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A barbed situation Beset by inspectors and buried under violation notices, the owner of Quality Coaches feels ‘picked on’ by City Hall
By Dylan Thomas dthomas@southwestjournal.com
Mark Brandow opens his story in the spring of 2005, which is when he says someone at the city first got after him about the cars parked on the sidewalk in front of Quality Coaches, his auto shop near the intersection of 38th & Nicollet. “I got a ticket and a car towed — a customer’s car,” Brandow said. That decade-ago incident set it off, he said: the obstruction permit granted and rescinded just seven months later, the paper storm of violation notices falling on his business since 2014. Finally, in January, a zoning inspector filed a notice of non-compliance ordering Brandow to remove the barbed wire topping the fence around his back lot. He said he felt “picked on” by the city. “You’re treating me like a dog,” Brandow said in February. “I’ve been here for 30 years trying to make the neighborhood better, and now Mark Brandow, owner of Quality Coaches, was told to remove a strand of razor wire he installed around his back lot after several break-ins. Photos by Dylan Thomas
SEE BARBED / PAGE A20
POLICE AND COMMUNITY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT IMPLICIT BIAS
The street funding gap
By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com
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Minneapolis Police Department officers have begun training in implicit bias and procedural justice. “They really enjoyed the difficult topics,” said Lt. Erick Fors. Officers can be mystified when their professional behavior is met with hostility, he said, and it helps to talk about historical actions of law enforcement related to slavery and Jim Crow laws. They also learn how immigrants might perceive police, given past experience with policing in other countries. “If you don’t understand how we got to where we are, how do we move forward from there?” Fors said.
Minneapolis faces a $30 million annual funding gap to keep pace with street repairs and reconstruction projects. An additional $300 million investment is needed over the next 10 years to ensure that the city’s average pavement condition index (PCI) would be around 70, which is considered “fair,” said Lisa Cerney, deputy director of the city’s Public Works Department during a presentation before a City Council committee March 1. If the city’s current projected funding for street projects remains the same, the street’s average PCI would dip to around 10 by 2033 — a level considered “very poor.” The city’s street network includes 630.9 miles of residential streets, 378 miles of alleys, 206.7 miles of Municipal State Aid (MSA) streets
SEE IMPLICIT BIAS / PAGE A12
Sgt. Darcy Horn speaks at a community forum discussing implicit bias training. Photo by Michelle Bruch
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Police have arrested a man suspected in a Feb. 24 break-in at the Umatul Islam Center at 3015 2nd Ave. S. The 56-year-old man is suspected in more than a dozen East Lake Street burglaries, according to Insp. Mike Sullivan, including incidents at business and office complexes near 2nd, 3rd and 4th avenues that are still under investigation. He said the businesses had been hit several times in the past three weeks, with significant damages. “He is the subject of over 170 Minneapolis police reports,” said Sgt. Jarrod Kunze. “Currently he is being investigated and is under arrest as the suspect in about a dozen burglaries. … It’s the patrol officers wearing uniforms and driving squad cars that were able to go out, find him, know where he was and bring this short crime spree to a conclusion.” The suspect had not yet been charged at press time. Equipment and files were stolen at the Umatul Islam Center, and damages are estimated at $5,000. An Umatul board member recently pointed out where the suspect damaged a glass door with a hammer, shattered glass throughout the center and punched holes in doors. Earlier in the month, he said the suspect rolled out a trash can in order to damage an exterior surveillance camera. The Minnesota Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) raised questions about the motive for the break-in. “He was breaking doors and not entering them,” said CAIR-MN Executive Director Jaylani Hussein. “He broke into a Sunday school, and there was really nothing there to take. … It’s a scary thing for our community.” He said the arrest is helping to ease fears, however. The Umatul mosque has been based on 2nd
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A City Council committee brushed aside an appeal filed by a neighbor attempting to halt an Uptown hotel project on March 3. Graves Hospitality plans a six-story, 123-room hotel at Lake & Emerson that would operate under Marriott’s new Moxy brand, pitched to travelers as stylish, modern and affordable. The Zoning and Planning Committee denied an appeal filed by Philip Qualy, who challenged the City Planning Commission’s decision to grant the hotel developers a conditional use permit for height, as well as several variances. The committee also approved a rezoning of the hotel parcel to a C3A Community Activity Center District from C2, a type of commercial zoning geared toward automobile-related uses like repair shops and fast food restaurants with drive-throughs. The project is expected to go before the full council later this month. “We’re here because the developer wants to build a large hotel on a small site,” said Tom Johnson, the attorney representing Qualy for the appeal. Qualy, who lives on the 3000 block of Emerson Avenue just south of the hotel site, said the six-story hotel would harm residential property values on his block and infringe on his and his neighbors’ privacy. He said a hotel would be more appropriate near Hennepin & Lake, an area identified as an “activity center” in the 2008 Uptown Small Area Plan. Although the hotel’s height drops to five
stories on the south side, Uptown residents testified that the project does not “step down” to the neighborhood in the way the small area plan envisioned. “Many Uptown residents view (the small area plan) as a contract with the city,” Aaron Rubenstein, a CARAG resident who served on the plan’s steering committee, said. “… This type of project is precisely what the plan was meant to disallow.” But opinions were split among the 15 people who testified before the committee. Julie Vessel of mono said 90 percent of the Uptown-based branding and advertising agency’s business is from customers who live outside of the area. A hotel that allowed customers and new recruits to stay in the neighborhood “would be a great benefit to our business,” Vessel said. Alex Cecchini said the hotel “meets the spirit and intent” of the Uptown Small Area Plan. Cecchini, a CARAG resident, suggested the plan itself is flawed because it “mischaracterizes” the actual uses of Uptown properties and that it “hasn’t kept up with the changing reality” of the area. There remained questions about how the hotel would manage parking. City requirements set a minimum of 35 parking stalls for the project, but there are only five included in plans. Valet service to a nearby ramp is expected to make up the difference.
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ever built in Minneapolis. The East Isles Residents Association’s Zoning and Land Use Committee voted in support of the project variances. The East Isles committee did express concerns about a different teardown recently proposed at 2701 E. Lake of the Isles Parkway. That house was designed in 1887 for William Donaldson, founder of the Donaldson’s store on Nicollet Mall in business from 1888-1987, according to the city. The home’s architect Long and Kees also designed City Hall, the Flour Exchange and Lumber Exchange buildings. Neighborhood residents voted to oppose the teardown, saying the house still contained historical significance and they were worried the new house would not fit with others on the block. Since the vote, the property has been listed for sale with a list price of $1,595,000. East Isles committee members discussed starting a “Historic District” on Lake of the Isles to protect existing houses, according to meeting minutes.
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Customers of Stephen Dean’s Tailors aren’t quite sure what to do when Dean retires this spring — they say there is no other local talent equal to him. “It’s the end of an era,” client Ron Cheney told Dean on a recent weekday. “There is not another master tailor in the city. You’re it. … I bet you I referred over 1,000 people.” Dean is retiring after 46 years in the business. He’s served as Gov. Mark Dayton’s tailor for decades, and his clients include notables like Mayor Betsy Hodges and Ron Meshbesher. He’s known for taking on complicated projects. He can take pleats out of pants. When “skinny” leggings became the fashion, he altered pants into skinny fits. He said he’s watched the trend in skirt lengths change from “Annie Oakley to Marilyn Monroe.” His workspace features sewing machines and a steam press that date back to the 1940s — “they work,” he said. Dean learned the basics of sewing from his sisters, and he started working as a tailor at age 26 for Arthur Koritz in the Northstar building Downtown. “They had a master tailor from Italy who took me under his wing,” he said. “He
taught me almost everything he knew.” He spent three years at Arthur Koritz, followed by three years at Dayton’s. “First I learned how to do good, then I learned how to do fast,” he said. When he started his own business 40 years ago, he set up shop in his grandfather’s basement in Uptown. “Word of mouth spread like crazy,” he said. “People were coming at all hours of the day and night.” That arrangement lasted about three or four months, until his current spot in Kenwood became available. It was previously home to a dog groomer and a Wicker Works shop. Dean said his lease is up in April. “It’s time to do something different,” he said. Dean lives in Uptown and enjoys walking to the grocery store, spending time at the cabin, and visiting good restaurants in the neighborhood. He supposes he’ll have more time now to walk his two dogs. Dean will stop taking clothing for alterations at the end of March, and plans to move out in late April. “It’s been a very fascinating career,” he said.
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Clarabel Clarabel moved just three doors down from its original spot near 50th & Xerxes, but owner Clara Domisch said it’s a “sea change,” now in a much larger space. Located in the former Xylos storefront at 3020 W. 50th St., Domisch is adapting to new 12-foot ceiling heights — the shop’s giant chandelier no longer hangs down to her waist. “I had to get over my fear of heights,” she said. The store is filled with vintage Italian gold mirrors, a 19th century bench from a carousel, and a violin string display from the former Dahl Violin Shop in Downtown Minneapolis. Domisch said she keeps very busy scouting new purchases and fielding emails from antique sellers. “It’s always a nice way to find things and get a little history behind it,” she said. Clarabel is open Thursday thru Sunday from 12-5 p.m.
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Marissa’s Bakery and Supermarket expansion The owner of Marissa’s Supermarket at 2750 Nicollet Ave. plans to add two floors to the building. A new warehouse would span the second level, and a new restaurant and reception hall would stand on the third floor with a rooftop deck. Owner Isidro Perez said the deck would provide a nice view to Downtown. “Nobody has that in the area,” he said. He said the new restaurant would likely not be operated by Marissa’s, and said the details are not yet determined.
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It’s part natural history museum, part garden shop, and part interior design store. You’ll find a Saber-toothed cat skull reproduction, framed insects by artist Christopher Marley and tables set for spring. There are Ammonite fossils from Morocco, interior design books, and reproduced eggshells of the extinct Elephant bird cast from a fossil. It’s a one-of-a-kind blend from owner Jeff Bengtson, who has a degree in biology, a background in interior design, and a love of gardening. “I put the three into one space,” he said. Bengtson said he’s been surprised to see large bird taxidermy selling so quickly — he delivered a crowned crane on Christmas Eve. The shop’s taxidermist works with birds that die of natural causes from sources like breeders and zoos. “Most people would never be this close to a pelican,” Bengtson said. He said all of his products are ethically sourced, and said he sees value and beauty in appreciating nature. This summer, he plans to create a unique
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Music in the cafés at night and revolution in the air
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he winter air was warm in my lungs and on my face as I walked all over South Minneapolis last Tuesday, that historic night of March 1, 2016, when a majority of Minnesotans stuffed the ballot box for Bernie Sanders and put the “socialist” back in the Democratic Socialist party. Kingfield especially turned out for Sanders, but even before the results had been tallied on caucus night, the change in the air could be felt in a neighborhood whose embarrassment of riches continues to bloom and boom. The night before at the Xcel Center in St. Paul, Bruce Springsteen reminded 20,000 politics-weary rock fans that “it ain’t no sin to be glad you’re alive,” and so, after doing my civic duty at Barton elementary school Tuesday night, I took my time and lingered at the scene of the vote and at the sight and sounds of groups of neighbors and strangers excitedly heading into the school. Then I took off and took my time, enjoying a long quiet walk amid the dark streets and glowing storefronts. The screens, loudmouths, pundits and politicians could wait. No particular place to go, I savored ducking down Bryant Avenue to Lake Street and over to Lyndale Avenue and back to West 50th Street, all the while taking it all in and feeling the electric hum of a small-big town that these days regularly lives out Bob Dylan’s romantic “music in the cafes at night and revolution in the air” meme and then some. For sure, if the “rise of Donald Trump” is a product of these times, so, too, then is the phenomenon of well-heeled and hard-working South Minneapolitans making spirits bright and making small businesses go. Thanks, Obama. “I bought my house in this neighborhood nine years ago, and this neighborhood has changed so much in that time,” said Erin Mcintosh, the friendly and chatty barkeep at St. Genevieve, the latest entry in the many watering holes, bistros, diners,
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brew pubs, and restaurants that have launched around these parts in the last decade, and where I landed late caucus night. “It’s amazing what’s happened, because I remember when there was absolutely nothing happening.” In my lifetime, the corner of 50th & Bryant has been the site of a record store, barbershop, coffee shop, an international-themed restaurant and a drug store. Now it’s a welcome dinner and latenight anomaly in East Harriet—open until 1 a.m., and fast becoming a budding hotspot for post-gig musicians and bar and restaurant workers. “I’m really stoked to be here, but what I’m really excited about is seeing neighborhoods becoming vibrant and not just life-support systems for convenience stores, or garages. I think it creates community,” said Steven Brown, founder of St. Genevieve and Tilia in Linden Hills, whose restaurant career started up the street at the Malt Shop. “What I’ve come to realize is that I may have done all this for my own personal motivation, but what I’ve gotten out of it is way, way bigger than that. “I think there’s been a return to people living in their neighborhoods. There’s this pride in living in the city, and in what’s there and around it. So
people say, ‘Hey, there’s this great little tavern down the street where you can get…’ And they’re proud of that and I think that’s awesome.” With it’s old-world décor, chill music mixes and ridiculously delicious everything, landing at St. Genevieve can feel like beaming down to another place, another time, sequestered off from the modern world. An escape from the madness, to be sure, and a Trump-free zone of the highest order. “The restaurant has been well-received critically and by the neighborhood, and we’re going to be really busy,” said Brown. “Do I think it’s going to be like Paris, and we’ll be smoking hash and pouring out into the streets at midnight? Probably not, and I don’t know necessarily that we’ll have throngs of people in here at 1 o’clock in the morning, but I do know that the people coming in at 10 o’clock will feel comfortable, like they’re not about to get kicked out. “They’re not imposing. We’re open ‘til one, and if you want to hang out, we’re here. And when the summer comes and we can open all these doors…”
the front steps 50 years ago…we came up with the idea of forming a neighborhood ladies club where we wives could get together once a month in the evening to visit. Most of us did some sewing of one kind or another. Everyone we called was eager to join so we became the West 53rd Street Sewing Club. We began with nine members so we could meet at a different house each month during the school year. All of us were stay-at-home wives and we all needed a night out without having to drive a car to get to our destination. All of us sewed, some of us knitted, some crocheted, some made holiday ornaments or Christmas stockings. Needle point was done. Even some mending was done. What a great way to share stories and yet have a purpose in meeting. Besides, it was FREE THERAPY! We meet about 8 p.m. and stay as long as we desire. We have yet to run out of things to talk about. It has kept us in the know. We have shared many
laughs. We have watched the children grow from a young age to those that have graduated from college and now have children of their own. We’ve come to feel comfortable just being in the neighborhood and can call on one another if need be. We must admit that we rarely sew anymore. It’s more of a social club but we still call it our Sewing Club. Throughout the years we’ve lost members; some have moved away and others have died. But our sewing club still meets monthly during the school year. Who could have predicted 50 years ago we’d still have our 53rd Street Sewing Club? 50 years and still going strong….Who would have guessed?
