ccda minneapolis "on location"

Yesterday, I spent the afternoon at an "on location" workshop.  I visited the Northside of Minneapolis and had the opportunity to learn about Urban Homeworks (www.urbanhomeworks.org).  Their mission is to perpetuate the hope of Jesus through innovative community development that produces dignified housing for low-income families, a strategic network of good neighbors, and the redemptive development of real estate.  Their tagline:  rebuilding houses, reconnecting people, reclaiming hope.   More importantly than rehabbing almost 150 properties in the past 15 years or so, is the mission to intentionally and strategically weave a strong relational fabric of neighborhood in the community.

Right next to Urban Homeworks, iss Juxtaposition Arts (www.juxtaposition.org) and around the corner is The Cookie Cart (www.cookiecart.org), both youth development programs in the neighborhood.  I was told that the Cookie Cart began when a local nun began to invite youth from the neighborhood into her home to bake with her in the kitchen.

Take a look at a few pictures below from my afternoon on the Northside of Minneapolis yesterday: