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ESPN’s X Games will take over U.S. Bank Stadium for the second of four years By Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com Few if any of this year’s X Games competitors know a Minnesota winter as well as Nicole Hause. The 20-year-old started skateboarding after watching “Rocket Power” on the couch in her family’s home in Stillwater. Now she’s headed into her third X Games, an annual action sports competition that will bring athletes from around the globe to U.S. Bank Stadium July 19–22, and again in 2019 and 2020. Hause said it’s one of the biggest stages for her sport.

“It’s definitely the contest most people know,” she said. “It’s bigger than it used to be.” This summer’s X Games is expected to bring even more than the 110,000 people who attended last year’s four-day event, a mixture of men’s and women’s skateboarding, biking and motocross competitions. The event at U.S. Bank Stadium went well enough that X Games organizers quickly signed off on two more years of presenting at the Downtown East stadium. SEE X GAMES / PAGE 10

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Council members seek greater control of police Not all on the council support a proposed charter amendment By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com Voters may have a chance this fall to change a system that gives the Minneapolis mayor neartotal authority over the police department. City Council Member Cam Gordon gave notice June 29 that he plans to introduce a charter amendment that would share that authority between the mayor and the 13-member City Council. Mayor Jacob Frey said he opposes the idea, and not every council member thinks change is needed. The city charter gives the mayor “complete power over the establishment, maintenance, and command of the police department,” including the hiring and firing of officers and the chief. Gordon is among several on the council who view amending the charter as one way to respond to community frustration stemming from the most recent shooting by Minneapolis police officers. In a Facebook post, Gordon described the current system as

“outdated and unwisely authoritarian.” “Right now, we have more oversight of our potholes than we do of our police,” Council Member Andrew Johnson (Ward 12) said during a June 27 Committee of the Whole meeting. Council members Jeremy Schroeder (Ward 11) also expressed interest in a charter amendment during the meeting. City Council President Lisa Bender (Ward 10) said she was “open” to the conversation. The comments by council members followed more than 30 minutes of public testimony on the death of Thurman Blevins, who was shot and killed by police June 23. Many of those who spoke called for changes to the department, and they urged Frey to use his authority to release video captured by the body-worn cameras of officers Justin Schmidt and Ryan Kelly.

Activist Nekima Levy-Pounds said Blevins’ death was evidence “the problems have not been rooted out within the Minneapolis Police Department.” “We want support from the city,” LevyPounds said. “We’re tired of the status quo. We’re tired of people dying.”

Tight timeline Although it would require fast action by the council and the city’s Charter Commission, Johnson said it would be possible to place a question on the ballot this November, adding that he believes there is support on the council to do so. The city charter can also be amended by a unanimous vote of the entire council and the approval of the mayor, but Johnson was skeptical of taking that path.

“We’re going to have a high-turnout election, and I think we should leave it up to the voters to decide on this issue,” he said. To go before voters in 2018, the final language of the ballot question must be submitted to the Minnesota Secretary of State by Aug. 24. If the deadline is missed, the next chance doesn’t come until the 2020 election. “This would be a tight timeline even for the council to agree on it,” said Charter Commission Chair Barry Clegg, noting the “multiple steps” proposed charter amendments must take before reaching the ballot. Those steps include passing through the Charter Commission, which can take up to 60 days to review the proposed language of the ballot question — a period that can be extended to 150 days — before forwarding its recommendation to the council. SEE CHARTER AMENDMENT / PAGE 7

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Trader Joe’s will open a store in Downtown East on July 20. The California-based grocer is the anchor commercial tenant in the East End, a 181-unit apartment building that recently opened at Washington & Chicago. It will be the only major grocery store on the quickly growing east side of downtown. “This is a really big deal,” said Dan Collison, executive director of the East Town Business Partnership. “This is probably the first major grocer in well over 50 years that has been on this side of downtown.” The nautical-themed store, located at 721 Washington Ave. S., will be the company’s ninth location in the state and the eighth near the Twin Cities metro, including stores in St. Louis Park and St. Paul. Similar to other Minnesota locations, the Downtown East will have a separate liquor component with beer, wine and spirits.

Collison said Trader Joe’s would appeal to the diverse income demographics of both East Town neighborhoods, Downtown East and Elliot Park. “(The fact that) this is Trader Joe’s (and that) it has both value and quality is a big and important statement, and I think it will be a part of how we weave together these neighborhoods of East Town,” he said. Joining Trader Joe’s in the East End apartment building is a Jimmy John’s sandwich shop, which opened in the spring, and a Starbucks café that has yet to open. Trader Joe’s is the third major supermarket to open in downtown Minneapolis. It joins Whole Foods, which opened in the North Loop in 2013, and Lunds & Byerly’s, which opened near Loring Park in 2010. Both have separate liquor stores. Trader Joe’s will open 8 a.m. Friday, July 20.

Trader Joe’s is opening a grocery store and liquor store on the ground floor of the newly built East End apartment building. File image

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Warby Parker to leave Askov Finlayson ON THE MOVE

National eyewear retailer Warby Parker plans to open its own North Loop store after operating a store-within-a-store partnership inside Askov Finlayson for the past three years. Warby Parker said in a statement that it will close its 250-square-foot showroom in Eric and Andrew Dayton’s men’s apparel and lifestyle brand later this year. The new location will be on North Washington Avenue in the neighborhood. Eric Dayton said he was happy to see that the retailer won’t move far. “It’s a great indication of the strength of the neighborhood that they see the opportunity to expand within the (North Loop),” he said. “Warby is the type of national brand presence that is going to be important to other brands and retailers that are considering the neighborhood.” The partnership with Askov Finlayson was the eyewear brand’s first brick-and-mortar presence in the state. Since joining the neighborhood, e-commerce menswear brand Bonobos opened a “guideshop” showroom in the North Loop near Washington & 2nd. Dayton said that Askov will fill the space with its own products. The boutique recently hired Christopher Windham, previously a senior designer at Under Armour, to be its design director. He said the brand is expanding into outdoor apparel and gear. Dayton said Warby Parker’s leave will come at a good time for both companies. Askov, he said, is bursting a bit at the seams. “We weren’t in any hurry to see them go, but it was the right timing for us and the right timing for them,” he said. “We’re at the point where we’ll take all the space we can get.”

Dayton said the boutique’s biggest opportunity for growth is online sales. The brand partnered with Target earlier this year to launch a North-inspired collection that was sold exclusively at 40 Minnesota department stores around the time of the Super Bowl and Great Northern Festival. The collection of more than 50 items sold out. “It was an interesting test of what it looks like to bring Askov out of our single retail location and extend it beyond the North Loop,” he said. Askov Finlayson is located 204 N. 1st St. next door to the Dayton brothers’ Bachelor Farmer restaurant and café and Marvel Bar. The Warby Parker showroom is open 11 a.m.– 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday.

Warby Parker is trading in a 250-squarefoot showroom at the North Loop’s Askov Finlayson for a new stand-alone store in the neighborhood. Photo by Eric Best

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Grumpy’s Bar & Grill announced that it will close its downtown bar this fall after two decades in business. A development proposal recently surfaced that would replace the longstanding bar at Washington & 11th with apartments and an art gallery. An exact closing date has yet to be announced. Regardless of the redevelopment, Grumpy’s said in an announcement that on top of demographic shifts downtown, competition from food trucks, rising property taxes and a building in disrepair that the bar was facing declining sales. “We appreciate the hell out of 20 years of support from the area and we would have gladly stuck around for 20 more, but to be blunt, the way tastes are changing downtown we would have maybe made it a couple more years by the skin of our teeth,” the bar said on its Facebook page.