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H H I H H ELECTION 2016
Presidential race drives strong turnout for caucuses By Sarah McKenzie / smckenzie@southwestjournal.com
Turnout was massive at caucuses in Minneapolis and throughout the state March 1. In Minneapolis, especially high turnout was reported at precincts near the U of M and in South Minneapolis with many first-time caucusgoers participating. The long lines frustrated voters, prompting many to call for reforms and a switch to a primary voting process. The DFL turnout for state Senate Districts 59-63, which include Minneapolis neighborhoods and portions of first-ring suburbs, was nearly 50,000. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders had a substantial lead in the presidential preference poll with 33,159 votes compared to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 16,500. Overall, 206,078 people turned out for DFL precinct caucuses around the state, the second largest turnout in the party’s history, said DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin. “There were thousands of first-time participants who showed up, waited in long lines, and made their voices heard because they were inspired by our candidates’ message for the future,” he said. As for Republican caucuses in Minneapolisarea Senate districts, 4,927 people voted. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio led with 2,618 votes followed by Cruz with 921 votes, according to turnout results posted on the Secretary of State website. Statewide, turnout for Republican caucuses was more than 115,000, according to the Repub-
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lican Party of Minnesota — 75 percent higher than its previous record turnout in 2008. Sanders won a decisive victory in the state’s DFL caucuses, leading in all of the congressional districts, and Rubio won with 36 percent of the vote followed by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz with 29 percent and Donald Trump with 21 percent in the Republican caucuses. Minnesota’s voting patterns bucked trends elsewhere in the country. Overall, Clinton won the majority of the states holding Democratic primaries and caucuses Super Tuesday while Republican candidate Donald Trump claimed most of the Republican states. Clinton won victories in seven states:
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Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas and Vermont. Besides Minnesota, Sanders prevailed in Colorado, Oklahoma and Vermont. Trump chalked up victories in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia. Cruz won Alaska, Oklahoma and Texas. Rubio’s sole victory was in Minnesota. Sanders fired up 2,000 supporters during a campaign event at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Feb. 29 — one day before political parties in the state held caucuses to endorse candidates. Sanders also outlined what he considers key differences between his record and campaign
and that of his political rival Clinton. He criticized former Secretary of State Clinton for raking in millions in campaign cash from super PACs, Wall Street and fossil fuel industries while he has relied on small donations averaging about $27 per contribution. He’s received more than $4 million in campaign contributions. Clinton also made stops in Minneapolis on Super Tuesday, including a tour at the Midtown Global Market with Mayor Betsy Hodges, Gov. Mark Dayton and Lt. Gov. Tina Smith, who are all backing her campaign. No major rallies were scheduled, however. Republican candidate Marco Rubio also visited the state on Super Tuesday with an appearance in Andover. Sanders also took aim at Trump whose campaign continues to gain steam during his stop in Minneapolis. “If folks come out here in Minnesota and we do well in future primaries and caucuses in the coming weeks and months, we can win the Democratic nomination,” Sanders said. “And if that happens, there’s nothing more I’d love to do than run against Donald Trump.” He criticized Trump’s economic policies and mocked him for his denial of climate change and for calling it a “hoax created by the Chinese.” Sanders also announced opposition to two proposed oil pipeline projects that would impact Minnesota — Enbridge’s Sandpiper and Alberta Clipper pipelines. The Vermont senator also condemned Trump’s treatment of Mexicans and Muslim Americans. “Bringing our people together trumps divisiveness,” he said. Before Sanders’ speech, several local leaders, including City Council Member Lisa Bender (Ward 10), state Rep. Frank Hornstein, environmentalist Winona LaDuke and Congressman Keith Ellison stumped for Sanders and urged people to turn out to the caucuses to support Sanders and tell their friends and family members to do the same.
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Council approves $4 million police body camera contract The Minneapolis City Council approved a five-year, $4 million contract with Taser International on Feb. 25 to outfit Minneapolis police officers with body cameras. The MPD plans to roll out the body camera program in May, starting with police officers in the 1st Precinct (downtown). The entire department is expected to have the body cameras by late fall. The contract approved by the Council will allow the MPD to purchase 587 body cameras, docking stations and storage. The Council also approved a motion by Council members Blong Yang (Ward 5), Cam Gordon (Ward 2) and Linea Palmisano (Ward 13) directing MPD leaders to return to the Council on March 2 with its plan for engaging the community in developing the proposed policy for the body cameras. The MPD released a draft of its body camera policy March 1. It can be found at insidempd.com/bodycams. It outlines
when officers should activate and deactivate their body cameras. Feedback on the proposed policy can be sent to police@ minneapolismn.gov. The Office of the City Clerk and the Communications Department have also been tasked with developing a plan for helping the public access body camera
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data, including a budget recommendation for managing and responding to data requests. Palmisano said creating a transparent body camera program will be a “labor intensive” process. The MPD has seen a huge influx in data practices requests in recent years.
A new city ordinance ordinance requiring landlords to provide voter registration information to tenants went into effect March 1. Landlords must provide new tenants voter registration applications and information sheets about voting resources and upcoming key election dates. The documents are available in English, Spanish, Somali and Hmong. The goal is to encourage more people to turnout to elections. Renters who move frequently often face logistical hurdles when voting. Voters are required to re-register when they move to a new address. More than half of all Minneapolis residents rent their homes, according to city officials.
Workplace Partnership Group granted extension for paid sick time recommendations The Workplace Regulations Partnership Group has been given more time to prepare recommendations for a mandatory citywide paid sick time policy. The city-appointed group is now expected to deliver its report to the City Council’s Committee of the Whole on Wednesday, March 16. The City Council initially gave the group a deadline of Feb. 24 after voting to create the 15-member committee Oct. 23. Group chair Liz Doyle, associate
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School Board races starting to take shape Four of nine seats on the Minneapolis Board of Education come open this fall, and early hints of who might appear on the ballot were beginning to emerge in March. At least three candidates are planning firsttime runs for the board: Bob Walser in District 4 and Kimberly Caprini and KerryJo Felder in District 2. All three names appeared on the Minneapolis DFL website as candidates seeking the party’s endorsement. That District 2 seat representing North Minneapolis is currently held by Kim Ellison, but it will be empty next year. Instead, Ellison is seeking the only one of three at-large seats on the Board of Education that comes open this fall. Carla Bates, first elected in 2008 and the board’s senior member, occupies that at-large seat. Ellison said the two had spoken and Bates told her she did not plan to run again. But the way Bates described her re-election plans to the Southwest Journal on March 1 was not definitive. “I’m not running for the DFL endorsement and I don’t know if I will be running at all,” Bates said. Ellison said she hoped her shift to the at-large role would make room for more diversity on the board. She said she’s spoken with both Caprini and Felder about their District 2 campaigns, but doesn’t plan to make an endorsement. Both Caprini and Felder are parents of Minneapolis Public Schools students and can frequently
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be seen attending the board’s meetings. At least one other candidate has announced plans to challenge for that citywide seat. Doug Mann announced on an e-democracy.org-hosted online forum that he would be making his 10th attempt at winning public office this fall. Walser, an ethnomusicologist and musician married to a Minneapolis Public Schools teacher, may go up against first-term incumbent Josh Reimnitz in District 4, which includes the neighborhoods around Cedar Lake and Lake of the Isles, as well as a portion of downtown. That’s only if Reimnitz decides to run for a second term. Reimnitz wasn’t ready to declare a re-election campaign during a brief phone conversation Feb. 29, but said “hopefully” he would run. School Board Member Tracine Asberry recently launched a re-election campaign for her District 6 seat. Ira Jourdain said he would challenge Asberry in District 6 this fall. Jourdain, a social worker and MPS parent, finished fourth in a four-way race for two at-large board seats in 2014. District 6 covers Southwest Minneapolis south of Lake Street. There’s still plenty of time for other candidates to join the race. The two-week period when candidates can file to run for office doesn’t open until May 17.
District graduation rates rise Minneapolis Public Schools’ four-year graduation rate rose by more than 5 percentage points in 2015. More than 64 percent of the class of 2015 graduated on time, an increase from about 59 percent the previous school year. Minneapolis still lags the statewide average for four-year graduation rates, which reached nearly 82 percent in 2015. But after two years of close to 5-percent gains, Minneapolis is gaining ground. Statewide graduation rates also rose the last two years, but at an average of just 1 percentage point each year. MPS graduation rates were higher in 2015 among almost all the major demo-
graphic groups tracked by the district, with one exception. The graduation rate for English language learner students dropped half a percentage point from 2014, to about 52 percent. That still represents a significant turnaround from 2012, when about 36 percent of English language learners graduated in four years. Graduation rates were higher in 2015 at all seven of the city’s traditional high schools, but North High School saw the biggest gain, a nearly 30-point leap from 2014. That year, the school’s graduation rate was just 42 percent. In 2015, North exceeded a 70 percent graduation rate.
Data dashboard open to public It took a little longer than expected, but Minneapolis Public Schools in February came through on its promise to open up the district’s “data dashboard” to the public. The tool, used by district staffers and members of the Board of Education to track various performance indicators, can be accessed online at insights.mpls. k12.mn.us/SchoolBoardPortal.
The dashboard includes districtand school-level data on behavior and discipline records; graduation rates; results on the standardized math, science and reading tests known as the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment; and scores from the Multiple Measurements Rating system used by the state rate school proficiency.
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Out of more than 100 cities who sought training through the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice, Minneapolis was one of six cities selected. The training covers three main areas. Procedural justice covers how the public views the fairness of the policing process. Implicit bias covers the unconscious biases people unintentionally apply to characteristics like race, age and gender. Reconciliation involves repairing police-community relationships that have been damaged through historical tension, grievances and mistrust. Staff from within the police department provide the training — one of them is Officer Butch Blauert, recognizable in Uptown as the area’s former day beat officer. Council Member Linea Palmisano recently hosted the instructors at a community forum at Studio 2 to discuss the new training in-depth. “We begin by talking to the officers about what justice is. And we talk about how that doesn’t always mean enforcing the law. We have discretion, and sometimes the greater good is served by that, using our discretion,” said Sgt. Darcy Horn. She said research shows that citizens care more about respectful treatment than the outcome of an interaction with police. As part of the training, police examine arrest rates, which show African Americans and Native Americans in Minneapolis are 8.7 and 8.6 times more likely than whites to be arrested for low-level offenses, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Officers also talk about the idealism they had when they first entered the police force. “This is a 30-year career. And when you go from A to Z, officers get cynical,” said Glenn Burt, multi-strategy project site coordinator in Minneapolis for the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice. “[Police] deal with 3-6 percent of the entire population of Minneapolis — that can fit in about an eight block square radius if you line
A community forum discussing implicit bias training included (l to r) Deputy Chief Medaria Arradondo; Officer Butch Blauert; Officer Alice White; Lt. Erick Fors; Lt. Arthur Knight; Sgt. Darcy Horn; and Glenn Burt, multi-strategy project site coordinator in Minneapolis for the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice. Photo by Michelle Bruch
everybody up — but they get cynical because they’re dealing with, unfortunately, the people who cause the problems. And that cynicism wears, and it creates a form of trauma that sometimes is manifested in their interactions unintentionally. We are working to help officers recognize that, and also help the community recognize that, because it is important. Everybody has bad days, and in our case, that bad day we’re always on stage.” Deputy Chief Medaria Arradondo said the conversations are raw and candid.
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“It’s a very difficult conversation to have with a colleague, and to admit,” he said. “…There is nothing wrong with admitting you have the bias, what’s wrong is acting upon those and ignoring them and denying that they exist.” Research suggests that biased associations can be gradually unlearned, according to the National Initiative, and it is possible to reduce implicit bias in law enforcement through training and policy change.
