The D10 Neighborhood Relations Committee in happy to introduce the Como Neighborhood History Project. We’re partnering with St. Kate’s University to explore the history of our Como neighborhoods.
We’ll be collecting stories from our neighbors that have lived here for most of their lives. We are more than the State Fair and Como Park! We are a neighborhood of shops, institutions and families. Let’s collect those stories together!
How You Can Get Involved:
- Dig through your old photos! Share pictures of our neighborhood from the past. We are especially looking for old pictures of businesses, street scenes, homes, or schools that used to be here and are now gone like Sugar Dave’s Drive-Inn at Como and Snelling!
- Help us find neighbors to interview! Suggest a family member, friend, or neighbor that has lived in the D10 community for most of their lives. Help us interview them or we can help with the interview to get their memories saved.
- Design a walking tour! Keep us healthy and fit while we are walking past interesting houses, pieces of art or cool institutions.
- Research and write a story! Help us research the many buildings, institutions, and past events that have shaped our community. Do you have old documents about the history of Como Elementary or Tilden School? Have a story about the old corner store or garden nursery business in your neighborhood, know a house that had interesting or famous folks living there, share them with us!
Reach out to history@district10comopark.org if you’d like to contribute or get involved!