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Como
By: Nasro
My Neighborhood Data: http://roosevelt.mpls.k12.mn.us/2009_Neighborhoods.html
My Neighborhood Name: Como
My Neighborhood Description :It is quiet and peaceful place
1. Public Services (Van Cleve park , u of m library , Marcy Open)
Grade : A
Comments: because we have lots of good places
2. Transportation (access to bike routes, bus and train, main streets, and highways)
Grade: A
Comments: bike routes by the park, bus around the corner, train by the hwy, Hennepin st., 35w and 94w I gave you info
3. Retail Services (groceries, pharmacies, coffee shops, banks, restaurants and more)
Grade: A
Comments: [Rainbow and target, Wallgreen , Mud Sucker coffee and star buck coffee, U.S bank and TCF bank, Holyland Restraunt and Cresent moon pizza) Thats all Stores, banks and coffee shoppes
4. Safety (violent and nonviolent crime, shots fired, predatory offenders, and pedestrian safety)
Grade: A
Comments: tell how you arrived at this grade – why this grade
5. Nuisances (airport noise, pollution, and odors)
Grade: B
Comments: I don`t get this part
6. Demographics (diversity, more homeownership, education, high income, more poverty)
Grade: A
Comments: Homeownership could be higher, there should be less poverty, and higher incomes.
7. Areas for Improvement: The park, because people litter in the park
8. What I like best about my neighborhood: beautiful and peace
9. What I’d Most Like to See for My Neighborhood: more corner stores
Ericsson
By: Edwin
My Neighborhood Data: http://roosevelt.mpls.k12.mn.us/2009_Neighborhoods.html
My Neighborhood Name: Ericsson
My Neighborhood Description: It’s located in the southeast of Minneapolis
1. Public Services (parks, libraries, schools)
Grade: B
Comments:I gave it a B because i put all of the parks, schools. Lake Hiawatha Park, Minnehaha Park, Roosevelt Library, Roosevelt High School, Northrop Elementary, and Folwell Middle School
2. Transportation (access to bike routes, bus and train, main streets, and highways)
Grade: B
Comments: I gave this a B cause i put all of the bus & train numbers and bicycle paths. Minnehaha pkwy, Bus 22, 7, 46 Trains 46Th
3. Retail Services (groceries, pharmacies, coffee shops, banks, restaurants and more)
Grade: C
Comments: Some are Walgreens, Flag Foods, Dokkens Superette, Bill’s Garden, Baker’s Wife, McDonalds, Burger King.
4. Safety (violent and nonviolent crime, shots fired, predatory offenders, and pedestrian safety)
Grade: B
Comments: Some bad stuff happened in my neighborhood but in Kenny a couple of stuff happened like crimes & in Jordan a lot of bad stuff happened than in my neighborhood and in Kenny. But Jordan is probably the worst place to live in.
5. Nuisances (airport noise, pollution, and odors)
Grade: C
Comments: Where I live there’s no airplane noise, no pollution and the air quality is OK. Basically there’s no problem with noise, pollution and the air.
6. Demographics (diversity, homeowner ship, education, income, and poverty)
Grade: B
Comments: In neighborhood education is not that good and homeowner ship is pretty big, in Kenny the education is a bit higher and the homeowner ship is also pretty big, and in Jordan the education is lower than in my neighborhood and in Kenny. The homeowner ship in Jordan is less than my neighborhood and Kenny.
7. Areas for Improvement: There's no areas to be improved in my neighborhood everything is o.k. the way it is. But there's only one thing that should be improved in my neighborhood is crime and burglary.
8. What I like best about my neighborhood: What I like about my neighborhood is the people that live there and it’s also close to a park so kids can go and play. I also like it because there’s a park with soccer nets and I like it because I like to play soccer a lot & so I can practice also.
9. What I’d Most Like to See for My Neighborhood: What I want see in my neighborhood is no more crimes, because there’s been a couple not a lot just like 3 or 5 but I want that to stop. Also want kids to be safe and to play at the park or outside there house.
Folwell
By Bao
My Neighborhood Data: http://roosevelt.mpls.k12.mn.us/2009_Neighborhoods.html
My Neighborhood Name: Folwell
My Neighborhood Description: It is located on 36th Humbolt Ave North 55412.
