District 10 Como Community Council

The Como Community Council exists for YOU, our Como neighbor! We're your vehicle for community engagement: a trusted messenger of information, a conduit to the city and county, and a hub for events to stay connected to neighbors and to improve the neighborhood we love so much.

Your donation keeps this good work going!

In 2024, D10 has:

• We continued our Community Engagement Program, anchored by events in each of our four subdistricts. In total, we got to meet over 2,000 neighbors at these events, including: 
  • February's Blizzard Breakfast at North Dale Rec, where 450 community members enjoyed free breakfast, bonfire and s'mores, live music, and a market of local COMO makers.
  • May's Pick Up and Party at Orchard Rec, where 225 came for a free Community BBQ, pick-up soccer, kid's craft, live music, and Sweet Frucci's Ice Cream.
  • June's Como Homo Pride Event at Como Lakeside Pavilion, which grew to 150 attendees for live music, a costume contest, and face painting.
  • July's Ice Cream Social at the Streetcar Station had a record-breaking 700 attendees for Kiwanis malts, three music acts, crafts, bubbles, birds from the Raptor Center, and the Eggroll Queen Food truck.
  • October's Harvest Festival at Tilden Park, where 350 attendees voted in the community Pie Contest, learned about urban sustainability, and participated in a building workshop.
• We've sent our Newsletter every week to over 2,100 subscribers , maintaining an over 60% open rate and over 20,000 clicks!
• We've held 21 community meetings with over 400 attendees to plan our initiatives and discuss prescient neighborhood and regional topics. Between meetings we've been hosting monthly Community Socials at Como Lakeside Pavilion and Half-Time Rec, providing a less formal way for our board and community members to connect.
• In partnership with Capitol Region Watershed District, we planned four Lake Como cleanups where 150 volunteers helped remove 275 pounds of trash from our lake and surrounding paths, in the Fall we're coordinating a Curb Cleanup that last year prevented 2.89 Tons of curly leaf pondweed from blooming in the lake.
• In partnership with the Saint Paullinators and Minnesota Board of Water & Soil Resources' Lawns to Legumes program, we completed our project that planted 15 boulevard gardens and pollinator gardens at Orchard Rec and the long-vacant Front and Jameson lot. We're beginning a new partnership with the Bee Line, MnSEED, and Frogtown Green that will plant an additional 25 gardens in Como!
• The Como Neighborhood History Project has continued to collect oral histories and research our neighborhood, including a partnership with St. Kate's Summer Scholars.
• We've published 19 Know Your Como Stories written by volunteers who interviewed their neighbors, local business owners, and researched neighborhood history.
• In partnership with Como Zoo and Conservatory and the American Red Cross, we've held four blood drives that collected 193 units of blood from 185 donors, totaling 710 units and 693 donors since we began the partnership in 2021.
• In partnership with the City of St. Paul, we anchored the Citywide Drop-Off at Fairgrounds. 500 people dropped off items large and small for safe disposal.

With your support, we'll reach even more neighbors and do even more good in the coming year. Thank you for considering a donation to your small but mighty neighborhood organization!

And PS, you can view all of our upcoming events here on our website: https://district10comopark.org/events/

All D10 events are free to the community and include food, live music, family activities, local organization tabling, and an aspect unique to the event (pie contest, ice cream social, community clean up, or a pancake breakfast). We partner with local organizations to continually improve these events and make them even more accessible to all of the neighbors who call Como home.

In order to host these events and keep them relevant to our increasingly diverse community, we need financial support to keep planning and growing our reach in the neighborhood.