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By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@journalmpls.com Ten years ago, Robert Wright spent the winter under a bridge on Hennepin Avenue. Wright lit a candle in a coffee can inside his sleeping bag. He was careful to take off his shoes at night — if his feet became sweaty they could freeze and he would risk losing toes. He slept outside because he resented shelters that cast him out at 6 a.m. with nowhere to go but the skyway, where people eyed him warily on the way to work.

Wright held a sign on the median and pooled cash with the “Dunwoody Crew,” which bought alcohol by the halfgallon. There were in-house squabbles, he said, but people generally looked out for each other. “It’s a community,” he said. “When I look back on it, I was crazy.” That was before St. Stephen’s Street Outreach workers

Jane Bringsthem watches her friend panhandle from the median of the Hennepin/Lyndale corridor, not far from where she slept outside the night before. “I can go home if I want to,” she says. Photo by Michelle Bruch

SEE HOMELESSNESS / PAGE 11

Minnesota’s medical marijuana program tries to measure up

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The state’s medicinal cannabis industry has grown steadily in recent years

Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com Andrew Bachman describes his company’s medicine as “healthcare from the heartland.” It’s a romantic sentiment from the CEO of a medical company, but Bachman’s LeafLine Labs isn’t your average medicine manufacturer. The Cottage Grove-based company is one of only two producers of cannabis under Minnesota’s medical marijuana program, now a tiny industry that despite the stigma and heavy regulations serves more than 5,300 active patients across the state. Nearly three years after the state’s marijuana bill based, Bachman, a Southwest Minneapolis resident, describes the

industry as “highly scrutinized, regulated strictly and rolled out thoughtfully,” but one that is poised for future growth. “We are truly pioneering a novel health care sector on a road that has not been blazed before,” he said. Bachman is an emergency room doctor by trade and the great-great-grandson of the founder of his family’s business, Bachman’s Floral Gift and Garden Centers, which is not involved with LeafLine Labs. Bachman, a self-described “black sheep” of the family, and his partners joined the industry as one of 12 groups vying to become legal medical

marijuana facilities in Minnesota. The company, which operates the legal limit of four locations in St. Paul, St. Cloud, Hibbing and Eagan, now serves more than 1,600 patients each month. The other producer, the similarly physician-led Minnesota Medical Solutions, operates locations in downtown Minneapolis, Rochester, Bloomington and Moorhead. Both offer products with varying levels of the cannabinoids tetrahydrocannabinol or THC — the psychoactive element of cannabis — and cannabidiol or CBD — a treatment for seizures SEE MEDICAL MARIJUANA / PAGE 10

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Minneapolis Bouldering Project COMING SOON

The team behind the Minneapolis Bouldering Project has already opened similar gyms in Austin and Seattle. Submitted photo

For Will Hanson, bouldering could be one of the next big sports. Hanson is one of the founders of gyms in Seattle, Austin and now Minneapolis that specialize in bouldering, a form of climbing without ropes or harnesses. The sport is gaining traction with young climbers and is even set to get its Olympic debut at the 2020 games in Tokyo. Hanson’s gym, the Minneapolis Bouldering Project, is set to give local climbers, from beginners to trained athletes, a home base along the riverfront near the North Loop and Near North neighborhoods on West River Road. Hanson, a Minnesota native and a climber himself, said bouldering, which has climbers take to nearly 18-foot padded walls with foam floors below, is an approachable sport for young kids and adults. “Having never done it before, you can walk in and we can give you a pair of shoes, give you a short little orientation and you can go and do it,” he said. “Climbing is really intimidating for a lot people. It’s got that extreme sport moniker. So we try to remove that level of intimidation, and bouldering is a really good way to do that.” Hanson and the gym’s co-founders have opened similar gyms in Seattle and Austin that on top of the large climbing walls, combine yoga studios, fitness studios, saunas and weight rooms under one membership.

Minneapolis Bouldering Project will also include a mezzanine lounge with internet and a youth-specific area for young athletes and their coaches. Hanson envisions the gym hosting youth competitions. “A lot of our business is we just introduce people to the sport, and we try to do it in an inclusive, welcoming manner. But then we also want to cater to that core climbing community that come in to train,” he said. The gym will offer monthly memberships that will be in the ballpark of $68–$70 for adults and $12–$18 for kids. Minneapolis Bouldering Project will offer shoe rental — the climbers use a ballet-like shoes to grip footholds — and day passes. The more than 40,000-square-foot gym will be located just north of Plymouth Avenue near the North Loop neighborhood in a building that is set to welcome a taproom and brewery from Pryes Brewing later this year. Hanson expects the gym will pull from the North Loop neighborhood and the nearby Northeast Minneapolis neighborhoods, though it will also be a destination for climbers around the Twin Cities. Minneapolis Bouldering Project is slated to open this fall at 1433 W. River Road N. “I think climbing is going to continue to be really successful. It’s becoming much more mainstream,” Hanson said.

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The Loophole Eat and Drinkery, a sports bar-pub restaurant, recently opened in the North Loop near Target Field. The restaurant from owner Donovan Gilbert occupies the space formerly home to Scratch Burgers & Beer, located just a block from where the Minnesota Twins play. Gilbert describes the stretch of Third Avenue as the last to be developed in the neighborhood. “With almost 20 years of real estate investing experience I saw value in this space and in the up-and-coming area with an opportunity to add worth to the neighborhood. The Loophole is the start of what hopes to be a longer term plan in redevelop-

ment of the building and the area,” he said in a statement. Gilbert has kept Scratch’s chef, Jamis Scrapple, to lead the 2,300-square-foot Loophole’s kitchen. The menu features pub fare and American classics. The Loophole combines its 1885 building’s original brick and high ceilings with a sports bar atmosphere complete with 75-inch TVs. Gilbert said he’s already received interest in booking the restaurant and its roughly 40-person private area for events. The Loophole, at 408 3rd Ave. N., is open 3 p.m.–11 p.m. during the week, unless there’s a Twins game, and 3 p.m.–1 a.m. on weekends.

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Bartmann is dropping the “third” in opening her third concept to go into the former Third Bird space in Loring Park. The restaurateur, who also owns and operates Bryant Lake Bowl, Pat’s Tap, Red Stag Supperclub, Barbette and Tiny Diner, among others, opened The Early Bird on April 13. Bartmann said the breakfast and lunch spot has an all-new “California-style” menu with vegetable-forward dishes, rice bowls and smoothies. It’s not all veggies though. “Do not despair: We do have a fried Mortadella sandwich and a bone marrow burger,” she said. The space is open for parties and pop-ups in the evenings from 4 p.m.–1 a.m. Bartmann said The Early Bird will balance

the early dining hours with an event space, which should make parking easier. “I get so much demand for private parties from the other restaurants and this space,” she said. “I feel like we’ll get the best of both worlds here.” The space had been Bartmann’s Bearcat Bar, itself a replacement of her nearly three-yearold Third Bird up, until late February when it closed after about a month. The restaurant is located on a popular stretch of Loring Park that’s also home to seafood joint 4 Bells and Cafe Lurcat. The Early Bird, at 1612 Harmon Place, is open 7 a.m.–2 p.m. Thursday through Monday. It’s closed Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. has opened a clinic and pharmacy in the North Loop. The 6,300-square-foot facility, located on the first floor of the Tractor Works Building, provides a full range of care and will have an on-site pharmacy. The clinic, HHS’ eighth neighborhood facility, offers family and pediatric medicine, dermatology, allergy, women’s health, acupuncture, chiropractic and cosmetic procedures like Botox and chemical peels. The pharmacy will carry its own supply of cosmetic products as well. “We’re excited to make our health care

and pharmacy services available to people who live and work in the vibrant North Loop area,” said Jane Hess, the clinic’s medical director, in a statement. The North Loop Clinic and Pharmacy, at 800 Washington Ave. N., will be open 7 a.m.– 7 p.m. Monday and Thursday, 7 a.m.– 5p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and Friday and 7:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Saturday. The clinic offers same and next day appointments and will accept walk-ins. It will host a public open house 4 p.m.– 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 26.

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more convenient and accessible sports medicine services,” said Edward Laskowski, the facility’s co-director, in a statement. “This expansion allows us to serve our patients better by tapping Mayo Clinic’s expertise, cutting-edge technology, research and educational capabilities.” Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine, located at 600 Hennepin Ave., will remain open during construction. The facility is the preferred medical provider for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx basketball teams. Along with the expansion, Mayo Clinic will add a physical medicine and rehabilitation sports medicine fellowship to the facility this summer.