A long look in the mirror While police have taken heavy scrutiny in recent months, one local blogger is urging Southwest residents to also take a “long look in the mirror.” Fulton resident Mike Spangenberg is a former educator who works as a stay-at-home dad and blogs at questionthepremise.org. Spangenberg is a white guy in his 30s who works to question the dominant narratives and question all kinds of assumptions about race and identity. On the blog, he highlights a Minneapolis
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report on loitering arrests between 2009-2014. Victims or witnesses of loitering were 48 percent white, while arrests for loitering were 84 percent black. “It’s not simply the case that Minneapolis Police officers disproportionately show up to harass Black people for low-level offenses on their own,” he writes. “They go because we call them and ask them to. If we as White people are dispatching the police in a way that causes disproportionate police contact for people of color, we should not feign such surprise or righteous indignation at the resulting disparities in arrests.” Minneapolis police report that arrests for marijuana possession in 2014 were 65.3 percent black and 22.7 percent white, while the ACLU reports that national marijuana use is roughly equal among blacks and whites. Spangenberg said that if residents in Fulton thought their own neighborhood was more likely to face arrests for marijuana possession, they would take action and press for instant change. “All of us who remain silent are perpetrating the system,” he said. Spangenberg said he sees instances of implicit bias in casual conversation and in social media chatter about people deemed suspicious. The speakers are well-intentioned liberal white people who do not say anything overtly racist, he said, but there are still undertones when talking about North Minneapolis or bad neighborhoods. “I think a person’s ability to determine something is suspicious by looking at a person is pretty limited,” he said. “…You kind of have to stop yourself — why did I notice that car?” The nonprofit Project Implicit offers 10-minute tests that aim to gauge implicit attitudes at implicit.harvard. edu/implicit/takeatest.html. Police ask residents not to hesitate in calling 911, and provide complete and specific information during the call. At a 2014 listening session in Kingfield, Police Chief Janeé Harteau heard from a woman who said she’s become too afraid to visit North Minneapolis. The woman said young men on corners appear to be selling drugs, while police drive by and take no action. Harteau said in response that she wants everyone to feel safe. “But we need your help, because there is a person sitting on the corner that’s doing nothing, that I don’t want officers to stop, who are going to be offended,” Harteau said. “…So we need that call from you specifically. What is it they’re doing? It’s about behavior. It’s not about what somebody looks like, but behaviorspecific. What are those people doing. What actions, what their description is, that’s the kind of information that we need.” According to a report commissioned by the Police Conduct Oversight Commission, the Minneapolis Department of Emergency Communications issued an order defining a suspicious person 911 call as “someone who does not belong, appears out of place, or whose actions are suspect.” 911 operators are instructed to ask and document specifically what the suspect is doing that is suspicious.
We all have biases. What are we going to do with those biases? … And I can tell you this right here, when I look at the news, and I see a police officer misbehaving … good cops hate bad cops more than any other. You think citizens hate bad cops? Good cops hate bad cops. — Lt. Arthur Knight
Deputy Chief Bruce Folkens explained in a recent interview that if an unknown person is walking down the alley behind a caller’s house, police need more information before they can make a stop. The alley is a public area for people to walk, he said. But if the person is carrying a duffel bag, looking in windows or garages, and cutting in between houses, that’s deemed suspicious behavior, he said. 911 dispatchers send the call notes to the squad, and officers determine the tactical response, he said. If a caller can articulate specific suspicious behaviors, officers can use the information as justification to make a stop, he said. The MPD lists other examples of suspicious activity, including alarms, shots fired, the sound of breaking glass, shouts for help, or an unfamiliar person carrying items from a house. Folkens said additional suspicious activity could be a long leather coat worn in July, or many people visiting a house for five minutes at a time throughout the day and night. “We all have that sixth sense,” Folkens said. “If something seems wrong, we really have to take a step back — what about that is causing that feeling?” Folkens said if an unfamiliar vehicle is parked in front of his own house, he might watch to see if they’re looking at a phone or piece of paper, or he might ask them if they need directions. “We never want to tell people not to call police,” he said. “When people do call police, call takers are asking specific questions about what is the behavior they’re seeing.” The City Council voted to repeal spitting and lurking ordinances last year, citing disproportionate citations for people of color. The Council is currently considering repealing a law against congregating on the sidewalk.
Tough questions At the community forum in February, resident Bennett Shields mentioned YouTube videos showing bad policing, and millions paid out in lawsuits against Minneapolis police. “If a police officer is having a bad day … can they call in sick?” he asked. Arradondo said a supervisor can always tell an officer to go home for the day. He said they have instituted monthly check-ins to talk about personal lives and any citizen complaints. “For a paramilitary organization that has historically been males, oftentimes males coming out of the military, and just in terms of our socialization as males growing up, you keep everything bottled in. You don’t talk about when you’re having a bad day, you don’t talk when you’re emotional, all of these things. We’re trying to change that culture…” he said. There is always a notorious officer that community members don’t want responding to their call for help, he said. “We know these people. But for years, we’ve just allowed them to continue to do what they’ve been
doing. We have to stop them,” he said. Police are working on a new policy they call “duty to intervene.” Such a policy is recommended by the national Police Executive Research forum, and requires officers to intervene if they believe a colleague is about to use excessive or unnecessary force. “That momentary action, that can impact a community for generations,” Arradondo said. “There are people today unfortunately in our community that because their grandfathers were treated unkindly, they have told that to their children, and their children, and we’re a product of that. So we have to have these conversations, and we have to get it right every day.” Several people at the forum praised the police department. “I commend you so much for taking on this effort. It speaks to the motivation, the professionalism that you seek to elevate to the highest level,” said resident Richard Logan. One meeting attendee said he has serious concerns that some of the most inflammatory remarks made throughout the 4th Precinct protests came from a man elected president of the police union, and who has himself been the target of citizen complaints. How do you handle people who don’t see a problem to begin with?, he asked. In response, Lt. Arthur Knight said he remembers fielding a question years ago on whether the police department is racist. “The police department is made up of society. And if we have racism in society, we will have racism in the police department,” he said. He said the country holds 800,000 police officers out of a population of more than 300 million people. “We all have biases. What are we going to do with those biases? … And I can tell you this right here, when I look at the news, and I see a police officer misbehaving … good cops hate bad cops more than any other. You think citizens hate bad cops? Good cops hate bad cops.” One meeting attendee said she can recall past police reform efforts, such as former Police Chief Tony Bouza requiring officers to wear name tags. She said everyone knows how hard it is to get rid of problem officers, and that structure hasn’t changed. Not every officer may want new training, she said. “What’s different this time?” she asked. “…Is it the fact that everyone has cell phones?” Arradondo highlighted the forthcoming body cameras, initially rolling out at Downtown’s 1st Precinct in May. And he mentioned a St. Paul sergeant who recently resigned over comments he made on social media. “You have held us more accountable in this day and age,” he said.
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Vacant city lots are rarely considered neighborhood amenities. But with the Minneapolis City Council’s adoption of the Community Garden, Market Garden and Urban Farm Policy last November, that’s just what they may become. Like San Francisco and a handful of other progressive cities, Minneapolis already leases some vacant, city-owned lots to community gardening groups through the Homegrown Minneapolis initiative, which was launched in 2010. The new policy expands that effort in several ways, including increasing the available number of city-owned lots; extending lease terms for some types of parcels; and defining, reducing, and streamlining administrative and insurance fees. Most notably, it also makes city-owned lots available for lease to urban farmers and market gardens (such as commercial growers who offer community-supported-agriculture (CSA) shares) for the first time. “This change not only will turn vacant lots into gardens, it makes Minneapolis a more sustainable and healthier place to live and may
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Hoop houses help extend the growing season at one of Stone’s Throw Urban Farm’s growing spaces in Minneapolis’ Phillips neighborhood. Submitted photos
lead to more urban food production,” says Russ Henry, one of many activists, urban farmers, community members and others who have worked on this issue for the past four years. The process was facilitated by the Homegrown Minneapolis Food Council—part of Homegrown Minneapolis, a city-community partnership working to build and expand a healthy, local, sustainable food system.
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Groups involved in supporting the new policy include: Appetite For Change; the Land Stewardship Project; Waite House; Hope Community; and many urban farms, including Stone’s Throw Urban Farm, which currently leases 16 vacant lots in Minneapolis and St. Paul from private landowners. Though community gardens will continue to have priority access to available city-owned lots, the decision to also lease city-owned land to urban farmers and market gardens creates new entrepreneurial opportunities for people interested in starting up or expanding an urban agriculturebased business on lots that might otherwise be unaffordable. “Land is so expensive in the city, people usually can’t make enough from what they grow to pay the rent or pay a mortgage,” Henry says. “This puts undevelopable lots to the best use, urban food production.” It also opens up the potential for changing the way Minneapolis, and other cities, think about using urban land for agriculture, says Caroline Devany, one of Stone’s Throw’s full-time employees. “Up until now, the leases that have been available to businesses like ours are the result of foreclosures, or other issues, and are temporary. Under longer-term leases, Stone’s Throw hopes to continue to refine practices for growing food in the city and establish a viable economic model.” At the same time, the new policy also benefits taxpayers. According to recent estimates, Minneapolis spends around $3,000 to $4,000 a year to maintain city-owned lots, which are often acquired through tax forfeiture following catastrophic events like the tornado that tore through North Minneapolis in 2011. Under the new policy, farmers and community gardens leasing the lots will be responsible for property maintenance such as lawn mowing and snow shoveling. City Council Member Cam Gordon (Ward 2), a member of the Food Council, has long supported the use of vacant, city-owned land for food growing and hopes the shift in policy will increase urban food production over time. “When we looked at the land we had and the city was holding onto, we realized there was plenty that could be held back for other uses while some could be leased for community gardens and commercial growers,” he explains. “The longer-term leases are much more agreeable to growers because before they weren’t really interested in putting time and money into soil remediation for a lease that was just one year.” Eventually, activists like Henry hope that permanent growing areas will be established in the city, allowing neighbors to get together and grow food close to home. Soil tests are already underway on all of the lots available for lease in 2016 to determine what types of soil remediation may be needed. Meleah Maynard is a freelance writer and editor and author of the Southwest Journal’s Everyday Gardener column.
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City Voices.
Photos and interviews by Stephanie Glaros
What’s been the happiest moment of your life so far?
Ilana Kapra, Minneapolis Rosetta Fuller, Minneapolis I’d say my new job. I work at a childcare place, Child Garden Montessori School. It was something that I majored in, so I’m really happy I got the job. I love the joy and the happiness that children bring, it gives me energy. I just love working with kids. Right now I’m working with infants, so maybe I’ll just work my way up. It does get challenging because kids are crying, you have to take care of all of them and it’s hard to multitask. Glaros: What’s your goal?
To complete my degree in Early Childhood Education, and probably become a licensed teacher in the future.
One of my happiest moments is sailing on my dad’s sailboat. He has a 15-foot catamaran, and it’s like flying. It’s the best. We were up by the Apostle Islands and it was a beautiful day, but there was a storm predicted that night. And we went to sail around one of the islands, away from the group of sailboaters we had come with. The wind started to kick up, and we still were on the back side of the island. We were in wetsuits, but the waves started getting higher and higher, and we couldn’t get back, because if we put our sail out to get enough wind, we’d get pushed over by a gust. So we were kinda stranded out there for a while, working our way back, super slowly. But it was getting darker and darker. We had a radio, thank God. So we called the Coast Guard, and they couldn’t find us for a long time, but they eventually did and towed us back in. It was totally dark by then, and the storm was coming, and it was so cold. You would freeze to death if you were in the water. But part of it was amazing. Lake Superior is so beautiful, it’s so clear. The Apostle Islands are like the Caribbean, but fresh water. They’re gorgeous. We just looked at each other, and I was like, ‘If I die right now, it’s the best way to die. Having fun, and being surrounded by this glorious nature, and with someone you love.’
Salanius Nellum, St. Paul Finally realizing that I needed help as far as drugs and alcohol. I checked myself into a treatment center Oct. 4, 2015. Crack cocaine and alcohol. I have a 23-year old and a 20-year old, and my daughter who goes to St. Kate’s found out. So I knew I had to make some adjustments when she found out. It’s weird to be sober. I think a lot clearer. I make better decisions than I’ve ever made in my life. It’s a big change, and the change I’m really making is for myself. I wanna live better, I wanna be happy. I’m not lying, I’m not stealing, I’m not engaging in compulsive behavior. And it’s weird. Q: What’s your technique for maintaining your sobriety?
I go to the library. I do a lot of reading. I’m doing a lot of things that I used to do, that I didn’t do when I was using. So I’ve changed my whole routine. Meditation works really well for me. I color now, too. I went to Barnes & Noble, and here’s people at a table coloring, and I’m like, ‘Really?’ So I picked up a coloring book, and that helps, it just calms you down. Coloring, and the library, and groups, I go to a lot of meetings. It’s all about staying busy. Lotta times if I’m not busy, I find things to do that I’m not supposed to be doing, or I find myself somewhere where I don’t belong. It’s a big change. You have to change a lot of aspects in your life to stay sober, and that’s what I’m doing.
