January 28, 2016 by The Journal

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A condo comeback Proposed project would bring more than 200 condos to the riverfront An illustration of Alatus’ 40-story condo tower planned for 200 Central Ave. Image courtesy of ESG Architects

Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com Alatus has confirmed that its 40-story tower planned near downtown’s riverfront will have condominiums. The Minneapolis-based developer presented new plans to a Marcy-Holmes neighborhood group Jan. 19 that feature 207 condos for 200 Central Ave., the current site of the Washburn-McReavy Funeral Home. Alatus, which bought the site last summer, was not clear if it was going to pursue condos or rental units when it first announced the project. Chris Osmundson, a senior development associate with the developer, said the glass point tower would have condos ranging from $300,000 to several multi-million dollar penthouses. On the bottom floor, Alatus is planning a four-story podium, up from three, which now includes about a dozen residential units on floors two through four. It would also have retail spaces for a restaurant from restaurateur Ryan Burnet (Bar La Grassa, Barrio, Eastside, etc.) and another tenant, likely a fitness studio. SEE CONDOS / PAGE 9

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By Sarah McKenzie / smckenzie@journalmpls.com A group tasked with making recommendations to the City Council on a mandatory paid sick time ordinance for Minneapolis workers has been gathering feedback at listening sessions with stakeholder groups throughout the city. The Workplace Partnership, a 19-member group appointed by city leaders, is expected to make its recommendations to the City Council’s Committee of the Whole on Feb. 24. An estimated 40 percent of Minneapolis workers lack access to paid sick days, and

women and people of color are disproportionately impacted. At a recent listening session at the Minneapolis Downtown Council office, downtown-based employers and workers offered viewpoints on paid sick day policies and wrestled with questions posed by the organizers of the meeting. Brian Mallaro, a partner at Deloitte, a professional services firm that employs about 900 people at its downtown office, said the company offers 20 to 30 days of paid-time off (PTO) depending on years of experience.

He added that “market forces drive” the benefits offered by the company. The Minneapolis office is part of a much larger organization with offices across the country. “Having to administer a one-off kind of policy in Minneapolis would impose an administrative burden,” he said. “More important, anything that makes Minneapolis less attractive with our firm could cause the firm to locate resources [elsewhere].” Other business leaders echoed Mallaro’s comments. Workers at the listening session, SEE SICK TIME / PAGE 8

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The Daytons create a North Loop trifecta with new café By Eric Best / ebest@journalmpls.com The Dayton brothers discontinued The Bachelor Farmer’s award-winning brunch last November, but woeful diners have no need to worry because much of it is back — and then some — with a new café. The unnamed café joins Andrew and Eric Dayton’s restaurant and basement speakeasy, dubbed Marvel Bar, in the former Askov Finlayson — the brothers’ menswear retailer — space inside the same historic warehouse building. With the new concept, their miniempire in the North Loop now has a trifecta of breakfast/lunch, dinner and drink options. Eric envisions the space as a neighborhood-focused hangout that complements what The Bachelor Farmer and Marvel Bar are already doing in the building. “We’ve essentially had all the talent we needed. It was a natural overlap,” he said. “This whole thing is for the neighborhood.”

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Eric Dayton’s new cafe features tile work from Northeast Minneapolis-based Mercury Mosaics. Photo by Brandon Werth

Eric doesn’t plan to name the 1,000-squarefoot, 40-seat café, instead branding the shop and coffee bags with its own series of logos (an “X,” an “O,” a heart and a coffee mug). “We didn’t give this a name because I really didn’t want to manage another brand and social media accounts. It’s its own thing, but really to me this is The Bachelor Farmer and Marvel Bar doing what they’re good at in

a new space at a new time of day,” he said. The café’s notable splash of color comes from detailed tile work from Northeast Minneapolis-based Mercury Mosaics. Come springtime, patrons will be able to sit in the courtyard between the café and Askov Finlayson.

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The café’s coffee program closely mirrors Marvel’s high-end craft cocktails thanks to staff with both bartending and coffee brewing experience. Head barista Casey Underkofler, who has previously worked

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at Kopplin’s, is moving on up from serving in the basement bar to take the helm of the café’s coffee service. The café has its own “North Loop Blend” of coffee through an exclusive relationship with Northeast Minneapolis-based Dogwood Coffee Roasters. The medium-roast coffee, a blend of beans from Colombia and Honduras, is the café’s main drip coffee and is also be available for retail. “They haven’t done this with anybody before so it’s a really exciting partnership,” Underkofler said. Dogwood has been the restaurant’s coffee partner since it opened, but it won’t be the only roaster with coffee in the café. Heart Coffee Roasters out of Portland, Ore. is the first guest roaster to have both its coffee and beans available in the new space. The café also serves traditional espressobased beverages, from lattes to cappuccinos. Underkofler said they will have rotating signature drinks, which will roll out soon. If coffee doesn’t sound right for your meal, the café has a small selection of wine, local beer and hard cider for lunch and brunch service. Fresh seasonal juice is also on the way. One Minnesota Nice addition to the café will be pay-it-forward beverages, which are drinks that patrons can purchase for

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Be The Match has moved into its new seven-story headquarters building in the North Loop. The 285,000-square-foot office complex at 524 5th St. N. is now home to roughly 900 employees, a publically available coffee shop and an event space. Be The Match, a nonprofit that manages a registry of bone marrow and umbilical-cord blood transplants, previously had its offices in two buildings in Northeast Minneapolis. Bloomington-based United Properties developed the consolidated office building, which was sold to State Farm for $68.2 million. Amy Ronneberg, the nonprofit’s chief financial officer, said the transition into downtown was the medium for a culture shift in the company, which now has a greater focus on utilizing new technology, modernizing its work environment and attracting a younger workforce. “We’ve got so many amenities here. We’ve got different restaurants, and the fact that we have public transportation right at our front door. It just had a lot of appeal,” she told The Journal. “This is a great area to really attract millennials.” Ronneberg said a majority of the organization’s employees now have the freedom of working from anywhere in the building and can use new televisions and telepresence technology. Now that Be The Match is across the street from Target Field station and

easier to access by bus, she said they’ve seen a dramatic shift toward mass transit. Perkins + Will designed the building’s interior and RSP Architects handled the exterior. Be The Match has a 15-year lease on the property, and has room to grow to about 1,200 employees. The building also has 85 underground parking spaces. The new space has several additions to increase the organization’s visibility. The most prominent example is 5th Street Station, a cafe that’s open to the public for breakfast and lunch. Proceeds from the shop, which is operated by Bon Appetit Management Company, support the organization’s mission. “We wanted to give our employees an opportunity to have good, healthy food at a reasonable cost on the property,” Ronneberg said. The cafe’s coffee bar is open 7 a.m.–3 p.m., and it offers breakfast from 7–9 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m. The other public component is event space and conference center on the first floor, which could host meetings or, rumor has it, even wedding parties. Ronneberg said their new, spacious lobby could also host events. “I think we’re thrilled to be here. It’s been a great transition for us and our organization,” she said.

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Nye’s Polonaise Room announced Jan. 15 that its last day will be Sunday, April 3. The iconic bar was expected to close in January, and, before that, last fall, but owners Rob and Tony Jacob will keep it open until this spring. The bar, which has been open for about 67 years, is being redeveloped into a six-story development that will preserve two of the bar’s historic buildings. “Please stop by for one last Jumbo Cocktail and say goodbye,” says its announcement. Many community members were shocked by news of the closure in December 2014. Since then, a Facebook group dubbed “Save Nye’s Polonaise” has garnered nearly 9,000 “likes.” The Minne-

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Instinct Art Gallery on Nicollet Mall is closing its doors. The art gallery opened in September 2013 near Target in downtown Minneapolis and will close this March. John Schuerman, Instinct’s director, said the gallery is facing financial troubles from a lack of sales. Its last exhibition will be “Unfiltered,” which pairs work from international illustrator and political artist Sue Coe and local painter Nancy Robinson. “Unfiltered” is part of a “takeover” of the city by the Guerrilla Girls, an anonymous collective of feminists who expose sexism and racism in the art

world. The group also has a video in the exhibition that surveys three decades of its work. The exhibition opened Jan. 23 and will run through March 12 at 940 Nicollet Mall. Instinct is open Tuesday through Saturday from 12–5 p.m. Instinct’s closing follows similar news with the Burnet Gallery, another art gallery in downtown Minneapolis. The contemporary art gallery, located on the main level of the Le Meridien Chambers Hotel, closed at the end of December after nearly a decade in the boutique art hotel.