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Ryan Cos. has officially moved its corporate headquarters and regional office into a new four-story building in Downtown East that it designed and developed. The Millwright Building is located among the Wells Fargo towers, a new Radisson Red hotel and the Edition Apartments, all pieces of a five-block, $558-million vision for the area near U.S. Bank Stadium that Ryan has developed in recent years. The move from the 80-year-old company’s offices on Nicollet Mall brings nearly 300 employees from Ryan’s corporate headquarters and its North Region division to the neighborhood. “You’ve seen the transformation of this side of downtown. For us to plant the Millwright Building and our headquarters in this location was only fitting because we really have been inspired by what has happened with the community and around us in Downtown East, and we’re thrilled to be a part of it,” said Tony Barranco, vice president of real estate development. The Millwright Building offers 174,000 square feet of office space. Ryan will occupy 65,000 square feet, or just over a third. There’s capacity for about 320 employees if the company grows. The developer is currently marketing the 109,000 square feet of unused space across half of the second floor and the entire third and fourth floors to other office tenants. This is the office’s first major move since Ryan relocated to its last space at Ninth &

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Nicollet nearly 17 years ago. The new home offered the developer complete control over its headquarters given the fact that each of its divisions — design, development, construction, financing and property management — played a role in the Millwright Building, which, along with the rest of Downtown East, Barranco described as being among their marquee projects on Nicollet Mall and the Midtown Exchange. “In some ways, it allowed us to put our time and expertise right front and center with our own folks. But it also provided some unique challenges, because now we’re weighing in with real people and real situations in our own business, and having an ultra-large microscope on it has been really fun and challenging at the same time,” he said. The building features several design features unique to the developer, from modern office nooks with screens, phone rooms and booths that resemble shipping trailers and custom lamps made from rebar, to shovels lining a wall and an old crane that’s now a chandelier and a TV mount. Ryan has a wall of photos depicting its nearly eight-decade history and its founders, as well as a Chevrolet truck — a regular piece of the developer’s branding — that welcomes clients in the lobby. There are also modern touches, including a bike room and showers, a two-story atrium and main lobby and office pods with flexible space for meetings. The “Northwoods”

A two-story tiered atrium in the Millwright Building’s lobby offers unique meeting space for the building’s tenants. Submitted photo cafeteria and meeting space, described by Director of Interior Design Ashley Wurster of Ryan A+E as “North Loop meets North Woods,” offers an adjacent conference space, kitchen and game room for employees. There’s also a mural depicting downtown Minneapolis from artist Mark Herman that lines the building’s skyway corridor. The vacant third and fourth floors have roughly 42,000-square-foot floor plates, which could hold up to six tenants each. The top level features a 3,000-square-foot outdoor space.

Ryan isn’t quite done with projects in Downtown East. The developer is planning the seventh project it will have designed and built in the area, a 450,000-squarefoot, multi-tenant office project above the current Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority parking ramp at Fourth & Park. The building, already dubbed Block One, is being marketed to anchor tenants and is expected to be completed in late 2019. Ryan has already received approvals for the approximately 17-story project.

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CIVIC BEAT

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Three council members support $15 minimum wage Three City Council members announced their support for a $15 minimum wage with no exceptions for tipped employees in April, about a month before city staff are expected to unveil a draft municipal minimum wage ordinance. Council members Lisa Bender, Abdi Warsame and John Quincy issued the joint statement April 6, aligning themselves with Mayor Betsy Hodges in opposition to a carveout for tipped employees, including restaurant servers and bartenders, a pivotal issue in the minimum wage debate. While the idea — alternately known as a “tip credit” or “tip penalty” — has the support of the broad array of restaurant owners, Quincy said it was now unlikely to win the support of a majority on the council. “If we’re going to be doing any raising of the minimum wage, I don’t think there’s enough votes to be saying we’re going to consider a tip penalty,” he said, adding that his priority in issuing the statement was to “take out the tip penalty issue.” Several days later, Hodges clarified her own position on issue, which has been evolving since she announced her support for a cityonly minimum wage ordinance without a tip carveout in December. In a Facebook post, she

said the wage should be set at $15 but phased-in over time, adding that it should also apply to “employers who have a significant connection or nexus to Minneapolis,” including those based outside the city that deliver goods or services within city limits. City staff are expected to unveil a draft municipal minimum wage ordinance in May, and council members have said they plan to act on that proposal in the late spring or early summer. The Pathway to $15 campaign, backed by a coalition of Minneapolis restaurant owners, and Service Industry Staff for Change, an advocacy group made up of restaurant servers and bartenders, are pushing for a carveout for tipped employees, arguing that the alternative is to raise prices, cut staff and even do away with tipping altogether, limiting the earning potential of those paid partially in tips. A city-commissioned study found that restaurants would have to raise prices less than 5 percent to adjust to a $15 minimum wage, but many in the industry who support the carveout argue menu prices would increase much higher than predicted. The issue of a carveout for tipped employees is far from the only unresolved question; although advocates have pushed for a minimum wage

Well-acquainted with the nightlife, but seeking a day job at City Hall When he filed to form a Ward 3 campaign committee last month, Nick Pilotta, better known as the glam downtown scenester “L.A. Nik,” was joining an already crowded race to replace mayoral candidate Jacob Frey on the City Council. The Council might seem like a step down in status for the self-described “mayor of Minneapolis after dark,” but Pilotta is building a campaign around his street smarts and downtown connections. Roaming the streets of the 3rd Ward, Pilotta has crossed paths with everyone from CEOs and restaurant owners to gang members and prostitutes, he said. “I don’t think anybody else has their finger on the pulse of this ward like I do,” he said. Pilotta, who lives in the Downtown East neighborhood, said a focus on crime and safety in the downtown entertainment district would be his top priority if elected. In similarly sized cities, he said, entertainment districts are one of the places where visitors and tourists feel safest, but that’s not the case in Minneapolis. “People don’t understand how important our entertainment district is,” he said. “It could be world class.” Pilotta said the North Loop’s transformation into a shopping and dining destination with a growing residential population “put the nail in the coffin for the Warehouse District and entertainment district,” comparing the effects of gentrification to the Brexit vote that began

Pilotta. Submitted photo the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union. “I want to bring us back to the community and the village of the 3rd Ward,” he said. Pilotta said he would also focus on expanding access to affordable housing and limiting property tax increases, which he linked to the misplaced spending priorities of City Hall leaders, including the downtown projects speeding toward completion ahead of the February 2018 Super Bowl at U.S. Bank Stadium. “This whole Super Bowl thing threw everybody

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of $15 an hour, staff could propose to set it at a different number. In the meantime, many council incumbents are facing challenges this city election year from candidates who explicitly support a $15 minimum wage. Quincy and Warsame are among them, and Quincy acknowledged that it was a factor in the timing of the announcement. “We’re also at the point, now, during the election cycle, that we’ve all put this information out in some form or another in our responses to various questionnaires, so I thought this was the time to make some clarity, to provide some insurance to folks on where I think we’re heading as a City Council,” he said. Quincy said he was still open to a phase-in of the higher minimum wage, pacing the wage hikes differently for small and large businesses and a lower minimum for youth workers — among other ideas that have surfaced during the minimum wage debate and which could end up in city staff ’s proposal. “Whether it’s $15 or $12.50 with escalators, those are all the details that we need to still be talking about,” he said. “But I think the direction is — recognizing this is going to take a number of years — $15 is a real and achievable number.”

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on their ear. Now they’re spending, spending, spending and they want to make up the money,” he said. “Mayor Hodges and Meet Minneapolis want to impress everybody and have Nicollet Mall done and have Seventh Street done and Fourth Street done and everything done and the park done and the stadium done. “Where does all that money come from? It comes from property taxes.” Pilotta, who is retired, is making his first run for public office. “I didn’t really want to have a job, but I had so many people come to me and say, ‘Can’t you do something for this ward,’” Pilotta said. In February, there were six candidates vying for the Ward 3 seat. By March, two had dropped out of the race: Susan Higgins and Justin Adams, both of whom said they planned to seek DFL endorsement. That left technology consultant Steve Fletcher and nonprofit executive Cordelia Pierson in contention for the DFL nomination at the Ward 3 convention on May 6. Two other candidates, activist and organizer Ginger Jentzen and former Medtronic technical services specialist Samantha Pree-Stinson, have the backing of the Socialist Alternative and Green Party, respectively. Pilotta is running as an independent, and said he doesn’t have any political ambitions beyond representing his ward on the Council. “I don’t want to go past the 3rd Ward,” he said.

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Moments in Minneapolis By Cedar Imboden Phillips

THE CREW AT HARRY’S CAFÉ

he staff of Harry’s Café, a large restaurant sprawled over three floors in a building located on 11th Street near Nicollet Avenue, took a break from business to pose for this 1942 company photograph. Harry’s was a popular Minneapolis destination for those in search of a nice night out and served up traditional favorites such as lobster and steak, all washed down with plenty of martinis. Longtime readers may remember the four-alarm fire that destroyed the restaurant on a cold January day in 1978.

