Minnehaha 3000 community voices transcript

Text on the screen: We asked, what do you hope for the future?

Community member: Honoring the history of the building of the Third Precinct to me means really bringing healing in the space where such tragedy and hopelessness and Injustice was felt.

Community member: And I feel like as a community we can withstand anything. This place should be able to have imprinted his [George Floyd's] name with his photo because it was very important.

Community member: We should use it to heal the people that were the victims.

Lisa: So what might that community space look like for healing? That question needs to be asked, and it needs to be asked of some of the people who have been most deeply affected.

Community member: Making it a place where community members can now make new memories there that can outlive the terrible memories that they had there.

Community member: It should also be a place where youth, our youths, can be able to come and get educated and get Social Services. A place where they can be able to vote.

Community member: If the City is going to make it a Democracy Center, I do hope to see some classes being taught there on how to vote. Because a lot of community members don't even get their voices heard because they don't know how to vote or where to go to vote.

Community member: Some people want it to really serve the people that are affected by poverty. Other people wanted to serve the whole entire Community. I think it should do both. [Laughs]. I'm sure everybody would love it if it can do both.

A Future Democracy Center and Community Space video transcript

The Third Precinct building has been vacant since the murder of George Floyd and the community unrest that followed four years ago. Now the City has a proposal to redevelop the building into a democracy center and a community space. 

For years, our Elections and Voter Services has been housed in a rented industrial office in Northeast Minneapolis. Relocating to 3000 Minnehaha would put us in a central location close to transportation and in one of the lower voter turnout areas of our city. 

We hope this new location will increase voter turnout in the area and make voting more accessible to more Minneapolis residents. 

This proposal also includes an 8,000 ft space dedicated for community use. We know this building has an important history in our city. That's why we want to hear from you.