The Journal, June 15–28, 2017 by The Journal

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Festivalgoers pose with Target’s #TakePride installation at the 2015 Twin Cities Pride Festival. Submitted photo

E U O T E D M F I O R R P O C AFTER 45 YEARS, THE TWIN CITIES PRIDE FESTIVAL IS STILL POLITICAL

BY ERIC BEST / EBEST@JOURNALMPLS.COM

orty-five years ago, a handful of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to mark the third anniversary of the Stonewall riots, a series of demonstrations in New York credited for jumpstarting the LGBT rights movement. Today, that march — now a parade — and the Twin Cities Pride Festival are the largest free pride events in the country, drawing about one-third of a million people to downtown Minneapolis each year.

Decades later, the annual event hasn’t lost its political roots. This year’s theme, “Love Revolution,” is meant to resist what Amy Brockman, the external relations manager for the event’s organizer, Twin Cities Pride, says is a resurgence in a permission to hate people and act on those opinions. “We just really want to empower people to react in a way that’s positive and just remember that what we’re about is love. SEE PRIDE / PAGE 16

Mayoral candidates talk taxes, business and banking

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A Humphrey School forum focuses on the city’s business and economic environment By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com Seven of the candidates seeking the Minneapolis mayor’s office met June 6 to discuss economics and the city’s business environment at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs on the University of Minnesota campus. Star Tribune business columnist Lee Schafer and Professor Larry Jacobs of the Humphrey School moderated what was billed as a “conversation” rather than a debate between the candidates, and their questions touched on the relationship between business and City Hall, the impending municipal minimum wage ordinance and property taxes. Invited to participate were Mayor Betsy Hodges, state Rep. Raymond Dehn, film-

maker Aswar Rahman, community organizer Al Flowers, former law professor and president of the Minneapolis NAACP Nekima Levy-Pounds, Ward 3 City Council Member Jacob Frey and former Hennepin Theater Trust CEO Tom Hoch. A mayoral candidate who wasn’t on stage, Jonathan Honerbrink, posted messages to Twitter while sitting in the audience at the 250-seat Cowles Auditorium, which was near capacity for the event.

Support from business Schafer began the 75-minute conversation by asking the candidates if they were actively seeking the support of business

owners and leaders for their campaigns. Most answered in the affirmative, including Hodges, who said a vital business community was “one of the reasons we’re doing well.” Frey said the record number of new business openings in Ward 3 were evidence his “collaborative work” with the business community was having an impact. The only candidate to answer no, Flowers, said he was “seeking the support of the people this election,” adding that his focus was on equity concerns in the city. Levy-Pounds also mentioned disparities in her response, noting that Minneapolis businesses are disproportionately white-owned. Although she will seek support from the SEE MAYORAL FORUM / PAGE 7

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Major I-35W project: ‘It’s a reality this time’ August marks the start of more than four years of construction By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@journalmpls.com

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Neighbors are bracing for construction. “Anytime there is a major construction project it’s going to impact business,” said Aaron Meyerring, co-owner of Electric Fetus. The record shop will celebrate its

The neighborhood impact

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STAGE ONE August 2017–April 2018 All lanes of I-35W, I-94 and Highway 65 remain open Franklin Avenue bridge closed 5th Avenue ramp to northbound I-35W and eastbound I-94 closed (ramp to I-94 reopens in 2018)

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Construction starts in August 2017 with bridge closures at Franklin Avenue, 38th Street and Portland Avenue. Following the Super Bowl in the spring of 2018, the construction impact becomes a little more painful. I-35W access to Downtown Minneapolis via Highway 65 closes entirely. I-35W and I-94 will remain open throughout construction with lane reductions. “One of the biggest impacts is the detour of the regional buses from 35W to the local streets during that time frame,” Pedersen said. Traffic will detour to city streets including 31st Street, Blaisdell Avenue, Grand Avenue, 1st Avenue, Park Avenue and Portland Avenue. Contractors will have financial incentives to reopen Downtown access as soon as possible, and MnDOT staff hope they can limit the Downtown closure to a single construction season. Blocking access to Downtown provides room for bridge reconstruction. Two are flagged in critical need of replacement: the “flyover” bridge from northbound I-35W to westbound I-94, and the I-35W “braid” bridge near 24th Street. The bridges were highlighted as a top priority in a review that followed the 2007 collapse of the I-35W river bridge. Also in mid-2018, the number of lanes will shrink on I-94. Bridges slated for closure include the 26th Street bridge, 24th Street pedestrian bridge and 40th Street pedestrian bridge. Ramps at 35th Street will close, in addition to the 36th Street ramp to southbound I-35W. Construction on the Lake Street transit station is tentatively slated for 2020. Pedersen said Lake Street would lose a lane in each direction during construction, but Lake Street would remain open through the duration of the project. The construction timeline will be finalized following selection of the contractor later this summer. Several local streets and sidewalks would be reconstructed around the highway. Bridge reconstruction includes pedestrian-scale lighting and wrought-iron railings replacing chain link fencing. Along the freeway, seven out of eight neighborhoods voted against construction of new noise walls where they don’t exist today. The Phillips West neighborhood did vote to add a noise wall along 2nd Avenue between Lake Street and the Greenway.

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The final rendition of the project has been a long time coming. The previous $400-millionplus plan never secured full funding and proved controversial due to cost, an idea to relocate ramps to 38th Street, and a focus on freeway expansion rather than transit. Longfellow resident Lisa Vecoli worked on the project on-and-off for 15 years, serving as part of the project advisory committee. She noted that the original freeway construction cut through the center of the city. “There is a lot more awareness around the destruction of Rondo than the destruction of neighborhoods in South Minneapolis,” she said.

A 2007 MnDOT study found there are more freeway crashes in the I-35W/I-94 Commons area than any other place in Minnesota, with an afternoon peak hour crash rate 15 times the metro average. The combination of heavy traffic, quick merging and travel demand patterns contribute to more than 1,000 crashes per year. To help improve safety, the “flyover” bridge from northbound I-35W to westbound I-94 will shift to the left side of the highway, to eliminate the widespread merging that most traffic currently takes ahead of the Hennepin/Lyndale exit on I-94. Pedersen said residents should not expect to see the end of traffic slowdowns on I-35W, however, given the roadway’s high demand. He said the highway is not adding capacity. “We’re making small improvements that are going to improve the safety, but you’re not going to eliminate congestion,” he said, explaining that rear-end crashes related to congestion are a big cause of accidents in the area. Average daily traffic on I-35W approached 200,000 in 2013, according to MnDOT, and traffic is projected to hit 257,700 in 2038.

50th anniversary next year in the midst of construction. “It’s just going to be another hurdle that we’re going to have to get past.” At an April meeting of the Lyndale Neighborhood Association, residents asked questions about lighting and pedestrian safety during detours. “There are lots of parks and schools along these routes,” said one attendee. Pedersen said they expect traffic diverted to local streets will span from Hiawatha Avenue on the east and Lyndale Avenue on the west. Workers don’t plan to take away parking or bike lanes to speed commutes, he said. For more information and project updates, visit dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/i35wminneapolis.

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“The coolest thing about this is the transit station at Lake Street,” Hager said. Like the bus station at 46th Street, the Lake Street station will stand in the middle of the interstate, featuring two levels and an indoor waiting area. It will accommodate the Orange Line, an all-day bus rapid transit line that will connect Minneapolis to Richfield, Bloomington and Burnsville along I-35W — about 14,000 daily rides. A transit-only access ramp will streamline the path between the transit station and Downtown for 700 buses each weekday, including METRO Orange Line bus rapid transit. Soren Jensen, executive director of the Midtown Greenway Coalition, said advocates wanted to make sure the new transit center would not create a dark, foreboding place under the highway. He didn’t want to see “Hiawatha-Lake 2.0,” a reference to the unloved intersection located about two miles east down Lake Street. The station will include a ramp to the Greenway along the west side of the freeway next to Stevens Avenue, and funding for public art on the Greenway ramp is secured. The project doesn’t require the acquisition of any homes. (Officials didn’t add a ramp from Lake Street to northbound I-35W to avoid taking homes north of McDonald’s, according to Hennepin County Engineer Jim Grube.) The new southbound ramp to Lake Street will displace Krav Maga Minneapolis and the Good Grocer, however. The Good Grocer is currently working to purchase a property near the current store, and the transaction is not yet finalized. Krav Maga did not respond for comment. Grube said original freeway construction in the 1960s did not include access to Lake Street because planners thought the Lowry Tunnel couldn’t handle the additional

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traffic demand. Officials have now proved the extra traffic won’t be as bad as people thought, he said.