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On roll-up to federal funding, bumps for Southwest light rail Despite the latest delays, Met Council is still aiming to begin construction in 2017 By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com Metropolitan Council Chair Adam Duininck said in April “it’s still possible” Southwest Light Rail Transit construction will begin this year, despite the $1.86-billion project encountering new obstacles this spring. The Counties Transit Improvement Board, a significant local contributor to the project’s funding package, spent months mulling a breakup before dropping the idea. But uncertainty over the transit collaborative’s future forced a pause at the Federal Transit Administration, where Met Council’s application for a grant to cover half of the project’s costs is under consideration. Duininck said FTA officials are also waiting for Met Council to finalize joint-operating agreements with the two railroads that will share their freight-hauling corridors with Southwest LRT. Those private negotiations are occurring in parallel with a public debate at the state capitol, where a controversial bill introduced this spring would limit freight railroads’ liability in a collision involving light rail trains. Meanwhile, as the Met Council is weighing transit fare increases and service cuts to offset a shortfall in its transportation budget, Duininck has been busy defending Metro Transit, its bus and light rail operator, in the state budgeting process. The transportation omnibus bill backed by House Republicans would force even more drastic cuts, he said. In April, Met Council extended by three weeks a deadline for contractors to submit bids for civil construction contracts on the project, a 14.5-mile extension of the Metro

Transit Green Line to Eden Prairie. Unlike some of the other challenges piling up in front of Southwest LRT, the delay was not unexpected, Duininck said. “It was a very aggressive schedule and contractors right away said, this is a big bid for us to put together, can we have a little more time?” Duininck said, adding that he expects Met Council to award the contracts this fall.

Liability concerns Rep. Frank Hornstein described the proposal to cap railroad liability in the case of a collision with a light rail train as “hugely problematic.” The Southwest Minneapolis DFLer pointed to the July 2013 oil-train derailment in Lac Mégantic, Quebec that killed 47 people and put the railroad involved into bankruptcy. Costs ran to over $1 billion, and according to news reports the railroad, Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, had only $25 million in liability insurance. “So the taxpayers and the cities and the public entities had to pick up the tab, and that’s exactly what would happen (in Minnesota) under this bill,” Hornstein said. In Minneapolis and Hopkins, Southwest LRT trains will operate alongside freight trains running on Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company’s tracks. The shortline serves farming communities in southwestern Minnesota, and in addition to between two and eight trains per day hauling corn, soy and other agricultural products, TC&W also runs about

two trains per week hauling ethanol tankers through Minneapolis’ Kenilworth Corridor. The presence of ethanol tankers has fueled the arguments of those who oppose the Southwest LRT’s proposed path through Minneapolis, including Mary Pattock of Lakes and Parks Alliance, a citizens group suing Met Council to stop the project. Pattock described it as a “dangerous route,” although both TC&W and Met Council representatives have insisted it is not only safe but also in line with other shared corridors around the country. TC&W President Mark Wegner said the liability provision introduced by Rep. Paul Torkelson (R-Hanksa) “is not at all about relieving any of our existing liabilities,” but instead about apportioning risk. “Because somebody other than us wants to put in passenger service adjacent to us, well, then that entity ought to take on the passenger side of the risk,” Wegner said, referring to Met Council. Duininck said Met Council hadn’t taken an official position, but added, “from philosophical standpoint, the last thing we would ever do is” limit a railway’s liability. Duininck would not comment on the joint-operating agreements Met Council began negotiating several months ago with both TC&W and BNSF Railway, whose tracks Southwest LRT will parallel in its approach to downtown Minneapolis.

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legislators wrote to Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, urging her to deny federal funding for the Southwest light rail project. The letter was critical of Met Council’s decision late last summer to replace missing state funds for the project by issuing certificates of participation, and it also noted the project is the subject of an ongoing lawsuit by Lakes and Parks Alliance. The plan to use the certificates, a relatively new form of government financing similar to bonding, was spearheaded by Gov. Mark Dayton and Duininck late last summer. The Met Council intends to issue the certificates as soon as July 3. On April 10, Dayton responded with a letter of his own, noting for Chao that most of the Republicans who urged her to deny the project funding don’t live along the route. Three Republicans who represent constituents along the Southwest light rail corridor, meanwhile, declined to add their names. In a letter Duininck wrote to Chao several days earlier, the Met Council chair highlighted the support for the project among major southwest metro employers and the light rail line’s potential economic impact. Asked in April if he thought the project’s chances of winning federal funds had shifted under the new Trump administration, Duininck said he was reassured by a trip to Washington, D.C., a few weeks earlier. “In Washington there is less partisanship around transit than there is in Minnesota,” he said.

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10 journalmpls.com / April 20–May 3, 2017 FROM MEDICAL MARIJUANA / PAGE 1 and inflammation — in a variety of delivery methods, from syrups and sprays to capsules and oils for vaporization. Soon patients will be able to use topical medicine as well. The industry, which has 6,600 approved enrollments as of April 13, has gradually grown in the past two years, although the number of active patients rapidly increased last year with the inclusion of intractable pain. Today, more than 60 percent of medical marijuana patients receive treatment for the condition, which the program just accepted last August. Kyle Kinglsey, CEO of MinnMed and its parent company, Vireo Health, said the inclusion of intractable pain is important to the programs as many people with the condition take opioids and are now able to get off or significantly reduce use with cannabis. Bachman said Minnesota and other states with program that accept the condition are saving lives by giving people an alternative to the prescription painkillers, which, along with illegal drugs like heroin, were involved in more than 500 overdose deaths in 2015 in Minnesota alone, according to the Center for Disease Control. “When our medicines are killers of patients who entrusted their lives and care to use, we need to first stop doing that and then we can go from there,” he said. “That’s why I’m in medicine.” Beyond intractable pain, the nine other conditions accepted under the state’s program include cancer, seizures, inflammatory bowel disease and terminal illness. Two of every 10 patients take medical cannabis for muscle spasms. A small portion of patients are also qualified due to glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, Tourette syndrome and ALS.

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CEO Kyle Kingsley of Minnesota Medical Solutions, which goes by MinnMed, estimates their downtown Minneapolis care center is one of the busiest in the state. Submitted photo The most recent addition is posttraumatic stress disorder, a diagnosis that will officially be accepted in August. New conditions and delivery methods are regulated by the 11-person Office of Medical Cannabis, a department of the Minnesota Department of Health. Director Michelle Larson said the office includes a research team that reviews new conditions and delivery methods, which companies, patients and other advocates can petition for during a period each June and July. The final call ultimately lies with Commissioner of Health Ed Ehlinger. Despite the growth of patients due to conditions and delivery methods, the industry isn’t yet profitable. Kingsley and Bachman said their companies have yet to go in the black. However, Kingsley said it’s headed in that direction. The two said, while profits are possible down the line, they’re currently focused

on patient costs. Patients, whose medical cannabis is not covered by insurance, pay about $190–$200 at MinnMed and about $215 at LeafLine per month on average. More than half of patients, who are about 50 years old on average, receive some sort of government assistance, most likely through Social Security Disability, Medicaid or Minnesota Care, which qualifies them for a reduced enrollment fee of $50, down from the regular $200. One issue that still plagues the medical marijuana industry across the country is the stigma of using a substance that, regardless of how states treat it, remains illegal at the federal level, a problem that affects both patients and manufacturers. Bachman said there are still barriers to selling medicinal marijuana because it’s been unknown, controversial and “mismarketed” to people for decades. The most powerful remedy for that is sharing

real-life examples with people across the state, he added. “This isn’t a political issue. It’s been politicized. But people are very rapidly realizing that, hold on a second, cancer doesn’t care,” he said. “It’s something that is a very human issue.” There are opportunities for the program on the horizon. Kingsley said there’s a lot of room for the industry to grow as the stigma against the drug fades. Bachman said there is compelling research that medicinal cannabis could help people with autism, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s, a combined pool of tens of thousands of Minnesotans who could become patients under the program. For Bachman, the industry has already been a success given that it has helped thousands of Minnesotans. “We become part of their lives and part of their stories, and I got to tell you their stories are compelling,” he said. “… At the end of the day, the stories of success and the life-changing testimonials that we’ve heard and push forward, those help significantly to carry the day.”

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journalmpls.com / April 20–May 3, 2017 11 FROM HOMELESSNESS / PAGE 1 met Wright under the bridge and found him a room in a boarding house. He’s lived in a Longfellow apartment for seven years now. “This is really cool,” he said, pulling out a set of keys. “This is for the front door. I have my own mailbox. And this is for my bicycle.” Wright remembers the Dunwoody Crew holding high regard for Jane Bringsthem, known as “Jungle Jane.” On a recent weekday in April, Bringsthem sat on the Hennepin Avenue median drinking vodka from a bottle. When asked where she slept the night before, she pointed to a traffic light. “Ten feet from the red light,” she said. “We’re alcoholics. We like to drink and we like to sign and we make money. We all take a corner. …We all share. We have to.” A 10-year plan by the City of Minneapolis and Hennepin County didn’t end homelessness as hoped. The Department of Housing and Urban Development reports that 2,984 people were homeless in 2007 and 3,056 were homeless in 2016. The number peaked at 3,731 in 2014. But much has changed in the past decade. Homelessness has gone from a fringe issue with a band-aid approach to a mainstream policy issue, said Gail Dorfman, executive director of St. Stephen’s Human Services. Pilot projects have rolled into permanent programs. Supportive housing providers now collaborate to prioritize housing for people deemed the most vulnerable: long-term homeless and those with a disability. Street outreach workers have become the primary point of contact linking single adults to housing support. Hennepin County Medical Center and the corrections department have programs in place to avoid discharging people into homelessness. Massive volunteer-staffed events called Project Homeless Connect have morphed into permanent “opportunity centers” located downtown. Instead of queuing up and entering a lottery for a shelter bed, people can visit St. Olaf Church to reserve a bed for the night. “It’s much more dignified, and people aren’t scrambling to figure out where they are going to sleep tonight,” Dorfman said. The “housing first” model is standard procedure today, but it was a new concept in Hennepin County a decade ago. Individuals with addictions were often expected to enter treatment to become eligible for housing. Now, cleaning up and finding work come at the individual’s own pace with the anchor of stable housing. “We were one of the first communities to implement it widely,” Dorfman said. Through intensive case management focused on people who are homeless the longest, the Office to End Homelessness reports that the number of households considered chronically homeless declined from 919 in 2009 to 360 in 2016. “Quite a dramatic reduction,” said David Hewitt, director of the Office to End Homelessness. While homeless veterans and the chronically homeless have seen progress in the past decade, youth and families haven’t fared as well.

