Corcoran Whistle Training and Soup Supper – Tuesday December 16 – 5:30pm to 7:30pm at Corcoran Park – 3334 20th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407 (3rd Tues) We invite each block club to bring 2 or more volunteers. Please RSVP https://forms.gle/QfdJKkRrGY6RoPYv8 to join us &/or sign up to flyer, your block, organize your block’s texting group and/or cook soup for a future Soup Supper or suggesting activity ideas .
- Whistle Training for Neighbors to alert neighbors when ICE Agents are nearby. A Community Conversation with CM Jason Chavez
- As ICE activity increases, gather with Corcoran Neighbors to connect, prepare and keep each other safe in our community
- Whistle + Training + Support to Organize your Block + Safety Planning + Know your rights + Solidarity
- Spanish and Somali Interpretation
Lets invite our neighbors to put up festive winter lights on our blocks to show our unity and raise our spirits
Circle of Water Puppets at Hennepin History Center https://hennepinhistory.org/avada_portfolio/circle-of-water-puppetry-as-an-agent-of-change/
Free Weekly Food Distribution in Corcoran
- Fridays Noon to 2pm at Corcoran Park Sanneh Foundation Community Food Distributions Every Friday NOON to 2:00 PM at Corcoran Park, 3334 20th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55407 They distribute free fresh produce, pantry staples, and culturally relevant foods to community members to fight food insecurity.
- Sundays 4pm to 5pm – First Nations Kitchen at All Saints Episcopal 3044 Longfellow Ave. Minneapolis – giving out bags of fresh produce plus hot bison stew.
- Soup for You Café Daily Lunch – Monday – Friday, Noon to 1pm at Holy Trinity Lutheran, 2730 E. 31st St. – enter on the east side of the bldg. No cost
Corcoran GROWS (Grass Roots Opens Windows to Sustainability) We’re growing a network of block connectors in Corcoran.
Future Corcoran Soup Suppers – Third Tuesdays 5:30pm to 7pm
Meet neighbors, fun activities to stay connected this winter. Bring A Dish to share – we’ll provide the soup and bread
Corcoran Soup Suppers – are now Monthly on 3rd Tuesdays – 5:30pm to 7pm at Corcoran Park – 11/18, 12/16, 1/20/25, 2/17, 3/17, etc. Please RSVP https://forms.gle/QfdJKkRrGY6RoPYv8 sign up to lead an activity or cook soup, help with set up and take down
Holy Trinity Monarca Upstander Legal Observer TrainingSunday, November 23, 2025 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM CT at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2730 E 31st St, Minneapolis, MN 55406 RSVP is Required
Corcoran Block Clubs Celebrating National Night Out Aug 5, 2025
- We met block leaders and signed them up to receive regular updates from Neighborhood & Green Team and from our new Citywide Block Connectors Network – with a face book group monthly updates to share fun ways to keep neighbors connected and resources to share with neighbors via their block email & text lists.We shared the Five Simple Green Actions GeenTeamsNNO_5SimpleActionsDownload
- Option for blocks to register Block Parties with the City to close off street.
Hi Neighbors – please join us Tuesday night for our
Corcoran Soup Supper – GAME NIGHT & Puzzle Swap!
Tues Nov 18 5:30pm to 7pm at Corcoran Park 3334 20th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Share gratitude, turkey stories & mutual aid resources.
Bring A Dish to share – we’ll have Soup & bread!
Corcoran Soup Suppers – are now Monthly on 3rd Tuesdays – 5:30pm to 7pm at Corcoran Park – 11/18, 12/16, 1/20/25, 2/17, 3/17, etc.
Let’s Organize our neighbors to set up Festive Winter Lights!
Corcoran Saves Energy! Hi Neighbors THANKs for joining us on Tues Tues July 22 at Corcoran Park to learn how we can use Green Cost share and Utility Rebates and IRA Tax Credits to install mini-splits to stay cool through our Corcoran Group Discount with HVAC Contractor Dave Hericks of Residential Heating & Air Conditioning
Home Energy Reference Sheet lists Green Cost Share, Utility and IRA Rebates available for each type of project http://rccmn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Home-Energy-Project-Reference-Sheet-Corcoran.docx
Corcoran GROWS – June 10 Soup Supper at Corcoran Park – Thanks to everyone who joined us! THANKS to CM Chavez for sharing a first hand update on the June 3 Federal ICE raid at Bloomington and Lake and how we can support our neighbors via legal rights training and shopping at Lake Street Businesses.
Sahan Journal Article on the -Independent Audit on June 3, police response and sanctuary policy.
THANKs to everyone who joined us! Corcoran/ Powderhorn Tree ID Walk Thursday June 12 6:30pm to 8pm at Corcoran Park Good news! A neighbor is paying to inject the big remaining elm n near the park on 33rd St between 20th and 21st.
Let’s save our big, beautiful remaining elms! We met with Shahin Khalili Community Forester, Mpls Health Dept. & Dan Petters, Certified Arborist, Northern Arborists to Learn how to identify the common trees in our neighborhoods with the Hennepin Co Tree ID Guide and by with the I-Naturalist phone app. They answered our questions on tree selection, placement, watering, mulching and pruning best practices for healthy trees. We planned our next steps to protect our big elm trees – by talking with neighbors with big elms in their yards to share the option of treating their Elm (and to know if they have already done it) and by sharing the Fall Tree Sale and city financial assistance for hazard tree removal
THANKS to everyone who joined us to help us Re-launch our quarterly Corcoran soup suppers!
Corcoran Get Ready for Spring Block Club Soup Supper
Tues March 25 5:30 to 7:30pm at Corcoran Park Rec Center