Northside Economic Opportunity Network
About
Northside Economic Opportunity Network (NEON) began working to advance the efforts of underserved entrepreneurs in our community more than two decades ago.
Launched in 2006 with a grant from NorthWay Community Trust, NEON began as a working coalition of eight like-minded groups that joined together to strengthen and expand the entrepreneurial development system that served North Minneapolis at that time.
The coalition stayed intact until 2009, when NEON was incorporated as a standalone 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and hired its first executive director.
Mission
NEON’s Mission is to Build Wealth for Low- to Moderate-Income Entrepreneurs in North Minneapolis and Surrounding Communities.