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Minneapolis News
Regina Medina

Minneapolis announces applicants in Peoples’ Way redevelopment plans

General view of the gas station
A view of the former gas station in George Floyd Square in Minneapolis.
Kerem Yücel | MPR News 2023

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Minneapolis officials have been working on a plan to redesign 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, in the area where George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer. Although plans for a pedestrian mall are on hold, city officials are moving ahead with plans to redevelop the Peoples’ Way, the former Speedway gas station on the northwest corner of 38th and Chicago.

The city bought the 13,980 square-foot property in June 2023 and is now looking for a nonprofit group to redevelop the site for community use. 

The city announced this week they are considering four organizations: Minnesota Agape Movement, P3 Foundation (known as David's Place), Rise & Remember and Urban League Twin Cities. 

Minneapolis officials will review the applicants’ qualifications “based on their ability to own, develop, and operate the property with a community-centered mission and focus,” according to the Request for Qualifications. 

Applicants must have the capacity to develop improvements to the property that could range from renovation to construction of a new multi-story building.

The public can attend a presentation on plans for the Peoples’ Way on Feb. 26 at the Sabathani Community Center. 

Project staff will also provide information about the selection process and answer questions at the following events: 

  • Feb. 8, 9:45 a.m., the Community Connections Conference in the Minneapolis Convention Center, Hall E

  • Feb. 15 and March 8, 11 a.m., the People's Way pop-up at Bichota Coffee

  • March 4, 2 p.m., the People’s Way pop-up at Hosmer Library

  • March 11, 3 p.m., Powderhorn Recreation Center

Once the applicant is chosen, the Minneapolis City Council and the mayor will work with the group to outline a development and operating plan for the property.

The community has come up with ideas on how to use the property, such as establishing a memorial, racial justice and healing center, museum or a center for social services.

The city outlined community values in its Request for Qualifications, including repairing the collective harms of racism, centering the needs of the people and the George Floyd Square community, honoring the life and death of George Floyd and respecting the area as an active memorial space. 

The city said it will make a decision by May 2025.