Search for Shelter (SFS)

Our proposal for the former K-Mart site prioritizes cost-effective, community-driven development aligned with neighborhood and city goals. Recommendations include retaining city ownership of the land, establishing a housing fund to help first-time owners, dividing the site into smaller parcels to encourage local developers, integrating green space throughout the entire site, acquiring adjacent properties for connectivity to the Greenway, adopting efficient low-cost housing models, incentivizing sustainable development, and reconnecting Nicollet Avenue. This approach aims to create a vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable urban environment in line with Minneapolis’ vision for equitable development.

Drawings from AIA Search for Shelter were done by Joseph Hang and Yaqi “Julie” Zhu supported, in full, by Bush Foundation Ecosystem Grand Funds.

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