1. Public Services: Folwell the park, North Regional Library, and Jordon Park the school is near my neighborhood.
Grade: I give my neighborhood an A- because it has lots of resources.
Comments: Lots of good resources.
2. Transportation (There is a bike route that runs on 26th to Theodore Wirth Park, there is a bike route that runs from Washington to Downtown , bus 5M runs down on Fremont to Downtown to the Mall of America and, main streets, and highways)
Grade: B+ because you can go everywhere but it will take a long time to get to the places you need to go.
Comments: I gave it a B+ because the buses and trains are very far from each other.
3. Retail Services: We have all these groceries, pharmacies, coffee shops, banks, and restaurants but they are very far away from me.
Grade: B+
Comments: Maybe if they weren’t so far away it’d would a have a better grade.
4. Safety: I think that my neighborhood is pretty violent because there has been a lot of crime and but lately there hasn’t been much violent that has happened, lots of shots fired, not a lot of offenders, it is kind of.
Grade: I would give it a C because there is lots of violence.
Comments: I arrived with this grade because there are a lot of things that happen in my neighborhood that not a lot of people know about.
5. Nuisances: NO airplane noises, lots of pollution, and lots I think of odor.
Grade: C because there is way too much pollution.
Comments: Way too much pollution.
6. Demographics: My neighborhood is more diverse than Kenny’s neighborhood and Jordan’s. We have the most ownership. I think Kenny has more educated people/ neighborhood.
Grade: C
Comments: Kenny is better.
7. Areas for Improvement: I think that my neighborhood needs a lot of improvement because people litter a lot and that there shouldn’t be much violence.
8. What I like best about my neighborhood: What I like best about my neighborhood is that I can go where ever I want without anybody knowing where I go because they don’t go there often with me.
9. What I’d Most Like to See for My Neighborhood: I like it when my neighborhood is quiet and not so much going on and I like it when there isn’t a lot of people outside.
Willard Hay
By: TEIRA
My Neighborhood Name: Willard hay
My Neighborhood Description: it is near oak park and Upton. It is a nice place. It is beautiful with lots of flowers.
1. Public Services (parks, libraries, schools)
Grade: B
Comments give my public services a B because when you want to get on the computers you have to have a library card and wait tell they send it to you the name of the library is Lowry Library.
2. Transportation (access to bike routes, bus and train, main streets, and highways)
Grade C
Comments I give transportation a c because sometimes the bus be late in your in a hurry and people staring to hit bikes they just don’t care they need to do something about it.
3. Retail Services (groceries, pharmacies, coffee shops, banks, restaurants and more)
Grade: A
Comments: I give my retail services a A because when you need to get coffee in the morning you can go to Starbucks. and when you need to cash your check you got the bank.
4. Safety (violent and nonviolent crime, shots fired, predatory offenders, and pedestrian safety)
Grade: F
Comments: I give this an F because there a lot of stuff going on right now and police are not doing anything about it - they're slacking off.
5. Nuisances (airport noise, pollution, and odors)
Grade: A
Comments: I give my nuisances a A because I really don’t hear things like that when I am sleep but at my old house we use to live by the trains track.
6. Demographics
Grade: A
Comments: I give my education in my neighborhood a A because if you need something to do with your life you can go to collage .
7. Areas for Improvement: My neighborhood can be improved by stopping the all the bad robberies and the gangbangers need to stop and police need to get on their jobs and stop playing around.
8. What I like best about my neighborhood: What I like best In my neighborhood is I get to hang around all different types of people and young kids we have movies and game places.
9. What I’d Most Like to See for My Neighborhood: What I'd most see in my neighborhood is an end to gangbangers, shootings, muggings, fighting, and late night partying.
Whittier
My Neighborhood Report Card
By: Rosa
My Neighborhood Data: http://roosevelt.mpls.k12.mn.us/2009_Neighborhoods.html
My Neighborhood Name: Whittier
My Neighborhood Description: My neighborhood is a place where everything is close by like I can walk to the stores to the restaurants and is easy to get around. My neighborhood is a place where you can learn more new stuff.