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August marks the start of more than four years of construction on Interstate 35W between Downtown and 43rd Street. The roughly $265-million project is similar in scale to the Crosstown reconstruction of I-35W and Highway 62 a decade ago. It will involve shutting down I-35W access to Downtown via Highway 65 in mid-2018 (after the Super Bowl), diverting vehicles and buses to neighborhood streets. I-35W will remain open throughout the project with lane reductions beginning in 2018. Bridges that cross the highway will close one by one for reconstruction or re-decking, with the Franklin Avenue Bridge among the first wave of closures. “It’s important that folks know it’s coming, because we’ve been talking about it for so long,” said Jeni Hager, the city’s director of transportation planning and programming. When the project is completed in the fall of 2021, a new transit station will stand at Lake Street. New exit ramps will send vehicles toward the Lake Street business district from I-35W southbound to Lake Street and I-35W northbound to 28th Street. Officials from the Minnesota Department of Transportation and other agencies are visiting neighborhood groups to report that after two decades of planning, funding is in place and construction is imminent. “It’s a reality this time,” said MnDOT Project Manager Scott Pedersen.

38th Street bridge closed Portland Avenue bridge closed

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STAGE TWO May 2018–October 2018 I-35W shifts to three lanes northbound, two lanes southbound and I-94 westbound down to two lanes Highway 65 closed Northbound I-35W to westbound I-94 closed

Eastbound I-94 to southbound I-35W closed 24th Street pedestrian bridge closed

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26th Street bridge closed (closes after Franklin reopens) 35th Street ramps closed (southbound ramp reopens late 2018–2019) Southbound 36th Street ramp closed 40th Street pedestrian bridge closed To see additional phases of construction through 2021, visit map attached to this story at southwestjournal.com.

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Office workers may not have noticed the $25 million in renovations to the Marquette Hotel, but inside its new owner has left few things untouched. The hotel, a longtime fixture on the IDS Center block, is now part of the Curio Collection by Hilton, the first hotel in the state to join the brand, thanks to JMI Realty, a Texas-based firm that bought it last year for nearly $75 million. While much of the hotel is new, the renovation has returned the story of the hotel to its namesake, the French explorer Jacques Marquette. The hotel features the story of the Minneapolis icon and the city’s history in new décor, from the lobby to the hotel’s 282 rooms, and a new restaurant, Jacques, which replaces the Marq VII Lounge on the main level. The 76-seat restaurant, now reopened, offers a seasonal Italian-Mediterranean menu and an array of new house cocktails, including classic French drinks as a nod to Marquette. “The Marquette Hotel is situated perfectly for travelers looking to experience the best of what this area has to offer,” said John Wright, director of sales and marketing, in a statement. “The renovations will enhance this property’s rich history complemented by modern amenities while ensuring our signature service and authentic experience remains intact.” The next thing to change is Basil’s Restaurant, the third-floor breakfast and

brunch spot overlooking the Crystal Court. This fall, the restaurant will take the name Jolliet House, a reference to Louis Jolliet, Marquette’s friend and a fellow explorer. For fans of the Mary Tyler Moore table on the restaurant’s deck, the entire balcony will be named after the actress and will nearly double in size. The entire hotel received a makeover from Mark Zeff Design, which outfitted rooms with historically themed art, historic murals of the Mississippi River and modern updates. The Marquette has kept amenities like a fitness center and a business center, along with services like in-room massages, bicycle rental and personal shopping. “The new modern look will update the hotel, but still retain the unique historic details which have made the hotel stand apart from the rest for over 40 years,” JMI President Gregory Clay said. The Marquette offers about 25,000 square feet of meeting space across several floors, including its well-known Windows on Minnesota, a 13,000-square-foot event space on the 50th floor of the IDS. The space is home to four ballrooms, the largest of which is the 4,400-square-foot Galaxy Ballroom. The Marquette, located at 710 S. Marquette Ave., occupies 12 stories attached to the IDS Center, the state’s tallest building at 57 stories.

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The North Loop is now home to one of the state’s only studios that specializes in microblading, a unique long-term treatment for eyebrows. Highbrow Studio owner Ally Horarik started the business after finding herself in a situation like many of her clients who have heard about the procedure online or from friends. The Minneapolis-area resident couldn’t find anyone locally to do it at the time and was prepared to travel to Canada just to get it done. When even that didn’t work out Horarik decided to do it herself, and opened what she said is the only studio that specializes in microblading in the state. “If I’m willing to go to Canada then I know other people are willing to get it done as well,” she said. Microblading involves a trained practitioner using a manual tool with needles and pigment to draw in strokes that mimic hair. Though it’s similar to tattooing, the effects of microblading only last one to three years because they don’t penetrate the skin as much as a traditional tattoo and use a different pigment. As a result, Horarik said, pain from the “really dainty” procedure isn’t as intense. “It’s great for women and men who don’t want to fill in their brows or spend the money to get them tinted. They can go and not think about it for a while,” she said. Legally, the procedure is treated like tattooing, so Horarik apprenticed out of a tattoo parlor and her business is licensed as a tattoo shop. But the environment at High-

Microblading practitioners use a needled hand tool to make lasting hair-like designs. Submitted photo brow, Horarik said, is more “private, relaxing [and] high-end.” Highbrow clients come in for two appointments. First, they discuss with Horarik what they want and she performs the procedure in about 40 minutes. A second appointment nearly two months afterward allows Horarik to touch up her work. The entire process costs $500. “It is an art, and every artist has their own technique,” she said. Highbrow opened earlier this year at 701 N. 3rd St. in the North Loop neighborhood. The studio is open daily by appointment only. Highbrow takes appointments online at highbrowstudiomn.com.

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Toast Wine Bar and Café has closed after nearly 11 years in business. The wine bar opened at the end of 2006 in the North Loop neighborhood. Toast closed on May 30. Owners Scott Davis and Erin Tomczyk announced the “sad goodbye” on their website. “We are sorry to say that after 11 years we

have decided to close our doors. It’s been a lot of fun and we will miss you all. Thank you for your support over the years,” it reads. The owners did not return a request for comment. Toast was located at 415 N. 1st St. on the ground floor of the Heritage Landing building.

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Pryes opens taproom connecting North Loop, NE brewing scenes

Pryes Brewing Co. is opening the doors to its new home between the North Loop and Northeast Minneapolis. Founder and brewmaster Jeremy Pryes plans to open his first taproom and brewery on West River Road, just a block off the Plymouth Avenue Bridge, this month. The 13,000-square-foot brewery is a large space for a brewing company that only has one beer on tap in local restaurants, its signature Miraculum IPA, but it won’t be like that for long. In the new brewing space, Pryes plans to ramp up production from 800 barrels a year to 20,000, along with gradually adding to its lineup of brews. “We’ll be using the taproom as a place to test and improve new brews — many, if not most, will never be served beyond these doors,” Pryes said in a statement. “Visitors will have a unique opportunity to sample taproom-only, small batch beers, which once they’re gone, may never be repeated.” Inside, Pryes has a wood bar and custom furniture from Atom Pechman of Form From Form. The taproom has a variety of social spaces and a patio with views of the Mississippi riverfront. Perhaps the taproom’s most unique feature is a large feather bowling lane that runs along about three-fourths of the taproom. The brewery says it’s one of just three locations

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in the country to offer the game, a Belgian invention similar to curling or bocce. Pryes has opted for a different model for its food than most breweries, which typically invite food trucks to park outside for patrons.

The brewery has a full kitchen — complete with an Italian wood-fired oven — for guest chefs to cook out of. While the brewery hasn’t announced any partners yet, Pryes envisions collaborating with pop-ups and

longer partners to pair their beer with food. “We have an amazing roster of local restaurants serving our beer,” said Pryes. “We wanted to complement and celebrate them. So, we created a kitchen where we can invite chefs to come and stay for a pop up event, or for extended periods of time.” The taproom has been a long time coming for the brewery, which was founded in 2012 and has been brewing on the equipment at Inbound BrewCo, North Loop BrewCo’s nearby taproom on Fifth Street in the North Loop. Pryes will even use the same water in its new space, a crucial element for brewers to balance recipes. “We could’ve gone bigger, but we opted to go better, with a focus on hospitality and overall experience” he said. Pryes will be connected with the riverfront through ample bike trails just across the street on West River Road. Beyond views of the river, the taproom is located near a kayak rental program and Boom Island Park. Pryes will officially open on Saturday, June 17 at 1401 West River Road N. in the Near North neighborhood.