Unfinished business Advocates say families were hit hard by the recession. “The biggest challenge is the lack of affordable housing,” Dorfman said. Affordable housing is one of the big pieces of unfinished business in the city-county plan. Strategies to lessen the risk for landlords who take on homeless tenants were put on the backburner 10 years ago, Hewitt said. Then the recession hit, and the foreclosure crisis created more competition for low-income housing. Rents are rising, and apartments are sitting at historically low vacancy rates. Although the city and county met a goal to find 5,000 new housing opportunities,

Longfellow resident Robert Wright slept outside along the Hennepin/Lyndale corridor a decade ago. Today he lives at an apartment and leads St. Stephen’s tours called “A Day in the Life” to educate people about homelessness. “The best thing you can give anybody is a smile and a wave…their humanity,” he says. Photo by Michelle Bruch

it’s not enough, particularly for youth and families. Dorfman said she also wants to offer more housing choices apart from North and South Minneapolis, which remains difficult. The Bridge For Youth is currently renovating a house in East Isles designed for 18–21 year olds transitioning into independence, and YouthLink breaks ground this year on a 46-unit housing project next to its downtown headquarters. There is plenty of reason for hope, said David Jeffries, St. Stephen’s director of single adult programs who worked in street outreach from 2008–2012. “That’s the reason why I come to work,” he said. Jeffries keeps in touch with one man who slept below I-394 under piles of sleeping bags and blankets. The man barely spoke to outreach workers until a minus-20 degree day. “He had gotten fed up with another winter outside,” Jeffries said. He said panhandling makes it harder to bring people in, however. He once tried to convince someone to get help while a vehicle rolled up with 20 boxes of pizza. People should donate instead to nonprofits for room deposits, application fees or bus tokens, he said. “We appreciate the compassion of the community, but the solution is housing,” Dorfman said. “It’s difficult to engage people when their needs are being met,” Jeffries said.

Seeking long-term solutions More than 50,000 vehicles pass people holding signs each day at the HennepinLyndale corridor near the Walker Art Center. One Lowry Hill resident keeps binoculars and a log of the activity she sees from her nearby apartment window. “Some days we might have 20 emergency vehicles here, from morning to night,” said the woman, who requested not to print her name. “They will take away somebody in an

ambulance in the morning, and they will be back here drinking in the afternoon.” She documented as many as 40 people congregating at Hennepin & Lyndale last year, bringing mattresses and barbecue grills. Up to seven people carry signs at different corners, she said. They find meals and clothing at nearby churches, and a porta-john stands on church grounds, she said. She called 911 on Feb. 14 after witnessing several people beat a person in the middle of the street. One man held a baseball bat with spikes, she said. Most of the group had dispersed by the time police arrived. The woman said she calls 911 when people conspicuously pass a vodka bottle around, or when someone falls down on the street and passes out. She keeps more than 40 block club leaders abreast of the situation in monthly letters. She calls 311 when she sees overflowing trash cans, graffiti and abandoned bikes. She’s met with churches and neighborhood groups and corresponded with her council member, precinct inspector and crime prevention specialist. All have been helpful, she said, but the problem isn’t solved. She learned from police in February that warmer weather has caused more activity in the area. 1st Precinct Inspector Michael Sullivan said in an email he would step up patrols, and St. Stephen’s outreach workers would visit the group on a daily basis. “I haven’t found anybody that has a longterm solution,” the resident said. “… But I’m not giving up yet.” She wishes that police would enforce trespassing laws, and that drivers would stop giving money to panhandlers. “I keep thinking that someday I’m going to wake up and it’s all going to be over, because somebody is going to do something,” she said.

The toughest cases On the street below the apartment window, Jane Bringsthem (or Jungle Jane) recently talked to her daughter on the phone and called out to Samuel Hawkins carrying a

sign across the street. She chatted with him about the president and the drug cartel leader El Chapo. She said she might go home to Wakiagun later that day, where she has a television and a phone. She said her children live in beautiful homes and she’s welcome there, although they don’t like her drinking. “This is suicide,” she said. When asked about her ideal living situation, Bringsthem didn’t have a ready answer. “We ain’t leaving,” she said. “There is no way they can make us leave. This is our country.” The Office to End Homelessness is currently working on a plan targeting the toughest chronic homeless cases as well as youth and families. “The smaller the number gets, the harder that the cases we see are,” Hewitt said. When asked why he became homeless, Wright said he was disobedient as a child. He remembers his first cigarette and its immediate hold on him. If it weren’t for St. Stephen’s, Wright said, he would probably be dead. The life expectancy of a homeless man is 47, he said. “I consider myself a success,” he said. “I’m 57. I definitely beat the odds.” The transition hasn’t always been smooth. Wright moved out of his first local apartment, lost the second, stayed in a motel, then a boarding house, and now remains at his current apartment. “The problem is the rent keeps going up. They only allot you so much money,” he said, explaining that it’s hard to find an apartment under $800 a month. “One of the great things about Minnesota is there is help here. It’s not like this everywhere.”

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MILLENNIALS, BABY BOOMERS CREATE HOT DOWNTOWN MARKET By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@journalmpls.com Vacancy rates are “next to nothing” in Downtown Minneapolis, according to Dylan Garrison of Downtown Resource Group. That’s primarily because of interest from millennials and baby boomers, real estate agents say. Millennials are beginning to make good money, have kids and settle down, according to Cynthia Froid, principal of the Cynthia Froid Group, which specializes in the Downtown market. Baby boomers, she said, are looking to downsize from properties that don’t necessarily make sense for empty nesters. “Both these hugely powerful consumer groups are literally fighting for the same properties,” Froid said. “That is creating this feeding frenzy.” There were fewer than 120 active condominium listings Downtown in early April, compared to 600 in April 2007, according to David Arbit, director of research and economics for the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors. He said there was roughly three weeks of housing supply in the North Loop at the end of 2016. Experts typically define a balanced market as five to six months of supply, Arbit said. ‘We’re having to change our yardstick,” Arbit said. “Measuring in feet just doesn’t work anymore. It’s a fourth-and-inches situation.” Average rental rates have increased, too. The average Downtown rate increased 3.4 percent and 3.15 percent in the first and second quarters of 2016, respectively, according to the firm NAI Everest. The average monthly rent Downtown was $1,547 in the second quarter of 2016, compared to $1,074 in Southwest, according to city data. St. Anthony Main, the North Loop and the Mill District tend to be the hottest areas Downtown, according to Garrison, who works out of the North Loop. People also look for housing in Loring Park and by the new U.S. Bank Stadium, he said. People used to call about Uptown, Garrison said, but now start by asking about the North

50-percent leased as of April 13, according to Patrick Carson, leasing director for DRG, which oversees sales for the building. He said he expects the building to be fully leased by mid-summer. The Encore features condo finishes and condo-quality construction and is the only luxury apartment building in the Mill District, Carson said. Many renters are empty nesters, and some are renting for a year or two until they find the right property to buy, he said. A few are going to move into The Legacy condo development that is under construction. The 374-unit condo will open in summer 2018, according to Froid.

The Encore luxury apartment building in the Mill District features condo finishes and condoquality construction, according to DRG leasing director Patrick Carson. Photo courtesy Sherman Associates Loop. He said the appeal is the walkability of the area, noting that some households are going from two cars to one. Jessica Prudden, broker for the firm Prudden & Company, said a lot of baby boomers like the fact they don’t have to care for a large home. She noted the restaurants and retail shopping Downtown and the “the ease of the lifestyle” as draws for the area. “There are definitely clients who want to go to the Chain of Lakes,” she said, “but most want to go Downtown and want to be around the action.”