Grumpy’s noted it is working with another party to create an Ox Op gallery at the new building. TE Miller Development and Solhem Cos. recently submitted a preliminary proposal to the City Planning Commission Committee of the Whole for a seven-story apartment building, which would include 1,400 square feet of space for the gallery. The developers did not return a request for comment. Two other Grumpy’s locations, one in Northeast Minneapolis at 22nd & 4th and another in Roseville, will continue to operate. Grumpy’s noted that some of the downtown location’s staff will transfer to the other bars. “The spirit carries on at Grumpy’s NE, and this move gives us the resources to bolster that location; and Grumpy’s Roseville carries on the finest lowbrow comfort-food torch and then some,” the announcement said. “It’s been a great run, and to all of you who supported us, we can’t thank you enough. We are humbled.”

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Centro is bringing flavors from the markets of Mexico to Northeast, from cured cactus tacos to boozy guava-flavored slushies with mezcal. The casual counter-service bar and restaurant recently opened across the street from Indeed Brewing Co. in the Logan Park neighborhood. It’s the first restaurant from local bartending veteran and former Lyn 65 bar manager Jami Olson, who is teaming up with executive chef Jose Alarcon to open not one, but two concepts. The second, the more upscale Popol Vuh, will open later this summer next door. “(Centro) is our energy. This is our ‘life of the neighborhood.’ This is our fun,” Olson said. “Everything is designed to be simple, vibrant.” Centro has brought life to a former adhesives factory that sat vacant for several years at 15th & Quincy. The 90-seat bar, designed by Minneapolis-based Shea Design, boasts original fixtures, 25 vintage windows and several custom art pieces, from the colorful bunny murals outside — they refer to the Aztec myth of “400 Rabbits” — to a 10-foot Mexican rose cross stitch mural inside. Centro is the more casual of the two concepts, with service through a counter or at the bar. There are 34 seats on the newly built patio outside. Alarcon, a native of Axochiapan, Morelos, Mexico, has worked at Lyn 65, Eastside, Café Ena and Travail Kitchen & Amusements. He said Centro’s menu is inspired by his own upbringing and his travels throughout Mexico, whose cuisine is filled with acidity and spice. “The food is so vibrant,” he said. At Centro, this translates to casual and shareable dishes like tacos filled with marinated meats, from fish and lamb to chorizo sausage and beef cheeks, and a raw bar with oysters and ceviche. There are snacks to share, like frijoles borrachos with beans, beer and chorizo, and chips and salsa with salsa verde and peanut-sesame salsa with chili oil. Paletas, a frozen Mexican ice pop, are available at the counter.

Given Olson’s bartending background, much of Centro’s menu is focused on cocktails. The bar has several on tap, such as the Electric Bunny ($10), which continues the Aztec rabbit myth theme and features cachaça, a sugarcane spirit that’s popular in Brazil. A slushie machine produces the Guava Goddess Slushy ($10) with guava nectar and mezcal, a smoky agave spirit. Centro teamed up with Indeed to feature a hibiscus-infused version of the brewery’s B-Side Pils that it calls the Pink Rabbit Pils. There’s also a selection of signature cocktails ($6–$11), Mexican and locally brewed beers and several Spanish wines. An agave flight ($18 or $22 with a sangrita, a blend of pepper and tomatillo juices, spices and sauces) features five agave spirits. Alarcon said desserts like churros are in the pipeline. Olson said they are considering several takeout options, such as a taco cart at Indeed. “We have so many options to explore with takeout and delivery, especially with tacos,” she said. Later this summer, Popol Vuh (pronounced poh-puhl voo) will open down the hall from Centro. Alarcon said the more refined Mayan restaurant will have an a la carte menu and, later, a tasting menu option. Olson said the more casual, cocktail-focused Centro would make the full-service restaurant financially possible. “They’re so contrasting, but we think it’s perfect. I think (they work) really well together,” she said. Olson said she’s happy the two restaurants have landed in the up-and-coming neighborhoods of Northeast. “We think there’s at least 20 years of change left to see all the way down here. I think this whole area is going to change. I feel like we got here at the right time,” Olson said. Centro, at 1414 Quincy St. NE, is open 11 a.m.–midnight Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m.–1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. It is closed Monday.

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Minneapolis sues opioid manufacturers Claiming opioid abuse has “overwhelmed” Minneapolis, City Attorney Susan Segal on June 29 filed a federal lawsuit against 17 pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors. Among the defendants named in the 163-page complaint is Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, one of the most widely used prescription opioid medications. Along with the other defendants, the drug maker is alleged to have been negligent by failing to crack down on obvious signs of misuse while using deceptive marketing practices to drive up opioid prescriptions — and corporate profits. “Unlike the crack cocaine epidemic, this drug crisis began with a corporate business plan,” Segal wrote in the complaint. She wrote that drug manufacturers used “marketing that was pervasive as it was deceptive” to convince doctors that the risks of opioid abuse were exaggerated and outweighed by the pain-relieving benefits of the narcotics. Purdue allegedly pioneered the approach with

OxyContin beginning in the 1990s. The city is seeking punitive damages. The complaint states that as many as one in four patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain will become addicted. The number of overdose deaths from prescription opioids was five times higher in 2017 than 1999, the complaint adds, also noting the links between prescription opioid abuse and rising use of powerful narcotics like heroin and fentanyl. “Governmental entities, and the services they provide their citizens, have been strained to the breaking point by this public health crisis,” the complaint states. One sign of that strain, according to the city, is a spike in emergency calls for opioid overdoses. In just the last two years, the Minneapolis Fire Department has administered about 500 doses of nolaxone, a medication used to quickly reverse the effects of an overdose. The city lawsuit is just one of a number of

lawsuits filed against pharmaceutical companies by state and local governments. Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson on July 2 filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma in Hennepin County District Court. That lawsuit makes a similar complaint against the manufacturer, alleging deceptive marketing practices helped to fuel an epidemic of abuse. In late May, Swanson and the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy sued fentanyl maker Insys Therapeutics Inc., alleging the company’s business practices encouraged misuse of the powerful opioid. Late last year, Hennepin County joined other Minnesota counties in a lawsuit against drug manufacturers and distributors. State Legislators have also taken up the cause, but bipartisan effort to pass so-called “pennya-pill” legislation fell short during this year’s session. It would have raised money to address the opioid epidemic by charging a 1 cent-per-pill fee to drug companies.

Tchourumoff passed over for Ramsey County job The chair of the Metropolitan Council won’t be leaving for a new job in Ramsey County this summer. Alene Tchourumoff was one of two finalists in the running to replace Julie Kleinschmidt, the former county manager who retired in June. But on July 3 the Ramsey County Board offered the job to Ryan O’Connor, the current deputy county manager of Ramsey County’s Health and Wellness Service Team. The board was scheduled to vote on a contract for O’Connor July 10.

Gov. Mark Dayton appointed Tchourumoff to lead the Met Council in June 2017. At the time of her appointment, she was serving as Minnesota’s first-ever state rail director, a position created by Dayton in response to a rash of spills and derailments of trains carrying oil. Tchourumoff replaced Adam Duininck, who resigned his position to take the job of director of government affairs for the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters, a union representing 26,000 members in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska.

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Council urged to act quickly on municipal ID Local immigrants rights activists urged City Council members to pick up the pace on efforts to establish a municipal identification card for Minneapolis residents. The city is currently developing a municipal ID that will be made available to any Minneapolis resident age 14 or older regardless of immigration status. The card would be recognized by Minneapolis police and provide access to city services, but it wouldn’t be a replacement for a driver’s license or work as a form of valid ID for voter registration. Activists say it would also offer protection to undocumented immigrants facing the threat of deportation. On June 29, City Council President Lisa Bender suspended the rules of the council to take public comments from Daniel Romero, a member of the Minnesota Immigrant Rights

Action Committee, or MIRAC, who warned council members that family separation “does not only happen on the Texas and Arizona border.” “Every single day in Minneapolis, ICE arrests and separates parents from their children,” said Romero, the minister for faith formation at First Congregational Church of Minnesota in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood. According to the city’s timeline, a draft ordinance will be presented to the City Council later this year. If the ordinance is approved, the IDs are expected to become available in early 2019 at the earliest. Romero said that’s not soon enough, adding that he has been told there is significant support on the council for municipal ID. “You can reduce those deportations, but you have to bring an ordinance here to be voted on,

and you have to pass it,” he told the council. “I don’t say this lightly, but I believe you are dragging your feet, and I don’t understand why.” A city workgroup developing the municipal ID ordinance is led by Mariano Espinoza, a Latino community specialist working in the city’s Neighborhood and Community Relations Department. A recently posted update on the draft ordinance noted the workgroup “has kept the concern regarding the privacy of residents’ personal data at the forefront of our decision-making.” While MIRAC has lobbied for municipal ID, it has also pressured the city to review its data practices and take steps to ensure immigrants’ personal information is shielded from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Both issues are included on MIRAC’s 13-point Minneapolis Sanctuary Platform.

