The Corcoran Neighborhood

The Corcoran Neighborhood is situated in the heart of south Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is bounded by East Lake Street to the north, East 36th Street to the south, Hiawatha Avenue to the east, and Cedar Avenue to the west. 

The Corcoran Neighborhood Organization 
The Corcoran Neighborhood Organization (CNO) was founded in 1975 around a single issue: residents wanted a park on the site of the former Corcoran Elementary School, and they got it. Since then, the organization has improved the look and feel or our neighborhood and provided opportunities for everyone to get involved. CNO remains strong and the neighborhood continues to be a unique place to live, work, and raise families.

CNO’s sustainability statement
As we aspire to move toward a truly sustainable urban community, the Corcoran Neighborhood Organization will mindfully put the principles of seventh generation thinking into practice in order to create a more socially, economically and culturally vibrant urban neighborhood. Our aim is to create within the city of Minneapolis an urban village that is connected to nature and the cycles of the seasons, restorative by design, thoughtful and compassionate in use of natural and social capital, and conscious of its stewardship for future generations.

CNO Purpose 
CNO exists to address community issues that affect the Corcoran neighborhood. CNO is a non-partisan information source, spokesperson and advocate for the community on civic affairs, and strives to alert community members to items of particular interest which may have either a positive or negative impact on the community.