Two bed, two bath Froid said millennials and baby boomers ask for the same things when it comes to units: Two bedrooms, two bathrooms and one or two parking stalls. She said she is seeing a lot of “accidental renters” — people who want to purchase Downtown but can’t find anything. “A lot of people have sold their properties, and they’re just sitting with money in their pockets ready to buy,” she said. “It’s just a

matter of finding it.” Many of the buyers are from the Chain of Lakes area and western suburbs, she said. She added that a lot of people are relocating to Minneapolis from cities such as Denver, Los Angeles and Chicago. “People are just shocked at how expensive prices have gotten here,” she said. “It’s great for sellers, but it comes at a cost for buyers.” Fritz Kroll of Edina Realty said there are a lot of renters who move Downtown to see if it’s a good lifestyle for them. He said there previously were a lot of condos for rent from individual owners, but that pool has dropped significantly. The rental market is similar to the sales market Downtown, Prudden said, with a limited supply and many deals happening off the market. Average rent is roughly $2.55 and up per square foot for apartments Downtown, she said. At The Encore, a luxury apartment building that opened Dec. 1 in the Mill District, rents range from about $1,640 to $9,350, according to its website. The 122-unit building was over

Working with a realtor Millennial Hallie Lundell moved into Skyscape Condominiums in Elliot Park in March after searching for a couple of months. The 25 year old, a contract public relations professional, said she wanted to be closer to work and didn’t realize that buying was such a great option. She said could see herself in her condo for “a decade plus” and that her building is good about allowing residents to rent out units, should she or her boyfriend be transferred for work. Lundell worked with Lynn Burn, a realtor in Froid’s group, to find her unit. She said it was nice to have someone helping her who does this process every day. Both Froid and Prudden said they would recommend that buyers work with someone who knows the market, noting how many properties are traded before they hit the Internet. “It’s hot, it’s exciting, and it’s been really fun watching Downtown evolve over the past few years,” Prudden said. “It’s been so much fun being in the industry.”

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HIGH DEMAND, LOW SUPPLY A tight housing market persists into 2017 and may push prices even higher By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com Matt Loskota of Edina Realty said “the story of this spring” was the tight market for first-time homebuyers in the Twin Cities. An agent in his office recently put in one of 16 offers on a house listed at $275,000. The offer was $50,000 over asking price, but apparently that wasn’t enough. “Everything around that $300,000– $350,000 range and under has just been really tight,” Loskota said. But if that’s the story of the spring, then summer rerun season has come early. It sounds an awful lot like the market of 2016, when people looking for homes — particularly first-time homebuyers shopping at the lower end of the market — faced a historically tight housing supply and fierce competition on almost every new listing. That was good news for sellers — except those who couldn’t find a new place to live faster than their homes were snapped up. “If anything, the supply is a little bit lower than it was last year, and it was low last year,” said Herb Tousley, director of real estate programs for the University of St. Thomas. The Minnesota Area Association of Realtors reported in February that the Twin Cities median sales price increased 7.6 percent from one year earlier, to $233,000. New listings were down 7.5 percent from a year ago, and the Twin Cities’ total inventory was down more than 25 percent from February 2016.

The Twin Cities metropolitan area had a housing inventory of just 1.8 months in February. Experts consider 5–6 months of supply a balanced market. Barring any significant shakeups in the economy, those trends point to a continued rise in Twin Cities home prices. In February, St. Thomas’ Shenehon Center for Real Estate predicted tight supply would contribute to a 5-percent increase in the median in 2017. “You’re hearing lots of stories from Realtors about multiple offers and bidding up over asking price,” Tousley said. “In those low- to moderately priced houses, we’re seeing an awful lot of demand chasing a smaller supply. Anything that’s priced anywhere close to right is going to be on the market a pretty short time.” He said the tight supply is particularly evident with houses priced between $150,000 and $400,000 or even slightly higher, meaning it’s not just first-time homebuyers who are struggling to strike a deal. Growing families looking to take a step up into a new home are also facing significant competition. Above $500,000, houses are selling, but at a relatively relaxed pace. “It’s a good market, but not quite as frothy a market as the low to moderately priced houses are,” Tousley said. David Arbit, director of research and economics for the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors, said low supply was “one

of the big reasons why home prices are increasing so quickly,” but there were also signs that the trend could shift. “We’re seeing some momentum by way of building permits, and that’s a really positive sign,” Arbit said. “While that’s encouraging, we have some concerns about two kinds of mismatch: Spatial mismatch and product mismatch.” The spatial mismatch is obvious to almost anyone shopping for a first home in Minneapolis. New homes are being built mainly in the outer-ring suburbs and exurbs, not next to the inner-city amenities that Millenial homebuyers are looking for, like a lively restaurant scene, walkable neighborhoods and transit service. The median price for new homes in the region is around $400,000, putting them out of the range of many first-time homebuyers. That’s the product mismatch, Arbit said. But as those homes find buyers, they relieve a bit of the pressure in the metropolitan core. “As we build more at the fringe and people move out there, it does free up some product at the more affordable end of the spectrum and in places where people want to be,” he said. It’s a totally different story in the downtown Minneapolis condo market, where supply is being measured in days and weeks, not months. In mid-April, there were fewer than 120 active condo listings in the down-

town area, down from 600 in April 2007, and offers are coming both from young professionals and empty nesters looking to downsize, Arbit said. “It means you had better write a strong offer right away if you want to win the day on one of those condos,” he said. Arbit said developers are wary of the long sunset for liability on condominium projects, and most have been focusing on new apartments, instead. Condo-like amenities in the rentals mean they can be converted into ownership property in the future. It’s not just condo shoppers who need to act fast in this market. Shoppers for traditional single-family homes, particularly in the market sweet spot around the median sales price, should expect offers for attractive homes will come quickly and in bunches, Loskota said. “We don’t want to push them to do anything, but the market is going to push them, and they need to be ready to act fast,” he said, adding that first-time buyers should get loan pre-approval before shopping. Loskota said the hardest part for sellers is not knowing where they’re going to end up. His agents can often strike a deal before the house even hits the market, he said. “We can get their house sold,” he said, “but then they’re like, OK, great, where am I going to live in two months?”

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HOMEOWNERS OPEN THEIR DOORS FOR ANNUAL TOUR The Minneapolis-St. Paul Home Tour will feature more than 50 homes and remodel projects By Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com Homeowners from across the Twin Cities will soon show off their renovated, remodeled and newly constructed homes as part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Home Tour. Now in its 30th year, the self-guided tour will showcase more than 50 homes around Minneapolis and St. Paul on April 29–30. From making room for all the needs of a growing family to finally satisfying a remodeler’s itch, the homes feature real projects with do-it-yourselfers and local professionals.

A staged renovation gets final act Beth Harrington didn’t stop at just one remodel on her turn-of-the-century home. The Wedge neighborhood resident recently put the finishing touches on the

final phase of her renovations, which span three phases in just as many years. Harrington, a Minneapolis-St. Paul Home Tour veteran, almost didn’t move forward with her projects as developers continue to snatch up homes in her neighborhood — several neighbors have been approached, she said — and develop larger homes. “That kind of stopped me in my tracks,” he said. “Finally, I just decided that I’m here now. I’m going to do this remodel.” Harrington forged ahead anyway following several small projects such as painting and adding color to the home. The first phase involved converting an original pantry to a mudroom, replacing windows and relocating an entrance. During phase two, Harrington, who has a large private

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backyard despite living in the bustling Lowry Hill East area, added a large covered porch to the back of her house. Finally, this past year Harrington created an open entertainer’s kitchen with tiles from a local ceramicist and bold colors like red, gray and black. “My kitchen is not a cookie-cutter kitchen,” she said. Now that she has several renovation projects under her belt, Harrington recommends that those looking to do the same for their home wait a full year to learn how they live and what their needs are before embarking on a renovation, as someone told her during a previous tour — although she estimates working in stages likely ended up costing her more. “You don’t have to achieve perfection. There are some things that I would do differently, but that’s how life is. It doesn’t always come out perfectly,” she said.

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A classic home in Lynnhurst

 When: Saturday, April 29 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and Sunday, April 30 from 1 p.m.–5 p.m.

Southwest Minneapolis residents Liz Buckingham and John Owens have preserved the style of their 1916 home while combining two previously separated spaces

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into a large kitchen. The two Minneapolis-St. Paul Home Tour fans wanted to add function to their home but didn’t want to lose the Arts and Crafts style of the century-old home among modern touches and appliances, which could overshadow its wood trim and historic features. “We really wanted ours to fit the original design,” Owens said. Their project involved remodeling the kitchen, bathroom and breakfast nook. The new, integrated main kitchen now features zones for each of the home chefs. “I’m the main cook and my wife likes to bake, so we tried to create zones so we could each do our thing so we wouldn’t have to cross over each other,” Owens said. On top of the remodel, the two added custom oak cabinetry, hand-made tile, soapstone counters and period-inspired light switches. In order to not take away from the look of the home’s wood and Arts and Crafts style, the two added wood panels to kitchen appliances. “I think if we had left the doors alone and the dishwasher door alone it would’ve looked like a lot steel,” he said. SEE HOME TOUR / PAGE 17

EAST SECTOR MEETING Join your neighbors! Neighborhoods 2020

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journalmpls.com / April 20–May 3, 2017 17 Gueldner recommends homeowners listen to their designers, who can help bring ideas to fruition. “They really can visualize a space that I can’t visualize,” she said. Gueldner said it’s also helpful to decide

FROM HOME TOUR / PAGE 16 To complete the renovation, Owens and Buckingham needed to do something with their breakfast nook, a unique space that couldn’t fit a traditional kitchen table. Working with their builder, Owens designed a table and added a custom booth to the nook.

what’s truly necessary and be flexible with everything else. For her family, she said, a bathroom on the main level was crucial so they could host elderly parents. “Pick the one or two things that are nonnegotiable,” she said.

