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Prospect Park Neighborhood Website credits

The Prospect Park Neighborhood website, managed by PPA (formerly PPERRIA), was one of the first on the web (1994) and was incubated at U of M's Center for Urban & Regional Affairs (CURA) using the Twin Cities Freenet (now defunct) before the Internet became commerical on April 1, 1995.

The PPA Neighborhood Web Team: Andy Mickel (webmaster), Liza Davitch, Lynn Von Korff, Mary Britton.

Past contributors: Jeff Abuzzahab, Eric Amel, Joyce Barta, Jessica Buchberger, Steve Cross, Paula Denman, John DeWitt, Diana Dukich, Susan Gottlieb, Del Hampton, John Holmquist, Nellie Jerome, Bill Kahn, Tom Kilton, Mary Alice Kopf, Elisabeth Miller, Karen Murdock, Jake Nassif, Sarah Nassif, Jan Nelson, Richard Poppele, Joe Rockers, Serafina Scheel, Johnathan Schuster, Stacy Sorenson, Kenzie Turner, Cheryl Vollhaber, Julia Wallace, John Wike, Lois Willand, Lindsey Wollschlager, Betts Zerby.

Modification History (revision, date, name, description):

2019-2023

Revised, 2023-12-04. Andy Mickel, Post December PPA NL; update home page and PPA NL page.
Revised, 2023-11-18. Andy Mickel, Post November PPA NL; update home page and PPA NL page.
Revised, 2023-10-19. Andy Mickel, Post Mid-October PPA NL; update home page and PPA NL page.
Revised, 2023-10-06. Andy Mickel, Post October PPA NL; update home page and PPA NL page.
Revised, 2023-09-19. Andy Mickel, Post September PPA NL; update home page and PPA NL page.
Revised, 2023-08-25. Andy Mickel, Post mid-August PPA NL; update home page and PPA NL page.
Revised, 2023-08-02, Andy Mickel, Post PPA August NL, update home page, ice-cream social event page, Luxton park events.
Revised, 2023-07-02, Andy Mickel, Post 2 recent Environment 25% by 2025 articles to Environment Committee page; add Jackson Family Playground at Pratt dedication to Pratt Education pages.
Revised, 2023-07-02, Andy Mickel, Post PPA July NL; add PPA Board and Committee minutes and PPA 2023 Annual Report. Update Tower, Parks&Rec, and Welcome Packet pages.
Revised, 2023-06-28, Post PPA mid-June NL and add National Night Out Event with 4th Street Community Festival & Cultural Gardening Gathering.
Revised, 2023-06-15, Post PPA June NL and update PPA Board Members page.
Revised, 2023-06-08, Andy Mickel, Upload PDF map for Yard Sales & Garden Walk; modify Home, Garden Walk & Yard Sales page text and add link.
Revised, 2023-06-02, Andy Mickel, Create new Welcome Packet section under Our Neighborhood/Residents; update navigation on all pages; Create PDF versions of Winter 2022 and Spring 2023 Welcome Packet for download.
Revised, 2023-05-30, Andy Mickel, Add PPA Board Meeting and Committee Meeting minutes from 2023.
Revised, 2023-05-18, Andy Mickel, Post PPA board member candidate profiles.
Revised, 2023-05-05. Andy Mickel, Post PPA May NL; notice of PPA Annual meeting and board elections
Revised, 2023-04-26. Andy Mickel, Post Yard Sales event on home page; modify Yard Sales and Garden Walk events pages; Add FOTHP memo on the Tower.
Revised, 2023-04-14. Andy Mickel, Post PPA mid-April NL; PPA Board Member Elections candidate profiles.
Revised, 2023-04-06. Andy Mickel, Post PPA April NL; notice of PPA Annual meeting and board elections.
Revised, 2023-03-27. Andy Mickel, Add mid-March PPA NL to website.
Revised, 2023-03-20. Andy Mickel, Update home page with notice of no Pratt Ice Cream Social this year.
Revised, 2023-03-03. Andy Mickel, Post PPA March NL; notice of Earth Day Cleanup. PPA Board Elections in May.
