Aug. 25, 2016 by The Journal

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“A LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITY” FOR ED GRAFF A conversation with Minneapolis Public Schools’ new superintendent

By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com Two weeks before he officially started as the new Minneapolis Public Schools superintendent on July 1, Ed Graff set the stakes for an audience of reporters gathered at Webster Elementary. “It’s a life-changing moment, a life-changing opportunity,” Graff said during that hour-long question-and-answer session in mid-June, just 10 days into the district’s summer break. It was an unusual experience for the media-shy former Anchorage School District superintendent, who said he shared more with the press that day than in 25 years as an educator in Alaska. Graff sketched out a 60-day plan to better acquaint himself with the city, the district and the political environment in which it operates, beginning with the Board of Education. Then, before he took the center seat on the dais at his first school board meeting July 12, Graff flew to Alaska, stuffed “30 years of clothes into three duffel bags,” and flew back to his new home in Minneapolis. On Aug. 17, Graff spoke with the Southwest Journal about the new school year and the progress of his 60-day plan. (The interview has been edited and condensed.)

New Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Ed Graff met with members of the public during a community reception at district headquarters in July. Photo by Dylan Thomas

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Ilhan Omar talks with The Journal the day after her historic win

By Jim Walsh There was a palpable hum on the West Bank of Minneapolis on Aug. 10, with the largely East African neighborhood bustling with smiling walkers and shopkeepers, many of whom were undoubtedly beaming about the news that Ilhan Omar was a step closer to becoming America’s first Somali-American state lawmaker after winning a three-way DFL primary race in House District 60B. Did the newest member-elect of the Minnesota House of Representatives feel the love?

“Yes, definitely. It feels like a brighter day,” Omar told the Journal, sitting in her Cedar-Riverside campaign office surrounded by members of her campaign team (including communications director and this writer’s wife Jean Heyer). Secretary of State Steve Simon reports that Omar received 2,404 votes, while challenger Mohamud Noor received 1,738 and Rep. Phyllis Kahn, the incumbent, recieved 1,726. Omar will be the DFL candidate on the ballot for the Nov. 8 SEE OMAR / PAGE 12

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Hodges’ proposed 2017 budget boosts spending on public safety By Sarah McKenzie Mayor Betsy Hodges’ proposed 2017 city budget includes a 5.5-percent levy increase and funding for 15 new police officers and five new firefighters. Hodges said an error in the state’s tax bill means the city has to craft a 2017 budget without an expected $1.7-million increase in Local Government Aid. “If the Legislature passes a corrected tax bill that Gov. Mark Dayton can sign to restore next year’s planned $1.7-million increase, I will recommend that we apply it to reducing our property-tax levy,” she said. The recent 20-year, $800-million funding agreement for the city’s parks and streets also increased the baseline levy increase for 2017 from 3.75 percent to 4.9 percent. The city’s budget is roughly $1.2 billion. Hodges said her budget also includes $2.7 million in spending cuts. The savings come from lower-than-expected health care costs for city employees and cuts in five city

departments. Despite the proposed levy increase, a single-family home valued at $190,500 would see their tax bill drop slightly — from $1,108 to $1,084, said David Prestwood, the mayor’s communications director. The city’s tax base has expanded as result of new construction and inflation, he said. The increase in the 2016 property tax levy was 3.4 percent. Hodges noted the city’s population grew 8 percent in five years to 412,571 residents. “We are on pace for our fifth consecutive year of exceeding $1 billion in construction permits. We have more people using our parks and our streets. We have more people taking advantage of all Minneapolis has to offer,” she said. “Therefore, managing the growth of our city requires more resources.” The mayor’s proposed 2017 budget includes funding to hire an additional five full-time firefighters, bringing the department’s

Mayor Betsy Hodges’ proposed 2017 city budget ``Overview: The mayor has proposed a 5.5-percent levy increase for 2017. Her budget focuses on investments in public safety and includes funding for 15 new police officers and five new firefighters. ``What’s next: The City Council will hold hearings on the budget this fall and vote on adopting the budget in December.

authorized strength to 411. It also includes money for 15 new police officers, allowing the MPD to have up to 877 officers. Twelve officers would focus on community policing and three would be designated for a mental health co-responder pilot project. Hodges has also set a goal of having 901 police officers by 2021. Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau said she’s encouraged to see funding for additional officers. “Anytime we can increase the size of our department, it’s a good thing, especially as the population of Minneapolis increases,” she said. “Effective public safety today requires our officers to spend significant time patrolling violent crime hotspots, more time on individual 9-1-1 calls, and more time on community engagement and training. I’ve been vocal about the need for more officers and I appreciate the chance to grow our staff and better serve the residents of the City of Minneapolis.” The budget also includes nearly $1 million for several community-based crime prevention strategies, including $500,000 for efforts to tackle violent crime on West Broadway and in Little Earth. All told, 70 percent of new spending proposed in the 2017 budget is directed toward public safety, Hodges said.

She also encouraged people to become police officers and expressed gratitude for the current members of the force. “And so I say to our residents of all neighborhoods, races, religions, backgrounds and genders: join us. Become a Minneapolis police officer,” she said. “At this dynamic moment of change and transformation, now more than ever, we encourage people who are from and dedicated to the communities we serve to step up and join us in serving, to be part of this transformation in partnership with community on the ground every day.” Other budget highlights include $14.5 million for affordable housing, funding for new traffic control agents to help with congestion downtown and additional investments in Somali youth programs. City Council President Barb Johnson (Ward 4) said she’s pleased with the mayor’s budget and said Hodges is “putting money in the right places.” “I liked the investment in public safety. Coming from the North Side, that’s extremely important, but we’re having upticks all across the city,” she said. The City Council will hold budget hearings this fall to consider the mayor’s proposed budget and will vote on the spending plan in December.

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Amy and Chrissy Kelsch are expanding their empire. The sisters are behind Empire Coffee & Pastry on Stinson Boulevard in Northeast Minneapolis. In September, they’ll expand their coffee shop and bakery business with a second location in the newly renovated Highlight Center across from Able Seedhouse & Brewery. The roughly 700-square-foot, 12-seat shop will be focus on grab-and-go coffee and expanded lunch offerings catering to the building’s office tenants. Hillcrest Development, Empire’s landlord at both locations and a prolific Northeast developer, has attracted several tech companies to the 170,000-square-foot building, notably youth sports league software company Sport Ngin (now SportsEngine after being acquired by NBC Sports Group in July). Chrissy said they’ll continue to primarily use beans from B+W Specialty Coffee, but they’ll also offer some local roasters, such as Bootstrap Coffee Roasters. The café will serve

nitro cold brew coffee on tap from Twin Cities-based Blackeye Roasting Company. On the food side, Amy will have an approximately 1,100-square-foot kitchen located in the basement of the former Minneapolis Public Schools headquarters building. With that space, which is much larger than what they have in the original shop, they’ll offer additional lunch items like sandwiches, salads and soups, along with a catering service. Amy, who trained at the French Pastry School, will continue to serve customers’ favorite breakfast pastries and treats like a white cheddar muffin with bacon and chocolate chip cookies with sea salt. The two opened their original location at 451 Stinson Blvd. in the Mid-City Industrial neighborhood in 2013. They expect the new shop at 807 Broadway St. NE in the Logan Park neighborhood to have a Sept. 1 soft opening. A grand opening is planned right after Labor Day on Sept. 6.

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After housing developers bought the land Konawerks Hair Shop was on at Grand & Lowry, the salon and its staff had to move. Two Konawerks staff members, Erin Early and Anya Oulman, wanted to stay in the area. They purchased a shop a few blocks down the street, and Cryptid Hair Parlour was born. Although the original hair team split, it was a happy parting. Early and Oulman, along with two coworkers, pursued their new parlor independently. When it came to naming it, they went with what they love: cryptid zoology, the study of mythical animals like the Loch Ness Monster or the yeti. Oulman knew from the beginning she wanted to decorate the salon in taxidermied unicorns, and Early was all for it. It was Early’s husband who came up with the name Cryptid Hair Parlour: “The Imaginary Made Real.” “It works perfect for what we want to do,” Oulman said. Cryptid is unique, and not only because of the mystical decorations. Early and Oulman — who all don fantastically colored hairdos — designed it to be for all kinds of customers. From trims for men or women and unique hair dyeing, to specialty coloring and textured hair, plus manicured nails and more, the salon tailors to everyone’s needs. “We can pretty much service everyone,”

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Minnsky Theatre

Jac Fatale recently opened Minnsky Theatre in Northeast Minneapolis with a mission to make people laugh. Fatale, owner of ExperTease Fitness and a burlesque performer, founded the new venue in the former home of local theater company Nimbus Theatre. “Laughter is a precious thing and with everything going on in the world, it’s our mission to have a place that is silly, fun and empowering,” she said. When naming the theater, Fatale had two things in mind: history and home. The Minsky brothers were two of the most famous producers of burlesque. She then placed a second “N” for Minnesota. The local theme doesn’t stop with the name. Minnsky Theatre’s stage came from Minneapolis-based performer Lorie Line. A large “Vaudeville” sign came from the Guthrie Theater. The set and backdrop came from St. Paul’s Bedlam Theatre. Fatale is also the proprietor of ExperTease Fitness, an alternative fitness and dance studio near Washington & Broadway, where people can learn burlesque, various dance styles and circus disciplines. The classes end in a showcase of performances. Fatale also started burlesque theater troupe Wicked Wenches Cabaret five years ago. “Between the students’ showcases and the Wicked Wenches Cabaret, we were renting out other places so often, over time it just made sense to open up our own theater,” she said. Fatale found a home for Minnsky Theatre in the space where Nimbus Theatre used to be at 1517 Central Ave. NE. (Nimbus left in January.) Since it already housed a theater company, the space was easy to move into, she said. Fatale’s troupe parodies popular stories, turning them into 18-plus performances like “Under the Rainbow” or “Strip Wars: Return of the Sexy.” The shows are full pieces with dialogue, but instead of musical numbers, she said there’s also “vaudesical” numbers. “Instead of breaking out into song, we

Minnsky Theatre is on a mission to make people laugh. Photo by Megan Cavanaugh break out into doing something [in] cirque, burlesque, pole or fire,” Fatale said. The plays are put on in eight-week periods and shown for a single weekend. “It’s super-fast, super-raw theater that way,” she said. Although Minnsky Theatre just opened its doors in March, there are other resident companies and theatrical groups, including an off-Broadway group with a comedy musical, that want to take the stage. As a result of the high demand for performance space, the theater books out two years in advance for productions, Fatale said. The theater also hopes to be a home for private events, weddings and corporate events. With the small, intimate space, the theater seats about 130, banquet style.