1. Public Services (parks, libraries, schools)
Grade: C
Comments: I give my neighborhood this grade because there is not a lot of resources like libraries or nothing like that and it’s not a lot of schools only Merc alternative school and Whittier.
2. Transportation (access to bike routes, bus and train, main streets, and highways)
Grade: A
Comments: There are a lot of bike routes and bus routes in my neighborhood I can get from my house to downtown and it’s easy to get there on the bus because there are bus routes and the closest highway is I-35W. It’s easy to get bus transportation.
3. Retail Services (groceries, pharmacies, coffee shops, banks, restaurants and more)
Grade: A
Comments: in my neighborhood there is a lot of groceries like Walgreens and K-Mart ,starbucks, the Spy House, Wells Fargo , Rainbow Restaurants , Mariachi, Pancho Villa and I give my neighborhood a 10 because there is everything I need in my neighborhood restaurants ,stores, bank.
4. Safety (violent and nonviolent crime, shots fired, predatory offenders, and pedestrian safety)
Grade: B
Comments: my neighborhood is a safe place I think because there is not a lot of violence in my neighborhood it’s not a lot of crime or anything like that.
5. Nuisances (airport noise, pollution, and odors)
Grade: A
Comments: there are no airplanes noises in my neighborhood I don’t have problems with airplane noises it’s quit.
6. Demographics (diversity, homeownership, education, income, and poverty)
Grade: F
Comments: there is not a lot of diversity in my neighborhood because 63.2 % are white people in my neighborhood and 32.3% is non white.
7. Areas for Improvement: I would improve my neighborhood by communicating more with each other and having all types of cool stuff.
8. What I like about my neighborhood: the calmness
9. What I’d most like to see for my neighborhood: I want peace!!!!!!!!
Standish
By: Frankie
My Neighborhood Name: Standish
My Neighborhood Description: My neighborhood is on the South side of Minneapolis near Lake Hiawatha
1. Public Services (parks, libraries, schools)
Grade: A
Comments: Sibley Park, Roosevelt and Nokomis Libraries, Roosevelt High and Folwell junior high
2. Transportation (access to bike routes, bus and train, main streets and highways)
Grade: A
Comments: There is the Minnehaha bike trail, bus routes 21, 23 and the light rail, 3 main streets are Cedar Ave. 38th Street and Hiawatha Ave.
3. Retail Services (groceries, pharmacies, coffee shops, banks, restaurants and more)
Grade: A
Comments: Everett’s grocery and Mi Axochiapan. There are no pharmacies though. Two coffee shops include Tillie’s Bean and A cup a Joe. There are no banks in my neighborhood. Restaurants include Matt’s, The Chatterbox and Bill’s Garden
4. Safety (violent and nonviolent crime, shots fired, predatory offenders and pedestrian safety)
Grade: B
Comments: There are a lot of non-violent crimes which include robbery and arson. There are a couple of aggravated assaults but no homicides. No shots fired in my neighborhood but a lot really close. There are seven level 3 predatory offenders. Pedestrians are pretty safe in my neighborhood. No cars hitting them or drive by shootings.
5. Nuisances (airport noise, pollution and odors)
Grade: C
Comments: There is a lot of airport noise in my neighborhood; we do live like 5 miles away from the airport. Not a lot of pollution but just a couple of air complaints. No bad odor complaints but I think it smells a lot like sewage a lot.
6. Demographics (diversity, homeownership, education, income and poverty)
Grade: C
Comments: There is a lot of diversity in my neighborhood, only half of it is white. Homeownership is only 60%. I think that should be higher. Education is pretty low for my neighborhood, only 28% have bachelor’s degrees or higher. Income isn’t too bad ($37,462) but I think it should be higher. Poverty level is 15.4% that’s pretty bad.
7. Areas for Improvement: Some streets in my neighborhood can be fixed up, and the construction everywhere should really hurry up and finish.
8. What I like best about my neighborhood: What I like best about my neighborhood is that there are a lot of places you can go to and you don’t have to worry much about safety and how you are going to get there with buses, streets and bike trails.
9. What I’d Most Like to See for My Neighborhood: I would like the construction and bad smells to go away and take the predators with them. Also poverty levels should really go down.
