Following the board meeting on January 19, there will be a community forum hosted jointly by the Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association and the Mill District Neighborhood Association. The title of the forum is “Downtown 2015 Projects & Priorities.”  This will be the first of a series of forums hosted by the neighborhood groups in 2015.

Guest speakers include the following:

• Jacob Frey, 3rd Ward City Council Member, Co-Host / General overview of downtown, projects, priorities
• Tom Evers, Exec. Director Minneapolis Parks Foundation / Downtown Riverfront, Water Works Park
• Tony Barranco or Mike Ryan, Ryan Co. / Downtown Development look ahead, “The Commons”
• David Wilson, Accenture / Downtown Public Realm projects, Nicollet Mall Redesign
• Kjersti Monson, Director of Long Range Planning CPED / Downtown Development and the Downtown Public Realm Steering Committee

Each panelist will give a 5 minute presentation, which will be followed by a panel discussion & audience Q&A session. Please invite your neighbors and friends to attend this great event.