In 2017, Tactical Lab was brought onto what is arguably the biggest Northside development project in recent years. Building on the Enviro Lab’s prior engagement with Northside youth about their connection to the Mississippi River (which began in 2015), JXTA agreed to work on community engagement for the process to create the draft concept development plan for the Upper Harbor Terminal: a 48-acre city-owned area along North Minneapolis’s riverfront.

Our work in this process was to provide an accurate picture of what Northsiders want for the future of the site. We engaged hundreds of Northside community members and other stakeholders through surveys and conversation at community events, mapping activities, door-knocking, kayaking and biking trips, park pop-ups, and tours of the riverfront site.

Read and download our engagement summary here.

We completed our work on this phase of planning in early 2018. In 2019 we began working with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board on the engagement and planning for the future public park at UHT. Learn more.