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  • Analysis of the planning process for a new park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the Upper Harbor Terminal site with planners and community members focusing on redevelopment that addresses green gentrification concerns, 2019 to 2021
  • Ramer, Hannah; Research Fellow; Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
    Walker, Rebecca; Research Fellow; Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
    Derickson, Kate; Associate Professor & Director of Urban Studies; Department of Geography, Environment & Society, University of Minnesota
    Keeler, Bonnie; Associate Professor; Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
  • 2024-11-05
  • Ramer, H., R. Walker, K. Derickson, and B. Keeler. 2024. Analysis of the planning process for a new park in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the Upper Harbor Terminal site with planners and community members focusing on redevelopment that addresses green gentrification concerns, 2019 to 2021 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-27).

  • This dataset is from a study focuses on the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s planning process for a new park at the Upper Harbor Terminal (UHT) site - a defunct barge-to-rail terminal on the Mississippi River being redeveloped with a mix of housing, commercial uses, and park space (see "UHT_location_map in Other Entities). While the redevelopment affords an opportunity to remediate pollution and provide new greenspace, a high portion of nearby residents are low-income and housing-cost burdened, raising concerns among community members about gentrification. As a counter to green gentrification, the concept of “Just Green Enough” (JGE) became a common theme around the UHT development process. JGE aims to center community-centered greening efforts with broader community development goals in mind (i.e. living-wage jobs and affordable housing). Amidst growing community pressure, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) appointed a Community Advisory Committee (CAC). The CAC was tasked with meeting monthly for in-depth deliberations (facilitated by planning staff and external consultants) with the goal of making final park design and programming recommendations, which planning staff would present to the MPRB Board of Commissioners. The Upper Harbor Terminal CAC consisted of 16 members, mostly residents of North Minneapolis and Northeast, and many with a background in nonprofit, environmental, or community organizing work. Meetings began in July 2019 and lasted nearly two years until in May 2021. This dataset includes the qualitative codebooks for the CAC meetings, accompanied by the meeting minutes and other documents related to the UHT planning process. The transcripts of semi-structured interviews with stakeholders in the UHT planning process were also analyzed and coded, but specific quotations are omitted from this dataset to protect the privacy the participants.

  • N: 45.031427      S: 45.014414      E: -93.273029      W: -93.288136
  • knb-lter-msp.8.1  (Uploaded 2024-11-05)  
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