and speeding cars on through streets."]
[null,null,null,"could use less traffic"]
[null,null,null,"less Seldom used bicycle lanes constricting our streets"]
[null,null,null,"less Cars, probably."]
[null,null,null,"less Cars, especially cars driven aggressively by a**holes"]
[null,null,null,"less Bike lanes in winter."]
[null,null,null,"less Idling. Driving. Light pollution. Noise."]
[null,null,null,"less reckless driving!"]
[null,null,null,"less people driving fast through the neighborhood."]
[null,null,null,"less cars"]
[null,null,null,"less recklessly planned bikeways, bikers blasting music at all hours of night on bryant ave, sexual predators and sexual harassers, bystander intervention (hella props to the work you're already doing)"]
[null,null,null,"less Right turns on red, congestion"]
[null,null,null,"we are good on bike lanes"]
[null,null,null,"In an ideal world, I'd love to see us make some of our interior streets pedestrian/bike only."]
[null,null,null,"mroe Bicycle infrastructure (which Mpls already does quite well!)."]
[null,null,null,"Pedestrian only areas, bike lanes, better crosswalks"]
[null,null,null,"need parking lots"]
[null,null,null,"need freeways that are open"]
[null,null,null,"creating walking/multimodal corridors where walking, biking, and play is priority and cars must go 5mph"]
[null,null,null,"Ride sharing? Car sharing? (There's HOURCAR, but it would be great if it were a bigger and even more affordable program, and more people knew about it and used it)"]
[null,null,null,"promoting walking/safety while walking/traffic slow-down"]
[null,null,null,"Reduce the number and speed of cars using side streets."]

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[null,"Getting to know neighbors",null,"People have busy lives, little time for new connections.",null,"door knock"]
[null,"I",null,"With so many renters, I'm assuming there is a high turnover in residents",null,"Stop making all of the neighborhood get-togethers bar oriented. Why is there a renters focused group and no support for homeowners in the neighborhood?"]
[null,"Getting to know my neighbors",null,"Lisa Bender",null,"Forums, community events"]
[null,"To dispel urbanist false information of trickle down housing!",null,"Overcoming the false nimby vs yim by conversation currently playing out in the media.",null,"Not sure. More social gatherings are certainly helpful. But specific events are even better (litter collection, volunteering together, etc)"]
[null,"Demonstrate that there is not a giant divide between renters and homeowners in the wedge. Despite the efforts of our councilmember to foment this false divisiveness and confrontation.",null,"Blindness to the needs and priorities of others... that may be different than one’s own",null,"voting out Bender"]
[null,"Resurrecting the idea of a neighborhood — of a local support network",null,"Getting folks engaged & involved!",null,"Community events and forums."]
[null,"People feel safer & more engaged when they know their neighbors. With many renters in the region (& thus much transitioning), it can be hard to establish community. When working toward a common goal together, positive change feels more attainable.",null,"who says it will be positive change<? Probably just more stupid Lisa Bender shit",null,"Virtual (and real) City Hall type discussions. Topics raised where all may talk."]
[null,"waste of time",null,"Our City Councilperson has brought divisions, not connections. She fosters divisiveness.",null,"Not sure. I've seen activities posted, but they never work with my schedule. An online forum (facebook group?) would be good, but only if it's moderated, because of my experience on Nextdoor, I would be hesitant to participate."]
[null,"Helps connect young and old people and counteract preconceived notions about each other.",null,"Conflicts of needs/wants between home owners and renters, business owners and residents, etc.",null,"none--I'm an introvert"]
[null,"The more we can connect to neighbors the more we can accomplish",null,"The biggest challenge is investment property moving old neighbors out.",null,"loring park neighborhood does a great job bringing neighbors together through live music in their park!"]
[null,"More community investment and participation, especially from renters, who might not always be as inclined to community involvement.",null,"lack of drive/motivation for people to go to events and meet others",null,"Dunno if I have any fresh ideas for ya here"]
[null,"There will be fewer divisions between current and future residents.",null,"Honestly, I have been on Nextdoor.com, and found that a lot of my neighbors like to use that platform to pick fights and troll people. It makes me not want to know my neighbors.",null,"Neighborhood breakfasts or lunches with transportation for those that need it. Board Meetings on Saturday afternoon sometimes. Small business owner events. More educational outreach."]
[null,"just read or watch the news now, people need to learn how to cooperate, listen to different opinions, and learn how to interact and work with others of different backgrounds. Plus the more you know about your neighbors, the better and safer the neighborhood",null,"agreeing on what changes are positive and which are negative",null,"more gatherings in the parks--games, festivals, shows, craft fairs, barbecues"]
[null,"Communities tend to work better when everyone is engaged",null,"Organizing and knowing what draws people together. Not all events draw connection and foster inclusiveness. Providing a free meal or game night, movie night, something fun and meaningful will drive inclusiveness. Examples include having the Wedge neighborhood be the spokes person in the city for a specific cause. Some examples can include suicide and loneliness. Therefore, fundraisers, activities, and events can be planned around advocacy for that topic.That way, the neighborhood is connected on a common mission, vision, and focus that can be a joint decision. This can set the stage for other neighborhoods to do the same with their own causes.",null,"I’ve liked being made aware of the variety of attempts but feel guilty about not having time to respond, attend, participate, etc."]
