These residents study and shape growth in the neighborhood by working with City and County Planning and Zoning staff and prospective developers. The Committee’s current focus is on Transit Oriented Development on Lake Street from the Midtown Light Rail Transit (LRT) Station to Cedar Avenue. The Corcoran Midtown Revival Plan, the Committee’s guiding document, is the result of several years of neighborhood discussion, debate, fact-finding, imagination, and consensus building. It was adopted by the City as part of the Minneapolis Plan in 2002. One very successful and visible result of the Plan’s vision so far is the Midtown Farmers’ Market at 22nd Avenue and Lake Street.

Committee members:

• Work with developers, City and County staff, and adjacent neighborhood groups to shape proposed commercial, residential, and public building projects to best serve our neighborhood. Explore and promote development at key land parcels that will effect positive change for the neighborhood.
• Represent the neighborhood’s interests on Steering Committees of public projects such as LRT Station Design, Renovation of East Lake Public Library, construction of the Midtown Greenway, and Lake Street Reconstruction and Streetscaping.
• Represent the neighborhood’s interests at Planning Commission and other public hearings. Assist the Met Council, Midtown Greenway Coalition, and others in promoting public transit and bicycling as healthy alternatives to the automobile.
• Work with City Staff to amend and update Planning documents and Zoning ordinances to reflect the vision for growth desired by the neighborhood.
• Work with fellow residents requesting variances to zoning ordinances for home improvement projects.
• View the Corcoran Midtown Revival Plan (CMRP).
• Download CMRP Highlights brochure (prints on 11 x 17 paper).