Our goal is to open the South Minneapolis Community Safety Center in 2026.

Design work is finished for the safety center.

Contract goes to City Council for approval of the architecture and design firm.

Phase one services narrowed down.

Request for proposal issued for architecture and design firm.

• We shared the report about what we heard from community members in the spring.
• Request for information issued.
  • Service providers could tell us how they might provide services in the safety center.

We finished buying the property at 2633 Minnehaha Ave.

The 90-day due diligence period begins.

During this time, the City will perform:

• Property inspections
• Environmental testing
• More actions as needed

The due diligence period ends April 15, 2024.

• $10 million in funding towards these efforts became available January 1, 2024.
• On January 26, we signed the purchase agreement for 2633 Minnehaha Ave property. 

• The Minneapolis City Council gave approval to purchase 2633 Minnehaha Ave.
• We will use this property for the South Minneapolis Community Safety Center.
• The Safety Center will have the 3rd Precinct police station. It'll have other community services and resources as well.