Neighborhood Advocate Gifts

'Quick, Lassie! Our modest neighborhood is being gentrified! Get help!'

"Domingo has lots of good ideas on how to improve our city and make it safer for our children. He actually has a plan that makes a lot of sense."

'I'm afraid the cuts are beginning to bite!'

The stages of gentrification: a guide

'Best watchdog I ever had!'

"Harold - We gotta come up with tag names and go over it - That's how we reclaim our block."

Progress.

'Right...so that's pages 1-6 on 'teenage thus run rampage', 7-9 on 'man sued £25,000 for cleaning neighbours path', the middle spread on...'

Never on Sunday

"Hello. . . I'm new in town. Do you know where the local police station is? - I need to sign in. . !"

"Anything in Mr, Rogers' neighborhood?"

'Happy Town' See the smiley face?

'Good morning, Mr. Miller. I'll cut your grass for ten dollars.'

Location, Location, Location - Next 3 exits.

"Our state made the list for being on the most lists."

'Hey! Roll a mile in my shoes!'

Empty shops.

The American school

'That's Burt. Some developer made him an offer for his park bench he couldn't refuse.'

"There exists within each of us the infinite potential to become the neighbor from hell."

Neighborhood hygiene

The Thought Really Doesn't Count

City Council: 'It's a sweet deal- we permit their mall, and they build our new high school within!'

Cycle Lane

Giant Cannon in the Suburbs

From learning how to use an oven to overthrowing the system.

'Hello, I've just moved in next door. Can I borrow some sugar please?'

Neighbourhood watch and slug watch.

"Hey mister, your dogs have been chasing the neighborhood kids on bikes."

You can redo my garden. Just don't hurt the deer! Ok. We'll rip out the shrubs they eat. We'll replace them and replant your flower beds with varieties they don't. Terrific! Here's my estimate. I hear the homeless shelter serves venison.

Sketchy Neighborhood

Community Complaints Redress Mechanisms Bureaucracy

'Well, that ties up the inventory of our new neighbours' possessions.'

Cut and Paste.

One in ten Minnesotans live with hunger.