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Joe Knaeble sifts debris out of hundreds of pounds of salt at his garage in The Wedge. Photo by Michelle Bruch
A WAR ON ROAD SALT Wedge resident on a mission to educate people about harmful impacts of rock salt on city’s waterways
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Joe Knaeble’s garage in The Wedge is filled with nearly 300 pounds of rock salt. He’s collected the salt with a broom and a dustpan over the past two years, collecting the excess from sidewalks and streets before it ends up in the Chain of Lakes. “I try to get out in the spring, because the spring rains wash it out into the storm sewers and lakes and streams,” he said. According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the chronic level of salt content in Minnehaha Creek is harmful to aquatic life. That
threshold is 230 milligrams per liter, which equates to one teaspoon of salt in a five gallon bucket of water. “One of the challenges with chloride is it’s an invisible pollutant. It dissolves in water, and you never see it,” said Brooke Asleson, watershed project manager for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). “Concentrations could be skyrocketing and you’d never see it. It may not be a very obvious problem.” SEE ROAD SALT / PAGE A12
Educational assistant: a disappearing district job EAs say Minneapolis values a two-year degree over decades of experience By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
Numbering more than 400 two decades ago, there are only 17 Minneapolis Public Schools employees with the job title of educational assistant left. All of those remaining have at least 25 years of experience in the district, according to their union, and that includes everything from working alongside teachers in the classroom to supervising students out on the playground or in the lunchroom. But the positions open to them have dwindled, and in many cases roles formerly performed by educational
assistants are now jobs for people with a different title, associate educator. “It’s like we’re playing musical chairs and they take away a couple of jobs and now we have people try to all sit down in not enough chairs,” said Rose Shetka, an educational assistant at Barton Open School since 1991. It’s a game educational assistants are playing, some argue, because the district appears to value two years of college education over decades of in-school experience. SEE ASSISTANT / PAGE A10
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announces his decision March 30 not to charge the two Minneapolis police officers involved in Jamar Clark’s shooting death. Photo by Sarah McKenzie
Federal probe continues in Jamar Clark case By Sarah McKenzie / smckenzie@southwestjournal.com
Federal authorities continue to investigate the fatal police shooting of Jamar Clark. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office are reviewing evidence to determine if Clark’s
death involved any violations of criminal civil rights statutes. Once that process ends, the Minneapolis Police Department will continue its internal SEE JAMAR CLARK / PAGE A14
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Year of study yields transportation safety recommendations near West Lake LRT station By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com
A cyclist hit by a car and critically injured March 26 on eastbound Excelsior Boulevard has improved to satisfactory condition this month. Police said the preliminary investigation showed the cyclist was not doing anything wrong or illegal. The area where the cyclist was hit is targeted for safety improvements as part of the West Lake Multimodal Transportation Study, which recently concluded with final recommendations. The study area lies between Lake Calhoun, Lake of the Isles and Cedar Lake, bordered by France Avenue on the west. City staff’s final recommendations for safety improvements range from lower-stress bike routes; to better trail crossings; to a “road diet” on Lake Street, which would cut space for vehicles in order to expand the trail over the bridge between Lakes Calhoun and Isles. West Calhoun resident Richard Logan said the recent crash is “eerily similar” to the 2008 hit-and-run death of Jimmy Nisser. “That young woman is very fortunate to be alive,” Logan said. Groups of neighbors monitored traffic in the area last summer. Their tallies of obvious near misses or screeching brakes averaged five or six close calls per hour, Logan said. He said neighbors hope to draw attention to traffic safety this spring and summer. They may partner with law enforcement and gather groups of people to publicize troubled intersections, he said, similar to a recent effort in St. Paul. “We want to draw some attention to how dangerous our intersections are,” he said. Here are a few highlights of the recommendations in the West Lake study:
Recommendations to be built in conjunction with the Green Line in 2020 • Enhance the Kenilworth Trail crossing at Cedar Lake Parkway, featuring a traffic signal that detects bicycles or pedestrians on the trail and automatically changes the signal to give them right-of-way. • Install a bicycle roundabout at the intersection of the Midtown Greenway and Kenilworth Trail. • Use warning signs and rumble strips to alert Cedar Lake Trail cyclists of the patron crossing areas at the West Lake station. • Emphasize the presence of pedestrians at five intersection near the West Lake Station, including Lake & Drew, Lake & Market Plaza, Excelsior & Market Plaza, Excelsior & Calhoun Commons Driveway, and 32nd and Excelsior. Improvements could include pedestrian countdown timers, enhanced crosswalk markings and extra lead time for pedestrians to start walking before the signal changes.