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Council plans $15 minimum wage in five years The City Council has a plan to raise the minimum wage for all Minneapolis workers to $15 by July 1, 2022. Several of the key remaining details of a municipal minimum wage ordinance were sketched in by council members during a special June 6 Committee of the Whole meeting, including the timing and pace for phasingin higher wages. Those were some of the last missing pieces in the proposed ordinance, which is set for a vote following a public hearing later this month. Under the plan described by City Council Vice President Elizabeth Glidden (Ward 8), the ramp-up to a higher minimum wage would start more quickly at large businesses — those with more than 100 employees — than smaller businesses, where the wage floor would rise more slowly and then take a larger jump in the fifth year of implementation. More than 90 percent of Minneapolis businesses — and 88 percent in the foodservice category, including bars and restaurants — have 100 or fewer employees and would fall into the small business tier. Together, those business employ about 110,000 of Minneapolis’ estimated 301,820 workers, or just over 36 percent of the workforce. About 71,000 Minneapolis workers currently earn less than $15 an hour, according to a city report. Latino and African-American workers are disproportionately represented in those lowwage jobs and would stand to benefit from a hike in the minimum wage. Council members had previously agreed that a tiered implementation system was the best way to ease the burden of rising wages on small business owners, but when they instructed staff to draft a municipal minimum wage ordinance in May, they didn’t say where to draw the line. The draft ordinance returned to the council in June didn’t answer the question; it was a policy issue that had to be settled by the council. Glidden said drawing the line at 100 employees was “not a perfect differentiator,” but she and the co-authors of the proposal, council members Lisa Bender (Ward 10) and Abdi Warsame (Ward 6), weighed a number of choices and decided it was the best option. The majority of municipal minimum wage laws enacted around the country so far do not treat small and large businesses differently, Glidden said. Bender said she aimed to make the ordi-

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nance simple and easily understandable for both workers and employers and to get as many people to $15 as quickly as possible. Bender said she wanted a policy that didn’t “leave behind” too many workers but also responded to calls from small business owners who wanted more time to adjust to rising payroll costs. Ward 2 City Council Member Cam Gordon said he preferred a plan that got large businesses to $15 in four years, but said having both small and large employers arrive at that point in five years — rather than giving small businesses a 6- or 7-year phase-in period — “is a plus” for the Glidden proposal. Gordon said he may still propose an amendment to the ordinance that would lower the dividing line between small and large businesses, so that more workers might benefit from the ordinance sooner. Under the proposal, the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights is charged with enforcing the ordinance. The City Council approved an amendment authored by Jacob Frey of Ward 3 to allow for individuals to sue in the case of ordinance violations. The draft ordinance was cheered by 15 Now

Minnesota, a group that attempted to enact a $15 minimum wage via charter amendment last fall. That effort was blocked by the Minnesota Supreme Court, ruling that the minimum wage was a matter of policy that had to be handled in ordinance and not the charter. Others are still pressing the council to include an exception for tipped workers in the minimum wage ordinance, including Pathway to $15, a group that represents dozens of local restaurant owners. Pathway to $15 advocates what is alternately called a tip credit or a tip penalty — in either case, it allows restaurants to count tips toward the wages of servers and bartenders. The group argues that many tipped employees already make more than $15 when wages and tips are combined and that requiring a $15 minimum wage would force restaurants to lay-off employees, switch to counter service or even close. A public hearing on the ordinance is planned for June 22. Comments may be submitted in person or via email to minwage@ minneapolismn.gov. The council meets June 28 to make final revisions to the ordinance ahead of a June 30 vote.

Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition is now Our Streets Minneapolis An advocacy organization with a powerful voice at City Hall is now going by a new name. The Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition on May 31 announced it is now Our Streets Minneapolis. The name reflects the non-profit organization’s evolving mission, which last year expanded beyond just bicycles to advocating for people walking and rolling on Minneapolis streets, Executive Director Ethan Fawley said. “In that process, we recognized that we needed to change our name to be more inclusive of

everyone,” Fawley said. He said the rebranding followed a long process of engaging with stakeholders to update the organization’s mission and vision. That included bringing on new board members “who came from a more pedestrian-focused or pedestrianfirst perspective,” Fawley said. “We work for a city where biking, walking, and rolling are easy and comfortable for everyone,” he said. The organization’s current priorities for

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journalmpls.com / June 15–28, 2017 7 FROM MAYORAL FORUM / PAGE 1 business community, she said, “I sometimes speak a truth that the business community doesn’t always want to hear.” Dehn, too, noted that prosperity hasn’t been equally shared among Minneapolis residents and neighborhoods, adding that the city needs to do more to maintain and build a diverse workforce.

‘Deaf ears’ Schafer next asked the candidates whether they agreed with what he described as a widespread perception: that the collective voice of business “falls on deaf ears at City Hall,” that it’s hard to do business in Minneapolis and that some elected officials even view business as a “negative force.” Levy-Pounds said she agreed with Schafer that “city government hasn’t been the most responsive to our business community,” prompting a follow-up question from Jacobs, who asked how improving that relationship fit into a campaign platform that calls for making the city a national leader in equity. Levy-Pounds said business played a key part in her push for economic justice, in part by changing hiring practices that she argued block qualified candidates of color from wellpaying jobs. Hodges agreed that Minneapolis is a “challenging environment” for business, and said that was why she introduced the Business Made Simple initiative in her 2014 State of the City address, calling for a streamlining of rules and regulations. But Hodges didn’t buy Schafer’s suggestion that City Hall was filled with deaf ears, adding, “disagreement doesn’t mean deafness.” Jacobs asked Hodges about a specific instance when the business community felt they were not heard at City Hall — early in Hodges’ term, when she backed a proposed fair scheduling ordinance in her Working Families Agenda. Hodges pulled her support for the ordinance, which would’ve required employers to set employee schedules weeks in advance, after pushback from business owners. The mayor told Jacobs that was actually an example of the conversation in action. “Pulling it off the table was listening,” she said. Flowers again said he was focused on people over business, arguing it was the voices of people living on the North Side that had fallen on deaf ears. Flowers said the city was pushing to address crime downtown ahead of hosting the Super Bowl in February when its attention was needed elsewhere. “The biggest issue in this city is about

people dying,” he said. “… If you don’t fix that, then you’re going to have problems downtown forever.” Hoch said the lead-up to this month’s introduction of a municipal minimum wage ordinance was a prime example of how City Hall ignores the voices of business, arguing that Hodges and a majority on the City Council had already made up their minds to support a wage hike before the city launched a series of listening sessions to gather community input. Picking up from Hoch, Jacobs then asked Hodges if that was the case. Hodges acknowledged that this winter she came out clearly against an exemption for tipped workers in the minimum wage ordinance, but noted that other key provisions — including how quickly higher wages would be phased-in — were still being discussed by Council members. Rahman said Minneapolis has a “done-to rather than work-with” attitude toward business, agreeing that the deaf ears allegation “rings absolutely true.” He said the drive to raise the minimum wage “steamrolled” over legitimate small business concerns.

Who pays for higher wages? Schafer’s next question to the candidates asked them who, ultimately, would pay for a higher city minimum wage, adding that it seemed like “common sense” that a rise in wages would be accompanied by fewer hours worked and fewer jobs. Dehn said “no one was freaking out” when the state’s minimum wage rose to $9.50 an hour for large employers last year from just $6.15 in 2013, adding that most businesses adjusted to the higher wages. He said both customers and businesses “will pay a little more” when Minneapolis wages increase and, when pressed by Jacobs, said $15 phased-in over multiple years was “really not a drastic change.” Hoch, describing the passages of a citywide minimum wage ordinance as a certainty, said the city doesn’t know enough about the potential impacts of the change, but that it will be the next mayor’s job to make sure the new ordinance is enforced and to stay on top of the possible consequences. Schafer noted that Levy-Pounds said last fall that even $15 might not be enough of a hike, and asked if the candidate had shared that view with business owners. Levy-Pounds responded by telling about a recent visit to the Herbivorous Butcher, a vegan restaurant, where an employee excitedly told her the business wasn’t waiting for the city to act to move employee wages toward $15.

From left to right: Aswar Rahman, Al Flowers, Mayor Betsy Hodges, City Council Member Jacob Frey, Nekima Levy-Pounds, Tom Hoch and state Rep. Raymond Dehn. Photo by Dylan Thomas “That, to me, is the kind of mentality we need from our business community,” she said. Jacobs then joined in, noting that some businesses have warned the wage hike will be too costly, forcing them to close or relocate to the suburbs. Levy-Pounds said she agreed with Hodges, who had long supported a regional wage hike over the go-it-alone approach for Minneapolis, but said the city in this instance had to be a leader. Frey said he went on record in support of a wage hike two years ago, and that the long debate leading up to a vote later this month helped to ensure “we’re going to do it right.” He predicted there would be no exodus of business from the city. Jacobs noted Frey recently reversed his support of an exception for tipped workers in the minimum wage ordinance, which he now opposes, and wondered if that said something about his “consistency” as a politician. “It’s difficult leading the way on some of this stuff,” Frey responded, adding that, until Hodges “flipped” her own position over the winter, there wasn’t clear support among elected officials for giving tipped workers $15 an hour. Hodges predicted a “trough” following passage of the ordinance, all but a certainty later this month, but added, “On the other side, we will all be better off,” noting taxpayers make up the difference when workers are earning poverty wages. Flowers described the municipal minimum wage ordinance as “the biggest ruse” of the election, predicting it “will kill a lot of small businesses” and ultimately hurt people of color. He said the city should tackle other equity issues, like access to affordable

housing, before wages. “Al called it a ruse; it’s also a trap,” Rahman said, arguing that many of the small businesses owned by and employing people of color won’t be able to afford $15 an hour wages. He described the push for a municipal minimum wage as “ham-fisted political opportunism.”