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Bibelot

Bibelot marks 50 years in business this fall. Roxy Freese opened the first shop in St. Paul in 1966, at a time when she said there weren’t many women business owners. She opened using $10,000 in savings and a loan the bank required to be cosigned by her father. Even after the business proved viable, she said her father still needed to cosign operating loans. “It’s difficult to imagine,” she said. “The sales reps, almost all were men.” Her daughter, Joan Arbisi Little, said Freese was a pioneer in offering health insurance and 401(k) packages for full-time employees. “It was the right thing,” Freese said. She also pioneered the concept of a lifestyle store, Arbisi Little said. There was a time when Target buyers purchased one of everything on the shelf, with similar merchandise later appearing on Target shelves. Staff have known Freese to host “wonderful” holiday parties, and throw pizza parties while they process boxes of new holiday merchandise. The Northeast shop opened at 23 University Ave. SE in 2002. Freese has noticed that buying habits have changed over time. The 70s and 80s

were “absolutely fabulous,” while 2008 was “devastating,” she said. While winter holiday merchandise remains popular, summer holidays and Halloween have become less busy. Freese has always required her buyers to work on the sales floor incognito. Longtime buyer Peggy Merrill (Freese provided shelf space for her craft rings when she was a little girl) said she chooses eccentric, fun merchandise that match Freese’s museumquality taste. Merchandise marked as Bibelot “classics” have been around for decades, including origami peace cranes, Thymes fragrances and Boards by Joel (a second-generation business that uses scrap wood from Minnesota). The French name Bibelot refers to a “most precious object.” “Somehow, Bibelot is something that touches people,” Freese said. “…It has been a very precious experience to many people, especially those that grew up in it.” Bibelot is marking the anniversary with weekly gift card drawings and a storewide sale Sept. 16-18.

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The Growth Lab is one of the latest co-working spaces to open in Minneapolis. Submitted photo

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Thomas Unise has rebranded his cooperative photography studio business in Northeast Minneapolis into a co-working space dubbed Growth Lab. In March, he opened the 2,300-squarefoot 612 Photography in the Northrup King Building. Now Unise, a freelance digital marketer, is opening a co-working hub for creative and freelancers in the same space. The Growth Lab will host networking events and workshops. And memberships, which cost $149 per person or $349 for a dedicated space per month, include 24-hour access, parking, a private meeting room, Internet access and unlimited Dogwood Coffee. Unise said he’s looking for around 10-15 members. “Minneapolis is such a hub for creatives and given the fact I outsource so much work locally to designers, coders and writers and

other freelancers, it’s only natural in my mind to build a community of complimentary skill sets where we can all come together to work, network and grow our businesses,” he said in a statement. Unise said he could see opening additional locations in in-demand areas in the North Loop or St. Paul. The Twin Cities has seen several co-working businesses open, from Coco, which opened a Northeast Minneapolis location last summer, to Chicagobased Assemble in downtown Minneapolis. “I see co-working spaces growing exponentially right now all over the country,” he told The Journal. “I’d like to be a part of that growth if possible.” The Growth Lab officially opens in September at 1500 Jackson St. NE in the Logan Park neighborhood.

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Chef Doug Flicker, founder of South Minneapolis’ Piccolo and Sandcastle, will head the kitchen at the Walker Art Center’s new restaurant concept as executive chef. The restaurant, named Esker Grove, is slated to open in early December with a menu from Flicker. The 94-seat restaurant, along with a 60-seat outdoor dining terrace, will offer express service for lunch and full-service dinner in the evenings, according to a release. Esker Grove, located near the museum’s new Vineland entry, will serve craft beer, crafted cocktails and a coffee menu. The menu will feature a “modern, but unfussy, approach to vegetable and grain-focused cooking using classic techniques.” HGA and Amsterdam-based landscape firm Inside Outside are handling the restau-

rant’s design. The Walker Art Center, which is undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation of its campus and the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, switched culinary partners earlier this year, dropping D’Amico and Partners for Culinaire International. The company also operates Sea Change at the Guthrie, FIKA at the American Swedish Institute and other concepts at a number of cultural institutions around the country. In keeping with the art venue, Esker Grove will feature a 40-foot wall showcasing rotating art. Esker Grove, now under construction, will be open Tuesday through Friday for lunch, weekend brunch and Tuesday through Sunday for dinner.

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Judge orders city to place $15 minimum wage on ballot A proposed charter amendment that would allow Minneapolis voters to decide on setting a $15 minimum wage must appear on the ballot this fall, a Hennepin County District Court judge ruled Aug. 22. Judge Susan Robiner sided with a local coalition that sued in August to get the minimum wage question placed on the Nov. 8 ballot after the City Council voted against it. Although council members expressed support for a higher minimum wage, the majority followed the advice of City Attorney Susan Segal, who argued a minimum wage fell outside the narrow range of issues that could properly be addressed through an amendment to the city’s charter. Robiner disagreed, writing in her opinion: “The state constitution does not identify what matters may be included in a charter amendment.” The petitioners who filed the lawsuit were associated with three organizations leading the push for a higher local minimum wage: 15 Now Minnesota, Neighborhoods Organizing for Change and Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha. Mike Griffin, field director of Neighborhoods Organizing for Change, said members of his organization were “ecstatic” to hear the judge’s ruling and were already laying the groundwork for “an aggressive, grass-roots campaign” in support of the charter amendment. “This will be one of the largest campaigns that Minneapolis has ever seen,” Griffin said. In a statement released shortly after the judge’s ruling, Segal wrote: “We are conferring with City leadership to determine the City’s response.” Minneapolis Downtown Council President and CEO Steve Cramer and Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce Interim President and CEO John Stanoch said in a joint statement that questions like the city’s minimum wage were

better addressed through the legislative process “which permits input and careful deliberation on consequential policy matters.” “We believe that the District Court ruling in this matter is wrong and we urge the City to appeal,” the two wrote. “The ruling creates an expansive and dangerous precedent and opens the door to initiative and referendum style governance in our City which is plainly not provided for by the Minneapolis Charter. The plan put to voters would raise the minimum wage gradually, beginning with a hike to $10 an hour Aug. 1, 2017, and increasing annually until Aug. 1, 2020, when it reaches $15 an hour. Beginning in August 2021, the city’s hourly minimum wage would be adjusted annually to keep pace with the cost of living. For businesses with fewer than 500 employees, the minimum wage would increase by just $1 per year, reaching $15 an hour in 2022. More than 30 cities have set local minimum wages, and those currently planning to raise the local minimum wage to $15 per hour include Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The state’s minimum wage increased Aug. 1 to $9.50 an hour for large employers and $7.75 an hour for small employers. Several weeks before Robiner issued her ruling, City Council members Lisa Bender (Ward 10), Jacob Frey (Ward 3) and Abdi Warsame (Ward 6) put forward an alternative to the charter amendment process. The three introduced a measure directing the City Coordinator’s office to study the minimum wage issue and recommend a policy by the second quarter of 2017. A plan for community engagement around the minimum wage issue is expected to reach the Council in October.

Minneapolis formalizes sistercity relationship with Bosaso, Somalia Mayor Betsy Hodges and Yasin Mire Mohamud, mayor of Bosaso, Somalia, signed an agreement Aug. 12 formalizing the cities’ new sister-city relationship. The event featured a ceremonial signing in City Hall’s rotunda and performances of the national anthems of the United States and Somalia. The City Council first endorsed the sister-city relationship in October 2014. Minneapolis is the first city in the country to have a sister city in Somalia. Bosaso is the third largest city in Somalia with a population of about 700,000 people. At the time, City Council Member Abdi Warsame (Ward 6), the first Somali-American elected to the Council, expressed a lot of emotion about the alliance. “What this means to me today is that our country and beloved city of Minneapolis is going to give political recognition to a city that has been a sanctuary to the people who have fled the civil war,” he said. Earlier this year, the Council approved donating used fire trucks, a booking van and crime lab equipment to Bosaso. Minneapolis has 11 other sister cities, including Santiago, Chile; Kuopia, Finland; Ibaraki City, Japan; Novosibirsk, Russia; Tours, France; Winnipeg, Canada; Harbin, China; Uppsala, Sweden; Eldoret, Kenya; Cuernavaca, Mexico; and Najaf, Iraq.

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Celebrating the workforce’s rising stars A six-time STEP-UP intern, Aajaze Davis, 19, knows he wants to work for U.S. Bank, where he interned this summer. “Being here is just so great. I love what I’m doing and it’s such a great experience,” Davis said. “I don’t have to come into work and think it’ll be repetitive. I’m always learning something new that’s going to help me.” STEP-UP matches young people from Minneapolis aged 14–21 with paid summer internships at one of about 230 participating businesses. As the summer comes to a close, more than 800 employers, interns and community partners gathered at the Guthrie Theatre on Aug. 18 to celebrate STEP-UP award winners,

including interns of the year, employers of the year and supervisors of the year. Davis — born for the role — emceed. “I’ve never been a person who’s afraid to express who I am,” he said. This summer, 89 percent of participants were youth of color and 36 percent come from immigrant families, according to a news release from the city. Mayor Betsy Hodges presented several awards at the celebration alongside R.T. Rybak, president and CEO of The Minneapolis Foundation, and Richard Davis, chairman and CEO of U.S. Bank. “The number one indicator of future workforce success is early exposure to work

experience,” Hodges said. “This is why I am committed to continued investment in programs like STEP-UP that provide our driven young people with opportunities that set them up for future professional success.” U.S. Bank, a winner of the program’s employer of the year award, has partnered with STEP-UP since its inception in 2004, according to Jennie Carlson, executive vice president of human resources. “These students are our future workforce,” Carlson said. “Investing in them helps develop a new generation of dynamic leaders and vibrant communities.”

