Minneapolis Review

Open Streets Glenwood makes its debut Sunday, July 16. A one-mile stretch of Glenwood Avenue from Washburn Avenue North near Theodore Wirth Regional Park to Bryant Avenue near the Minneapolis Farmers Market will be closed 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to give people a chance to enjoy the street car-free.

You can walk, roll or bike along Glenwood during the free, family-friendly event. There will be live music, food vendors, booths featuring a range of community organizations and much more for this first-ever Open Streets event on Glenwood. More than a street festival, Open Streets events allows neighbors to experience city streets as public spaces where communities thrive.

Learn more about the City’s As You Go MPLS mode-shift campaign

Visit the City of Minneapolis Public Works Department’s table for Open Streets Glenwood at Newton Avenue North to learn about the new As You Go MPLS mode-shift marketing campaign. Public Works, in collaboration with the City’s Communications Department, has launched a multi-year mode-shift marketing effort designed to encourage people to leave their personal vehicle at home and try walking, rolling, biking or taking transit for more of their daily trips.

The campaign supports the City’s Transportation Action Plan, which includes a goal of having 60% of trips in Minneapolis taken by walking, biking, or transit by 2030. The As You Go MPLS program encourages Minneapolis residents who are open to walking, biking, and/or public transit, to try those travel modes in low-stress situations to overcome the initial hurdles of familiarity and awareness.

Other upcoming 2023 Open Streets events

• Open Streets Cedar Riverside on Sunday, Aug. 20. The event will be held on Cedar Avenue from Washington Avenue South to Sixth Street South, and on Riverside Avenue from Cedar Avenue to 19th Avenue South. (Note: All Open Streets events run 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
• Open Streets West Broadway on Saturday, Sept. 16. The event will stretch along West Broadway from Penn Avenue North to Lyndale Avenue North.
• Open Streets Lyndale on Sunday, Oct. 8. The event will span Lyndale Avenue from West 22nd Street to West 42nd Street.

Open Streets Minneapolis is a City of Minneapolis initiative organized by Our Streets Minneapolis that gives local businesses, artists and community groups a chance to transform the streets into a place where people can gather and celebrate the diversity and creativity of the city while walking, biking and rolling.

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