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Volunteers! It's time to celebrate (and eat) at Corcoran Park
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Corcoran neighborhood’s annual
Volunteer Recognition Dinner is coming this Monday, February 4. Last year, 80 residents attended the dinner
and program, which features an awards program honoring a Volunteer of the Year and Lifetime Volunteer and
nominees. The meeting will begin at 6:00 pm, with the dinner and program running from 6:30 to 8:30. Don't miss it! Location
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Join Corcoran's award-winning Youth Murals project
At his annual awards event last Friday, Council Member Gary Schiff praised Corcoran's Youth Murals project as a model for combating graffiti and fostering participation. The project created 6 new murals in 2007 with help from 220 volunteers, and was named "Ninth Ward Project of the Year." On Thursday, February 7, the project will continue with a "big ideas" meeting for new and continuing muralists. Ages 12 through 112 who have 0 to 112 years of art experience are invited to the Corcoran Park building (3334 20th Ave S) to share ideas about where, how, and what our next 7 murals will look like. Anyone and everyone is invited to help design, plan, and paint one or all seven of the murals this year.
Keep an eye on vacant buildings on your block
With the slump in the housing market and resulting foreclosures, the Minneapolis Police Department needs your help preventing burglaries, theft of copper piping, and other crime at vacant buildings. Please call 911 if you observe strangers or suspicious vehicles around vacant buildings, or people taking things out of the property. Call 311 to let Housing Inspections know if you see work being done on a property that may not be authorized. Call your Crime Prevention Specialist if you have information about who owns or is responsible for a vacant property, or would like to find out how to determine who owns a property. Corcoran's Housing Committee has also been tracking boarded and distressed properties including ownership and for-sale information--contact Eric at CNO.
Super Tuesday, caucuses, come to Minnesota
Will you participate in the election process this year? Local caucuses begin next Tuesday, February 5. Click here to find your precinct caucus location and meeting times, and click here to download a guide to Minnesota's Precinct Caucuses.
Tax preparation for senior & low income residents is available
If you’re a senior or person with low income, you can receive free assistance filling out your income tax forms (including electronic filing) through the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Tax Aide Volunteer Program. Be sure to bring all your W2 forms and other necessary papers, including photo ID and Social Security cards for you and your dependents. WHERE: The Public Service (skyway) Level of the Hennepin County Government Center, 300 S. Sixth St., and Room 11 of Minneapolis City Hall, 350 S. Fifth St. (use Fourth Street entrance) – both in downtown Minneapolis. WHEN: Now through April 16, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Monday through Friday, except holidays.