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City, Park Board seek developer for Upper Harbor Terminal The Park Board and City of Minneapolis are looking for a developer to revive the 48-acre Upper Harbor Terminal site in North Minneapolis into a new destination. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has planned to redevelop the city-owned riverfront site — its largest parcel of developable land, located on the west bank north of Lowry Avenue — since shipping ended there in 2014. The city issued a request for qualifications in early August for a first phase of redevelopment. The selected developer would work with the city and the board to coordinate a plan

for private and park development. The development team would have exclusive rights to plan for the northern half of the site as a minimum, with the southern half left open as a possibility. Among the city’s goals are creating a firstclass regional park lining the site’s nearly one mile of riverfront land. During the first phase, the park would see parkway, bike and walking trail segments that would one day connect to the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway system. Chief among the park’s amenities would be a “riverfront-oriented destination” that could be a park feature, a

restaurant or private amenity, according to the city’s request for qualifications. A second phase is planned for the southern half of the Upper Harbor Terminal. Local leaders also envision the redevelopment addressing disparities in adjacent North Minneapolis communities through new park amenities and employment opportunities in construction and private development. “The Upper Harbor has the potential to transform North Minneapolis and its relationship to the river,” said Council President Barb Johnson, whose ward includes the site, in a statement. “I have confidence that we will see

proposals that will offer entertainment, recreation, housing and economic development opportunities for this unique site.” Responses are due by Oct. 14. The City Council and Park Board expect to announce their selection by early 2017. “The City of Minneapolis is eager to work alongside the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board in selecting a developer that, with imagination and creativity, will work with us to transform this site into the world-class amenity that North Minneapolis needs and deserves,” Mayor Betsy Hodges said.

Park commissioners to request 10-percent levy increase The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is requesting a 10-percent property tax levy increase for 2017, which factors in the first year of a 20-year investment plan to repair the city’s neighborhood parks and roads. The board’s Administration & Finance Committee approved the resolution, which requests the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BOE) to set the maximum property tax levy at $59.7 million, up from $54.3 million. The request includes a one-time base increase of $3 million for the 20 Year Neighborhood Park Plan, which will provide $800 million to offset annual funding gaps in

maintaining the city’s aging park system and street network. Both the city and board have adopted concurrent ordinances committing to the plan. The amount is intended to equate to approximately 1 percent of all city tax levies for 2016. About 82 percent of the plan’s funding is expected to come from property tax increases. The request also reflects a 4.62-percent increase for the board’s general fund and tree preservation levies. The Tree Preservation and Reforestation Levy, the board’s special tax levy to build out the city’s tree canopy, would

not see an increase next year. Even with the increase there would still be a $300,000 budget gap to fill with revenue increases or cost reductions, the Park Board noted. The full Park Board will vote on the increase in September. Last year, the board asked for an increase of 4.4 percent, including 0.4 percent for the special levy, for 2016. The BOE sets the maximum tax levy for the City of Minneapolis, the Park Board, the Municipal Building Commission and the Public Housing Authority each year. It’s

scheduled to set the levies Sept. 28. The 20 Year Neighborhood Park Plan will ramp up in January with an initial $1.5 million in startup funds that will be reimbursed to the board, which Superintendent Jayne Miller has said will be used for hiring and planning for the additional funding. The plan dedicates $22 million in new money for street projects annually along with $11 million for neighborhood parks, which face projected $15-million and $30-million funding gaps, respectively.

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What is your message to teachers as you start your first school year as superintendent in Minneapolis? Well, I just had an opportunity to welcome over 250 new teachers to our new teacher orientation at Northeast Middle School this morning, and my first message to them was: Realize the work that you do and how impactful that that is to our society. Just appreciate that (you’ve) taken on one of the most powerful professions that’s out there. Beyond that, we have an obligation to make sure that we’re brilliant every day for our students. They deserve that. Parents want that. I also talked to them about focusing on our students and making sure they’re at the forefront of the decisions we make — simple decisions in the classroom and how we interact with them, from how we greet them at the door to how we prepare our lesson and trying to individualize (that lesson) as much as possible. Think about the environment they’re coming from, what their weekend was like or what their summer is going to be like as they transition into (school). And those are all pieces that build, I believe, in that support of students excelling and achieving. So, we talked about that. I also emphasized the importance of the employees who we have in the district and making sure that they recognize that we are here to support them and they are, in some sense of the word, obligated to support each other. We have to make sure that we’re taking care of each other as a unit. And then I talked a little bit about the significance of engaging the community and how it’s beyond just the classroom — the needs we have are beyond the classroom, and the support we have is really beyond the classroom and beyond the district. So, finding opportunities to have our students interact in the community so they can see the real-life experiences and where their skills are going to take them, as well as having the community see what’s going on in our classrooms so they get a sense of confidence that these students are leaders for today.

And when you welcome students and their families back to school in less than two weeks, what are you going to be talking about with them? I make sure that their transition to the school year is positive, first and foremost, make sure that they feel welcomed in our school. They have a sense of understanding of what the school is about, (and) we hear from them what their needs are for their child.

They’re their no. 1 advocate; we’ll be their no. 2 advocate for their child.

Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment results were released in July. I think observers of the district are used to, at this point, seeing frustratingly slow progress in raising overall achievement and closing gaps. In a letter you wrote on the MCA results, you said “it’s more than just improving our scores on a state exam.” What does that mean, and how do test scores shape your understanding of the district? Well, I think we need to be very honest about: this is the data we have, this is where we are as a district. And acknowledging that doesn’t necessarily mean we aren’t doing positive things for students. We have teachers who come to school every day with the intent to create a better opportunity or environment for learning in their classroom with their students. Whether (testing) is one of the pieces of information we use or part of many others, it’s important to have an understanding of the bigger picture.

You have described social-emotional learning as “foundational” to your work as an educator. Could you first briefly describe what social-emotional learning means to you, and then tell me how it informs your interactions with both students and the people who work for you? I’ve been working in the field of socialemotional learning for over 25 years, and I didn’t know it. It’s part of who I am. And the simple definition of social-emotional learning is really around four key areas. It’s self-awareness: Are you aware of how you feel, how your emotions are, how you react to situations? It’s social awareness: Are you aware of society around you, others, what’s going on? Self-management: Can you manage some of those feelings you have — excitement, frustration? (It’s) knowing how to navigate some of that personal, emotional reaction to things. And then the social management: How do you engage in situations in society? How do you help manage and influence situations in society? That’s many times where we start at the beginning of the school year, is establishing an understanding of how people are responding to situations (and) themselves, developing those relationships. And what it does is it creates a much stronger bond and connected-

Graff spoke with Karen Erickson, a former MPS principal, and her husband, Peter, at a community event in Elliot Park in August. Photo by Dylan Thomas ness, so when you start to go into the content part — the academics, if you will — there’s a better connection and understanding of where those students might be better supported in their learning. And the research out there supports the idea that, if students have these skills, their achievement and outcomes are significantly higher than those who don’t. So, we start with that, and when we’re successful with addressing social-emotional learning, the outcomes for students are limitless.

I want to ask you for updates on a few of the items you said you planned to tackle in your first 60 days on the job. One was building relationships with the members of the Board of Education. Are you getting to know those nine people — ten, counting the student representative? Are you all on the same page, in terms of the direction you want to take the district? Any time you’re new to a position, there’s that understanding of where you are, what you have in terms of the resources around you. That has to be understood before you can figure out where you’re going, and working with the board is where I’m starting right now. We had a retreat at the beginning of this month. Since then I’ve had individual meetings with board members (and) had two board meetings, official board meetings. So, I’m still developing those conversations. I also feel good about the support and understanding they have of my position coming in as the new superintendent with

all these high expectations and opportunities, recognizing that support is going to be needed, and not just from the board but the work that we have to do collectively in the community with everyone else.

As you mentioned, you spent time with school board members in a retreat in August, and I wasn’t in the room but as I understand it a major topic of conversation was the district’s strategic plan. (Pointing to notes on a board in the conference room) Acceleration 2020.

Your retreat facilitator, Michael Casserly, the executive director of the Council of the Great City Schools, was very critical of the plan’s description of schools as the district’s “unit of change.” What is your current thinking on the strategic plan and the district’s push for increased school autonomy? Well, I think anytime you take a conversation out of context it can be taken out of context. I think, to his point, he was wanting to walk everyone through the different elements of the strategic plan, and I think this was really the first opportunity as a group we had to sit down and begin discussing it. But I really felt from that meeting we came away with a great deal of clarity around how everyone supported the goals of Acceleration 2020 — with maybe one or two little tweaks to a goal, inserting students into one area. Everyone was very

journalmpls.com / August 25–September 7, 2016 9 supportive of the goals that we had. And then it allowed me to further break down the strategies and the focus areas and what were those measures, the metrics, we were going to use to really progress-monitor our work so that we can hold ourselves accountable to it. We could go back and say: If this is what we believe fits underneath this strategy, if this is our area of focus, how are we going to measure it and monitor it in a way that we can report on it, that we can have that check of success? And I think that was a positive thing. We had many areas where we didn’t have those metrics in place, and our commitment was to come back and work with the staff over here to develop that, and then we bring that to the board in October for getting a final understanding and revisiting of where we’re going.

Another 60-day goal was to develop a better understanding of the district as an organization. You mentioned two issues in particular back in June: a confusing organizational chart and the morale of your employees. Are you making progress in those areas? Yes, making progress. How do I measure that progress? Because I think when I made that statement back in June, I think I made it based on the first layer of understanding. Through more conversations and more interaction with people I have a second layer of understanding which confirms we have some organizational structures that we need to look at for better alignment for procedures (and) processes within the district, as well as accessing information and resources from the public and staff. People have been very forthright in sharing that with me, saying: The structure we have right now, we’re still trying to see how it works, how it can work better, because we’ve gone through a lot of restructuring over here,

a lot of changes and transitions. And I think that it’s an opportunity, again, to look at that. As far as morale, definitely I think when you have a new superintendent and you have, again, transitions that are happening in the district, there’s always this uncertainty of how people feel, and sometimes that raises up maybe emotions or things manifest themselves differently than they normally would in a stable, structured (environment). I think, again, it’s been reinforced (that) people want to feel good about what they’re doing, and they need to feel validated for the work they’re doing. So, that’s something that’s very important to me. As I spoke to the group this morning (about) investing in our staff: We know that this work is not easy. It’s never done. And people have to know that we’re committed to making a difference and learning together. So, I feel strongly that the morale of an organization — any organization but in particular a school district — is important.

