Introducing the Southwest Business Association
The Nicollet-East Harriet Business Association would like to introduce you to our new name. Taking a cue from our expanded service area and our popular “Experience Southwest” brand, the organization is excited to announce its new name: the Southwest Business Association.
Those of us who call Southwest Minneapolis home are proud of our neighborhoods. We are drawn to this area for a couple of key reasons, one of which is the healthy and vibrant independently owned small shops and restaurants that flourish in small pockets throughout our area. These businesses are owned by our fellow neighbors and employ Minneapolitans, and if you frequent them you likely have met and built a relationship with the owner. They support our local schools and communities because they are a part of them. They help define our walkable and bikeable neighborhoods. Our local businesses are as much an amenity as are our public parks.
This vibrant and healthy small business economy didn’t just happen organically or by chance. Beginning in 2006, a group of local business owners had a vision to improve our local business districts and formed the Nicollet-East Harriet Business Association. This group of businesses originally resided on or near Nicollet Avenue in the East Harriet Farmstead neighborhood. Their combined effort, along with grants from the City of Minneapolis’ Great Streets program, made a vast difference in the community changing corners such as 38th and Nicollet into local and regional destinations.
As the years have gone on, the Association has grown to take on larger issues, significantly expanded its service area and assisted businesses from the much broader Southwest Minneapolis area with over 200 business members. Association leadership recognized that a change in name was needed in order to more accurately reflect its members and purpose. We are pleased to announce the Nicollet-East Harriet Business Association will now be known as the Southwest Business Association.
Neighbors will still find our local event and business listings at www.experiencesouthwest.com. Businesses and other individuals interested in learning more about Association initiatives can click on “members” at www.experiencesouthwest.com, visit www.swba.experiencesouthwest.com directly, or email staff at info@experiencesouthwest.com. Phone and address remain the same.
Southwest Business Association
PO Box 8932
Minneapolis, MN 55408
612.823.3472
info@experiencesouthwest.com
www.experiencesouthwest.com
