North Minneapolis (St. Louis Park, Corcoran, Jordan: sales, crime rate, house)

[Camden Northsider]

Originally Posted by 1915Bung

Great Thread.

My wife and I just moved into the Jordon area as owner/occupants and plan on restoring an older home. We are interested in meeting other homeowners in the area. Anyone have any links to groups or sites that would make this possible?

Good for you, welcome to the northside (and the forum)! You'll want to keep your eye on the North News (this will also be mailed to your home every month) for events and happenings in the neighborhood and on the northside. You could also get involved with the Jordan Area Community Council which serves as your local neighborhood organization (see "events" tab on the website). Northway Community Trust is a civic-oriented organization dedicated to improving the quality of life on the Northside so you might want to inquire about volunteering at any events that they sponsor as a vehicle for meeting local residents as well.

And, you may also want to periodically visit the Camden News website's Events Calendar to check out events going on all over the Northside.

Good luck, and feel free to Direct Message me if you think I might be able to help out with anything else.

[randomrun]

it's an old thread, but i wanted to update it anyway...

i (finally) bought my first house

it's in the camden neighborhood, on a quite nice block, with a great view of the cemetary from my front porch.

thanks in part to all of the great info you folks have given out, i am now a proud homeowner in north minneapolis!


(my hands shook a little when i typed that out )

[kuan]

Just want to add that last night I had a great dinner at Sauced.

[Camden Northsider]

Originally Posted by randomrun

it's an old thread, but i wanted to update it anyway...

i (finally) bought my first house

it's in the camden neighborhood, on a quite nice block, with a great view of the cemetary from my front porch.

thanks in part to all of the great info you folks have given out, i am now a proud homeowner in north minneapolis!


(my hands shook a little when i typed that out )

Congrats on your new home and welcome to the area! I think we probably walked right by your house a couple of nights ago (we decided to walk to Folwell park and then around Crystal Lake cemetary for a change) - Folwell's a beautiful park, and the cemetary is beautiful in and of itself.

As I know the general vicinity of where you're at, I think you might be interested in a campaign I am thinking of taking up - it's regarding the new drainage pond/ pathway area on the northside of crystal lake cemetary, which was really a nice and serene addition to the neighborhood (pictures attached below) - I actually lived right next to the cemetary when they first started excavation on the pond. Anyways, on a couple of walks here, we've noticed that there seems to be some irresponsible dog owners in the area (or 1 very profilic one) that don't seem to know how to pick up after their dogs (luckily they seem to be small dogs). I'm planning on calling 3-1-1 to see if it's part of the city's responsibility for clean-up (and/or encouraging park or other police to monitor and issue citations), and possibly making some flyers and putting them up on some of the shiny new lampposts - it bothers me that I can't walk on those paths and enjoy the nice new park area, but instead have to constantly look at my feet to make sure i'm not stepping in a pile.

[randomrun]

i haven't had a chance to walk around the pond yet, but i have driven past a few times....being a dog lover myself, maybe we can petition to get a dog park installed nearby. might encourage folks to let their dogs do their business in a confined area and of course is a good way to meet the neighbors

[nick is rulz]

Originally Posted by randomrun

it's an old thread, but i wanted to update it anyway...

i (finally) bought my first house

it's in the camden neighborhood, on a quite nice block, with a great view of the cemetary from my front porch.

thanks in part to all of the great info you folks have given out, i am now a proud homeowner in north minneapolis!


(my hands shook a little when i typed that out )

are you on Humboldt? I looked at a place off Dowling and Logan last winter on the Folwell/Camden border.

[randomrun]

Yep, I'm on Humboldt

[MRNorthSide]

Welcome, Randomrun!

I just wanted to put in my $0.02: It's probably not the best idea for a single woman to go out walking around at midnight. The people that are out at that time are not usually the same crowd out at midnight in uptown. Anyways, I am sure you will love Camden.

[Veridian]

Originally Posted by randomrun

it's an old thread, but i wanted to update it anyway...

i (finally) bought my first house

it's in the camden neighborhood, on a quite nice block, with a great view of the cemetary from my front porch.

Yay! How exciting! I bought my first house three years ago- it is a wonderful feeling!

Also Camden is lovely. Great housing stock in that area, and I really love Victory Memorial Drive- it's a great drive/bike/walk/etc.

Congratulations

[randomrun]

Thanks!

Hasn't been too terrible, but I was burglarized the fourth day after I moved in . The flip side of that is I was able to meet some of the officers that patrol my neighborhood...they were extremely nice and knowledgable! And of course, my new home was promptly transformed into a fortress...pretty much everything but a moat (you wouldn't believe the zoning rules against moats). Sort of a bittersweet adventure so far.