Banking relationships Schafer next asked about Minneapolis opening a city-owned bank, an idea the City Council asked staff to study last year as council members were grappling with the city’s relationship with Wells Fargo. The council discussed ending that relationship over Wells Fargo’s role in financing construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline. None of the candidates expressed support for a municipal bank, with Levy Pounds describing the idea as “asinine.” She said she was more interested in the idea of opening a black-owned credit union in North Minneapolis. Still, several candidates said they would use what leverage the city has to hold big banks accountable, including Dehn, who was critical of large financial institutions’ role in the check-cashing and pay day loan businesses that he said prey on some neighborhoods and “extract wealth” from residents. Hodges dismissed the idea of political litmus tests for the banks the city does business with, adding that the amount of cash Minneapolis has invested with Wells Fargo was “not enough to make a dent” in the bank if the city pulled its assets. But she said there SEE MAYORAL FORUM / PAGE 8

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‘Scaffold’ comes down After protests and apologies, the work is removed from Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@journalmpls.com The dismantling of the controversial sculpture “Scaffold” began June 2, although initial plans for it to be burned as part of a Native American ceremony were in flux one week later. The new addition to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden evoked emotional protests from Native Americans and others for its representation of the gallows that hanged 38 Dakota men in the aftermath of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. It was created by Los Angeles-based artist Sam Durant and had previously been exhibited in Europe. “This is a critical part of history for our Dakota people, which includes the overt acts of genocide directed at our people — not something to be depicted in the sculpture garden next to a giant rooster or a spoon with a cherry,” said Cheyanne St. John, who works in the Lower Sioux Community Tribal Historic Preservation Office. The Walker institution will become more diverse so something like this doesn’t happen again, said Walker Executive Director Olga Viso. Viso said they will create a more diverse board and staff and will hold advisory forums. The Walker will also commission Native artwork for the campus, she said. The Dakota 38 is one of seven executions referenced by Durant’s sculpture, and he said he included the incident because it remains the largest execution in U.S. history. Durant apologized and said if he could do it over, he never would have included the Mankato story. He’s done historical research, he said, but never personally met with people

FROM MAYORAL FORUM / PAGE 7 were “legitimate questions to be asked” about Wells Fargo and the banking industry, adding that the city was doing just that.

Property taxes Schafer’s final question to the candidates sought their opinions on the 5.5-percent property tax increase set in the city’s 2017 budget. Rahman, noting that property taxes were up twice that over Hodges’ term, said the people who suffer the most with that level of increase are the people who have been suffering the longest. But Dehn countered that the rise was “probably not as drastic as we’d like to think,” noting the devaluation of property and years

A worker on the crew disassembling “Scaffold” holds a board from the sculpture aloft before tossing it to the ground. Photo by Dylan Thomas

living with the history for 500 years. “The work is really primarily for a mainstream audience that’s not aware of these things. … So many people don’t know that history,” he said. Lack of historical knowledge played a huge role in the installation of “Scaffold,” said Sheldon Wolfchild, a Dakota historian, filmmaker and artist. Wolfchild said that three years after the Dakota 38 died, officials hanged two more Dakota at a scaffold near Fort Snelling. One of those men is his ancestor, Medicine Bottle.

Wolfchild said Medicine Bottle’s neck didn’t break immediately, and he dangled for 10 minutes before he died. “If you have the courage to understand that feeling, then that is what our people are going through,” he said. Wolfchild said his people have the country’s highest suicide rate; his reservation recently held a memorial for a 12-year-old girl who strangled herself. He said “Scaffold” is not an image he wants young people to see at a mainstream institution. “There also has to be a balance when you

do a message in art — there has to be positive and negative, not just negative,” he said. The sculpture’s dismantling began in a June ceremony led by Dakota spiritual leaders and elders. A Native construction company spent several days removing the wood. If or when it will be burned in a ceremony at Fort Snelling was not clear at press time. The mediated resolution came through consultation with Dakota spiritual and traditional elders, representatives of Minnesota’s four federally recognized tribes, the Park Board, Durant and Walker Art Center.

of smaller property tax hikes that followed the 2008 financial crisis. He said property taxes contribute to the city’s rising rents, but added that lack of housing is another significant factor and that the city may need to consider property tax abatement or some other steps to hold rents steady. Jacobs pressed Dehn to say how much property taxes would rise under his leadership if elected, and Dehn’s response noted that mayors have to weigh spending on city needs against the burden of taxes. “My goal would be to limit property tax increases as much as possible,” Hoch, who took the question next, said. He compared the mayor to an orchestra conductor who has to balance out the players. Frey agreed with Hoch’s characterization of

property taxes as “the most regressive form of tax,” but said any discussion of rising property taxes had to acknowledge that the city’s tax base had expanded significantly in recent years, limiting the impact of a higher levy on individual property owners. Asked by Jacobs how he would balance spending needs against the impact of higher taxes on low-income families, Frey said his approach would be to ensure taxes were being used “efficiently.” “With all due respect to Jacob, I’m not sure you’re living in the real world,” LevyPounds responded, drawing links between rising property taxes, higher rents and the gentrification she argued was “displacing” residents in some neighborhoods. She said she was “stunned” when she heard about the 5.5-percent hike for 2017.

Levy-Pounds asked why the city was holding onto hundreds of vacant lots when the city was facing an affordable housing crisis. Hodges said the value she carried with her during budget debates was making sure that city resources were invested in residents and invested well. She noted that state cuts to Local Government Aid for Minneapolis had forced tough budget choices. Flowers, arguing the city had “squandered” millions in federal dollars on the North Side — possibly a reference to the “Promise Zone” designation awarded during the Obama administration — argued against future property tax hikes.

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Transit collaborative moves ahead with breakup The Counties Transit Improvement Board voted to dissolve May 31 and is now on its way to ending a nine-year collaboration that planned and helped to pay for metro-area transit projects. The breakup has been framed by some board members as a move to sidestep Republicans at the state capitol, who have slowed or blocked funding for metro-area transit project, including Southwest Light Rail Transit. But the board was also dealing with internal tensions; less than a year ago, Dakota County announced its plan to pull out of the collaborative over questions about how CTIB distributed funds around the region. The breakup becomes official only after it’s

approved by the boards of all five members counties, which include Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka and Washington in addition to Dakota. A resolution was to come before the Hennepin County Board just as this issue was going to press. CTIB funded transit projects using a quarter-cent sales tax and a $20 motor vehicle sales tax levied in all five member counties. On their own, those member counties will be able to double the quartercent sales tax to a half-cent (although an announcement from CTIB stated Hennepin and Ramsey counties are the only two expected to opt for the increase). State law also allows the counties to spend the sales-tax

revenue on road and bridge projects in addition to transit. The tax swap, once approved by the Minnesota Department of Revenue, would take effect October 1. Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin, who also chairs the CTIB board, hailed the decision to end the collaboration in a statement released May 31, which he said would “remove the biggest road block to expanding transit in this region,” a reference to the state legislature. “Today we voted to remove an obstacle and continue working together as counties to complete a regional vision for a modern, connected transit system that meets the

needs of our residents and employers,” McLaughlin said. CTIB paid for 30 percent of construction costs and 50 percent of ongoing operating costs for area rail and bus rapid transit projects. The member counties have spent the last few CTIB meetings deciding how to split up both CTIB’s fund balance and its ongoing funding obligations. For Hennepin County, it means taking on even a greater portion of the $1.86-billion Southwest Light Rail Transit Project, increasing its contribution to nearly $290 million.

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Moments in Minneapolis By Cedar Imboden Phillips

MAYOR HUMPHREY IN THE AQUATENNIAL PARADE

n 1948, Minneapolis Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey — serving his ﬁnal year as mayor before departing for the United States Senate — participates in a show of sister city unity by riding in the Aquatennial Parade with Saint Paul Mayor Edward Delaney. Also in the car were almost all of Humphrey’s children. Humphrey was enormously popular, and the car received “thundering applause.” In some of the best parade coverage of the year, however, the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune uncovered the story of a parade hater Mr. D., a man with “no hobby at all, except hating parades, which he considers to be a sort of booby trap for unsuspecting morons.” Unfortunately for the grumpy Mr. D., journalists “saw him watching the parade Saturday from a second story window on Nicollet Avenue” with “chocolate ice cream on his shirt, two children on his lap, and a smile of smug, hypocritical delight on his face.” We’ll never for sure, but it’s possible that even Mr. D. cheered for mayors Humphrey and Delaney.

Cedar Imboden Phillips serves as executive director for the Hennepin History Museum. Learn more about the museum and its oﬀerings at hennepinhistory.org or 870-1329. Photograph from the collection of the Hennepin History Museum.

