| “It
is a partnership of the leadership of the community
so that people can sit around the table, make a strategic
decision and then go back and empower the people in
their organizations to make it happen. There’s
no stone that you can’t turn over if you have to,
when you have such a configuration of leadership.”
Emmett Carson,
Minneapolis
Foundation
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Since 1997 the Phillips Partnership has
leveraged and guided institutional investment to improve the
long-term livability of the Phillips neighborhood in Minneapolis.
The organization has set national precedents for strategic
cooperation between the public and private sectors.
Strategy
Members of the Phillips Partnership have driven investments
to neighborhood improvements as never before. But it is strategy
that underwrites the Partnership’s vision – new
solutions, deeper thinking, intensity of focus.
- Building bridges to solve issues that span public agency
jurisdictions, traditional appropriations categories, and
individual corporate interests.
- Diagnosing the underlying causes of urban decay and exploring
systematic cures.
- Mustering resources that are available but have been unorganized.
- Putting the best strategic minds to work alongside the
most knowledgeable and most personally invested people living
and working in Phillips.
Recognition
The Partnership has received the following recognition:
- St. Paul Pioneer Press, "Nurturing
a Neighborhood," May 22, 2003
- Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Phillips
Scores Remarkable Successes," May 18, 2003.
- Excellence in Public Private Partnerships Award, presented
by United States Conference of Mayors, 1999
- Corporate Humanitarian Award, presented by Minneapolis
Community and Technical College, 2000
- Nationally recognized and supported by former Attorney
General Janet Reno
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