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Several Commons’ features put on hold for park’s debut By Sarah McKenzie / smckenzie@journalmpls.com A number of design elements planned for the Commons park next to the Vikings stadium will not be part of the project’s first phase when it opens this summer given the pace of fundraising for the project. To date, fundraisers have raised $10.5 million for the 4.2-acre Downtown East park — nearly 50 percent of their goal. The total includes an additional $2 million from the Vikings, bringing the team’s total contribution to $3 million. Two buildings, terraces along the park’s Great Lawn and the wet plaza feature envisioned for the park by designer Hargreaves Associates will be put on hold until additional funding becomes available, according to a recent report to the City Council’s Community Planning & Regulatory Services Committee. The city has issued $18.8 million in bonds for the Commons. Ryan Cos., the developer behind Wells Fargo’s new Downtown East office towers, has pledged to pay debt service on the bonds for 10 years and then parking revenue from nearby ramps will be used to cover the remainder of the debt service. The estimated cost to complete the first phase of the Commons this summer is $10.8 million, said Miles Mercer, manager of business develop-

ment for the city, during a presentation before the Council committee Jan. 19. That level of funding will cover the installation of the park’s hardscape, great and small lawns, program rooms and other plantings, according to Mercer’s report. Fundraisers still need to raise about $6 million to cover the costs of the first phase of the Commons, he said. Green Minneapolis, the group overseeing fundraising for the Commons, estimates that operating costs for the first year of the park will be $1.5 million. Park planners have been looking at ways to generate revenue for the park, including the possibility of opening a food concession or charging fees to rent park buildings. A consultant for the city has estimated the spaces could generate $26,500 to $100,000 a year for the park, according to Mercer’s report. The City Council approved agreements for the Commons park in September, but also directed city staff to provide an updated use agreement with the Vikings and Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority to determine a schedule for the park. The Council also called for a funding plan for the park’s ongoing maintenance.

City Council Member Lisa Bender (Ward 10) was critical of the city’s agreement with the MSFA at the Jan. 15 City Council meeting. “Every time we talk about the Commons there is an elephant in the room, which is our agreement with the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Authority — which gives away an enormous amount of time and use of what is supposed to be a public space for private use with no compensation to the city,” she said. “I predict the day will come, and probably soon, when we will be asked to commit more public tax dollars to this space for operations and maintenance. I cannot imagine anyone here supporting one more penny of public dollars going into this without a renegotiation of the MSFA contract.” City Council Member Jacob Frey (Ward 3) sounded more optimistic about the park’s future. He said an arrangement to have tailgating take place on the Medical Examiner’s block instead of the Commons should open up more days for full public use of the park. “I do agree that there is a strong desire to amend the present contract to ensure more public time, and I do think we have the levers to pull to facilitate that renegotiation,” he said.

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Bid for Nicollet Mall redesign project comes with sticker shock Planners working on the $50 million renovation of Nicollet Mall have been thrown a serious curve ball as the one construction bid on the project has come in $24 million higher than anticipated by city officials. Golden Valley-based Morcon Construction’s bid for construction work on the project was $59 million — much higher than the $35 million the city had estimated for the work, as first reported by the Star Tribune. The city declined the bid and will be sticking to the $50 million budget. The project has secured $21.5 million in state bonding and $3.5 million from the City of Minneapolis. Assessments on downtown businesses will cover the remainder of the project’s costs. Crews are currently upgrading utilities on Nicollet Mall in preparation for the redesign, work expected to last through early summer. Steve Kotke, the city’s public works director, said he’s still confident that the project will be a transformational one for the city. The bid came in higher than anticipated because of the cost of installing the project’s signature pavers, Kotke told MPR’s Tom Weber on Jan. 21. Now project planners are looking at different surface materials for the street to bring the costs down. Kotke said all of the other proposed features for the project — the artwork and landscaping elements will still be part of the redesigned street.

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The food The Bachelor Farmer executive chef Paul Berglund is leading the café’s kitchen with a smattering of items inspired by the main restaurant’s brunch service, in addition

“I’m still very excited about the project. I think it’s going to be a spectacular place once it’s completed,” he said. Minneapolis Downtown Council CEO Steve Cramer said conversations are ongoing with city staff to determine what’s most important to prioritize from the initial plan for the mall in order to re-bid the project. “Sidewalk pedestrian features, the commitment to trees and greening, and special elements like the Light and Art Walk between 6th and 8th streets add the most sizzle and will help make the new mall a ‘must see’ destination,” he said. “Our shared goal with the city is to repackage and represent the project to the construction marketplace in a way that insures those pieces are intact.” City Council Member Jacob Frey (Ward 3) said that large construction projects like the Nicollet Mall redesign are bound to encounter hurdles. The project changes will likely be limited to the street, not the sidewalk areas, he said. “The pedestrian realm is still largely pitch perfect,” he said. The project will likely be delayed a couple of months, Kotke said, with an anticipated completion late fall of 2017. James Corner Field Operations — the noted landscape designer behind New York City’s High Line — is the designer on the Nicollet Mall renovation project.

to several new options. The dining menu, served in a casual, counter-service setting, features open-faced and closed sandwiches, salads and soups with an emphasis on local ingredients, whole-animal butchery and seasonal produce. Berglund and his team get creative with the sandwich options with ingredients like hazelnuts, oyster mushroom butter and unique cheeses. The restaurant’s signature open sandwiches, also known as a smørrebrød, make a

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Gov. Mark Dayton’s $1.4 billion bonding proposal fully funds the top two bonding priorities for Minneapolis leaders — repairs for the 10th Avenue Bridge and an expansion of the city’s Emergency Operations and Training Facility. The governor’s bonding bill includes $31.875 million to repair the 10th Avenue Bridge. Mayor Betsy Hodges’ 2016 budget also includes $10 million for the bridge, which spans the Mississippi River south of the I-35W bridge. The four-lane, open-spandrel arch bridge is in need of repairs to fix deteriorated concrete areas on its columns, arches and floor beams. It was built in 1929 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Hodges issued a statement thanking the governor for fully funding the city’s request for the bridge. “The 10th Avenue bridge is a multi-modal artery that carries hundreds of thousands of people across the Mississippi every year and has not seen significant repairs since the 1970s,” she said. The proposed $40 million renovation project is expected to extend the bridge’s lifespan by 40 years, according to the mayor’s office. The governor’s bonding bill also includes $2.5 million for the an expansion project at the city’s Emergency Operations and Training Facility — a training venue for first responders. The money would be used to provide training in agency interoperability, tactical law enforcement, technical and structural collapse rescue, and large-scale transportation response, according to the mayor’s office. “Governor Dayton also clearly understands the value of having well-trained first responders to deal with urban emergencies like building collages, chemical fires and trench rescues,” Hodges said.

return as a lighter option to either pair with a salad or soup for a full meal or eat alone as a snack. The opening menus feature a $7 sugar and salt cured salmon sandwich with crème fraiche and pickled root vegetables. Another open sandwich ($8) features roasted ham, camembert cheese, preserved summer zucchini and dill. Berglund’s team, which includes chef de cuisine Brett Weber and sous chef Ian Heieie, plans to serve panini-pressed sandwiches, such as their take on the classic grilled cheese. The $9 sandwich goes beyond the traditional with melted Compte cheese with a little caramelized onion, parmesan cheese and oyster mushroom butter. The menu’s most expensive option is a beef brisket sandwich ($12) with horseradish, preserved green onions, and

“Expanding the regional Emergency Operations and Training Facility ensures that first responders from throughout Minnesota are equipped to handle disasters in Minneapolis and around the state.” The governor’s office estimates that the bonding package would create 39,000 jobs throughout the state. The proposal funds infrastructure projects throughout the state — 35 percent in Greater Minnesota, 35 percent in the Twin Cities metro area and 30 percent with a statewide impact. “This bill will help deliver clean, affordable water to Minnesota communities, and prioritizes projects that have been delayed for many years,” Dayton said. “These projects are essential to improving our state’s infrastructure. I ask the Legislature to join me in working to pass a capital investment bill this session that will support our local economies and create jobs.” The bonding proposal does not include funding for major transportation projects, such as Southwest LRT. Dayton has said there should be a separate transportation funding bill. The lack of funding for transportation in the bonding bill prompted criticism from House Majority Leader Joyce Peppin, a Republican from Rogers. “We are extremely disappointed that Governor Dayton failed to set aside even $1 for road and bridge infrastructure in Greater Minnesota or the suburbs,” Peppin said. “Fixing our state’s roads and bridges is a priority for Minnesotans in all parts of the state, and should be one of the first priorities in any bonding bill. Additionally, we have concerns about the hefty $1.4 billion price tag that includes wasteful projects like snowmaking machines in Saint Paul and ski lifts.” The 2016 legislative session is scheduled to start March 8.

blue cheese that delivers a smorgasbord of fermented flavors. Several salad and soup options can be ordered in small and large sizes, making them easy to pair with a sandwich. Fans of the main restaurant’s brunch cart can rejoice that many of the pastries are back, though with a focus on more wholesome options for diners who are starting off their day. Instead of a focus on sweet treats, pastry chef Emily Marks said they will also have savory items like cheese muffins, roasted vegetable galettes and ham and cheese croissants. They also have the restaurant’s brunch favorites like the bostock, semla and pyttipanna on weekends.

