2023 Elections are coming up! SENA wants to provide our community with some general information and resources to ensure your voice is heard. First, learn about voting in the state of Minnesota (both local and statewide elections). https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/how-elections-work/minnesota-elections-facts/#share Next, learn about City Council candidate positions for Ward 12. We asked each of the four candidates…
In the Standish-Ericsson neighborhoods, 20% of our housing is occupied by renters. SENA works with Standish-Ericsson tenants to advance their immediate demands on repair needs, affordability, and management practices. We work with governmental and nonprofit partners to improve and protect multi-family housing and renters rights through grassroots organizing, and to involve more residents who rent…
Chef and owner Arie Peisert takes a break from daily food prep and stands near the cord of wood stacked outside his new Standish-Ericsson restaurant, Northern Fires. Snow falls as nearby cars push through the slush on 42nd Street. In spite of the cold, Peisert is in shorts, a t-shirt, and a long black apron.…
The SUN Group is writing because we need your support to sustain the valuable work of neighborhood associations. Dear Residents & Businesses of South Minneapolis, We are the Southside United Neighborhoods, a coalition of southside neighborhoods. Our members include the Longfellow Community Council (LCC), Standish Ericsson Neighborhood Association (SENA), Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association (PPNA),…