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FROM CHARTER AMENDMENT / PAGE 1 Clegg said he only learned of the council’s interest in fast-tracking a ballot question in a conversation with Gordon that took place the same day as the Committee of the Whole meeting. He said the idea of amending the charter to give the council more power over police hadn’t come up since he joined the commission in 2003, but it will be on the agenda when the commission meets July 11. “It’s amazing, the language. It says the mayor has ‘complete power,’” Clegg said, noting that similar language doesn’t appear anywhere else in the city’s charter. The charter gives the council a limited role in the appointment of a new police chief. Once the mayor nominates a candidate for chief, that nominee is reviewed by an Executive Committee comprised of the mayor, City Council president and three members of the council. The Executive Committee may then forward a recommendation to the City Council. The council can only vote to appoint a chief that has the committee’s recommendation.

‘Watered-down oversight’ Johnson said the council’s “watered-down oversight” of the police department means the 13 members of the council have limited ability to weigh-in on department policy. The council frequently issues staff directions that require action from other city departments, but it doesn’t have that same authority with police. “I will say there have been things absolutely in the past I have asked for, including basic crime statistics and information for my own ward, which I had an extremely difficult time … and what felt like feet-dragging from the previous administration in getting that to me,” Johnson said. With more authority over the police department, the council could, for example, order the release of the body camera footage in the Blevins case, Johnson said. But that is currently Frey’s decision alone. Frey said June 26 he planned to use his authority to release the footage as soon as possible, but would wait until Blevins’ family members were consulted and the BCA had interviewed key witnesses. Johnson also suggested the development and initial implementation of the department’s body camera policy would have gone differently. It wasn’t until after the 2017 death of Justine Damond that officers were required to activate their cameras for all dispatches. Damond, also known as Justine Ruszczyk, was shot and killed by police after calling 911 to report a possible assault, but the incident

wasn’t recorded because neither officer at the scene had activated his body camera. Johnson said “a number” of council members were interested in implementing a stronger body camera policy from the start. He noted a September 2017 audit of body camera use by officers showed they were activated for only about two-thirds of dispatches. The rate of noncompliance dropped slightly after Chief Medaria Arradondo ordered changes to the body camera policy in the wake of the Damond shooting. “That’s what happens when we don’t have as your elected representative the ability to take on and implement and amend these policies,” Johnson said. But not all of his colleagues agree Council Member Linea Palmisano (Ward 13) noted that, in addition to its role in the appointment of police chief, the council also approves the department’s annual budget and votes on every city contract worth more than $50,000. “For me, I feel we have quite a few checks and balances on our police department,” she said. As chair of the council’s Audit Committee, Palmisano asked for and has so far received quarterly reports on officers’ compliance with the department’s body camera policy — an example, she said, of how the council operates within its existing authority to exercise oversight of the department.

Calls for change That the charter grants “very unique” powers to the mayor with regard to the police is not

well understood, Gordon said during the June 27 Committee of the Whole meeting, noting the lesson he learned as a rookie council member in 2006. “I imagined, I’m going to be on the City Council now, I’m going to be able to participate in directing and managing and setting policy for the Public Works Department for our housing inspections and Regulatory Services Department, for the Fire Department and for the Police Department and all the departments in the city,” he said. “And then I got here and I learned after a little while, yeah, that’s true for Public Works, that’s true for the Fire Department, that’s true for housing inspectors, but the City Council has no authority to set policy for the police department.” Gordon described a charter amendment that would share that authority with the council as a “critically important step.” Two days later, when he formally introduced the proposal at a City Council meeting, Gordon said he’d been thinking about just such a change for at least a decade. Frey said he’d opposed the change as a council member and continued to oppose it as mayor. “Effectively responding to the demands of policing requires an ability to receive clear — and at times quick — direction,” he wrote in a June 29 emailed statement. “That direction would be practically impossible with 14 cooks in the kitchen.” Johnson anticipated that argument in an interview that took place a day earlier, but he said those “fear tactics” were easily countered. He noted that the 13 council members

and mayor share oversight duties for all other city departments. “They don’t need to get a council committee meeting together in order to condemn a public safety nuisance in terms of a property or to confiscate tainted food or to clear a road that’s been obstructed by a downed tree,” he said. Johnson said a charter amendment would also respond to calls for more police accountability and oversight, concerns he said every council member heard leading up to last year’s city election. “This is something we have heard from constituents that they want more of and that they want to address,” he said. Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins said while the call for police accountability was loud and clear, but the call for a charter amendment was not. “I do know that there is a strong, strong deep desire to rein in the Minneapolis police and bring some more accountability to that process, but I didn’t hear a charter amendment to the structure of authority and reporting as one of the solutions,” Jenkins said. She also questioned whether the abbreviated timeline for the charter amendment process would allow the public to fully weigh in on the issue. Jenkins said the lack of community engagement was a “really, really big concern of mine.” “Sometimes change is really good and really necessary to disrupt systems of oppression,” she said. “I know that there are structures that are different in other cities and it hasn’t necessarily resulted in less black, unarmed people being shot.”

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Parkland students, local group team up to get young people to the polls By Sonya Chechik A local group recently teamed up with survivors of February’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting to register young people to vote, an effort they hope will boost participation this fall’s midterm election. Students from Parkland, Florida stopped at a Minnesota Youth (MNY) Collective picnic in South Minneapolis as part of their national Road to Change tour across 20 states. Organizers of the June 25 event are working to boost traditionally low voter turnout among young people before the upcoming election, which many describe as a bellwether of the current presidential administration’s success. “Having a stronghold of young people in this state is really missing,” said MNY Collective co-founder Rahhel Haile. “It’s mostly because young people don’t see themselves in voting, whether they’re disenfranchised by the system or don’t see themselves as important.” Minneapolis is one of more than 50 stops on the Parkland students’ tour, a three-leg trip focused on cities that have faced gun violence. The group represents survivors of the fatal shooting of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School earlier this year. The Parkland students’ visit spurred discussion on gun violence and other hot topics. Jaclyn Corin is one Parkland student traveling on the tour. She said she thinks the biggest barrier to young people getting out to the polls is that many don’t know how. “For far too long the process of voter registration has been very difficult, and there’s a reason for that,” Corin said. “The politicians don’t want the youth voting, they don’t want the youth to be engaged because they know that we’re

(educated), so they want to make it hard.” Corin said she and her peers are making registering easy. She pointed to another student wearing a black T-shirt with an American flag on the front. It was designed by one of her peers and isn’t just a standard T-shirt. The blue portion of the flag is a QR code that can register people to vote. “You can register in under a minute-and-ahalf,” she said. MNY Collective coordinated with Parkland students to throw the event with help from other local youth-led organizations like MN Students for Change and Students Demand Action, an initiative launched by Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. MNY Collective was co-founded by Emily Wellen and Rahhel Haile in December 2017 as a nonprofit run by and for youth who want to be more politically active. While the office is based in St. Paul, MNY Collective has representatives all across the state and prides itself on being an organization that accurately represents Minnesota in terms of personal identities. The group is currently focused on drawing youth to the polls for the upcoming 2018 midterm elections. Recent studies, such as the Youth Electoral Significance Index, have shown that young people could have the greatest impact on the election. “If young people voted at the same rate as other generations in our state we would have 315,000 more votes,” Haile said.