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Park commissioners approve new Water Works plan New park site would include the park system’s ﬁrst restaurant open all year The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is finalizing a plan for Water Works, a new destination park site that will begin to overhaul the downtown Minneapolis riverfront later this year. The Park Board’s Planning Committee unanimously voted June 7 to approve a revised plan for the project, which would bring a new glass building and the park system’s first year-round restaurant to an area along West River Parkway just east of the Third Avenue Bridge. The new plan, as unveiled earlier this spring, raises the price tag of Water Works to about $30 million, including about $19.6 million for a first “mezzanine” phase that includes the one-story restaurant pavilion. So far, the Minneapolis Parks Foundation, the board’s philanthropic partner tasked with fundraising for the project, has raised about $12.5 million in committed donations and gifts. A second phase would cost about $10.2 million. Tom Evers, the foundation’s executive director, plans to wrap up a fundraising campaign for the first phase in December. The pavilion would be embedded into what’s left of the Basset and Columbia mills buried beneath the Fuji Ya building, once home to the state’s first Japanese restaurant. The Park Board may move to demolish much of building as early as this September. In addition to an undetermined restaurant, the pavilion would be home to bathrooms, meeting space and a green roof. To increase access to the riverfront, it would have a glass elevator to bring people down from First Street to West River Parkway. Around the building, the board is planning a series of trails and sidewalks to further connect Minneapolis residents to the increasingly popular area near the Stone Arch Bridge and Mill Ruins Park. As part of the Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park, the sliver of parkland is one of the most-visited places in the state’s regional park system with more than 2.5 million annual visitors.

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intact mill ruins left beneath the Fuji Ya building. Changes, which are anticipated to be financed by private contributions, were well received by park commissioners. “I truly think that this is a better project all round,” said At-Large Commissioner Meg Forney, who chairs the board’s Planning Committee, at a June 7 public hearing. Construction on the park is slated to begin next summer or fall and be completed in 2019. The board is requesting expressions of interest from food vendors to run the restaurant at Water Works.

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Grant Street Commons An 85-unit apartment complex has a new owner in Calvera Partners. The San Francisco-based firm recently bought the Grant Street Commons complex in the Elliot Park neighborhood for $11.375 million, according to a certificate of real estate value filed in Hennepin County. The eight-story apartment community was built in 1984.

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SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK

By Nate Gotlieb ngotlieb@journalmpls.com @NateGotlieb

School Board set to approve 2017–2018 budget The Minneapolis Board of Education was set to approve Minneapolis Public Schools’ 2017– 2018 budget at its June 13 meeting, just after this edition of The Journal went to press. The district is projecting to take in $845.8 million in revenue and have $864.4 million in expenses next school year. It would use $18.6 million in fund balance to make up the difference. Nearly 70 percent of the district’s revenue, about $590.6 million, would go toward the general operating fund, which pays for education, student transportation, facility maintenance, equipment purchases and health and safety projects. The fund faces a budget gap of $16.5 million for 2017–2018, which the district plans to cover with its fund balance, or reserves. The district also faces a $2.1-million gap in its community education fund, which it uses to account for services provided for recreation, civic activities, nonpublic students, veterans, adult and early childhood programs and more. The district projects about $30.9 million in expenses for that fund. MPS expects to receive about $22.2 million for its food service fund, with expenses about $67,000 below that amount. It’s expecting to receive about $126.1 million and $78.1 million for its capital projects fund and debt service fund, respectively, with expenses totaling the

same amount. The district uses the capital projects fund for building-construction activity and the debt service fund for most costs relating to bonding. First-year Superintendent Ed Graff in February initially projected next year’s budget gap to be $28 million, which he attributed to increased special education compliance costs, salary increases, additional transportation costs and inflationary increases. Graff proposed a 10-percent reduction to the district’s central services and a 2.5-percent reduction to school allocations to help alleviate the gap. MPS also faces a $13-million deficit for the 2016–2017 school year, which Chief Financial Officer Ibrahima Diop attributed to the district’s under-budgeting for negotiated contract increases and the underfunding of services such as transportation and utilities. The board on June 13 was set to vote on a resolution that would allow the district to use $13 million in fund balance to cover this year’s deficit. That would bring the district’s fund balance down to about $41 million, or seven percent of the total general fund budget. The district would further decrease its fund balance by tapping reserves to cover the 2017–2018 gap. MPS policy requires the district’s fund balance to be between eight and 13 percent

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of its total budget. The district can dip below that number if the superintendent demonstrates cost-containment efforts, but it needs to have a plan to replenish the minimum fund balance to at least eight percent. Graff said in April that the district has frozen non-grant-funded travel and reduced external contracts. It’s also looked at overtime, not filling vacant positions, departmental reductions and alternative funding streams as potential routes for savings and for filling in the shortfall. “Our ultimate goal is to better align our resources to support student achievement and identify ways we can systematically create greater efficiencies,” he said then. He stressed that the district would be focusing on its values of equity, excellence and increasing academic rigor. The School Board on June 13 was also scheduled to: approve changing the name of Alexander Ramsey Middle School to Justice Page Middle School after ex-pro football player Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page; adopt a revised wellness policy; adopt its 2017–2018 meeting schedule; ratify 2017–2018 school calendars for five community-partnership schools; adopt pre-K and K-5 literacy curriculums; and approve its application for long-term facilities maintenance revenue.

Cargill Foundation announces $4 million grant for MPS The Cargill Foundation will donate $4 million to Minneapolis Public Schools and its nonprofit partner, AchieveMpls, over three years, AchieveMpls announced June 7. The funds will go toward expanding a program to help prepare fourth- and fifthgraders for middle school as well as funding college and career centers and afterschool and summer science, technology, engineering and math programming. “We are deeply grateful to all those who stand beside Minneapolis Public Schools and make investments in our children’s futures,” MPS Superintendent Ed Graff said in a release. “The Cargill Foundation’s support will help our district better meet our students’ needs while providing enriching educational experiences that prepare them for both school and life. When we come together as a community to serve our kids, we can help them reach their full potential and graduate ready for college and careers.” SEE CARGILL / PAGE 17

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Minneapolis residents see how organic waste becomes compost Several dozen Minneapolis residents saw firsthand on June 3 what happens to the city’s organic waste. About 45 residents toured the site that receives the city’s organic waste, a Rosemount facility operated by the company Specialized Environmental Technologies. The company takes that waste and turns it into the compost used in lawns, gardens and more, a process that takes about six months to a year. SET weighs the organic waste when it arrives and checks it for contaminants such as plastics, metal and glass. The company will accept waste with up to 10-percent contamination, according to Anne Ludvik, director of organics policy development, though it would like that rate to be 0 percent. Minneapolis’ contamination rate is 0.5 percent. “We love material from the city of Minneapolis because it makes good compost for us,” Ludvik said. SET combines the nitrogen-rich organic waste with carbon-rich yard waste. A giant mixer blends the wastes together, spinning slowly enough so that contaminants such as bottles won’t break apart. The company then uses a tractor to spread the mixture into long piles called windrows. SET runs air under the windrows, providing oxygen that allows bacteria to decompose the waste material. The process generates a lot of heat, causing the windrows to heat up to as high as 160–170 degrees, even in the middle of winter. SET monitors the temperature of the windrows daily to ensure they don’t become too hot and kill the good bacteria, Ludvik said. State law requires the windrows to stay at least 131 degrees for seven straight days, a temperature and timeframe that will kill any pathogens and bacteria. SET keeps its windrows at 140–160 degrees for 45–60 days, Ludvik said. The company then takes the windrows down and puts the compost mixture into curing piles, where it sits for about six months. It’s during that process that paper products break down, Ludvik said. The curing piles get turned over several times, with the mixture gradually cooling. SET screens all of its compost after the curing process, testing each batch before it’s ready for market, Ludvik said. It makes the testing data available to its customers, should they want compost with a specific pH level. The company will deliver its products anywhere in the Twin Cities metro area, Ludvik said. It gives more than 600 yards of free compost to Minneapolis for community gardens annually and also sells compost to community gardens at a 50-percent discount.

Anne Ludvik of Specialized Environmental Technologies (left) explains the beneﬁts of compost to several Minneapolis residents after a June 3 tour of the company’s Rosemount facility. Minneapolis sends its organic waste to the SET, which mixes it with yard waste to make compost. Photo by Nate Gotlieb SET took in over 17,000 pounds of food waste last year and sold about 65,000 yards of material at several sites, Ludvik said. She said the company’s 37-acre site in Dakota County is ideal, even though it’s next to a dog park. The site doesn’t have much of an odor because of the oxygen pumped through the windrows, and the site hasn’t received a single odor complaint in the past eight years. SET has been open since the 1980s, when Minnesota passed a ban on putting yard waste into landfills, and it began taking food waste in 1997. The company received a full solidwaste composting permit in 2001 and recently applied for a new tier of compost permitting. The permit would allow the site to double its capacity, Ludvik said. SET contracts with Minneapolis, St. Louis Park, private companies and the general public for composting services. Minneapolis began curbside collection of organics in fall 2015 and has reduced over 256,000 gallons of garbage volume over that stretch, according to Kellie Kish, the city’s recycling coordinator. About 45,000 households, or 42.6 percent of those in the city, have opted into the program, which Kish said

is an extremely high rate. That participation has led to a decrease in garbage carts, Kish added. She stressed that plastic-lined paper, such as ice cream containers, Chinese takeout containers and decorative paper plates cannot go into the organics bins. Neither can coffee cups, unless they say they are compostable. Wedge resident Arin Sheahan said she though the tour was pretty cool and that it

made her feel a renewed commitment to do the proper thing when it comes to organics recycling. Sheahan added that it gave her new ideas on how to participate, despite the fact that she doesn’t live in a house. Visit ci.minneapolis.mn.us/solid-waste/ organics/WCMS1Q-074522 for a complete list of acceptable organics and to opt into the program.