Revised, 2023-02-09. Andy Mickel, Post PPA February and mini-January NLs; notice of Fire & Ice event, March, 2023 PPA Meeting on home page; update PPA Board and Community meeting schedule for 2023.
Revised, 2022-12-13. Andy Mickel, Post PPA mini-December NL; notice of New Year's Eve Luminarias event, January PPA Meeting on home page.
Revised, 2022-12-05. Andy Mickel, Post notice of Prospect Park Welcome Packet on home page.
Revised, 2022-11-11. Andy Mickel, Post PPA November NL; update home page.
Revised, 2022-10-18. Andy Mickel, Post PPA October NL; update home page.
Revised, 2022-09-22. Andy Mickel. Post PPA mid-September NL; update home page; update Harvest Fest events page.
Revised, 2022-09-02. Andy Mickel. Post PPA September NL; update home page; update PPA Board and Board Members pages with Equity Engagement Plan 2022. Add committee and board minutes.
Revised, 2022-08-20. Andy Mickel. Create new Renter Resources Page and preserve information created on the blog; update PPA By-Laws and Member Grievance Policy. Update references to PPA Annual Neighborhood Meeting (from old NeighborFest) in PPA section (board, monthly meetings, etc.) and in Events index.
Revised, 2022-08-02. Andy Mickel. Post PPA August NL; update home page; add entries to Computers area of Business-Retail section of Community Guide.
Revised, 2022-07-22. Andy Mickel. Post PPA mid-July NL; update home page NL links.
Revised, 2022-07-20. Andy Mickel. Add recent PPA Board and Transportation and Safety Committee minutes to website.
Revised, 2022-07-15. Andy Mickel. Update PPA Staff page with history of funding going back to 1980 and PPERRIA; create slideshow of 2022 Eco-tour event photos taken by Liza Davitch on Eco-Tour event page.
Revised, 2022-07-08. Andy Mickel. Post PPA July NL; update home page events including notice of Proposed new PPA By-Laws.
Revised, 2022-07-07. Andy Mickel. Post PPA mid-June NL; update home page NL links.
Revised, 2022-06-17. Andy Mickel. Post Yard Sales & Eco-Tour map to home page and Yard Sales and Eco Tour event pages.
Revised, 2022-06-11. Andy Mickel. Post PPA June NL; update home page events. Publicize Eco-Events for weekend of June 18th & 19th.
Revised, 2022-06-10. Andy Mickel. Create Jackson Memorial Playground at Pratt School webpage (slideshow to follow); update PPA Board page listing current and newly elected board members. Correct 2 errors on Board Meetings page.
Revised, 2022-05-10. Andy Mickel. Post PPA May NL; update home page events.
Revised, 2022-05-03. Andy Mickel. Post candidate profiles, ballot link, etc. for PPA Annual Meeting and Board Member Election; post date of June PPA Board meeting.
Revised, 2022-04-26. Andy Mickel. Update Garden Walk & Plant Sale; Yard Sales; and Ice Cream Social Events pages + Events overview page.
Revised, 2022-04-19. Andy Mickel. Update PPA Board Member Expectations & Responsibilities document; update links on board and board-member-election pages; update home page to elevate notice of Annual Meeting and Board Member Election.
Revised, 2022-04-05 Andy Mickel. Post PPA April NL; update home page events; update PPA committee minutes pages.
Revised, 2022-03-24 Andy Mickel. Post PPA mid-March NL; update home page NL links.
Revised, 2022-03-12 Andy Mickel. Create new PPA Board Election and restore Annual Meeting pages. update global navigation on all 112 pages; Create PPA Board subnavigation section; Update home page with PPA Board Election Box.
Revised, 2022-03-08 Andy Mickel. Post PPA March NL; update home page events.
Revised, 2022-02-25 Andy Mickel. Add Earth Day event to home page and update Earth Day Event and Parks & Rec pages.
Revised, 2022-02-09, Andy Mickel. Move and augment Donate box on home page; Update Donate page; add Adopt-A-Drain advisory to home page;
Revised, 2022-02-08, Andy Mickel. Post PPA Febuary NL; SE Seniors workshops; Add Council Member Robyn Wonsley Worlobah's contact information to the Neighborhood Directory; Add PPA Committee minutes.