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Public Safety Update By Dylan Thomas & Michelle Bruch
Teens charged in school break-in, beating Four teens face charges for allegedly breaking into Southwest High School and attacking a student on a late-January school day. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced the charges against the juveniles — three 17-year-olds and one 16-year-old — March 1. The incident was sparked by an argument that began on Facebook, the office reported. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman plans to charge the teens with burglary and riot. In a press release, Freeman said he opted for the burglary charge because it carries more severe penalties than lower-level assault charges. According to the county attorney’s office, the four young men rushed into a fifth-hour chemistry class and attacked a Southwest
student with kicks and punches. The teacher attempted to intervene, was hit and had his little finger broken. The student eventually was able to break free and ran out of the classroom. The four teens facing charges then fled, too. The county attorney’s office reports that the four teens apparently gained entry to the high school through a door that was locked to the outside. Typically only one entrance is unlocked during school hours, and a monitor asks all visitors to sign in and wear a visitor’s badge while in the building. According to the district, a door was left unlocked because of construction work at the school. The four teens were identified after police obtained video of them from a Metro Transit bus. School staff members followed them
when they fled the building and watched them board the bus at 47th & Xerxes, just three blocks from the school. The teens charged in the incident are all Minneapolis Public Schools students who attend other district schools. Gail Plewacki, the district’s communications director, released the following statement: “The routinely locked doors at Southwest have mag locks that prevent the doors from being opened from the inside. The day of the assault, the mag lock on a door was disabled because there was construction at the building and contractors needed to be let in. Someone took advantage that the door could be opened from the inside to let people into the building who shouldn’t have been there. This was a unique situation.”
Fatal crash on I-394 Bryn Mawr resident Matthew Owen Lynch, age 52, died of injuries from a single-vehicle crash the afternoon of Feb. 10, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said the vehicle ran off the road near I-394 and Highway 169. The report said the Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling north on Ford Road and failed to stop for a stop sign at
The day of the assault, the mag lock on a door was disabled because there was construction at the building and contractors needed to be let in. Someone took advantage that the door could be opened from the inside to let people into the building. — Gail Plewacki, district communications director
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Uptown neighborhoods are co-sponsoring a personal safety workshop set for Thursday, March 31. Speakers include Crime Prevention Specialist Chelsea Adams and Mary Brandl, a self-defense educator and fourth degree black belt. The workshop will run from 6:30-8 p.m. at Bryant Square Park, 3101 Bryant Ave. S.
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Quality Coaches’ practice of queueing vehicles on the sidewalk has drawn city scrutiny. An obstruction permit was revoked in May. Photo by Dylan Thomas
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you’re telling me that I can’t do any of this and my fence is illegal.” The car that got that ticket back in 2005 was a 1978 MGB, a tiny, two-door roadster manufactured by the British Motor Corporation. Brandow will work on most any vehicle that comes his way — your rust-bucket, mid-’90s Toyota Camry included — but his passion is for restoring British sports cars, and MGs in particular. A customer dropped off the MGB for Quality Coaches to fix up and sell, then took off for Florida. Brandow didn’t have the title, and retrieving it from the impound lot required a trip to City Hall for “some sort of procedural clearance” to get the car out of impound, he said. “It was just a barbed situation,” he recalls now. Did it stop him from parking customers’ cars on the sidewalk in, as Brandow put it, “potential violation of the city laws”? No. But years later he took a Minneapolis Police officer’s suggestion and applied for an obstruction permit. It was issued Oct. 27, 2014, according to city records.
Parking crunch October 2014 is also the last time Google Street View’s camera car drove down West 38th Street past Quality Coaches. It recorded three tiny sports cars parked on the extra-wide sidewalk, each pulled up parallel to Brandow’s building, plus another two at the curb. A fourth vehicle parked on the sidewalk appears to be a golf cart with some aftermarket modifications. Brandow said the cars are simply queued-up for service. The intersection’s recent transformation into a dining destination — home to Blackbird, Nighthawks, Cocina Latina, Five
Watt Coffee and Kyatchi — means street parking is tight. Plus, there’s a two-hour limit on both Nicollet Avenue and West 38th Street, he added. Brandow arranged to rent a few spaces in the lot across the street from the owner, Michael Lander, a Minneapolis developer. But he still used the sidewalk in front of his building for parking, too. Brandow argued the classic cars have “decorative value,” and that their presence “adds a little class to the neighborhood.” “And for the most part people like seeing the relics of yesteryear in operation,” he said. Someone decided they weren’t in operation often enough. The obstruction permit was revoked May 22, 2015 after the city’s business licensing office tipped off the Department of Public Works. “Our understanding was the obstruction permit that was granted was no longer being used as we understood it was going to be used, on an intermittent basis,” Lisa Cerney, the department’s deputy director, said. “Cars were being parked there long term.” City records include a violation notice dating from May 15, a week before the obstruction permit was cancelled. Brandow said the inspector who wrote the notice was the same one who nailed him for sidewalk parking in 2005. He appealed to the Kingfield Neighborhood Association for help. Executive Director Sarah Linnes-Robinson contacted City Hall last summer but “the city never responded,” she said. “I thought it was sort of a silly issue because he’s done it forever,” Linnes-Robinson added. Asked if she’d ever heard complaints about the cars parked in front of Quality Coaches, Linnes-Robinson responded: “Citizen complaints? Never.” She confirmed that parking “is very difficult”
around the economically revitalized intersection. “There were a few people who invested heavily in that area, who helped pull it up to what it is now,” she said, adding that Brandow was one of them. Cerney said someone from her office stopped by Quality Coaches after the permit was pulled in May, “and … they were still parking cars in that space.”
‘Maintenance-free’ security Brandow also contacted City Council Member Elizabeth Glidden’s Ward 8 office. Glidden said she tries to act as a “facilitator” between businesses and city departments in situations like these, but she “can’t change the rules.” “He’s a great business owner,” she added, agreeing with Linnes-Robinson that Brandow had “done a lot to activate that corner.” Brandow wasn’t just looking for help with the sidewalk parking; there was the issue of the barb wire around his back lot. And not just barb wire. After a series of break-ins seven or eight years ago, he said, he spent about $1,500 to add a strand of razor wire. “Usually, the vagrants want to cut the top and take the radio out of a sports car. Or, you know, rifle the car for dope money out of the glove box, or whatever,” he said. “Or they just get in there and ransack them.” Then there was the time someone broke in with a Sawzall tool looking for catalytic converters, a car part commonly targeted by thieves because it can be sold to a scrap yard for cash. Unfortunately, both for the thief and for Brandow, he or she targeted a 1976 JensenHealey coupe, a British two-seater sports car built more than 15 years before that country required catalytic converters on all vehicles. Brandow said the exhaust system was cut into “smithereens.” He couldn’t find the right
replacement parts for the limited-production vehicle, “so I ended up selling the car for less because I couldn’t make it operational without an exhaust system,” he said. Brandow described the razor wire as a “maintenance-free” security system. Sure, he could add cameras, but he doesn’t want to be tethered to a computer monitor on his vacations, like a trip to Puerto Rico in March. “It’s kind of an impediment to freestyle living,” he said. As for insurance, he said he’s not covered for what happens in the back lot “because the cars are not deemed secure if they’re outside.”
Grandfathered in Minneapolis Zoning Administration and Enforcement Manager Brad Ellis said the razor wire must go. It isn’t allowed in any of the city’s zoning districts and never has been, as far as Ellis could tell. He said barb wire, once allowed in commercial districts, is now limited to industrially zoned areas. But a follow-up visit from a zoning inspector confirmed what Brandow had argued all along: the barb wire predated both his purchase of the Quality Coaches building and the change in city code, so it should be grandfathered in. “It does appear that it has been existing for decades, and we were going to grant them nonconforming rights to that without them having to go to the Board of Adjustment to state their case,” Ellis said in early March. Brandow said he’s now considering “enhanced barb wire” for his back lot. As for the sidewalk parking, he said was “blindsided” by the revocation of his obstruction permit. “I was thinking of going in the spring after having a clean record for a while and see if I could reapply for the obstruction permit,” he said.
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MPLS MAKE comes out of the woodwork Membership-based woodworking studio MPLS MAKE relocates in Northeast Minneapolis
By Eric Best / ebest@southwestjournal.com
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Theo Knaeble is unlike most small business owners. The 25-year-old entrepreneur went to school to learn physics, but ended up building custom furniture, teaching people to ski and even creating a Shakespearian card game. Now Knaeble is doubling down on his latest venture: a membership-driven woodworking workshop. Knaeble founded MPLS MAKE last year in the Northrup King Building, and is now relocating the community workshop to its own much larger space on Central Avenue in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. Since opening, MPLS MAKE has garnered a small handful of members, from young hobbyists to professionals who need access to more space and tools. “It was very apparent very quickly that there was a need in the community to have a space that wasn’t your apartment to build something in ,” he told The Journal. “It filled up super fast and everybody who’s a member is super jazzed about it.”
MPLS MAKE founder Theo Knaeble (top) has relocated his community workshop of woodworking tools (above). Photo by Eric Best and submitted photo
MPLS MAKE is a membership-based studio with all the tools and room to craft most woodworking projects. Much like a gym membership, MPLS MAKE members have unlimited access to tools — everything from a couple table saws to rarer and more expensive tools — and shared studio space for $200 a month, or $150 for early adopters. While building custom furniture with a friend — another business of Knaeble’s — he found himself with open studio space and woodworking tools, and then MPLS MAKE was born. The organization relocated March 1 at 1858 Central Ave. NE in the Logan Park neighborhood. The 4,000-square-foot space, a former auto garage, offers plenty of room for expansion from the 500 square feet Knaeble had previously. While not necessarily a new model to Northeast Minneapolis, Knaeble was inspired by a community workshop he was a member of in California. What sets MPLS MAKE apart, he says, is its community of woodworkers. If a member doesn’t know how to use a tool or start a project then they have plenty of others to turn to for help. “If they don’t [know], everybody else in the room probably knows how to do it. Everybody wants to help,” he said. “I see that as something that’s going to grow and grow as we get more members. People are here because they want a community to create with, and they want to learn from each other too.” So far the concept has attracted a handful of young woodworkers who have taken the craft on as a hobby, in addition to a few seasoned professionals. Knaeble wants the cost to be approachable for both people who make money off their work and those just learning the trade. Now the space churns out butcher blocks, wooden spoons —even furniture for Japanese gardens. Jake Hemstad has been a member for the past few months and builds his own furniture, largely with hand tools. For the 25-year-old
doctoral student studying computer science, woodworking isn’t a source of income, so splitting the cost of studio space and tools among fellow members has made it possible to continue his passion. “I wouldn’t be able to have something like this built up until I was retired. To have it now at 25 is incredible,” he said. Hemstad said the monthly dues are also less than what it would cost for him to move into a larger apartment or even outfit a woodworking space with tools at home. For Kyle Huberty, MPLS MAKE made it possible for him to build models as an intern at an architecture firm. The firm doesn’t have its own infrastructure to create the models necessary for some projects, so it turned to Knaeble’s workshop for a couple months. As a student, Huberty mainly worked in the evenings — sometimes until 4 a.m. Members can get into the MPLS MAKE studio 24/7 using an app on their phone. “I liked having the flexibility,” he said. Beyond an open studio space, Knaeble envisions MPLS MAKE as a resource for his member-woodworkers to sell their crafts. With a location set in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District, Knaeble is planning to show off the concept at events like Art-A-Whirl. He’ll also showcase members and their work on the website at mplsmake.com. “We want people to come here and make cool stuff,” he said. The people who’ve already signed onto the concept say it’s the down-to-earth quality of MPLS MAKE and Knaeble’s vision that have them sharing tools. “I’ve really jumped wholesale into what very much feels like [a community],” Hemstad said. “I think that’s a product of the people and Theo especially, and the atmosphere that has built up because of that.”
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New small businesses in southwest Minneapolis have expressed concerns about the possibility of a new citywide mandatory paid sick time policy. About 100 small businesses responded to a survey by the Southwest Business Association (SWBA) gauging their ability to comply with a citywide mandatory paid sick policy. The survey included responses from a variety of businesses, including restaurants, retail and professional services, among others. SWBA President Matt Perry said paid sick days are an ideal, but not something all businesses can afford. “Providing paid time off is something we know every employer would like to do, but we as a city need to recognize the reality that not all owners are in the financial position to do so, especially those owning or starting a small business,” Perry said. “These are the very businesses that contribute to making Minneapolis a great place to live.” Some smaller businesses in the city, however, have been advocating for a citywide paid sick time policy, including Common Roots Café on Lyndale. The city-appointed Workplace Partnership Group is expected to deliver its recommendations on a paid sick time ordinance to the City Council’s Committee of the Whole on Wednesday, March 16. The 15-member group is analyzing feedback gathering during listening sessions throughout the city and paid sick policies in other cities. About 40 percent of Minneapolis workers lack access to paid sick time and they are disproportionately women and people of color.