You have described your leadership style as “collaborative,” but ultimately the buck stops at the superintendent’s desk. How do you balance collaboration with ownership of your decisions? I look at education as being a shared responsibility. It’s very easy for me to just say, “Here’s the challenge. Fix it.” I also know that I’m one person and what I have for thinking is coming from the experiences I’ve had or the education I’ve had or the professional development I’ve had and training (I’ve had). But when I have others bringing their knowledge and their lens and perspective into it, it increases the capacity for understanding where we need to go or how we can get there. I really feel that’s part of the collaboration. Especially the people who are going to be impacted by what we’re doing, I need their input, I need their perspective.

And, yes, at the end of the day I need to make the decision. Hopefully, it will be a decision that people will understand how I got there and my rationale, and it will be one that is keeping the focus on the students, first and foremost, and it will be something that creates positive progress for our students in the district. It will be sustainable. It’s a balance, definitely, of: I need the collaborative input, support, ownership (and) buy-in, and at the end of the day I will be the one who’s accountable for it.

the significance of our students feeling connected to the learning and to the people they work with. And they gave me a great lacrosse stick that they had made as kind of a symbol of where they are now in their understanding or acknowledgement of keeping their languages and their cultures moving forward. You know, lacrosse is becoming a very popular sport, and there’s a very strong connection to the indigenous culture, Native American culture of the game of lacrosse. So that was really neat.

You spent time on American Indian reservations growing up and, in Anchorage, worked in a district where, if I read the demographics correctly, almost one in 10 students identifies as indigenous. As you focus on community engagement in your first 60 days, are you making connections with Minneapolis’ American Indian community?

In June, you told a roomful of reporters, “The expectations I have for myself are going to far surpass the expectations anyone has for me.” It’s part of the Board of Education’s role to review your work. Parents and students and teachers will definitely let you know what they think of your performance. How will you evaluate your work as superintendent?

I had the opportunity to meet with the Phillips Indian Educators group on Monday night (Aug. 15), and, as I told them, I said, for someone who’s experienced a certain culture, race, ethnicity in their upbringing, to be brought back into that environment after being away from it, it’s powerful, the connections you have. And, for me, it just really reinforces how important it is for us to have students to be able to see (themselves) in their teachers, in their educators. So that was the first thing that I got out of that interaction. When someone was mentioning the reservation that they worked on and it was the same one where I went to school as a kid, and they were talking about a town that they visited and it’s the same one that we used to compete against in athletics, you draw these instantaneous connections. We’ve got a link. (I’ve) never met them before, but (we) have that link and connection. Again, it just speaks to the relevance and

I do it every day. I had a board meeting last night, and (I was) reflecting on the needs that we have, from the conversations that were taking place — members of the public, the board members — (and) just, again, revisiting the power and the impact we can make in our city with the work that we’re doing here at MPS. So, it’s never-ending. There’s always room for improvement. I think we have to acknowledge that, and we have to also take the time to know that we are making a difference where we’re making a difference, but be realistic about (the fact that) there’s always room for improvement. Every day a student walks into our school with the hope that they’re going to learn great things and do better. That’s a lot of pressure to have on you.

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205 Park The City Council’s Community Development and Regulatory Services Committee has approved a staff recommendation to award Sherman Associates exclusive negotiation rights to develop one of the last developable parcels in the Mill District. The city received two proposals for the land at 205 Park Ave. S., located just a few blocks from U.S. Bank Stadium. The selected proposal from downtown-based Sherman features a six-story apartment building with 115 units, including 20 percent or 23 units of affordable housing, and four two-story townhomes for a development cost of $36 million. It also includes restaurant and bakery concepts from restaurateur Kim Bartmann, a police substation, a Bank of America ATM and a pet relief area. The developer offered to buy the land for $3.25 million, or about $90 per square foot. The city has owned the parcel, currently a surface parking lot, since 1992.

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Embassy Suites Embassy Suites by Hilton is listing its new location at Hennepin & 6th in downtown Minneapolis will open in September. The historic 12-story Plymouth Building has been transformed into the 290-room hotel, which includes a lobby bar and is connected to the Lyon’s Pub. The Embassy Suites hotel also features a heated indoor pool, a 2,000-square-foot fitness center and 15,000 square feet of meeting and event space.

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and City of Minneapolis are looking for a development partner to transform the 48-acre Upper Harbor Terminal site in North Minneapolis into a destination with a new park and private development. The city issued a request for qualifications in early August for the projects’ first phase, which involve the site’s northern half. Responses are due by Oct. 14. The City Council and Park Board expect to announce their selection by early 2017.

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The three Edition apartment buildings from Ryan Cos. near U.S. Bank Stadium have officially opened. The boutique apartment project includes the 510 and 640 buildings in front of the two new Wells Fargo towers and the 511 building on the western edge of the Commons park, totaling nearly 200 units. The developer named the project for the former Star Tribune buildings on the site, which were demolished to make way for Edition, the Commons and the two 17-story Wells Fargo towers.

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12 15th CPM Companies is proposing a new 75-unit apartment building in the Loring Park neighborhood. The Minneapolis-based developer is looking to build a six-story building on two surface lots across from the 19 Bar on 15th Street, according to preliminary plans submitted to the City Planning Commission Committee of the Whole. The project features a majority of “junior bedroom” units that CPM is also building in its Spectrum Apartments & Townhomes project in Marcy-Holmes. The remaining 20 units would be two-bedroom apartments. The proposal features 34 enclosed parking stalls for cars, a total of 65 spaces for bikes and an outdoor amenity deck on the roof. Daniel Oberpriller, principal with CPM, said they’re looking to break ground by the end of the year.

Macy’s has announced it will be closing approximately 100 full-line stores around the country. Most of the stores, which represent about 15 percent of all Macy’s full-line locations, will be shutdown in early 2017, the retailer said. The company said it will continue to examine opportunities for its large downtown ﬂagship stores, including the one on Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis, and explore possible joint ventures with development partners across its real estate portfolio. It’s unclear if the closings will affect the Macy’s nearby stores in Rosedale Center, Ridgedale Center, Southdale Center or the Mall of America.

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Downtown Doubletree New Orleans-based HRI Properties announced its has acquired the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Minneapolis at LaSalle & 11th. The 229-room hotel, located six blocks away from HRI’s soon-to-open Embassy Suites by Hilton Minneapolis Downtown, will see a $3.5 million renovation project starting in early 2017. DoubleTree Suites features a Lot 57 Nicollet Island Restaurant & Lounge, a Starbucks café, a East Bank fitness center and nearly 1,200 square feet of ﬂexible meeting space. Loring Park

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12 journalmpls.com / August 25–September 7, 2016 FROM OMAR / PAGE 1 general election. After one of the most talked-about races in recent Minnesota politics, a weary but excited Omar talked with the Journal about her historic win.

You’ve been going hard for months, all coming to a head last night. How does it feel? Last night was a very emotional night. It’s been a very long, exhausting campaign. We dealt with a lot and it’s really hard to be the candidate and to hold it all together and to be the person who continues to say that things are possible, and that we need to stay above all of this, and that we’re not going to engage in this and we’re not going to engage in that, we’re just going to keep working. So last night, to be able to feel emotions was wonderful and I think therapeutic and freeing.

city where I was born. There were a lot of people who followed the campaign and didn’t want to miss the opportunity to be the first to know. Everybody wanted to have that memory of “Where were you when the results came in?,” so they just showed up.

When you got the news that you’d won, did you think of strong women whose footsteps you may have followed in? It was really hard, because except for my sister, none of the women in my family who would appreciate this were able to come and witness this day with me, so that was hard. I grew up without a mother, so there were women who invested a lot of time in raising me and who enabled me to be the woman I am today, and they were not there so that was hard.

Your phone died because you were getting so many texts and voicemail messages. Where have they been coming from?

As your campaign has gone on, Donald Trump’s campaign has been marching on in polar opposite fashion. Have you drawn any extra inspiration from that as you’ve gone on, and have you ruminated on the fact that he’d hate it that you won?

All over. I did radio interviews over the phone from Somalia and the U.K. and South Africa. It was really late at night for them when the results came in, and many people I found out stayed up the whole night waiting for the results. They were ecstatic when the results came in, and there was a big celebration in Mogadishu, the capital

I think we put hope in the people of our district and our state and the America we all came to seek refuge in. I’m not only Muslim Somali East African, but I’m visibly Muslim Somali East African and our goal has been to get people to not only tolerate that or overlook that, but to celebrate that. Everybody who has joined

I think we put hope in the people of our district and our state and the America we all came to seek refuge in. — Ilhan Omar

in and pushed us to victory has actually believed in what it could mean to elect someone who [offers] a more visible diversity at our capital that could instill hope and be an inspiration for a lot of young girls and young women who are being tormented for looking like me. I think in the era of Donald Trump, that sends a clear message that that’s not what we’re about. We are much better, and greater.

You’ve talked about unity and how you want to be a voice for everyone. That’s the immigrant story in this country when it comes to leadership. What do you want to do with your position and what are your main goals going forward? I think with my position I want to help build power for communities that are often powerless and voiceless in our state. I want to be able to push forth our progressive agenda and I want to create a more collaborative environment where people see themselves in politics and see themselves as part of the solution.

Thanks to the example set by her mom, your daughter is going to have a completely different life and experience as an American than the one you’ve had. What do you hope for her and kids her age? My hope is that the road and path to a future success isn’t as challenging for her as it has been for me. I think that when you’re the first, there’s a lot of pressure in regards to the way you would serve the community. For me, the pressure I’ve put myself in is to run a campaign that is not only paving the way but also contributing to shattering any challenge that could ever exist and leaving enough of a trail that can be followed. So for my daughter and other daughters and my sisters and other young women,

what I hope is that they are proud that we have run a campaign that is built with integrity and grace. It’s been about positivity. It’s been about allowing people to step into leadership positions that they didn’t think they were able to do. When we started the campaign, it was really important for me to have young women in leadership positions within the campaign, and to be in those roles and have the pleasure of succeeding in those roles. And I think we’re all the better for that, because I think they have enriched and inspired other young women who’ve watched them step into leadership roles and take politics seriously and that it is possible to do things that people think you shouldn’t, and that there isn’t a perfect timing for being a leader.