She said the first step is electing representatives who care about the issues the youth value. Then they can “hold them responsible to making changes,” she said. Gun violence was one of the event’s primary issues. While registering and encouraging youth to vote is a central goal of their tour, the Parkland students continue to demand changes to gun laws and demonstrate the power of youth in public displays and rallies. Following the shooting of Thurman Blevins in Minneapolis on June 23, organizers said the MNY Collective event provided an opportunity for a diverse group of youth to gather and exchange ideas and experiences surrounding gun violence. “People need to understand that police violence is also gun violence and it’s vital to be included in the conversation because gun violence is not just mass shootings in school walls,” Corin said. “It’s honestly so beautiful the fact that we have so many different voices that are coming together with this movement. It’s not just white kids. It’s not just black kids. It’s not just Hispanic kids. It’s all of us together because we all want positive change and we need to do it as a united force.” Following the midterms, MNY Collective plan to remain active in the community. The group plans to turn its attention to organizing youth on issues they’re passionate about. “When you say, ‘Go vote,’ to people that means nothing. You have to say why and you have to have them see themselves in that. Like, ‘Why does voting affect you? What is your life like? What can change by voting?”

“It’s the young people leading the change,” said Denny Fitzpatrick, who, along with Maryl Skinner, came from Grand Marais to attend the event. Photo by Sonya Chechik Haile said. “Nothing has ever been solved by just voting, but it is the first step and we need to help people see it that way.” MNY Collective has already gathered more than 2,000 pledge cards from youth across the state listing their top three issues. Youth activists attending the event all preached a central message stressing the value of individual votes and participation in their community. “I might just be one person, but look what a group of 20 teenagers created,” Corin said. “[The youth] are the present and the future at the same time.”

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FROM X GAMES / PAGE 1 Ryan McGuinness, director of event development for the X Games, said the city offered a competitive bid for the event through its central downtown location, its local action sports fans and a burgeoning art scene that provides a backdrop to the competition. “To be honest with you, we weren’t sure. We didn’t know much about Minneapolis,” he said. “I think we quickly found out that, in terms of brand fit, it checked all of our boxes.” One unique draw for the X Games is U.S. Bank Stadium, the first arena in a host city that’s been able to host every competition in one spot. “The venue itself just lends itself to a big event like ours,” McGuinness said. “We’ve never, in our history, been able to do everything we do under one roof.”

This year’s X Games will feature expanded festivities targeting young people. The family-friendly X Fest will feature free BMX and skate lessons, art installations, demonstrations by professional athletes and even the last Minnesota appearance of Twiggy, a water skiing squirrel that’s set to retire from its own action sport. These festival additions are growing at the X Games, McGuinness said, as well as the music and culture around the competition. Three of the four nights will be capped off by a concert with a lineup including DJs Zedd and Kaskade and rappers Ice Cube and Minneapolis’ own Brother Ali. The music and art feed into X Games’ mission of “celebrating youth and action sports culture,” he added, a culture with an international appeal. “We have a very diverse, very international audience. You can see it in the athlete field. We have athletes from around the globe, quite literally,” he said. Mayor Jacob Frey said the X Games is another opportunity to show off Minneapolis to an international audience. He thinks, like the X Games organizers, visitors will want to stick around. “When visitors come to Minneapolis for the X Games, they are going to see a beautiful city alive with people enjoying the best summer city in the country and they are going to fall in love and keep coming back — just like the X-Games did when they decided to stay in Minneapolis through 2020,” he said in a statement.

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Moto Shibata competes in last year’s Fruit of the Loom Skateboard Vert event. Photo by Matt Morning / ESPN Images

Being a Minnesota native, Hause, who now resides in Oceanside, California, naturally talks about the weather. “It’s funny being back (in the Twin Cities). (Oceanside) has all the things we don’t,” she said. “We have the extremes. It’s really hot and really cold.”

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journalmpls.com / July 12–25, 2018 11 Hause said if there’s a hometown advantage to be had, it’s with the small, but committed group of local fans. “It’s cool for them. They’re like, “Really? You’re from here?” she said. “It definitely intrigues them. It gives them inspiration.” This year Hause is vying for her first finish on the podium at X Games. Her category will see just seven skaters from Brazil, Japan, Australia and the U.S., a narrow competition that Hause said makes her feel good about her chances. The top-ranked Sabre Norris, a 13-yearold from Australia, led the June qualifier in Boise, Idaho where she busted out a 540, a trick that involves one-and-a-half rotations. It’s big moments like that that Hause said push the sport forward. “As far as growing the women’s sport, it puts pressure on us. That’s a trick we should all learn anyway because it opens up a new bag of tricks,” she said. Another 13-year-old, Brighton Zeuner, won gold last year in Minneapolis in the women’s skateboard park category, becoming the youngest person to do so. While other X Games races attract athletes in their mid-40s, Hause said her sport is attracting younger skaters so now that even she’s older than her average competitor. “(The average age) used to be like 26. Now there’s 14-year-olds, there’s 12-year-olds and 11-year-olds. We’re old comparatively to the rest of the field right now,” she said. The games are rare opportunities to share her hometown, a place she said most of her fellow athletes know nothing about, with the world. Hause said she’s has taken on a role as the unofficial ambassador of X Games to Minnesota. She hopes to get more locals involved in skateboarding. “No one’s ever really been here. People don’t really even understand what Minnesota is,” she said. “I took on that role because I love skateboarding and I think it’s awesome.”

South Carolinabased skateboarder Clay Kreiner placed third in last year’s America’s Navy Skateboard Big Air event. Photo by Bryce Kanights / ESPN Images

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Technical College, part of the Minnesota State network. The public two-year college launched a rebranding campaign earlier this year and is attempting to remake its identity as Minneapolis College. The nearly 34-acre Loring Park is a year round gathering place. Twin Cities Pride and the annual Loring Park Art Festival are major draws during the summer months, and since 2015 it has also hosted Holidazzle, which runs November to December. Connected to Nicollet Mall via the Loring Greenway and the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden via the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge, Loring Park’s attractions include a lake and394 dog park, basketball and tennis courts, the Garden of the Seasons and the Berger Fountain (also known as the “dandelion fountain.”) The 1897 statue of Ole Bull honors a Norwegian violinist held in esteem at the time by the city’s Scandinavian population.

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In 1890, the Park Board voted to rename Minneapolis’ Central Park in honor of its first president, Charles Loring. The name would eventually transfer to the surrounding neighborhood, which comprises the southwest corner of downtown and includes the Basilica of St. Mary and Woman’s Club of Minneapolis among its notable historic sites. The Harmon Place Historic District, designated in 2001, marks what was once the city’s go-to place for all things car related, including automobile showrooms and repair shops. Those showrooms departed for the suburbs around the middle of the last century, but they left their mark on the Loring Park neighborhood’s architecture — most notably in the form of commercial buildings with large, ground-level windows used to display new vehicles to passers-by. Loring Park is home to the 21.6-acre campus of Minneapolis Community and

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A FESTIVAL FOR ARTISTS, BY ARTISTS Loring Park Art Festival returns July 28–29 By Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com

The roughly 140 artists at the Loring Park Art Festival circle around the park’s central pond. Submitted photos