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Road salt cleanup effort is Saturday, March 12 Volunteers are meeting at Common Roots at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 12 for coffee, socializing and a quick primer before heading out to clean up the streets. Minneapolis crews apply thousands of tons of sand and salt to roadways every winter, according to the city. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports that levels of chloride are elevated in many urban streams throughout the U.S., and de-icing is listed as a major source of the chloride. Minnehaha Creek, for example, has shown elevated levels of chloride from road salt. Excess chloride can inhibit plant growth and reduce the diversity of organisms in streams. Increases in stream chloride levels over the past two decades are consistent with increases in salt use for de-icing, according to the USGS. The city’s annual street sweeping in the spring is designed to help prevent sand and salt from washing into the waterways. The cleanup is a joint effort between the Whittier Environmental Sustainability Task Force and Lowry Hill East. Volunteers may bring brooms, large dust pans, or large buckets. Common Roots is located at 2558 Lyndale Ave. S. — Michelle Bruch
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Southwest neighborhoods host organics recycling kickoff The Lynnhurst and Tangletown neighborhoods are coming together March 19 to celebrate the second and final phase of the Minneapolis citywide organics recycling rollout, set to begin in late March. The first 200 people through the door of the Lynnhurst Recreation Center will receive free compostable bags, which are required for organics recycling in Minneapolis. The event runs 10 a.m.–1 p.m. and will also feature pizza, games, activities for children, demonstrations and a drawing for a door prize. The two neighborhoods are also hosting Minneapolis Recycling Coordinator Kellie Kish and Anne Ludvik, director of organics development for Specialized Environmental Technologies, a local organic waste processor. Kish and Ludvik are scheduled to give a joint presentation at 10:30 a.m. and again at 11:45 a.m. The city reported back in January that it had about 19,000 carts ready for delivery to customers in phase-two rollout areas beginning March 28. Residents who registered for organics recycling prior to Feb. 1 should expect to receive their cart by June. Others may have to wait until July. About one-quarter of Minneapolis households were included in phase one of the rollout, which began in August. In total,
School wins watershed grant The other half of Minneapolis gets organics recycling service when phase two of the citywide rollout commences in March. File photo
about 34,000 households, or roughly onethird of all Minneapolis Solid Waste and Recycling customers, have opted-in to the organics recycling service. Sandra Nussbaum, chair of the Lynnhurst Neighborhood Association’s environmental committee and one of the organizers of the kick-off event, said her neighborhood is ahead of the curve. Nearly half of all Lynnhurst households had signed up for organics recycling by late February, Nussbaum said. While a small section of the Lynnhurst
Stonebridge World School won a $7,000 grant to develop a clean water, ecology and conservation curriculum from the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. The grant, awarded through the watershed district’s Cynthia Krieg Watershed Stewardship Fund, will be shared with Partnership Academy in Richfield. The two schools plan to collaborate on the curriculum. In March, the watershed district reported that it received 18 grant applications this round, more than ever before, and awarded funding to 13 projects. Established in 2000, the Krieg fund supports projects that promote clean water through education and community engagement. Other grant recipients for 2016 include Field Community School, awarded $14,350 to develop a curriculum based on the school’s rain gardens and pollinator gardens, and Minneapolis Area Synod, awarded $12,000 to engage local Lutheran congregations in a clean water campaign. For more information on the grant fund, go to minnehahacreek.org/grants/ cynthiakrieg.
neighborhood was included in phase one of the rollout, most residents are still waiting for their carts. In the meantime, Nussbaum said she and many of her neighbors hauled their kitchen scraps to either Pearl Park or Armatage Park, two of the seven organics drop-off sites the city set up while it got organics pickup rolling. For more information on citywide organics recycling, or to order a cart, go to minneapolismn.gov/solid-waste/organics/ or call 673-2917
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Park Board continues tree removal to fight emerald ash borer The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board anticipates removing and replacing 5,000 ash trees each year for the next eight years in an effort to prevent the spread of emerald ash borer. Since beginning the effort in 2014, the Park Board has designated approximately 30,000 ash trees on Minneapolis boulevards and an additional 10,000 on park property as being destined for emerald ash borer (EAB) infestation. Forestry crews have pre-emptively
removed a fourth of those trees in order to prevent large-scale tree loss across the city. Throughout 2016, Park Board will remove trees and stumps that don’t show symptoms of EAB infestation with a green “X” removed. Crews will then plan replacement trees next spring. Forestry staff paint infested ash trees with a green ring, while any other tree species slated for removal are marked with orange paint. Trees will remain marked for a
minimum of five days before removal unless they presents a public hazard. Ralph Sievert, the Park Board’s director of forestry, said in a prepared statement that crews remove trees on a block-by-block basis. “Our goal is to replace approximately two to four ash trees on each block per season,” he said. “Foresters will choose trees for replacement throughout an entire block so that properties are affected as evenly as possible.”
The board will replace the trees with a diverse range of tree species. Minneapolis residents can request park staff to replace boulevard ash trees adjacent to their property at no direct charge. The board is funding the removal and replacement plan through a special levy that raised $1.7 million for this year. The levy, first passed in 2013, needs to be passed annually to fund the eight-year plan.
Park Board considers Upper Harbor Terminal engagement plan The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is laying the groundwork for the first steps in redeveloping 50 acres of city-owned land in North Minneapolis. Park commissioners considered a resolution March 2 authorizing the formation of an appointed community group to help guide the redevelopment of the upper riverfront land known as the Upper Harbor Terminal site. Though they sent it back to staff for additional work, the resolution is one of the board’s first steps in what is expected to be a multi-year planning effort to overhaul the former industrial land for a
“first-class” regional park, among other uses. The Park Board has eyed the city-owned land with a goal of adopting the riverfront real estate under its Above the Falls Regional Park plans, which guide redevelopment of the Upper Harbor Terminal site for a mixture of park, business park and mixed uses. The site operated as a commercial barging terminal from the 1960s until the end of 2014. The agreement between the city and board outlines a goal for the redevelopment to bring jobs for North Minneapolis residents. City planning staff estimate the site
has the potential to attract $100 million in private development, bringing in thousands of jobs if the site sees a business park and other mixed-use development. The Park Board and City of Minneapolis will focus on developing the northern half of the site in an initial phase. Park officials said they’re planning to open a request for qualifications this spring or summer to potential developers with a response due sometime in the fall. The chosen team will then have exclusive rights to work on the overhaul. Both the city and board will have to approve a concept
design and implementation plan. Before the end of 2017, the city plans to work with the developer in seeking tenants and other local partners. Park staff expect plans for an initial redevelopment phase to come before the board sometime in 2018 or 2019. The Park Board and the city are currently finalizing the makeup of a community advisory committee, which is likely to include appointees from park commissioners, council members, Mayor Betsy Hodges’ office and neighborhood groups, among others.
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to address the funding gap for street projects, but Kotke said there have been discussions with the Finance Department exploring possible ways to fill the gap. City Council Member Kevin Reich (Ward 1), chair of the Council’s Transportation and Public Works Committee, said the city is addressing the challenge “head-on.” “This is a statewide conversation,” Reich said, noting that bridges get a lot of attention, but the state’s streets need investment as well. David Prestwood, a spokesman for Mayor Betsy Hodges, said the mayor supports more funding for city streets and parks. She’s been having discussions with Council members to “gauge their appetite to finding a solution,” he said. “Infrastructure issues are obviously something that every city faces. After years of budget cuts, we need to rebuild that infrastructure and she’s open minded on how to deal with the problem,” he said. Here’s a roundup of major street projects underway and ones on the docket for the 2016 construction season in the downtown area and in southwest Minneapolis:
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Justice Department agrees to review city’s response to 4th Precinct protests The U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office announced March 3 that it has agreed to do an independent review of the city’s response to protests following the shooting death of Jamar Clark in North Minneapolis. COPS Office Director Ronald Davis applauded Mayor Betsy Hodges and Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau for asking for the review. City leaders have faced sharp criticism from activists and others in the community
for how police interacted with protesters during the 18-day protest occupation of the MPD’s 4th Precinct following the police shooting death of Clark on Nov. 15. “An after-action review of a high-profile incident can provide lessons learned, both positive and negative, that are extremely beneficial to the more than 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the nation,” said COPS Office Director Ronald Davis. “It is critical that city leaders are open to examining their own actions and practices and
commit to making improvements wherever possible.” The COPS office will provide technical assistance to the MPD through its Critical Assistance Response Technical Assistance Program and use “subject matter experts” to examine the police response to protests. The COPS office also did an after-action assessment on the police response to protests in Ferguson, Mo. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office is currently reviewing Clark’s case and has
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Youth rally at the state Capitol to call for a solar energy standard in Minnesota, singing a song to the tune of “Here Comes the Sun.” Photo courtesy of Climate Generation
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Building climate awareness through education and action Not many nonprofit organizations have worked with governors to develop clean-energy policy, reached Location thousands of youth through an emerging leaders program and taken trips to the Canadian Arctic and Paris climate talks. 2801 21st Ave. S., Suite 110 Minneapolis-based Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy has. The 10-year-old nonprofit has been working for years to build climate literacy and action among educators, youth and Contact the broader public. It’s reached more than 52,000 teachers and students in that time, engaging them on an issue that affects 612-278-7147 everything from Minnesota moose populations to global temperatures and the frequency of extreme weather events. “You might not feel like you can fully see [climate change],” said the organization’s executive director Nicole Rom. Website “[But] it affects everything from food and electricity to way of life and recreation.” climategen.org For nearly 10 years, the Climate Generation staff has been working to raise awareness of those effects. They’ve built on the work of Steger, a Minnesota native and polar explorer who started the organization in 2006. It was known as the Year Founded Will Steger Foundation until 2015. 2006 Steger led dogsled expeditions across the North Pole and Antarctica in the 1980s, spending 1,000 days on Arctic ice. In 2002, he read an article about the collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf, which he had crossed years earlier. “He was just shocked to learn of that ice shelf going,” Rom said. “Every ice shelf he crossed has since disintegrated.” She said that inspired Steger to start the organization. He moved from Ely to the Twin Cities, speaking to thousands of people in the early years about climate change’s effects. The organization coordinated expeditions to the Canadian Arctic in 2007 and 2008 and has continued to lead trips over the past 10 years, most recently taking 10 teachers to Paris for the United Nations climate change conference. It has also created a free online climate-change curriculum for grades 3-12, worked with Minnesota’s governors to develop clean-energy policy and developed an annual summer institute for educators. The organization has especially focused on engaging youth, developing an emerging leaders program in 2008 that has reached thousands of students. It also coordinates an annual youth lobby day, during which students meet with the governor and state legislators. Climate Generation will host its 2016 Youth Lobby Day on March 14. “Youth is really where that hope lies,” Rom said. “We really believe that they’re our leaders.” Climate Generation looked to generate awareness and action in rural Minnesota over the past year, hosting 12 climate convenings around the state. The events featured local speakers and presentations on climate-change solutions that changed depending on the community. Siegner said the project highlighted the need for more awareness and opportunities to engage in climate-change solutions. “There’s so much interest and so much more potential for action,” Siegner said. “It’s really shown us that there needs to be deeper engagement around climate change all across the state.”
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What you can do Attend a Climate Generation community event, a complete list of which can be found at climategen.org/what-we-do/education/public-outreach/community-events. Follow Climate generation on Twitter (@climategenorg), Facebook (fb.com/climategen) and Instagram (@climategenorg) for the latest news and events. Reduce your ecological impact through small actions, such as recycling, taking shorter showers and unplugging electronic devices when not in use. Climate Generation has a more detailed list on its website.
About the Where We Live project This project is an ongoing series spearheaded by Journals’ publisher Janis Hall showcasing Minneapolis nonprofits doing important work in the community. The editorial team has selected organizations to spotlight. Nate Gotlieb is the writer for the project.
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CIRCUS JUVENTAS What: This youth circus school offers year-round performing-arts programming for ages 2 to 22 as well as summer camps for ages 6 to 15. Summer camps expose kids to a variety of circus basics. Want to see the circus in action? Check out one of the school’s two public shows — one in spring and one in summer. Ages: 6-15 Dates: Performance camps will be June 13-17, 20-24, June 27-July 1 and July 11-15. Sampler camps will be June 6-10 and July 5-8 Hours: 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Location: Circus Juventas, 1270 Montreal Ave., St. Paul Weekly cost: $405 Info: circusjuventas.org
(trampolines and tumbling), balance (think tight ropes and unicycles), juggling and theater. Circus Juventas draws more than 500 circusminded kids each summer. That’s about 70 campers a week, divided into small groups based on age and ability.
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Circus Juventas summer camps give kids a primer on a variety of real-life circus skills
Story and photos by Lauren Cutshall
A girl who looks no more than 9 years old spins gracefully — 25 feet in the air — her small hands gripping strips of bright blue silk, hanging from the ceiling. A young boy leaps on a large trampoline, flying ever higher with each bounce. Another girl whizzes past on a unicycle, leaning into a turn with an arm out for balance. Nearby, six kids rise from a padded floor mat to create a human pyramid reaching 6 feet tall, despite fits of giggles coming from the participants. If it all sounds a bit like a circus, well, it actually is. This is summer camp at Circus Juventas, the largest performing arts youth circus school in North America, located in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul. Founded in 1994 by real-life circus performers, the popular school offers yearround programming for ages 2 to 22 as well as summer camps for ages 6 to 15.
So much of what they’re doing, and so much of what circus is about, is trust and teamwork. It takes everybody to make an act work. — Rachel Butler, co-director of the camp programs at Circus Juventas in St. Paul
A couple of camp participants test out unicycles.
So what if your kid is completely new to circus? Not a problem — in fact, most of Circus Juventas’ summer campers are beginners. “[Coaches] go into it assuming everyone is new,” said Rachel Butler, one of the camp’s co-directors. Though some kids may feel timid at first, the coaches and kids develop strong relationships early on — with roughly one coach to every seven kids. Coaches help kids gradually build their circus skills. “We do start slowly,” said Marissa Dorschner, the camp’s other co-director. “Everything is pretty low to the ground.” Circus Juventas’ coaches — who boast real circus backgrounds with groups such as Cirque du Soleil, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey — come from around the world, including countries such as China, Mongolia, Morocco, Poland and Russia.