My Neighborhood Report Card
By: Giancarlo
My Neighborhood Data: http://roosevelt.mpls.k12.mn.us/2009_Neighborhoods.html
My Neighborhood Name: Standish
My Neighborhood Description: its located southeast Minneapolis
1. Public Services (parks, libraries, schools)
Grade: B
Comments: There is Hiawatha Park, Sibley Field, Roosevelt high School, Folwell Middle School, Roosevelt Library. This neighborhood has good parks, libraries, and schools
2. Transportation (access to bike routes, bus and train, main streets, and highways)
Grade: A
Comments: Hiawatha pkwy, Bus 14,22,23,55, highway 55, 38th street and railroad. you can get were ever you want with the transportation in my neighborhood
3. Retail (groceries, pharmacies, coffee shops, banks, restaurants and more)
Grade: A
Comments: Tom Thumbs, Flag foods, Dokkens superette, Chris and Robs Chicago Taste, Bill’s Garden, MC Donald’s. You have a lot of grocery store also restaurants that have great food
4. Safety (violent and nonviolent crime, shots fired, predatory offenders, and pedestrian safety)
Grade: D
Comments: mostly Person Robbery and Aggravated assault. In some parts it can be very dangerous but in some parts is very quiet but compared to others is kind of in the middle.
5. Nuisances (airport noise, pollution, and odors)
Grade: C
Comments: Tanks, leaks and hazardous waste there is a lot of pollution in my neighborhood but in some parts only.
6. Demographics (diversity, homeownership, education, income, and poverty)
Grade: C
Comments: more than 70% of the people in my neighborhood own their house. There are little people that actually finished college in my neighborhood.
7. Areas for Improvement: the areas that need improvement are cedar and 38th because there always like crappy looking or constructing right there and it’s annoying.
8. What I like best about my neighborhood:
I like best in my neighborhood is all the things you can find from restaurants to transportation and grocery stores.
9. What I’d Most Like to See for My Neighborhood: What I would like to see in my neighborhood would be to have better fields for baseball, football and soccer that’s the only thing I would like to see in my neighborhood.
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My Neighborhood Report Card
By: Abey
My Neighborhood Data: http://roosevelt.mpls.k12.mn.us/2009_Neighborhoods.html
My Neighborhood Name: Standish
My Neighborhood Description:
1. Public Services (parks, libraries, schools)
Grade: B
Comments: The schools are Folwell, Northrop, south and Roosevelt. I gave it a B because, the parks are fun but the libraries are good resources.
2. Transportation (access to bike routes, bus and train, main streets, and highways)
Grade: A
Comments: There are a lot of trains, and buses.
3. Retail Services (groceries, pharmacies, coffee shops, banks, restaurants and more)
Grade: B
Comments: There are a few coffee shops and there also some groceries and restaurants.
4. Safety (violent and nonviolent crime, shots fired, predatory offenders, and pedestrian safety)
Grade: B
Comments: There aren’t many crimes in my neighborhood. I am happy that growing up in a non-violent environment.
5. Nuisances (airport noise, pollution, and odors)
Grade: A
Comments: There isn’t any complaint in my neighborhood.
6. Demographics (diversity, homeownership, education, income, and poverty)
Grade: A
Comments: The neighborhood I live in is very diverse and the people that live in the neighborhood are nice and there is no poverty.
7. Areas for Improvement: The library hours could be improved because it only opens on 3 times a week.
8. What I like best about my neighborhood: The part about my neighborhood is the community because it’s so supportive and everyone there is so friendly.
9. What I’d Most Like to See for My Neighborhood: I want to see less crime and robberies in the neighborhood.
Seward
My Neighborhood Report Card
By Maryan
My Neighborhood Data: http://roosevelt.mpls.k12.mn.us/2009_Neighborhoods.html
My Neighborhood Name: Seward
My Neighborhood Description: It’s a friendly environment and my neighborhood is located near Pizza Luccie and lots of parks like Seward triangle and the Seward Coop Grocery.
1) The public parks, libraries and schools in my neighborhood I would give a B- because the people in my Community clean up after themselves and the schools are very educational and the libraries are very calm and you could get all your work done there.
