PPERRIA - Prospect Park East River Road Improvement Association

PPERRIA
612/331-2970
66 SE Malcolm Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55414.
Contact PPERRIA
Web Site: <http://www.pperria.org/>

Organized in 1901 (making it the oldest neighborhood association in Minneapolis) PPERRIA, is the PPERR Neighborhood organization—with all residents eligible to join. Born out of the opposition to the city proposal to level Prospect Park hill, our neighborhood through PPERRIA has embraced controversial issues, be it the I-94 freeway construction in the 1960's, school closings in the 1970's, the repaving project in the early 1980's, safety and security lighting of the late 1990's, etc.

Meetings are held in the lower level of the Prospect Park United Methodist Church, SE Malcolm & SE Orlin Ave, 4th Monday of each month, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

We have a recent collection of all available Meeting Minutes and PPERRIA Newsletters.

Through the decades, PPERRIA's monthly meetings resemble town meetings with attendance the envy of other Minneapolis neighborhood organizations. A typical meeting will have between 20 and 55 people—high participation mostly because of our unusually large, elected 40-person council. In late 1980, PPERRIA incorporated as a non-profit organization, formalizing the 40-person volunteer council into a 40-person volunteer "board of directors".

The group actively addresses local issues directly affecting our neighborhood. PPERRIA Committees and Task Groups addresses issues such as: block club organizing, zoning and land use changes, schools, taxes, traffic changes, parks, arts, recreation, housing rehabilitation, historic preservation, and environment. Since 1995, PPERRIA has managed the PPERR Neighborhood's NRP program. An Executive Committee of officers began meeting monthly since then to help manage the volume of decisions generated by NRP projects.

Suggested annual household contribution: according to your means and perceived value that PPERRIA provides. Note that PPERRIA spends about $35.00/year to service members covering such costs as monthly newsletter mailing and website hosting.

Generate a membership form here from a downloadable PDF file.

• PPERRIA Committees and Task Groups

• Community Events: Lois Willand 378-9697
• Data Base: Cheryl Vollhaber 379-7234
• East River Gorge Park: Tom Kilton 331-3064
• Education and Human Services: Susan Larson-Fleming 331-8819
• Environment: Bill Kahn 378-5287
• Glendale/Prospect Park: Jerry Stein 623-9404
• Glendale Residents Organization: Travis Emdin 331-8807
• History Project: Betts Zerby 379-8095
• Holiday Cards: Mary Alice Kopf 379-7436
• Housing Development: Dean Lund 378-2486 /Florence Littman 331-2740
• Housing Improvement: Andy Mickel 331-8396
• I-94 Soundwall Ann Ibs Mozey 339-6177
• Jobs and Business Alden Drew 623-8019
• Landscaping: Mary Alice Kopf 379-7436
• Membership: Dan Patenaude 378-3038
• PPERRIA Executive: Steve Banks 321-9064
• Safety and Security: David Kaar 331-9015 /Pam Wollum 623-3747
• Tower Hill Park: Susan Thrash 379-4587
• Transportation:
• University Ave Corridor Study Dean Lund 378-3486 /Vicki Richman 591-7640
• Website: Andy Mickel 331-8396
• Zoning Plan Review Florence Littman 331-2740 /Alison Katagiri 331-5279