Since last night, have you ruminated at all on how far you’ve come? You spent four years in a refugee camp in Kenya, and I’m wondering if you’ve had a second to step back and think about your beginnings and about where you are now? I think of my life as chapters. I think about the chapter about pre-war [in Somalia] and the lessons I learned in that chapter, and my life in the refugee camp and the lessons I learned in that chapter, and my life as a young person growing up in this country and the lessons I learned in that chapter. And I think it sort of feels like it’s all been a training. A training to take on politics that isn’t so kind, that isn’t so ‘Minnesota Nice’ in our district with people who are very much invested in staying the course and using political tactics to continue to win and hold positions. So I feel like after last night, a lot of people feel liberated and like they don’t have to fear political backlash for believing in change and that they don’t have to be

journalmpls.com / August 25–September 7, 2016 13 beholden to relationships and they can actually invest in progress and a better future. I think a lot about the people who have financially invested in our campaign. My dad was our biggest fundraiser. He’s retired now, but he moved back from East Africa to help us, and because of his relationships, we were able to raise money. It’s interesting, because these are not normally people who would invest in a campaign. But they believed, and they maxed out because they believed it was a worthy cause and I think that’s especially inspiring and uplifting, especially for our community.

As a Muslim woman, do you have concerns about working in an arena and with a community that is historically and typically malecentered? And where did you first get the idea that such a thing could be possible? I don’t think I’ve ever fit into a mold. My whole family has never fit into a mold. I come from generations of women and men who have not fit into molds. So I don’t think I myself considered a lot about my gender and what that would mean. It was more about other people having the concerns, and [how] walking through that might not be much of a concern. Everything we imagine to be challenging about being a Muslim woman running for the first time has not been much of a challenge. The things that were foreseen to be challenging, we figured out a way to overcome before big challenges arose. Like, I knew there would be a problem with negotiating with elders because they don’t negotiate with women. So having my dad here very early on and having my male cousins coached on the need for them to step up and mediate a lot of the conflicts before they became conflicts was sort of a strategy for us. We examined the risks

Ilhan Omar (center) pictured in her Cedar-Riverside campaign office Aug. 10 with (left-to-right) the campaign’s East African volunteer coordinator Khadra Nur, campaign chair David Gilbert-Pederson, and campaign manager Daniel Cox. Photo by Jim Walsh early on, and spent lots of time trying to come up with every scenario that was bad, everything that could go wrong, and tried to come up with a plan about who could be surrogates and influencers for us.

How does it feel to know that women and girls woke up this morning to the news that the first Somali American was about to be elected to office and are inspired by you?

Scary. And great. I feel the weight of the responsibility and of what that means. I want to work hard to make sure that I am setting a good example for them, and I will continue to do that and make sure that their first doesn’t become like a lot of other firsts, who have caused disappointments for others.

Jim Walsh lives and grew up in South Minneapolis. He can be reached at jimwalsh086@gmail.com

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THE NORTH LOOP: MINNEAPOLIS’ HIPPEST NEIGHBORHOOD

Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com

Neighborhood overview Boundaries: The North Loop is bordered by Plymouth Avenue on the north, the Mississippi River on the east, Hennepin Avenue and Interstate 394 on the south, and Interstate 94 on the west.

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How to get involved: The North Loop Neighborhood Association board meets on the last Wednesday of each month in the Heritage Landing Community Room at 415 N. 1st St. at 7 p.m. The NLNA’s Planning & Zoning Committee, which discusses development projects, zoning and transportation improvements, meets on the second-to-last Wednesday of each month in the same place at 6 p.m.

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in-demand office markets in the Twin Cities, attracting larger businesses like Arctic Cat in the Western Container building and Be The Match, which recently opened its own seven-story headquarters building. Hines is constructing the T3 office development, bringing an additional 220,000 square feet of office space to the neighborhood. The North Loop is a hotbed for acclaimed restaurants. Chef Gavin Kaysen’s Spoon and Stable, 211 N. 1st St., was the first Minnesota restaurant to be nominated for the James Beard Foundation’s Best New Restaurant award in the national category. Chef Paul Berglund of the Bachelor Farmer, which has sister bar and café concepts in the same building at 50 N. 2nd Ave., recently won a Best Chef in the Midwest award from the foundation.

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The North Loop evolved over the past decade from clusters of historic warehouse buildings and surface parking lots into one of the city’s fastest growing neighborhoods. Among the neighborhood’s notable landmarks are Target Field, the ballpark of the Minnesota Twins, and the Colonial Warehouse Building, an 1885 warehouse building now home to men’s clothing retailer MartinPatrick3 and Moose & Sadie’s café. One of the country’s premier comedy clubs, Acme Comedy Company at 708 N. 1st St., has been in the North Loop for 25 years. The neighborhood features a mix of new construction and historic buildings. The area has seen a boom of new housing with several high-end apartment buildings like 139-unit The Paxon, the 182-unit Junction Flats and the 47-unit Brunsfield North Loop. There’s also turn-of-the-century warehouses like the Itasca complex, one of the first industrial spaces converted into housing in the neighborhood. The 1897 Jackson Building is seeing a major rehabilitation to become a 126-room hotel complete with amenities like an outdoor pool and rooftop deck. The area is also one of the most

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Neighborhood Sp tlight North Loop T3 (timber, technology and transit) ` Where: 323 Washington Ave. N. ` What: The first modern timber office building of its size in the country. The seven-story, 220,000-square-foot office building is on track to open in October. ` Amenities: The office building will feature a barre fitness studio, restaurant, exercise center, bike facilities, a rooftop patio and collaborative working spaces for office tenants. ` Website: t3NorthLoop.com

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A PIONEERING TIMBER OFFICE BUILDING NEARS COMPLETION By Sarah McKenzie An innovative modern timber office building — the country’s first — is on track to open in October in the North Loop. The seven-story building at 323 Washington Ave. N. is called T3 for timber, transit and technology. The project is a development of Texasbased Hines and was designed by Michael Green Architecture of Vancouver and Minneapolis-based DLR Group. The general contractor is Kraus Anderson Construction. Vancouver-based StructureCraft built the timber structure supporting the tower. The structure features sustainable Austrian Spruce and Douglas Fir wood, said Hines director Bob Pfefferle during a recent tour of the 220,000-square-foot building. Pfefferle described T3 as a “modern, vintage office building.” “It’s designed to evoke what people love about these old buildings,” he said. “No one has done anything like this.” The tower consists of 1,100 nail laminated timber (NLT) panels — about the equivalent square footage of nine hockey rinks, according to StructureCraft. About 3,600 cubic meters of wood was used for the building, which will sequester about 3,200

An innovative construction method meant T3 came together faster than a typical steel and concrete office building.

tons of carbon over the life of the building. The mass timber construction method is a new approach to the post-and-beam timber structures common 100 years ago.

The building’s bottom level is concrete and the top six floors are comprised of wood. The development, which Hines plans to use as a template for other projects across the country, takes inspiration from the historic buildings in the neighborhood for its aesthetics but offers new amenities lacking in many older properties, such as robust WiFi, a workout center, collaborative working spaces, rooftop patio, bike storage and a bike repair station. There are also plans for a new restaurant and a fitness studio called The Bar Method, which specializes in a combination of isometric training and dance conditioning. Pfefferle declined to disclose tenants lined up for the project, but said it has attracted interest from tech companies, creative firms and larger companies looking to attract a workforce that appreciates the modern amenities that T3 will feature. The project is also expected to be LEEDGold certified, he said. The office building’s location is also a strong selling point for Hines. It’s a short walk to the skyway system, close to Target Field, near major freeways and the Cedar Lake Bike trail runs right past it. Hines’ apartment development, Dock Street Flats, which is 99 percent leased, is also next to the office building. The developer also has long-term plans for a larger mixed-use development on a lot between Target Field and the T3 building, Pfefferle said. The North Loop has become a hot market for office space. T3 is near the recently renovated Ford Center and Be The Match’s new seven-story headquarters. Schafer Richardson also has plans for a 11-story office building at the Weather-Rite site, 616 N. 5th St., and United Properties has proposed a 10-story office building near Target Field Station.

It also takes fewer workers and can be built faster than a typical concrete and steel structure. The T3 structure went up in nine-and-a-half weeks.

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AS POPULAR TODAY AS IT WAS 100 YEARS AGO — THE NORTH LOOP By Linda Koutsky Named for a trolley line that served the area in the late 1800s, the North Loop is the heart of commercial Minneapolis, and it’s thriving. Converted warehouses, cast-iron storefronts, repurposed loading docks, worn painted signs, a quaint steel bridge, chic shopping, awardwinning restaurants — it’s like our own Greenwich Village. In addition to an abundance of men’s clothing stores, the North Loop features several boutiques, galleries and frame shops, yoga studios, kayak rentals, a bike shop, a handful of breweries, numerous coffee shops, residential lofts and, opening this fall, a 124-room hotel. The North Loop developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when several railroads converged in the growing Minneapolis. Flour milling flourished at St. Anthony Falls and wholesale businesses and farm implement dealers built massive warehouses in the North Loop. Trains pulled right up to the loading docks, moving harvesting equipment, tractors, hardware, bags, clothing, fruit, nuts, crackers, groceries, flour, paint and even Model T cars. Minneapolis became a major distribution and wholesale center for the Upper Midwest — and further. According to the City

Washington Avenue was as bustling in the 1920s (left, in a photo provided by the Minnesota Historical Society) as it is today. Photo by Linda Koutsky of Minneapolis’s web site, between 1880 and 1907, the wholesale trade originating from the Warehouse District grew to $280 million from $24 million. In 1919, it reached the $1 billion mark. Many of the North Loop’s buildings remained unaltered over time. Together they

create the Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District. To learn more about the buildings, read Larry Millet’s “AIA Guide to the Twin Cities,” or visit: ci.minneapolis.mn.us/www/ groups/public/@cped/documents/webcontent/ convert_264533.pdf. Here are a few of my favorites:

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Neighborhood Sp tlight North Loop COLONIAL WAREHOUSE (Minneapolis Street Railway Company) 212 3rd Ave. N. Designed by Dunnell & Elliott architects in 1885, this building was the epicenter of horse-drawn and electric transportation in Minneapolis. Horses were kept in stables right in the building, and on-site paint and woodworking shops kept the streetcars in working condition.

TRAFFIC ZONE CENTER FOR VISUAL ART (Moline, Milburn & Stoddard Company) 250 3rd Ave. N. A limestone commercial building designed by Joseph Haley in 1886 for a farm implement wholesaler, it has a three-story addition by Kees and Colburn added in 1925. The building was also used as a baking and warehouse facility for National Biscuit Company.

RIVERWALK LOFTS (Lindsay Brothers Building) 400 1st St. N. Architect Harry Wild Jones designed this building in 1895, about a decade earlier than his massive Butler Brothers Warehouse (Butler Square). Lindsay Brothers sold implements and plumbing and heating supplies and claimed to be the largest independent farm implement wholesaler in the United States.