ASSESSING PROPERTIES A YEARLONG PROCESS Jan. 2 is the magical date when it comes to assessing real estate in Minneapolis, according to City Assessor Patrick Todd. “When we’re putting a value on it, it has to reflect what would that property sell for on Jan. 2,” Todd said. The assessment process begins well before that, however. The Assessor’s Office starts inspecting properties the previous May.

A family gathering space With three growing kids, Rachel Gueldner and her family recently moved to get more space in their home. To create the living space they needed, the family pursued a full kitchen remodel, tearing down the walls between the kitchen and dining room to open up the space. Gueldner also added heat to the kitchen, which had been removed, and expanded a new garage with an attached mudroom. They also added a powder room to the main floor. The kids can do their homework in the kitchen, now a “place to be in and connect and be together in the home,” she said.

State law requires the office to look at 20 percent of properties in the city every year, Todd said, meaning that his staff of 25 looks at about 130,000 properties annually. It takes about three to four months to inspect all the properties, Todd said. The assessors also look at permits and property sales over the previous 12 months before using a computer system to determine the estimated values. The city mails the values out in late January or early February, and property owners have 60 days to file an appeal. The Minnesota Department of Revenue monitors the work of the city Assessor’s Office, tracking the difference between estimated values and sales prices. State law requires the estimates to be at least 90 percent of the sales price, but Minneapolis generally targets a 96-percent ratio, Todd said.

Rachel Gueldner said before a full kitchen remodel that it was so cold in her 1927 home that she could store produce in the cabinets. Submitted photo

Todd said location is always the largest driver for value. Other factors include square footage, condition, garage size and the quality of construction, he said. The city’s assessments differ than those of real estate agents, because agents look only at sales data while Todd’s office looks at all properties. His office also deducts the value of furniture and other amenities inside the house from the estimated value. Liz Buckingham and John Owens have created a kitchen that fits both their interest in cooking and a breakfast nook in their Lynnhurst home. Submitted photo

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“We’re really getting right down to the real estate, because that’s the only piece of it that can be taxed,” he said.

Wedge resident Beth Harrington is showing off a new entertainer’s kitchen in her turn-of-the-century home. Submitted photo

By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@journalmpls.com

Some things never change, the rest is just geography. We sell homes in many neighborhoods! WE HAVE APPROVED NE BUYERS LOOKING FOR THE FOLLOWING: 3+ BR in NE close to downtown

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GREEN DIGEST

By Nate Gotlieb ngotlieb@journalmpls.com @NateGotlieb

Hillcrest celebrates solar at Able A Northeast brewery has become one of the first in the state to utilize solar power, thanks to a Minneapolis developer. Able Seedhouse + Brewery powered on its new rooftop solar installation on April 6. The approximately 113 solar panels will produce roughly 35,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year, or about 25 percent of Able’s power. “We see ourselves as a values-based company,” co-founder Casey Holley said, noting an emphasis on people, community and the environment. “We look at (solar) as aligning with our value set in a strong way.” The project came about because of Hillcrest Development, the Minneapolis-based firm that owns the property, a multi-building complex known as the Highlight Center. Hillcrest had been looking to incorporate solar power into a property, Managing Partner Scott Tankenoff said, and the brewery building proved to be the perfect site. “They’re 100-percent true about sustainability,” Tankenoff said of Able. “They’re good business people, but also they’re doing the right thing.” Hillcrest utilized the state’s Made in Minnesota solar incentive program, which reimburses people and companies who install solar projects that include Minnesota-made panels. It partnered with Roseville-based solar developer Innovative Power Systems and Aid Elec-

tric to install the panels and completed the installation a couple of months ago. The solar panels are one of several sustainable elements on the property, which was built as a light bulb manufacturing facility, according to Kristina Smitten, Hillcrest’s director of sustainability. Other green features include a green roof, energy efficiency through LED lights, stormwater management, organics collection and an interior bike center. “Adding solar was just really consistent with the overall feel and function of the property,” Smitten said. Hillcrest bought the property in 2015 from the Minneapolis School District, which used the site as its headquarters until it moved into the Davis Center in North Minneapolis. The property now hosts about 800 “creative class” jobs, Tankenoff said, from companies such as SportsEngine and Rêve Academy. “They’re here because their employees want to be here,” Tankenoff said. The solar project was the first time Innovative Power Systems had placed panels on top of a brewery, said Eric Pasi, vice president of business development. He said solar power eventually becomes a free resource for those companies that install panels, whereas “you continue to pay forever with Xcel (Energy)” or other utilities. Innovative Power Systems bills itself as the

state’s number-one solar provider and has installed more than 1,000 projects in Minnesota since 1991. It projects the solar panels on top of Able will offset nearly 1.5 million pounds of carbon dioxide over 30 years, the equivalent of adding nearly 3,000 trees to forests. The project at Able comes as the solar industry continues to grow in Minnesota. In 2012, there were seven megawatts of solar power in the state, according to Pasi. The state had about 424 megawatts of solar capacity at the end of March, according to a Department of Commerce estimate. The department is projecting that the state’s capacity could be between 900 and 1,000 megawatts by the end of 2017. Pasi said costs have gone down over 90 percent for panels in the 10 years he’s been with Innovative Power Systems. Solar is becoming much more predictable, he said, and some projects are incorporating energy storage. The state is even making it easier for breweries and distilleries to get into the solar game. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is currently accepting applications from breweries and distilleries for grants that will provide up to $25,000 to assist with environmentally sustainable practices. “Anything we can do to make beer more sustainable, I’m totally for it,” Pasi said.

City reminds residents of outdoor fire ordinances The city of Minneapolis is reminding residents of its rules regarding outdoor fires. Outdoor fires are permitted between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. and must be less than three feet in diameter and two feet high. They must be at least 25 feet away from a structure or combustible material and in a fire ring or pit with edges more than six inches high. Fires must be postponed when the city is under an air pollution advisory or when winds exceed 10 miles per hour. Residents must burn only untreated, unpainted, dry wood and must have a hose or fire extinguisher present. Someone 18 years or older must be constantly attending the fire, and it must be completely out before being abandoned. Illegal open burning or recreational fires could result in fines that start at $200.

Schools

SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

By Nate Gotlieb ngotlieb@journalmpls.com @NateGotlieb

Carondelet teacher honored as K–8 teacher of the year Science isn’t necessarily the most engaging topic for middle schoolers. But Jill Zastrow makes it fun, according to her students at Carondelet Catholic School in Fulton. She engages them with a warm up as they walk into her class. She uses funny accents and changes the volume of her voice. She asks students about what helps them learn and for feedback on her class. “When I get into the science room, it’s a lot of fun,” said Carondelet sixth-grader John Dolan. “It’s just so engaging.” Zastrow’s efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. Last month, she was named K-8 teacher of the year by the Minnesota Independent School Forum, a statewide organization of 152 private schools. “She’s just really a kids-first teacher, so she really values them as individuals,” said Carondelet Principal Sue Kerr. “She just puts herself into everything she does.” Zastrow has worked at Carondelet for the past two school years, after spending time in the St. Paul school district. She described her teaching style in a variety of ways, from energetic and passionate to adaptive and “planned but whimsical.” She said her aim is to instill a love of science into her students so they can engage in the subject in high school. “My kids have a lot of freedom to exercise autonomy, but in a way that they can make mistakes and it’s not the end of the world,” she said. Zastrow said her goal was to saturate the science program at Carondelet in her second

Carondelet Catholic School teacher Jill Zastrow was recently named K-8 teacher of the year by the Minnesota Independent School Forum. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

year at the school. She started a robotics class and club and volunteered to lead a partnership program with the Minnesota Zoo, for which over 60 students signed up. In addition, Zastrow has been instrumental in creating a grading system for students receiving special services, according to nomination letter Carondelet sent to the MISF. She also coaches soccer at the school and started a yoga club and an enrichment class that aims to get kids more engaged and aware of global issues. She said her philosophy with teaching is to expose kids to as much as possible. She encourages kids to try things even if they are just

slightly curious, which she says is a natural way for them to figure out their passions. That philosophy mirrors her entrance into teaching. A college soccer player, Zastrow said she didn’t know what she wanted to do for a career, noting forays into pre-med, nursing and architecture. Her interest in education came from teaching English to first-graders in France, something that inspired her to pursue a master’s degree in the subject. “I knew that teaching was kind of my calling,” she said. Zastrow said she liked how natural teaching felt and how much she laughs when she’s around kids. She said it fits her

personality, adding that she enjoys how every day is different. Her students appear to appreciate her passion and energy. Seventh-grader Ava Shirley said Zastrow really listens to her students and has a positive attitude that makes learning fun. “Everybody is really focused on what she says,” Ava said. “She brings everybody together with her bubbliness.” John Dolan, the sixth-grader, said Zastrow’s class is engaging from the beginning. She gives the students multiple ways to learn ideas, he said, and always covers topics at least twice. “It’s just really easy to learn in that classroom,” he said. Zastrow was the third Carondelet teacher to earn the honor since 2011, joining elementary school teacher Brigid Berger and middle school teacher Josh Nutter, who now works at Ramsey Middle School. The Minnesota Independent School Forum also recognized Carondelet’s Director of Admissions, Megan Hower, with its 2017 behindthe-scenes award. The award recognizes “the quiet and essential work of an individual who supports the school outside of the classroom.” Hower manages the school’s marketing, website, social media and other special projects in addition to her admissions work. Kerr, the Carondelet principal, said that Hower does many things that keep the school running but go unappreciated. “She’s kind of a secret weapon for us,” Kerr said.

