More than 300 people went on the “Get to NoMi” home tour on Sunday, February 14; there were 40 open houses on the tour ready to be checked out.
Below is a proclamation issued by Minneapolis Mayor, R. T. Rybak, which proclaimed Sunday, February 14, 2010, “Get to NoMi Day” in the City of Minneapolis
Whereas, NoMi is a grassroots collaborative marketing campaign whose boosters are devoted to the health and well-being of North Minneapolis; and
Whereas, NoMi is comprised of elected leaders, public servants, neighborhood organizations, the Northside business community, and private citizens; and
Whereas, NoMi is to Minneapolis as “SOHO” is to New York – a branding campaign based in positive attitude, pluck, creativity, and seizing the opportunities that lie before our community, including our great parks, arts, and housing stock; and
Whereas, NoMi is re-branding North Minneapolis as a haven for artists, young professionals, families and upstart, can-do citizens and businesses committed to progress and urban vitality, welcoming to all races and cultures; and
Whereas, NoMi believes that North Minneapolis is fantastic community with a strong, diverse and affordable housing stock, from older houses built in the Victorian, Tudor and Arts and Craft style to new houses along the Humboldt Greenway; and
Whereas, NoMi, as a collaborative campaign, saw the issues created by vacant and foreclosed homes in its community and started the “Get to NoMi” home tour three years ago to attract new homeowners to the thirteen NoMi neighborhoods; and
Whereas, NoMi, after two years of well-attended home tours, decided to set a goal of expanding the home tour from 5 homes to 20 homes per tour in 2010; and
Whereas, NoMi, after extensive outreach and many volunteer hours, has successfully organized a home tour of 40 homes on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2010 called the “Get to NoMi and Fall in Love” tour;
Therefore Be It Resolved that, in honor of this accomplishment, I, Mayor R.T. Rybak, hereby proclaims Sunday, February 14, 2010, “Get to NoMi Day” in the City of Minneapolis.
