2nd Annual Eat Street Food, Music, & Arts Festival
Sunday, September 15, 2019  |  1:00 - 8:00 pm
Nicollet Avenue, 26th to 28th Streets

​The inaugural Eat Street Festival attracted over 6,500 attendees in 2018 and is back for a 2nd year as the best opportunity to connect with neighbors, new patrons, and to celebrate all things Whittier! Are you a Whittier resident with a side business to showcase? Would your company or organization like to show support by contributing an event sponsorship or in-kind donation? Maybe you're excited to volunteer!

Check out eatstreetfest.com and Whittier Alliance's social media pages below all summer long for ongoing event updates! Live music, performances, international fare, activities from the neighborhood's many arts and cultural organizations, and gathering neighbors will collectively reflect and celebrate who and what Whittier is at its heart.

​Details on sponsorship and vendor opportunities are included below. Volunteer shifts will be available in July. We hope you'll join us!

Whittier Farmers Market 2019 Volunteer Call
A great team of volunteers makes the market the best it can be. We are always in search of excited and engaged helpers– and, as a bonus, volunteers get $5 in market vouchers for their hard work. 

We work in shifts to split up the day: 

7:30am - 9am: Set up and welcome vendors

9am - 11am or 11am - 1pm: Work at the market booth, manage EBT & market vouchers, answer guest questions

1pm - 2pm: Tear down & clean up 

Become a Vendor for the 2019 Whittier Farmers MarketThe Whittier Farmers Market is now accepting vendor applications for our fourth season! The Market is located at 26th and Blaisdell in south Minneapolis, one block from the Eat Street business district.

Market Season: June 22-August 24, 2019
Time: Saturdays  9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

We have plans to expand the size and variety of vendors and programming to grow attendance and diversify both what is available and who attends.  
If you went to get involve please click link below.

http://www.whittierfarmersmarket.com/about​

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We invite you to join us for Iftar with our neighbors, The Whittier Alliance in Partnership With Fortune Relief And Youth Empowerment Organization(Frayeo) and Whittier Recreation Center hosting iftar with our neighbors. Iftar is the traditional breaking of the fast that occurs from dawn to dusk everyday during the holy month of Ramadan. And this Year we are inviting all our neighbors to Join us anytime from 7:30 pm on for great food and community at the Whittier Park. Our Activities will Include: -
​- Small Group discussions to learn more about Ramadan
- Pick-Up Soccer & Futsal 
- Youth Arts and Reading Activities and More
Please Feel Free to join us and NO RSVP required. All Are welcome

Questions? Reach out to our Executive Director, Kaley Brown, at kaley@whittieralliance.org or Fartun Ismail. at fartun@whittieralliance.org anytime. Check out the full event page and Facebook event page for additional details.

Please join us for our monthly Housing Issues meeting, where we will be hearing from developer Urban Works on the updated plans for a commercial project with G & L Furniture at the corner of Lake Street and Grand Avenue. Check out their updated plans here, and take advantage of this opportunity to directly voice any questions, comments, and concerns.
 
Elsewhere in Whittier, our Housing Issues team is working to gather community feedback on an early stage proposal for a large-scale project at 26th and Blaisdell in the current Goldstein Law location (pictured below). We invite you take this brief survey to help us build upon the ideas, opportunities, and concerns voiced by your neighbors thus far around this project.

​Are you interested in getting more involved with your neighborhood community this year? Do you care about Whittier's housing climate, environmental sustainability, and/or building relationships with your fellow neighbors? 

Each spring, a minimum of 5 at-large board members are elected by their community to serve a 3 year term on Whittier Alliance's Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting, coming up this year on March 26th, 2019. We encourage any community members who have an interest in serving the neighborhood, sharing their time and talents, and working as a part of our team to consider running.

The application period for all 2019 at-large candidates is now open! Contact
kaley@whittieralliance.org to confirm eligibility and learn more about the goals and initiatives that Whittier Alliance will be taking on in the coming years and how you could play a role. The candidate application form and Board of Directors job description are available below for viewing and download.

All eligible candidates must return a physical application along with proof of 6 month Whittier residency or property ownership in person to the Whittier Alliance office (10 E 25th St.) no later than Friday, February 22nd, 2019 at 5:00 pm. Applications may be submitted during normal business hours (9am--5pm, Monday--Friday) or by appointment until the deadline.

Join us for the November Community Issues Meeting on Monday the 12th from 6:30--8:00pm at Whittier Park (425 W 26th St.). We'll have updates from neighborhood organizations, hear from Rep. Karen Clark as she prepares to hand over the reins to newly elected 62A Rep. Hodan Hassan, and have a community discussion on the work being done right here in Whittier to address veteran homelessness in Minneapolis and Hennepin County led by staff from St. Stephen's Human Services.

A link to Rep. Clark's most recent legislative summary can be found below!

All are welcome and encouraged to attend!

The votes have been tallied, and the winner of this year's BIG Ideas Grant cycle is Lyn-Lake start-up Zest Ed and their "Craft Yourself" wilderness skills coaching program! Check out the press release below for more details and stay up-to-date on their project at www.zested.net.

Building community is central to Whittier Alliance's mission. We are putting together a set of action items for our organization to pursue in the coming 5 years with support from neighbors, businesses, volunteers to more effectively engage with and support one another here in Whittier.
Do you have ideas for how we can build community together? We want to hear them!
Join us TONIGHT, October 8th from 6:30--8:00pm at Whittier Park (425 W 26th St.) to discuss ideas with your neighbors and the Whittier Alliance. See you then!