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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 1d

If you couldn't make it, our sustaining donor campaign is running now through the end of the month. Become a donor and get exclusive Our Streets merch!

www.ourstreetsmn.org/get-involved...

board member rocking a Our Streets "Joy Ride" shirt with an illustration of a bus

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 1d

We are also grateful to all the businesses that helped or donated silent auction items:

Doge Pizza
Dual Citizen Brewing
Express Bike Shop
The Cargo Bike Shop
Cyclehoop
Freewheel Bike Shop
Zip Running

photo of silent auction items (Topo Designs bike bag), and someone perusing with pizza in hand

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 1d

A special thanks to our incredible board members. We're looking for more talented folks to join our board. If you enjoyed the evening, consider serving Our Streets as a board member!

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Join the Board

Our Streets is looking for community members interested in joining our Board of Directors to contribute towards our mission of people-first transit. Being a part of the board is an incredibly rewardin...

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 1d

Thank you for coming to our annual board fundraiser. We raised over $5,000 for streets for people, and had fun doing it 🚲🚶🧑‍🦼🚌🚆

People chatting in the brewery, beers in hand

Andrea and Will posing for a photo outside by the bike parking

Guest Speaker Anndrea Young of Heritage Park Neighborhood Association addressing the crowd

Board Chair Laura talking to Andy of Cyclehoop over beer and pizza

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 3d

Final reminder: Join us tonight for our annual fundraiser to support @ourstreetsmn.org ‘s important work!

6-8pm at Dual Citizen

Tickets: www.ourstreetsmn.org/event/nightm...

See you there! 🎃

Nightmare on Our Streets: Annual Fundraiser - Our Streets

Streets can be scary for walking, biking, rolling, and busing. You can help change that. The board of Our Streets is hosting our annual fundraiser. Join us at Dual Citizen...

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 3d

Yay!

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 3d

You could leave with Freewheel Bike Shop tune up, a Surly Disc Trucker frame, a multi-tool and hand pump, Cleverhood jacket, and more!

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 3d

We have some sweet silent auction items available tomorrow at our Annual Fundraiser. You gotta be there to bid!

Buy your ticket ➭ www.ourstreetsmn.org/event/nightm...

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 4d

An easy and fun way to support our work is joining a doorknocking. This Saturday, join us as we spread the word about the future of Olson Memorial Highway.

Materials, training, and staff support on doors provided. Also: free coffee and vegan baked goods.

www.ourstreetsmn.org/event/volunt...

Volunteer Doorknocking - Our Streets

Join us in letting neighbors know about the future of Olson Memorial Highway! A new report from the Bring Back 6th coalition, a group of organizations that have been advocating for the...

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 8d

Add your name.

Better Than 94: Open Letter to Governor Walz and MnDOT Commissioner Daubenberger

betterthan94.org

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 8d

Sign the community letter outlining opposition to @mndot.mn.gov's premature recommendation to remove the boulevard options.

It may not seem like much, but every signature represents someone who believes a better future is possible.

youtu.be/ukaHEnU0wlg

Save the Twin Cities Boulevard

YouTube video by Our Streets

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Streets.mn @streets.mn · 9d

You’re Invited to Nightmare on Our Streets!: https://streets.mn/2025/10/02/youre-invited-to-nightmare-on-our-streets/

Celebrate another year of safer streets advocacy with Our Streets at a lively gathering featuring community, conversation and plenty of good food.

A group of ten cyclists wearing helmets and cold-weather gear stand together smiling on a bridge, with their bikes in front of them. A city skyline and busy highway are visible in the background under a cloudy sky.

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 10d

Meet us on the Greenway or Sabo and ride with us to the event!

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 10d

Who helps a pumpkin cross the street? A crossing-gourd. Streets can be scary for walking, biking, rolling, and busing. You can help change that. Join us on October 8 at 6pm for the Our Streets board's annual fundraiser!

Buy your ticket(s) today 🎃👇
www.ourstreetsmn.org/event/nightm...

Cartoon of a headless bike rider holding a pumpkin head with text that reads, "You're Invited to... Nightmare on Our Streets an annual fundraiser for safer streets".

A person wearing a costume gas mask with a hanging sign around their neck that reads, "Toxic Trench" with the I-94 symbol.

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 11d

There's still time to join us IRL or virtually tomorrow to discuss City Limits, the September pick for our Street Smarts book club. Author Megan Kimble will be joining us via Zoom for a Q&A!

Register here: www.ourstreetsmn.org/event/city-l...

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 11d

Want to ask MnDOT why they're removing the at-grade boulevard options? Now you can! Grab coffee and attend MnDOT's Coffee in the Community event tomorrow, Sept. 30.

More details below ⤵️
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MnDOT Coffee in the Community - Our Streets

Want to know what’s happening with Rethinking I-94? The Minnesota Department of Transportation is hosting its monthly Coffee in the Community, an informal conversation with the project team. Grab a...

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 14d

The goal? Learn. Adapt. Advocate. Let's work towards streets that work for EVERYONE!

@americawalks.bsky.social @nondriver.bsky.social

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 14d

For many, getting around without driving is a daily challenge, not a choice. We're ditching the driver's seat and participating in #WeekWithoutDriving to understand how communities serve (or fail) those who walk, roll, bike, carpool or take transit.

www.ourstreetsmn.org/event/partic...

Week Without Driving with America Walks - Our Streets

Challenge yourself to not drive for a week! Those who can drive and have access to a car don’t face the same barriers of people who rely on daily walking,...

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 16d

We will continue to refine this vision of reparative justice with the North Minneapolis community and the Bring Back 6th coalition.

www.ourstreetsmn.org/shape-the-fu...

Shape the future of Olson Memorial Highway - Our Streets

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is planning a major reimagining and reconstruction of the Olson Memorial Highway corridor in Minneapolis in the coming years. This project could impr...

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 16d

It also emphasizes that “components can be interchanged to eventually reach the one design alternative that best responds to the needs of adjacent neighborhoods.”

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 16d

These concepts came directly from years of community outreach. The report emphasizes these roadway designs should be paired with anti-displacement policies to protect existing and low-income residents from experiencing additional displacement and gentrification.

hand-drawn roundabout on opaque paper on top of a map, from Design Week

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 16d

The roadway design concepts demonstrate different uses for the approximately 12 acres of land that will be made available by the proposed changes: one that offers a linear park, another dedicated to mixed-use development, and the third a tree-lined transitway.

Three options showing one with a big park and bus rapid transit, another with neighborhood blocks/mixed-use development, and the last showing some mixed-used development and a transitway with trees

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 16d

Last week, we published a report outlining three roadway design concepts to consider for the future of the Olson Memorial Highway.

www.ourstreetsmn.org/2025/09/17/n...

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 16d

You can join virtually too if you can't make it to the North Loop! 📱

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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 16d

Join our next volunteer phone bank! Pizza provided, and there will be some friendly competition to win Our Streets merch.

Sign up ↓
www.ourstreetsmn.org/event/volunt...

Volunteer Phone Banking - Our Streets

Phone bank with us! Make the calls from your couch or join us at our office, where we’ll be calling our supporters to become sustaining donors or increase their sustaining...

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