PROSPECT PARK ASSOCIATION ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING and Board Elections

Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Pillars of Prospect Park, 22 SE Malcolm Ave.
10:30am, in-person only meeting.

This is the day when the PPA members elect half of the Board of Directors every year. See the PPA Board of Directors page for candidate details (pending).

Engage in City & Neighborhood Activities
Environment, Equity, Public Safety, Land Use, Renters’ Rights, Jackson Family Project, Witch’s Hat Tower & Local Park Improvements, Transportation & More
Board member orientation provided
ALL ARE WELCOME!

To run for PPA's Board, complete a Candidate Profile form here by Friday, April 3rd. Eight seats are open.Terms are two-years beginning June 22nd. There are six board meetings per year held on Monday nights.

Board members must be at least 18 years old and either: a resident in the Prospect Park neighborhood, or an owner or business lessee of real property in the neighborhood, or the designated representative of a nonprofit, educational organization or governmental organization in the neighborhood.

The election begins 10:30am Saturday, May 2nd at PPA's annual meeting.

PAST ANNUAL Meetings and background

As announced in fall 2021, PPA moved board member elections to May in order to take advantage of the first city-wide neighborhood organization election made available by Neighborhood Community Relations (NCR). Participating in the city-wide election date will bring greater attention to our neighborhood board election, giving more neighbors the opportunity to participate as candidates and voters. The City of Minneapolis will help promote neighborhood organization board member elections held on the city-wide date. 

In recent years (up to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020) Prospect Park Association's Annual Meeting turned into a celebratory party, called Neighbor-Fest, for the neighborhood. From 2020 through 2023 the meeting was held virtually online with Zoom. The Profile Event Center generously donated space and food for the meeting 2014-2019, providing a great venue for neighbors to meet each other and see what the neighborhood association has accomplished in the last year. Local organizations and businesses tabled at the event in order to spread the word about the services they offered.

In 2015, PPA became the new name of PPERRIA, the oldest running neighborhood organization in Minneapolis. In 2016 PPA moved the date of the annual meeting from April to September to conform to city fiscal funding.

For decades prior to 2016, PPERRIA held its annual meeting the 4th Monday in April, elected a slate of 40 members of its council (which were renamed "board members" when PPERRIA incorporated as a non-profit in 1980), regularly enjoyed attendance over 80 people, and over the years had notable speakers and presentations:

• Hennepin County Commissioner Angela Conley, 2019.
• Mayor R.T. Rybak on the repair of the East River Parkway bridge across Bridal Veil Falls, 2008.
• Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin on Light Rail Central Corridor Plans, 2009.
• Neighborhood historian, Peter LaSha, multi-media presentation on residential architecture, 2001.