[null,"cooperation is generally positive",null,"A high density of rental population that doesn't know about neighborhood groups or what they do",null,"Move beyond the headlines and look at the reality of a single political party in power for so long that the people are not heard, only big business is listened to, why else would city council consider privatizing MPHA that will put our most vulnerable out and more housing for the wealthy."]
[null,"Its the essential first step towards creating positive change and maintaining what is already great about our community",null,"Attendance",null,"Continue offering the different types of events you have been (also listed above) and advertising them as you have been."]
[null,"Bringing community together to build a stronger knit.",null,"A lot of people (maybe most) just want to be left alone, think politics is a waste of time, aren't interested in connecting with anyone outside of family and friends, or are just too busy to connect with neighbors or \"work toward positive change\"",null,"The park stuff is good"]
[null,"May help neighbors feel more connected to other neighbors and the whole neighborhood, facilitate organizing and taking \"collective action\"",null,"Getting renters to feel like they’re part of the community.",null,"Community events and forums"]
[null,"Sense of community",null,"1. Constant turnover of residents has a huge affect on types of connections we make and the stability of core volunteers. People who come and go probably hardly even hear of us. Maybe we could find a way to use the transience to everyone's advantage. 2. Uncertainty over funding from the City and what our relationship is with them. 3. Making connections to people not able to participate in our usual events (lack of time and money)",null,"Encourage more walking - make infrastructure walk-friendly. Organized group to shovel, rake, mow, etc. (especially for elderly). Maybe have organized neighborhood get-to-know-you walks."]
[null,"Work is healing and uplifting. Taking care of ourselves and our ecosystem is powerful and honorable. More respect. More green . Contact engenders tolerance and humor.",null,"people can be suspicious of the \"other\"; people are busy and don't take the time to extend themselves",null,"Promote policies that put people togther. ir. more mass transit options"]
[null,"It brings us together, we see that we are all part of this neighborhood, there is less fear and suspicion",null,"The positive and negative effects of special interest groups.",null,"host events at community school when appropriate. I also really love the pizza and beer offering"]
[null,"Identifying a central resource",null,"Many unintended consequences, such as increasing homelessness in the area as a possible example. But overall, I see 100x more benefits than negatives",null,"I wanted to start a Lynhall weekday morning board game group, and I learned that this might be something to do in collaboration with LHENA, but I haven't heard back from my email yet."]
[null,"Benefits everyone and in the mean time strengthens the community",null,"City council and rep. who is so very divisive and is marginalizing homeowners.",null,"Walking groups -- dog walking, but also just walking together. Teams for shoveling out neighbors who are elderly or disabled."]
[null,"Always good to be connected to others that live here as I have since I moved in 1985.",null,"It is difficult for people to step out of their routines so it is often the same people who show up and this can create a bifurcated community.",null,"Jefferson community school based events! From polling place connections to the Jefferson carnival"]
[null,"Building positive relationships between neighbors; promoting positive community events; creating positive feelings about the neighborhood and our neighbors.",null,"Balancing housing needs and single family housing. Parking seems to come up.",null,"continue to hold events in the park, push park board to build all-season building in park for LHENA to use"]
[null,"Increased sense of community, power of numbers for change",null,"Different interests of homeowners vs renters.",null,"Hosting community salons- social gatherings to discuss a particular topic or creatively address a question posed for the evening."]
[null,"Making better connections and making all feel welcome",null,"People are busy.",null,"More focus on connecting the businesses in the area"]
[null,"More representation for all of our neighbors, in every class and background",null,"Apartmrnt complexes are a challenge - hard to gain access to the people.",null,"facilitate focused conversations"]
[null,"Builds relationships between neighbors.",null,"Unconscious bias and Racism, gentrification",null,"national night out"]
[null,"Its always about relationships!",null,"high turnover renter population, property owners who live outside the WEDGE, ever climbing rent prices, racial segregation in local education, everyone is busy as heck",null,"customer relationship management system (CRM) - Upspot"]
[null,"Increasing the diversity of the neighborhood. Encouraging small business owners and limiting gentrification of the neighborhood",null,"People are very busy, and there are some political actors that would rather see the neighborhood divided rather than united.",null,"smaller scale intimate activities for neighbors"]
[null,"It's nice to know your neighbors. Lots of community support towards the school is excellent. It'd also be nice to see community members send their own kids to neighborhood school.",null,"Making sure all voices are brought in, and that all people are met where they're at and not made to change in order to connect",null,"podcast? like what they do at Wedge Table"]
[null,"Working on positive change is a benefit in itself, but when you do it with neighbors you work on change in a way that also makes you feel the human connections that most don't have outside of work and immediate family.",null,"75%+ of residents are renters, many of them young. Historically, this group has had less of a commitment and ownership in working to solve problems in the neighborhood.",null,"place for you to \"share your values\""]
[null,"Making larger impacts on the community and surrounding areas. Stronger together",null,"some people may not agree that change is needed; 2) the name LHENA (needs to be changed, and the logo too)"]
[null,"Building a healthy community.",null,"We have a lot of students at Jefferson that don't live in LHEN, and a challenge would be to get these students and their families to feel like a part of the neighborhood, even though their involvement in the neighborhood is different than people who live here. I see the same challenge in their neighborhood I live in with the school there, though in my mind, I want to be connected both to the neighborhood I live in and the school community in which I work."]
