Hope Community in the Neighborhood

Hope Community in the Neighborhood, illustrated by Shari Albers. Click here to see a larger version.

Overview

Hope Community in the Neighborhood illustrates Hope Community’s neighborhood revitalization work at Portland and Franklin Avenues a mile south of downtown Minneapolis.

The Hope Block, renovation of most of the buildings on two square blocks, embodies revitalization principles such as good design, solid renovation and construction, community gathering places, and green space. Those principles led to the innovative Children’s Village Plan – a neighborhood vision that dared to hope for a strong future in a neighborhood most had written off – and eventually to the Franklin-Portland Gateway. The Gateway with over 220 new housing units and commercial space on all four corners of the prominent intersection is changing the face of the community.

About the artist

Shari Albers is an inner city graphic artist who finds joy in work that helps to create, maintain, and promote a healthy urban environment. The map is a result of Shari’s many hours spent exploring the Phillips neighborhood.

Hope Community in the Neighborhood was supported by Sunny Wicka, a long-time donor of Hope, in celebration of Hope’s 30th Anniversary.