Phillips East Yahoo Group Started

Just started the Phillips East Yahoo Group that can easily be found in the regional section under Minneapolis.

The site is at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/phillipseast

Instead of participating in a Blog that the entire world can see, one can communicate solely with local members of the community.

East Phillips at a glance

Comparison statistics for the City of Minneapolis are shown in [brackets].

SIZE 0.4 square miles [54.9]

POPULATION

• Individuals: 4,147 [382,618]
• Households: 1,090 [162,352]
• Families: 751 [73,939]
• Children under 18: 1,697 - 40.9% of population [84,169 - 22.0%]

DIVERSITY

• Native American: 943 - 22.7% of population [8,378 - 2.2% of City]
• Black: 967 - 23.3% [68,818 - 18.0%]
• Latino: 1,121 - 27.0% [29,175 - 7.6%]
• Asian: 309 - 7.5% [23,744 - 6.2%]
• White: 975 - 23.5% [249,186 - 65.1%]
• Total non-white: 3,172 - 76.5% [133,432 - 34.9%]

MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME

$24,049 [$48,602]

MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME

$23,346 [$37,974]

FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY

260 - 34.6% of neighborhood families [8,868 - 11.9%]

CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY

665 - 40.8% of all neighborhood children [20,477 - 25.1%]

UNEMPLOYMENT

187 - 11.5% of workers [12,778 - 5.8%]

HOUSING

• Total number of housing units: 1,162 [168,606]
• Vacant units: 72 - 6.2% of neighborhood units [6,254 - 3.7%]
• Owner occupied units: 342 - 29.4% [83,408 - 51.4%]
• Renter-occupied units: 748 - 64.4% [78,944 - 48.6%]

Data source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000

prepared by community design group // www.c-d-g.org

Why this blog?

The East Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis has no website. Nor does the community organization that serves it have a website and make clear what its operations are. Therefore this blog is meant to be a community asset and improve local communication.

Anyone living or has had lived in East Philips neighborhood of Minneapolis is welcome to join this blog.

EPIC Board of Directors Application Form

The following is a requisite form for applying for a board position on EPIC. Anyone in East Phillips that is interested should submit this to EPIC if they want to have a neighborhood leadership position.

Submit to:

EPIC
2536 18th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55404

Carol and Brad Pass will let you know if you are in.

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East Phillips Improvement Coalition
Board of Directors Application Form


EPIC is interested in people with diverse backgrounds, and a variety of skills and experience. Please submit your completed qualifications form attached to this form.

Name:____________________________________________________________
Home Address:_____________________________________________________
Home Phone:______________Work Phone:____________Cell:______________
Email:_____________________________________ Business/Occupation:_________________________
Please state why you are interested in serving on the board (use another sheet if necessary):




In addition to meeting the qualifications on the qualifications form, what skills, related experiences, and accomplishments would you contribute to the board?




What skills do you feel you would be unable to contribute to the board (e.g. grant writing, parliamentary procedure)?


Describe any relevant experience or accomplishments that would make you an effective board member.





Endorsements (businesses, block groups, other organizations)
Affiliations (memberships, communities)



Please provide the names, phone numbers, and your relationship to two references with whom you have worked with professionally, in the neighborhood, in a community of faith, or other volunteer situations.