[null,"having projects gives members purpose",null,"Lots of renters and busy lifestyles overall for everyone"]
[null,"I appreciate the chance to get to know members of the neighborhood as a teacher in the neighborhood.",null,"Privacy: nosey neighbor in a bad way. Online. "]
[null,"More trust between neighbors and better communication for all",null,"Time. Summer is a good time to meet. Backyards are good. Grill in backyard."]
[null,"Safety. Nosey neigbhor in a good way. When you know your neighbors/what to expect you know when something isn't right and you \"give a shit\"",null,"There are a lot of different demographics so it's hard to appeal to all."]
[null,"Serendipitous prosperity. ",null,"lack of space to connect/venues"]
[null,"Neighborhood is much safer when you know your neighbors",null,"how to meet your neighbors"]
[null,"sense of support is much closer when you know them.",null,"amount of turnover in the neighborhood"]
[null,"sense of well being"]
[null,"knowing that you are not anonymous"]
[null,"promotes kindness and caring"]
[null,"people stay longer"]
[null,"promotes tolerance"]

{"sheet":"Environmental Sustainability","index":2,"n_rows":36,"n_cols":6,"rows_kept":36,"cut":false,"hidden":false,"merged":[]}
[null,"Benefits",null,"Challenges",null,"Ideas"]
[null,"Increasing awareness and opportunity to participate in sustainable actions",null,"New ideas beyond composting, etc",null,"Walking in this neighborhood every single day I see the litter. I think we should have more regular litter pick up events and it should be more visible e.g. T-shirts with Lhena branding. Work with businesses on Hennepin and lyndale AND apartment complexes to reduce the amount of salt they put on the sidewalks."]
[null,"Reducing our impact on the natural environment in our neighborhood; chain of lakes, etc",null,"Owner vs. renter (or absentee owner) mentality",null,"Appropriate salting, organically composting, recycling"]
[null,"Anything that makes the neighborhood viable and self-sufficient long-term is good in my books",null,"Once again, mobilizing people is challenging. Especially a largely rental population.",null,"The community composting is great! Perhaps more neighborhood clean-ups, group bike rides, educational opportunities, etc."]
[null,"Small changed add up. There are a lot of smart & passionate folks in the neighborhood. Great to give people opportunities to contribute to making positive changes, albeit on a rather small scale.",null,"the 2040 plan wants to cover whole lots with structure with no plan for rain water. Thanks bender, you are an environmental nightmare, parading as environmentally sound",null,"get rid of bender"]
[null,"Safer biking, reduced greenhouse gas impact, and finding common ground across generations around positive environmental change.",null,"Irrational obsessions with parking and resistance to bus-only lanes on major thoroughfares.",null,"Increased housing density."]
[null,"The more we raise awareness and action, the better",null,"People are under pressures from jobs, family and economics. Environmental issues take a back seat",null,"Compost program was a good one. I signed up to share and DID NOT EVER receive any feedback"]
[null,"Make this a more walkable neighborhood with fewer \"shopping centers\".",null,"The City Planning commissions interest in investment for in low density, but HIGH tax, and unaffordable properties, i.e., \"condominiums.\"",null,"Community gardens, rain gardens, more park maintenance I coordination with schools and local business. Other neighborhoods have been designated for grants and funds to increase solar energy use. This should be pursued as an opportunity for LHENA residents."]
[null,"I'm not sure how that focus is being realized, so I can't comment",null,"I have noticed that parking seems to be disappearing. My partner is disabled, so driving is sometimes the only option. Eventually we are going to be squeezed out of the neighborhood in favor of people who are healthy enough to bike year round.",null,"If there was a way to allow property owners some type of tax break or discount if they implemented solar energy into their properties, I think that would be an excellent example of sustainability."]
[null,"nobody likes living in a toxic waste dump",null,"increased congestion because of high density city planning",null,"less dense development, more green space"]
[null,"Healthy people 2040.",null,"Pushback and resistance to change for some. Education on sustainability will be key for the neighborhood's residents going forward.",null,"Neighborhood walk parties, Group fitness at parks, clothing drives, compost program and bins in local restaurants."]