Revised, 2022-01-06, Andy Mickel. Post PPA January NL; publicize Fire & Ice Festival and SE Seniors workshops; Add Liza Davitch pictures to 2021 New Year's Eve Luminarias page.
Revised, 2021-12-22, Andy Mickel. Create New Year's Eve Luminarias page.
Revised, 2021-12-04, Andy Mickel. Post PPA December NL; publicize February Fire & Ice Festival, Feb 5th.
Revised, 2021-11-03, Andy Mickel. Post PPA November NL; publicize Give to the Max Day, November, 18th.
Revised, 2021-10-28, Andy Mickel. Replace PPA Board Conflict of Interest Policy (also supercedes Code of Ethics Policy for PPA Board Members).
Revised, 2021-10-27, Andy Mickel. Post 16 sets of Board and Committee minutes from May to September 2021. Update Board page to designate better term descriptions and correct officer positions.
Revised, 2021-10-20, Andy Mickel. Post PPA mid-October NL.
Revised, 2021-10-18, Andy Mickel. Update About Prospect Park page; upload Approved Prospect Park Unified Project Design Standards 2021-02-22 document.
Revised, 2021-10-05, Andy Mickel. Post PPA October NL.
Revised, 2021-09-30, Update fall events;
Revised, 2021-09-11, Revise NL item re: Clean Sweep cancellation; update home page events.
Revised, 2021-09-08, Andy Mickel. Post PPA September NL.
Revised, 2021-08-09, Andy Mickel. Post PPA August NL; Neighborhood Clean Sweep Event; move PPA NL subscription to more prominent place on home page; add committee minutes.
Revised, 2021-08-02, Andy Mickel. Post PPA Special Election info; revised Prospect Park Renters' Task Group info; Revised PPA Grievance Procedure.
Revised, 2021-07-29, Andy Mickel. New National Night Out information.
Revised, 2021-07-22, Andy Mickel. Upload mid-June PPA Newsletter.
Revised, 2021-07-14, Andy Mickel. Add PPA July 2021 newsletter, revised home page events; update NNO info; add PPA Board and Committee minutes for Spring.
Revised, 2021-06-24, Andy Mickel. Upload mid-June PPA Newsletter.
Revised, 2021-06-24, Andy Mickel. Create Yard Sales map PDF; upload to home and Yard Sales event pages.
Revised, 2021-06-22, Andy Mickel. Resize 26-by-25 image for Event box on home page; add link to Environment Committee page.
Revised, 2021-06-17, Andy Mickel. Add Garden Walk Map & Brochure to home page and to Garden Walk Events page.
Revised, 2021-06-14, Andy Mickel. Update restaurant list in Community Guide-Business/Retail.
Revised, 2021-06-03, Andy Mickel. Add PPA June 2021 newsletter.
Revised, 2021-05-22, Andy Mickel. Add May PPA mid-month NL.
Revised, 2021-05-11, Andy Mickel. Add recent/missing PPA Committee/Task Group minutes to website: Community Building, Environment, Finance/Admin, Transportation & Safety, Land Use, and PPA Board & Community meetings.
Revised, 2021-05-10, Andy Mickel. Misc updates: Yard Sales, home page, PPA address on PPA page; add student rep to PPA board list.
Revised, 2021-05-03, Andy Mickel. Add PPA May 2021 newsletter.
Revised, 2021-04-30, Andy Mickel. Update Garden Walk information on home page and Garden Walk events page.
Revised, 2021-04-22, Andy Mickel. Add April PPA mid-month NL; update events on home page.
Revised, 2021-04-02, Andy Mickel. Add PPA approved committee meeting minutes for February, 2021; update Ice Cream Social Event information. Change PPA address to: P.O. Box 141095 on all pages.
Revised, 2021-04-02, Andy Mickel. Add PPA April 2021 newsletter.
Revised, 2021-03-24, Andy Mickel. Add updated Earth Day event information; update June Yard Sale Days & Garden Walk event information. Update main Events page to reflect most recent 2021 information.
Revised, 2021-03-22, Andy Mickel. Add PPA mid-March 2021 newsletter.
Revised, 2021-03-02, Andy Mickel. Add Community Ed classes to home page.