Beyond camp Circus camp may inspire a new long-term hobby for your child. It’s quite possible that at the end of a day at camp, your child will want to linger in the gym, watching in awe when the school’s regular students arrive and begin to fly confidently through the air on the trapeze. In regular classes, kids focus more closely on specific skills and for longer periods of time. “Taking the summer camp is a good way for them to get acquainted with the acts, before they sign up for a whole class,” Butler said. “It’s a good way to be introduced to circus.” For Rachel Dickinson, age 11, one of the best parts of camp was trying so many different activities. Though she’s taken classes at Circus Juventas for years, she said camp helped her work on other skills. “I was more scared of acrobatics,” said Rachel, whose classes focus mostly on aerial work. Kids at camp don’t just learn to perform circus arts with confidence, Butler said. They also discover the power of working together. “So much of what they’re doing, and so much of what circus is about, is trust and teamwork,” Butler said. “It takes everybody to make an act work.”
Samplers, shows Kids have two camp options to choose from: Five-day performance camps for $405 end with a show in the final day of camp. Attendance is required all five days.
Sampler camps, which don’t include a performance, can be taken a la cart for $85 a day or $405 for all five days. Both options include instruction in aerial skills (such as silks and trapeze), acrobatics
Lauren Cutshall is a Minneapolis-based freelance writer and a student at the University of Minnesota.
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CAMP Camp Angel helps kids age 5 to 18 cope with a parent’s cancer diagnosis
Story and photos by Lauren Cutshall
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ne of the very first activities at Camp Angel involves getting all of the campers to stand in a line. Campers are then asked to step forward when a leader calls out a characteristic that speaks to them. When prompted by their favorite foods, colors or animals, kids gradually start stepping forward in small groups. But it’s not until the end, when the kids are prompted with, “If you love someone who has or had cancer,” that everyone steps forward and recognizes — in an obvious and physical way — that they all have something pretty important in common.
Camp Angel, held at Camp Eden Wood north of Eden Prairie, helps campers build camaraderie and meet the challenges of having a parent with a current or past cancer diagnosis.
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“I think it opens a door, as soon as people can look left and right and see that everyone here understands,” said Dan Mundt, a 2015 Camp Angel staff member. “Then they’re so much more open.”
Camaraderie amid complexity Geared toward ages 5 to 18, Camp Angel — a project of the local nonprofit Angel Foundation — is a three-day camp for kids who have a parent with a current or past cancer diagnosis. It’s a lot like other summer camps, complete with T-shirt tie-dying, ropes courses and a variety of other traditional camp experiences. Now in its 11th summer, Camp Angel (formerly known as Kids Kamp) is held at Camp Eden Wood, a collection of cabins north of Eden Prairie. “Camp is a fun and therapeutic opportunity for children and teens who have a parent with cancer to be around other kids like themselves,” said Melissa Turgeon, the director of Facing Cancer Together at the Angel Foundation. Program staff and volunteers encourage kids to talk with their peers — kids going through the same thing — about the tough disruption that inevitably comes out of a situation involving cancer. Missy Lundquist, one of the camp’s co-founders, said the camp fosters a special camaraderie among the kids. “It really helps them feel less isolated and normalizes a really abnormal situation,” she said.
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651-226-2027 • sunnysidestables.org The camp’s other co-founder, Janice Haines, said Camp Angel started more than a decade ago when she and Lundquist recognized there weren’t many places to support the children of cancer patients. “There was a need for it,” Haines said. “It was instantaneously popular.” There are two sessions of Camp Angel — one in June and one in August — each averaging about 100 kids. “We’re unique in that we serve families with any type of cancer — any stage of the diagnosis too,” Haines said. “We have newly diagnosed and we have campers who come back years later just because of the connections.”
Common understanding Those connections are part of what make the camp special for so many kids. Numerous specially trained staff and volunteers, including teen mentors, give campers a nearly 1-1 counselor-to-camper ratio. All of the teen mentors have attended camp themselves, meaning they, too, have experience with cancer in their families. Teen mentor Lucas Kempf of St. Louis Park came to camp after his mom was diagnosed with cancer. Now he’s happy to give back by volunteering as a mentor. “I was overwhelmed by the positivity and support,” Kempf said about his first time at Camp Angel. “There’s no drama. It’s easier to be yourself around people who know what you’re going through.” Eleven-year-old camper Wyatt Jellison felt supported at camp. “You’re not going to get teased,” he said. “No one is going to judge you here.”
CAMP ANGEL What: The Angel Foundation’s Camp Angel (formerly known as Kids Kamp) is a three-day camp for kids who have or have had a parent or caregiver with cancer. The Angel Foundation, based in Mendota Heights, provides emergency financial assistance, education and support to local adults with cancer and their families. The foundation has helped more than 25,000 people through its programs since 2001. Ages: 5–18 Dates: June 16–18 and August 16–18 Location: Camp Eden Wood, Eden Prairie Cost: Free Info: mnangel.org
Volunteers at Camp Angel also include cancer survivors and medical professionals, offering campers a rich depth of knowledge and understanding.
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It’s free, flexible At Camp Angel, ages 5 to 12 attend day camp. Ages 13 to 18 are encouraged to stay overnight. Perhaps what’s most surprising about Camp Angel is the cost: It’s free. Paying for camp, while also affording treatment and lost work hours, isn’t easy for families. “This is a way for them to have a normal childhood experience under extraordinary circumstances, and without costing the family money,” Lundquist said. The Angel Foundation, established in 2001, also offers year-round help for families. Camp is an extension of Facing Cancer Together, an Angel Foundation program that offers families with young children and teens — who are living with a parental cancer diagnosis — receive accurate, age-appropriate information about cancer and its effects on the family at no cost to participants.
Communication skills During camp, kids can talk about cancer with each other and their leaders. But it’s just as important that campers take those skills home, Lundquist said. Communication, of course, is a two-way street, so parents are given the opportunity to learn these skills, too, with a drop-in parent support group each morning of camp. Parents can meet some of the other parents and expand their own support network and knowledge — or they can simply go home and have a few days to themselves. Finding some time to be alone, especially when children are young, can be just as therapeutic, Lundquist said.
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Seeing real change Whether kids are new to camp (and cancer) or camp/cancer veterans, Lundquist said the transformations campers experience over the three days is always remarkable. On the final day of camp, there’s a special family celebration. “They learn they’re not alone. They get to learn that they can handle it,” she said. “They still get to be a kid — even in the midst of a very trying experience in the family. The power of being around other people who share a challenging experience, it just lessens your load.” Lauren Cutshall is a Minneapolis-based freelance writer and a student at the Universityof Minnesota. Blake School SWJ 031016 6.indd 1
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CAMP 3Traditional summer-camp activities such as archery are an important part of family language camps, too. Photos courtesy of Concordia Language Villages
summer programs are becoming increasingly popular: Last summer the camp experienced a 65 percent increase in its family programs alone. Concordia also offers family camps during certain holiday breaks — such as the three-day weekends of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Presidents Day — and during the MEA break each October. Erik Tennant of Apple Valley, brought his 16-year-old son, Ryan, to a French family weekend camp last year for the second time. He wanted an immersion-type program to complement his son’s high school French class. “We’re building up to a trip to France,” Tennant said. “I wanted to help him connect with the language and have it become more natural.” “It’s super fun,” Ryan Tennant said. “It forces you to say something in French, even to get your food.”
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estled along the wooded shores of Turtle River Lake, about 12 miles northeast of Bemidji, Concordia Language Villages is a tranquil setting for a Minnesota camp. But as soon as visitors arrive at the 875-acre property, they quickly find they’re no longer in Minnesota. At Concordia Language Villages, villagers (not campers) are quickly immersed into one of the 15 different languages spoken at the
camp’s many cultural immersion programs. Village passports are required to cross the border into the country they’ll inhabit, complete with their chosen foreign country’s food, language and customs. And it’s not just the kids who can experience these immersion-style adventures. Concordia’s weekend and weeklong family camps allow entire families to learn a new language — and culture — together.
Graefe said more families are recognizing the benefits of having their children become bilingual early in life when they’re at their most receptive to learning. Overall, enrollment in Concordia Language Villages programs is up 12 percent in the past year. “Families understand that their kids are going to be exposed to people from around the world in today’s global economy,” Graefe said. “Parents today are much more engaged in their children’s lives.” When children learn languages, they have an easier time than grownups because they don’t see the words as foreign. They’re just new, Graefe said. That’s why they have a higher success rate of pronouncing words and enunciating correctly, Graefe said.
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Can’t afford an international trip? This is it — without the expense and without having to leave the state. In fact, many families who plan global travel experiences often go to family camp together first to get a feel for the language and culture of the country they plan to visit. (Family camp is free for children 3 and younger.) Martin Graefe, senior group director at Concordia Language Villages, said family
A typical day at family camp varies. Food is an integral part of every culture: At the Japanese camp, villagers awake to morning exercises and a typical breakfast of fish, rice and miso soup. At French camp, lunch may feature Tunisian couscous. Every meal at each language program is freshly prepared by staff. Each program incorporates music and songs — in both small and large group activities — to
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CAMP help villagers learn their target language. Each village within the camp has its own waterfront for canoeing, swimming and other water activities. (At the Swedish camp, villagers can earn a badge in sailing.) Languages with the highest enrollments at Concordia’s camps, in order, are Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese and Norwegian. The Arabic program is small but growing and offers many scholarship opportunities. Other popular language camps include Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Swiss, Finnish, Danish, Italian and English.
Sing-alongs — sometimes including hand actions — are a big part of learning languages during family camps at Concordia Language Villages.
Making it a tradition Nearly half of all youth who attend a Concordia Language Village camp return a year later, Graefe said. About 45 percent of villagers are from Minnesota, but the rest are from throughout the U.S. or abroad. Francois Fouquerel, dean of the French Les Voyageurs program, is a native of France and has taught at Concordia Language Villages since 1985. When he leads the French family camp with villagers of all ages, he speaks only French. He uses hand gestures and animated facial expressions to get his messages across, too. “We give people the encouragement to learn and produce things in a fun and supportive environment,” he said. “They’re going to be excited about learning French, and they will have tasted food they’ve never had. It opens your mind to other cultures, and they can take lessons from here for the rest of their lives.”
Multilingual Amy Colon drove from Minneapolis to bring her 5-year-old son, Oskar, to French family camp. Her son spent two years in a French
immersion preschool, and then moved onto kindergarten at a Chinese immersion school. Colon said learning a new language came easier to him at his young age than it did for her when she tried to learn Swedish as a teen. She hopes being multilingual will open doors for her son in the future with college scholarships and job opportunities. “It’s flipping me out how fast he’s picked up languages,” Colon said. “We’ll probably be returning to these French family weekends because it will keep him in the game. I also want to have time away with him. “This is a great resource in our backyard.” Jodie Tweed is a freelance writer living in Pequot Lakes.
CONCORDIA LANGUAGE VILLAGES What: In addition to its youth programs, Concordia Language Villages, a program of Concordia College in Moorhead, offers family camps in 11 languages, including Chinese, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Swiss. Ages: All ages are welcome. Dates: Weeklong family camps (six days) are offered in June, July and August. Family weekends (four days) are held during the school year in January, February, April, May and October. Locations: Most family camps are hosted at the Bemidji site, about four hours north of the Twin Cities. Concordia’s Hackensack site offers one French family camp, a Cass Lake site offers a Portuguese family camp and a Chinese family week is held at Maplelag Resort near Callaway. Cost: $675 per person for ages 19 and older, $545 per person for ages 4–18 for family week camps (six days) and $290 and $155, respectively, for family weekend camps (four days). Ages 3 and younger can attend for free. Info: concordialanguagevillages.org
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Campers at Star Lake Wilderness Camp sleep in tents, not cabins and spend their free time at swimming on more than a mile of local lakeshore. Photos courtesy of Star Lake Wilderness Camp
Minnesota unplugged By Jodie Tweed
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s she drove away from Star Lake Wilderness Camp for the first time, Michelle Hargrave worried she’d made a huge mistake. She’d dropped her son, Zane Coyle, then 10, off in the middle of the woods, under a tarp in the rain — about 2½ hours north of their Twin Cities home — at a primitive campground in northern Minnesota. Zane would spend the week living in the woods, building campfires, cooking his own food and sleeping in a tent at the rustic youth camp.
Campers at the rustic Star Lake Wilderness Camp sleep in tents, cook their own food and — perhaps most important — relax
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There was no dining hall, no camp store or even a main lodge. Campers are assigned to family groups of about 10 to 15 campers who are responsible for feeding themselves, washing their own dishes, cutting firewood and maintaining their tents and campsites. All campers turn in their phones and other electronics when they arrive and can pick them up when they leave. Hargrave had a hard time getting her head around the camp’s back-to-basics nature.