[null,"to be an example to other neighborhoods and keeping sustainability in the conversation.",null,"i don't know enough about it to say",null,"to partner with other neighborhoods"]
[null,"Hopefully keeping what we have still viable",null,"Larger companies moving in",null,"Educating people - maybe even house-by-house, apartment-by-apartment - on recycling, cutting down on heat and electricity usage, using the bus, having and maintaining a more environmentally-friendly yard"]
[null,"Cleaner air (fewer breathing and respiratory problems), maybe less trash floating around, maybe more community gardens or gardening, not sure",null,"Usually easier to just throw stuff away, people can be quite attached to their cars... basically the status quo has a lot of momentum and most people won't want to give up their not-so-green habits",null,"Offer workshops on how to recycle. Wash your plastic containers etc."]
[null,"Better air quality. Cleaner water. Less toxicity. Increased biodiversity. More organism habitat. A larger urban forest. Human health, insect health, pet health, plant health, bird health, etc.",null,"Citywide issue, not neighborhood issue.",null,"We can really increase our healthy impact by making partnerships with other neighborhoods. This is where leadership comes in. Example: expanding our salt project by being a model and then sharing our methods. We could have targeted campaigns to affect city policies. Example: destruction of our urban forest by developers; how can we develop ordinances mandating tree cover and get them passed?"]
[null,"cleaner sidewalks and streets and parks!",null,"How can we expand our positive initiatives and not burn out? Neighborhood environmental practices affect those outside neighborhood boundaries. There's only so much we can control by ourselves.",null,"have more information about where we can recycle, or walk safely, or bike safely"]
[null,"If we don't do this, we will all perish.",null,"people not participating",null,"Ramp up recycling efforts and take strong stand against demolition of buildings that leads to toxic chemicals contained within that debris that ends up in landfills poinsoning water and soil."]
[null,"This directly impacts our neighborhood in a positive way.",null,"The need for restoration of existing housing, stop the demolition of affordable housing.",null,"Provide alternatives to offering water in plastic bottles."]
[null,"Continue beautiful area.",null,"Primarily fiscal challenges and competing with increasing population and urban pollution.",null,"The recycle opportunities at the park are good - add compost drop off?"]
[null,"A neighborhood that is a healthy place for all of its residents, including humans, animals and native plant life",null,"Water use, sidewalk salt choices, dog waste, litter, alley maintenance - many volunteer trees",null,"Look for ways of having the community maintain public gardens and common spaces."]
[null,"Long-term viability of the neighborhood.",null,"As the city increases density (which is necessary), single-family homes in the neighborhood become less viable, and people will object to the change to increased density.",null,"Promote Lake of the Isles cleanups and group activities."]
[null,"Healthier environmen will attract more people who will support it.",null,"Republicans - environmental sustainability (?)",null,"Continued education"]
[null,"Neighborhood beautification, increase stewardship the invite",null,"Neighborhood beautification, increase stewardship the invite",null,"keep pushing community school to step up and host compost drop site; organize and pressure apartment complexes to offer bins to residents for city pick up, educational materials to mailboxes and at events for young and often suburban renters who don't know how to recycle or compost yet."]
[null,"the future might happen, lots of people curious and learning about ways to be more sustainable, hella support to the schools",null,"its hard to get cooperating host sites for composting programs, apartment building owners are very removed and property managers aren't very open to having compost pick up on site",null,"Let's negotiate for reduced annual transit passes for residents; let's apply for grants to fund transit passes; let's revamp our Green Home loans so that more projects are eligible; let's be more forceful about the kinds of requirements we want to see on new development."]
[null,"This is the number one crisis of our lives. We have 10ish years to save the planet for humans.",null,"Lots of changes need to take place large-scale and people feel overwhelmed with the amount of work that needs to be done.",null,"Community solar gardens"]
[null,"Making for a more livable neighborhood and city",null,"Equitable choices",null,"Public recycling bins in commons areas/streets"]
[null,"It really depends on what LHENA thinks the challenges and solutions are",null,"while we have a lot of control over our collected individual spaces and some of our collective shared spaces, there is much out of our control, roads under the city and county, the greenway under a different governance structure, the land around 94 ostensibly under the jurisdiction of the state DOT and in some ways the federal govt - there are just limits on what LHENA and we collectively can directly impact. Not to mention the CO2 we create floating up above us into the atmosphere. This is one area where the small-bore focused projects (like renter organics) can be accomplished and hugely impactful, but also why it is critical that LHENA maintain an active voice in the political arena in order to have an impact on the parts of our environment we don't have as much control over. Of course Z&P has influence over individual projects that come up, but that is narrow - LHENA should also be weighing in on actions the city, county, and state take (street use, pedestrian safety, safe biking, park use) that directly affect us. Part of Take Back Our Streets means taking back control and initiative from the city and county and placing it in the community.",null,"organics bins at the park and along the streets, recycling at every trash can along streets, better wayfinding, bus subsidies, electric city and school buses - these are all general initiatives that LHENA could support, but for LHENA itself? consider committing to zero emission by 2025, solar power for offices. Expand initiative of having no plastic utensils at annual meeting."]