2) The Public transportation in my area I would give an A+ to because they have all kinds of buses going downtown if you wanted. Also the Franklin Light Rail that goes either ways to Downtown or all the way to the Mall of America.
3) I would give the Groceries in my neighborhood a B- because there are Grocery stores in my neighborhood but they’re far apart. There is a Wells Fargo in my neighborhood if you need a bank. We have the Snyder Pharmacy and Maria’s Coffee Shop near Each other as well.
4) Safety in my neighborhood I would give a C+ because my neighborhood is just violent towards stealing there was a few cell phones and car keys and cars stolen in my neighborhood.
5) Nuisances in my neighborhood I would give a B+ there not as much Airport Noises but there is a little odor when there under streets are under construction.
6) The income in my neighborhood I would give a A+ because they get allot of money from the government for some reason and Seward gets about 30-40 thousand a year.
7) Areas for improvements I would say would be Franklin Ave. because that road is broken apart and damaged and is a bit small for cars passing by. My Neighborhood would also be improved if there more Cops around because sometimes there are a lot of violent crimes around.
8) What I like best about my neighborhood is the transportation, like if I needed to go to school I could ride the train. I love the public transportation.
9) I would like to see mostly more parades and celebrations in my neighborhood maybe a neighborhood gathering.
Powderhorn
By: Selena
My Neighborhood Data: http://roosevelt.mpls.k12.mn.us/2009_Neighborhoods.html
My Neighborhood Name: Powderhorn
My Neighborhood Description: south of Lake Street, west of Cedar Ave., north of 38th street , east of Chicago Ave. It was named after the lake that is shaped like a Powderhorn. It very fun to see all the celebration that goes on in my neighborhood.
1. Public Services (park, libraries, schools)
Grade: B
Comments: I arrived to that grade by seeing how many public services there are in my neighborhood and how far they are. They are Toni's Market, South Side Food Deli, Latino groceries, movies on 35st, acme awning, us bank, international lend of Mn, Wells Fargo, Ala salsa, KFC, Manny's Tortas, Mayday Cafe, no pharmacies.
2. Transportation ( access to bike routes, bus and train, main streets, and highways)
Grade: B
Comments: I arrived at this grade because it is very good in everything except of the no bike trail situation. The Bus routes are 38,133,14,5,23 and highway 36w is near.
3. Retail Services ( groceries, pharmacies, coffee shops, banks, restaurants and more)
Grade: B
Comments: I arrived to grade B because my neighborhood doesn’t have a pharmacy and I only have one library, and it’s not in my neighborhood its near it. I have plenty of grocery stores. And plenty of places to eat even though they are not in my neighborhood they’ re near it.
4. Safety (violent and nonviolent crime, shots fired, predatory offenders, and pedestrian safety)
Grade: B
Comments: My neighborhood is a very safe neighborhood compared to other neighborhood for example my neighborhood is way better than Jordan neighborhood they have way more crime than my neighborhood, but my neighborhood compared to Kenny well it ‘s o.k. Kenney neighborhood has basically no crime. My neighborhood has 7 predatory offenders that is a lot compared to Kenny that has absolutely no predatory offenders but Jordan has 11 way more than me.
5. Nuisances (airport noise, pollution, and odors)
Grade: A
Comments: it is North of all the noise because of the airport, so i don't get that much nuisances. My neighborhood has little pollution like other neighborhoods.
6. Demographics (diversity, homeownership, education, income, and poverty)
Grade: A
Comments: I gave this an A because my neighborhood has lots of diversity it has more than half of the people in my neighborhood 59% of it are Owner-occupied housing units. The education is o.k. Not the best it’s 28% has a bachelors degree or higher families below poverty level are 15.4%not good at all .it is way more than Kenny that has 2.9% and a little better then Jordan which has 27%.
7. Areas for Improvement: My neighborhood could improve in bike trails I would like it if I could get up in the morning and bike not just around Powderhorn lake I would like to bike to someplace just watching nature with barely any man made things except the cement under my bikes wheel. I would like to have something like the greenway near my neighborhood. And maybe a pharmacy a little bit nearer to Powderhorn neighborhood. And it wouldn’t hurt to have a library near to so I can take as less time possible walking to the library when I could be studying or typing something up in the computer.
