The Connecting Community project featured art, music and film from Cedar-Riverside in its showcase last weekend.

The film will feature profiles and conversations between youth and elders on the West Bank.

The event focused helping local workers establish direct contracts with Amazon, which officials say will give employees more independence.

Residents hope security upgrades to apartment buildings will deter recent criminal activity from outsiders.

While the project will cause closures, improvements will make the bridge safer for bikers and pedestrians, officials say.

With neighborhood funding, Cuningham Group Architecture plans to install frames around the neighborhood to highlight its culture and history.

Minneapolis and University police departments and the Office for Off-Campus Living are also door knocking and doing outreach to provide students safety information before Spring Jam.

Recent shootings in the neighborhood have drawn residents, businesses, police and officials to the conversation.