[null,"since close physical proximity is the concept that defines the existence of this association behind the idea of a \"neighborhood\", our shared physical space is one of the core areas that we can control and impact. Efforts in this direction not only reinforce the importance of this issue on several levels for people up to global, but bind us closer together under a shared purpose of stewardship.",null,"Many rental communities do not have organics recycling",null,"internships"]
[null,"I think composting and recycling are important skills to teach from a young age and schools provide perfect opportunities to teach children the importance of environmental sustainability.",null,"participation",null,"make sustainable choices convenient"]
[null,"less waste - makes neighborhood more livable ",null,"time and effort",null,"need staff/labor resources"]
[null,"promotes aesthetics of the neighborhood",null,"do people know what to recycle - knowledge",null,"providing more info and resources for people to participate"]
[null,"push city  movement on a particular topic",null,"huge topic",null,"partner with other neighborhoods and businesses to build a consensus"]
[null,"set an example - proof of concepts",null,"motivating others"]
[null,"social pressure",null,"can get preachy"]
[null,"promotes health for humans and the rest of the ecosystem",null,"cost of changing behavior"]
[null,null,null,"lack of clarity in relationships between city, county, state"]

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[null,"Benefits",null,"Challenges",null,"Ideas"]
[null,"Residents feel responsible for each other and their neighborhood.",null,"The divisiveness that has been fostered in the last several years.",null,"See above."]
[null,"Being inclusive is always good. We can all learn from each other",null,"The winter months can be challenging... let’s try more gatherings in winter",null,"Double down on renter engagement. LHENA can't simply be an association of homeowners."]
[null,"Potentially more momentum in neighborhood initiatives",null,"Relatively diverse neighborhood, with people from different backgrounds & with different desires. The best we can do is help promote belonging for folks who are truly interested in pursuing it.",null,"help stop the displacement of residents due to gentrification"]
[null,"Community events",null,"most people are not interested",null,"Events that allow us to share our experiences. For example can there be a get-together that talks about the historic homes in the neighborhood? Or about the experience of business owners in the neighborhood. Or recent immigrants to this area of Minneapolis. Or what are the best things about living on the Greenway"]
[null,"Studies show individual life satisfaction is strongly rooted in community engagement & relationships with others.",null,"Language barriers and mistrust.",null,"See above"]
[null,"People involved with the neighborhood organization will have a more accurate sense of who lives in the neighborhood.",null,"Housing designed for short-term, high-rent \"visiting\" neighbors who may not have children in schools here or intentions to establish roots in the community.",null,"Nothing specific. It's challenging because it takes effort from everyone!"]
[null,"What does this even mean?",null,"Some people don't want to leave their house, and sometimes there are personality conflicts that reinforce that. (I used to have a restraining order against someone in the neighborhood because of a breaking and entry + handwritten death threats). The restraining order expired, but I know he's still in the neighborhood, so if I determined he was participating in something, I would have to remove myself for my own mental health. Also as a person who doesn't drink, if there was an event at say, a tap room or a bar, I would not participate.",null,"Officially rename the organization \"the Wedge.\""]
[null,"We would have safer neighborhoods and they would be more family friendly.",null,"Anonymity of city living",null,"I don’t think it’s something that can be organized/legislated"]
[null,"People are more likely to step up and participate when there is an inherent sense of belonging",null,"Getting the older and younger populations together on the same page.",null,"There should be more promotion of community events that draw neighbors of \"all walks\" together. This might not necessarily be a \"block party\" with concert style entertainment and everything that goes with that."]
[null,"I have no idea what this even means.",null,"its work and there is a financial cost",null,"More in-person opportunities to get together. I am already a part of the recovery community, which is pretty tight knit and hugely successful at promoting a sense of belonging. We do it through focusing on what we have in common, and getting together regularly."]
[null,"Have a clear mission, vision, and values statement that is simple. Choose one cause, and grow from there.",null,"Keeping the peace and trying to please everyone",null,"None"]
[null,"to NOT create it would be passively excluding voices",null,"Again, some people just want to be left alone, etc.",null,"Forming local committees, marketing the Wedge as effectively as the North Loop has. We are still cool! (cooler, if I may add)."]
[null,"Giving the people a voice to speak about their neighborhood and be heard",null,"Renters have no stake here.",null,"i dont know...i do like the annual events like the ice cream social. i like the signs in the yards of my neighbors, it feels inviting"]
[null,"More long-term residents (less turnover), people feeling less isolated and more connected to the neighborhood",null,"Neighborhood turn-over. Highly complex and contentious issues like housing.",null,"Can't think of any fresh ideas"]
[null,"Mutual support",null,"hard to be all-inclusive, populations are forgotten (not just race and gender, but age)",null,"Find activities that appeal to renters."]
[null,"More work gets done. People thrive when they feel accepted. We need each other to build a peaceful, just life.",null,"Get rid of city council member who has fostered divisiveness and destruction of housing with NO affordable housing being replaced here, also ignoring many of her constituents.",null,"More face to face events.Develop better listening skills and valuing other's concerns."]
[null,"people feel more safe if they feel they belong, they reach out more",null,"None I can think of at the moment",null,"gatherings that don't feel contrived, where people feel interested to check it out, finding more ways to get the word out earlier"]
[null,"See above",null,"Widespread racial inequity in the state",null,"Make sure the city is on board with our values and suggestions"]
[null,"Making everyone feel part of the community",null,"people are busy.",null,"Get out the vote for the next city council election to get rid of the very destructive policies of this council member."]