A view of the long piles in which SET places its organic waste and yard waste. The company pumps oxygen into the piles, and bacteria break down the material into compost. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

DFL environmental caucus supports 3 for mayor The state DFL environmental caucus has sent letters of support to three candidates running to be mayor of Minneapolis. Mayor Betsy Hodges, state Rep. Raymond Dehn and Ward 3 City Council Member Jacob Frey received letters from the 400-person caucus, it announced last month. The caucus can only offer one endorsement per office, but it felt all three were strong candidates, said chair Veda Kanitz, who lives in Minnesota’s second congressional district. “In a case where there are so many different candidates running, we felt like this was still helpful,” she said.

Kanitz said all three candidates expressed interest in going further on recycling, reducing carbon emissions and improving environmental justice, all priorities of the caucus. The caucus’ website lists about 20 environmental resolutions, including resolutions on reducing carbon emissions, the Clean Power Plan, climate change and environmental justice. “These three individuals have all done things to actually help and have the experience and the motivation,” Kanitz said. “We think that any one of them would be a great leader for the city.”

All three candidates have information on their campaign websites about their work on environmental issues. Frey wrote that he championed an ordinance that cracks down on air pollution by tying fees to pollution emitted. Hodges noted her work expanding the city’s efforts to fight and adjust to climate change. Dehn said he’s been a vocal opponent of the Hennepin Energy Recovery Center on the north side of Downtown, which burns garbage to generate energy. The HERC has drawn criticism for emitting pollutants that disproportionately impact North Minneapolis.

The caucus isn’t the only environmental group that will be endorsing candidates this election cycle. The Sierra Club is also screening candidates, though it hasn’t made any endorsements yet. The organization endorsed Hodges in the 2013 election. The nonprofit Community Power, which supports local renewable energy, does not endorse candidates but will be hosting a mayoral Q&A on June 29 and has hosted ward-specific City Council forums.

16 journalmpls.com / June 15–28, 2017 FROM PRIDE / PAGE 1 We’re about supporting people loving who they love,” she said. The past two years have been emotional for the festival and Pride celebrations across the country. In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage just two days before the parade, leading to a record attendance. Last June, 49 people were killed at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida in the deadliest incidence of violence against LGBT people. This year, Twin Cities Pride is taking extra security measures, such as blockades on the street, but plans to scale back the parade’s police presence following listening sessions with its community. “While that made white people extra safe, it made people of color and transgender people feel less safe,” Brockman said. The organization continues to make Pride more inclusive, introducing gender pronoun stickers this year and doing extra training with festival vendors to avoid using incorrect pronouns with attendees. There will be an “escape space” tent for people with autism and other needs to relax away from the festival crowds. Brockman, who is bisexual, said they plan to add transgender and bisexual flags to the parade’s color guard this year, in addition to the rainbow Pride and Leather Pride flags. These are pieces to further welcome all kinds of people to the Pride festivals, which LGBT leaders say provide a safe space for people to come out and have fun with others. “Pride is such an important experience for the community and a very important experience for people, no matter what their age, who are going through their own journeys of self-identity and figuring out who they are,” said Jeff Heine, the executive director of the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus, which is based in downtown Minneapolis and

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performs during the parade. Heine said Pride played an important role in his own journey and today offers time to relax and connect with the community. “If you live in the Twin Cities, no matter how you identify you can’t help but be aware

of the Pride festival and celebrations,” he said. Pride is also a tradition for Andrea Jenkins, who leads the University of Minnesota’s Transgender Oral History Project and is running for a seat on the City Council this year. Jenkins, who is a black transgender

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 Try biking. Bikers can park at the edge of the festival or use a bike check and valet at the southwest corner of Loring Park.

 Consider transit options. Metro Transit offers a free Ride to Pride pass on Sunday, June 26. The festival also has a pick-up and drop-off area at Yale & Willow for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft.

 Check out what’s going on. Twin Cities Pride and Lavender Magazine each have a full listing of pridethemed events.  Step outside your comfort zone. People come to the parade and festival to be their authentic self, so be kind.

woman, said going to the festival’s Power to the People Stage is like going to a “family reunion” with friends and fellow queer people of color. For more than 15 years, the stage has been an “incubator” for artists of color at the festival, Brockman said. “People just hang out there all day, talk and reminisce,” Jenkins said. The political side is not lost on Jenkins, who as the parade’s grand marshal in 2015 staged a die-in on Hennepin Avenue to protest violence against her community. Even in gay spaces like Pride transgender people of color can feel lonely and marginalized, she added. “For me, [Pride] is always a political act,” she said. “We have not achieved the outcome that I believe Pride was originally intended for, and that is fairness and equality for all people.” This year’s grand marshal, KARE 11 anchor Jana Shortal, said Pride has changed for her over the years, from a “big, irreverent party” when she came out as gay in her mid 20s to a month-long fight for equality today. As a young person, Pride was a glimpse into a community she didn’t have access to while growing up in a small town, Shortal added. “I had never seen anyone who was queer, bi or trans,” she said. “Pride just kind of blew my mind.” Since then, Pride has become more mainstream, she said, drawing politicians who show support for the community and becoming “something we’re all proud of.” Now Pride’s grand marshal, Shortal said she found herself grateful for those before her who fought for equality “without a parade.” “This ride down Hennepin will be the sweetest I’ve ever taken. And I promise you, it will be for all of you, who came before me,” she said.

MORE TWIN CITIES PRIDE EVENTS Pride Presents: Tig Notaro with Fortune Feimster Known for her dark humor, the “One Mississippi” actress and famed stand-up comedienne will take the stage in downtown Minneapolis with “The Mindy Project” regular Fortune Feimster. Where: State Theatre, 805 Hennepin Ave. When: Thursday, June 22 at 8 p.m. Cost: $30-$79 Info: tcpride.org

Pride in Concert: En Vogue En Vogue, the girl group of another generation, is headlining the Twin Cities Pride lineup this year with “America’s Got Talent” alum Brian Justin Crum, British electro-pop artist Luciana and local rockers Rebel Queens. Burlesque performer Sweetpea and her Vigilantease Collective will host the 18-plus event. Where: Loring Park, 1382 Willow St. When: Saturday, June 24 from 6 p.m.–10 p.m. Cost: $10–$79 Info: tcpride.org

Rainbow Run A 5K run is one way to prepare for the long walk of the festival. Now in its sixth year, the Rainbow Run has rainbow-clad runners dash between the Northeast Minneapolis riverfront and the festival in Loring Park. Where: Boom Island Park, 724 Sibley St. NE When: Sunday, June 25 at 9:30 a.m. Cost: $30 Info: tcpride.org

Pride Night at the Lynx The Lynx are celebrating pride with a game against the Connecticut Sun. Tickets to a special section include a Lynx hat and admission to a post-game celebration with forward Rebekkah Brunson. Where: Xcel Energy Center, 199 Kellogg Blvd. W., St. Paul When: Saturday, June 17 from 7 p.m.–10 p.m. Cost: $47 Info: lynx.wbna.com

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journalmpls.com / June 15–28, 2017 17 FROM CARGILL / PAGE 14 Cargill is the largest local corporate funder for MPS, according to the release, and has provided the district more than $16 million in grants over the last decade. Its foundation invests in programs that aim to close the achievement gap, prepare students for the workforce and ensure children are well nourished.

“Cargill’s support will help advance the district’s efforts to increase equitable access to STEM programming and college and career readiness,” Michelle Grogg, Cargill Foundation executive director, said in the release. “AchieveMpls and Minneapolis Public Schools are working hard to improve academic achievement for all students. Cargill knows that the success of every student shapes the future of our community.”

AchieveMpls runs college- and career-readiness programs, hosts public education events, provides paid internships to youth, manages MPS funds and more. The nonprofit runs college and career centers in nine MPS high schools and said it would be able to staff two additional centers because of the Cargill grant. “As one of the district’s strongest partners, Cargill is helping MPS achieve its strategic goals of academic excellence and

career and college readiness for all students,” AchieveMpls President and CEO Danielle Grant said in the release. “AchieveMpls is honored to help facilitate this collaboration, and will use this generous support for our Career & College Centers to ensure that all MPS students have the guidance and resources they need to access high-demand, living-wage careers.”

