The Great Streets Project aims to creatively help revitalize business districts and economic developments. This revitalization project has been made possible through Great Streets Program funding in conjunction with the City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Working closely with local artists–Studio Thalo, Anita White ’74, and Isabel Gloss ’21–and the Whittier neighborhood, MCAD joined the movement to address the community needs for the former Kmart site and enliven the surrounding environment.

We are proud to be unveiling an installation along Lake Street at the New Nicollet Redevelopment Open House on Tuesday, October 10, from 4:30–6:30 p.m. at the Former Kmart site. We would love the entire MCAD community to be there!

This community-run endeavor would not have been possible without the support of the Whittier Alliance and Futsal Society. As one of the key creative partners of the Great Streets Project, MCAD looked to its mission to collaboratively transform society through equity, empathy, and imagination. By working closely with local artists–Studio Thalo, Anita White, and Isabel Gloss–and the Whittier neighborhood, MCAD joined the movement to address the community needs for the former Kmart site and enliven the surrounding environment.

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