{"id":11381,"date":"2023-11-09T15:47:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T15:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=11381"},"modified":"2023-11-09T15:47:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T15:47:14","slug":"central-corridor-anchor-institutions-share-lessons-from-10-years-of-partnership-along-the-green-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/09\/central-corridor-anchor-institutions-share-lessons-from-10-years-of-partnership-along-the-green-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Corridor Anchor Institutions Share Lessons From 10 Years of Partnership Along the Green Line"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Central<\/a>This month, the Central Corridor Anchor Partnership<\/span><\/a> (CCAP) will celebrate 10 years of local place-making investments along the Green Line corridor with an Anchor Summit<\/span><\/a> featuring Dr. David Maurrasse, leader of the national Anchor Institutions Task Force.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2012, CCAP members organizations\u2014including colleges, universities, health systems, and other partner organizations\u2014have sustained a commitment<\/span><\/a> to the shared health, prosperity, and growth of Central Corridor neighborhoods. Anchor institutions are defined as stable, enduring organizations that are rooted in their localities, whose resources can be leveraged as agents of community and economic development. The CCAP anchor partner capacity comprises 16 ZIP codes, 60,000 employees, and 112,000 students with $2.5 billion in annual spending. Through CCAP, these \u201ceds and meds\u201d have focused on procurement spending, workforce development, and transit use in the ZIP codes along the Green Line in Minneapolis and St. Paul.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Augsburg University was a founding member of CCAP, which is chaired by President Paul Pribbenow. Examples of Augsburg\u2019s commitment to neighborhood vitality in recent years include:<\/span><\/p>\n