Your Monthly N4MN Update
💚 March 2025 💚
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An Incredible Annual Party
all thanks to you!
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Neighbors for More Neighbors hosted our annual kickoff & fundraiser party on March 6th at Sisyphus Brewing and it was an absolute blast! We heard from several of our lead volunteers and even a few elected officials, and had ample conversations of what our future neighborhoods could look like with abundance homes.
67 of you attended! Thank you for being apart of this event.
Special shout out to our event-planning volunteers (15 of you!) that helped pull off a successful party.
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In addition to learning more about N4MN's policy priorities and volunteer opportunities, we ALSO crushed our fundraising goal by raising enough funds to unlock the $5,500 generous match.
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📖 More Neighbors in the News 📖
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Our board chair Anna Nelson, with Kay Brown from ISAIAH and Margaret Levin from Sierra Club are making the case for saying #YesToHomes together in their op-ed below.
Read their full opinion piece here
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New N4MN volunteer, Christian Cardenas, wrote an opinion piece on Land Value Tax and how Minnesota can adopt this commonsense tax solution for the vacant lot predicament in its cities.
Read Christian's full piece in the MinnPost here
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N4MN Volunteer Lincoln Wells and Evan Roberts from the Minnesota Zoning Atlas join the streets.mn podcast to talk about the 2025 legislative priorities!
Give it a listen here.
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2025 State Policy Task Force UPDATE
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What a whirlwind of two weeks for the State Policy Task Force (SPTF). After months of preparation and hard work by the SPTF, our larger coalition, Yes to Homes!, launched in early March with a bipartisan, bicameral press conference, several news stories, and an op-ed from legislators.
Last week, 88 of you took action to send your legislator an email asking them to support the Yes to Homes! bills using our Action Alert. Thank you.
There will be more opportunities coming soon, and beginning March 25th we expect another set of hearing.
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Join us for the Yes to Homes! Rally
We’re coming together with ISAIAH to rally for more affordable and plentiful housing.
This is a great chance to show support for our agenda, connect with others, and hear from inspiring speakers on the topic.
Saturday, March 22 @ 2:00 PM
Where: Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church (2315 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis)
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Connect with neighbors & make friends, advocate for more homes in your community, and learn about local politics with N4MN!
This new Minneapolis Task Force will:
- Partner with allied organizations to create a housing issue questionnaire for the 2025 Mayoral and City Council candidates
- Create buzz around local elections and encourage people to vote
- Push for small changes in our current zoning code between now and the 2050 Plan
- Create a vision for the 2050 Comprehensive Plan! (can you believe it's already time to begin work on our next Comprehensive Plan after 2040?)
- And MORE! Your ideas are welcome here.
🗓️ Commitment: NOW - September 1 (option to continue until the election)
Simply reply to this email if you're interested in joining, or complete this form!
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Every dollar helps to continue our work to ensure everyone has access to abundant and affordable housing.
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