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pring is the perfect time to take a fresh spin on some comfort food favorites. Pasta can be one of those comfort foods that you just do not want to give up, but what if you didn’t have to? Veggie noodles have been an emerging food trend for the past few years, and they are a fun and healthy way to get extra vegetables in your (and even your kids’) daily diet. Zucchini, carrots, cucumber, and even butternut squash are the most common vegetables to use as veggie noodles, because they make a firm noodle shape with a spiralizer. A spiralizer is a simple, handheld kitchen utensil that will cut vegetables into a long noodle shape. Once you have your veggie cut into noodles, you have the choice to cook or keep the veggie noodles raw depending on your preference. To cook veggie noodles, sauté them in a pan on medium heat for 5-15 minutes for desired tenderness. Each vegetable brings it own unique benefits to a meal when used as a substitute for noodles. Carrots are a good source of vitamin A and beta-carotene, which promotes eye, immune and skin health. If you choose zucchini, it is rich in fiber and water, making you feel fuller faster. Plus, zucchini helps lower homocysteine levels, lowering the risk of blood clotting and heart disease. Squash is a great source

Veggie noodles pasta salad with ‘shake the bottle’ vinaigrette By market chef Heather Hartman

of B vitamins and also has omega-3 and omega-6, which helps prevent inflammation in the body. Finally, cucumbers have anti-flammatory properties that promote brain health along with having vitamin A and beta-carotene. Making veggie noodles is easy, especially with local and organic carrots, zucchini and cucumbers in season at the Mill City Farmers Market. The recipe below is from the Mill City Farmers Market’s free weekly cooking demo, Mill City Cooks, which takes place every Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Find the vegetables, herbs, farmstead cheeses and other ingredients you need to make this recipe Saturday at the market! More information and other fun can be found at millcityfarmersmarket.org.

Ingredients For the vinaigrette 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon honey from Ames Farm 1 clove minced fresh garlic (optional) 1⁄3 cup vinegar, we love balsamic, but apple cider, or red wine vinegar works too! Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons minced herbs (basil and thyme is nice) 1⁄2 cup good extra virgin olive oil

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Simply grand By Carla Waldemar The Grand Café was grand, all right. We all loved the country French cuisine that nourished both body and soul, the warm care of its on-the-spot owners. When it came time for them to part with that sweet piece of real estate, we wept. Well, those days of mourning are over — and how! The good news is the new Grand Café is even grander. It’s now the domain of another couple — the James Beard Award-nominated Erik Anderson and Jamie Malone. (Among their combined credits: La Belle Vie, Sea Change and Nashville’s Catbird Seat — voted best in the entire Southeast — and even an assignment at Copenhagen’s Noma, rated best on the entire planet by those who rate those things.) It’s a sea change from the grand old days, all right — and far more ambitious. Midway into the year, I’ll step out on a limb and declare it the best new restaurant of 2017. It’s not for the faint of palate, nor budget. Your first clue is the wine list — which carries a welcome Austrian accent — virtually all above $35. Never mind. Just enjoy the

evening, and go back to peanut butter later. Start with some of the inspired inventions called Little Things ($5–$10). In fact, start with the foie gras royale; order it again for your main course and yet again for dessert, it’s that delicious. What it is, is an innocentlooking eggshell filled with the most satiny, beyond-rich foie gras mousse ever, then given a generous cap of crème Gitanes. The only Gitanes I know of are wicked-strong French cigarettes, and yes: turns out this is a (lightly) tobacco-flavored topping. Don’t think this through, just order it. And then — as Chef Erik, strolling by, strongly suggested — the chicken jambonette. It’s a glorified meatball pierced not with a cocktail stick, but a chicken bone, and presented with a dollop of bold mustard. Next time, I’ll add the Paris Brest pastry filled with chicken liver and painted with a black honey glaze. Or the … oh, stop! Bypassing a pair of salads ($8–$10), we chose a suite of options off the For the Table list ($12–$18). First, a slender slice of sturdy pork terrine — straight-up from a Parisian brasserie, you think, until you discover, to your delight, it’s frosted with crème fraiche for balance and accompanied by bits of tartsweet rhubarb and celery as a refreshing cleanser. They come together on your palate as more than the sum of those parts. Another French classic next, one not often seen here in the middle of the cornfield — a pike quenelle, constructed of a sliver of that mild, pearly fish enclosed in a buttery egg batter. After poaching, it hits the ramekin in a splash of deeply-flavored crayfish sauce, with another little critter set atop. As the French say (or ought to), yum. The five entrees ($18 for delicioussounding duck-egg dumplings; others $24–$39) represent further tweaks on classic bistro fare — sole Veronique (how long since you’ve seen that on a menu?), roast chicken, spring lamb and our choice, short ribs. Out came two supremely tender, ultra-flavorful chunks of beef atop a perfect sauce Borde-

laise. Add veggies ($5–$6) if you wish. Better yet, order dessert. And that’s not just a suggestion, it’s a command. Don’t tell me you don’t like prunes, either, because they’re the best thing on the short, sweet list ($6–$7). They’re steeped in Armagnac, shot with a bright bite of lemon, then settled under a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Or order the milk chocolate pot de crème if you must, or the Bourbon baba. The rooms form a pleasant backdrop for the kitchen’s high-wire act: simple and clean, with walls of palest pink (matches the water glasses) and sturdy, farmhousetype framing on a line of mirrors shaping the hefty booths with their mismatched settings. Tables also align under a high tin ceiling that, alas, echoes the din of conversation, making for a noisy room. Servers are as friendly and helpful as Scouts. Give them each a merit badge. Save some for the crew in the kitchen, too.

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‘Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World’ “At the Center of the World” marks the ﬁrst exhibition in more than two decades from Jimmie Durham since his self-imposed exile to Italy. The work of the 76-year-old, American-born artist of Cherokee heritage examines the idea of citizenship, the connection between art and activism and the role of art and artists in society through witty wordplay and totemic sculptures made from wood, stone and found animal skulls painted in bright colors and embellished with beads. Following its debut at L.A.’s Hammer Museum, the retrospective of 175 works from the artist’s body of work — including prints, collage, drawings, photography, video and sculptures — has made its way to the Walker Art Center, where its timing couldn’t be more apt. The Walker recently ignited controversy with its installation (and subsequent dismantling) in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden of “Scaffold,” an artwork that was partially based on the gallows used to execute 38 Dakota men in Mankato in 1862. With his history as an activist critical of the U.S. government and his leadership in the American Indian Movement of the 1970s, Durham’s work is as relevant today as it was 40 years ago. When: June 22–Oct. 8 Where: Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Ave. Cost: Free with museum admission ($14 adults, discounts available) Info: walkerart.org

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Among the best-known works of famed German composer Felix Mendelssohn is his magical, dreamlike composition for Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” In honor of the Bard’s 400th birthday, the classic romantic comedy that centers around four young lovers caught in a quarrel between the king and queen of the faeries has been reimagined as a ballet by the Metropolitan Ballet of Minneapolis-St. Paul. The show features original choreography by Jennifer Hart, whose spirited arrangements reﬂect the precision and lightness of the composition. The show opens with “A Classic Gala” featuring performances from “The Black Swan,” “Spectre de la Rose,” “Afternoon of a Faun” and more.

Tap is one of the oldest forms of dance, but thanks to innovators like Kaleena Miller, it continues to evolve. The Twin Cities tapper and choreographer, who was recently named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch,” brings her unconventional approach to her second evening-length production since her solo debut, 2016’s “Here and Now.” While that show signiﬁed deﬁance through agitated movements and improvisation, the concept behind Miller’s latest work rebels against one of tap’s standard practices. Instead of creating a dance to a pre-existing song, “Shift” challenges four different musicians, including jazz drummer J.T. Bates and hip-hop duo Kill the Vultures, to create an original soundtrack to accompany the same dance. The sureto-be lively performance by Miller and her dance troupe will be accompanied by a different composition each night.

Every year, the North Star Bicycle Festival gathers hundreds of cyclists and thousands of spectators for a weeklong series of races, health and wellness expos and entertainment across Minnesota. Dubbed the North Star Grand Prix, the professional bicycle races feature teams from across the country and as far away as New Zealand and Argentina, starting with trials in St. Paul on June 14 before heading to Cannon Falls, Uptown Minneapolis, Mankato and Stillwater. Spectator events at each stop include live music, food trucks, beer gardens, a bike expo, health and wellness expos and interactive programming, plus an amateur race in Stillwater and a ride beneﬁting Special Olympics Minnesota as part of the Minneapolis event.