What sets the Loring Park Art Festival apart from other art fairs, Mary Anne Snedic Wunderlin said, is the park. “You can’t get a more beautiful park than Loring Park,” said Snedic Wunderlin, a co-founder and longtime participant of the annual festival. Now in its 19th year, the Loring Park Art Festival is set to return to the downtown Minneapolis park July 28–29. Despite nearly two decades under its belt, Director Pat Parnow said the festival remains a limited, juried showcase of just 140 artists, from ceramicists and jewelers to painters and printmakers, who offer their creations in a circle around the park’s central pond. “We keep it at that. (It’s) a nice trip around the pond,” Parnow said. The festival, located near Oak Grove Street and Hennepin Avenue, still resembles how it looked in its inaugural year back in 1999. Back then, co-founders and artists Parnow, Snedic Wunderlin and Carol Rahr Haubner started the event with one mantra on their mind: “Artists, by artists.” “We’re artists and we’re going to create this for the artists,” said Snedic Wunderlin, who creates wooden architectural renderings through a process called wood assemblage, “and we want the artists to come from near and far.” Several of the event’s artists, which come from as many as 20 states, say the organizers are a key reason why they continue to come back year after year. “I never get nervous or anxious in the days before it, since I ‘know the drill’ and am certain that everything has been taken care of by the great organizers,” Christy Johnson, an illustrator whose participated in the festival for five years, said in an email. Snedic Wunderlin said the festival’s small, quality-focused format and grassy venue keep both customers and artists coming back. “If you do that and give artists extra space, they’ll be happy and present that to the customer base,” she said. “If they aren’t happy they’re going to exude that to the customer base.” Loring Park is a draw for others. The large green space is close to downtown and landmarks like the Basilica of Saint Mary and Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, which regularly chime. It’s a particular detail of the setting that Anne Hoffman, who has been at the festival since 2001, said she loves. She makes her own copper wind chimes and stained-glass bird feeders.

“The pond has nice paths for strolling and benches for relaxing and people-watching. Visitors enjoy walking around the pond to take in all the art and to chat with the artists,” she said in an email. There’s more than art at the festival. Both days of the festival will be packed with performances and activities with the Apollo Male Chorus, the Minnesota Mandolin Orchestra and Molly Van Avery, a poet who will be writing custom poems as part of a Springboard for the Arts mobile art project, among many others. This is the first year the festival will have a beer garden, which will offer brews from the Lakes & Legends Brewery Co., a craft brewery based in the neighborhood’s LPM Apartments. Vendors at the food court include Northeast’s Anchor Fish & Chips, new vegan food truck Reverie Mobile Kitchen, Burnsville’s Rollin Nolen’s BBQ and St. Paul-based True Stone Coffee Roasters. Each year, the Loring Park Art Festival features a different artist who produces a postcard, poster and T-shirt design. This year, local artist Meg Erke, a painter and book artist, is behind the design. A complete list of participating artists and vendors is available at loringparkartfestival.com.

If you go… Where: Loring Park, 1382 Willow St. When: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Saturday, July 28 and 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday, July 29 Cost: Free Info: loringparkartfestival.com

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LORING PARK’S NEIGHBORHOOD BREWERY Locals and local ingredients come together at Lakes & Legends Brewing Co. By Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com Of all the places his taproom and brewery could end up, Derrick Taylor didn’t think a 36-story apartment tower in Loring Park was one of them. That brewery, Lakes & Legends Brewing Co., is nearing three years on the ground floor of LPM Apartments at LaSalle & 14th. In that time, Taylor, the brewery’s president, said it has become like a “local town hall” with plenty of space in its roughly 3,500-square-foot taproom for neighborhood residents to gather. “(Loring Park) wasn’t really on our radar for Lakes & Legends,” he said, but it turned out to be “a unique opportunity to be in one of the densest residential neighborhoods in the Twin Cities.” Taylor, who comes from the world of beverage distribution, and his brother-inlaw, CEO and longtime home brewer Ethan Applen, founded Lakes & Legends in 2015 as a family affair. Both their wives, Ellie and Katie, and Applen’s mom Kathleen are involved in the brewery. Taylor said the family connections are central to how Lakes & Legends runs. “It may sound cliché or cheesy, but it’s how internally the business operates as well. We’ve been able to retain a lot of great employees, people who’ve been with us since we opened our doors,” he said. Lakes & Legends is named to celebrate the region, producing “craft beer of the North,”

Lakes & Legends occupies roughly 12,000 square feet split between a 3,500-square-foot taproom and a large production space. Photos by Eric Best

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Neighborhood Sp tlight Loring Park FROM LAKES & LEGENDS / PAGE 16 Taylor said, referring to what some call Minnesota and nearby states instead of the traditional Midwest. The spirit carries over to the beer. Lakes & Legends is the state’s only brewery that is a member of Minnesota Grown, a directory of farmers and agricultural producers in the state. When the brewing team looks to brew a new beer, Taylor said, head brewer Andrew Dimery and assistant brewer Jacob Glowinski start with the directory’s list of local producers. It’s reminiscent of both Taylor’s and Applen’s families’ backgrounds, which have a history of farming in Minnesota, with farms out in Mahnomen and Marshall, respectively. “We build the beer around the ingredients,” he said. “We’re trying to educate the consumer and the brewery world.” The taproom features several limitededition or unique beers, many featuring seasonal produce. Later this year, Taylor will drive up to northern Minnesota to pick up fresh cranberries so they can brew a cranberry saison for this fall. Soon, beer fans can

We’ve really found our home in Loring Park, and it’s just been an awesome neighborhood to have a business. — Derrick Taylor, president of Lakes & Legends Brewing Co.

expect Lakes & Legends to release Cool for the Summer, a cucumber and mint saison beer, or “beer meets spa water,” Taylor said. “It’s really refreshing. It’s a perfect summer beer,” he said. Lakes & Legends doesn’t quite have a specialty. Taylor said they brew what they like and what their customers would like to see. Currently the brewery’s most popular beer is the St. Gail raspberry-honey ale. Each batch requires 1,200 pounds of honey and 400 pounds of raspberries to produce. It’s one of four flagship beers, along with the Great Wit North, a wit beer with orange peel and coriander flavors; Marigold, a light and smooth golden strong ale; and the Barncat IPA, a lighter Farmhouse-style IPA. When cans of the IPA are released in 12-ounce cans later this year, all four will be available in liquor stores. Lakes & Legends also offers half-gallon growlers and crowlers, or 750-millimeter cans. Beyond the beer, regular events keep the taproom busy. There’s weekly trivia on Tuesday nights and vinyl nights a few times a month. There’s live music most Fridays. Taylor said their location is easy to get to for both

Co-founder Derrick Taylor said the brewery’s red-hued St. Gail raspberry-honey ale is its most popular brew. staff and customers, no matter the weather. “We will do just as well during a huge snowstorm on Saturday, for example, as we do on a normal Saturday ... because people can walk over,” he said. The taproom has become a destination for dog owners. Along with Sisyphus Brewing, Lakes & Legends became one of the first taprooms in the state to legally allow dogs inside. Last year, the breweries spoke with city and state officials and got a variance to allow pooches into the taproom, though Taylor said Lakes & Legends was already popular with the neighborhood’s many dog owners thanks to its 50-seat outdoor patio. “We do really well with dogs and their owners,” he said. In the canine spirit, Lakes & Legends

will host a Dog Days of Summer block party on July 14 with food trucks, dogfocused vendors and a raﬄe for Taylor Swift concert tickets, among other prizes. The free event will benefit Pause 4 Paws, a Plymouth-based organization that supports animal rescues and sanctuaries. It’s the second of three block parties that will take over the street outside the taproom. Another festival this September will bring in farmers and food producers through Minnesota Grown. It’s one way to get out into the neighborhood, which Taylor said is “the heart of downtown.” “We’ve really found our home in Loring Park, and it’s just been an awesome neighborhood to have a business,” he said.