Revised, 2021-03-01, Andy Mickel. Add PPA March 2021 newsletter.
Revised, 2021-02-26, Andy Mickel. Add events from March PPA Newsletter: Earth Day, Renters SubCommittee, SE Malcolm Ave @ Pratt School traffic calming. Add new LRT park to Parks & Rec page; add next PPA Bd Mtg date on home page; update Earth Day and Fire & Ice pages.
Revised, 2021-02-16, Andy Mickel. Post Energy Audit initiative; results of Neighborhood Safety Workshop series on Home Page.
Revised, 2021-02-16, Andy Mickel. Post latest PPA board meeting and committee meeting minutes: Community Building, Finance, Land Use, Transportation.
Revised, 2021-02-09, Andy Mickel. Post PPA February 2021 Newsletter.
Revised, 2021-01-28, Andy Mickel. Post PPA December 2020 and January 2021 Newsletters; post February PPA Bd Mtg date on home page.
Revised, 2021-01-20, Andy Mickel. Update Community Guide/Government entries.
Revised, 2020-12-23, Andy Mickel. Update home page events: PP Nhood Safety Workshop Series; Fire & Ice Festival Dates; PPA Board Meeting Dates, Fire & Ice Events page.
Revised, 2020-12-14, Andy Mickel. Upload recent PPA Board & Committee meeting minutes.
Revised, 2020-11-24, Andy Mickel. Edit content of Community Building Cmte page per Liza Davitch.
Revised, 2020-11-22, Andy Mickel. Add Renters Subcommittee entry on PPA Committees overview page.
Revised, 2020-11-18. Andy Mickel. Update PPA Board members & officers and PPA staff pages.
Revised, 2020-10-31, Andy Mickel. Post PPA November Newsletter. Add Board and Committee meeting minutes for August and September. Update Home page events.
Revised, 2020-10-02, Andy Mickel. Create meeting minutes page on PPA Environment Committee Blog; Post mtg minutes PDFs 2018-2020 to PPA Environment Committee page. Post additional minutes to PPA Transportation/Safety, PPA LandUse/Planning, PPA Board of Directors pages.
Revised, 2020-10-01, Andy Mickel. Post PPA October Newsletter & updated PPA Board of Directors list & election results; update Clean Sweep page to include Litter Be Gone event.
Revised, 2020-09-29, Andy Mickel. Post Litter Be Gone event for October 3rd.
Revised, 2020-09-18, Andy Mickel. Post mid-month PPA September Newsletter.
Revised, 2020-09-02, Andy Mickel. Post PPA September Newsletter & revised PPA Board Candidate Profiles.
Revised, 2020-09-01, Andy Mickel. Update home and Neighborfest pages; add Board and Committee meeting minutes for July and August.
Revised, 2020-09-01, Andy Mickel. Create Homeowner & Renter resource links in Community Guide.
Revised, 2020-08-24, Andy Mickel. Perform links-check scan for website; repair 55 broken links site-wide (except in Community Guide).
Revised, 2020-08-19, Andy Mickel. Post mid-month PPA August Newsletter; add PPA Board Candidate Profiles PDF.
Revised, 2020-08-04, Andy Mickel. Post PPA August Newsletter. Add Board and Committee meeting minutes for June and July.
Revised, 2020-07-31, Andy Mickel. Update home page to feature PPA Board Elections; Move Donate and NL Subscription to bottom; Restore home-page slide show. Create and add new maps image as initial slide.
Revised, 2020-07-24, Andy Mickel. Post PPA July Mid-Month Newsletter.
Revised, 2020-07-16, Andy Mickel. Greatly expand information on Glendale Area of Prospect Park page. Modify all Neighborhood Area pages to include new sidebar navigation. Update a few pages on the Business Retail page in the Community Guide.
Revised, 2020-07-14, Andy Mickel. Modify Modify Historic District pages to include final National Register of Historic Places Residential Historic District document.
Revised, 2020-07-02, Andy Mickel. Modify NNO Event date: August 4th. Corrections/improvements to home page Event notices.
Revised, 2020-07-01, Andy Mickel. Post PPA July Newsletter; information about upcoming PPA Board of Director Elections; eliminate PPA membership form on About PPA page.