[null,"People who feel like they belong make better neighbors.",null,"Too many high rise apartments limit affordable housing.",null,"None I can think of at the moment except through the activities already listed."]
[null,"Increasing a sense of belonging in, and care for, the neighborhood.",null,"Belonging is a rather amorphous concept and means different things to different people. When you have a neighborhood that turns over on average every year, promoting a shared sense of belonging is rather tough.",null,"Nextdoor folks being less paranoid?"]
[null,"Move away from \"typical\" Minnesotan automatically being Scandinavian",null,"Convincing people to work together on common challenges the community faces.",null,"community fitness activities."]
[null,"When we all belong, we want to care for what we belong to",null,"actually i think the structure of the neighborhood is kind of an impediment - it is an interesting structure, and having the park at the center helps, but having all the commercial on the outer edge kind of means you have to go out to a shared area to do a lot of your daily routine, so the middle is all housing stock and not much shared space, like a mini town square of shops and such. I think that structure of having a little commercial/shared space core in the center probably helps develop the sense of belonging. the flow of people is that we all kind of spread out instead of coming together in the middle.",null,"Promote neighbor hood watch activities."]
[null,"People are more likely to invest time in their community if they feel a strong sense of belonging (part of the team!)",null,"mobility",null,"Highlight annual traditions, highlight iconic businesses and neighbors, find ways for new people to get connected to these icons and to others who have lived in the neighborhood for a long time. This may help give a sense of shared history and support the businesses that have been here and are anchors to the cultural sense of the neighborhood. Figure out how we lift people up who are culturally marginalized."]
[null,"A diverse community will result. This will bring creative energy and business opportunities",null,"new development",null,"More than meet and greets, programming that provides real benefits for families. Historical connections, Wedge Through the Years type thing"]
[null,"When there is a shared sense of belonging, there is more connection and more people chipping in to help resolve problems.",null,"increasing rents",null,"Keep offering Community Gatherings and projects to work on together"]
[null,"Stronger connections to community lead to stronger individuals (youth focused)",null,"not knowing what you have in common with neighbors",null,"social events"]
[null,"More people involved, more people willing to work together toward solutions.",null,"time and availability",null,"push that park all-weather facility, general park improvements, keep pushing promotional campaigns (gnome scavenger hunt) with local businesses"]
[null,"more working together, more stability and long term residents (if people feel like they belong, maybe they will choose to stay instead of moving)",null,"people already have a set of friends - and how to break into it",null,"build traditions"]
[null,"sense of ownership",null,"hard to build networks and join established groups",null,"flamboyancy!"]
[null,"pride of place",null,null,null,"carnival"]
[null,"when you feel you belong you have more of a sense of participating",null,null,null,"instagram/facebook campaigns. for example, extreme close-ups of tattoos"]
[null,"willingness to invest in neighbors",null,null,null,"acceptance by people who already live here"]
[null,"less transience"]

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[null,"Benefits",null,"Challenges",null,"Ideas"]
[null,"Assures continued involvement.",null,"Takes time and effort to be a leader. Not everyone who is willing is able.",null,"Provide more structure and governance around what a committee is within lhena. Two people showing up to meeting doesn't equal a committee."]
[null,"Variety of voices being heard.",null,"The unknown role of neighborhood organizations based on the 2040 plan",null,"Low-threshold roles to draw people in"]
[null,"We will have agency in the narrative of our own environs",null,"Apathy",null,"Being open to neighbors' ideas, which I think LHENA is."]
[null,"Gives folks a sense of pride in the neighborhood, and of their personal goals.",null,"Getting people to step into these roles. From personal experience, I am very interested in getting to know my neighbors, but also keep a fairly busy schedule & therefore am unable to commit to anything long-term or highly engaged.",null,"More outreach and promotion of said leadership positions. A clearer identity of LHENA/Wedge neighborhood as distinct from the Wedge Co-op (or any other business enterprise seeking to define the community)."]
[null,"Less volunteer burnout among Wedge leadership and a greater sense of community ownership.",null,"It takes a lot of work.",null,"I think that rotating leadership positions with fixed terms would be helpful in preventing any one personality from \"taking over\" so to speak, and give everyone a chance to work on their leadership skills."]
[null,"People with a sense of the community and what made it strong in the first place need to be out front before radical re-zoning and other changes are made by city hall.",null,"City Hall",null,"None"]
[null,"It transfers over to a resume!",null,"It could create conflict where none is necessary. I'm in a leadership role at my job, and I am aware that many people who are eager for that sort of assignment want it for the wrong reasons. If someone without the appropriate skill set ends up in a leadership position, it can impact everyone.",null,"I don't have any specific ideas right now"]
[null,"Maybe find a candidate to oppose Lisa Bender next election",null,"The present DFL regime in City Hall.",null,"More vivid outreach by committees to increase volunteer participation. Focused actions to develop our mentoring skills."]