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What’s the plan? A closer look at the draft policy pieces of Minneapolis 2040 By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@journalmpls.com The City of Minneapolis is trying to figure out where to house more people. The current population of 416,000 is projected to grow to 465,000 by 2040. “We can put our head in the sand and say we don’t want change, but it will happen anyway,” Long Range Planning Manager Jack Byers told residents last May at the Black Forest Inn. Minneapolis 2040 is the city’s long-range plan to guide land use and policy ideas for the next 10 years, with an eye toward the year 2040. For the first time, solving racial inequity is a major issue guiding land use. The draft plan is based on the idea that as the city grows, everyone must benefit. The city’s population was larger in 1950 — 520,000 people — but at that time, between seven and nine people often lived in the city’s three-bedroom homes, Byers said. Today, it’s often one or two in a home. In the past 10 years, developers have typically built “mini-mansions” near the

Here is a sample of the 97 policy ideas proposed in the city’s draft comprehensive plan: Create housing for residents of all income levels

lakes or six-story apartment buildings along the Midtown Greenway, Byers said. Now the city is looking at new zoning districts to encourage more types of housing throughout the city. Allowing single-family houses to split into several units within the same building footprint is one example. Apart from adding housing, city officials are currently investigating new policies that would address affordability and gentrification. The proposed density in the long-range comprehensive plan isn’t finalized — public input continues through July 22. The council would adopt the plan in December, and an update of the zoning code would take about three years to complete, according to staff. But the first draft suggests bold changes. On streets like Nicollet Avenue in Southwest Minneapolis and Central Avenue in Northeast, reworked zoning districts would allow two to six stories or more. Key spots like

Add retail close to homes This proposal would add more flexibility to add commercial space, such as a bookshop operating out of a house on a busy street. People take more trips running errands than going to work, so adding commercial space dovetails with the goal of reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

the Kmart site at Nicollet & Lake could hold four to 15 stories, and areas near Hennepin & Central could see eight to 30 stories. Portions of land northwest of Bde Maka Ska between the Greenway and Excelsior Boulevard could be zoned for eight to 30 stories. The heart of Uptown at Hennepin & Lake could be zoned for two to 10 stories. Part of the North Loop might open to 30-story buildings. “The density that we’re calling for is substantial in terms of other cities,” said Heather Worthington, the city’s director of long-range planning. “… I don’t know other cities that are calling for that level of change. Again, it’s a draft at this point. But I think other cities aren’t experiencing the level of challenges that we are, either, and the level of development pressure.” Minneapolis has the widest nationwide unemployment disparity between African American and white residents, according to the Economic Policy Institute. And while median income for white residents has improved since the recession, for African Americans, median income has dropped. “We have a community that’s not working for everyone. We have haves and have-nots, and we need to get ahead of that and fix that, or we’re not going to be sustainable in the future,” Worthington said. Think of the city’s “comprehensive plan” like Jenga, she said, where the pieces inter-

Expand production and processing jobs

In Minneapolis, nine out of 10 trips are taken in personal automobiles. To meet the city goal of an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the number of car trips would need to decline by 37 percent. • Give people the chance to meet their daily needs closer to home. • Enforce the city’s idling ordinance, which limits idling to no more than three minutes.

Eliminate serious injury and death caused by crashes

Ensure all Minneapolitans live within a 10-minute walk of a park

Tenant protections

• Build new parks where needed.

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• Make parks welcoming to all, regardless of age and cultural background.

Design for pedestrians More than half of Minneapolis residents are renters. • Expand landlord participation in Section 8 vouchers that subsidize rents. • Ensure tenants and landlords are aware of their rights.

• Create open spaces and public plazas as part of new development.

Boost creative jobs

Creative jobs in Minneapolis have grown 10.4 percent since 2006, although people of color are under-represented in the sector. The city reports that creative sales generated $4.5 billion for the local economy in 2015, nearly eight times the revenue from sports. • Encourage affordable spaces for creative work. • Encourage public art projects.

Increase the tree canopy

Eliminate off-street parking minimums in new construction • The marketplace, rather than city regulation, should determine the right amount of offstreet parking, according to city staff.

Improve the land surrounding present and future METRO stations

Trees provide energy savings, absorb carbon and improve air quality. • Keep or add trees to new development.

• Reduce evictions and support tenants’ rights organizations.

• Add to the tree canopy and carefully place boulevard trees.

Expand homeownership • Support groups that counsel homebuyers, especially those with low incomes and people of color.

• Create a task force to investigate the issue.

• Open historically industrial land for production and processing.

Ninety-seven percent of residents live within 10 minutes of a park, with the exception of small pockets of the city.

• Remove barriers for creative housing options, such as co-ops and bungalow courts.

When it comes to building and street design, cars would be the city’s last priority. The city would first prioritize walking followed by cycling, transit and, lastly, cars. The city would frown on new surface parking lots, drive-throughs and gas stations. It would encourage street-level activity and windows.

The city wants more employers like the Peace Coffee roastery, Kemps on West Broadway and Coloplast, the medical equipment supplier on West River Road. For people without college degrees, these jobs offer much higher wages than other sectors like retail and food service.

• Encourage car-sharing and bike-sharing.

• Find ways to build housing types that few are developing today, including space for large families.

• Encourage new retail to open at street-level.

• Protect pedestrians through speed limits and design decisions.

Reduce the numbers of people driving alone

• Find ways to retain naturally occurring affordable housing.

How to handle skyways • Keep skyways transparent, help walkers navigate them and limit them to the downtown core.

• Allow more commercial space in areas with frequent transit.

Minneapolis added more than 12,000 units between 2010 and 2016 but lost nearly 15,000 rental units since 2000 that are considered affordable to people making half the area median income (affordable to a single person making $31,650 or a family of four making $45,200 in 2017). The issue is compounded by rising rents and decreasing renter wages. The city currently spends $10 million annually to produce and preserve affordable housing.

lock as part of a very complex city. “Minneapolis is not just a collection of neighborhoods, and it’s not just your block,” she said. “… I’ve asked people in Southwest if they’ve been to North Minneapolis lately, and not a hand goes up. … It’s hard to think outside of your immediate reality, and I think that’s what we’re asking people to do, and I think that’s hard stuff.” Policy ideas aiming to fix racial disparities include a focus on pre-K, support for small businesses, better job opportunities for people with less education and more affordable housing near transit. The environment is another theme in the plan. A goal to dramatically reduce car trips would aim to address climate change, but also help people who can’t afford a car or are driving less as they age. “Even if we were able to decrease our car trips by one or two a week, we would start to see significant impact,” Worthington said. “… We are a very car-centered world.” To get there, the city would add retail closer to homes, use street designs that prioritize walking over cars, and incentivize transit use and zero emissions technology. “Nothing is finalized,” Worthington said. “I want people to know that we’re taking their comments very seriously and that they will shape the final draft.”

Eliminate homelessness

• Develop affordable housing near stations.

Stable and safe housing is at the core of these efforts. • Prevent evictions and provide timely emergency rental assistance.

• Design narrow streets with wide sidewalks, and minimize vehicle curb cuts.

Minimize displacement

• Break up large blocks into small, walkable blocks.

• Watch for early changes in neighborhood rents.

• Hide parking and prohibit park-and-ride lots.

• The emergency shelter system should help make homelessness as brief as possible.

• Continue to build a bikeway network.

• Prioritize affordable housing in new development.

• Add plazas and open spaces.

• Deepen partnerships related to job training.

journalmpls.com / July 12–25, 2018 19 INTERIOR 1 Up to four units on a traditional residential lot, rising 1–2.5 stories.

TRANSIT 20 6–20 stories

INTERIOR 2 Up to four units on a traditional residential lot, rising 1–2.5 stories. Lots could combine to create multifamily buildings.

TRANSIT 30 8–30 stories

INTERIOR 3 1–3 stories

CORE 50 8 or more stories; no maximum

CORRIDOR 4 1–4 stories

PRODUCTION 1–10 stories on land typically used for transportation and jobs.

CORRIDOR 6 2–6 stories

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TRANSIT 10 2–10 stories

TRANSPORTATION Land devoted to transportation should generally conform to the surrounding area.

