Give to the Max is a statewide outpouring of support for thousands of nonprofits and schools across Minnesota! This year's date is on Thursday, November 19.
Stevens Square Community Organization has taken part of Give to the Max this year. Stevens Square Community Organization was founded in 1975, Stevens Square Community Organization (SSCO) is the official civic and social organization serving the Stevens Square-Loring Heights neighborhood, lying just south of Minneapolis’s downtown zone and home to a dense community of residents and historic buildings. Many of the area’s brownstone apartment complexes were constructed almost exactly a century ago, and were originally home to middle-class office workers and sales people, many of them single women, who provided services to a rapidly growing urban center.
Following the post-war flight of the middle class to the suburbs, by the 1990s the area gained a reputation for crime and crumbling infrastructure. Thanks to investments from the City’s Neighborhood Revitalization Program and an especially active community of neighborhood volunteers, the Stevens Square-Loring Heights neighborhood is now a vibrant and eminently walkable working-class community featuring a rare concentration of naturally occurring affordable housing. The well-preserved brownstone buildings remain a unique window into the city’s heritage set against the downtown skyline.
Your donation allows us to do our best work supporting everyone in the the Stevens Square-Loring Heights neighborhood through activities like:
- Community-building events like Cinema & Civics, Red Hot Art Festival, and National Night Out
- Official community meetings where we facilitate grassroots information exchange and decision-making about issues impacting our neighborhood
- Citizen-led Block Patrol promoting safety with eyes on the street for 20+ years
-An innovative Rental Rebate program encouraging the large numbers of renters in our neighborhood to get involved and get a discount on their rent
- Our Greening programs like Community Gardening and the Farmer’s Market
And more!