Cedar Riverside Ground WORK

11/30/2025

Thank you to author for telling some of the story of Cedar Riverside Ground WORK West Bank Minneapolis Brian Coyle Center Cedar Riverside Athletics & Enrichment (CRAE is a partnership with Be That Neighbor ) are the partners who make our program possible. The biggest part of our program is our youth & micro job interns and the community.

11/11/2025

Cedar Riverside Ground WORK in a song by the great Willie Nelson and his sons 🌱🌻🌲 Cedar Riverside Ground WORK

11/01/2025

Looking for a great way to spend Election Day 2025 on Tuesday, November 4th? Come be part of our Community Service, Art & Bike Day. You can come for one activity or all of them. 10 am we are installing pathways at Edna’s Park with Ground WORK, 11 am there will be a group out cleaning up the neighborhood, 1 pm is the Grand Opening of West Bank Cultural Tapestry Mural and then it’s off for a bike ride to Nicollet Island with our Cedar Riverside Bike Club & Free Wheel Bike. We’ll end with a celebration at House of Balls. West Bank Minneapolis Cedar Riverside Ground WORK

10/16/2025

Thank you to everyone who showed up for our first Fall Community Work Day. We made a big dent in getting the 400 Block Garden timbers removed and the excess dirt moved to Edna’s Park to fill low spots and improve the paths through the park. Couldn’t make it today? Come out next Wednesday, October 22nd 10 am - 5 pm to help out. West Bank Minneapolis The Cedar Cultural Center Cedar Riverside Athletics & Enrichment Brian Coyle Center Be That Neighbor

10/13/2025

Come join in the transformation of the neighborhood. Every set of hands makes the work lighter and more impactful. Our children have spoken and these are areas of the neighborhood where they don’t feel safe. We can all help change that feeling by showing up and making these areas clean, accessible and cared for. Come make a difference!

09/15/2025

Registration is open for our annual Garden Tour 🪴 🪏 Come see what we have been working on all summer and hear about our experiences in the community from raising food to beautifying amazing spaces. You won’t want to miss out. Wear your walking shoes.

07/19/2025

The West Bank Meadow was once a freeway ramp & most recently in 2023 it was an encampment. Thanks to West Bank Minneapolis, MN DOT, Hennepin County, City of Minneapolis, House of Balls & our Ground WORK crew it has been transformed. We are hoping to add gravel pathways and host a community healing concert yet in phase 1 this year. We have installed an air quality monitor and have started taking soil samples to be tested at the U of M. This is a place for our youth to gain valuable hands-on STEM experience. https://map.purpleair.com/air-quality-standards-us-epa-aqi?opt=%2F1%2Fm%2Fi%2Flp%2Fa10%2Fp604800%2FcC0 #11.53/44.9675/-93.2528
Phase 2 in 2026 will see the further expansion of the meadow out towards interstate 94. Our ultimate hope is that in the future the fence will be moved to the back tree line and the Meadow will be open to everyone to enjoy.

07/12/2025

We are back at the this Thursday, July 17th 9:30-11:30 am to finish up year one of installation (2 more years to go until the Meadow is completely installed). We don’t work if it is raining or the tempurature is over 90 degrees.

Thanks to everyone that has been joining us on Thursday Community Work Days so far. Our work is truly community work and each of the sites we are working in is helping Cedar Riverside become a . It is only when we all come together will change be possible. Come be part of our revolution. West Bank Minneapolis Brian Coyle Center Cedar Riverside Athletics & Enrichment

07/09/2025

Join us this Thursday to plant and beautify Edna’s Park. If we love it…it should show. ❤️ 🌻🌺🌱

07/02/2025

The West Bank Meadow is taking shape but we need some helping hands Thursday from 9:30-11:30 am to get the perennials in the ground and watered. Nearly 250 plants going in the ground in one morning.

Help plant the new children's garden at the former site of the House of Balls encampment! After 2 years of advocacy we finally have access through MnDOT & the City of Minneapolis

06/18/2025

Our Cedar/Oromo St corner garden is taking shape. Watch for the new planters, flowers and path to go in over the next couple of weeks. West Bank Minneapolis Brian Coyle Center Cedar Riverside Athletics & Enrichment Be That Neighbor

06/09/2025

Today was our first day with all our Ground WORK summer youth interns. We completed orientation and then off to buy new annuals for The Cedar Cultural Center plaza. Between raindrops our team was able to get everything prepped and planted. The plaza is sure to be a showstopper this summer. 💐 🌺 🌼 West Bank Minneapolis