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Coalition developing racial equity report card for Minneapolis leaders By Sarah McKenzie / smckenzie@journalmpls.com Voices for Racial Justice and a coalition of community groups focused on racial equity announced have announced plans to develop a report card measuring the progress of Minneapolis officials on tackling the city’s substantial racial disparities. The community-led project will measure the impact of officials within city government, the parks system and Minneapolis Public Schools for the OUR MPLS Report Card, which will be released in the fall. Vina Kay, executive director of Voices for Racial Justice, said the report card will analyze official actions city leaders have taken to “dismantle barriers to opportunity in Minneapolis.” Organizers involved in the project will also reach out to community partners for feedback on progress to date. “Our goal is simple: We will elevate the leadership and solutions that lead to racial equity in Minneapolis,” she said at a press conference Jan. 14 in City Hall’s rotunda. Mica Grimm, of MPIRG and Black Lives Matter Minneapolis, said the report card will help the community analyze the work of the city’s politicians. “We believe that this is imperative in moving the city forward to create a One Minneapolis just as Mayor Betsy Hodges has wanted,” she said. David Gilbert-Pederson, an organizer with Hope Community, said the city’s parks system needs to focus on “authentic engagement” with communities of color and the development of a shared equity vision that ensures that underrepresented communities have a seat at the table. “We demand a park system that is a model for racial equity,” he said.

Steven Mayer, director of the Effective Communities Project and a volunteer with Jewish Community Action, lauded city leaders for outlining a commitment to moving the dial on racial equity, but said actions speak louder than words. “We have to get beyond concepts and endorsements to real political will and real political action,” he said. “That’s what we’re asking for.” Neeraj Mehta, director of community-based research for the University of Minnesota’s Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, said communities of color are the most “powerful assets” in addressing the city’s disparities. “Communities of color in Minneapolis are not clients waiting to be served — they are not people waiting to be saved,” he said. “We are citizens. We are organized. We are powerful. We have an agenda. We’re ready. We’re coming.” The OUR MPLS coalition shared a racial equity vision and agenda with Mayor Betsy Hodges and other city leaders in early 2014 after they took office. The expansive agenda called for the implementation of a citywide racial and economic equity impact framework to be used when considering proposed policies — something that has been adopted by the School Board. It also calls for the adoption of an increased minimum wage, enforcement of the recently adopted responsible banking ordinance, the development of a more effective assessment of police misconduct complaints, an expansion of community policing and an investment in youth programming, among many other things. The Minneapolis report card will build on

FROM SICK TIME / PAGE 1 however, encouraged the business leaders to consider the thousands of people in the city who have low-wage jobs and don’t have access to paid sick days or other benefits that higher paid professional workers have in Minneapolis. Rev. Grant Stevenson of ISAIAH, a faithbased coalition working on social justice issues in Minnesota, spoke with people in the skyway before the Downtown Council listening session. Faith leaders have been active in calling on city leaders to pass a paid sick time ordinance. “There are tens of thousands of people in Minneapolis who don’t have the ability to take a sick day and be paid for it. They don’t have the ability to stay home with a sick child,” Stevenson said. “It’s really important that the city step up now and create a really strong policy that we can all feel good about and proud about, and move our city forward.” Minneapolis Downtown Council CEO Steve Cramer, who serves on the Workplace Partnership, called the listening session

What’s next ``The Workplace Partnership is scheduled to make recommendations on earned sick time and paid time off policies to the City Council’s Committee of the Whole on Feb. 24. For more information and to give feedback to city leaders, go to ci.minneapolis.mn.us/ workplacepartnership

“lively and substantive.” “We heard loud and clear that most employers offer a robust benefit, most often structured as paid time off that can be used as needed. But also that not all segments of the downtown work force enjoy this benefit, or at least enough to meet their needs,” he said. “The question of whether the City, acting alone, can or should step in provokes a strong negative reaction from most businesses who see such an action as an overreach with likely negative consequences for the Minneapolis economy. This is the dilemma the appointed Working Group and ultimately the City Council and Mayor will have to address.” City Council Vice President Elizabeth Glidden (Ward 8) has attended some of the listening sessions. She said there are some people who think city leaders are moving too fast on the issue, while others say it’s taken them too long to take action on the issue. She said the Council is on track to take up

Mica Grimm of MPIRG and Black Lives Matter at a City Hall press conference outlining plans for a racial equity report card analyzing the work of Minneapolis leaders. Photo by Sarah McKenzie the work that Voices for Racial Justice, which was previously known as the Organizing Apprenticeship Project, has done in creating the Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity. City Council Vice President Elizabeth Glidden (Ward 8) is excited about the project. “It is part of the dialogue that frankly we need about how are we getting to a place where our results are matching up to our intentions,” she said. As for key initiatives on equity, she pointed to the recent hiring of two new equity and inclusion managers in the City Coordinator’s office. Joy Marsh Stephens is focused on equity work within city departments and Julianne Leerssen is focused on the city’s Promise Zone in North Minneapolis — a White House effort focused on reducing racial disparities

in public services and institutions, reducing violent crime and tackling the achievement gap, among other things. Glidden also highlighted work to diversify the city’s suppliers; the city’s involvement in the National Initiative for Building Community Trust & Justice, a national project focused on improving procedural justice and reducing implicit bias in police departments; and the discussion on a proposed paid sick time ordinance for all workers in Minneapolis. A report on proposed sick time policies is due to the Council on Feb. 24. She said the Council will also be focused on policy reforms in 2016 designed to expand affordable housing opportunities and address disparities within the criminal justice system.

Downtown Council CEO Steve Cramer leads a recent listening session for downtown workers and employers to discuss paid sick time policies. Photo by Sarah McKenzie

states (Connecticut, California, Massachusetts and Oregon), 20 cities and one county have enacted paid-sick time laws in the U.S. Vicki Shabo, vice president at the National Partnership for Women and Families in Washington, D.C., said there is growing evidence that paid sick day laws are good for workers, businesses and local economies. “From reducing turnover and promoting healthier, more productive workplaces to providing financial stability for workers so they can make ends meet and spend money in their communities, the research makes clear that paid sick days are win-win-win,” she said in a recent conference call with reporters organized by the Main Street Alliance of Minnesota, a small business advocacy group. “Minneapolis would be wise to establish a standard of its own.” Dan Swenson-Klatt, owner of Butter Bakery Café at 37th & Nicollet, has recently implemented a paid sick policy for his workers. His small business is celebrating its 10th anniversary. “It turns out, the costs are relatively low,” he said during the Main Street Alliance conference call. “In the past six months, my 20 employees have only used about five days total. And it’s a great benefit to my employees who don’t have to worry about working sick.” More than 947,000 workers in the private sector in Minnesota (about 43 percent of the private-sector workforce) don’t have access to any paid sick days, according to a new report on earned paid sick days in Minnesota by the Main Street Alliance.

the Workplace Partnership’s recommendations Feb. 24. “I think it will be a really important moment for the City Council,” Glidden said. “People are taking it very seriously.” A proposal for mandatory sick time in Minneapolis is part of a Working Families Agenda first outlined by Mayor Betsy Hodges at her State of the City Address in April 2015. The agenda also included a so-called “fair scheduling” ordinance that would have required employers to notify workers of their schedules 14 days in advance — a proposal that was later dropped in face of intense opposition from the business community. The City Council delayed a vote on a proposed sick time ordinance in late October and instead voted to establish the Workplace Partnership to study earned sick and paidtime off policies. According to A Better Balance, a New York-based organization advocating for family-friendly policies in the workplace, four