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CAMP “I had way overpacked his stuff, and it was hard for him to carry it. I was worried about him having enough mosquito repellent,” Hargrove said. “It was scary to do that as a mom.” But when she came back to pick him up, he was beaming: “He was having such a great time,” she said. Now 16 and living in Mankato, Zane has returned to Star Lake Wilderness Camp near Crosslake — about 2½ hours north of the Twin Cities — every summer since then, often for two to four weeks at a time. “When I’m at camp, it’s nice not to have the distractions of technology — and finding other stuff to do to entertain myself,” he said. “I think most of the other campers feel the same way. It’s nice to get our phones back and listen to music, but you kind of forget about it during the week.”
A long history Star Lake Camp was started in 1962 by the United Methodist Church, which operated the camp until 2012. Camp supporters then created a nonprofit organization to keep the wilderness camp running, leasing the 435-acre wooded property from the church for $1 a year. The camp is located in the heart of the Whitefish Chain of Lakes, where multi-million dollar lake homes dot the shore. But campers remain secluded from such modern development deep in the woods. They spend their days kayaking, canoeing and swimming along an undeveloped mile of sandy beaches on Little Star Lake. The camp also encompasses large portions of three other neighboring lakes. Walter Lockhart, a Methodist minister from St. Paul, serves as camp director. He employs a staff of seven camp counselors, including many who started out as campers themselves, along with several adult volunteers. Star Lake offers both Christian wilderness camps and traditional secular camps. Most campers have completed grades 5 to 8, though there are camps for younger elementary students, plus service camps for high school students. Younger campers often stay for three to four nights, while older campers may stay for a week or longer, participating in service camps that include work on trails and other facilities.
Making camp affordable What makes Star Lake unique is its cost. If families can’t afford the suggested camp fees of about $65 per day, then they don’t need to pay. Kids should get to attend wilderness camp, regardless of income, ability or gear, Lockhart said. If campers show up without camping gear, Lockhart and his staff will provide it. Kids do need to bring weather-appropriate clothing, including closed-toed shoes, and completed
STAR LAKE WILDERNESS CAMP What: This rustic camp in the Brainerd Lakes area is held in a wilderness setting. Campers sleep in tents and cook over a campfire. Activities include swimming, canoeing, kayaking, tubing, snorkeling, sand volleyball, hiking, a low-ropes course, night games, campfire songs and more. Age: Most campers have completed grades 5 to 8, though there are camps for younger elementary students, plus service camps for high school students. Dates: July 10–Aug. 13 Location: Crosslake, north of Brainerd, about 2½ hours north of the Twin Cities Cost: $65 per day with reduced or free rates for families who are unable to pay Info: starlakewildernesscamp.com
This is a very different type of adventure. We sit down, write a schedule and ignore it the rest of the week. — Walter Lockhart, a Methodist minister from St. Paul and director of Star Lake Wilderness Camp
mandatory health forms. Everyone is equal at Star Lake. “This is a very different type of adventure,” Lockhart said, standing under 150-year-old Norway pines at the wooded camp. “We sit down, write a schedule and ignore it the rest of the week.” Each week the camp typically hosts 25 to 35 campers spread out at three campsites, with a 6-1 ratio of campers to counselors. The campground has three storage buildings on site and a pavilion with no walls, which doubles as an emergency storm shelter. There are also two small rustic cabins for staff.
Coming back Sarah Hoh of St. Paul was 8 years old when she first attended Star Lake as a family friend of the Lockharts. She enjoyed the experience so much she continued to go back each summer. Now a sophomore in college, she spent her second year as a counselor there last summer. “I struggled as a child with being very shy,” Hoh said. “My family never went camping, and I just really enjoyed being outside. I remember having a lot of beach time, and that was the coolest thing to me as a kid.”
Creating community Star Lake’s rustic features encourage kids to grow up and develop self-reliance skills, Hoh said. “Campers use tools that they wouldn’t otherwise use; they cook and they make their own home,” she said. “It gives them an opportunity to live in a place that’s different, but also in a small group of people their own age.” Nathan Lockhart, Walter’s son, has spent most of his summers at Star Lake. Last summer, he returned from Emerson College in Boston, where he’s a theater major, to serve as head cook and lifeguard, among other duties. “I needed some time in the woods,” Lockhart said. “Star Lake is special to me. You may come to camp with a friend, but you leave camp knowing 12 other people who have built a community with you.”
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Adventures and s’mores, too Each summer many of the older campers attempt to complete the Brainerdarian, a camp tradition. Campers push off from shore at 5 a.m. in canoes and navigate the Whitefish Chain of Lakes and the Pine River to canoe more than 40 miles to Brainerd. Last year three groups of canoeists nearly made it before sundown. They were picked up seven miles short of the finish line. Like all summer camps, campers also enjoy singing songs around the campfire each night, making s’mores, performing camp skits and playing tag in the woods. “It’s a labor of love for me,” said Walter Lockhart, who’s been involved with the camp since 1987. “And it’s a wonderful experience for kids,” he said. “We’re not in the middle of nowhere, but we make it feel like we’re in the middle of nowhere.” Jodie Tweed is a freelance writer living in Pequot Lakes.
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CAMP Student-driven Thirteen-year-old Mana McBurnie from Northeast Minneapolis said she’s enjoyed Leonardo’s Basement art classes such as tie dye and mosaics as well as more technical classes, such as a CNC router class in which kids learn to program a computer-controlled cutting machine. (This year a class called Intro to Raspberry Pi will teach kids how to program credit card–sized single-board computers.) Leonardo’s Basement staff members take into account feedback from the previous summer’s students when they’re trying to come up with new classes every year. They also try to see the world from a kid’s point of view by asking themselves: “What would my 10-year-old self want to do?” Students are also given the freedom to tailor their classes to their whims by tweaking class themes on the fly if there’s common interest among the kids. For example, a few summers ago, kids in one class realized they all had a fascination with the British television show, Doctor Who. Soon, it evolved into a Doctor Who-themed class, inspiring the kids to create a life-sized TARDIS. (This summer, there’s a Doctor Who Accessories class.) Mana’s younger brother, 10-year-old Morien McBurnie, said he remembers one of his first classes changing its theme, too. After one of his classmates started to craft a baseball bat, he wanted to make one too. Soon the entire class realized a common love of baseball and decided to shift the focus of the class. Empowering kids in this way gives each class a fresh and undiscovered feeling, said program director Tracy Nielsen.
New location Leonardo’s Basement — formerly located at Nicollet Avenue and 43rd Street — moved
Staff at Leonardo’s Basement try to design classes from a kid’s point of view.
two miles south to West 60th Street (between Nicollet Avenue and Lyndale Avenue) last year. Though the location has changed, the emphasis on designing, making and doing is as strong as ever with a new workshop — nearly three times the size of the one in the previous location — plus special areas dedicated to LEGOs, electronics, woodworking and metal working. A new outdoor space will be used for teambuilt structures and sculptures this summer. “It’s never the same week twice,” Nielsen said.
And that’s quite a feat for a nonprofit going into its 18th year of programming.
Looking back It all started in 1997 when a dozen elementary-age students at Clara Barton Open School, a Minneapolis public school, asked their parents about forming an after-school club where they could choose and direct their own projects and go on field trips.
Those kids’ parents incorporated Leonardo’s Basement as a tax-exempt, nonprofit educational organization one year later. They named their endeavor after Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), beloved throughout the ages for his curious and observing mind. “He is the exemplary Renaissance man — integrating engineering, art, science and technology,” the nonprofit’s website says. “Second, the name conveys our interest in discovery and experimentation and the informal nature of
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CAMP Classes emphasize “process over product.”
Reinvented objects decorate the workshop at Leonardo’s Basement, including a bowling-ball version of Newton’s Cradle.
heading into the ‘basement,’ where tinkering and exploration is encouraged.” The workshop has served more than 11,000 students — including adults — since 1998.
More than just building Kids at Leonardo’s Basement learn art and science through hard work and play. In the process, they also learn about trial and error — the failure that often comes before success — and the importance of perseverance. “The most important skills they develop are the ones you don’t see,” said founder and executive director Steve Jevning. While the kids may learn many technical skills during classes, Jevning said, “It’s more important that they continue to be imaginative and curious.” That’s part of the organization’s philosophy of valuing “process over product.” It’s about embracing difficulty, not avoiding it. And the kids are supported with a student-to-
staff minimum ratio of 8-1. Kids who want a real challenge can visit the workshop’s command-center simulator — a small pod with just enough room for a chair and buttons galore. While sitting inside, they have to figure out a correct sequence of buttons to press and levers to switch. Through a process of trial and error, kids continue to tinker until something works. And when it comes to creating art and other inventions, kids won’t find all the perfect supplies on site. When a project needs some eyeballs, for example, the workshop encourages more than just googly eyes. “We try to get them to think about using materials in a different way,” Nielsen said. “There’s always another way to do something.” Lauren Cutshall is a Minneapolis-based freelance writer and a student at the University of Minnesota.
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A self-portrait by Edith Chavez, far left, plays on the Spanish phrase for goosebumps, “chicken skin.” Diana Morales Galicia makes bold graphic statements in her prints, left. Submitted images
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hey speak of their culture, their lives as women, of their fears and desires. “Sus Voces,” Spanish for “their voices,” brings together nine contemporary women printmakers from Mexico at Highpoint Center for Printmaking. The women aren’t presented as a chorus, singing in harmony; working in a variety of styles, with diverse subject matter that ranges from political allegory to diaristic introspection to documentation of a country convulsed with violence, each maintains her own distinct voice. The show arrived at Highpoint in February under the guidance of artist and curator Maria Cristina Tavera, who was raised partly in Minnesota and partly in Mexico. Tavera’s own work explores the intersections of gender, ethnicity and society, and with “Sus Voces” she presents nine different women’s perspectives on life in the United States’ southern neighbor. Mercedes Lopez Calvo’s technique might remind some viewers of Lynd Ward, the 20th-century American artist best known for the series of wordless proto-graphic novels he illustrated with expressionistic woodcuts. In Calvo’s prints, forms are defined by light and inky shadow, and the rough grain of the wood becomes an essential component of her compositions. “Llama Nocturna” is a sensual, nearly abstract
SUS VOCES When: Through March 26
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image of tropical leaves and fronds densely layered on top of one another. It sits comfortably next to the murky, dream-like imagery in the prints of Rossana Cervantes Vasquez. But in other prints by Calvo, the darkness implies fear or even impending violence, as in an image of three bound men with their shirts pulled over their heads, or another of 14 people all lying face down in a circle, their hands behind their heads, while a single figure stands over them. The rooster, whole or in parts (as if chopped up for dinner), is a recurring symbol in a series of large, woodcut self-portraits by Edith Chavez. It’s a metaphor that could point in various directions: to the machismo culture of Latin America or the domestic duties of Mexican women. Gallery Director Jess Krueckeberg helped to unlock the mystery, explaining that the roosters allude to the Spanish phrase for goose bumps, which is closer to “chicken skin.” It adds poignancy to Chavez’s various expressions in the self-portraits, whether she’s gazing coolly at the viewer or looking lost in apparent rapture. The prints of Diana Morales Galicia pack a wallop of a graphic punch, detailing in stark black-and-white a murmuration of birds swirling above a decrepit rollercoaster and, in a separate image, a tower of scaffolding growing larger as it climbs into the sky. They imply an infrastructure metastasizing out of control. In a trio of large portraits by América Rodriguez, women’s faces emerge from heavily patterned linocuts. The hatch marks and lacy thickets of lines hide little fishes and lizards that skitter across the image like stray thoughts. All executed on small squares of rough, grayish paper, Adriana Calatayud Morán’s series of “Animalismo” lithographs overlay human anatomical illustrations on portraits of animals, including a moose, a polar bear and a tiger. The stiff illustrations contrast with the lively beasts, hinting there is something wilder contained by our physical bodies. A series of lithographs by Daniela Ramirez are delightfully strange and confounding, filled with fantastical hybrid creatures that could be cast as demons in a Hieronymus Bosch painting. But there’s also a dead-pan humor to Ramirez’s work that is more in line with the Surrealists. A pair of Jimena Ramos etchings combine images from fashion magazines and comics with playful, clear-lined doodles. They have an appealingly carefree, Pop sensibility.
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Neighborhood Spotlight. 50th & France
A bounty of boutiques
5Burlap & Brass is the district’s latest addition at 5013 Ewing Ave. S. Owner Rena Lindberg stocks sassy Muddy Mouth Cards, necklaces made from antique horse bridle rosettes, and nostalgic pieces including a retro vintage barber chair. There is plenty of Minnesota gear here — Babe the blue ox appears on onesies, T-shirts and candles. And there are lots of easy gifts for guys: Blue Planet sunglasses are buy-one-give-one and made of recycled materials, wooden bow ties are handmade, Napa shaving soap is designed to last a year or more, and shoehorns read “No one can fill my father’s shoes.” “It’s an eclectic mix,” Lindberg said. “There is variety for everyone.” Lindberg lives in Fulton, and said she greatly appreciates the proximity after commuting 90 minutes to work in California. “I wanted to work and live nearby,” she said. “I fell in love with this area.” Lindberg has worked in retail for the past 16 years, spending nearly half of that time at Anthropologie. She said the shop’s first month has been a whirlwind, and she’s loved bringing in new merchandise. “Every week it’s Christmas,” she said.
3 Heinrich+Schultz sells ceramics by Montes Doggett and unique photo frames by airedelsur at 5047 France Ave. S. (They love the new chair in the window.) “We like to mix things,” said co-founder Liz Schultz. “It’s not one look.”
