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Our Streets
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We work to make biking, walking, & rolling easy & comfortable for everyone.
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This year, Our Streets advanced transportation justice in Minnesota in ways that felt both historic and urgently necessary.

Check out our year in review. www.ourstreetsmn.org/2025/12/17/i...
December 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Thank you to everyone who attended and joyfully gathered with us at the 94 Stories Time Machine. Together, we listened to the stories our neighbors shared about their experiences of living near the I-94 corridor in creative ways.

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94 Stories Time Machine emcees, Nicole Smith (left) and May Lee-Yang (right) speaking. A big screen projecting that says "Twin Cities Time Machine: 94 Stories" 94 Stories Time Machine speaker and 94 Stories facilitator, Hawona Sullivan Janzen, sharing her story. 94 Stories Time Machine speaker sharing their story with the band Sonoglyph Collective.
December 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Don't miss this Saint Paul history variety show! Residents from Saint Paul who live near the I-94 corridor will share stories and creative presentations that convey their experience with the built environment of their neighborhoods. www.ourstreetsmn.org/event/94-sto...
Twin Cities Time Machine Sunday, December 7th at 2-5PM Springboard for the arts B&W image of stage and audience
November 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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We're almost at $3,500. Can you help us get to $5,000 by midnight?

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Our Streets' Give to the Max Day progress bar.
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Support our work. Every dollar helps us get closer to a future where everyone can move freely and safely.

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Polaroid photos of Our Streets' group bike ride and Doug from War on Cars interviewing a community member. Polaroid photos of Our Streets at Heritage Park National Night Out engaging with community members and biking tour of Olson Memorial Highway with the Minnesota Department of Transportation and Toole Design Group. Polaroid photos of Green Garden Bakery posing for a photo and a truck driving past a memorial on Olson Memorial Highway. Polaroid photos of Our Streets executive director presenting at Sumner Library and community member looking at a hand drawn rendering of what could be on Olson Memorial Highway.
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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This is the team you’re investing in when you donate. Read our executive director’s full essay and support our work for #gtmd25 ❤️

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Vertical blue to white gradient background with text that reads, "Our Streets is not an agency. We are not a think tank. We aim to be a trust-building engine. We refuse performative engagement and backroom deals. We canvas. We survey. We stay. We do not disappear after the ribbon is cut. We host block parties in the street to ask better questions: What would it look like to live without fear of being displaced? What if we could enjoy the fruits of our own imagination without having to leave our neighborhood to find them? - José Antonio Zayas Cabán, from his essay We are not "asking": reclaiming the "Avenue" in near North Minneapolis".
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Give to the Max Day is here!

When you give to Our Streets, you help us:
★ Imagine a better future and truly rethink I-94
★ Center community power in transportation planning
★ Make walking, biking, and transit safer for everyone

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Give to the Max illustration of people waving, with text "giving that gathers us GTMD25" and the givemn give to the max day logo
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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We’ve got Pizza Lucé in our bellies and passion in our hearts at our Give to the Max phonebanking!
Prizes listed out on dry erase for volunteers making phone calls, including tshirts and stickers Progress bar for fundraiser with “can we get here tonight?” At the ~$3,000 mark The most Minnesotan thing - one slice of pizza left untouched
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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We're still looking for volunteers to join us for our phone/text bank for Give to the Max Day. Join us at our office for pizza and prizes, or make the calls and texts from your couch.

Pepperoni Pete is calling. Answer it?
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Incoming phone call from Pepperoni Pete (an anthropomorphic pizza).
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Join us for our Bring Back 6th happy hour event, where you'll learn and provide feedback on the three community-led designs. Connect with neighbors and write letters to your representatives to support the Bring Back 6th vision over free tacos (first come, first served)!
Residents at La Doña Cervecería Brewery for a Bring Back 6th event with text below that reads, "Bring Back 6th Happy Hour Nov. 18 | 6-7:30pm | La Doña Cervecería Brewery".
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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We envision cities with streets designed to prioritize public health and climate, racial, and economic justice for all our neighbors. Every dollar helps us get closer to a future where everyone can move freely and safely.

Choose Our Streets for your Give to the Max donation.
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An illustration of faceless people standing together as a group with text that reads, "giving that gathers us GTMD25" and the Give to the Max Day logo. Our Street supporters at the Rethinking I-94 PAC meeting. Twin Cities Boulevard street rendering from Cedar Riverside. Our Street volunteers doorknocking in Minneapolis.
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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📞 🏦 for🚶🏼‍♂️🧑🏻‍🦽🚴🏾‍♀️ 🚌 ?

