A HUGE thanks to all
our 2010 members:
(Visit experiencesouthwest.com for location and contact information
for all our members.)
- 36th and Lyndale BP
- Agri Cafe
- Amigo Service Center
- Anodyne @ 43rd
- Arthur Knowles Painting
- Best Foods Market
- Bev's Coin Laundry
- Bryant Hardware
- Butter Bakery Café
- Cafe Ena
- Caplow Custom Frame & Restoration
- Center for Women's Group Therapy
- Coffee News Minneapolis
- Colonial Cleaners
- Cremation Society of Minnesota
- Currans Restaurant
- Curtis K. Walker Atty at Law
- Dan Moriarty Web Design
- David L. McKay D.D.S.
- East 42nd Street Salon
- Ellwood Automotive
- Energy Scapes
- Enterspace
- Every B1t Inc.
- Frame Ups
- GeeTeez
- Gigis Cafe
- Grand Cafe
- Guse Hardware
- Hawkins Automotive
- J. Austin & Associates
- Johnson Design + etc
- Keljiks Oriental Rug Cleaners
- Kingfield Farmers' Market
- Kings Wine Bar Cafe
- Lake Harriet Veterinary
- LaRue's and L2
- LifeForce Chiropractic
- Madwoman Foods
- Metro Dentalcare
- Midwest Cycle Supply
- Minneapolis Lock & Key
- Mr B's Clothing and Wireless Services
- Mulroys Body Shop
- New Central Auto Body
- Nicollet Ace Hardware
- Nicollet Book Store
- Nicollet Chiropractic Center
- Northrup Remodeling
- Odds N Ends
- Origins
- Our Kitchen
- Paper Rock Scissor
- Parent's Automotive and Tire
- Petersen Flowers
- Pro-Systems
- Quality Coaches
- Rau+Barber Photography
- Roadrunner Records
- Ross Frame Shop
- RWS, Inc.
- Saving Tape
- Simply Jane
- Solution Advisors
- Sports Star Photography
- Steve's Tire & Auto
- Style Minneapolis
- taraNa Yoga
- The Chair
- The Hair.e.tic
- The Hair Hotel
- TNT Barber Shop
- Twin Cities PC MD
- Ungerman Construction
- United Standards Lab
- Victor's 1959 Cafe
- Volunteers of America
- Walker Methodist
- Weinstein Gallery
- Woychick Design
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- Awarded $50,000 in Great Streets Business District Facade Improvement Program grants to local businesses
- Released version 2.0 of www.experiencesouthwest.com improving the user experience and now including all storefront businesses in southwest Minneapolis
- Continued to improve the www.nehba.org website for businesses to have easy access to informational resources and important announcements
- Empowered and informed business and commercial property owners through expansion of the Business District Leader network for many of the business nodes within the original NEHBA boundaries
- Worked with the City's Business Development department and the Public Works Department to engage the business community as a separate and distinct stakeholder in road reconstruction projects.
- Held or co-hosted informational meetings, provided estimates for road project special assessments and gathered input directly from those businesses affected by the Nicollet Avenue and Lyndale Avenue South road reconstruction projects
- Awarded $40,000 by the city through the Great Streets Business District Support Program to create an area destination identity and develop a plan to market that identity
- Exceeded our membership goal of 100 members
- Continue to support the existing Business District Leaders
- Recruit and train new Business District Leaders with a focus on the business nodes located in the expanded service area in the Windom, Tangletown and Kenny neighborhoods
- Work proactively with affected businesses, CPED, the Public Works Department, neighborhood organizations and other stakeholders to create positive design outcomes for the Nicollet Avenue and Lyndale Avenue Reconstruction Projects
- Provide a NEHBA resource as a first point of contact for businesses affected by the Lyndale Avenue Road Reconstruction Project, the Lyndale Avenue Minnehaha Bridge Replacement Project and the Nicollet Avenue Road Reconstruction Project
- Develop and execute a marketing plan for the new version of the southwest online business directory – www.experiencesouthwest.com
- Continue feature development of the business association’s website (www.nehba.org)
- Pilot a collaboration among NEHBA, business owners and city department decision makers led by the City’s Business Development group to review and adopt city-wide best practices and to identify opportunities to streamline existing processes affecting small businesses
- Complete the brand identity and marketing plan development outlined in NEHBA’s Great Streets Business District Support Program
- Continue to strengthen its partnerships with other community, cultural and neighborhood organizations
- Continue to grow the membership base
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