CREAMETTE LOFTS (Champion Building) 420 1st St. N. Influenced by the architecture of H. H. Richardson, this warehouse for a binder, mower and reaper company was designed by Long & Kees in 1896. Mother’s Macaroni purchased the building in 1916. In addition to their own products, they made a quickcooking elbow macaroni for Minneapolis grocer James T. Williams. His product, Creamette, grew to be so popular that he took over the company.

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HAPPY HOUR TIPS Two of the oldest drinking and dining establishments in Minneapolis are in the North Loop: the Monte Carlo (219 3rd Ave. N.) and Clubhouse Jäger (923 Washington Ave. N.) were both established in 1906.

TRACTOR WORKS BUILDING (The Deere-Webber Company) 800 Washington Ave. N. Designed by architects Kees & Colburn in 1902, this distinctive building has a Louis Sullivan-esque arched entrance with terra cotta ornaments, including two prominent deer heads. Deere-Webber Company was an offshoot of John Deere & Company. Giant elevators in the building were used to move grain harvesters.

TOWER LOFTS (Northern Bag Company) 700 Washington Ave. N. Designed by Hewitt & Brown in 1920, and easily recognizable by its imposing tower, Northern Bag manufactured burlap, jute and cotton bags used by local flourmills.

FORD CENTER (Minneapolis Ford Plant Ford Center) 420 5th St. N. Ford started manufacturing cars in Minneapolis in 1912 then hired Kees & Colburn a couple years later to build a more efficient, vertical assembly plant. Working from the top floor down, Model Ts were put together piece by piece until they reached the first floor and were then driven onto awaiting rail cars. Four hundred cars a day were assembled there until Ford moved to its St. Paul location in 1923.

918 LOFTS (LaVoris Chemical Company) 918 3rd St. N. Designed by Long & Thorsov in 1922, this Neo-Classical Revival-style building was home to the LaVoris Company. Founded by two Minneapolis druggists, LaVoris was first used as an antiseptic in the Civil War and then became a popular mouthwash.

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COOKS OF CROCUS HILL COMES TO MINNEAPOLIS The culinary school and kitchen retailer gets cooking in the North Loop

Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com The home chefs of the North Loop will be getting schooled this fall thanks to a new Cooks of Crocus Hill store in the neighborhood. Owners Karl Benson and Marie Dwyer announced last winter they were bringing their culinary school and kitchen retailer to the space last home to foods store Local D’Lish. The smaller, approximately 2,500-square-foot store, slated to open in September, will be a unique configuration catering to the condo owners and apartment dwellers of the up-and-coming neighborhood in downtown Minneapolis. “Part of our desire is to, say, skew this assortment to what the neighborhood might be inclined to be curious about,” Benson told The Journal. The 43-year-old Cooks of Crocus Hill, which hosts cooking classes and sells cookware, packaged foods and specialty ingredients, operates three stores located on St. Paul’s Grand Avenue, on Main Street in Stillwater and at 50th & France in Edina. It also has two miniature store-within-astores in Kowalski’s Markets around the Twin Cities. While Benson said they weren’t actively looking for a fourth store location, the North Loop space presented an opportunity to get inside a “food-forward neighborhood,” even if they weren’t sure about downtown’s retail chops. “I think our hesitation was around the retail dynamic for the neighborhood. Is it really a retail destination? Are enough neighborhood folks shopping? Is there momentum on the retail side of things? The food side for sure is happening here,” he said. The area’s already established retail scene appears to be improving. Last year, men’s clothing store Atmosfere opened a loca-

If it weren’t for [The] Bachelor Farmer and Spoon and Stable we probably wouldn’t have given it serious consideration. — Karl Benson, owner

Origami building just down the block. With the unique location, Benson and Dwyer are redefining the Cooks of Crocus Hill concept. “Plunking ourselves here might inspire us to be open to new things,” he said. North Loop residents can expect a store with greater packaged goods and specialty food items similar to the Kowalski’s locations, though more diverse, Benson said. On the school side, the shop will have more classes focused on the experience of cooking and tasting unique ingredients rather than hands-on technical skills. In keeping with its hip surroundings, Cooks of Crocus Hill will have a more modern design compared to other stores. Cooks of Crocus Hill at 208 N. 1st St. will open around Labor Day with a soft opening the week before. “If the dynamic on this little street continues to evolve then, heck, five years from now people will say ‘You’re geniuses. How in the hell did you think that up?’ Or five years from now people will say, ‘What the hell were you thinking?’” Benson said.

Cooks of Crocus Hill owner Karl Benson is preparing to open the retailer’s fourth location. Photo by Eric Best tion below ElseWarehouse Apartments and lingerie shop Flirt Boutique opened around the corner from the ever-expanding MartinPatrick3 in the Colonial Warehouse building. Near the new Cooks of Crocus Hill space, menswear shop Askov Finlayson, The Foundry Home Goods and the recently relocated Roe Wolfe boutique also draw in shoppers. Despite the hesitation, in just a few meetings Cooks of Crocus Hill had a new shop location. “[That] usually takes us about 18 months to figure out. We’re not impulsive,” Benson said. What did get them to open the store, he

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FARM FARE By Carla Waldemar If you need a reminder that the grit is long gone from the North Loop, just stop in The Bachelor Farmer. Well, no — don’t just “stop in.” Tables are spoken for days — weeks! — in advance. And that was before Chef Paul Berglund was knighted by the James Beard Foundation as this year’s Best Chef Midwest. I’ve had the pleasure of dining in the cafes of other contenders for the title, from Madison and Milwaukee to Kansas City and beyond, so let me offer a thought: The mantra this year might have been KISS (keep it simple, you-know-who), for Berglund is not one to emulate that Scando idol, Noma, in Copenhagen (“world’s best restaurant”), with foams and gels, freezedried this and blowtorched-that. No. He creates dishes not all that removed from what Minnesota’s proverbial bachelor farmers might (might, OK?) sit down to at an ambitious church supper, when the kitchen runs out of meatloaf and fried chicken. Embedded in the warm and buzzy but far from cacophonous room, we started dinner (after a complimentary ramekin of potato chips with yogurt dip) with a plate of crisp-tender asparagus accessorized with local chestnuts, bits of sweet-tart pickled onion, gently crisped croutons and a drizzle of burnt butter. Simple and right on the money. Next, an app of still-crunchy quartered turnips, their flavor further sharpened with tendrils of fermented ramps, a sparkling of spelt grains, just a tad of duck confit and liquidy yogurt — a what-if exercise in pairing more than a palate-pleasing experiment (and at $14, a bit of a sticker shock for an appetizer).

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ave you been noticing parking spots converted into benches? How about basketball hoops in the middle of a residential street? If not, grab your bike and check out what’s happening in Minneapolis as more residents are getting involved in street design experiments. From pop-ups to parklets to a greenway demonstration project, here is an update about pilot projects taking place on city streets this summer. Volunteers from the Pedestrian Advisory Committee (PAC) and Minneapolis Pedestrian Alliance have come together to create a pop-up bump-out so the public can experience an improved approach to intersection design. The pop-up features curbs that extend out into the street and an attached crosswalk. The benefits of the design include shortening the amount of time pedestrians are in traffic, improving visibility for drivers, slowing cars and keeping cars from parking too close to the corner where they can impede sightlines for pedestrians. Volunteers displayed the pop-up at the Open Streets Downtown. “People kept asking me, ‘How do I get one of these in my neighborhood?’” said Shaina Brassard, who serves as co-chair of the PAC’s Programs & Policies Subcommittee and has been involved in this project. Brassard said advocates like her have a

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vision of making Minneapolis the best city for walking in the U.S. “It’s not just about sidewalks either,” Brassard said. “How do we design our streets to slow cars down so crashes between cars and pedestrians are not fatal?” Brassard asked. Although the speed limit is 30 miles per hour in much of Minneapolis, Brassard said our streets are designed to make it easy and appealing to drive 45. Speed matters because it increases the chances that a crash will be fatal. In pedestrian-vehicle crashes where the car is traveling 20 miles per hour, there is a 5-percent chance the crash will be fatal to the pedestrian. At 30 miles per hour that odds increase to 37-45 percent and at 40 miles per hour there’s an 83-85 percent chance the pedestrian will be killed. In 2015, there was one crash between a pedestrian and a motor vehicle every 38 hours on average in Minneapolis. People are vulnerable on foot, and Brassard said her group was using their pop-up to educate the public about concrete ways walking conditions could be improved. Try the pop-up bump-out at Open Streets West Broadway on Saturday, Sept. 10. Irving Avenue North is hosting a unique demonstration project from the 3000 to 3500 blocks. The North Minneapolis Greenway demonstration is meant to simu-

3722 Chicago Ave. S. is hosted by Smoke in the Pit BBQ and CANDO. 4208 28th Ave. S. is hosted by Angry Catfish Bicycle + Coffee Bar. Loon Café is a private parklet providing outdoor seating for the restaurant. late how the streets connecting Jordan and Folwell Parks might function if they were redesigned to prioritize walking, biking, playing and gathering. The demonstration includes one block that is completely closed to motorized vehicles — with the exception of emergency vehicles — and other blocks that mix road users. These mixed segments include bump-outs — brightly-painted half-moons extending from the curb toward the center line and protected by planters placed on alternating sides of the street, encouraging slower driving by forcing cars to weave around them. Inside the bump-outs or chicanes — as they are also called — are picnic tables, tetherball poles and other amenities inviting rest and play. The project was opened at the end of June and already some of the play equipment is getting worn out, according to neighborhood resident Will Lumpkins. “The kids were out there immediately,” said Lumpkins, who has helped advocate

for the project. As a father, he said he is excited about the greenway’s potential to connect libraries, parks and schools. Lumpkins thinks the greenway could help address some of the health disparities experienced by Northside residents. “The closer you live to green space, the more likely you are to use it,” he said. The project is a collaboration between residents, a technical advisory committee and the city departments of Health and Public Works. Over the course of the next year, residents will have the chance to try it out and see if this is a piece of infrastructure they want to make permanent. Parklets are another type of temporary projects out on the streets this summer. Parklets are on-street parking spaces that function like mini-parks or public squares and feature amenities like benches, café tables and planters. These temporary installations are sponsored by local businesses and organizations and are open to the public, so be sure to stop and take in the view next time you come across one. There is a second type of parklet, which is managed by a business seeking to provide an outdoor seating area for customers. The Loon Café unveiled one of these parklets — created in partnership with the Downtown Improvement District — during the Open Streets Downtown. By converting a street parking space into a pleasant seating area or a residential street into a greenway, neighborhood changemakers are hoping to positively influence the way streets function and are used. Ultimately, they are working to create streets that work for the people who work, live and play on them.