TRANSIT 15 4–15 stories

FAQ Q: If you rezone my area, will I lose my house? A: “Absolutely not,” said Heather Worthington, the city’s director of long-range planning. Though the U.S. Supreme Court made it possible for cities to take property under eminent domain for the purpose of economic development, the state of Minnesota heavily restricts that power, she said. The Legislature says eminent domain can only be used for a public purpose, and growing the tax base does not by itself constitute a public purpose. Q: What will happen to the Shoreland Overlay District (which requires meeting certain conditions to build above 2.5 stories near the shoreline)?

Address health hazards in housing

Strengthen downtown

A: “Of course we’re going to protect the lakes,” said Worthington, who added that agencies like the Department of Natural Resources and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency require the city to do so. In the future, the city may work to simplify its zoning code and fold the overlay districts into the overarching zoning. The main intent of the state statute that led to the Shoreland Overlay relates to stormwater management and water quality, according to the city. “We’re aware of [the overlay], and we won’t violate it, and we’re looking at how we can make it more understandable and usable,” Worthington said. Q: What about neighborhood-led “small area plans” previously adopted by the city?

Hazards include lead, mold, pests and radon. Indoor air quality is more important as people increasingly spend time inside — the EPA says people spend 93 percent of their time indoors.

Improve air quality • Install technology at gas stations to reduce benzene emissions.

• Promote the growth and retention of downtown businesses. • Continue to support the growing downtown population.

Boost the frequency, speed and reliability of public transit

• Boost enforcement of laws related to noise, after-hours work and excessive dust.

About 18 percent of Minneapolis households don’t have a car. In the downtown core, transit carries about half of peak-hour passenger trips.

Expand access to healthy food

• Encourage priority transit lanes.

Encourage renewable and carbon-free energy

A: These plans are dealt with one by one. City staff wove each small area plan in to the larger draft plan. Where there are differences, they are explained, Worthington said. Brian Schaffer, a Minneapolis principal project coordinator, said small area plans are based on outdated city policies. Now the city has 14 goals based on community input that are driving city policy. To check a particular plan and provide feedback, visit the “Small Area Plans” tab at the bottom left side of minneapolis2040.com. Q: Will this plan lead to gentrification and displacement? A: Housing policies in development seek to address this issue. Worthington said no city in the country has solved this problem, however. “I believe that we can find a way to do investment and not have it result in gentrification,” she said. The city is exploring options to incentivize and require affordable housing in new market-rate development. Other ideas would prioritize keeping affordable housing in places where displacement is happening, and expand programs that support low-income homeowners. Q: These policy ideas seem vague. A: That’s intentional, Worthington said. Details will come out of actions like the subsequent update to the zoning code and an update to the city’s 10-year transportation plan.

Eleven census tracts in low-income areas are located more than a mile from a full-service grocery store. • Expand areas where grocery stores are allowed. • Take steps to attract new grocers to low-income areas. • Explore regulations that discourage unhealthy food outlets. • Consider changing regulations to allow more urban agriculture and greenhouses. • Support soil testing for gardens and consider selling land for market gardens.

Xcel Energy’s projected 2021 fuel mix for the Upper Midwest includes 30 percent wind and 10 percent other renewable sources. • Develop a city-owned renewable energy concept. • Study CenterPoint Energy’s renewable natural gas programs.

Meet zero-waste goals Support new transportation technology

Q: Does the city population need to increase? Can a city be full? A: Population growth will happen with or without a plan, according to city staff. The city is required by state law to conduct land use planning, and the city has gone beyond those requirements in order to implement goals adopted by the City Council, staff said.

LEARN MORE Minneapolis2040.com

HOW TO WEIGH IN The initial comment period ends July 22. Visit minneapolis2040.com, where each policy ends with a green box for comment.

• Advocate for new tech to be tested and deployed on city streets, such as automated vehicles or drones used for shipping freight. • Support the infrastructure for electric vehicles.

• Recycle or compost half of the waste stream by 2020. • Expand organics recycling for apartments, and incentivize businesses to compost. • Expand recycling in public spaces.

People can also submit comments tied directly to a city map by visiting minneapolis2040.com/ topics/land-use-built-form and clicking on the link “Comment on the Minneapolis 2040 Draft Land Use and Built Form Maps.” General emails can go to 2040@minneapolismn.gov

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Bastille Day Block Party Jeremy Messersmith headlines Barbette’s 16th-annual Bastille Day Block Party this year, with other performances by Static Panic, Black Widows and the Brass Messengers. There’ll also be plenty of burlesque, by the likes of Nadine DuBois, Foxy Tann and others, fire and circus acts like Infiammati FireCircus and Circus Juventas, an appearance by the North Star Roller Derby and opera singers from the Picnic Operetta. Come for the entertainment, stay for the delicious food and local brews. Event proceeds benefit Be the Match.

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Join local Anishinaabe poet Heid E. Erdrich for the launch of a new anthology of Native poets she edited called “New Poets of Native Nations.” The book features 21 Native poets who have published work since the turn of this century. Birchbark Books and Native Arts and Graywolf Press are putting together the reading and reception, held at Bockley Gallery, where Erdrich will read work with Gwen Westerman and Meg Noodin. The event also includes a presentation by the Asiganaak Singers ladies hand drum group.

Musical notes, flowers, cats, skulls, trolls and colors, patterns and designs galore decorate cars and bikes for the annual Artcar + Arbike parade. Starting at the Rose Gardens, the bedazzled vehicles and cycles travel around the lake. So make yourself a picnic, make sure you have a camera and enjoy the show.

Sister Cities Day For more than 40 years, the Minneapolis Sisters City program has embarked on making connections with different cities all over the world. We are now Sister Cities with 12 different cities on five continents, and all 12 will be featured at this fun event with ice cream, music and children’s activities that highlight the diverse cultures of the program. At 2 p.m., there will be a special presentation recognizing Minneapolis’s Sister City relationship with Cuernavaca, Mexico, which turns 10 this year.

When: 6 p.m.–7 p.m. Saturday, July 21 Where: Lake Harriet Cost: Free Info: artcarparade.com

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Twin Cities World Refugee Day Celebrate the rich cultural heritage of the Twin Cities refugee community during this day of art, performances, food and education. Thousands of refugees have made Minnesota their home, bringing with them so much that makes the state a better place. At this event, you’ll experience song, dance and storytelling and hear from speakers raising awareness around current refugee issues. When: Noon–6 p.m. Sunday, July 15 Where: Loring Park, 1382 Willow St. Cost: Free Info: tcworldrefugeeday.org

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AQUATENNIAL For 78 years, the City of Lakes has gotten together for a big, wet party at the annual Aquatennial Celebration. Run by the Minneapolis Downtown Council since the early 2000s, it’s a four-day celebration of fireworks, parades, entertainment, family fun and more. Here are a few highlights we are looking forward to.

