By the People: the Neighborhood Revitalization Program
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By the People is a multi-episode look at the twenty years of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP). It was filmed at neighborhood events and meetings by the staff of the Minneapolis Television Network and edited by John Akre.
The six half hour episodes of By the People look at different aspects of the NRP, such as the neighborhood planning process and the way the program builds a sense of community. It also looks at the projects jump-started by the NRP in areas like housing and economic development. The story is told by hundreds of community volunteers who were interviewed at events and meetings starting in the early 1990's.
The NRP was established in 1991 to reinvest in the city's neighborhoods based on plans developed by neighborhood groups. Some of this work was documented for the MTN cable TV program, Minneapolis Neighborhood News, which was produced as a collaboration between the NRP and MTN. Series editor John Akre sifted through the tapes shot to produced the more than 100 episodes of Minneapolis Neighborhood News to create the By the People shows.
By the People: Part One - Minneapolis Neighborhood News 107
This is part one of a multi-part look back at the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program.This piece looks at the process for developing an NRP Neighborhood Action Plan. October 2009. Internet Archive.
By the People: Part Two - Minneapolis Neighborhood News 108
This is part two of a multi-part look back at the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program.This piece looks at neighborhood projects that helped to build a sense of community. December 2009.
By the People - Part Three - Minneapolis Neighborhood News #109
This is the third in a series of shows that look at the story of the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program. This episode, "Revitalized Housing," looks at neighborhood efforts to improve housing conditions in Minneapolis. February 2010.
By the People - Part Four - Minneapolis Neighborhood News #112
This episode of Minneapolis Neighborhood News is the fourth in a series about the history of the NRP. This episode is called "By the People: the NRP, Part 4: Commerce and Collaboration," and looks at efforts to improve commercial corridors. July 2010.
By the People - Part Five - Minneapolis Neighborhood News #114
This episode of Minneapolis Neighborhood News is the ffifth in a series about the history of the NRP. This episode is called "By the People: the NRP, Part 5: Places for Community," and looks at efforts by neighborhoods to create spaces that help build community. October 2010.
By the People - Part Six - Minneapolis Neighborhood News #119
This episode of Minneapolis Neighborhood News is the sixth and last in a series about the history of the NRP. This episode is called "By the People: the NRP, Part 6: Power," and looks at tells the story of the influence and end of the program though the eyes of its director, Bob Miller, and from many city residents who were empowered by the program. December 2011.
This is a series of programs looking back at the twenty years of the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program. MTN producers John Akre and Karen Haselman, and other MTN staff and volunteers, taped neighborhood meetings and events over the years for the Minneapolis Neighborhood News magazine show. The video from this vast archives was then used to develop this series.