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COMMUNITY MEETINGS

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will host public meetings this spring as the project develops.

By Eric Best ebest@journalmpls.com @ericthebest

Park Board wants input on $1M in Sheridan Memorial Park improvements The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is planning more than $1 million in improvements to Sheridan Memorial Park in Northeast Minneapolis. Depending on community feedback, the board is planning to add a playground, a court or field amenity and/or a picnic shelter with restrooms to the northern end of the park. This spring the board will host three

community meetings where residents will be able to discuss their preferences and comment on designs. Preliminary responses from community members show preferences for a playground made from a net structure or from natural pieces like logs, rocks or sand areas. The board is slated to approve a concept design this fall and begin construction on the improvements next spring or summer.

Some work will already begin on the site this spring as crews cleanup the park’s soil under a Hennepin County Environmental Response Fund grant. Funding for improvements to Sheridan Memorial Park is coming from the National Park Service Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership and a match from the Minnesota Parks and Trails Legacy Funding.

Meeting #1 Project overview and discuss community preferences Where: East Side Neighborhood Services, 1700 2nd St. NE When: Wednesday, April 26 from 6 p.m.–8 p.m. Meeting #2 Design alternatives unveiled and discussed Where: East Side Neighborhood Services, 1700 2nd St. NE When: Wednesday, May 24 from 6 p.m.–8 p.m. Meeting #3 Discuss preferred design option Where: East Side Neighborhood Services, 1700 2nd St. NE When: Wednesday, June 21 from 6 p.m.–8 p.m.

Park Board seeks alternatives to crumb rubber Park commissioners recently passed a resolution that would commit the board to finding alternatives to crumb rubber, a substance used in its synthetic fields that has caused some health concerns. The measure, which passed through the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s Operations & Environment Committee on April 12, would affect the construction and rehabilitation of its synthetic turf athletic fields. Currently, the board has eight synthetic turf athletic fields that contain waste tire crumb rubber. The substance, commonly used as infill in synthetic turf fields, has been under fire in recent years, which has led to major studies, one from the Environmental Protection Agency and the other from the

state of California, to test the safety of fields and playgrounds that use waste tires. The board operates athletic fields with the tire rubber at Rod Carew Field, Farview Park, North Commons Park, Parade Stadium, Currie Park, Elliot Park, East Phillips Park and Stewart Park. The Park Board does not operate any playgrounds with waste-tire rubber mulch. The resolution would further the board’s work to find other materials to use in place of crumb rubber in the city’s parks, a process that Michael Schroeder, assistant superintendent for planning, said the Park Board has recently started. “We are not very far down that road yet in defining alternatives, and we believe we actually have a long way to go,” he

told commissioners. A substitute motion from District 1 Commissioner Liz Wielinski that included a temporary ban on the material failed to garner the necessary votes. Staff said the proposed 12-month moratorium, which would’ve required the board to revisit the issue after a year’s time, may have affected planning dollars slated for the rehabilitation of existing fields. The board is planning to expand an indoor field at Currie Park in 2019. “We need to look at saying ‘we’re going to be proactive and say this is dangerous, indoors particularly, until we get this information back,’” Wielinski said. The proposal drew criticism from District 5 Commissioner Steffanie Musich and

President Anita Tabb, who said the concern wasn’t “necessarily based on good science.” “I have a kid. He plays on these fields… and I’m not significantly concerned about this,” Musich said. The Minnesota Department of Health recommends that people who use fields or playgrounds with crumb rubber wash with soap and water after use, shake out clothes and shoes to avoid bringing chips home and to cover food and drinks to prevent contamination. The MDH also suggests creating signs with such recommendations at synthetic turf fields. The committee’s resolution supports the installation of signs at its fields.

Voices

Mill City Cooks / By Jenny Heck

MINNESOTA-GROWN SPRING GREENS

t is springtime in Minnesota, and even though it snowed the first week of April, farmers across the state have lots of greens and other vegetables to bring to the city! Many farmers beat the weather by planting crops in greenhouses as early as February to harvest in early spring. At Mill City Farmers Market’s indoor winter market on April 8th, farmers brought Minnesotagrown arugula, beets, carrots, cilantro, chickweed, lettuce, kale, microgreens, mushrooms, mustard greens, nettles, pac choi, parsley, potatoes, radishes, spring onions, Swiss chard and turnips. Pam Benike, owner of Prairie Hollow Farm, is one of the farmers who vends at the Mill City Farmers Markets indoor winter markets. Not too far from Rochester in Elgin, Pam, her sons, Isaiah and Jonathan, and her daughter, Bethany, grow fresh greens and vegetables throughout our Minnesota winters in their greenhouses. Isaiah, who re-established vegetable farming at the organic dairy farm almost a decade ago, added a greenhouse to the

property in 2008 and a second one in 2010 as a way to extend the growing season for the farm. With only sunshine and angles of the glass walls, the greenhouses are heated to an impressive 75 degrees every day! With these greenhouses and the farm’s storage crops, Prairie Hollow Farm sustains Mill City Farmers Market shoppers and its CSA (community-supported agriculture) members with local food all winter long. Mill City Farmers Market’s final indoor market of the winter season is 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Saturday, April 22 inside the Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd St. In addition to local spring vegetables you can also find fresh bread, pasta, farmstead cheese, pasture-raised local meat, ceramics, jewelry and delicious breakfast and lunch. The Mill City Farmers Market’s outdoor season opens Saturday, May 6 and will host over 60 local farmers and vendors, live music and lots of educational programming, including its free weekly Mill City Cooks cooking classes. For more information please visit millcityfarmersmarket.org.

Spring greens with miso dressing and toasted almonds By market chef Jenny Breen Serves 8–10 Salad ingredients 2 pounds assorted greens (such as arugula, mustard or spinach), well washed and dried 2 medium onions or 2 washed leeks sliced 6 cloves garlic, minced 1 inch ginger, peeled and minced 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil 2 cups sliced or crushed almonds, toasted Miso dressing ingredients 1/3 cup rice vinegar 2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup 2 tablespoons stone ground mustard ½ cup miso paste 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil 1/3 cup olive oil 2 teaspoons tamari

Method In a saucepan, heat the oils over medium heat, add onions and sauté for 2–3 minutes until soft, then add garlic and ginger. Add the greens handful by handful, stirring constantly. Sauté until all the greens are added and they have wilted into a bright green, about 2 minutes. Remove immediately from heat and place in a large bowl. Allow the mixture to cool, add the toasted almonds. In a small bowl, whisk together all the dressing ingredients. Toss dressing with the vegetable mixture. Go to strongertogether.coop/recipes/ simple-beans for simple instructions for cooking dry beans from our friends at Co+op!

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FASHION WEEK MINNESOTA Pack away your sweaters and get your wardrobe ready for spring — it’s time for Fashion Week Minnesota. The biannual week celebrates the best Twin Cities fashion designers, independent boutiques and style-makers with a lineup of 21 fashion shows, shopping events and stylish soirées. Where: Various locations in Minneapolis and St. Paul | When: April 20–29 | Info: fashionweekmn.com

By Jahna Peloquin

Photos by Northeast Collaborative

Cliché’s Crosswalk

Envision

This daytime event hosted by Uptown boutique Cliché is one part flash mob, one part fashion show. Models donning looks by local designers Danielle Everine (a “Project Runway” alum) and Jenny Carle will transform the crosswalk at 24th & Lyndale into an unconventional runway. One thing’s for sure — it’s sure to stop traffic.

Held twice a year, this long-running event is the hottest ticket of the week, showcasing ten spring collections from local designers in an energetic, high-production runway show. Highlights are sure to be Emily Trevor’s sequin-drenched line of party-ready looks for the quirky girl and George Moskal’s embroidered, pearl-beaded silk evening wear.