[null,"Effective leadership means results.",null,"Finding the right people who actually want to commit time to the job.",null,"Keep pushing for input and participation."]
[null,"i dont know",null,"I hope the current LHENA leadership is able to look beyond friends, relatives, and other white community members, and work harder at seeking out more diverse leaders, especially people of color",null,"Limit length of term"]
[null,"LHENA has a chance to be led by and look like and represent a more diverse cross-section of the neighborhood, *especially* in terms of race, ethnicity, and wealth/class/income. Generally people appreciate leaders who look more like them and have a greater understanding of their backgrounds and struggles - not just a theoretical understanding, but one rooted in actual lived experience!",null,"Meetings suck",null,"Create Trsndition Town - Lhena (or Uptown Transition Town)"]
[null,"Not much",null,"Stable funding. Leadership development is a strategy aimed at the future. It needs a stable base.",null,"Continue creating transparency in the process, continue creating a variety of events where people feel welcome, continue doing good work within the neighborhood that serves as examples for the kind of work that can be done. Work on creating a neighborhood and association history that is easily digestible for new leaders, and pair new leaders up with those that have been around awhile."]
[null,"Leadership is like a catalyst, it amplifies an action into a cascade of actions. Leadership among City neighborhood and cultural associations could greatly improve democratic civic engagement and responsibility.Get stuff done.",null,"A city council member who has publicly stated she doesn't represent me and fellow homeowners.",null,"increase diversity of people involved"]
[null,"Grow more leadership so we can take back our neighborhood from developers.",null,"Relying on a small group of volunteers",null,"mentorship program for new leaders"]
[null,"Increasing involvement",null,"Not enough committee poditiond.",null,"have successful models"]
[null,"neighborhood can be a strong advocate for itself.",null,"The high turnout rate for renters, and the high demographic of young people who are not typically thinking about leadership, and may not have a lot of broad experience, is very problematic.",null,"help facilitate connections between businesses and residents"]
[null,"Nw visions, new energy at the local level.",null,"Equitable opportunities",null,"provide partnership opportunity to share leadership role"]
[null,"The neighborhood association is the ground floor building block of democracy. Giving people leadership skills and the ability to fully participate in their civic life encourages participation in other areas of the community. It also makes people feel rooted and connected to a place when they experience leadership in that space.",null,"There are only so many leadership opportunities and organization can offer.",null,"researching and using models"]
[null,"Reflecting the real needs and desires of the community",null,"well, i think if you focus too much on this area it could appear that this organization is not the focus, just a jumping point to other positions. Maybe instead of focusing on \"providing leadership opportunities\", which sounds like you are allowing people to check a box on their linked in page, how about focusing on the leadership experience being involved with LHENA develops?",null,"creating a mentorship database of experience and interests"]
[null,"it really makes sense - if you want to give back to your community, and stay hyperlocal, the neighborhood org is the place to be.",null,"time",null,"\"speed dating\" for mentorship"]
[null,"more mature and capable community",null,"lack of support",null,"examples of exposure to leadership"]
[null,"mentorship: e.g. neighborhood SCORE",null,"participation",null,"make modes of communication on multiple formats (email, facebook, podcasts)"]
[null,"empowerment",null,"hard to measure"]
[null,"greater impact",null,"current opportunities take up too much time"]
[null,"personal growth",null,"lack of sharing responsibility"]
[null,"connecting groups of people who don't typically connect",null,"lack of connectedness"]
[null,"continuity",null,"infrastructure building and capacity"]
[null,"becoming a model"]
[null,"promoting change"]
[null,"first-hand information"]

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[null,"Ideas for LHENA to be more diverse, equitable, and inclusive"]
[null,"Encourage non-judgmental listening, respectful responding, no stereotyping of others, no matter their age or other characteristics."]
[null,"Stop the gentrification of the neighborhood"]
[null,"Acknowledge that there are people in this neighborhood who are not Millennials renting luxury apartments. Many of the conversations come off as age-ist and able-ist."]
[null,"Greater diversity of events"]
[null,"Different forms of outreach, and a broad variety of activities."]
[null,"get rid of bender"]
[null,"More outreach to new neighbors."]
[null,"I'm not sure. I think diversity is powerful for any organization, I'm just not sure if I'm the best person to answer that question."]
[null,"none"]
[null,"Have one event, focus on doing that event really well, then do other supplemental events. Trying to focus on many little things may not work. An example would be having a huge neighborhood block party to vote on what the wedge wants to advocate or be known for. Coming up with a mission statement for the neighborhood would be cool."]
[null,"i dont know. i do appreciate the flyers on the door of my apt building, it makes me feel included even though i am \"just\" a renter. thank you."]
[null,"Hire some more people of color, fer chrissakes... how did your staff end up so lily-white to begin with?"]