We're looking for volunteers to help with our Give to the Max Day phone/text bank. Join us in-person at our office or make calls and texts from your couch. If you join us at the office, you can win prizes, and we'll order pizza!

Sign up today: www.ourstreetsmn.org/event/volunt...
Text message exchange about Our Streets' phone/text bank event.
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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YOUR advocacy is working! "..., we have heard feedback regarding how we can: better separate people walking, rolling and biking; provide a transit advantage; and preserve parking and trees."

Read Hennepin County's update on the Lyndale Reconstruction project:
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Cars driving and parked along Lyndale Avenue.
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Wow. Huge turnout. Thank you 🙏
Mark Lindeberg of MnDOT absolutely fighting for his life speaking to people asking to restore the boulevard options Someone in a bicycle helmet looking at MnDOT propaganda Renee Raduenz holding petition signatures fighting for her life talking to people asking her how she sleeps at night Crowded room of TCB supporters
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Lots of people asking about @mndot.mn.gov’s flawed traffic modeling and flawed evaluation criteria.
Inside the Doty room of the library, people milling around easels with project info
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Both this meeting and the one on November 6th are open house style. You can stop by any time between 11am and 1pm.
MnDOT sign in the library by the elevator that says “join us”, other text not legible
October 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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One week left to get merch for becoming a sustaining donor. Don't miss out!

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"enamel pins" with circular "passenger princess" pin pictured with a bus, and a "big bike lobby" pin with a bike on a denim jacket "stickers" with 3 stickers pictured, one that has a bus that says "Get in loser, we're fighting freeways", another that has "Environmentalism without class struggle is just gardening -Chico Mendes" and the third an illustration of a bike with text "on your left" Person in hat looking over shoulder outside by the bus, wearing a t-shirt design on the back saying "Joy Ride" with the an illustrated bus, ink is blue on an eggshell t-shirt person wearing "Big Bike Lobby" t-shirt, with text saying "on your left" and "you'll never drive again" and an illustration of a tricycle. They are posing with their bike and helmet outside
October 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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A BETTER FUTURE IS POSSIBLE IF YOU SHOW UP FOR IT

Rally with us and @twincitiesdsa.org at the second of two public meetings hosted by @mndot.mn.gov
to oppose the removal of the the at-grade/boulevard compatible options.
"Better than 94 Rally to Restore Community Petition Delivery in Support of Twin Cities Boulevard Thursday Nov 6 @ 5:30pm" Wilder Foundation drawn illustratively, with aerial illustrations of pedestrians, a bus, and bikers "A better future is possible if you show up for it."
October 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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A better future is possible if you show up for it.

Can you join us this Thursday for a letter writing party and happy hour at @urbangrowler.bsky.social?

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Letter Writing Party for Twin Cities Boulevard Urban Growler THURS OCT 23 | 5:30-7:30PM image of a handwritten note to Governor Walz on a wooden table with an orange pen
October 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Sustaining donors to help us reach our goal to make streets for people a reality, not an aspiration. Hear why our sustaining donors give to us on a monthly basis.
Illustration of a neighborhood street with text that reads, "Everyone deserves to move safely throughout their communities, whether it be by sitting on a bus, walking down the street, riding a bike, or driving a car. - Leah Enter, Minneapolis" Illustration of a neighborhood street with text that reads, "The more I learned and became invovled, the more I saw how Our Streets helps people understand how interconnected streets are to so many other things: race and redlining, historical opporession and struggles for justice, health, environmental justice, and land use and housing. The way they partner with everyday folks and neighborhood organizations to bring community voice into conversations and decision-making about our streets is truly inspiring. That's why I donate to Our Streets and volunteer when I can, and I encourage you to do so, too! - Chris Vaughan, Minneapolis" Illustration of a neighborhood street with text that reads, "Our Streets' work is worthy of the national attention it has received and I am proud to be able to be a small part of that. No one is doing the level of on-the-ground engagement with communities they're trying to serve like Our Streets around transportation issues. - Ted Duepner"
October 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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📆 Mark your calendars for our October events!

We spent the first two weeks with you at MnDOT's coffee in community, our Street Smarts book club, and/or at our board fundraiser! Spend the rest of your October with us at any or all of these events. See you there 😎

Find event deets in the thread 🧵
October event calendar
October 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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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!

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board member rocking a Our Streets "Joy Ride" shirt with an illustration of a bus
October 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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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
October 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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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
October 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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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...
Surly disc trucker frame, mpls cargo bike library logo, topo designs bike bag, wolf tooth components, freewheel bike logo, cleverhood jacket
October 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM