The Journal, Sept. 21–Oct. 4, 2017 by The Journal

THE NEWS SOURCE FOR DOWNTOWN & NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS SEPTEMBER 21—OCTOBER 4, 2017

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Diving into the downtown housing market Would-be downtowners can ﬁnd a new home through Explore Downtown Living By Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com Jessica Milkes is on the front lines of a growing downtown housing market. Milkes, a leasing manager at 222 Hennepin, the building that includes the downtown Whole Foods, is the co-chair of a taskforce that organizes Explore Downtown Living, an initiative from the Minneapolis Downtown Council to get people into residential units downtown and, ultimately, grow the city’s urban population. Over the past two-and-a-half years, Milkes said the program has grown exponentially, with roughly 4,000 people — many of them from nearby suburbs — walking through participating properties about 16,000 times. “They want to get out of their suburban home and live the downtown lifestyle,” she said. The Parade of Homes-style program, a

Explore Downtown Living draws suburban residents — and even downtowners — into exploring new residential properties. Photo by Irv Brisco/VON91 via Minneapolis Downtown Council

one-day affair held twice each year, has attracted would-be downtowners while the area faces a tight housing market.

The Exploring Downtown Living event on Sept. 23 will feature 23 properties, including three newly opened buildings: Encore in the

Mill District, Maverick in the North Loop and 7West in Cedar-Riverside. Most of the housing is new and high-end because that’s where vacancies are. Even with an average downtown rent around $2,000 a month in these properties, she said, vacancy rates are at about 5–6 percent. The Minneapolis and St. Paul rental market is one of the tightest in the country, according to the latest index from the University of St. Thomas’ Shenehon Center for Real Estate. Though these properties are competing for residents, Milkes said Explore Downtown Living is really about selling lifestyles. The program splits the market into five areas — the North Loop, the Central Business District, East Town, Loring Park and Northeast — that all have something unique to offer potential SEE DOWNTOWN LIVING / PAGE 16

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Park Board to finish vision for Sheridan Memorial Park A third round of improvements will complete the Northeast Minneapolis park Park commissioners recently approved a concept plan to complete Sheridan Memorial Park in Northeast Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s Planning Committee voted Sept. 6 to approve the concept plan developed by Damon Farber Associates. The park, located just upriver from Broadway Street Northeast, will get a final round of improvements over the next year that will add amenities like a playground, half basketball court, volleyball court, park shelter and restrooms. The $1 million in improvements will build out a currently vacant west end of the park, which opened in 2014 with the large, spherical Sheridan Veterans Memorial and recently saw an extension of the Park Board’s bicycle and pedestrian trails along the riverfront. Under the concept plan, the site will

blend art, children’s areas and nature-based play features. Given its proximity to the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, there will be a sculpture made from reclaimed railroad lines and a stone, radial sand pit made in the park. For young kids, the playground will have seesaws, swings and a water play system. For older children, the plan features a climbing wall, slides and a tightrope, among other recreational activities. The Park Board will fund the project with a $500,000 grant from the National Park Service’s Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership program, which it is matching with money from the Minnesota Parks and Trails Legacy Funding. District 1 Commissioner Liz Wielinski, who represents the area, said the park will

serve a growing community with children, new immigrants and residents coming for newly built apartments. “The neighborhood is really excited to see this. This will be the completion of the only park in the Sheridan neighborhood,” she said at the board’s Sept. 6 meeting. The park is just one of several projects the Park Board is working on along the Northeast Minneapolis riverfront. “I think this will be an amenity that will help to highlight the work we’re doing on the river,” said President Anita Tabb (District 4) at the meeting. A few blocks downriver from Sheridan Memorial Park, the board is planning to restore Hall’s Island just offshore from the Scherer site and north of the Plymouth Avenue Bridge. The board is planning to

redevelop the mainland site into a destination park and has sought a private partner to develop a portion of the property to support park functions. At the same meeting, commissioners approved a $3.6-million contract with Veit & Company for construction work related to the island restoration. If the contract is approved by the city and other agencies, reconstruction could begin this winter. The first phase is expected to take up to eight months. The Park Board plans to award a construction contract this winter and build the improvements next spring and summer. The park is slated to open around the end of the summer next year.

Park Board requests 4.1-percent levy increase The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is requesting a 4.1-percent property tax levy increase for 2018. Commissioners approved a resolution Sept 6 requesting the Board of Estimate and Taxation set its maximum property tax levy at $62.2 million, up from $59.7 million last year. The request includes a 4.2-percent increase to its park and recreation levy to nearly $60.5 million from $58 million and a 1.2-percent

increase to its Tree Preservation and Reforestation Levy, which would see an additional $20,000 under the request. The special levy, which funds the board’s efforts to build out the city’s tree canopy, did not see an increase last year. The request continues a large jump in funding for the city’s park system after the Park Board and City Council passed the 20-Year Neighborhood Park Plan last year.

The 20-year initiative directs $11 million annually toward maintaining Minneapolis neighborhood parks. The levy increase accounts for increases in the minimum wage. The City Council’s plan for a $15 minimum wage will begin to phase in next year with a $10 minimum wage for large businesses on Jan. 1 and $11.25 and $10.25 wages for large and small businesses, respectively, on July 1. Minnesota’s minimum

wage will also increase next year by 15 cents to keep up with inflation. The Board of Estimate and Taxation is expected to set the maximum property tax levies on Sept. 27. Superintendent Jayne Miller will present her 2018 budget on Oct. 18. Commissioners will vote on the budget in December.

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A plant-based café is slated to open this fall in the downtown Minneapolis skyway. So Good So You, a company that includes several health-conscious food and beverage brands, plans to open an eatery later this year on the skyway level of 950 Nicollet Mall, also known as Retek on the Mall. The café, a sister location to the company’s store in the Baker Building, will feature a larger menu of breakfast and lunch options and a catering menu. The new menu includes plant-based bowls with at least 25 grams of protein, salads, tartines, smoothies and warm and cold beverages. The other location, formerly known as Juice So Good, has been rebranded as So Good So You. Core to concept from healthy lifestyle advocate Rita Katona is a lack of preservatives, artificial sweeteners, colors, emulsifiers or any processed ingredients. What’s left is a menu comprised of plant-based, naturally gluten-free ingredients. “The ingredients used in most products are scary — ingredients you’ve never heard of and certainly don’t grow in nature. Consumers deserve to know how

the product is made, what they are buying and putting into their bodies. I wanted to create a place where consumers can feel good about ordering anything on the menu, where mind-blowingly delicious foods and beverages are made with only real, whole, plant-based ingredients. When people eat this way, it’s undeniable that they feel amazing,” she said in a statement. The new So Good So You space, designed by Minneapolis-based Shea Design, will feature an interior made of reclaimed materials. So Good So You has quickly grown in the past year with the help of Kowalski’s, the first grocery store chain to carry the brand’s products. The grocery store’s Uptown location will see the addition of a So Good So You juice and smoothie bar this fall. So Good So You manufactures its products, including a So Good Baby line of organic baby food and a caffeinated beverage line called Coffee So Good, in Minneapolis using 100 percent renewable energy. Cafe items will come in compostable packaging and takeout containers.

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The Foundry Home Goods reopened over Labor Day weekend in a temporary location next door while its permanent home is renovated. The store now occupies the former Roe Wolfe space in the North Loop just one door down from its historic home, which will be rehabilitated as part of developer Howard Bergerud’s proposed mixed-use project on the block. The development, previously named in plans as The Foundry, would feature a sixstory building with 156 residential units and 22,670 square feet of commercial space and a new five-story office building with 14,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. The latter would replace the Roe Wolfe building and another structure on the block. The project calls for rehabilitating the three-story Foundry building, also known as the American House Hotel or as the Commutator Foundry Co. building, and the one-story extension behind it. The developer proposed to use the building for office space

The Foundry Home Goods now occupies the former home of Roe Wolfe. Photo by Eric Best on the upper levels and retail or restaurant space on the main and basement levels. “Our friend Howard is giving this building some well-deserved care and restoration,” a note on the Foundry’s main door reads. “And don’t worry. We’ll be back on this corner in two shakes of a lamb’s tail.”

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The Soap Factory is set to begin a $6.2-million renovation Two years ago, just as it was celebrating its 25th anniversary, the question of whether the Soap Factory would continue to exist loomed over the organization. The nonprofit lost its executive director, some board members and grant funds in a short time, and, in late 2015, announced it would be “going dark” for the winter amid financial troubles. A few weeks later, a couple hundred people from the Soap Factory’s community of artists and supporters gathered for what Bill Mague, a Soap Factory board chair that became executive director last spring, called “a full-on process of grief.” “We said we have every opportunity before us,” Mague said. Two years later, and the Soap Factory has found an opportunity in a $6.2-million renovation that will fundamentally change the organization and its Southeast Minneapolis building between this fall and next spring. The primary goal in overhauling the 130-year-old warehouse, once the home of National Purity Soap Company, is to better utilize the 52,000 square feet of space available to the organization. Now that the Haunted Basement has spun off and relocated as a separate organization, the Soap Factory will build six private, non-residential artist studios in the lower level. A third will be for local artists, another third will be for regional artists and the final third will be for international artists. A new elevator will help artists move between floors. The Soap Factory will retain about 14,000 square feet of exhibition space. The upper

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two floors will become more than two-dozen low-cost working-artist studios. Mague said there’s great demand for artist space. “All of our friends in Northeast and across the river are doing a great job … and they’re full. They’re doing the best they can to offer space at a reasonable cost,” he said. The Soap Factory will also get a new restaurant space for a neighborhood concept that will face Father Hennepin Park. The operations will provide earned revenue, Mague said. The restaurant would be open roughly 11 a.m.–11 p.m., although the Soap Factory has yet to announce a tenant. The nonprofit is using state and federal historic tax credits to cover 30 percent of the project’s costs and the New Markets Tax Credit program to cover an additional 15 percent. Philanthropic donations and a $2-million mortgage — supported by rent generated through the new studios — will cover the rest of the price tag. Mague said the project will triple the Soap Factory’s usable space — just about one-anda-half floors are used now — and maximize its engagement with artists. The organization brought in about 20,000 visitors a year between the exhibitions, events and the Haunted Basement, but the area between the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood and Northeast Minneapolis is growing. Further investing in the building, which Mague called “very, very valuable asset,” follows years of new construction and redevelopment projects on the riverfront. The

Right: A concept of The Soap Factory’s $6.2 million renovation. Above: The organization’s 130-year-old warehouse building. Submitted images A-Mill Artist Lofts, Mill & Main Luxury Apartments and other projects have filled the blocks immediately surrounding the gallery. The Soap Factory plans to begin the renovation with a ceremony on Sept. 27. The organization is planning a grand re-opening next April. The project team includes general counsel Faegre Baker Daniels, general contractor RJM Construction, design architect Studio M and historic preservation project consultant PVN, among other partners. Matt Olson, a former Soap Factory board member, will oversee the exterior and landscape design as part of I/E/E, a landscape design practice. “With new spaces for new programming and great energy coming from its new staff, The Soap Factory is beginning what promises to be its best era yet,” Olson said in a statement. During construction, the Soap Factory

will continue an international exchange program that sends Minnesota artists on month-long residences in Sweden. Residents of Sweden will then come to Minneapolis to be the building’s inaugural international studio artists. Mague credits the visual art center’s community in making the renovation possible. “It’s only because of the support of the artist community, the McKnight Foundation and many hundreds of other artists that we have been able to weather this change, and we’ve really only come out of it much more strongly,” he said.

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Hodges delivers 2018 budget Mayor Betsy Hodges on Sept. 12 outlined a 2018 city budget that aims to take action on climate change, increase access to affordable housing, improve police-community relations and counteract the Trump administration. The roughly $1.4-billion budget comes with a proposed 5.5-percent increase in the city’s property tax levy. The levy increased 5.5 percent in 2017, too, and Hodges said the hikes were in line with the city’s commitment to an $800-million deal struck in 2015 with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to fund street repairs and park improvements over the next 20 years. Describing climate change as the “single greatest threat to our city and our planet,” Hodges proposed $6 million for clean energy and efficiency programs, which she said was a 60-percent increase over her 2014 budget. On the recommendation of the city’s Clean Energy Partnership with Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy, the budget also includes a half-percent increase in the franchise fees paid by those utilities to fund ongoing renewable energy and sustainability programs. In her budget address, Hodges described the “twofold” challenge the city is facing on the housing front as “finding ways to retain our

current supply of affordable places to live and finding ways to add to that supply without pricing longtime residents out of the neighborhoods they’ve invested in for years and sometimes generations.” Hodges said the city’s rising rents and near 2-percent vacancy rate were clear signs that demand exceeded supply. But she also acknowledged that new developments can displace longtime residents, a noted that her budget includes $24 million for housing programs, including the creation of a new, full-time housing stability specialist position at City Hall to focus on the city’s complex housing challenges. Describing a “persistent disparity” in homeownership rates — currently standing at a 35-point gap in homeownership between the city’s white families and families of color — Hodges said her budget included $500,000 to expand a program that helps families buy homes. “We’ve seen other cities fail to act or act too late to address these problems,” she said. “Minneapolis can’t afford to make the same mistake.” When Hodges released a bare outline of her budget in August, she said she was delaying the release of more details in part to give new Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo

input on his department’s budget. During her address, Hodges reiterated that she didn’t want Arradondo to “have to wait 12 months of a 17-month term to have an impact.” Her 2018 budget includes $4 million for police and public safety programs, including $300,000 to begin a three-year expansion of the Minneapolis police bodycam program so that all officers will eventually wear them, not just those responding to 911 calls. The budget adds eight civilian community liaison positions to the police department, which she said was another of Arradondo’s top priorities and part of a strategy to improve the department’s relationship with the community. The budget also includes funding for an additional civilian investigator to respond to claims of police misconduct. Hodges ended her address by speaking forcefully and at length about the administration of President Donald Trump, which she described as “a disaster for our country.” Among other things, her budget includes investments in programs meant to counteract the administration’s targeting of immigrants and the transgender community, as well as $1.2 million to “protect and support” voting rights.

A plan for safer streets is in the works Minneapolis officials on Sept. 11 sketched out their vision for eliminating all traffic deaths and serious injuries on city streets in 10 years. Mayor Betsy Hodges, who delivered her 2018 budget address the following day, included $400,000 in her proposed budget to begin work on what has been dubbed the Vision Zero policy. That policy would set out specific steps to bring the number of fatalities and serious injuries resulting from traffic crashes to zero by 2027. A Vision Zero Network of U.S. cities already taking the steps Minneapolis will soon consider includes Chicago; Austin, Texas; Portland, Oregon; Boston and New York City, among others. Those cities are pursuing strategies that include lowering speed limits, redesigning streets, implementing campaigns that aim to change the behavior of road users and using data to drive traffic enforcement strategies. Hodges announced the plan in a press event held near the intersection of 18th & Johnson in Northeast Minneapolis, where she was joined by City Council Member Kevin Reich, chair of the Transportation and Public Works Committee. That committee on Sept. 12 approved a resolution in support of Vision Zero. According to the language of the resolution, next steps would include assembling a Vision Zero Task Force made up of city department heads, developing an action plan to carry out the policy, tracking the results of the plan and reporting annually on those results.

Ward 1 City Council Member Kevin Reich chairs the Transportation and Public Works Committee, which voted in September to endorse the Vision Zero plan. Photo by Dylan Thomas Hodges said Minneapolis “is a good place to live for pedestrians” and noted Minnesota overall ranks fourth in the nation among states with the lowest pedestrian fatality rates. The city also has invested in a significant expansion of on- and offstreet facilities for bicyclists — including protected bicycle lanes — and is in the process of painting more-visible markings at 3,000 crosswalks. But Hodges noted challenges for maintaining safety on Minneapolis streets, including distracted

driving and the city’s population growth, which is adding more road users to the grid. There were 106 fatalities on Minneapolis streets from 2006 to 2015, a total that includes 35 people walking or using wheelchairs, 14 people riding a bicycle and 57 people either driving or riding in a motor vehicle, according to city data. A man walking in downtown Minneapolis was struck and killed by a driver on Hennepin Avenue Sept. 7. In another recent incident, a woman riding a bicycle was struck and killed Aug. 17 by a person driving a car at the intersection of 2nd & Lowry in North Minneapolis. Public Works Director Robin Hutcheson said city data analysis already has hinted at where safety improvements might be targeted. Seventy percent of crashes occur at just 13 percent of all city intersections and 80 percent occur on just 10 percent of Minneapolis roadway miles, Hutcheson said.

CORRECTION A story on page 1 of the Sept. 7–20 edition incorrectly reported the date on which the City Council voted to increase its participation in Xcel Energy’s Renewable Connect program. The date was Aug. 31.

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Governor to continue water-quality series in Minneapolis Gov. Mark Dayton will continue his town hall meeting series on water quality Sept. 27 at the Minneapolis Urban League. Dayton plans on using the meeting to hear the concerns people have about the state’s water quality and ideas they have to improve it, according to a report. It comes as he promotes his initiative to improve Minnesota’s water quality 25 percent by 2025. More than 40 percent of Minnesota’s lakes and streams don’t meet standards for safe swimming, fishing or drinking, according to a state report. About 5 percent of the state’s lakes are infested with invasive species. About 43 percent of lakes in the sevencounty Twin Cities metro area do not meet aquatic recreation standards for fishing and swimming, according to the report. In addition, Mississippi River water no longer meets

river life and recreation standards when it reaches the Twin Cities. “Without an ambitious, achievable goal, the quality of our water will continue to deteriorate,” Dayton said in a statement. “Minnesotans must set this goal now, and then work together to achieve it. I ask all Minnesotans to join me in finding solutions that will ensure our children and grandchildren inherit clean water to drink, swim, and fish in. This is everyone’s challenge, and everyone’s responsibility.” The state would need to take “aggressive, yet achievable action” to meet the 25-percent goal, according to a news release. Action would help Minnesota meet its commitments to reduce phosphorus 12 percent by 2025 and nitrogen 45 percent by 2040 in the Mississippi River.

The state’s water quality is expected to improve only 6 to 8 percent by 2034 without additional action, according to the release. Hundreds of people have attended seven previous town halls in greater Minnesota, according to media reports. Dayton has participated in small-group discussions at the events, which have also included state commissioners. The “25x25” plan would not add new regulations, according to the news release. Instead it would “drive public engagement and partnership” to address water-quality challenges. Dayton has already proposed several initiatives to improve water quality, including spending $214 million to support local government efforts to reduce nutrient pollution and protect sensitive groundwater and drinking water. In January 2017, he signed an agreement to provide $350 million in

federal funding to Minnesota farmers, while working to protect waters across the state. Dayton has also proposed water quality buffer aid payments for farmers, a waterinfrastructure funding program and a pointsource-implementation grant program. Registration for the town hall begins at 5:30 p.m., and the event will start at 6:30 p.m. Visit https://mn.gov/governor/ issues/25by25mn/ for more information.

IF YOU GO: WATER QUALITY TOWN HALL When: 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m., Sept. 27 Where: Minneapolis Urban League, 2100 Plymouth Ave. N. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m.

City releases zero-waste plan draft Minneapolis on Sept. 7 released a draft of its zero-waste plan, a roadmap for the city to achieve its overall sustainability goals. The plan identifies strategies the city can take to collaborate with residents, businesses, nonprofits, commercial haulers and other stakeholders to reduce waste and minimize environmental impacts. It was developed with the idea that reducing waste is most preferable, followed by reusing, recycling, organics recovery, burning waste and then landfill disposal. Mayor Betsy Hodges initiated the development of a zero-waste plan in her 2015 State of the City address. The City Council established a goal in June 2015 to recycle and compost 50 percent of its citywide waste by 2020 and 80 percent by 2030. The draft plan identifies four highpriority strategies for reducing waste, including conducting regular waste sorts, allocating additional resources for education and outreach, establishing sustainable

program funding and promoting source reduction and reuse. Specific strategies include restructuring the current garbage and recycling fee structure, requiring businesses and apartments to develop written waste-reduction and diversion plans and requiring garbage haulers to achieve greater levels of waste reduction and diversion. City staff was holding a series of engagement sessions for residents and business sessions in the two weeks after the draft was announced. They stressed that the plan was a playbook for action, not a guarantee the city would implement any specific actions. An implementation plan will get drafted next. The hope is to get the plan approved at the City Council’s Nov. 3 meeting, Council Member Cam Gordon said at a Sept. 14 engagement session. Residents can provide feedback on the plan through an online survey, which can be found at minneapolismn.gov/mayor/ZWM/index.htm.

A list of key zero waste plan strategies was highlighted at a communityengagement session Sept. 14. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

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The aim is to get dockless bikes on city streets by next spring. “Consumers really love it,” Nice Ride Executive Director Bill Dossett said at a Sept. 7 forum. “Consumers can take a bike wherever they see one and return it wherever they want to.” It’s a model Nice Ride leaders present as the future of bike sharing, because of the convenience and lower cost. They question whether the federal funding will be available in future years for their current model, given that private investors have funded dockless systems in other cities. “The public isn’t going to do something that the private sector is willing to come in and do for free and do on a larger scale,” Dossett said. Dockless bike sharing started in China a few years ago and has more recently come to Seattle. The two primary dockless ventures in China have each received more than $1 billion in funding, Dossett said, with money coming from internet-related companies Alibaba and Tencent. “Their interest is in the mobile-payment system that they think everyone is going to use to access lots of things we don’t own,” he said. “… They think the bike is the leading indicator of that economy.” The new systems haven’t been without challenges, however. There’s been little thought about right-of-way management in China, Dossett said, leading to problems with bikes clogging sidewalks. There also have been concerns about the quality of the bikes and questions about how much companies are investing in bike maintenance. Still, Nice Ride leaders appear set on the idea. Melissa Summers, associate director of Nice Ride, said the availability of bikes would be a big upside of the dockless system, especially in low-density areas of the Twin Cities. “Every little business node can have bikes,” she said. The challenge, she said, will be figuring out what a dockless system looks like when it’s in balance. Matthew Dyrdahl, Minneapolis’ bicycle and pedestrian coordinator, said he’s focused on ensuring the rollout of a new system goes well. The new system could help the city reach its Climate Action Plan-designated goal of raising the bicycle-commute mode share to 15 percent by 2025, Dyrdahl added. Dossett said the dockless system represents a chance to have a broader conversation about the public right of way, given the potential for other transit-sharing services.

Unlocked with smartphone Dockless bike-share systems utilize regular bicycles that have ring locks to immobilize the rear wheel. Smartphones are used to unlock the bikes, a technology often as simple as providing the user with an access code. The bikes cost $50–$200 per unit in China, Dossett said, compared to the $5,000–$6,000

Nice Ride pays per bike, a cost that includes docking stations. It costs 15 cents per ride in China and $1 a ride in Seattle, he said. Nice Ride costs $3 per half-hour from the time the bike leaves the station. Users can also purchase 24-hour passes for $6 (plus an additional $3 per half-hour for rides over 30 minutes) and yearly passes for $75. Dossett said the new system would be priced competitively, although he wasn’t sure it’d be $1 per trip. Nice Ride would like the new vendor to continue to operate and maintain its existing bike-share system of 201 stations and 1,850 bikes for its useful life. The plan is to fully operate the existing system in 2018, Summers said, and phase it out through 2020. The organization plans on restructuring its board of directors to include public rightof-way owners, including Minneapolis and St. Paul, the University of Minnesota and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. The aim is to have the new contractor hire Nice Ride’s 35 employees.

New bikes in 2018 Forum attendees on Sept. 7 appeared intrigued about the new proposal. One person asked about how the new system would serve St. Paul, and Summers said the new system would be good for serving lowdensity and farther-flung areas in St. Paul. One woman said the current Nice Ride bikes don’t work well for people under five feet tall. Dossett said the new system would better allow for adaptive bikes. Others asked how consumers would benefit from having just one vendor, noting Seattle, for example, has three. Dossett said he couldn’t say whether Seattle’s approach would be better than Nice Ride’s. He said a reason for a single vendor involves the fact that Nice Ride made commitments to the federal government when it bought its existing equipment, noting that the cities are the fiscal agents for the current system. He also referenced the taxi industry preUber and Lyft, saying there was a “race to the bottom” so companies could maximize their revenue. Dyrdahl said he’s not convinced one model is better than another. He added that the city is looking forward to seeing how Nice Ride’s proposed model works. He noted that more vendors would require consumers to download more apps, which could be confusing. Bike parking is the premier question in a dockless model, Dyrdahl said, noting that the most important thing is to keep sidewalks open. Suggestions to keep order include geofencing to create a virtual boundary for the bikes and using a ratings system to encourage positive behavior. Nice Ride was asking for vendors to return proposals by Sept. 22.

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Moments in Minneapolis By Cedar Imboden Phillips

Photograph from the collection of the Hennepin History Museum.

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hile Dayton’s department store may be long departed, its memory lives on here in the Twin Cities. The downtown Minneapolis flagship store offered more than just shopping, and its restaurants played a starring role in local life for many decades. Here, the luxurious Sky Room is pictured during the 1960s. During the late ’40s, ’50s and ’60s, the Sky Room was a popular destination for charity lunches and dinners, fashion shows and other special events. During the 1970s the Sky Room’s décor changed (and the dramatic chandeliers shown here removed) as the restaurant was reconfigured as a downtown employee lunch spot.

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Reich seeks re-election as ‘project director’ of Ward 1 The Northeast incumbent faces two challengers in the Ward 1 race By Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com Eight years after he left a program director job in Northeast Minneapolis for City Hall, Council Member Kevin Reich still says he’s a “project director at heart.” It’s a leadership style that has him not out front on hot-button issues like minimum wage, but in the middle of debate between Ward 1 residents and stakeholders. Even his role as chair of the City Council’s Transportation and Public Works Committee has him overseeing the basic services that keep the city functioning. Now seeking a third term, the Windom Park resident wants more time to realize his work in housing, environmental advocacy and transportation. “I’m very much an implementer. I get things done,” he said. Reich’s less flashy approach to representing Northeast on the 13-member council sets him apart from challengers Jillia Pessenda, a Democrat who has worked on the advocacy side to pass same-sex marriage, anti-bullying and foreclosure legislation, and John Hayden, an independent candidate who is calling for a legal audit of the city’s spending on U.S. Bank Stadium. With Pessenda in the race to represent much of the city’s East Side, Reich failed to win the DFL endorsement earlier this year. Zachary Wefel, another Ward 1 candidate who ran for the nomination, dropped out after the convention. Pessenda championed a $15 minimum wage ordinance when she announced her candidacy late last year while Reich, who ultimately supported the ordinance, was still out on how the city would implement

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a higher wage. As a representative, he said talking with community members and business owners and weighing the plurality of opinions was a vital part of the process. Reich said he helped to bake-in an analysis piece to the ordinance and the staff direction around it to better assess the effects of a higher wage. “I didn’t want to get ahead of it. I wanted to make sure people were heard, that things were accommodated. … It’s not the what. It’s the how,” he said. “There’s a role to play for the implementer types. There’s a role for the kind who listen to all sides. They’re called elected officials.” One of the most pressing issues for City Council candidates this election season has been a lack of housing, especially affordable housing, across the city. It’s an issue that

Reich says has him in his element. Since joining the City Council in 2009, Reich has worked on affordable developments like artist housing project Jackson Flats, Audubon Crossing and supportive HIV/ AIDS housing from Clare Housing dubbed Marshall Flats, among other projects. The next in the pipeline is the Hook and Ladder Apartments, a 118-unit workforce housing complex consisting of one building complying with Green Communities requirements and another with Passive House certification proposed between Jefferson and Washington streets. The project could be the first of its kind in the country, he added. Reich said his eight years as a council member and eight years with a neighborhood organization have made him a known player in the competitive affordable housing industry. With recent projects, he said he’s been the one to find appropriate sites, bring in partners and make deals. “I didn’t wait around for affordable housing projects to come my way. … You’ve got to be proactive on housing in this neck of the woods,” he said. Both Reich and Pessenda support cooperative models for affordable housing. Pessenda has also made tenant rights, such as a just cause eviction protection, part of her platform. “While there have been good projects in the ward, we’re not going to solve this project one at a time,” she said. The City of Minneapolis recently began moving forward with a plan for a new Northeast maintenance facility in the Holland neighborhood that would displace about 14 units of housing. Hayden criticized

the plan, saying it would destroy naturally occurring affordable housing — units that have aged into lower rents — during a housing crisis. Pessenda, also critical of the facility plan, said she would advocate for a net-zero-loss policy when it comes to affordable units. “What we have right now is an immediate need,” Hayden said. Reich defended the project, which would consolidate Public Works facilities across the city into a roughly 5.5-acre site near several industrial uses, saying it will clear up other, more desirable city properties for more housing, possibly fives time more than what would be displaced. While Northeast Minneapolis isn’t known for its riverfront like other areas of the city, Reich said making connections to the river has been one of his priorities. He played a role in orchestrating a “green campus” model at Edison High School that saw the development of a stormwater re-use system, solar canopy, community garden and related green curriculum. The river also plays a central role in the Great Northern Greenway, a proposed bicycle connection between North and Northeast Minneapolis that Reich has worked on before he joined the City Council. Reich has also helped to secure property for RiverFirst, a Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board initiative that includes several proposed destination parks and trails spanning the upper riverfront. “Everything that we do is laying the groundwork for massive change, ” he said.

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Running for sixth term, Goodman says ‘experience matters’ The Ward 7 incumbent faces three challengers in November By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com Lisa Goodman is tied for longest tenure on the City Council, and while her three opponents say it’s time for change, the incumbent is leaning on her longevity as she asks voters to return her for a sixth term in office. “One of the reasons that I believe that I’m the best person to represent the 7th Ward on the City Council is experience matters,” Goodman said during a midSeptember interview. Goodman prides herself on constituent service, and it has paid off at the ballot box. She took 68 percent of the vote in 2009 and more than 80 percent in two previous elections. She ran unopposed in 2013. This year, she’s facing three challengers and maybe her steepest re-election climb yet. They include Republican Joe Kovacs, a downtown resident who works as a training specialist for a software company, and DFLer Teqen Zéa-Aida, co-founder of a local modeling agency and a gallerist who lives in Loring Park. Janne Flisrand, a consultant and Lowry Hill property owners, vied with Goodman for the DFL endorsement this spring, before Zéa-Aida entered the race. No endorsement was awarded because delegates split between Flisrand and Goodman. When discussing access affordable housing, one of the hottest issues of the election cycle, Goodman turns to her long legislative

record. She founded the city’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund, co-authored the city’s Section 8 anti-discrimination ordinance and has proposed another ordinance that would require apartment owners to give the city advance notice of a potential sale, opening an opportunity for the city to step in and preserve affordable units. Goodman said property tax hikes driving up rents was “one of the bigger issues” in the affordable housing shortage. She said she had asked city staff to study one potential solution to that issue. Affordable housing projects built with government subsidies through the LowIncome Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program are also taxed at a lower rate. Goodman proposed extending that property tax break to the owners of so-called naturally occurring affordable housing — buildings where rents have fallen below market rate over time — who, in return, would agree to charge the same below market rate rents as LIHTC projects. “This is a real, tangible, potential solution to the naturally occurring affordable housing issue without having to get involved with buying up every building, which we don’t have the resources to buy, but making it easier for those owners to keep their rents low and rewarding them by lowering their … tax rate,” Goodman said.

Flisrand, who has extensive contacts with housing programs through her consultancy and was program manager for Minnesota Green Communities, an energy-efficiency initiative targeted to affordable housing, said the city needs to dedicate more resources to “aggressively” preserving naturally occurring affordable housing. She would explore inclusionary zoning policies that require affordable units in new developments, and has also proposed zoning code changes to open more areas of the city to duplexes, triplexes and other small multi-family developments, which she and other advocates refer to as the “missing middle.” Goodman views such changes warily. “When you buy a house, which is your single biggest investment, one of the things that you take into consideration is the location and what the neighborhood looks and feels like surrounding you,” she said. “To upend that and make a dramatic change without the neighborhood and neighbors agreeing to it is, I think, unconscionable.” In a recent candidate forum, Flisrand, a co-founder of the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition, now Our Streets MPLS, was critical of Goodman’s 2016 vote on the redesign of Third Avenue in downtown that added protected bike lanes. City staff initially proposed a “road diet” that would have reduced motor vehicle lanes to one in

each direction from two. Citing business community concerns, Goodman sided with a majority on the Council who voted for a two-lane plan, disappointing cycling advocates who said it fell short of stated city goals to use street design to improve bicyclist and pedestrian safety. “In the end, we need to put bike facilities where there is a good amount of support for it,” Goodman said. “We can not use bike facilities as an attempt to punish people for driving and think that we’ll change their behavior.” Kovacs, the conservative in the race, said he stands apart because he would have fought against the recently approved paid sick time and minimum wage ordinances, which he said put an undue burden on business. While she voted in favor of both, Goodman said the minimum wage debate “could have used a lot more a lot more compromise and nuance.” “We’ll see if the minimum wage ordinance has a negative effect on business, and if it does we’ll have to adjust,” she said. One of two council members representing downtown, Goodman said the city’s economic engine requires “a safe environment where people feel comfortable working.” That’s why she supported additional funding for beat cops and Downtown Improvement District ambassadors in the 2017 city budget, “and that’s made a pretty big difference,” she said.

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The Hennepin County Board is expected to vote in late September on the $55-million purchase of Thrivent Financial’s downtown headquarters. County officials say buying the 17-story rose gold office building will allow them to consolidate some of the county’s 129 properties spread across the state. The sale would include the $11.5million purchase of 332 parking spaces, which would be a part of a parking ramp and apartment building proposed for the same block. Thrivent is planning to build its own headquarters across the street and would pay rent to the county while it constructs the new offices.

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10th Ave Bridge* The City Council recently approved a request for proposals for design services in order to repair the 10th Avenue Southeast River Bridge. The City of Minneapolis has revived eﬀorts to repair or replace the 1929 bridge after several years of looking for funds. Earlier this year, the city secured nearly $32 million in State Bridge Bond funding. The city’s preferred course of action is to rehabilitate the bridge and replace its decking. The project would cost approximately $42.5 million, about $30 million of which would be for construction costs. City staﬀ expects to award the bridge engineering design services contract in November. The city expects to have a full design in December 2018 and to begin construction in 2019.

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Fillmore Nicollet Mall-based United Properties has submitted updated plans to the City Planning Commission for a Fillmore concert and event venue, its affiliated barbecue restaurant and an Element by Westin hotel. The proposal, which went before the CPC on Sept. 18, includes a 156-room hotel, a 2,000-capacity theater and 35 enclosed parking spaces. The building is proposed for a vacant North Loop site near Target Field Station where the developer had first proposed an office building. The plans would require several variances for signage and off-street loading.

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The Foundry Home Goods has temporarily moved to a nearby building as part of the first sign of progress on a project that would revamp its high-profile North Loop block. Developer Howard Bergerud unveiled a plan earlier this year to build a mixed-use complex featuring 156 residential units, 46,000 square feet of commercial space and nearly 50,000 square feet of office space spread across several structures. The home goods store’s building is being rehabilitated as part of the project. The two other pieces of the proposal are a six-story residential building along Second Street North and a five-story office building that would replace two small non-historic buildings on the block.

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Feeling the squeeze Years of tight supply in the housing market may be taking its toll By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com The storyline on the Minneapolis housing market has been locked in place for years, now: strong sales, short supply, rising prices. “I feel like a broken record,” said Cotty Lowry, president of the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors, or MAAR. “It’s always the same story: Nothing to sell and multiple offers.” While there are no strong signals that shoppers are ready to give up, there are some indications the intense competition spurred by this tight housing market — particularly for firsttime homebuyers — is starting to wear. “There’s no question about that,” Cotty said. “It’s psychologically exhausting to keep trying.” As of August, the median sales price in Minneapolis was up 12.1 percent from a year earlier, to $250,000, the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors reported. Minneapolis homes spent just 40 days on the market on average, an 11.1 percent decline from August 2016, and the market had just 1.9 months of supply, down 13.6 percent from a year earlier. The greater Twin Cities market registered an all-time record earlier this year when the metro area’s median home sale price hit $257,000 in June. Home prices in the 13-county metropolitan area have risen for 66 straight months, or five-and-a-half years, according to MAAR. “Inventory is still tight, sales still strong, which of course means rising prices,” said David Arbit, MAAR’s director of research, economics and policy.

Decline in sales Recent declines in home sales indicate the tight supply may be discouraging some potential homebuyers. Metro area closings are up for the year, but the market posted declines of 1.2 percent in July and 1.4 percent in August. That’s not enough data to declare a pattern, Arbit said, but several more months could signify a shift in the housing market. Interest rates on the average 30-year fixed mortgage

are still under 4 percent, the economy remains strong and rents aren’t dropping, so the decline in closings could point to another factor. Shoppers just aren’t finding what they want. “It seems to be we’re just not able to find what we’re looking for in this really tight environment,” Arbit said. That leaves first-time homebuyers stuck between a rock and a hard place — a tight housing market and climbing rents. A report from the University of St. Thomas Shenehon Real Estate Center indicated metroarea home prices are rising faster than income growth, a trend that, if it continues, could push homeownership out of reach for some potential buyers. But rents are rising, too — at a rate of 4.8 percent in 2016 — squeezing that same group of potential buyers even more tightly.

Pace picks up Realtor Michael Hartung of Exit Realty Metro said competition for homes is particularly strong in Southwest and Northeast, two coveted Minneapolis markets. “Most listings are getting multiple offers on them,” Hartung said, adding that “sellers definitely like having this advantage.” In August, sellers on average got more than asking price in six of the 11 Minneapolis regions tracked by MAAR: Camden, Longfellow, Nokomis, Northeast, Phillips and Powderhorn. Homes in Southwest went for 98.1 percent of listing price, and homes in the Calhoun-Isles area went for 95.8 percent of listing price. First-time homebuyers are typically shopping in the most competitive sections of the market, which means they have to be prepared to act quickly. “Our strategy is to go in with our highest and best offer with our first offer, not to negotiate for a better price up front,” Hartung said. Across the metro, homes priced between $190,001 and $250,000 are moving the fastest,

spending an average 44 days on the market as of August, according to MAAR. By comparison, homes priced $350,001–$500,000 are on the market an average of 76 days, and homes over $1 million spend an average of 195 days on the market. Inventory was dropping across the board, MAAR reported in September. There were fewer than two months of supply for homes priced at $250,000 or less. Experts consider a market to be balanced when there is around six months of supply, and as of August that balanced market only existed for homes selling in the range of $500,001–$1 million. Lowry said he held two open houses in August, one for a $1.1-million home on Lake of the Isles and another for a $649,000 home near Minnehaha Creek. Both attracted dozens of visitors, but no buyers. Outside of the first-time homebuyer market, the key to a quick sale is accurate pricing, Lowry said. While MAAR reports a year’s supply at the $1 million and up level, Lowry said he sold one such home in just 10 days this year because the price was right.

Expanding the search That kind of timeline — or faster — is the norm at the lower end of the market. Tre Adams, a first-year agent in Lowry’s office, said the pressure is encouraging some first-time homebuyers to look outside the hottest neighborhoods and explore North Minneapolis. “Houses are going fast because it’s affordable,” Adams said. Hartung said he’s also talking to more buyers who are interested in North Minneapolis neighborhoods, which are just a five- to 10-minute drive from downtown and remain relatively affordable. “Really, that’s the next big thing for Minneapolis,” he said.

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Cashing in on Super Bowl week Vacation rental sites brimming with offers for the big game By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@journalmpls.com Jade Patrick and her husband, James, had a pretty simple reason for listing their house on Airbnb for the Super Bowl week. “To make money,” Jade said. “It’s kind of in our nature to hustle, and this is a big opportunity.” Dozens more Minneapolitans appear to share the thought. The Patrick’s ad is one of scores on vacation-rental sites advertising about the big game, which is about five months away. Those hosts could help ensure that all out-of-town guests have a place to stay for the Super Bowl on Feb. 4, which is expected to draw more than 125,000 travelers. More could come for the 10 days of events leading up to the game. “It’s exciting,” said Dan McElroy, executive vice president of the Minnesota Lodging Association. “We get to show off that this is a first-class destination.” McElroy said there are about 8,800 hotel rooms in Minneapolis and about 41,600 in the 10-county metro area. Those rooms will get tight for the Super Bowl, he said, adding that he’s worried about some hotels charging higher rates and expecting longer stays of guests. He said people who need a room would be able to find one, though they may have to look further than Downtown Minneapolis. Still, Minneapolitans appear ready for the opportunity to rent their places. Jade and James Patrick note in their online ad that their three-bedroom house is only 1.5 miles from the stadium. They advertise features such as the “dark bamboo flooring” and “warm expressive paint colors” and amenities like a 54-inch flat-screen TV, wireless internet and washer and dryer. The Patricks had listed their house online once before this year, Jade said, and that was when they were on a five-week trip to Mexico. She said they probably will be sleeping on their couch this time around and sending their kids to a grandparent’s house. The Patricks hadn’t had a booking as of mid-September, but over 500 people had viewed the ad, Jade said. They had it listed at $3,600 a night, noting that the house had four beds and could sleep six guests. It’s a price that had fluctuated. Jade said they had started the house at $600 a night,

Midtown Phillips neighborhood residents Jade and James Patrick are hoping to rent out their four-bedroom house for the Super Bowl. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

but friends said that was too low. Then they posted it for $4,500 a night, but that didn’t get any interest, either. Ventura Village resident Maria Albares has her two-bedroom house listed on Airbnb for $3,000 per night. Albares notes in her ad that the house is less than a mile from the stadium and features amenities such as free parking, wireless internet, a small home gym and breakfast. “Since we live so close, we really don’t want to be here” during the Super Bowl, said Albares, who lives with her boyfriend, sister and two cats. She added that they have a couple of improvements they want to make on the house, including installing a gas stove, that they aim to pay for with the Airbnb rental. Albares had never listed her house on Airbnb before this year. She said she thought $3,000 a night was “insane” at first, but that she’s seen people in Minnetonka list houses for more than that. She plans on lowering the price if there’s

no interest and added that she hopes Minneapolis doesn’t implement new laws regulating Airbnb. Minneapolis city staff is working on draft language for a short-term rental ordinance, according to a spokeswoman. They are planning a hearing this fall. St. Paul’s Planning Commission has approved regulations to that city’s short-term rental market, though their city council has not yet approved the changes. Craig Caffarello, who owns a vacation rental in the Armatage neighborhood, sounded wary about potential new regulations. Caffarello and his wife, Sarah, live in Chicago but are at their Armatage house once a month, he said. They’re looking to get a three- or four-night minimum stay for the Super Bowl. Their general nightly rate is $160, Caffarello said, but he’s expecting to be able to charge more, probably double the normal rate. Airbnb as a company is preparing for the influx of renters for Super Bowl week. The company last February announced an initia-

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tive aimed at doubling the size of its host community in Minneapolis to 2,000 from 1,000. It also said it planned on convening Twin Cities hosts to help them share best practices, offer hosts price tutorials and create a Minneapolis guidebook on the top places in the city. The company noted that the typical listing price in Houston during last year’s Super Bowl was just $150 and that even listings within close proximity to the stadium were typically just $200. Airbnb reported dramatic increases in the number of people using the site during the Ryder Cup golf tournament last fall in Chaska. That included 2,437 guests housed in Hennepin County during the Ryder Cup week, which was a 144-percent increase over a typical week. Airbnb has a list of safety tips for hosts on its website, which include having insurance, setting guest requirements and completing a house manual. Visit goo.gl/3ExWrN to view the list.

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16 journalmpls.com / September 21–October 4, 2017 FROM DOWNTOWN LIVING / PAGE 1 residents, whether that’s “garden-style living” near Loring Park or a “lumbersexual” lifestyle in the North Loop. It’s all about how people feel when they walk in the door, she added. “We really try hard to reiterate that it’s not a competition [and] that we’re all in it together,” Milkes said. “At the end of the day, people are living in the North Loop.” To further welcome would-be residents into downtown, Explore Downtown Living works with local vendors to get them discounts at local restaurants and fitness studios to give them a taste of the lifestyle. “[Explore Downtown Living is] such an easy way to see as many properties and neighborhoods as you’d like, and the partner offers from different businesses make it a fun excursion through the city,” said Steve Cramer, president and CEO of the Downtown Council, in a statement. The program is part of the council’s effort to double downtown’s residential population by 2025. The work is well underway. Between 2006 and 2016, more than 9,000 people have moved to downtown, a population increase of 28.4 percent. The Downtown Council measures downtown’s current population at nearly 41,000. Even if Explore Downtown Living doesn’t win suburbanites over immediately, Milkes said they draw people who are curious about downtown who may now consider it a possibility. “It’s not about the immediate result. It’s about word of mouth,” she said. Next year’s participants will have more to choose from. Milkes said next spring’s Explore Downtown Living event will feature close to 30 properties.

Explore Downtown Living organizer Jessica Milkes said they sell lifestyles unique to each downtown neighborhood, from Downtown East to Loring Park. Photo by Kurt Moses Photography via Minneapolis Downtown Council

Tight market continues to loom over downtown Following nationwide trends, the downtown real estate is continues to be a seller’s market with homes selling in about two months or less across the city’s central neighborhoods. This year, thanks to nice spring weather, the real estate market came out of the gates earlier than usual, said Joe Grunnet, founder of North Loop-based real estate company Downtown Resource Group. By early July, he said the market had slowed. “The spring market was the time this year. We’re coaching our clients to be prepared for the seasonality of it,” he said. Despite a dropping supply over the years, downtown neighborhoods have recently seen greater inventory and new listings, which are up 16.8 percent and 30.7 percent, respectively, compared to last August, according to the most recent update from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors. This was the most apparent in the quickly growing Downtown East, which saw a 200-percent jump in new listings between this year and last year. An increase of closed sales followed, with 30 percent more year-to-date. Prices remain strong overall with median sales price up 5.5 percent across the Twin Cities region, with the largest price gain in condos, according to MAAR. The median sales price for homes in Downtown East, Downtown West, Elliot Park, Loring Park, North Loop and Stevens Square-Loring Heights is up more than 9 percent year-to-date. Demand continues for downtown in part because the area is becoming more livable and vibrant, Grunnet said. More restaurants, retailers and healthcare services are coming to corners of downtown. “All those things make the fabric of the neighborhood,” Grunnet said. Despite new inventory, Grunnet said challenges remain for lower-income buyers and renters who can’t find affordable options. With more restaurants have come more bartenders and managers who don’t make enough to live close to where they work. Grunnet said he’s working with developers to build new product that fills

Approximately 4,000 people have gone on nearly 16,000 property tours across downtown Minneapolis as part of Explore Downtown Living. Photo by Dusty Hoskovec Photography the void in the market. “That’s going to be the future,” he said. “[Affordability] is on the developers’ minds.” Grunnet said he sees challenges for young buyers who are uninformed about the market and what it takes to purchase a home. “Young buyers aren’t taking the time to learn about the buying process,” he said. The first step, he said, is to sit down with a real estate professional. For more market information, MAAR publishes monthly updates at mplsrealtor.com.

Explore Downtown Living participants get discounts at local retailers and restaurants. Photo by Dusty Hoskovec Photography via Minneapolis Downtown Council

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House trading

Home swaps offer immersive vacation experiences By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@journalmpls.com Fulton resident Melanie Velasco and her husband are planning a trip to the Sea of Cortez. They’ll stay at a beachside family home “a little off the beaten path” that promises excellent whale watching. Their stay will be free. In exchange, the beachside residents are coming to stay at Velasco’s house in Fulton. The couple advertises their home for an annual fee through a global home exchange service. Velasco said it’s different than VRBO (Vacation Rentals by Owner), where renters don’t have any stake in the game. “There is mutual respect for the property. It’s not like renting. No money changes hands,” she said. “Some people even exchange cars or take care of a pet.” The free lodging allows families to take month-long sabbaticals and immerse themselves in a new culture, she said. Velasco typically seeks destinations where she can use her Spanish language skills, and she hopes to spend time exploring Spain. “It’s a lot of retired people who can get away for longer periods of time,” she said. Simultaneous trips are possible but more difficult to arrange, she said, particularly for Minneapolitans seeking a trip in winter. “You have to have somebody who wants to come to Minnesota,” she said. Sedona, Arizona resident Gary Bohn is one such person seeking a Minneapolis home in late December, in order to visit family over the holidays. In past years Bohn and his wife have stayed at a house near Minnehaha Creek. In exchange, they offer their Sedona four-bedroom home with scenic views, a pool and access to trails. Their first home exchange allowed them to visit the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. They’ve completed about 20 home swaps since then, staying in Costa Rica, the Virgin Islands, Florida, North Carolina, Los Angeles and Hawaii. “It’s a very inexpensive way to travel,” Bohn said. They typically exchange cars at the airport, so travel expenses are primarily limited to the flight. “We love it, it’s literally like picking up a life,” he said. “We usually do car swaps too. To us the location is always more important than a big, beautiful home. We would rather

between 2005 and 2016, facilitating 138,000 exchanges in the past year. When Bohn meets friends who are skeptical of the idea, he explains that travelers are “all in.” “They’re in your home, you’re in theirs,” he said. “We’ve never had a problem. Every once in a while a wine glass gets broken.” By offering a home in sunny Sedona, Bohn said they often have their pick of worldwide destinations. But Minneapolis only has about 20 homes available for exchange, he said. Seattle, by comparison, has about 200 available homes. “We could go to Hawaii anytime we want,” he said. “It’s harder to get to Minneapolis at Christmastime.”

Seeking a permanent swap

The owner of this Sedona, Arizona home wants to swap houses with a Minneapolis household over the holidays. Submitted photos have a modest house in a great location.” He said the increasing popularity of Airbnb has made it easier to swap homes

over the years. The company HomeExchange.com said its membership has grown more than tenfold

One Excelsior resident is looking for a Minneapolis home to permanently exchange. Janet Malotky recently posted an ad to the Uptown and Lakes Facebook bartering group: “Home swap? $1 … Let’s trade houses!” Malotky explained that her kids are grown and she wants to downsize and move to the city, preferably to an older and interesting home near park space with a cook’s kitchen and enough yard for a small garden. She’s hoping to swap with a city family interested in Minnetonka schools, elbow room and woods for kids to explore. “We want to move downtown,” she said. “We thought maybe there’s somebody who wants to do the opposite of us.” Malotky said she hasn’t found any responses yet but thought the ad was worth a try. A trade might work for someone who wants to sell a house without the trouble of listing it on the market, she said. Her $559,000 home features a kitchen design inspired by Julia Child’s kitchen in Provence, France, a sky-lit solarium and a hen house in a yard that backs into the Gideon Glen Nature Preserve. The property’s real estate agent, Woody Love, said he hasn’t seen many home swaps, but said the idea could catch on among people moving between phases of their lives. “It’s certainly happened,” Love said. “It’s hard to match people up in that way, but it’s not unheard of.”

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Mill City Cooks / By Karlie Weiler

COOKING WITH MEDITERRANEAN HERBS

ne of the biggest barriers to cooking is the false belief that cooking only counts if you’re making elaborate, gourmet dishes. Some of the best dishes are simple! The best way to create a sense of variety and class, especially on a budget, is to use spices. Most of the Mediterranean herbs and spices blend easily with any sauces, soups and vegetables. You really can’t go wrong!

Oregano When we think of oregano, we picture tomato sauce and pizza. While the peppery and earthy flavor of oregano complements the sweeter taste of the tomatoes, it can also be used in more savory dishes that include fish, beans or stew. Oregano also pairs well with lemon.

Parsley and basil Parsley and basil might be the hardest herbs to separate, at least in my mind. Since they are used in comparable ways, I either avoid these herbs altogether or opt for one or the other at random. Parsley has a fresher taste while basil is flatter but bolder, peppery and slightly sweet. Although parsley works well in heavy foods, such as soups, stews and tomato-based sauces, it can be used to garnish curries, rice

and fish. Basil is mainly used as a compliment to vegetables, such as peppers, tomatoes, and potatoes. It stands out as the main ingredient in pesto and works well in pasta, cheese or pork.

Thyme, rosemary and marjoram All three of these herbs taste similar and can be used in the same sorts of dishes separately or in conjunction. Of course, there are subtle differences between the three: rosemary has a piney flavor, thyme is a little sweet and spicy and marjoram is sweet and mild. Overall, they all go well with meat and roasted vegetables. Thyme is used mainly for poultry, marinades and stews, while rosemary is best with beef, root vegetables and grilled anything. Because of its mild flavor, marjoram pairs well with basically everything. My personal favorite is roasting sweet potatoes with rosemary, marjoram and garlic.

Sage Sage is one of the less used Mediterranean spices but the one that might spice up your cooking the most. It is very pungent and earthy and pairs well with poultry and cheese. Sage can also be cooked with a variety of vegetables but goes best with sweeter ones, such as beets, carrots or squash.

Cauliflower rice tabouli Recipe courtesy of the Mill City Farmers Market Ingredients 1 large head cauliflower, stem and florets roughly chopped 1 bunch parsley, roughly chopped 2 cups diced tomatoes 1 bunch green onions, white and green parts, finely chopped 1 large cucumber, peeled and finely diced 1⁄3 cup olive oil 1⁄3 cup lemon juice 1⁄2 teaspoon salt black pepper

While this isn’t a complete list of herbs that are used in Mediterranean cuisine, these herbs will provide a great base to start cooking using these new flavors, as will the simple recipe above for cauliflower rice tabouli. You can find fresh herbs at the Mill City Farmers Market throughout September and October as local farmers celebrate the fall harvest. Mill City’s Tuesday Night Market

Method Pulse cauliflower and parsley in a food processor or blender until fine. In a large mixing bowl, combine cauliflower mixture with remaining ingredients. Add more oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. Place in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Enjoy chilled.

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Schools

SCHOOLS NOTEBOOK Edison students host second Park(ing) Day event Edison High School design students created a minipark on Sept. 15 as part of Park(ing) Day, an international effort to highlight the need for more urban open space. The students converted two parking spots on Central Avenue into the park, preparing activities for passersby and baking cookies for them. They mapped out a diagram for the park using 3D software and voted on their favorite design. Park(ing) Day is an international event

during which artists, designers and citizens transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks. The goal is to call attention to the need for more urban open space and to generate debate around how public space is created and allocated. The Edison students held the event in conjunction with Women in Landscape Architecture, a professional association for landscape architects.

By Nate Gotlieb ngotlieb@journalmpls.com @NateGotlieb

MPS hosting Welcome Back Powwow Sept. 29 Minneapolis Public Schools will host a Welcom Back Powwow Sept. 29 at the North High School football field, 1801 Fremont Ave. N. The event will feature several grand entries, intertribal dances and a meal. It is free and open to the public. Powwows are social gatherings that originate with certain societal dances, according to Miskwa-Mukwa Desjarlait, who works in the district’s Department of Indian Education. He said a parent committee had the idea of hosting the powwow this fall, in place of a welcome-back gathering. Native Americans suffer from historical

trauma that’s created mistrust between Native communities and public schools, Desjarlait said. He said the district’s sponsoring of the powwow was a step in the right direction in creating a better perception. “There’s headway being made (but) still a lot of work to be done,” he said. The powwow will feature grand entries at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. and a meal served at 5 p.m. Contact MPS Indian Education at indianed@mpls.k12.mn.us or 668-0610 for more information. Visit lakeharriet.mpls. k12.mn.us/uploads/powwow.pdf to see an event flyer.

Two dozen named National Merit semifinalists

Edison students hung out at their minipark along Central Avenue during Park(ing) Day. Photo by Nate Gotlieb

MPS proposes 7-percent levy increase Minneapolis Public Schools is proposing to increase its levy by 7 percent for the 2018– 2019 fiscal year, the maximum allowed by the state. The levy would increase about $13.5 million to about $204.5 million under the district’s proposal, which won’t be finalized until December. A levy pre-certification vote was scheduled for the School Board’s

Sept. 19 meeting. The levy would generate approximately 24 percent of the district’s total funding for 2018–2019. The levy provides funding to pay for existing annual debt service and allows for funding to pay legacy costs such as the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund. Most of the increase, about $11.5 million, would go toward the district’s debt service.

Two dozen high school students in Minneapolis were named National Merit semifinalists last week, including 12 who attend public schools in Minneapolis. The list includes six students from Southwest High School, four from Washburn High School and one apiece from Roosevelt and South high schools. One student from DeLaSalle earned the honor, as did two from Minnehaha Academy and nine from Blake. The students were among the approximately 16,000 recognized as semifinalists. They have an opportunity to compete for about 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring. About 90 percent of semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and about half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship. About 1.6 million 11th-graders in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2018 National Merit Scholarship program by taking the PSAT. The semifinalists represent

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the highest-scoring students in each state, approximately one percent of students. Here is the list of Minneapolis students that were recognized:

Blake School Yasmina Abukhadra, Jack Barker, Nicolas Barra, Ravi Chepuri, Joel Jude, Janet Kang, Sean Leblanc, William Pannell, Sneha Sinha

DeLaSalle Daryl Yap

Minnehaha Academy Alexander Cheng, Daniel Stein

Roosevelt Elizabeth Neuhauser

South Anna Mulhern

Southwest Campbell Goﬀ, Isabella Gold, Nicolas Graber-Mitchell, Andrea Kloehn, Peter Kronebusch, Keegan Robinson

Washburn Lily Endo, Julia Morse, Luke Peichel, Patricia Thorson

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‘Parallel’ For its fall exhibition, Light Grey Art Lab invited artists to visualize the landscapes, cityscapes, atmospheres and ecosystems of another universe for a celebration of story, narrative and world-building. The resulting collection of works, “Parallel,” explores new universes, parallel realities, alternate dimensions and futurist concepts as imagined by more than 60 artists. In tandem, the innovative art space is also showcasing a series of otherworldly works by Matt Rockefeller and Trungles (Trung Nguyen), both talented illustrators and comic artists who are exploring alternate worlds and reoccurring themes through zines and comic panels. This month, the gallery is also hosting the launch of a new book, “Then Now: Childhood Revisited,” in which industry veterans from the ﬁlm, animation and illustration world were invited to reinterpret the imaginative, often bizarre artwork they made in their childhood. When: Sept. 22–Oct. 21; opening reception Friday, Sept. 22 from 7 p.m.–10 p.m. Where: Light Grey Art Lab, 118 E. 26th St. Info: lightgreyartlab.com Cost: Free

Art by Lauren Wuornos Art by Reiko Murakami

The Haunted Basement After a decade of scaring Twin Cities residents, the popular Haunted Basement has moved out of the Soap Factory. For its 2017 Halloween season, it will haunt a newly renovated historic warehouse in Northeast Minneapolis with its creepy, artist-created installations and costumed performers. Despite the new space, which is sure to oﬀer new opportunities for frightful scenes, this year’s event promises the same kinds of “interactive experiences with thematic focus on absurdist psychological humor” for which it’s become known. The Haunted Basement’s signature combination of wit, attention to detail and legitimately scary experiences get an added oomph with Blind Invocation, a one-of-a-kind, solo blindfold experience, and a special Friday the 13th edition (Oct. 13). Also returning is the ’Fraidy Cat tour, which oﬀer a lights-on, no-scares opportunity to explore the space.