Where: Cliché, 2403 Lyndale Ave. When: Sunday, April 23 from 2 p.m.–5 p.m. Cost: Free

Where: Machine Shop, 300 2nd St. SE When: Friday, April 21 from 8 p.m.–11 p.m.; 7 p.m. VIP entry, 9 p.m. show Cost: $30 general admission, $60 VIP seated

Winsome Goods Market

Fungi: Beauty from Decay

Minneapolis fashion designer Kathryn Sieve recently opened a storefront for her clothing label, Winsome Goods. The innovative concept features a retail shop featuring Winsome’s latest collection at the front of the space, with the back half housing the brand’s sewing studio. For Fashion Week, Sieve has invited three of her favorite indie clothing and accessory labels from Minneapolis (and one from Brooklyn) for a daylong pop-up event.

For more than a decade, Minneapolis designer Joy Teiken has been creating distinctive, one-of-a-kind gowns and evening wear under the label Joynoëlle with an emphasis on texture and sculptural silhouettes. For her annual spring fashion show, she continues to experiment with fabric manipulation and creating unusual shapes with 17 looks inspired by the natural beauty of fungi.

Where: Winsome Flagship, 201 6th St. SE #2 When: Saturday, April 29 from 11 a.m.–7 p.m. Cost: Free

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Art in Bloom One of the Twin Cities’ rites of spring returns to the Minneapolis Institute of Art to help usher in the season. The 34th-annual Art in Bloom is a four-day festival that showcases floral arrangements created by more than 150 local artists and florists inspired by the museum’s permanent collection of fine art. Highlights include an afternoon fashion show and luncheon showcasing spring looks from Galleria boutiques styled by Grant Whittaker, a garden shop, lectures and demonstrations by renowned florists, classes and free daily tours, plus a swanky preview party that includes a seated dinner. Where: Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 3rd Ave. S. When: April 27–30; preview party Wednesday, April 26 from 6–10 p.m., fashion show Friday, April 28 from 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Cost: Free daily admission; events priced from $20–$200 Info: artsmia.org

Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre and Flying Foot Forum On the surface, flamenco and tap dancing seem like an odd pairing. But the styles share a percussive, rhythmic underpinning, which is apparent in the long-running partnership between Minneapolis dancer-choreographer Joe Chvala and his Flying Foot Forum troupe and the Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre. The pair will reunite to present their 1996 joint work “Las Madres,” an excerpt from their production of “Garden of Names,” about a group of mothers that protested state terrorism in Buenos Aries during the 1970s. Additionally, each dance company will perform individual works, including the Flying Foot Forum’s imaginative new works inspired by Scandinavian folk dance. When: Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, April 23 at 2 p.m. Where: The Cowles Center for Performing Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave. Cost: $30 Info: 206-3600 or thecowlescenter.org

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One year after Prince’s untimely death, Minnesotans will celebrate his legacy at a series of events throughout the Twin Cities. His studio-turned-museum in Chanhassen, Paisley Park, will be the site of a four-day event that will feature live music, panel discussions and presentations from members of Prince’s inner circle, including musicians from all four decades of his performing career: the Time, the Revolution, New Power Generation and 3RDEYEGIRL (April 20–23, $549). First Avenue, where Prince famously shot “Purple Rain,” will host a weekend of events, including two late-night club nights (April 21 and 22, $10–$15), a block party (April 22, sold out) and a daytime kid-friendly dance party (April 23, $5). Across the river in St. Paul, Minnesota History Center is featuring a special Prince memorabilia display, including his “Purple Rain” suit ($6–$12, on view through April 23).

In a press release for his latest exhibition, Minneapolis artist Scott Seekins dubs himself the “Twin Cities’ original selfie artist.” In fact, the painter and illustrator — who has been active in the local art scene for more than four decades — first initiated his self-portrait series in 1996 when he satirically drew his own face over an FBI “wanted” photo of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. Since then, he has appeared in nearly every one of his art works, donning his iconic black (in the winter) or white (in the summer) suit. His third show in 12 months features mixed-media works that place himself in the center of a variety of scenarios, some based on historical events, with a dozen others portraying his fantasy relationship with Britney Spears. It’s darkly tinged Pop Art for the selfie generation.

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When: April 22–May 28; opening reception Saturday, April 22 from 6–9 p.m. Where: Douglas Flanders & Associates, 818 W. Lake St. Cost: Free Info: flandersart.com

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While sales of digital albums and CDs continue to fall as streaming dominates consumers’ music listening habits, vinyl is still going strong, reaching a 25-year high last year. Record Store Day, an annual event held every April since 2007, brings together music fans to celebrate vinyl and features exclusive releases, including several Prince 12-inch singles and two limited edition David Bowie reissues. Local events include a free block party at Hymie’s Vintage Records featuring live music from Black Market Brass, the Blind Shake, Charlie Parr and others (11 a.m.–8 p.m.) and Electric Fetus will host live sets from Flipp, Sims and DJ Jake Rudh (9 a.m.–8 p.m.), food, giveaways and an outdoor lounge with music-related kids’ activities. Where: Various locations When: Saturday, April 22 Cost: Free Info: recordstoreday.com

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Northeasters, take heart. It’s been three years since Taco Cat graced South Minneapolis, and it’s been three years since those in Northeast Minneapolis have yet to enjoy direct access to the beautiful tacos, nachos and more that the restaurant churns out of Midtown Global Market. But the wait is over. Taco Cat has launched a food truck that has taken up a Thursday evening residency at Dangerous Man Brewing at 13th & 2nd. The truck debuted at the taproom in mid-April carrying an abbreviated menu of simple tacos, nachos and French fries, all perfect items to wash down with a locally brewed beer. Taco Cat will continue the residency until the first winter blizzard, which means Northeast Minneapolis has plenty of Thursdays to enjoy tacos and more without a trek to the other side of the city. Check for the truck after 4 p.m. until about 9 p.m. right outside the brewery on Second Street Northeast. There are warmer days ahead.

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Minneapolis-based Suzie, the solo project of Mark Ritsema, will kickoff a tour at 7th Street Entry on Wednesday, April 26. Submitted photo

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perfectly at home at a throwback-themed beach party, blaring out over the sand as partiers dance, brews in hand.

With a guitar in hand and microphone at the ready, Mark Ritsema becomes Suzie. Under his solo project moniker, the former Night Moves guitarist and keyboardist has been experimenting with his own nostalgiadriven, bedroom-rock glam band. Along with a growing cast of guest musicians, the band’s sound has expanded over the past few years, which ranges from bubblegum shoegaze to alternative rock while never straying too far from Ritsema’s characteristic atmospheric songwriting. “That’s definitely my base. I love dream pop and bedroom-quality stuff,” he said. Suzie’s latest full-length release, “Chardonnay,” debuted earlier this year and features an ambitious blending of synth and guitar. Chief among the 12-song album are songs like “Backseat” and “Burn.” The first, the lead single off “Chardonnay,” combines ’70s-era psychedelic vocals with an infectious synth line and lyrics that explore an unequal relationship. It pairs well with “Burn,” a summery glam tune that has Ritsema’s songwriting at its best. The track would be

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Ritsema is churning out songs for the tour, including premiering “Over It,” a ’90s-style track that combines the styles of “MMMBop” of Hanson fame and Primal Scream. “I was wanted to write a Hanson-style song,” he said. The song is part of “The Greatest of All-Time Vol. 2,” a Forged Artifacts compilation whose sales will benefit the American Civil Liberties Union. “Over It” oozes a dreamy, almost beachy pop while the song covertly deals with the near-constant stimuli of today’s digital life, a newfound phenomenon that, as Ritsema says, can make it impossible to be excited anymore (“Turn me on, turn me young / I’m getting old man / And I’m too young to be over it”). Ritsema recommends The Journal readers check out “Prisoner,” the latest album from alt rocker Ryan Adams, as well as artists Alex G, D.R.A.M. and Lil Yachty.

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Ritsema will kickoff his first tour in the past two years with a show at First Avenue’s 7th Street Entry on Wednesday, April 26. The 18-plus show will feature opener MURF, a “RoboCop”themed hardcore punk band. The short tour will take Suzie between Sioux Falls, South Dakota and New York.

THE MOST EXCITING TWO MINUTES IN SPORTS — WITH A DRINK

If you’re like me, sometimes watching sports can even be exhausting. Luckily, some sports have it right. One such sport is the Kentucky Derby, a horse race that’s over in just two minutes. Yet, it’s somehow enough to throw a party over. Betty Danger’s Country Club will once again host its annual Kentucky Derbatante on Saturday, May 6 with all the classics, from a mint julep bar to some of the city’s best derby attire, but you wouldn’t go to Betty Danger’s without a little strangeness. There will also be a dance party with DJ Strangelove, bouncy horse races on the bar’s own race track and even a live pony petting and posing coral. Guests with the most dapper derby hats can compete for their own prize. Tickets, which include a mint julep, are on sale now — and it sold out last year, so it’s best not to wait.

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