On April 14, 2024, West Siders met with local elected officials and decisionmakers to talk about community recommendations for how to address the harms caused by displacement on the West Side. The office of the Mayor of Saint Paul, Councilmember Rebecca Noecker, Representative Maria Isa Perez Vega, and representatives from the Saint Paul Port Authority and County Commissioner Rafael Ortega’s office were present.

We’ve held several gatherings over the past year with our neighbors to listen to stories from growing up on the Flats, identify how displacement is continuing in our neighborhood today, and envision a future where everyone is able to thrive on the West Side for generations to come.

These gatherings inform ongoing research that will be published in an upcoming report from Research in Action, and will guide ongoing community organizing work by the West Side Community Organization.

Learn more about this work and how you can get involved!

Click here to view more photos from the meeting.

View a PDF of the research project overview