38th Street Resilience

Support the work we're doing with partners in our community along the 38th Street corridor, which includes our new home on Cedar Avenue. 

Working in partnership with the Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center (CAFAC),  Central Area Neighborhood Development Organization (CANDO),  Corcoran Neighborhood Organization, Standish-Ericsson Neighborhood Association and Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association, Metro Blooms is raising matching funds to support area businesses and organizations in creating new art, landscape and plantings to unify and celebrate this cultural district. 100% of funds raised through this campaign will be invested directly into art and landscape projects along 38th street in the corridor from George Floyd Square to Cedar Avenue. 

Please partner with us to support our community and share your commitment with others!

Read a blog post about some of the work being done. The sculptures below, by Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center, feature art pieces created by community members.

Metro Blooms partners with communities to create resilient landscapes and foster clean watersheds, embracing the values of equity and inclusion to solve environmental challenges.

A bit more about us: Metro Blooms  helps people take action at their home, whether that’s a house, an apartment building, or a neighborhood, to help clean our lakes and rivers and to support pollinators — making the green spaces in our communities more sustainable, accessible, and beautiful, and ensuring that our work benefits those communities that have suffered from environmental harm.

How do we do our work? Through partnership. We partner with residents, community groups, local governments, nonprofits, nurseries and landscapers and volunteer groups to share information and provide resources, technical and physical assistance to create more resilient landscapes and resilient communities, protecting our water resources, creating habitat for wildlife and strengthening social connection through equitable engagement. This includes cost-share programs like the 38th street resilience project that help residents and long-standing small businesses improve their property through plantings, raingardens, trees, and beautiful landscapes. It also includes working with residents in affordable housing communities to redesign their shared outdoor spaces for better health and quality of life. Our partners also support our Blue Thumb workshops to share information and resources for people to learn about and install these practices themselves, including our sustainable landcare training for young adults and entrepreneurs to access career pathways to green infrastructure. 

Just as we strive to ensure our communities are proud of their homes, we have found a new home, our very own building at 3747 Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis, and are striving to create a safe, welcoming, and inspirational space. It is just blocks from the community center where we were based for many years. Our new home will allow us to deepen our roots and to continue to grow our mission.

We are reaching more people and communities than ever before. The work to protect Minnesota’s lakes, rivers and pollinators, creating resilient landscapes that are responsive to our communities  starts with each of us. Your contribution helps us all get there together.