Annie Van Cleve is a freelance writer, blogger and volunteer with the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition.

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DEAL KEEPS BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT ON SCHEDULE The Orange Line will meet a deadline to apply for federal funding

By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com The $150-million Orange Line bus rapid transit project is once again on track to meet a fast-approaching deadline to apply for federal funding. The Counties Transit Improvement Board on Aug. 17 committed $37.5 million toward the 17-mile high-speed transit route along Interstate 35W. That commitment was reduced from $45 million in response to Dakota County’s sudden decision in June to withdraw from the five-member joint-powers board, a major player in metro-area transit. There are now commitments to fund 83 percent of the local share of the project, enough to make “a very, very competitive application for the federal funds,” said Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin, a CTIB board member. About $66 million in federal dollars were previously targeted to the project, but McLaughlin said the application would include a request to increase the federal share of construction costs to 49 percent from 44 percent, a difference of about $7.5 million. “It’s a huge step forward today,” McLaughlin said. Concerns that CTIB would not act in time for the project to meet a Sept. 2 federal deadline prompted a rally on Lake Street near I-35W two days before the CTIB vote. Orange Line plans call for upgrades to several existing transit stops, including one at Lake Street where a bus shelter accessible only via a crumbling concrete staircase would be replaced by a transit hub connecting street-level bus routes to the Midtown Greenway below and the Orange Line above. Project plans call for 12 stations between downtown Minneapolis and Burnsville on the northeastern edge of Dakota County. Operations are scheduled to begin in 2019.

Sen. Scott Dibble (DFL-61) spoke to a group of Orange Line supporters near the future Lake Street station for the bus rapid transit line. Photo by Dylan Thomas Dakota County’s plan to withdraw from CTIB that same year has the board reevaluating its plans for funding future transit projects. The board collects revenue from a quarter-cent metro-area sales tax and a $20 motor vehicle sales tax to fund the construction and ongoing operation of transit projects, and it is committed to paying for half of the Orange Line’s operations budget once the line opens. McLaughlin said CTIB previously planned to make a $2 million grant to the Orange Line project office on Aug. 17 to keep the doors open and prevent staff layoffs. A Dakota County representative amended the

grant agreement to include the original $45-million funding commitment, but that resolution was voted down. Ultimately, the board approved a plan to reduce the commitment by $7.5 million, approximately equal to half of Dakota County’s annual contribution to CTIB, McLaughlin said. ‘The only thing missing right now is the $7.5 million that we carved out … and the $12.1 million in state bonding that’s necessary, that’s still missing from the project, in addition to the $25 million state bonding contribution to the road side of the project, to build the local entrance and exit ramps

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and access points,” McLaughlin said. “So, it’s $37 million in state bonding that’s necessary to make this project go.” Kate Brickman, director of communications for Metropolitan Council, said at least 75 percent of the project’s local share had to be committed before the application could be submitted. “It will probably give us a medium or a medium-high rating,” Brickman said. “We would’ve only gotten a high rating if we had all the state funding committed as well.” At the rally on Aug. 15, local elected officials and business and community leaders emphasized the Orange Line’s potential to connect workers with employers and to improve transit connections between Minneapolis and the south metro. A second phase of the project could extend the line to Lakeville, according to Metro Transit. Jan Malcolm, vice president of public affairs for Allina Health and a former state health commissioner, said Allina, Wells Fargo and Children’s Hospital all shared “very strong support” for the Orange Line. Together, the three organizations employee 15,000 people who all work within a mile of the future Lake Street Station, Malcolm said. “Transit is an absolute essential ingredient for business success,” she said. State Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL-61A) described the current highway-level bus stop above Lake Street as “literally, an example of crumbling infrastructure.” “If you’re in a wheelchair and you can’t make it up (the stairs) to 35W, you’re out of luck,” Hornstein added.

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Buddies program participant walks in costume during a parade at Whittier International Elementary School. The nonprofit hosts a schoolwide parade for the students and mentors near the end of the program. Photo by Dan Marshall

Art Buddies helps kids realize their creative potential through one-on-one experiences

Empowering kids through art and mentorship Justine Orvik was a third-grader at Bancroft Elementary School when she became a cupcake princess, thanks to the Minneapolis nonprofit Art Buddies. Justine designed and created a cupcake princess costume along with a mentor as part of the one-on-one afterschool program. Her mom, Emily Schroeder, said the program taught Justine how to sift through ideas, set priorities and provided her with an opportunity for “no-limits creativity.” “It really served as a springboard for the creative expression,” Schroeder said. “It was lovely to see her in it, and it was lovely to see her encouraged by adults outside of the family.” For more than 20 years, Art Buddies has been helping kids realize their creative potential through afterschool art projects they complete with the help of mentors. The kids work one-on-one with creative professionals once a week for approximately seven to 10 weeks, creating a costume, gaining confidence and learning more about creative careers. Location “By the end, they become this vision of themselves that they had,” Executive Director Scott Mikesh said. “When you 110 N. Fifth St., put on this costume and are allowed to be something other than yourself, you kind of start to realize all you can be.” Floor 10 Art Buddies has been empowering kids since Sue Crolick founded the organization in 1994. A longtime art director and designer, Crolick said she was looking to combine her love of creativity and passion for working with kids. She Contact enlisted local creative professionals to serve as mentors. 612-334-6004 “It was so exciting to see how many of them wanted to do it,” she said. Mikesh eventually became one of those mentors. He discovered Art Buddies in 2007 when he was looking to volunWebsite teer in a creative program for kids in need. He joined the nonprofit’s advisory board a few years later and helped it artbuddies.org expand to Bancroft in 2011 after years at Whittier International Elementary School. The program expanded in St. Paul’s Riverview Elementary in 2015, a couple years after Mikesh became executive director. Year Founded Art Buddies offers the program for no cost to kids from low-income families. The program provides the art supplies, 1994 while the schools provide the space and the transportation. Mentors help the kids develop a larger-than-life version of themselves, which they use to create the costume. Art Buddies also provides them with a “buddy book” in which kids can sketch ideas, write notes and capture their experience. “For some of them, it’s the first time they’ve ever felt successful. It’s the first time they’ve felt good about something,” Crolick said. “They want more of that feeling (and) they work hard to get it.” The kids and mentors present their work to the entire group at the end of the program. They also have a schoolwide parade and a professional photoshoot. Bancroft Principal Erin Glynn said the program builds confidence, adding that teachers appreciate that their students have another adult with whom to connect. “The more we can foster creative expression for kids, the better,” Glynn said. “That’s how kids express themselves naturally, and we have to foster that creativity with kids.”

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Kids in each Art Buddies class, along with a mentor for each student.

Schools in which Art Buddies hosts its one-on-one mentoring program: Whittier International and Bancroft elementary schools in Minneapolis and Riverview Elementary School in St. Paul

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Age range of kids in the Art Buddies program.

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Student to mentor ratio Art Buddies uses, something executive director Scott Mikesh says the students appreciate.

What you can do Apply to be a creative mentor. Mentors work one on one with students, helping them develop and create their own costume. Purchase Art Buddies products on its website or make a tax-deductible donation.

About the Where We Live project This project is an ongoing series spearheaded by Journals’ publisher Janis Hall showcasing Minneapolis nonprofits doing important work in the community. The editorial team has selected organizations to spotlight. Nate Gotlieb is the writer for the project. To read previous features, go to southwestjournal.com/section/focus/where-we-live

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Estimated cost for Southwest light rail rises again Met Council blames “inaction by House leadership” for costly delay

By Dylan Thomas dthomas@journalmpls.com

Decommissioned guns from two upcoming gun buy-back events will be transformed into art. Submitted images

From weapons to art By Sarah McKenzie Pillsbury United Communities and the City of Minneapolis are hosting two gun buyback events Aug. 27 at Minneapolis fire stations to encourage residents to turn in guns in exchange for Visa gift cards. The guns will be decommissioned and given to artists to create pieces exploring the impact of gun violence in the community. The events will be held at Fire Station 14 in North Minneapolis and Station 17 in South Minneapolis. The artwork will be part of a campaign called “Art is My Weapon: A Minnesota Installation of Guns in the Hands of Artists.” A call for artists will be posted at ArtIsMyWeapon.org. Pillsbury United Communities recently hosted the national “Guns in the Hands of Artists” exhibit. Some of the artwork will be on display throughout the community and eventually will be offered for sale. Chanda Smith Baker, president and CEO of Pillsbury United Communities, lost a cousin to gun violence. “This issue is personal for me, and unfortunately it is personal for many across our community,” Smith Baker said in a prepared statement. “There are too many Minnesotans losing their lives to street violence, suicide, domestic violence and accidental shootings.” The community needs to stop looking away from the problem, she said. “We are unwilling to look the other way, believing that there’s nothing we can do — but rather we will continue to do our part to make our community safer,” she said. “We have a public health crisis with gun violence. It affects all of us, and we all must be part of the solution.” Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau said artists would make the problem more personal. “Some may see a 60-second story on the news and move on, but the effects of gun violence are devastating and ever-

GUN BUYBACK EVENTS When: Saturday, Aug. 27, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Where: Fire Station 14, 2002 Lowry Ave. N.; Fire Station 17, 330 E. 38th St. More info: puc-mn.org/art-my-weapon lasting. What I like about this initiative is it is deeply personal and it brings attention and emotion to a societal issue that really affects us all,” Harteau said. “The current cycle of gun violence requires a community solution and this will be more than a conversation starter.” As of Aug. 15, there have been 226 shooting victims this year in the city — up nearly 47 percent from the same period last year, according to Minneapolis police statistics. Mayor Betsy Hodges said the “Art is My Weapon” project could be an important way to spark dialogue about the scourge of gun violence. “The arts are where we come together

as a city and as a people: it is where we show interest in each other, where the best of us shows up. The arts are also where we can have a transformative effect on the conversation in Minneapolis and across America about gun violence and the need to end it,” Hodges said. “I am very excited that we can creatively use the tool of a gun buyback to fuel this vital conversation through the arts.” People who drop off guns at the gun buyback events can do so anonymously. They will get a $25–$300 Visa gift cards, depending on the type of gun they turn into authorities.