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FROM CONDOS / PAGE 1 The latest plans feature three stories of underground parking and aboveground parking for about a 2-1 ratio of parking to condos. Alatus is also considering having dedicated spaces for HOURCAR and/or Car2Go vehicles. The LEED-certified luxury condo tower is one of just a few condo projects proposed since the recession. Many developers avoid the projects due to liability from strict state construction laws. Jim Stanton of Shamrock Development, one of the city’s most prolific condo developers, broke ground last year on the 17-story Portland Tower near the Elliot Park neighborhood in downtown Minneapolis. Before that, Stanton opened Stonebridge Lofts in the Mill District in 2012. Alatus has built condo projects before, such as the similarly sized Carlyle tower on the other side of the Mississippi River. Osmundson said they wanted condos in the project because there has been pent up demand due to a lack of supply, contrasted by a wide range of apartment developments in recent years. The condo proposal also received neighborhood support, he added. The developer has drawn criticism for the proposed tower’s height. The project also falls within the St. Anthony Falls Historic District, which has been a concern with other proposed developments in the area. Some community groups rallied against a similar point tower project proposed for the site of Nye’s Polonaise Room. One group, Preserve Minneapolis, released a statement criticizing the Nye’s tower’s height and massing, among other concerns, and the developer eventually reduced its size. In a similar statement, the group also blasted Alatus’ project for not following the historic district guidelines. Alatus does have the approval of the Marcy-

Holmes Neighborhood Association. Hung Russell, who co-chairs the neighborhood’s development committee and has met with the developer, said they’ve wanted condos in the project since it was proposed. He added that the project is maturing with feedback from residents since first being proposed in 2014, and has received formal support. The neighborhood group’s resolution to support Alatus included an amendment that future proposals before them should respect the St. Anthony Falls Historic District guidelines. Russell said some members were worried that supporting this project would set a precedent for similar tower proposals down the road.

Alatus has offered some additional investments into the neighborhood, including $100,000 for improvements and $250,000 for public art in the project site, which would involve the neighborhood’s Creative Places Committee, Russell said. So far the neighborhood is considering using the funds to support its effort to save ash trees in the area. The developer also discussed the allocation of more than $400,000 in park dedication fees and $540,00 in improvements to the adjacent public St. Anthony Falls Ramp. ESG Architects is handling the project’s current design. Osmundson said they’re looking to begin

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Park Board will seek $300M in referendum Minneapolis park commissioners unanimously voted Wednesday, Jan. 20 to ask for a voter referendum that would raise roughly $300 million over two decades in order to close a growing funding gap in neighborhood park maintenance. The vote comes after a year of outreach on the needs of the city’s nearly 160 neighborhood parks, which the board estimates are facing a roughly $111 million backlog of aging assets — everything from wading pools and athletic fields — which could otherwise close. “This is something that’s going to be critical for the future of the City of Minneapolis, and it’s incredibly important for each of our neighborhoods,” said Commissioner John Erwin. The next step is getting the measure on the November ballot. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is unable to do that by itself, so Superintendent Jayne Miller will be reaching out to the Minneapolis City Council, their closest partner who could move the referendum forward. If a majority of council members don’t support it, the board could also look to the city’s Charter Commission,

the Legislature or a citizen petition. The referendum, which would be tied to the city’s taxable property base, would raise about $15 million per year over 20 years. The proposed tax levy would begin in 2018 and is limited to 0.0388 percent of the estimated market value by the city per year. Miller estimates it would cost taxpayers with a $190,000 home about $66 a year, those with $300,000 homes about $112 a year and those with $450,000 homes about $174 annually. Miller plans to come back before the board in April with details on where the estimated $77 million generated in the referendum’s first five years will go. Much of the money would go toward the system’s aging facilities, many of which it first built in the 1970s and 1980s. Last year, the board released profiles of each neighborhood park that detailed the life of each asset, such as a playground, and when it would need to be repaired or replaced. Additional funds from the referendum would allow the board to do everything from replacing ball fields and mowing grass more often to creating new

PARK BOARD’S APPROVED BALLOT LANGUAGE MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND RECREATION BOARD MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING MINNEAPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS Shall the City of Minneapolis be given the authority to levy additional property taxes equivalent to .0388 percent of the estimated market value of the city per year for twenty years for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to maintain, repair, and improve neighborhood parks, including repairing and improving recreational facilities to provide increased opportunities for children to recreate and experience nature outdoors, provide at-risk youth with recreational opportunities, improve access to parks and recreational facilities for people with disabilities, increase park safety, improve neighborhood parks in under-served areas of the city, and enhance natural areas. BY VOTING ‘YES’ ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.

parks and keeping recreation centers open. The board’s preliminary plan would be to divert $20 million to maintaining the system, which would push up care of facilities. The superintendent gave several examples, from mowing every two weeks instead of 10 days, repairing a full mile of sidewalks instead of a quarter mile each year and replacing site amenities every decade instead of every 20 years. Between 2018 and 2022, the referendum would raise an estimated $14 million to rehabilitate and renovate park assets like the system’s recreation centers and installing lighting and security upgrades. A majority of the nearly $80 million — about $43 million — raised in the first five years would go toward investment and realizing the board’s master plans, which would lead to new facilities and new parks across the city, especially its most under-served areas. The board says the referendum would halt a $9.3 million gap it faces each year in maintaining the city’s parks. Neighborhood parks need an additional $3 million to keep up regular operations like mowing and tree pruning. Despite the huge backlog of maintenance, the system continues to receive honors and more demand from park users than ever before. Last year, the city’s parks received a first place award, tying with St. Paul, from the Trust for Public Land’s ParkScore index. Neighborhood parks also saw a million more visitors in 2014 than they did in 2008. Commissioners voted 8-0 to move the ballot initiative forward. Commissioner Brad Bourn, the referendum’s most vocal critic on the board, was absent for the vote. President Liz Wielinski highlighted their previous efforts to reduce costs. For example, the board reduced its workforce by nearly a quarter between 2003 and 2012, a trend that

Miller is now reversing. “I never would be up here proposing this if I hadn’t thought we had done the internal work needed to streamline this organization so that we know for sure this is money that we desperately need,” she said. “I think this is really something that’s going to be important going forward for the future of the Minneapolis park system.” Park Board commissioners have long sought additional funding to repair aging facilities, but haven’t been able to successfully campaign for the money under previous city leadership. Commissioner Annie Young, who has been on the board for more than 25 years, said she’s hopeful that the board is finally trying to get the funding. “We’ve still got a long ways to go, but it is something that is desperately needed,” she said. “So far, so good.” The next step will be meeting with the City Council. If a majority of council members don’t move the proposal on this year’s ballot, the board has other options. A majority of the 15-member Charter Commission could authorize the referendum, while the City Council would have to approve the ballot language. The Legislature could also get it on this year’s ballot. Commissioners will meet with some lawmakers next week. Miller told commissioners that she would be reaching out to these parties in the next couple weeks. Mark Andrew, a former Hennepin County commissioner, said he is spearheading a citizen effort to rally around the referendum. They would need to collect approximately 6,900 signatures between May and July to authorize a referendum, according to the board.

Walker will welcome 16 new works for redeveloped campus

15.5-foot-tall blue chicken sculpture “Hahn/Cock” by German sculptor Katharina Fritsch. Photos courtesy of Walker Art Center

The Walker Art Center will welcome 16 new contemporary art pieces to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and its redeveloped campus. The works include the 15.5-foot-tall blue chicken sculpture “Hahn/Cock” by German sculptor Katharina Fritsch and an iconic “LOVE” sculpture of the word by Robert Indiana. The pieces will join the garden’s most famous work, “Spoonbridge and Cherry,” beginning this summer as the campus is redeveloped as part of the Walker’s $75 million, 75th anniversary campaign. The garden, which is seeing $10 million in improvements in concert with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, is expected to reopen in June 2017. While the Walker has stored most of the garden’s 40 or so pieces, several have been relocated to Gold Medal Park, the Weisman Art Museum and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. The collection’s other artists include: Nairy Baghramian, Frank Big Bear, Tony Cragg, Sam Durant, Theaster Gates, Kcho, Liz Larner, Sol LeWitt, Mark Manders,

Matthew Monahan, Philippe Parreno, Eva Rothschild, Monika Sosnowska, and Aaron Spangler. “We are thrilled to announce the addition of these new works to the Walker campus and Minneapolis Sculpture Garden by some of today’s most significant artists,” said Executive Director Olga Viso in a statement. “These additions enhance the strength of our collection and form a vital piece of our vision for the new campus to be shared with the Twin Cities community and visitors from around the world.”

Where We Live

A JOURNAL COMMITMENT TO HIGHLIGHTING GREAT COMMUNITY CAUSES

YouthLink  (From left) Johnnie, Jabre and Danzell serve as youth ambassadors at YouthLink, helping newcomers feel welcome. Jabre dreams of opening his own drop-in center for middle school students. Danzell is working on becoming a better cook, and plans to start his own restaurant. Once he does, he wants to help other young people succeed.

YouthLink helps young people experiencing homelessness navigate community resources to help them develop the skills they need to become self sufficient.

Helping youth find a path to a brighter future Johnnie is 23 years old, bright, ambitious and formerly homeless. Location “Right now everything is finally falling into place,” he said. 41 N. 12th St. He’s been receiving services at YouthLink on the edge of downtown Minneapolis for seven years. Johnnie has learned to take pride in his progress — whether it’s fast or slow, and he’s in a position to help other young people do the same. Contact Staff at YouthLink believe that homelessness is not a final destination. They treat each young person as a traveler on a 612-252-1200 journey, and see their role as providing the navigational tools of resources, information and support. For 41 years, YouthLink has created an environment where youth in transition can feel safe, and where it’s possible to establish healthy, supportive relaWebsite tionships with adults who care. youthlinkmn.org With the help of YouthLink, Johnnie has been able to redirect his life. Their on-site Youth Opportunity Center hosts staff from 30 local nonprofits every week. Like a resource fair for real life, they offer guidance in the areas of basic needs, mental Year Founded health, education/employment and housing. 1974 Johnnie has utilized them all. Now in his last year of eligibility for services at YouthLink, he is poised for success. Johnnie is a business development intern at YouthLink— a position that allows him to learn new computer skills, marketing strategies and polish public speaking skills. He hits the ground several times a week as a peer street outreach worker, approaching young people downtown who may be homeless and directing them to YouthLink. And this week, Johnnie started his first classes at Minneapolis Community & Technical College. He is planning to study for a two-year degree in theater, a four-year degree in business and, eventually, an MBA. “If you want something bad enough, and it’s legal, you can work really hard and make it happen,” Johnnie said. YouthLink needs more business and nonprofit leaders willing to consider their young people for jobs. Employment navigator Ginny Michel helps map out career goals, write resumes, prepare for interviews and, after they’ve been hired, provides youth with continued employment support. YouthLink has a vision for our community as a place where all youth have an equal chance to pursue their dreams, and an equal likelihood of achieving them. Toward that end, they’ve created a new way to volunteer — becoming a connector. In that role, an adult commits to “being there” for a young person (18 years or older) as they transition to full independence. The connector offers advice when asked, emotional support and a listening ear on subjects of education and employment.

By the numbers

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The number of unduplicated young people who accessed YouthLink’s daytime services in 2014.

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The number of hot meals served by YouthLink’s DropIn Center in 2014.

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The percentage of young people able to connect with more than one resource through YouthLink and the Youth Opportunity Center in 2014.

63%

The percentage increase in young people receiving case management services since 2012.

What you can do Contact Ginny Michel at michel@youthlinkmn.org if your business or nonprofit is interested in developing job/internship opportunities for youth in transition. Contact Frances Roen at roen@youthlinkmn.org to volunteer as a connector. Consider donating Metro Transit passes to YouthLink so that young people can look for work or get to work.

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. Margie O’Loughlin is the writer and photographer for the project.

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Development Tracker 200 CENTRAL AVE. SE ALATUS

200 Central Minneapolis-based Alatus has presented new plans for its 40-story tower planned across from the downtown Minneapolis riverfront. The developer has confirmed the proposed tower will have condominiums, rather than rental units. The project now features 207 units and retail spaces for a restaurant from Ryan Burnet (Bar La Grassa, Eastside, etc.) and a fitness tenant. The tower, located on the site of the Washburn-McReavy Funeral Home, would be one of just a few condo projects since the recession.

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The Commons Fundraising for the Commons park is not keeping pace with its construction schedule as a July opening looms ahead of the high-profile project. A group co-chaired by Mayor Betsy Hodge has raised nearly half the $22 million necessary to build out the urban park in front of U.S Bank Stadium, but it won’t be enough for all the proposed amenities. Two buildings planned for the 4.2-acre park in Downtown East will be put on hold until additional funds become available, according to a city memo.

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The Gateway The Minneapolis City Council has approved the land sale of the Nicollet Hotel Block to United Properties for $10.6 million. The Bloomington-

based developer has come back to the city with plans, which haven’t been released to the public, following a meeting where council members criticized project concepts for not meeting the city’s expectations for an iconic development. United Properties announced it will present updated renderings this spring and, before then, release the name of the tower’s hotel brand.

1400 PARK AVE. HUNT DEVELOPMENT, WEIDNER APARTMENT HOMES

1400 Park Hunt Development and Weidner Apartment Homes are proposing to build a six-story apartment building in Elliot Park. The project planned for 14th & Park would feature 243 apartments, a 2,000-square-foot café and 300 units of underground parking. The developers plan to demolish a duplex and two-story brick building on the 1.8-acre site, which is also home to a surface lot. Units lining a central courtyard and the street would have walk-up entrances.

515 WASHINGTON AVE. N. SATURDAY PROPERTIES

The Maytag Building Plans for the century-old Maytag building from new developer Saturday Properties passed through the Heritage Preservation Commission Jan. 19. The developer is planning to renovate the historic warehouse building, which was home to the longtime downtown store Gardner Hardware until just last summer, for new office tenants on the upper three floors. The developer,

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which is rebranding the building under the moniker of its original tenant, the Maytag company, envisions a restaurant and a retail space on the main level.

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Greco and United Properties have withdrawn plans for a 10-story apartment building in the North Loop, but hope to bring the project back in the next couple months. The most recent plans were delayed in getting Public Works approval due to unresolved issues related to the Bassett Creek Tunnel, which runs underneath the three surface parking lots on the site. While the project, which would have about 180 apartments, has come under fire recently from a group of residents who are criticizing the project’s height, the neighborhood association was supportive.

Be The Match headquarters Be The Match has moved roughly 900 employees into its new seven-story headquarters building in the North Loop. The 285,000-square-foot office complex is also home to a publically available coffee shop and an event space. The nonprofit is the sole tenant of the building developed by United Properties, which sold the building to State Farm for $68.2 million. The building has room for the company, which manages the country’s largest hematopoietic cell registry, to grow to 1,200 workers.

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The Washington The Sex World building in the North Loop has been sold as part of a nearly $5.9 million deal, according to a county certificate of real estate value. The three-story building known for its longtime tenant and adult entertainment store and the neighboring four-story building, once home to Sinners Gentlemen’s Club, are being rehabbed into The Washington. The new owner and developer, Falcon Ridge Partners, plans to make the buildings into spaces for creative office users and a destination restaurant.

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A L L I R R E U G E TH E R A S L GIR R E V O G TAKIN By Dylan Thomas dthomas@journalmpls.com

(Above) Two Guerrilla Girls, operating under the aliases Frida Kahlo and Kathe Kollwitz, pictured during an October visit to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

Photo by Dylan Thomas

GUERRILLA GIRLS TWIN CITIES TAKEOVER EVENTS Where: Multiple locations Info: ggtakeover.com

Just when did the Guerrilla Girls Takeover get to be so huge? Two members of the art collective came to town on a scouting mission back in October, and there were hints then that the takeover — a collaboration involving dozens of Minnesota arts and cultural organizations both large and small — would be this sprawling, hardto-grasp thing. The Northern Spark festival might be a good comparison, but that’s just one summer night; the takeover will run for nearly two months. Words like “exhibition” or “event” don’t really cut it. The takeover is its own season: a pre-spring awakening. Less than two weeks out from the Jan. 21–22 kick-off, the count was 50-plus exhibitions hosted by more than 30 different organizations. All are taking inspiration from the Guerrilla Girls’ three-decade legacy of social activism though witty, artful provocation. “We hope to provoke some dialogue around the issue of diversity in the arts and also issues of income inequality in the art world and in the world at large,” said a member of the collective, one who uses the alias Frida Kahlo, during that October visit. The Guerilla Girls emerged in New York City in the mid-1980s as a group of feminist masked avengers who challenged the racist, sexist status quo of the art world. At first, they donned gorilla masks to protect their reputations, but it became clear early on that anonymity — and the sense of unease it created in the clubby, upper-crust sectors of the city’s art scene — was a kind of power.

“We wanted to be freedom fighters in that fancy world,” Kahlo said. “We wanted to scare people into thinking that at any (gallery) opening, at any cocktail party, maybe there was someone watching them.” The Guerrilla Girls adopted the punchy visuals of advertising to jab at discrimination, critiquing the underrepresentation of women and people of color in galleries and museums. A collection of their early poster work was acquired in the 1990s by the Walker Art Center, and a more recent purchase by the museum has brought the archive up to date. A display of those posters will be added to the Walker’s ongoing and ever-changing 75th-anniversary exhibition, which opened in the fall of 2014 and continues through the end of this year. Walker executive director Olga Viso, a member of the steering committee organizing the takeover, said the citywide event has been “one of the most rewarding collaborations and easiest collaborations I’ve ever been involved in with other institutions.” “I think admiration for their work is obviously what drew us all together,” Viso said. “It’s the first time I‘ve worked with (the Guerrilla Girls), but they certainly were a very visible force in the art world when I was emerging as a young curator,” she said. “I was in graduate school in late ’80s, early ’90s, so they were a very visible and inspiring force that I was very aware of and conscious of and appreciative of.” The Guerrilla Girls grew their reputation early on with a simple but effective tactic: they counted. By adding up the numbers of male and female artists represented in museums claiming “encyclopedic” collections, or by comparing the number nude women to nude men in the artworks on display, they uncovered vast disparities. Consciously or unconsciously, cultural gatekeepers were excluding women from a skewed, male-centric version of art history. Nicole Soukop, an artist liaison for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, worked with the Guerrilla Girls as they took stock of that museum’s collection in October. During the takeover, digital projections at Mia’s two winter entrances will display their findings:

Highpoint Center for Printmaking hosts “Sus Voces,” featuring the work of women printmakers from Mexico, one of dozens of satellite exhibitions planned for the takeover. Submitted photos

just 11 pieces made by women out of the roughly 400 artworks currently on display from Mia’s collections of paintings, sculpture and prints and drawings. While the museum has for years purposefully gone about adding art by women and people of color to its collection, Soukop said, “when you’re talking about several decades after 100 years of collecting art, it’s still not going to be perfectly equitable.” It’s a different story in the museum’s collections of African and Native American art, which have the highest proportions of work made by (often anonymous) women. For Mia, the Guerrilla Girls’ visit is a chance to talk openly not just about disparities, but about what the museum is doing to correct the record. “I found this very refreshing,” Soukop said. Next door, at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, the main galleries will be featuring a mix of student work taking on a variety of current issues, including transgender discrimination, police violence, environmental degradation and animal rights. And that’s what the takeover is really about: not just the Guerrilla Girls, but the way the group has inspired other artists to fight for what they care about. “Everyone wants to do some good in the world, and we’ve developed this totally crazy way of doing it that makes people think they can do something their own way, too,” a Guerrilla Girl who called herself Kathe Kollwitz said back in October. She would add, a few minutes later: “It’s great that it’s not about us doing our thing, it’s about so many people here doing their thing.”

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Viewpoints / By Ethan Fawley and Alex Cecchini

WHERE CAN WE GO WITH 1ST AVENUE?

hile we disagree with Dario Anselmo’s assertion in “First Avenue Freeze-Out” ( Journal, Jan. 14–27) that bike lanes are largely to blame for many of 1st Avenue’s current challenges, there is no question that the design of this critical street should be reconsidered. The right design can help support a thriving 1st Avenue again. Walking and biking advocates are eager to join local businesses, the city, and others to support that solution. We offer one idea below focused on making 1st a more people-focused street. The changes on 1st and Hennepin in 2009 are actually what spurred the creation of the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition as people who bike were so concerned about the changes. These included elimination of well-used (and terrifying for many) bike lanes on Hennepin and a back-in attempt to “accommodate” people biking on 1st instead. The design was actually proposed as a way to add bike lanes with four lanes for traffic, with the outer two used for parking in off-rush-hour times. That parking and traffic lane dance necessitated the curb-side bike lane. The result was, especially at first, a disaster for biking. While improvements have been made, most cyclists would agree it has never been made a great place to bike because standard features of similar bike lanes in other cities have never been done on

1st. Despite these challenges, the latest bicycle counts saw more than 400 people a day between 4th and 5th Streets on 1st Avenue. Today 1st Avenue as a street really isn’t working as Mr. Anselmo points out. However, street closures after sporting events and bar close have little to do with bike lanes. Rather, the narrow sidewalks are inadequate in supporting busy times — a key problem noted in the Downtown Improvement District Hospitality Zone Assessment. Bike lanes have been shown by many studies across the country to typically improve commercial vacancies, retail sales and property values. The assertion that bike lanes have been a major contributor, if at all, to increases in crime and commercial vacancies is not supported by evidence elsewhere locally and nationally. We do agree there are challenges with its current design. Late night is chaotic and oftentimes unsafe, and parking can be confusing and challenging. The sidewalks are too narrow. The bike lane is too narrow for its current configuration, parked cars frequently park in it (creating a safety issue for people on bikes), and it doesn’t connect to many other bicycle facilities downtown. 1st Avenue has many tremendous assets that can be capitalized on, including the many area draws for sports, music, and nightlife. At the same time, it also needs to be a street that

works for people every day of the week to leverage the excellent transit access, beautiful historic buildings, and growing residential areas in the North Loop and broader Downtown Minneapolis. The people that populate the streets deserve a safe, welcoming, and lively 1st Avenue befitting of a major 21st Century downtown.

The Future: Making 1st Avenue a great street for people To respond to those challenges and maximize these assets, we suggest looking at a solution that invites people to walk on 1st Avenue more and provides the space for lingering at outside cafes. These are by no means new ideas and reflect many of the great ideas we’ve heard from local stakeholders. In the immediate term, it seems sensible to reconfigure the street with parking against the curb and more standard bike lanes. That would clarify a lot of things for both people parking and biking since the current bike lane has never been implemented well. If we move to one lane in each direction — something that proved feasible with the parklet demonstration this past year — additional parklets could be installed providing greening, pedes-

trian realm enhancement, and outdoor seating space for restaurants. We understand the City is considering such changes and we are very excited to hear more as we are sure local businesses are as well. Some recommendations from the Hospitality Zone Assessment, such as creating wayfinding, improving transit access points and safety, and better taxi pick-up zones will help with crowded weekend times. In addition, the Hennepin Avenue reconstruction (currently planned for 2020), provides the potential to move the bike lanes to Hennepin — a route with better local and regional connections. If that move happens, we would fully support removing the bike lanes from 1st to provide additional sidewalk, outdoor seating, and green space to further enhance the walking and business environment and support nighttime crowds. We hope to continue conversations with Mr. Anselmo and others to find the best solutions for everyone--from local businesses and residents to area walkers, bicyclists, and drivers.

Alex Cecchini is the Co-Chair of the Programs & Policies Subcommittee of the Minneapolis Pedestrian Advisory Committee. Ethan Fawley is the Executive Director of the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition.

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News races, was about to close. Whatever the final two weeks would bring — and the forecast included some rain — the Loppet would go on. There is the “aspirational event,” Munger said, and then there’s the festival that happens, every year, come what may. “That’s a core value of the organization, that you should be outside and active every day,” Munger said. “And some days that’s skiing, and some days that’s biking, and some days that’s running. “You take what the weather gives, and that’s one of the points of the whole event.”

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A scene from a skijoring race during the 2015 Loppet. Photos by Louis Fine

A late freeze won’t stop the Loppet

Weather worries are nothing new for the City of Lakes Loppet Ski Festival

By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com If you stood on the shore of Lake Calhoun in late December and looked out across the acres of choppy, unfrozen water, you might have thought: This doesn’t look good for the Loppet. Luckily, the weather changed, and not a moment too soon. The City of Lakes Loppet Ski Festival returns Feb. 5–7 for another weekend packed full of outdoor adventure. And festival organizers say things are looking up: the Chain of Lakes finally iced-over in early January, and with less than two weeks to go there was just enough snow to pull off the cross-country ski races from Theodore Wirth Park to Uptown. That will please skiers who last year had to settle for a few laps around the snowmaking loop at Wirth — and not for the first time in the festival’s recent history. Despite Minnesota’s frosty reputation, it’s probably easier to plan a waterskiing event in July here than it is to plan a cross-country skiing festival in February. Or at least it seems that way. Was the Loppet Foundation’s executive director sweating just a little back in December? “No,” replied John Munger. “Unfortunately, I was sweating a lot because it was so dang warm.” “December was horrible,” Munger continued. “Our registrations are still behind, but they’ve been catching up now that it’s getting colder again.” Festival organizers expect to draw 11,000

A crew works on a snow sculpture during the 2015 Loppet.

CITY OF LAKES LOPPET SKI FESTIVAL When: Feb. 5–7 Where: Locations vary. Most events are located in Theodore Wirth Park or near the Calhoun Executive Center, which also serve as the start and finish line, respectively, for the weekend’s races. Info: For a schedule of events, or to register, go to loppet.org

participants over three days, roughly the same number as 2015. Munger said registration was “notably behind” for the 42-kilometer marathon ski races, perhaps the weekend’s most snow-dependent activities, but other events were beginning to fill up. The Comcast Luminary Loppet draws a crowd even in warm years, and organizers said tickets to ski, snowshoe or hike around a luminary-lit Lake of the Isles were likely to sell out once again. As of mid-January, mushers had already claimed every open slot in two skijoring races, the bracket was full for Captain Ken’s Kubb Tournament and registration for several other events, including the snow-sculpture contest and fat tire bicycle

When that January cold snap finally hit it hit hard, and that was good news for speed skaters — especially the kind who like to skate outdoors. Loppet organizers plan to create a 1-kilometer skating loop on Lake Calhoun for the festival’s first-ever marathon speed skating events. Long-blade skaters can sign up for 25 or 50 laps around the oval. A separate 1-kilometer event is reserved for those with shortbladed hockey or figure skates. Dorothy Bialke, who serves as a board member for Twin Cities Speedskating, said outdoor marathons are popular in Europe and Canada, but climate — particularly in recent years — means they’re less common in the Lower 48. Events like the Loppet races attract “a different breed of speed skaters,” Bialke said. “The people who really like to do the marathon, they like the outside experience,” she said. “You’re skating for an hour to three hours, depending on your speed and ability.” Bialke said Bemidji played host to the U.S. National Marathon Championships for several years in the 2000s before the event was moved to an indoor ice arena. Skating outdoors makes all the difference for marathoners, who have to make fewer turns on the big ovals and get to experience the changing weather conditions. “I’m not a runner so I can’t relate it to running, but I’m sure the people who run a marathon would say the same type of thing: It’s the journey, it’s the outdoors, it’s the adventure — and maybe more (those things) than it is your speed,” Bialke said. It’s not the only new experience on tap for this year’s Loppet. The Loppet Foundation partnered with Minneapolis radio station Go 96.3 to put on a Saturday night post-Luminary Loppet concert on the lagoon between Lake Calhoun and Lake of the Isles. And back at Wirth Park there are plans for a telemark clinic on the sledding hill that morning. Telemark is a downhill skiing technique defined by graceful turns. Those turns are made possible by equipment that more closely resembles cross-country than alpine skis. Maree Hampton of the Loppet Foundaiton said the idea for the clinic grew out of a cultural exchange program that is bringing a small group of secondary students and teachers from Telemark County, Norway to Minneapolis. They’ll be putting on the clinic with ski equipment borrowed from Three Rivers Park District. And in March they’ll host a group of Minneapolis students for a week back in Telemark. The Loppet Foundation’s executive director has a first planned for himself this year, too. Munger said he was planning to enter the two marathon ski events, both the 42-kilometer classic race on Saturday and the 42-kilometers skate-ski race on Sunday. Usually, he’s too busy managing festival events to actually participate. But the Loppet Foundation recently hired a new race director, Mike Erickson, meaning one of the people who founded the Loppet back in 2003 will finally get a chance to ski the course on race day. “I look forward to it,” Munger said. “There’s something special about not ever having to take your skis off the whole way.”

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scene By Carla Waldemar Scena, the executive summary: Come for the credentials, stay for the food. Restaurateurs agree that dining = theater. (Otherwise, might as well stay home and munch popcorn in front of the tube.) Setting the stage called Scena, designers Smart + Associates dress the room in soft hues below a scalloped mezzanine. The set includes a circular bar, plus another bar expressly for crudo (crudi, if you took my community-ed Italian class)—for the next few months the raw craze endures, anyway—endowed with its separate cocktail list. Spacious, conversation-friendly tables join the diner stools serving as front-row seats for the drama unfolding in the kitchen. And who was plotting the outcome on the night of a recent visit? Top talent: consulting chef Erik Anderson (Sea Change, Nashville’s elite Catbird Seat, among others), while everyone’s favorite front guy Bill Summerville (who was last seen …. where? Spoon and Stable?) delivered our amuse—a huge plate centered with a tasty microspeck of fish. Bill’s also the force behind the intriguing, mostly-Italian wine offerings. Oh, and what’s this? The city’s first directory of gin—two pages of tiny, phone-book type. (Does this spell the demise of Bourbon?) Anyway. The site is almost joined at the hip with Coup d’Etat, sharing, from the look of it, the same aspiraJamie Malone and Erik Anderson, consultant chefs at Scena Tavern. Photo by Michelle Bruch tional-diner demographic. And it’s a mere block from Parella, another recent Italian startup. What’s different about Scena’s food thrust, however, is apparent in the site’s full name: Scena Tavern (It’s run by the Green Mill guys)—Italian fare, sorta, with no big pronouncements about authenticity. Apps ($9–$16) favor American ham, for instance, not prosciutto, along with a Caesar-type salad modestly labeled “romaine.” Beyond that, a quintet of piadini ($11–$16)—pizza-by-another-name creations pulled from the fire by a wooden paddle supporting a burly, wave-rimmed, chewy and thoroughly enjoyable crust—ours spangled with earthy wild mushrooms caught in molten talelggio—lots of it!—sluiced with honey. That unexpected touch of sweetness grows on you, helping the ultra-fatty cheese (no complaints) draw you in for One. More. Bite. But time to focus on our real mission, the house-made pasta ($10–$16), starting with the carbonara—interesting, for sure, but not the dream dish of Roman visits (or stateside lookalikes): needs more unctuous cream, more eggy richness, and SCENA TAVERN a return of pancetta rather than the experiment with cubes of mortadella sausage. Next up, a feast of robust bucatini noodles 2943 Girard Ave. S. spiked with peppery ‘nduja sausage, garlic and herbed bread612-200-8641 Scenatavern.com crumbs—served with a glowing egg yolk atop, ready to seduce your palate. It’s a grand dish. Entrees follow, for those who can. Among the six choices (short rib, chicken, pork, swordfish and a sticker-shock steak), we went for the nod to the Iron Range ($16), a billiard-size meatball, beefy and tasty as all get-out, rising from a sea of “Sunday gravy” says the menu (the name for tomato sauce if your nonna comes from Hibbing): a bit salty, also sweet and rich with tomato. The whole combo is ladled over creamy, ultra-wonderful polenta. No dessert for us, we demurred—until spotting zeppole on the short, forget-it list: doughnuts the size of tennis balls lightened (it’s a relative term) and moistened with ricotta, served with a dish of honey for dipping. How do you say ‘yum’ in Italian? I’ll have to ask my teacher.

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Rueben Nilsson, head cheese maker at Lone Grazer, brings a sense of adventure to his cheeses, while honoring traditional methods. His string cheese and cheese curds are so fresh and loaded with calcium that they squeak. Photos by Margie O’Loughlin

Cheese so good it squeaks By Margie O’Loughlin In the popular 1950s “Lone Ranger” television series, every episode ended with someone asking, “Who was that masked man?” While the Lone Grazer’s head cheese maker Rueben Nilsson isn’t exactly masked, he is lightly disguised with a hairnet, beard net and white industrial clothing. It would be reasonable to ask, “Who was that masked man, and how is he making such high quality, fresh and aged cheeses in the middle of Northeast Minneapolis?” The Lone Grazer’s name is a spoof off of the Lone Ranger theme. “We are a cheese making outpost — that makes us ‘lone.’ And all of the milk we use comes from pastured cows — that’s where the ‘grazer’ comes from,’” Nilsson said. Nilsson is a natural born cheese maker. His maternal grandfather managed a co-op creamery in New York Mills, Minn. His fraternal grandfather emigrated from Sweden, home to many luscious, airy cheeses. Nilsson studied food science at the University of Minnesota, and knew his interests lay in fermentation. Upon graduation he wondered, “maybe brew, maybe cheese?” In 2006 he was hired at the Faribault Dairy, an award-winning Minnesota operation famous for their blue, Gorgonzola and other specialty cheeses aged in sandstone caves. Nilsson started in the lab there, analyzing moisture content of cheeses and checking for salmonella, listeria and other food-borne pathogens. He eventually became head of

quality assurance as the company grew. In 2014, he was recruited by entrepreneur Kieran Folliard to help design the concept for the Food Building at 14th Avenue and Marshall Street in Northeast. The 1907 building originally housed a veterinary clinic that catered to horses. It now holds Red Table Meats, in addition to the Lone Grazer, and a milling and baking business owned by Steve Horton (creator of Rustica Bakery) that will open in May 2016. The concept is simple. The products coming out of the Food Building have this in common: they are all, “farmed near, and made here.” The amount of milk being produced in Minnesota has stayed fairly constant over the years, while the number of dairy farms has dwindled. “We wanted to work with small farms dedicated to creating a strong product identity,” Nilsson said. “On one of our farms, the farmers milk about 30 cows and on the other, about 50. These are small herds.” He said the farmer families were part of large dairy cooperatives and they milk they produced was mixed with milk from other farms — so the quality and uniqueness of the farms’ products got lost. “At that point, making cheese, which is just a way of condensing milk, becomes an anonymous process,” he said. “We didn’t want to make cheese that way, and neither did our farmers.”

