Website: http://hope-community.org
For nearly 30 years, Hope Community has been serving the Phillips neighborhood in South Minneapolis. Beginning as a shelter service, Hope now operates a thriving multi-cultural housing community that has become a model of affordable residential place-making. The two-square-block Hope Campus features 88 low-income rental units, flower gardens, brightly colored playground equipment, and sidewalks that wind from house to house, playground to garden, picnic pavilion to indoor community and children’s room.
Hope’s Community Listening strategies have involved more than a thousand adults and youth from diverse ethnic backgrounds in dialogues about their community, which have led to increased learning and leadership opportunities, activities for youth and families, and community and cultural events.