Fixing Shoreham Yards

Come help brainstorm ideas for fixing up one of Minneapolis's most blighted sites -- Shoreham Yards on Central Avenue in Northeast (near the Columbia Golf Course). According to a post on the Minneapolis Issues Forum on e-democracy.org:

Mayor Rybak has assembled a team of professional architects, artists, landscape architects, and developers to work with you - the community of Northeast - to visualize what to do with the best redevelopment opportunity along Central Avenue.

SHOREHAM YARDS DESIGN CHARRETTE
Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Arrive at 10 a.m. to participate fully in the design process, or arrive at 3:30 p.m. to see the final result.

Hennepin County Northeast Library
2200 Central Avenue NE
Minneapolis

Refreshments will be served.

This event is free and open to the public. To learn more, contact: Francis Bulbulian, AIA - 612-359-3256

According to their website, Shoreham Yards is:

* a 230-acre rail yard/rail distribution center in northeast Minneapolis owned by Canadian Pacific Railway/Soo Line. Shoreham is bordered on the east by Central Avenue, the west by University Avenue, the south by 27th Avenue NE, and the north by St. Anthony Parkway. Shoreham is the historic home of the Soo Line's rail operations, dating back to the late 1800s.

* home to Minneapolis' largest polluted site, including a state Superfund site and three other contaminated parcels.

* a source of key regional groundwater aquifer contamination and soil pollution that includes TCE, PCE, PCP, VOCs and dioxin.

* the proposed site of a city- and community-approved redevelopment plan in 2000 that neighbors hoped would stimulate hundreds of new jobs, major corridor revitalization, tax-base enhancement and reduced collateral blight; neighbors continue to advocate for sustainable, community-friendly redevelopment that preserves Shoreham's historic assets.

* the site of the Historic Shoreham Roundhouse, named one of Minnesota's 10 Most Endangered Properties in 2003 and designated by the city of Minneapolis as a historic property.

Come be a part of the solution!