[null,"Diversification: We have to figure out a way to diversify our board and committees so that we have direct connections to different groups in our neighborhood. We need a diversity action plan to set 2-year measurable goals. Some examples: Election of 2 Board Members of color in April; every committee creates a 2 year diversity plan, also with measurable goals. What about teaming up with another neighborhood with significantly different demographics from ours? Twin neighborhoods. We could pool resources as well as issues, needs and goals. And work together. Equity and Inclusivity: We need to look deeper into our neighborhood to learn about who we are. We have recognized that renters have been under-represented, ignored in the past. We've started to reach out to them with good success. I think we can use what we are learning from outreach to renters and apply it to other groups: the elderly, poor, immigrants, people of color, disabled etc. We need to reach out to them on their own turf, so to speak. Business owners need attentions too. Attending to demographic groups according to need is an equally valid criterion for equity, as percent of population is. Many vulnerable neighbors have been forced out of our neighborhood by economic factors like market-driven development. Gentrification undeniably creates exclusive, not inclusive communities. Building inclusivity and equity means means trying to mitigate or stop this damaging trend to urban growth. How can we reach out and help these neighbors stay in the Wedge? We have already lost many. Can we get them back (low income housing)?"]
[null,"i guess reach out to groups that are not part of what is already there?"]
[null,"Keep working at it."]
[null,"Stop kowtowing to city council."]
[null,"Please continue to gather input as you are doing by, for example, offering this survey to get different ideas. Add ideas on different events as is feasible. Try to stay out of political disagreements and stay grounded in facilitating community events."]
[null,"Diverse members in leadership"]
[null,"Include spaces where all feel safe and comfortable whether liberal or conservative. Even though I’m more moderate and lean liberal it’s important to incorporate all perspectives."]
[null,"Create more affordable housing opportunities."]
[null,"Connect with business owners that represent marginalized groups"]
[null,"multilingual staff or volunteers at community events"]
[null,"Talk to the groups of people who don't typically get involved and figure out what the barriers are."]
[null,"Jefferson Community School connections, extremely diverse student body"]
[null,"recruit individual members from groups you believe to be underrepresented, work on projects interesting and resonant to diverse population, maintain a positive inclusive environment at meetings and exclude or appropriately deal with people who create a toxic environment by taking advantage of the collective good will of the group."]
[null,"This can be a hard task for any group, and I appreciate your efforts to reach out directly to people at Jefferson as we work on this in our building as well."]

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["Does Well/Strenghts","Needs to Improve/Weaknesses ","Threats"]
["dive into projects","presence with business associations","external: decrease in CPP base funding post-2020"]
["work in teams","narrowing focus for greater impact","external: competition with other neighborhood orgs for city funding/resources post-2020"]
["variety of activities and initiatives","setting specific, measurable, attainable goals","exhaustion of NRP funds"]
["work to take care of our planet","reach outside our \"bubble.\" what is life like in other parts of the city?","looming money trouble"]
["being proactive","interact more/partnerships with local businesses and nonprofits","time commitment "]
["keeps people informed","addressing affordable housing","inability/constraint in recruiting"]
["outreach","nurture past and future board members to avoid burnout","alienation among community members/entrenchment of stereotypes"]
["having this meeting (Strategic Plan workshop)","diversify board and committees around age and race and socioeconomics","high annual turnover of residents"]
["acts as a forum","greater participation at community events","non-empowered residents and neighbors; disengaged"]
["gets people together","shorter meetings, longer work sessions","lack of racial diversity in organization"]
["community composting program","reaching hard to reach people","loss of economic and lifestyle diversity"]
["consistent meetings - few last minute cancellations","taking an active interest in the LynLake area "]
["connects me to neighbors","remembering its past"]
["good multi-channel engagement - email, facebook, nextdoor","standardize minutes/agenda format"]
["resources to tackle problems","more support for small businesses and highlight them"]
["Mueller Park events","no fundraising position/development position"]
["gives money to well thought out ideas","reliance on one primary funding source (the city)"]
["generating engagement at the annual meeting","more clear and organized internal communication"]
["lots of opportunities for participation","currently no high-level fundraising"]
["community involvement","lack of neighborhood engagement"]
["encourages/supports neighbors to take their own action (empower)","more board development and leadership"]
["we are the Wedge","capacity stretched"]
["high functioning board and staff","lack of renter participation"]
["compact area","better online and social media presence"]
["sizeable amount of funding for programming","minimal relationships with businesses/property management"]
["forward/long-term focused board","more board awareness of internal initiatives; more communication"]
["history","not owning space"]
["rich history","racial homogeneity on board"]
["having history committee and preserving historic spaces","gender and age diversity, income"]
["org. longevity, sole organization providing specific service in the neighborhood","no Wedge identity"]
["talented, capable board of directors. Strong leadership","lack of participation from diverse groups"]
["full time staff","documentation standards"]
["eager volunteers/board"]
["cat cafe"]
["walkability"]
["good meeting space (Scout)"]
["transit oriented"]
["good resources: funding, space, people"]
["displays of goodwill via multimedia"]
["commitment to sustainability "]
["keep priority in committees and projects and funding"]
["many wonderful small businesses"]
["debt free"]
["high functioning committees"]
["funnel ideas into action"]
["good recruiting and board support"]