PPERR Neighborhood Directory

In 1998 a comprehensive, new edition of our directory was published as part of our neighborhood's NRP process including sections on Community Organizations, Public Services, Social Services, Government, and Neighborhood Services. Download a PDF of the 1998 print version here [13MB].

This Neighborhood Directory provides easy access to community resources, neighborhood services and reference information for every resident. Our neighborhood is officially designated “Prospect Park East River Road Neighborhood (PPERR)” by the City of Minneapolis—one of 81 neighborhoods in the city. Its official boundaries are: SE Oak Street on the West, the city limits (SE Emerald Avenue) on the East, the railroad tracks in the Southeast Industrial Area on the North, and the Mississippi River on the South (see the map). Adjacent neighborhoods are: University District and Marcy-Holmes to the West, Como to the North, Seward to the South (across the river), South St. Anthony Park to the Northeast (in St. Paul) and Merriam Park to the Southeast (in St. Paul).

Our neighborhood organization, Prospect Park East River Road Improvement Association (PPERRIA) also exercises jurisdiction further to the West, including all of the residents and businesses up to the University of Minnesota campus because no other city neighborhood covers this area. PPERRIA presently is administering the City of Minneapolis NRP (Neighborhood Revitalization Program) funds for our neighborhood. One of the projects suggested by our neighbors during the NRP design process in 1994 and 1995 was “producing a directory of neighborhood services” which would not only help long-time residents, but also could be distributed as part of a welcoming packet to newcomers.

The project to produce this Neighborhood Directory began by using copies of two previously produced directories: the 1970 Prospect Park Cooperative Community Information Directory (Jim Youngdale, Chair), and the 1977 Tower Hill Neighbors Community Resources Directory (Anne Barnum Chair, produced by Fran Rector, Marge Johnson, Dottie Quam and Pat Tritz). A 1981 edition followed: Southeast Directory organized by the Neighborhood Relations Committee in 1979 (Anne Barnum, Chair and produced by Catherine Johnson, Vicki Cronin, Helen Kretchmer, Judy Sawyer and Pat Tritz).

Copies of this new directory were distributed to all residents, and are available to newcomers to the neighborhood. The information provided here is also available on the Internet at the PPERR neighborhood website: <http://www.pperr.org/> which will be updated more frequently than reprinting paper editions. To produce and publish our Neighborhood Directory some NRP money was allotted to the project, as well as additional advertising revenue which defrayed printing costs. The directory is self-sustaining (without NRP funds) for printing future revisions. Please contact us to tell us about additions and corrections.

Thanks!

Andy Mickel and Ruth Fen