8. What I like best about my neighborhood: I like that my neighborhood has a park super close and that a lot of celebrations go on there, I love nature I think it very beautiful and to be able to walk a cross the street kind of and get to the park filled with nature I like it very much.
9. What I’d Most Like to See for My Neighborhood: I would most like to see my neighborhood safer, in reference of lower crime rates, so that I can go any where by myself and with no worries.
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My Neighborhood Report Card
By: Jordan
My Neighborhood Name: Powderhorn
My Neighborhood Description: It’s by South High School. It has a big lake and has baseball and football fields.
1. Public Services
Grade: C
Comments: There aren’t any libraries nearby but there are some parks around my neighborhood.
2. Transportation
Grade: A
Comments: There are a lot of bus routes, bike trails, and a light rail stations nearby Powderhorn.
3. Retail Services
Grade: B
Comments: There are some stores near Powderhorn, but they are placed a little far from the neighborhood.
4. Safety
Grade: C
Comments: There are some crimes, but usually its safe around my neighborhood.
5. Nuisances
Grade: C
Comments: There are some airplanes that fly by, but not that many cars come by my house.
6. Demographics
Grade: C
Comments: Sometimes there are homeless people around my neighborhood. But they have nice apartments in my neighborhood.
7. Areas for Improvement: The crime rate and murders should be stopped. And the pollution should be lessened.
8. What I like best about my neighborhood: I like the baseball fields and the football field. I also like the store near my house.
9. What I’d Most Like to See for My Neighborhood: I’d like to see people helping clean the streets of all the litter.
Lyndale
My Neighborhood Report Card
By Elia
My Neighborhood Data: http://roosevelt.mpls.k12.mn.us/2009_Neighborhoods.html
My Neighborhood Name: Lyndale
My Neighborhood Description: It’s by Lake St and 35 W, Stevens Ave and 36Th, on the west Lyndale. It was named after Josiah Lyndon colonial governor of Rohde Island in 1768-1769.
1. Public Services (parks, libraries, schools)
Grade: A
Comments: I give my neighborhood an A because it has different libraries, schools, and parks there’s a variation of places you can go. There’s more than one of each place in my neighborhood.
2. Transportation (bus routes, train rails, bicycle trails)
Grade: B
Comments: there’s few train lines the Hiawatha line, Newman line, and 38th street. Not a lot of bicycle trails, Minnehaha Ave, Hiawatha Ave, and the Greenway. Different bus routes pass by my neighborhood, like 18,5,and 23
3. Retail Services (groceries, pharmacies, coffee shops, banks, restaurants and more)
Grade: A
Comments: There are a lot of groceries stores and restaurants like Rainbow’s Chinese, Taco Bell, I gave my neighborhood an A because businesses are all around my neighborhood.
4. Safety (violent and nonviolent crime, shots fired, predatory offenders, and pedestrian safety)
Grade: B
Comments: There’s not a lot of violence in my neighborhood but there are some robberies and domestic aggravated and some aggravated assaults.
5. Nuisances (airport noise, pollution, and odors)
Grade: C
Comments: Airport noise isn’t a problem but air pollution is there’s hazardous waste all around my neighborhood.
6. Demographics (diversity, homeownership, education, income, and poverty)
Grade: A
Comments: There’s about an equal amount of white and non-white in my neighborhood and educated people poverty is in the middle of the other 2 neighborhoods. Poverty is about 16% in my neighborhood.
7. Areas for Improvement: The neighbors don’t really communicate they don’t even talk to each other. Yes my neighborhood is quiet but I don’t see my neighbors getting alone they don’t dislike each other but they don’t like each other either. We need more neighborhood events.
8. What I like best about my neighborhood: What I really like about my neighborhood is that it’s quiet not like some other neighborhoods. The neighbors also mind their own business, but they need to interact more.
9. What I’d Most Like to See for My Neighborhood: I really want my neighborhood to put more stop signs because some cars don’t stop and you have to wait a long time to cross a little street, For example Nicollet & 34th, 33rd & 1st Ave, and lake St & Stevens Ave.