Revised, 2020-06-27, Andy Mickel. Complete NRP Archive pages of the website.
Revised, 2020-06-17, Andy Mickel. Post PPA June Mid-Month Newsletter.
Revised, 2020-05-29, Andy Mickel. Post PPA June Newsletter.
Revised, 2020-05-27, Andy Mickel. Update PPA Staff page; update SE Seniors move date on home page. Introduce new subnavigation menu for committee pages (entire website of 109 pages. New banner images for all PPA committee pages!
Revised, 2020-05-20, Andy Mickel. Upload 2019 & 2020 Committee minutes for Finance & Admin, Community Building Committee pages. Restore archival Livability, NROC, and Glendale committee pages.
Revised, 2020-05-20, Andy Mickel. Upload 2019 & 2020 Committee minutes for Transportation and Land Use Committee pages.
Revised, 2020-05-19, Andy Mickel. Modify NNO Event date: Oct 6; Post Pratt Ice Cream Social cancellation on Event page; upload 2019 & 2020 Committee minutes to Community Building and Finance and Administration Committee pages.
Revised, 2020-04-30, Andy Mickel. Post PPA May Newsletter
Revised, 2020-04-28, Andy Mickel. Post date of June 22 PPA Board meeting; add board and community meeting minutes to PPA Meeting Minutes & Documents page.
Revised, 2020-04-27, Andy Mickel. Update Home page with updated events; take down Earth Day and replace with SE Seniors.
Revised, 2020-04-15, Andy Mickel. Small changes on the Community Building Committee page.
Revised, 2020-04-09, Andy Mickel. Post PPA Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr Newsletters and mid-month newsletters for Nov/Dec/Jan/Feb/Mar.
Revised, 2020-04-02, Andy Mickel. Change Earth Day link on home page. Add Captcha to Contact and Membership webforms. Create new PPA Community Building Committee webpage.
Revised. 2020-03-26, Andy Mickel. Updates precipitated by COVID-19 impacts: home page & events; new neighbor-support page; postponement of Earth Day events; Climate Action postponed; PPA Virtual Meetings.
Revised. 2020-03-05, Nellie Jerome. Update to home page.
Revised. 2020-03-03, Nellie Jerome. Update to home page, PPA Board page, Ice Cream Social Page, Earth Day Clean-Up.
Revised. 2020-02-13, Nellie Jerome. Update to PPA Board page, Bylaws.
Revised. 2020-02-05, Nellie Jerome. Update to home page, newsletter page.
Revised. 2020-01-28, Nellie Jerome. Update to Board of Directors page, PPA Bylaws. 
Revised. 2020-01-13, Nellie Jerome. Update to home page.
Revised. 2020-01-03, Nellie Jerome. Update to newsletter page.
Revised, 2019-12-13, Andy Mickel. Use new image on Clean Sweep events page; Add December PPA newsletter.
Revised. 2019-12-12, Nellie Jerome. Update to home page. Revised. 2019-12-05, Nellie Jerome. Update to home page, Fire and Ice event page
Revised, 2019-12-02, Andy Mickel. Correct coding anomalies on home page; add October and November PPA newsletters; upload new Environment Committee webpage.
Revised, 2019-11-26, Nellie Jerome. Update to home page, PPA monthly meetings page.
Revised, 2019-10-23, Nellie Jerome. Update to PPA Newsletter page and Newsletter Sign-up page.
Revised, 2019-10-16, Nellie Jerome. Update to Clean Sweep event page, PPA Board page.
Revised, 2019-10-15, Nellie Jerome. Update to home page.
Revised, 2019-10-09, Nellie Jerome. Update to Clean Sweep event page.
Revised, 2019-10-03, Nellie Jerome. Update to Clean Sweep event page.
Revised, 2019-09-27, Nellie Jerome. Update to home index: newsletter links
Revised, 2019-09-24, Nellie Jerome. Update to home index and Board pages.
Revised, 2019-09-12, Nellie Jerome. Update to home index, Board, Neighbor-Fest, and Clean Sweep event pages.
Revised, 2019-09-11, Nellie Jerome. Update Clean Sweep event page.