When: Thursdays–Sundays from Sept. 29–Oct. 29, plus Oct. 18 and Oct. 31 Where: Building 9, 2010 E. Hennepin Ave. Cost: $15–$40 Info: hauntedbasement.org

Twin Cities Zine Fest

Savion Glover and Marcus Gilmore

In theory, the advent of the digital age should have killed off zines forever. But rather than dying, zines are as popular as ever — perhaps due to the desire to physically interact with content beyond the screen. A zine is typically a selfpublished work of texts and images not intended to turn a profit, with topics ranging from fan fiction and poetry to politics, intersectionality and social theory. In Minneapolis and St. Paul, the Twin Cities Zine Fest has been celebrating the art form since 2004 with a focus on “amplifying the voices of those who have been historically unheard” — namely minorities, immigrants, women and members of the LGBT+ community. Hosted by Minnesota Center for Books Arts, the 13th-annual edition features more than 90 zine makers exhibiting and selling their publications, plus workshops and educational presentations. The festivities kick off at a party on Friday, Sept. 29 with readings from six zine makers and comic artists (7 p.m.–9 p.m.).

From his beginnings as a tap prodigy under the tutelage of legendary tap dancers Honi Coles and Gregory Hines and his appearance on 1989 documentary “Tap,” to his Tony Award-winning 1996 show, “Bring in ‘Da Noise/Bring in ‘Da Funk,” Savion Glover is one of the few choreographers today who consistently redeﬁne and radically expand their art form. Twin Citians have a rare opportunity to see the artist perform within the intimate setting of the Dakota Jazz Club in collaboration with virtuoso drummer Marcus Gilmore, an heir to jazz royalty as the grandson of iconic drummer Roy Haynes and a dynamic musician in his own right. The chance to witness two masters of rhythm play oﬀ one another is guaranteed to be a visual and aural treat.

When: Saturday, Sept. 30 from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Where: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Ave. S. #100 Cost: Free Info: tczinefest.org

When: Wednesday, Oct. 4 & Thursday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. Where: Dakota Jazz Club, 1010 Nicollet Ave. Cost: $35–$75 Info: 332-5299 or dakotacooks.com

FinnFest This year, Finland celebrates the Finland 100, commemorating 100 years of Finland as a nation state. FinnFest USA, a national organization that celebrates Finland, Finnish Americans and Finnish culture, is bringing the centennial to Minneapolis, partnering with Minnesota Orchestra, the American Swedish Institute, Norway House, Cedar Cultural Center, VocalEssence and the MSP Film Society to host a series of special events. The film lineup includes five narratives and documentaries by acclaimed Finnish filmmakers, including “Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future,” a documentary of the life of iconic FinnishAmerican modernist architect; “Tale of a Lake,” a cinematic “poem” exploring the myths and legends rooted in Finland’s natural waters; and “Unexpected Journey,” a comedic road movie starring Finnish rap star Noah Kin. Other events include a “tori” (Finnish folk craft fair), panels, presentations, demonstrations and performances. When: Sept. 21–24 Where: Various locations Cost: Various Info: finnfest.us

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OKTOBERFEST

Red River Kitchen at City House Enjoy Oktoberfest beers on tap from local breweries, German food and a gorgeous view of the Mississippi River during this celebration. When: Sept. 23 from 11 a.m.–10 p.m. & Sept. 24 from 11 a.m.–9 p.m. Where: 258 Mill St., St. Paul Cost: Free Info: redriverkitchen.com

Mill City Museum

Break out those Lederhosen — it’s Oktoberfest time. For two weeks every fall, Twin Cities breweries and other venues host local versions of the popular Bavarian folk and beer festival.

Take in the tastes, sights, smells and sounds of Germany with activities inside and outside the museum and at the Mill City Farmers Market. When: Sept. 23 from 8 a.m.–2 p.m. Where: 704 S. 2nd St. Cost: Free Info: millcityfarmersmarket.org

Bauhaus Brew Labs This party features musical entertainment from the Brass Barn Polka Band and Viva Knievel; stein hoister and hammerschlagen; German brats, pretzels and potato pancakes; and a commemorative beer stein with three ﬁlls of Bauhaus’s German-style craft beer. When: Sept. 30 from noon–11 p.m. Where: 1315 Tyler St. NE Cost: $30 general admission, $10 for designated drivers, children free Info: bauhausbrewlabs.com

Wicked Wort Brewing Company The brewery hosts live entertainment from the World’s Most Dangerous Polka Band and others, woodﬁred pizza, brats and sausages plus Butcher Salt food truck; games including hammerschlagen; and $4 beer specials. When: Oct. 1 from noon–midnight Where: 4165 W. Broadway Ave., Robbinsdale Cost: Free Info: wickedwortbrewingco.com

Minnesota State Fair Progress Center The Twin Cities Oktoberfest takes over the 120-year-old Progress Center, built in the style of a traditional German beer hall. Enjoy beer, wine, hard cider, German food, traditional German entertainment and games. When: Oct. 7 from 4 p.m.–11 p.m. & Oct. 8 from noon–11 p.m. Where: 1621 Randall Ave., St. Paul Cost: $25 adults, $5 youth 13–20, kids under 13 free with adult Info: twincitiesoktoberfest.com

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No miscommunication

With a name like Hundred Waters, the band should vibe well with the Land of 10,000 Lakes. The Los Angeles-based trio of Nicole Miglis (vocals, piano, flute), Trayer Tryon (production, electronics, bass) and Zach Tetreault (drums, percussion, trumpet) produce dream-like music that hits somewhere between the Twin Cities’ own Poliça, the avant-garde electronic music of Björk and bedroom-pop groups like Real Estate. On “Communicating,” the band’s newly released third full-length album, Hundred Waters produce an introspective electronic album exploring the breakdown — or limit — of communication. “From a broad lens, the album is a breakup,” Miglis said in an announcement of the record. “It starts with a need for independence and it ends with an ‘all better,’ like we did it: We learned, we loved, we separated, and now it’s time for the next chapter.” On “Wave to Anchor,” Miglis coos and whispers over a discoinfused piano and bass line, playing and blending with a mix of acoustic and distorted sounds. If this is a breakup record, the song — an upbeat, dancey track despite its existential lyrics (“But who, who have I lived for? / Yeah who, who have I lived for?” Miglis continues to ask) — is someone coming to their senses. Hundred Waters doesn’t spend much time before feeling out the acoustic and dreamy corners of its sound. On “Parade,” a short, bittersweet song, Miglis’ rich, often raspy voice reverberates as if you closed the bathroom door and let the sound fill the space around you. If previous songs exude strength, others, such as “Blanket Me,” come off as emotional pleas for connection, pushing communication to an extreme as Miglis repeats the titular phrase, which devolves from a command to a prayer. The album is beautifully unique, blending musical genres — from experimental electronic to acoustic pop — with raw emotion to create music that simply doesn’t sound like anything else. Hundred Waters will perform songs from “Communicating” at First Avenue’s 7th Street Entry on Friday, Sept. 29. The 18-plus show opens with Los Angeles-based Lafawndah. “Communicating” is out now via OWSLA.

Hundred Waters will play songs from the trio’s newly released record “Communicating” at First Avenue’s 7th Street Entry on Sept. 29. Submitted photo

ENTERTAINMENT

BUSTING OUT LAUGHING

Jen Kirkman has made a career in comedy from behind the scenes. I first heard her as a voice actor on “Home Movies,” a late-night show I was definitely too young to be watching at the time. Though she’s also written two New York Times bestselling books, released stand-up albums and created her own podcast, “I Seem Fun: The Diary of Jen Kirkman,” the “Chelsea Lately” alumna is embracing a more public image. Her Netflix specials, including one that came out earlier this year, are superb, but you don’t have to believe me — watch them yourself. Kirkman doesn’t just tell jokes. She tells stories that weave social justice into metaphors and dark, deeply personal narratives. It’s a different kind of comedy than I grew up with watching “Home Movies.” You can see Kirkman off-screen at the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis on Thursday, Oct. 5. Shannan Paul, a Twin Cities comic and host on MyTalk 107.1FM, is the special guest for the evening.

SHOPPING

Crawling into style

Before you walk the runway, first you must fashion crawl. Ham-fisted philosophies aside, the North Loop Fall Fashion Crawl is coming up and it may be the most convenient way to prepare your fall wardrobe or at least pretend like you have a closet of clothes picked out specifically for one season. Whatever you’ve heard about downtown retail dying, the hip neighborhood to the north has been the area to prove people wrong. On Saturday, Sept. 30, both fashionistas and fashion crawlers can peruse the racks at veteran retailers like MartinPatrick3, Statement Boutique or Shoesters or check out new neighborhood names like Bonobos, Queen Anna or russell + hazel. While you’re out and about, you may want to head over to Askov Finlayson where they’ve just released a new edition of North hats. If you need a pit stop, you won’t have to go much further than the Fro Yo Soul food truck on site. And if you — and your wallet — make it through the day, the Hewing Hotel is throwing an after party from 7 p.m.–9 p.m. with a raffle, Nordic-inspired appetizers and a specialty cocktail in spirit with the neighborhood.

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