Welcome to Our-Neighborhood.org
Welcome to Our-Neighborhood.org! We built this website to support, promote and advocate for the work of Minneapolis neighborhood organizations. We do this by sharing:
- Research, data and analysis.
- Stories and examples of neighborhood organization work.
- History of neighborhood organizations and the Neighborhood Revitalization Program.
- Provide news and updates.
- Sharing resources and tools.
See our latest report which reveals structural racism in the City's handling of neighborhood organization funding.
We analyzed 33 years of data for annual allocations to neighborhood organizations under NRP and the City, and 7 years of data of annual NRP expenditures to see how the City is performing since taking over the NRP program. The data shows that the City’s takeover of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) resulted in significant disinvestment in the most diverse and least affluent neighborhoods of Minneapolis. This disinvestment has happened at several levels, including annual allocations, actual expenditures, and oversight of programs. The analysis suggests that the city's management of neighborhood programs results in structural racism.
Annual Expenditures of NRP funds fell significantly between 2015 and 2021. But this decline did not hit all neighborhoods equally. The least affluent and most diverse neighborhoods in the City saw the steepest declines, while annual expenditures in the least diverse and most affluent neighborhoods increased.
We analyzed 33 years of data for annual allocations to neighborhood organizations under NRP and the City, and 7 years of data of annual NRP expenditures to see how the City is performing since taking over the NRP program. The data shows that the City’s takeover of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) resulted in significant disinvestment in the most diverse and least affluent neighborhoods of Minneapolis. This disinvestment has happened at several levels, including annual allocations, actual expenditures, and oversight of programs. The analysis suggests that the city's management of neighborhood programs results in structural racism.
Annual Expenditures of NRP funds fell significantly between 2015 and 2021. But this decline did not hit all neighborhoods equally. The least affluent and most diverse neighborhoods in the City saw the steepest declines, while annual expenditures in the least diverse and most affluent neighborhoods increased.
- Average annual NRP expenditures decreased by 30% in the city’s 20 most diverse neighborhoods, while increasing by 37% in the city’s 20 least diverse neighborhoods.
- Average annual NRP expenditures decreased by nearly 50% in the city’s 20 least affluent neighborhoods, while increasing by 61% in the city’s most affluent neighborhoods.
- This is not because of lack of funds. As of August 2022, the most diverse neighborhoods had approximately $7.25 million more NRP funds than the least diverse. The 20 least affluent neighborhoods had approximately $6 million more than the most affluent neighborhoods.