FYI To learn more about Lone Grazer, go to lonegrazer.com. For more information about the Food Building at 1401 Marshall St. NE, go to foodbuilding.com. Visitors are encouraged to take self-guided tours of the building Tuesday–Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Private tours can be arranged by emailing info@foodbuilding.com. Nilsson and his four assistant cheese makers have their hands full. In addition to their tangy cheese curds and hand stretched string cheeses, they produce three different types of aged, washed-rind cheeses. Nilsson’s favorite is the Hansom Cab, a plump wheel washed with a brine of salt water, 2 Gingers Irish Whisky and Lapsang Souchang tea. For the holidays this year, he served it slathered with rhubarb-apricot jam and baked in a pastry shell. To his delight, he finds that he is a welcome guest at potlucks. The other two aged cheeses are also washed with a lively brine. Grazier’s Edge has a spicy rind from its rye wash, and the Northeazy’s rind carries a hint of fruit and flowers. All of the aged, washed-rind cheeses are soft in texture, pungent, and so savory that they taste almost meaty. Subtle changes occur in small batch cheeses produced over the course of a year.

The cows on both farms Lone Grazer buys from shift their cows to fresh paddocks throughout the grazing season. The cows eat what is available month by month: clover, timothy grass, rye grass, and a sophisticated palette can taste the difference. In the winter, the cows have to be fed dry forage grasses and milk production drops. The slower winter months leave more time for product experimentation and, as Nilsson said, “Our business will only be one year old in February. We’re still in the process of defining and refining.” The Lone Grazer is part of an enterprise that is as good on the outside as it is on the inside. It’s easy to get so excited about what’s going on in the Food Building that the rooftop activity is overlooked. A bank of 76 solar panels installed by True North Solar provides much of the electricity needed, and the Beez Kneez maintains two large bee hives to aid in neighborhood pollination and honey production. Completing this innovative model of shared business interests and values, the Draft Horse Restaurant and Deli next door offers their own full menu plus all of the products made at the Food Building. Available are Lone Grazer cheeses, Red Table meats, Beez Knees honey and honey mustards, and come spring, delicious fresh baked goods from the Steve Horton milling and baking operation. It just doesn’t get any more local than that.

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What are your hopes for this upcoming year?

Photos and interviews by Stephanie Glaros

5KEN KILLION, MINNEAPOLIS In general, that we have some peace. People can kind of come together, and we can find some sort of peace. We can work things out a little bit more without having to go to extremes. And we can sit down and talk about things, and sort of hash things out, and make a better place for our children. … I’ve been here less than two years. I come from San Francisco, I’d been there for about 26 years. And it’s kind of different there because it’s really a big melting pot, everyone is different. People tend to get along, I think, a little better there. Where I think here, it’s sort of “us against them.” And I would like to get away from that, and have more unity. The reason that certain people are being killed, particularly young people of color, is because of misunderstandings about a lot of things that stem way back. So I wish there was a way we could all sit down and get to know each other a little bit more. I think the more we know, and learn, and understand about each other, the more we realize that we have a lot in common. Glaros: How do we do that? One thing is that people need to get together and talk within their own groups about ourselves, and what we need to do to make ourselves better, so that people will understand us more. And understand where people are coming from, why things happen the way they do. I just think there needs to be more discussion about that, and more openness, more understanding. More empathy.

5TERRA PEREZ, MINNEAPOLIS To attend the Art Institute, which is something I wanted to do a while ago, just never got the courage. I’ve always been into art. I wanted a career that was something I loved doing, so I finally took that step to get enrolled. I’m very excited and anxious. I want it to be different this year, it’s a new year. I don’t want that fear to get in the way of anything I wanna do. Glaros: What are you afraid of?

5STEPHANIE WIPF, BROOKLYN CENTER

Rejection. I was raised in foster care. I was 6 when I was adopted, and I was 14 when I went back into the foster care system. I wasn’t a part of a family, so I always felt kinda left out. I’ve gotten picked on when I was in different homes, “Oh, you’re gonna steal my stuff.” They put us all in the same category. It’s not very nice. So I’ve been dealing with rejections for a long time. But it’s time for me to kind of mask that, and say, “I can do this, I don’t care what your opinion is, I’m still gonna keep pushing forward.”

I’m already working on it, I’m getting more in shape. I just came from a dance class. I have Type 1 Diabetes, and I’m trying to get better at my eating habits, and working out to keep my overall health in check. … I grew up dancing as a little girl in the big tutus and things like that. Got into the dance team in high school, became a hobby, a passion of mine. Now I’m doing musical theatre as kind of a side hobby, so I wanna make sure I keep that up, and it’s a good way to stay in shape.

Glaros: What do you wish people understood about foster children?

Glaros: Were you surprised to learn that you had Diabetes?

That we are human beings like anybody else. The difference is that we don’t have our own families, so we need other families to love and care for us. I don’t know, this is a big step for me. Them accepting me into the Art Institute, that would give me hope that I could accomplish anything. There’s hope out there.

Yeah. It doesn’t run in my family. I started experiencing symptoms and thought that something was very wrong, and finally after about a month I said, “OK, I need to go to the doctor.” And I made the appointment, and that’s that. Glaros: How are you feeling nowadays? I’m doing a lot better, it comes on a day-to-day basis. One day I could be in a really good range, the next day I could be up and down with sugar levels. Keeping sugars in check can really affect your day. So the more I can keep it at an even tone, the better I feel.

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Big Climb MPLS There are plenty of long races in Minneapolis, but Big Climb MPLS may be the highest. Climbers will soon take the annual stair-climbing challenge on the steps of the Capella Tower in downtown Minneapolis. The challenge is also a fundraiser for blood cancer research via the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Individuals and teams can fundraise in order to climb 53 or 105 floors of the downtown skyscraper. Where: Capella Tower, 225 S. 6th St. / When: Saturday, Feb. 6 at 10:15 a.m. Cost: $25-40 per person, plus $75 fundraising minimum / Info: lls.org/BigClimbMPLS

The Beer Dabbler Winter Carnival In its seventh year, The Beer Dabbler’s outdoor winter party has drawn beer fans and brewing connoisseurs from around the Twin Cities. In partnership with the St. Paul Winter Carnival, the event features unlimited samples of more than 120 local, regional and national craft beers, making it easy to find plenty of new brews to choose. Attendees can also expect live entertainment in the Midway, winter activities and a meat and cheese showcase in the heated Coliseum.

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Winter Cycling Congress Many Twin Cities residents already know Minneapolis and St. Paul for being winter biking meccas, but the cycling scene will go international during this year’s Winter Cycling Congress. Now in its third year, the international biking affair will get its United States debut with speakers and other events. Throughout three days, cold-weather cyclers, planners and other leaders from around the globe will host talks and more on biking culture, infrastructure and more. Where: Various Twin Cities venues / When: Feb. 2-4 Cost: $325-475, discounts available / Info: wintercyclingcongress2016.org

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A PARADE OF FROZEN PANTS Columbia Park resident Tom Grotting is one of several residents who are freezing their pants outdoors, a Northeast Minneapolis phenomenon that recently went national with features on the “Today” show and other national media. Grotting and others simply dampen their jeans and other articles of clothing and leave them in the frigid weather to freeze in place. The trend started to have legs when Grotting posted the photos of the frozen decorations to Facebook. Photos courtesy of Tom Grotting

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