Metro Blooms

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Location
38th Street Commercial Corridor (Bloomington to 3rd Street)
Status
completed
Timeline
2020-2022
Funding
City of Minneapolis CPED: Great Streets Business District Support grant; Northeast Bank; donations
Partners & Contractors
Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center
Project type
Commercial
Program
Commercial Corridors
Tags
38th Street Great Streets, art, community engagement, pollinator plantings
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Great Streets 38th Street

Metro Blooms and art partner Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center (CAFAC) worked with local businesses and community organizations to add pollinator plantings and pollinator-themed art along the 38th Street commercial corridor. Projects included planters at Mama Sheila’s House of Soul, native plantings and sculptural art work at Everett’s Foods, Cedar Small Engine Repair, HardShell Fitness amd Southside Commons, and planters at Lucy’s Market & Carryout, Duck Duck Coffee and Onyx Coffee. We also worked on our first “green wall,” a sculpture that acts as a framework for pollinator-friendly flower planters, for the Goodridge building at George Floyd Square. Community members contributed to this work by creating metal art pieces at public events for this project, and the pieces were incorporated into the artwork!

blanket flower in garden in front of building Sculpture in small garden planting in front of wall with store sign red planter with native flowers near red pergola metal artwork in chainlink fence

Metro Blooms
Grow. Bloom. Inspire!

We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, our EIN is 41-1358663. See our Guidestar profile here.

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