August 2024 Newsletter

Your Monthly N4MN Update🌻 August 2024 🌻 Upcoming Member Social Join the N4MN State Policy Task Force, and Sustain Saint Paul, for a casual evening of arts & crafts where you'll learn more about our policy priorities for abundant housing, and create your own unique cartoon. RSVP here! 📖 Extra, Extra, Read All About It 📖 Black-led architecture firm builds formula for success. "Garrett says his mother was a child when their family home was seized by the city under eminent domain to make way for the construction of the I-94 freeway. Now Garrett is designing structures and spaces that are part of the neighborhood's renaissance." Read the full story here, and learn about the architecture firm 4RM+ULA here Learn how MN is Legalizing Point Access Blocks. The “Single-Egress Stairway Apartment Building Report” bill (HF 5242; See Section 46 lines 276.8 to 276.27) did not outright direct a building code change. What it did do is direct our Department of Labor and Industry to study fire safety in jurisdictions that already have single-stair/point access block buildings (like Seattle and New York City) up to 75 feet tall (about 6 stories) and compare actual life safety and overall safety of these buildings to current buildings that are legal here in Minnesota. This report will then come back to the legislative committees with jurisdiction on homes and building codes for a future code change. Learn all about it here on the N4MN blog! Volunteer Opportunities Interested in creating a Candidate Questionnaire for the upcoming general election? We would love to collaborate with other local orgs, collect questionnaire answers, and publish responses (similar to work N4MN did last year), however, we need at least 4 additional volunteers to step up for this 3-4 month project. Reply to this email if you can help. There's still room for additional volunteers on the State Policy Task Force. They are in need of someone who is detail-oriented & can help project manage as we prepare to advocate for abundant housing policies statewide! Reply to this email if you can help.  Hard to keep track of all the great N4MN events? Did you know we update our public calendar weekly? Take advantage of this great resource & add it to your own Google Calendar by clicking the + sign on the bottom right of the screen here. Other Neighborly Events Imagine 6th Avenue North is this Saturday!Harrison Park | Saturday, August 10 | 11:00AM-5:00PM More than just a block party, the event includes musical performances from Northside artists including Traiveon, Casual Confusion, and Se’anna. Attendees will be offered free food and can shop at the pop-up market with The Dream Shop featuring more than 20 Northside artists and makers. Kids will be able to get their faces painted and play in a bouncy house! Learn more here. Do you find these emails informative and helpful? Support our work & keep these emails coming by becoming a sustaining donor HERE.Every dollar helps to continue our work to ensure everyone has access to abundant and affordable housing.