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East Phillips Improvement Coalition (EPIC) y Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Association (MPNAI) están explorando una fusión para fortalecer nuestros recursos al servicio de la comunidad. Al unir fuerzas, podemos hacer más por las personas que viven, trabajan y visitan nuestros maravillosos vecindarios. ¡Obtenga más información a continuación y haga planes para participar!
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¿Qué es un barrio?
Un barrio es el lugar donde cada uno de nosotros vive, trabaja y se divierte. Es donde se desarrollan la vida, la comunidad y las conexiones.
La ciudad de Minneapolis ha nombrado y definido los límites de los 83 vecindarios de Minneapolis, que reciben servicios de 70 organizaciones diferentes .
EPIC + MPNAI Merger
La East Phillips Improvement Coalition (EPIC) y la Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Association (MPNAI) son el tejido conectivo entre las organizaciones y los residentes de Phillips. ¡Brindamos recursos, financiación y organización con y para nuestros residentes!
Creemos que una fusión entre EPIC y MPNAI aumentaría drásticamente nuestra capacidad para servirle al disminuir nuestros costos administrativos y aumentar la capacidad de nuestro personal para solicitar fondos adicionales y, en última instancia, llegar a más vecinos.
Plan por fases
Con el fin de probar cuidadosamente nuestra asociación y obtener comentarios de la comunidad,
Hemos desarrollado un enfoque por fases.
Recursos y actualizaciones
Discusiones sobre fusión:
Propuesta de estatutos para la fusión de Midtown + East Phillips
Solicitud de Financiamiento (incluye análisis de ahorro financiero)
Próximo:
- Cartas del personal y de los miembros de la junta directiva
Encuesta de comentarios
Más preguntas frecuentes
Actualice sus preferencias de comunicación para asegurarse de no perderse nada (¡incluidos los enlaces de votación!).
Additional documents:
- Letters from staff/board members (forthcoming)
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Have other neighborhood organizations done this?
A. Yes! Here are a couple examples of other neighborhoods served by one organization:
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Beltrami and Northeast Park neighborhoods, now jointly served by Lower Northeast Neighborhood Association
P. Espere... ¿esto significa que no habrá un East Phillips o Midtown Phillips?
A. ¡No! East Phillips y Midtown Phillips seguirán siendo sus propios vecindarios . Esta posible fusión se trata de la fusión de las organizaciones vecinales , no de los vecindarios en sí. Seguirá habiendo un East Phillips y un Midtown Phillips, pero si nos fusionamos, habrá una organización vecinal que prestará servicios a ambos vecindarios. Esto permitirá que las organizaciones vecinales compartan recursos y concentren más energía en prestar servicios a nuestros vecindarios.
Q. Will city funding increase with more community outreach? Why can’t we afford to do things like we did before?
A. No, funding from the City is based on neighborhood demographics. See more information here.
In the past, EPIC and MPNAI were volunteer run and most funding went directly to partner organizations. In recent years, maintaining the minimum requirements for operating a 501c3 non-profit has become less manageable by a volunteer board of directors. Additionally, unlike in the past, partner organizations now get funded directly from the City of Minneapolis through the Partnership Engagement Fund (in part inspired by the strong partnerships MPNAI developed over the years). MPNAI used to channel its city funding to partner organizations, but now these organizations must apply directly with the City.
Q. Are the organizations for the neighborhoods of Phillips West and Ventura Village also merging?
A. No, only EPIC and MPNAI have agreed to pursue a merger conversation with their organizations. EPIC, MPNAI, PWNO, and VV do collaborate on things like Phillips Clean Sweep. Aside from EPIC and MPNAI, no other mergers are planned. PWNO, EPIC, and MPNAI are discussing a programming collaborative, but are not working on a corporate merger.
Q. Where did this idea come from?
A. In October of 2022 MPNAI began having internal conversations about joining forces with EPIC. In February, 2023 they initiated a connection with EPIC to further pursue that idea. This is what lead to the MPNAI-EPIC Staff Collaborative that has brought new energy into our neighborhood organizing.
Q. This is feeling fast! What’s the urgency?
A. We understand this may feel fast! But this is a conversation that started in October of 2022 and the boards and staff of the neighborhood organizations have been working towards this potential merger since then. [Midtown annual meeting last year, feels fast now that we’re closer to the end]. We are eager to move this process forward so that staff and board members can focus on the work of bringing neighbors together towards our shared vision and mission.
Q. How will we ensure that each neighborhood will be invested in equitably with resources and outreach?
A. This question is core to our commitments to work towards equitable engagement towards the diverse communities of our Phillips neighborhoods. In addition to ensuring both Midtown Phillips and East Phillips residents are being served by the neighborhood organization's activities, we believe it is the responsibility of the board(s) and staff to regularly assess and evaluate who is and who is not being represented, because there are many classes of people and communities that often get overlooked (e.g. housing status, various ethnic and language communities, age, ability/disability, etc.). When we do better outreach to the Spanish-speaking community in our neighborhood, we are serving residents on both sides of Bloomington Ave at the same time.