When: Saturday, June 24 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 25 at 3 p.m. Where: Pantages Theatre, 710 Hennepin Ave. Cost: $39–$79 Info: 800-982-2787, hennepintheatretrust.org

When: Thursday, June 22–Saturday, June 24 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 25 at 2 p.m. Where: The Southern Theater, 1420 S. Washington Ave. Cost: $20 advance, $24 door, $15 students, ARTshare members free, or $60 for all four performances Info: southerntheater.org

When: June 14–18, including June 16 in Minneapolis Where: Various locations Cost: Free Info: northstarbicyclefestival.com

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PRIDE PARADE VIEWING PARTIES PRIDE ROOFTOP PARADE PARTIES While the annual Ashley Rukes GLBT Pride Parade still draws a big crowd streetside, many are opting to take in the festivities from the comfort of a rooftop. Rooftop parade viewing parties not only offer a bird’s-view of the parade, they also offer drinks, food, DJs and drag queens galore. When: Sunday, June 25, parade begins at 11 a.m.

Pride in the Sky: Twin Cities promoters Flip Phone always throw a mean rooftop party. For Pride, it hosts a day of food, drinks, all-day DJ sets and a party til sundown on Crave’s swanky rooftop, with half of ticket sales beneﬁting GLBT community organization OutFront Minnesota. When: 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Where: Crave rooftop, 825 Hennepin Ave. Cost: $10 (includes a complimentary Absolut cocktail or Bud Light) Info: facebook.com/ﬂipphone

Bitch N Brunch Pride Party: Minneapolis drag queen Bitch Flowers hosts her annual party on Seven’s rooftop, complete with brunch, two full bars, live sets by DJ Greenery and a kid-friendly environment. When: 9 a.m.–11 p.m. Where: Steakhouse Sushi Ultralounge Skybar, 700 Hennepin Ave. Cost: $10 advance or $15 door (includes a complimentary mimosa or bloody mary); kids 8 and younger free Info: eventbrite.com

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Love on Top: Bey Dance Party & Rooftop Parade Viewing: Flip Phone also hosts this 21+ party, which features a Beyoncé-inspired set from DJ Miss Brit and half of ticket sales beneﬁting OutFront Minnesota. When: 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Where: Union Rooftop, 731 Hennepin Ave. Cost: $10 (includes a complimentary Absolut cocktail or Bud Light) Info: facebook.com/ﬂipphone

Saints & Sinners Pride Patio Party & MiX Rooftop Parade Viewing Party: Mercy at Le Méridien Chambers hotel hosts parties on its street-level patio and rooftop, including appearances by drag queens Coco Montrese and Kimora Blac of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” fame and local favorites Sunny Kiriyama and Julia Starr, plus DJ sets from Leif and Lenka Paris and a brunch buffet. When: 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Where: Mercy, 901 Hennepin Ave. Cost: $5 at the door (includes a complimentary Absolut cocktail or mimosa) Info: facebook.com/mercympls

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Local neo-soul group Nooky Jones releases its debut album following shows at the Icehouse on June 30 and July 1. Photo by Tim McGuire

Kinghorn took to the small stage halfway through the evening to sing the classic “How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?” Like most of Prince’s songs, it’s nearly impossible to cover successfully. But Kinghorn’s falsetto did it justice. And, about three minutes or so into the song, he hit this note that instantly quieted the crowd and, as The Current noted afterward, made several jaws drop. I’ve been interested in Kinghorn’s music ever since.

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I have to admit that I’ve never been a bar trivia person, but recently I’ve rediscovered it thanks to New Bohemia in the Nicollet IslandEast Bank neighborhood. I happened to be there on a Wednesday when, right around 8:30 p.m., the restaurant, which basically feels like a taproom that serves bratwurst and snacks, turns into a bustling party for trivia seekers. The bar hosts trivia through Sporcle. I’ve been told it’s easier than other trivia operations in town, which is perfect for ﬁrst-timers or people like me who haven’t quite caught on to it yet. Even though I didn’t come for trivia, we ended up staying for it. The questions were conversational and actually added to the evening. Plus, New

Now Kinghorn’s band Nooky Jones is set to release its debut album, a self-titled release featuring songs they’ve performed over the past few years and several new tracks.

New Bohemia offers pub grub from cheese curds to specialty bratwurst. Submitted photo Bohemia constantly updates its tap beer lists, so I got to try a beer I’ve been looking to taste for a while now (Modist Brewing’s Dreamyard IPA, if you’re curious). For Downtown East residents, you’ll eventually have your own New Bohemia. The chain recently announced an expansion into the Wells Fargo towers near The Commons park.

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“MISS CONGENIALITY” COMES TO PRIDE

It’s time to get up, look sickening and make them eat it. And it’s time to see Latrice Royale. If her name doesn’t come to mind, then you’ve likely never watched Logo’s hit reality TV show “Ru Paul’s Drag Race” where Royale — the drag persona of Timothy Wilcots — is one of the most iconic queens to ever compete. The entertainer is taking to Minneapolis in time for the city’s pride festivities and will perform at Hell’s Kitchen on Wednesday, June 21. The night is sure to include Royale’s larger-than-life style, some of her original material — she released an EP last year — and exhilarating lip syncing performances. She’s bringing along several friends, many of them drag veterans in the Twin Cities, such as Cee Cee Russell, Genevee Ramona Love, Kamaree Williams, Tygra Slarii and Julia Starr.

The band features Kinghorn (vocals), Adam Meckler (trumpet), Scott Agster (trombone), Kevin Gastonguay (keyboards), Andrew Foreman (bass) and Reid Kennedy (drums). While the group clearly has R&B and soul influences from Stevie Wonder to neo-soul icons like Erykah Badu, their secret undercurrent is jazz. The vibe of Nooky Jones hits like big-name artists who take jazz sounds and combine them with new-school R&B, soul and hip-hop, from Thundercat and Kendrick Lamar to jazz pianist Robert Glasper. “They’re tricking people into listening to jazz,” Kennedy said. “I think we bring a jazz sensibility to this music, but the goal is to create soul and R&B. It’s modern, but it does have a throwback vibe.” The album comes two-and-a-half years since the group, many of them jazz musicians, got together, so many of the songs, such as the catchy “Hello” or the sensual opener “After One,” may sound familiar to some Minneapolis listeners. Despite that fact, the album sounds playful and alive, just like Nooky Jones’ live shows. “The cool thing about having a group full of jazz musicians is that it always feels very spontaneous,” Kennedy. “The songs always change.” The self-titled album of love songs doesn’t simply present the same kind of track over and over again. There’s the man pining for a woman who has fallen out of love in the upbeat “Dreamin About You.” There’s the intimate “Someone Who,” which has Kinghorn and singer Aby Wolf singing together, almost at each other. And then there’s “Slow Drive,” a passionate confession from someone trying to fix a relationship. The collection of songs has a storytelling quality that feels like it would be just as at home on a theatrical stage as at a concert venue. While a jazzy soul album isn’t likely to be the most exciting album in people’s music libraries this year, local music lovers would be mistaken to let Nooky Jones go without a listen. Nooky Jones will take the stage at Icehouse in the Whittier neighborhood for back-to-back album release shows on Friday, June 30 and Saturday, July 1. On the first night, the band is inviting special guests Minneapolis music veteran and “Someone Who” collaborator Wolf and Eric Mayson, who has played with Caroline Smith, Lizzo and the band Crunchy Kids. DJ Sean McPherson will also play a set. On the second night, instrumental funk band PHO, which Kinghorn said has a “straight-up Minneapolis sound,” (“It’s super-hot, I love it”), and DJ Sarah White will be special guests. The band will have physical copies of the album available for sale at Icehouse. Digital distribution should come in July.

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N AV E T 1S

N EP IN

AV E

ROYALSTON AVE N

r in

BORDER AVE N

Sh a

9TH ST N

LAKESIDE AVE EAST LYNDALE AVE N

ALDRICH AVE N

N N

Minneapolis Public Library

Xcel Energy

in s ep Art nn or e f H tr Cn

For more info visit: ci.minneapolis.mn.us/parking/ramps/index.htm

E AV

CURRIE AVE

Target Center

Salvation Catholic Army Charities

394

OV L

CURRIE AVE

LINDEN AVE

394 HOV LN

Salvation Army City of Mpls-Equipment

Xcel Energy

GLENWOOD AVE

CHESTNUT AVE Xcel Energy

City of Mpls-Olson Property

Hawthorne Transportation Center

31 N. 9th Street

ST N

AVE

Ramp C 318 2nd Avenue N. Xcel Energy

Fine Line

HOLDEN

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ar W

394

Ramp B 516 2nd Avenue N. GLE NW OOD

Target Field

Ramp A 101 N. 9th Street

TH 10

3RD AVE N

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Farmers Market

D 3R

E PL

3RD AVE N

City of Mpls-Traffic

E AV

7T City of Mpls-Royalston Maintenance

L LYNDA

Ramp Locations: 94

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Farmers Market Farmers Market

Henn Co Env Serv Henn Co Incinerator

5TH AVE N

Henn Co Incinerator

G IN SH

3RD

A W

6TH AVE N

ALDRICH AVE N

Fireworks begin June 16th, on Fridays H

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