CENTERPOINT ENERGY TORCHLIGHT PARADE See the floats and meet your Minneapolis neighbors. Free canoe rides and kids activities at Loring Park before the parade starts. When: 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, (6 p.m. pre-parade Family Fun Night at Loring Park) Where: Hennepin Avenue from the Basilica of Saint Mary to 5th Street Cost: Free Info: aquatennial.com

FIREWORKS FINALE If you didn’t get enough fireworks for Fourth of July, come see the show. There will be live music, a kids zone and food trucks before the main event. When: 10 p.m. Saturday, July 21 (pre-fireworks festivities 6 p.m.–10 p.m.) Where: West River Road near Portland Avenue Cost: Free Info: aquatennial.com

AQUATENNIAL SKYLINE FEST Try your hand and paddle boarding or canoeing, or just watch the expert paddlers race across the water. When: 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday, July 21 Where: Boom Island Park, 724 Sibley St. NE Cost: Free 5K paddleboard race and paddleboard demos, canoe rides and yoga. Registration fees apply for other events. Info: paddleguru.com/races/ AquatennialSkylineFest2018

TWIN CITIES RIVER RATS See death-defying tricks on skis as the Twin Cities River Rats return to the festivities. These acrobats of the water are a must-see event at the festival. When: 7 p.m. Thursday, July 19 and Friday, July 20 Where: West River Road between Broadway and Plymouth avenues Cost: Free Info: aquatennial.com

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One of the biggest newcomers in Twin Cities nightlife involves burlesque dancers and poets sharing the stage with bands, drag queens and a futuristic Sailor Moon-turned-EDM singer. That would be Daddy, a LGBTQ-plus variety show that has been selling out Icehouse on a monthly basis. The event, which is celebrating its first-year anniversary this month, is carving out a space for itself as a home for diverse talent and audience members. The stage is typically home to people of color and/or queer people sharing their talents in, as the organizers say, a fun party atmosphere. “Honestly, I just want Daddy to be queer, subversive, weird and full of love,” said co-founder Archie Bongiovanni in an email. “I just wanna get sweaty and messy with everyone.” Locals Bongiovanni and Brent Pennington started Daddy last year at Eat Street’s Icehouse without some grand vision, but, rather, an understanding of the city’s need for a venue that could showcase a wider range of queer performers. A typical event will feature femme-cee and burlesque performer Marcel Michelle Obama and several DJs, dancers, bands, musicians or even a fashion show. Some of the performances are out of this world. Symone of Symone Smash It describes her act as a “multi-reality experience that takes in fans or listeners as ‘Smash Bots’ and helps them realize that anything they can imagine is possible and accessible.” As a performer, Symone said it’s one thing to have a LGBT-focused space, but another to have one that draws the crowds and support from venues that Daddy does. “It definitely creates a space that the Minneapolis scene needed, especially for queer people, LGBTQ people (and people of color),” she said. “To have a popular platform for that, that’s something that Daddy is definitely becoming.”

The dance music singer will perform at Daddy’s anniversary event at First Avenue. Bongiovanni said every show is different, so even Daddy’s anniversary show will feature performers new to the event, such as dance group New Black City. There will also be local poet, singer and rapper Dua, DJ QueenDuin and queer femme-focused fashion from GNAT, among others. “Brent and I talk about how weird and fun the performances could be in the future, like we’d love more dance groups or a puppet show or a magic show or something we haven’t even imagined yet,” they said. Pennington, who comes from the world of indie rock, said there wasn’t a way to be “loudly queer” in that scene. He said at the core of Daddy, which shouldn’t be misconceived as a night for leather-clad silver panthers — at least not necessarily — are a lot of different people and performers supporting each other. “I do think there’s just been this underlying sort of mixing of tenderness and vulnerability with a really fun party,” he said. Key features of the supportive and inclusive atmosphere are gender-neutral bathrooms and consent between those at Daddy. Both Icehouse and First Avenue, where Daddy hosted an event in February, have provided such facilities. Pennington said they have volunteers at the events to support people and make sure they’re getting home OK. The support feeds back into the performances, which can often be sexual or deeply personal. Think burlesque performers and poets with autobiographical material. “I think any form of celebrating our (bodies) or sexuality is valid — and it’s (especially) valid and important for a community that is often shamed or discriminated against because of our sexuality or our genders or our bodies,” Bongiovanni said. Personal expression is also a key component for the audience. Partiers will often get into the Daddy spirit with a little makeup, a little glitter or whatever it takes for them to feel like their comfortable, unrestricted selves. Pennington said several people bring killer looks. “People really bring a look to Daddy. It’s a fun place where a lot of people get excited about their outfit and there’s an element of fashion to it, but that doesn’t feel mandatory either,” he said. Daddy’s anniversary will take over First Avenue’s mainroom on Saturday, July 14 at 9 p.m. The 18-plus event will feature Doña Pepe, Gigi Bernadette and Madre T. Rosa. Lineup and ticket information are available at facebook.com/daddympls.com

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Symone Smash It will play Daddy’s anniversary party at First Avenue’s mainroom on Saturday, July 14. Photo by Darin K

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If you still need to check a bunch of places in the North Loop off your must-try list, check out North Loop Fest. The annual tradition features food and beverages from many of restaurants, bars and breweries in downtown’s

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Time-honored treasures

Want to spend a weekend vintage shopping? Well you only need to stop at one place with the Minneapolis Vintage Market at Northeast’s Sociable Cider Werks. The sale at noon–5 p.m. Sunday, July 15 will feature women’s eco-fashion from Lighthorse Studios, old-school duds from Moth Oddities and ’50s–’80s finds from

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hippest neighborhood. The half beer and beverage sampler, half music festival presented by the Downtown Resource Group will take over the parking lot at Cuzzy’s Grill at Washington & 5th. If a move is in your future, North Loop Fest can be a great way of checking out what the neighborhood has to offer in one night. It might just save you a few bucks that way too. Tickets are $25–$30 for the 21-plus event.

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Moments in Minneapolis By Cedar Imboden Phillips

A PLACE IN THE SHADE

he operators of the Nightingale Rest Home, 525 University Ave. SE, must have decided that garden peacocks were an adequate aviary substitute for nightingales. The note on the back of this photograph of the rest home’s grounds says “springtime in the orchard, June 1, 1930.” It’s hard to believe that this sylvan backyard scene was located just off University Avenue in the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood. This small rest home offered spaces to both men and women from the 1930s through the 1960s.

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. Image from the Hennepin History Museum’s collection.

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Mill City Cooks / By Taiya Brown

THE SAVORY SIDE OF RHUBARB

ave you heard the old saying, “Only pick rhubarb in months without an ‘R’ in them?” While many tend to be done with the crop in the spring, rhubarb is often in abundance throughout the summer. If you find yourself with excess in your garden or freezer, why not try a new recipe? Rhubarb is packed with potassium, fiber, calcium and vitamin C, which aid in bone, fluid and digestive health. Although rhubarb is typically seen in many desserts and pastries with sugar masking the sourness, there are many recipes you can try that are, in fact, savory. Adding rhubarb to soups is one example. Try a simple and delicious carrot and rhubarb soup by roasting 2 ½ cups of carrots, 1 cup of

Rhubarb barbeque sauce rhubarb, a dash of olive oil, black pepper and cloves in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes, or until carrots are tender. Transfer to a large pot and add 1 teaspoon of turmeric and 1 liter of vegetable stock. Simmer for 15–20 minutes and then blend all ingredients until smooth. Another savory rhubarb recipe, this one for barbecue sauce, comes from one of Mill City Farmers Market’s chef-led cooking demonstrations, which take place at 10:30 a.m. every Saturday. The Mill City Farmers Market is Minneapolis’ trusted source for local and organic groceries, seasonal cooking inspiration, live music, free outdoor yoga and more. You can find more recipes and learn more at millcityfarmersmarket.org.

Recipe by Market Chef Heather Hartman. Makes 3 cups. Ingredients 4 tsp. olive oil 1 cup onion, minced (1 large onion) 1 lb. rhubarb, diced small (about 4 1⁄2 cups) 2⁄3 c. brown sugar 2 tbsp. water 4 tsp. dijon mustard 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar 2 tbsp. honey 1⁄2 c. ketchup 1 tsp. salt 1 tbsp. smoked paprika 1⁄2 tsp. cayenne powder 1⁄2 tsp. allspice powder 1⁄2 tsp. mustard powder

Method • In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add oil and onion and cook for 6 minutes until translucent and soft. Add the rhubarb, brown sugar, and water, increase heat to medium high. Allow the sugar to melt, bringing the mixture to a low boil. Cook for 7 minutes, stirring frequently. Rhubarb should be soft. Add the rest of the ingredients. Stir to combine. • Take off heat and let cool for 15 minutes. Transfer to blender and puree or use an immersion blender in the pan. • Refrigerate in an airtight container for 3–4 days. • Serve with pork chops, grilled duck breasts, or bison sausages.

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