Revised, 2019-09-05, Nellie Jerome. Update PPA Land Use Committee page, PPA PDF library.
Revised,2019-08-26, Nellie Jerome. Update home page.
Revised, 2019-08-23, Nellie Jerome. Update home page. Revised, 2019-08-23, Nellie Jerome. Update Neighbor-Fest Page, Board of Directors page with absentee voting registration and 2019 candidate profiles.
Revised, 2019-08-13, Andy Mickel. Create new banner image for PPA Environment Committee page. Revised, 2019-08-12, Nellie Jerome. Update Neighbor-Fest Page
Revised, 2019-08-05, Andy Mickel. Post PPA August Newsletter.
Revised, 2019-07-16, Andy Mickel. Update Home page: change Donate & Newsletter background colors to highlight the new past newsletter links.
Revised, 2019-07-16, Nellie Jerome. Update PPA Board page.
Revised, 2019-07-11, Nellie Jerome. Update Home page: past newsletter links.
Revised, 2019-07-11, Andy Mickel. Modify PPA Board page to include Amended By-Laws, 2019-12-08. Delete ambiguous Annual Meeting and Annual NeighborFest Events pages: use NeighborFest page now; update links on Get Involved page.
Revised, 2019-07-11, Nellie Jerome. Update Home page events and news, PPA Board of Directors page, and Events: Summer Concert Series page.
Revised, 2019-07-03, Andy Mickel. Post PPA July Newsletter; Post Neighborhood Celebration, Luxton Music in the Park, Community Building Consultant Position notice on Home page; update Luxton Community Center page; update all Summer Concert pages.
Revised, 2019-06-06, Andy Mickel. Post PPA June Newsletter; update Home Tour and Ice Cream Social pages.
Revised, 2019-06-02, Andy Mickel. Update events on home page after Ice Cream Social and Doors Open Mpls: Garden Walk, Home Tour, Yard Sales; update the detailed events pages; update Prospect North page & Tower gallery and Ice Cream social pages.
Revised, 2019-05-06, Andy Mickel. Post PPA May Newsletter.
Revised, 2019-05-06, Andy Mickel. Update Ice Cream Social home page notice and Events page with new volunteer signup link.
Revised, 2019-04-25, Andy Mickel. Update Ice Cream Social home page notices and Events page with volunteer signup link and correct sponsor list; post May PPA meeting date.
Revised, 2019-04-15, Andy Mickel. Update home page Doors Open Minneapolis event; add Volunteer link; change link to all venues.
Revised, 2019-04-12, Andy Mickel. Update year to 2019 for PPA Calendar box.
Revised, 2019-04-06, Andy Mickel. Post PPA April Newsletter and March PPA Board & Committee minutes; Update home page events. Update Garden Walk, Home Tour, and Yard Sales events pages.
Revised, 2019-03-27, Andy Mickel. Update home page events; meeting times for 2 standing committees.
Revised, 2019-03-11, Andy Mickel. Post PPA March Newsletter and Board minutes; Update events list; continue to post missing PPA Board meeting minutes; revamp committee pages, adding meeting minutes; minor correction to Earth Day Cleanup event page.
Revised, 2019-02-26, Andy Mickel. Update home page events after Feb. PPA neighborhood meetings.
Revised, 2019-02-24, Andy Mickel. Update PPA Board member list and committee structure.
Revised, 2019-02-05, Andy Mickel. Post PPA February Newsletter and Board minutes; SE Seniors Aging Well Event; Pratt Community Education Winter Classes List; post PPA board member notice.
Revised, 2019-01-22, Andy Mickel. Update Government Info page in Commmunity Guide section.
Revised, 2019-01-15, Andy Mickel. Post PPA Board meeting dates; SE Seniors Oral History Celebration event; Pratt Community Education Winter Classes List; post PPA board member notice.
Revised, 2019-01-10, Andy Mickel. Remove PPA job posting from home page; add E. River Pkwy crosswalk request.
Revised, 2019-01-09, Andy Mickel. Post January PPA Newsletter; update events on website home page.
Revised, 2018-12-18, Andy Mickel. Post February Fire & Ice dates; update Luxton Park page; update PPA address on contact page; update Fire and Ice page.


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