Black Leaders: Warren McLean, Northside Economic Opportunity Network

Editor’s note: To commemorate Black History Month, the Business Journal is celebrating 200 Black leaders in the Twin Cities region. Editors of the Business Journal, helped by a team of well-connected community and business leaders, have chosen these individuals across business, government, advocacy, community work and other sectors who our readers need to know. We are revealing their names, along with information about these leaders, in a special print and online series published throughout the coming weeks. This is one of our 200 Black leaders. Warren McLean is president of the Northside Economic Opportunity Network, which has been building wealth for low- to moderate-income grassroots entrepreneurs since 2006. McLean has also been building the organization, more than doubling its office space on West Broadway in North Minneapolis by purchasing in 2022 its building and the building next door to provide more room for NEON to invite businesses and organizations to use the space for meetings and events. What he says about … Board memberships: Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers, NEON Volunteer work: Catalyst, Destination Northside Coalition, Black Business Support Co-hort, various committees at my church Favorite Black-owned restaurant: This may not qualify as a restaurant, but Sammy’s is my […]

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