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Neighborhood Spotlight. 50th & France
5No one is shopping for lingerie off the rack at La Bratique at 5049 France Ave. S. Instead, consultants are helping each woman find the perfect size, fabric and seam. Owner Tracy Anderson said there are many ways women might unknowingly opt for a poor fit. They might select a large band to avoid back bulge, creating other problems with the fit. Or they might opt for a minimizer that erringly gives them a heavier, bustier appearance. “Our goal is to save them money in the long run,” she said. 3 One-of-a-kind cards at Paper Source are made by local letterpress offices and in-house designers based at the Chicago company. Designs are replicated in everything from cards and notepads to journals and handmade paper. The shop at 4954 France Ave. S. also offers crafting classes in creative hand-lettering, card-making, watercolors and marbling.
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Live, Laugh, Love at 5019 France Ave. S. offers Pandora jewelry, handbags and Lampe Berger lamps and fragrances. Lampe Berger is a catalytic combustion process (reportedly used at hospitals during World War I) designed to purify the air and neutralize odors. “Every home in Paris has it,” said a staff member.
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5Gather at 5041 France Ave. S. is selling lots of mini collectible nora fleming pieces that decorate a single platter and change with the seasons. Owner Michael Hagie said they’re an easy gift, and Gather is one of the few South Minneapolis spots that carries them. He also carries pillows printed with local zip codes and landmarks like “Bde Maka Ska.”
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The bread man Christopher MacLeod is a one-man bakery
By Loren Green
Christopher MacLeod has spent a lot of time in the back of bakeries, shaping dough and baking out of the customer’s sight. After each day’s effort, he would watch a portion of his work going into the wastebasket. “As a baker it’s really frustrating to see your product go to waste,” he reflects. “To see a percent of every day’s labor go into the trash can is one of the most frustrating things about this industry.” Along with forging a stronger connection with his customers, that commitment to reducing waste is a driving force behind his subscription-based bicycle delivery company, Laune Bread. Laune, a German word meaning “mood or vibes,” explains the good feelings that MacLeod gets from his work. He delivers whole grain sourdough breads, naturally leavened, and made using sustainably grown ingredients from within 250 miles. He delivers throughout south Minneapolis by bicycle, as well as to drop-off points in Downtown (Open Book) and Northeast Minneapolis (Anelace Coffee). The idea formed over years working in bakeries, first in Portland and then in northern California. MacLeod moved to Minneapolis in 2014 on a mission to learn the region while employed at Rustica. “I moved here with the idea of starting something,” he says, but first he needed connections and access to local ingredients. He launched Laune in October and has been baking his breads in a one-man operation, using Sunstreet Breads’ facilities during closed hours, and delivering roughly 40 loaves each bicycle trip. While health and carbon footprint are important to MacLeod, one element that’s stood out in his delivery is the impact it makes on his customers. While he typically leaves a bag of bread hanging on the doorknob for folks who are away at work, he’s often greeted by enthusiastic customers. “It’s something special,” he says. “It’s a lot of families because my loaves are sort of big. … Kids want to go pick it up. Instead of the milkman it’s the bread man.” Making that connection with his customers is something he didn’t get at other bakeries, and he’s working to develop a deeper relationship, one that increases awareness and appreciation of handmade products. He includes literature along with his bread, sharing facts about the Moorhead farm that grows the wheat, the varieties used, and other bread histories and information such as the milling process. “I’ve put all this work into trying to find local sources and to create a healthy product. It would be nice for people to know the work and not just the bread, to understand the whole process,” MacLeod says. “All the breads I make are versatile,” he stresses, keeping ingredients basic and free of sugars, dairy, and eggs. While he uses a sourdough base, it’s mild and easily palatable. “I think whole grains taste better than white flour,” MacLeod says of his ingredient choice, with each bread variety comprised of at least 50 percent whole grains. He also notes their nutritional and digestive benefits. “And it lasts longer,” he says, which answers the biggest challenge of the baking industry: keeping products fresh. Laune makes only bread (no pastries) due to his emphasis on health, but also because he enjoys the process and product. “There are so many things you can tweak,” he says, referencing recipes and baking conditions. “It’s scientific but it’s also how to shape it: using your hands and how it feels,” he says, a perfect meeting of art and science. His process
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Christopher MacLeod of Laune Bread. Photos courtesy of Samuel Hanson
is continually evolving, and new breads are added into his different subscriptions. While a storefront may be more profitable, he prefers the subscription and delivery model because there is no unsold bread to discard at the end of the day. “By biking and trying to source locally, I have these limits. They force me to consider how I run the business,” he says. Meeting those limitations is a blessing and a curse. He has room to grow, as baking a double batch would be a minimal work increase—primarily in baking and dough-shaping time—but with the bicycle model, there is a limit to his reach. He enjoys keeping active on the bike, but it’s labor intensive, which is why downtown and Northeast are pick-up locations. House delivery is closer to his home in the Bancroft neighborhood. “I start with 40 loaves of bread so I have 80 pounds behind me,” he says, and the start-stop of biking in downtown is especially hard. “When I start and finish it feels like I’m pulling the same amount of weight. The amount of bread I get rid of and my energy level crisscross.” He’s eager to see what kind of potential his business has. “Once I hit my threshold, how can I do this?” he asks, looking ahead. “In some ways limits are really good and I appreciate the limits that I have, but in some other ways it’s really frustrating because there’s a realization you just can’t do everything.”
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By Linda Koutsky
Do it yourself (or get it here at Minnesota Makers)
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he original Arts and Crafts Movement of the mid-1800s through the early 1900s was fueled by the machine age. Factories could produce more items less expensively because of advances in technology. But many people didn’t like the uniform, mass-produced products and retaliated by making things by hand. People made tiles, furniture, jewelry, stained glass, books, textiles and household products with glazed pottery, hammered metals, carved wood, and leathercraft. The movement was less of a visual style than a philosophy; natural materials and motifs from nature were prevalent. William Morris, the movement’s figurehead, was known for creating elaborately intricate designs with interlocking vines and leaves and flowers. He designed wallpaper patterns and fabrics for Liberty of London that are both highly collectible and still being produced today. The Arts and Crafts Movement spread around the world. Minneapolis became a hotbed thanks to the Handicraft Building where many students, future art teachers, and even Grant Wood took classes. The building still remains at 89 10th St. S., but unfortunately, is soon to be reconfigured in a development project. We’re in a new Arts and Crafts era today. The DIY and Makers movements are alive and well in Minneapolis. You can hardly go through the
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weekend without hearing about an art show or a new makers’ space. Fine craftsmanship, high quality materials and a human touch are valued again today. While computers have been increasingly integrated into all aspects of our lives, making things by hand has proliferated.
Many stores have a local products section but at Minnesota Makers (1526 E. 46th St.) everything is made here. Owners Christa and Jay Kalk opened the store in May 2015. Christa makes beaded earrings and necklaces and sterling silver jewelry. Look for her birthstone
of the month display. Jay cuts Lake Superior agates into the shape of the state of Minnesota for pendants. They are the most clever agate jewelry I’ve ever seen! Beautiful lines and sparkling quartz radiate out from the centers. They really show the beauty of nature. In addition to their own prolific work, the store carries handmade items by more than 60 other artisans: turned wood bowls, wool caps, fabric handbags, scented candles, silkscreen prints, pottery, woven baskets, MN coffee mugs, and the cutest hanging strings of fish carved from branches. Whether you’re looking for a housewarming gift, artistic inspiration, or for a place to sell your own work, Minnesota Makers is a worthy destination. (Open Wednesday, noon– 7 p.m.; Thursday–Friday, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.)
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Directed by Margaret Berg Music Directed by Nathan Knoll Choreographed by Colleen Callahan Reid Wixson, Conductor SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL March 10-12, 17-19 at 7 p.m. March 13 & 20 at 2 p.m. 3414 West 47th Street ~ Get tickets online at southwesttheatre.org or at the door
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RESTAURANT REVIEW/ For lovers of Nordeast, the hibernation season is over. Time to clamber out from the quilts and head back to the True North of our dining compass, the site of the longtime Modern Café. It’s reopened as The Sheridan Room, dishing up hearty comfort food like it’s 1976. (Well, not quite: What did they know about grilled kale back then?) The setting’s a bit bleak. Its high-backed, unpadded booths reminded my companion of going to confession, not dinner. Private, yes, but sacrificing the sociability of smiling at fellow diners, with only the brave flicker of a votive candle to combat the penitential setting. But the menu is amiable, indeed, both in price and set-up. It’s designed to allow one to choose the sides and sauces to accompany your protein (beef, chicken, pork, fish), all included in the $20–$35 price. It reminds me (and this is a high compliment) of those blue-collar “meat and three” diners of the South, bringing that easygoing eating style to the tundra. I opted for the beer can chicken—the barbecue technique they don’t teach you at the Cordon Bleu. The finer points involve standing the bird (now mercifully deceased) upon an open can of beer, whose mission is to impart moisture and flavor as the liquid steams. If so, it worked: the chicken proved tender and juicy indeed, and came accompanied by a beer-can full of grandma-style chicken gravy. My pal’s bone-in pork chop was another indication that all is well in Nordeast again—a hefty, full-flavored (if a bit dry) hunk set off by a deliciously tart and tangy applesauce. He chose the red wine/shallot butter as his primo sauce— nice but understated. I went with the mustard
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New north-south bikeway would link Gold Medal Park to Diamond Lake
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iven we live in Minneapolis, it’s not crazy to imagine a park that stretches across the whole city. In fact green features like the Mississippi National River & Recreational Area, Chain of Lakes and Minnehaha Creek are part of what many of us love the most about our city. But could Minneapolis do even better? Some Southside residents think so and are embracing a proposal to create a north-south greenway beginning downtown at Gold Medal Park and ending at Highway 62. A greenway is a “high-quality linear park that attracts people biking and walking because it is convenient, fast and feels safe,” said Matthew Hendricks, a founder of Twin Cities Greenways, a group of people who have come together to promote the concept and identify potential greenway routes in the Twin Cities, including the proposed Northside Greenway. Greenways take a variety of forms. For example, Milwaukee Avenue is a full street-topark conversion in Seward. A similar concept is proposed for the Northside Greenway. An initial report on the Southside Greenway proposes three different types of facilities along the Southside Greenway route, including streets that are fully converted to parks, protected bike lanes and traffic calmed streets. The idea for the Southside Greenway came about a few years ago when Hendricks and other Twin Cities residents interested in street-topark conversions came together to promote the concept and identify routes where conversions might be possible. Last year, Twin Cities Greenways surveyed 162 Southside residents whose demographics roughly reflect that of the area. Their survey found 63 percent “love” the idea of a Southside Greenway and another 31 percent “like it.”
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Erik Swenson is a resident of the Powderhorn neighborhood, one of the neighborhoods through which the proposed greenway would run. Swenson commutes to a job downtown, and he sees opportunity for the Greenway, especially around Powderhorn Park where he noted there is not as much demand for on-street parking as you might find in other neighborhoods. He said Portland and Park are efficient north-south routes, but he really doesn’t feel comfortable riding with his 3 and 5 year olds on these streets. A greenway on the other hand would offer “more adventure” for the kids, a safer and more pleasant commute and the opportunity to drive less. The proposed greenway could also help his children reach existing safe eastwest routes to their school. Amy Brugh is another Southside resident who is supportive of greenways primarily because she is a mother. Amy said she sees the need for car-free spaces “where I could truly feel that my kids are safe going by bike.” As a mother of 9 and 11 year-old kids, she pointed out that it becomes more challenging to be a biking family as children mature and ride on their own, instead of on their parent’s bikes. Brugh is also supportive of neighbors coming together and share ideas about making the places where they live better. “We need more dreamspace,” she said. “This will by my first foray into more active participation,” Swenson said about getting involved in the proposed project. Residents interested in getting involved are invited to join the next Southside Greenway Council meeting to be held Wednesday, April 20. The Council has been formed to help develop the grassroots support identified through the 2015 survey. Hendricks said the Council is looking for residents who want to get involved in shaping the design and route as well as residents who would be willing to act as local liaisons explaining the project to their neighbors. A one-year pilot version of the greenway is a next step identified in the Minneapolis Southside Greenway Exploratory Committee Report 2015. Similar to the proposed Northside Greenway pilot, the hope
is to use a pilot to gather community feedback and test technical feasibility. With the Northside Greenway providing a prototype for public engagement and collaborative planning between residents and the city and Milwaukee Avenue as an existing street to park conversion in Minne-
apolis, organizers like Hendricks are hopeful that the vision of a north-south green corridor through central Minneapolis is possible. Annie Van Cleve is a freelance writer, blogger and volunteer with the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition.
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE The Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day Association puts on a family-friendly parade each year, an annual tradition for those around Minneapolis. The parade stretches along Marquette Avenue between 11th and 5th streets, not too far from Dan Kelly’s Pub, Brit’s Pub or Kieran’s Irish Pub, if you want to take in downtown’s Irish-inspired hotspots. There’s a $25 fee if you’d like to be in the parade.
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WEE LEPRECHAUN CONTEST Do you and your family have a little Irish in them, whether by birth or by choice? The Normandy Inn is hosting the Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day Association’s Wee Leprechaun Contest. The familyfriendly contest is open to kids age 2-7, in addition to a family category, who can dress in their best leprechaun attire. A winner will be picked in several age groups for both boys and girls, and two overall winners will get a Wii U system and a trophy. Each entrant will also get a goodie bag.
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