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OUR VALUE STATEMENTS Diversity and Representation. The neighborhood’s cultural diversity is its greatest strength. The Alliance will be an organization of leaders representative of our diverse community. Non-Displacement. The Alliance’s efforts will be aimed at improving conditions for existing Strengths-Based Approach. Rice & Larpenteur has many positive qualities and assets. All efforts by the Alliance will build upon and celebrate neighborhood strengths. 2020 HIGHLIGHTS • Launched Community-Based Advisory Board with 50 members representing neighborhood residents, • Created Business Improvement Grant Program to support Rice & Larpenteur businesses with facade, signage, landscaping, public art, and outdoor seating projects. • Connected local businesses and residents with COVID-19 relief programs. • Distributed Stay-At-Home Kits to local families with school and art supplies, household goods, groceries, and more. • Hosted the Rice & LarpenTOUR outdoor community event with activities throughout • Created four new public art installations and adopted a Public Art Implementation Plan. • Signage Plan. • Installed public garbage and recycling bins and worked with local businesses to maintain the bins and reduce litter.* • Celebrated newly rebuilt Larpenteur Avenue including lane reduction, pedestrian refuge islands, bump outs, crossing beacon, crosswalks, sidewalk, and bicycle lanes. • Celebrated the addition of new sidewalks, pedestrian ramps, crossing improvements, and tree plantings, as part of Saint Paul’s Safe Routes to School program around Washington Technology Magnet. • Hosted a Gift N’ Go event to celebrate the holiday season and distribute $500 worth of Cub Foods Gift Cards, Masks, Hand Sanitizer, and other goodies. • Published a Rice & Larpenteur Shopping Guide to promote and support local businesses during this challenging time. • Welcomed two new family-owned restaurants to the neighborhood. • Successfully advocated for increased busing service along Rice Street and for the prioritization of the Rice-Robert Bus Rapid Transit line. *Thank you to Adopt-A-Bin partners: AE Sign Systems, Allie Chiropractic Clinic, Groceries and Nepali Kitchen, Hamernick’s Interior Solutions, McCarrons Lake Chiropractic, McCarrons Pub and Grill, MyThrift Store/DNK Management, Noble Tobacco, Saint Paul Regional Water Services, Wilebski’s Blues Saloon