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CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS,
MN
Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton
Best Practice
Recognition
The City of Minneapolis
and
Honeywell/Alina Health System
The Phillips Partnership: A
Comprehensive Approach to
Improving a Neighborhood's Long-Term
Viability
The Phillips Partnership was created through
the efforts of the City of Minneapolis, Honeywell and Allina Health System
in the spring of 1997. The goal of the partnership is to improve the
long-term livability of the Phillips neighborhood in South Minneapolis
through a strategic vision for guiding and leveraging institutional
contributions to the neighborhood. Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton,
Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin, Honeywell CEO Michael
Bonsignore, and Allina CEO Gordon Sprenger are the four principals in the
partnership.
Other member organizations in the
partnership are: the Minneapolis Foundation, Children’s Hospitals and
Clinics, Fannie Mae, Norwest Bank, U.S. Bancorp, and the Metropolitan
Council.
The Phillips Partnership has four main
initiatives:
- Public Safety. Through participation, support and the initiation
of several programs, the Phillips Partnership is creating a safer
neighborhood. Specifically, Honeywell and Allina-funded research through
Minnesota HEALS is contributing to the development of new law
enforcement strategies to address homicide, drug dealing and other
serious crimes. Phillips Partnership members are active supporters of
the Minneapolis Police Department and of Mayor Sayles Belton, who has
initiated a new crime tracking and police deployment system, CODEFOR.
CODEFOR concentrates on accurate and timely crime information; rapid
deployment of personnel and resources; preventative crime policing;
relentless follow-up and assessment; and community cooperation. Results
have been dramatic: in the first 18 months of CODEFOR, serious crime has
decreased over 24%.
- Jobs.
193 local neighborhood residents have graduated from "Train-to-Work,"
the Phillips Partnership jobs initiative. Most of these residents are former welfare
recipients and are now enjoying their first permanent job. Eighty percent
continue to be employed at Abbott Northwestern and Children’s
Hospitals. Train-to-Work provides four weeks of paid, full-time
work readiness training, and eighteen months of continued
mentoring and support after initial job placement.
- Housing. The Phillips Partnership Housing Initiative has
identified seven goals for the Phillips neighborhood: increase home
ownership opportunities; improve the quality of rental housing; provide
resources for homeowner improvements; increase property values; serve as
a catalyst for other redevelopment efforts; reduce police calls and
crime; and serve as a demonstration model for inner city housing
development. The Partnership currently has four projects underway, which
are designed to produce a total investment of $25 million—$17 million
from non-governmental sources—in housing improvements for the Phillips
neighborhood.
- Infrastructure. The Phillips Partnership is
addressing historic infrastructure challenges in the Phillips
neighborhood by pushing for new freeway access for neighborhood
residents and institutions. Acting on a transportation study by the
Phillips Partnership, Congress has appropriated $2 million for the
design of improved access to and from I-35W. The Minnesota Department of
Transportation, Hennepin County, and the City of Minneapolis have
committed $400,000 to fund the required 20% match for this
project.
For more information, please contact:
Louis Smith
Smith
Parker, PLLP
808 Colwell Building
123 North Third Street
Minneapolis, MN
55401
Telephone: (612) 344-1400
Fax: (617) 344-1550
E-mail: phillipspshp@smithparker.com
Website: www.phillips.partnership.org
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