The estimated cost for Southwest Light Rail Transit hit nearly $1.86 billion in early August and threatens to continue rising as the project nears a critical turning point. The Metropolitan Council voted Aug. 10 on an updated project scope, schedule and cost estimate for the project, a 14.5-mile extension of the Green Line that will add tracks between Minneapolis and Eden Prairie. The cost was estimated at $1.79 billion earlier this summer. The Met Council says two factors are driving the cost increase since then: $69 million worth of in-kind land donations to the project which must be counted toward the overall budget; and $19 million attributed to project delays, due to what the agency describes as “inaction by House leadership.” The Minnesota Legislature adjourned in May without a plan to fund the remaining portion of its 10-percent share of the project, which was at that time about $135 million. Earlier this year, Met Council Chair Adam Duininck laid the blame squarely on Speaker Kurt Daudt (R–Zimmerman) and his fellow Republicans in the House. Daudt, Gov. Mark Dayton and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk (DFL-Cook) met repeatedly this summer to negotiate the terms of a special session, but Dayton announced Aug. 18 that there was no way around the impasse. It was unclear how the gap in local funds would affect an application for federal funding. Federal funds are expected to cover half the cost of SWLRT planning and construction. They’ll also cover half the recent cost increases chalked up to delays, leaving state and local governments on the hook for $9.5 million. But the responsibility for covering similar shortfalls shifts as the project advances. Following the Met Council’s approval of the update scope, schedule and cost, SWLRT project staff planned to submit their application to the Federal Transit Administration to begin the engineering phase of the project. Project designs, already close to 90-percent complete, will now be finalized, and Met Council can then prepare construction bid packages for contractors. From there, the next step is to confirm the funding agreement with the federal government, which would lock in the project budget, explained Met Council spokesperson Kate Brickman. “Once we lock in this number, if we continue to incur delay costs, those will not be matched,” Brickman said. House Republicans fired back at Met Council in August in a press release issued by Rep. Tony Albright (R–Prior Lake), who wrote that members of his party were “committed first and foremost to take care of our roads and bridges,” which he contended were used by 99 percent of Minnesotans “as their primary mode of transportation.” Albright added that there are “bipartisan questions” about whether the nearly $2-billion SWLRT project “is a worthy use of taxpayer dollars.”

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“Edmond” from director Nina Gantz. Produced by the National Film and Television School

Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour The shorts of the Sundance Film Festival’s Short Film Tour are only limited by their runtime, not their brilliance. This year’s tour showcases a diverse range of film, from stop motion animated film “Edmond,” a nine-minute short about an oddly lovable man with cannibalistic urges from director Nina Gantz, to “Bacon & God’s Wrath,” a mini-documentary by Sol Friedman profiling a Jewish woman trying bacon for the first time. The 95-minute tour program includes eight shorts and is presented by IFP Minnesota. Where: Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 W. Lake St. / When: Aug. 26–28 / Cost: $8 / Info: sundance.org

Bellyrama Blooma, a yoga studio and women’s wellness center on Lyndale Avenue, is celebrating the belly with Bellyrama at the Lake Harriet Bandshell. For yogis, the morning festival will have yoga for all from 9 a.m.– 10:15 a.m. and kids yoga from 10:30 a.m.–11 a.m. Bellyrama will feature plenty of activities — face painting, henna tattoos and even belly mapping — plus a live DJ and food.

Minneapolis Greek Festival The Minneapolis Greek Festival returns to celebrate everything Greek — the food, the handmade desserts, the music and more — all weekend long. The annual fest at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church will feature church tours, a Greek Boutique, a kid’s area with inﬂatables and the Courtyard Café. On Friday night, Chloe’s Fight 5K Toga Run/Family Walk and Kid’s Toga Race will have toga-clad runners going around Lake Calhoun (registration at chloesfight.org). The festival runs Friday and Saturday from noon–10 p.m. and Sunday from noon–6 p.m.

Where: Lake Harriet Bandshell, 4135 W. Lake Harriet Pkwy. When: Saturday, Sept. 10 from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. Cost: Free Info: blooma.com

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GET MINNESOTA OUT STATE FAIR GUIDE EDITION

The Great Minnesota Get-Together unofficially marks the end of summer, but we in the Twin Cities still have a lot left to do before things freeze over. From a night to remember Prince to a bucket list of new foods to try, this year’s fair (running Aug. 25 through Labor Day) has plenty to celebrate.

FAIR FARE No matter who’s performing or what’s going, the food steals the show at the State Fair each year. And while there are tried-and-true treats — a bucket full of Sweet Martha’s cookies comes to mind — there are plenty of new eats to taste this year.

Minnesota Corn Dog A fair staple gets a North Star State twist when a ground sausage center is wrapped with blueberries, apples, wild rice, maple syrup and cayenne — fried and on a stick, of course. Where: Gass Station Grill on Cooper Street between Dan Patch and Judson avenues

The Minnesota Show with Garrison Keillor Garrison Keillor may be handing over the reins of “A Prairie Home Companion,” but he’ll host a new special broadcast performance at the State Fair dubbed “The Minnesota Show.” The two-hour program, which will be recorded live and then broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio, will feature many of Keillor’s popular segments, like “Guy Noir, Private Eye” and “News from Lake Wobegon.” It’ll also star regulars Sue Scott, Tim Russell and Fred Newman.

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Where: The Grandstand When: Friday, Sept. 2 at 7:45 p.m. Cost: $27–$35 Info: prairiehome.org

The Rabbit Hole, known for its ambitious new creations, is serving a fish-shaped buttermilk miso waﬄe cone with balsamic-roasted strawberry compote and vanilla ice cream, topped with a strawberry and graham cracker crumble.

United in Purple The State Fair is honoring Prince with an evening of the great late musician’s music. Fairgoers are encouraged to wear purple, plus the first 5,000 guests will get glow bracelets and the first 7,500 through the gates will get buttons after 5 p.m. Prince’s personal DJ, GenerationNOW’s DJ Dudley D, will lead a Prince Party in the Park at Carousel Park from 8 p.m.–11:30 p.m. The night’s fireworks will also be set entirely to Prince music and feature a pyrotechnic tribute. Where: Minnesota State Fairgrounds, 1265 Snelling Ave., St. Paul When: Friday, Aug. 26 from 5 p.m.–close Cost: Included with admission Info: mnstatefair.org

Where: The Rabbit Hole at the Midtown Global Market booth (Aug. 25–30 only)

Spicy Pork Bowl Blue Plate Restaurant Company’s State Fair restaurant is adding a pulled pork bowl topped with rice, black beans, spinach, charred salsa and fried onion strings. Where: The Blue Barn at West End Market south of the History & Heritage Center

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Graywolf Literary Salon

Downtown-based book publisher Graywolf Press is hosting a salon — you know, one of those things from 17th-century France? — with some leading ladies of the literary world. Anuradha Roy, the novelist behind “Sleeping on Jupiter,” Solmaz Sharif, who recently debuted acclaimed poetry collection “Look,” and “Blackacre” writer Monica Youn will discuss fiction, poetry and twenty-first-century ideas at the independent publisher’s fundraiser. Graywolf’s executive editor Jeff Shots and publisher Fiona McCrae will moderate the “A World of Voices” salon 7:30 p.m.–9 p.m. Sept. 8 at the North Loop’s Aria, 105 N. 1st St. A $30 ticket comes with a drink.

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The Hennepin Theatre Trust is redefining the block party with a mobile party of dancers, Double Dutch jumpers and a grab bag of performers all traveling, block by block, down Hennepin Avenue. The nonprofit’s 5 to 10 Hennepin initiative — which you may have noticed, if you saw fire breathers shooting flames around 10th & Hennepin, launched Aug. 18 — will host artists and vendors on a block of Hennepin each week on Thursdays from 5 p.m.–10 p.m. through December. On Sept. 1 between 7th and 8th streets you’ll find performers like Twin Cities songwriter Dan Israel, a market with sweets from MinneCakes Bakery and even flamenco dancing from Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre and School on a mobile stage.

War Poets

The salad days of summer are coming to a close, and Music and Movies in the Parks is getting in the last of its events before the season ends. For a quick post-work trip to the park, check out War Poets playing 7 p.m. Aug. 30 at Father Hennepin Bluff Park, 420 Main Street SE. The Minneapolis-based rock band made headlines back in 2012 with “Close Enough,” a song celebrating marriage equality, but they’re also gradually releasing new music this year. One of their latest tracks, an ode to a lost loved one called “Wednesday Girl,” was written by the band’s Rex Haberman and Australian lyricist Anne Casey.

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One of the city’s newest farmers markets is located just a hop, skip and a jump from downtown Minneapolis, and has offered everything from locally milled ﬂour to ready-to-cook pierogis. The Riverplace Market launched in June and runs Wednesdays from 3 p.m.–7 p.m. through the end of September in front of the Riverplace building on Main Street just off of Central Avenue. Along with a performer and a food truck, this summer the market has attracted vendors like Avodah Farm, Olive Oil from the Farm, Isadore Nut Company and even the new Baker’s Field Flour and Bread from the Food Building in Northeast Minneapolis.

JEFE

Jefe, the “urban hacienda” from the owners of Aster Café, is a welcome addition to the bars lining Main Street thanks to its approachable menu of Mexican and Spanish plates. From 4 p.m.–6 p.m. the happy hour will get you a couple bucks off a list of draft beers, wines and house margaritas, which can be customized with flavors like mint or blackberry. My waitress’s favorite was a combination of pineapple and jalapeno flavors. If you don’t imbibe, the $3 house horchata — a traditionally rice-based beverage with cinnamon and vanilla flavors — is affordable, dairy-free and surprisingly refreshing over ice. Jefe also recently added a weekend brunch menu from 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

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The quiet end of the new Commons park on the east side of downtown is now open, and this is good news for us looking for a little peace and quiet downtown. The area, located along Portland Avenue between 4th and 5th streets, is a little oasis of rolling hills and denser foliage compared to the neighboring event-centered block. And it’s perfect for a picnic or a little postwork Zen. As Council Member Jacob Frey puts it, “It may look like you’re in the middle of the country, but, in fact, you’re in the middle of downtown Minneapolis.” There’s even a bench to make out on, if you’re so inclined.

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