Phillips is a community in

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, just south of downtown. Traditionally, it was both a community and a neighborhood (in Minneapolis, a ''neighborhood'' is a subdivision of a ''community''). Phillips is a diverse area in many ways: its population includes people of many nationalities; it has a mix of residential, commercial and industrial uses; and it is home to several large employers such as Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Wells Fargo Mortgage and Allina Health Care Services, along with small neighborhood businesses.

History

On May 9, 2002, Phillips neighborhood was subdivided into four smaller neighborhoods. The official neighborhoods are now known as Ventura Village, Phillips West, East Phillips, and Midtown Phillips. Though not an officially designated neighborhood, Phillips also includes the

Little Earth Little Earth is a residential housing area in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States that is home to nearly 1,500 people, many of whom are Native American. The residential housing association at Little Earth considers itself a united people o ...

residential area. The boundaries of the Phillips community are

Interstate 94 Interstate 94 (I-94) is an east–west Interstate Highway connecting the Great Lakes and northern Great Plains regions of the United States. Its western terminus is just east of Billings, Montana, at a junction with I-90; its eastern ter ...

to the north,

Hiawatha Avenue Minnesota State Highway 55 (MN 55) is a state highway that runs across the central part of state taking a diagonal route from its western most at the North Dakota state line near Tenney to its easternmost point at the intersection with U.S. H ...

to the east, Lake Street to the south, and Interstate 35W to the west. Phillips contains part of

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Ward 6, represented by Jamal Osman, and Ward 9, represented by Jason Chavez. The neighborhood was named after

Wendell Phillips Wendell Phillips (November 29, 1811 – February 2, 1884) was an American abolitionist, labor reformer, temperance activist, advocate for Native Americans, orator, and attorney. According to George Lewis Ruffin, a black attorney, Phillip ...

, a 19th century abolitionist. It was in this neighborhood that the

American Indian Movement The American Indian Movement (AIM) is an Native Americans in the United States, American Indian grassroots movement which was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in July 1968, initially centered in urban areas in order to address systemic issues ...

was founded in 1968. The $189 million redevelopment of the vacant Sears building at Chicago Avenue and Lake Street into a mixed-use development of offices, hotel, retail and housing located in Midtown Phillips is one of the most important projects undertaken in the city in recent times. At the east side of the community, along the Hiawatha Avenue transit corridor, the

Little Earth Trail Little Earth Trail is an approximately , multi-use bicycle path in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, that links several neighborhoods, parks, businesses, and trails in the Phillips community. The trail begins at its northern end near the i ...

connects many smaller neighborhoods, parks, businesses, and multi-use trails.

References

External links

Minneapolis Neighborhood Profile - Phillips Community

A PDF map
(dated February 2005) of the Community, showing all four neighborhood's boundaries.
Phillips Neighborhood Network

Phillips Neighbors Forum
- Neighborhood e-mail list and forum
''The Alley''
Phillips Neighborhood newspaper {{Minneapolis neighborhoods Communities in Minneapolis