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• Install an overhead sign at Thomas Avenue to direct vehicles to the correct lane as Lake Street and Excelsior Boulevard split. • At Lake & Dean, reduce delays for vehicles traveling northbound on West Calhoun Parkway and southbound on Dean Parkway. Add green arrows for left turns, restrict right turns on red, and adjust signal times. Reducing the wait time may cut down on the risky driving behavior indicated in crash data. • Provide a trail connection along the west side of East Calhoun Parkway, slightly reducing the travel distance between Tin Fish and the Lake of the Isles boat launch. The existing bike connection along the channel under the Lake Street bridge is narrow, dark and congested for bikes. • Drop a vehicle lane on eastbound Lake Street between Thomas and East Calhoun Parkway to widen the trail width on the Channel Bridge between Lake Calhoun and Lake of the Isles. The area is currently a crowded spot for pedestrians, and the change may reduce vehicle travel speeds.
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• Narrow the travel lanes on Excelsior between France and Lake to provide space for a boulevard buffer between the street and sidewalk on the north side of the roadway. • Install a pedestrian crossing warning device to warn Cedar Lake trail users of pedestrians crossing the trail to reach the West Lake station platform. It could be activated by pedestrians pushing a button or by an infrared detection device. • Provide a more direct connection to the West Lake station from the north side of the freight and Light Rail Transit (LRT) tracks. Several alternatives are under consideration. • Construct an off-street trail through open space connecting Excelsior near Market Plaza and West Calhoun Parkway. • Narrow or remove travel lanes along West Lake Street to give more space to pedestrians and bikes. • Build a Calhoun-Isles trail connection through the Greystar development at 2622 W. Lake Street.
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Another specialty involves recumbent trikes customized for adaptive riders. For people who have had a stroke and impaired balance, Neis said an excellent way to strengthen both sides of the brain is to pedal a bicycle. Bikes can be customized to be safe and functional, he said, with all of the shifting and braking done on one hand. Neis also works with injured vets. He helped one veteran with a prosthetic leg below the knee. “Working to get him pedaling was just a treat. … You just figure it all out one step at a time and re-engineer the whole system,” he said. “There is nothing better in the world than getting someone up pedaling again who hasn’t been pedaling for a couple of years.” Neis hopes to move people outside their cycling comfort zones. He’s planning 24-hour overnight trips, family rides for ice cream, and date night rides. “We want to open up as many different ways to ride as possible,” he said. The shop will open for service the first week of April, with a grand opening anticipated in early May. Hundreds of neighbors have already stopped in to check the construction progress. The shop stands at a heavily-trafficked area for bike commuters, as Bryant is a bike boulevard and 40th is part of the RiverLake Greenway bike corridor.
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Balance is a key focus at Kata, and the owners expect all meals to be balanced: greens with poached eggs and pesto, for example, with fruit on the side. Leonard Mason has previously worked at Optum and owned martial arts studios in New England and Kentucky, and co-owner Nick Leonard Mason has worked as a lawyer and owned sports bars in cities including New York and Fort Lauderdale. They live in Fulton, and they have noticed the neighborhood’s active lifestyle, full of strollers, bikers and walkers. In addition to the fitness classes, they may coordinate group walks and bike rides. “We’re really trying to embrace the lakes,” John said. The opening is anticipated in May.
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his is ‘Karma,’” says a woman at the Lake of the Isles dog park, by way of introducing her pug to me. “She’s a female dog so, you know, ‘Karma’s a bitch.’” On cue, Karma the pug bounces up from her sitting squat and into the air, levitating for a second to lick my face. Karma is a sweetie! After a couple more so-happy-to-be-her-and-here bursts, Karma tips her head to the wind, cocks her ear, and bolts away to join a pack of wild beasts who’ve taken up residence in the middle of the park and formed a ferocious multi-breed mosh pit. Happiness and joy reigns. Sniffs, snorts, barks. Peels of human laughter. One super exuberant mutt stops chasing his and others’ tails long enough to let go of a hilariously long howl at the downtown Minneapolis skyline, freezing his fellow mutts in their tracks and inspiring all concerned to stop and smell what all the fuss is about. Big dogs, little dogs, medium-sized dogs. Buds on the trees and smiles and something like peace and love and kindness at every turn. A stranger picks up another stranger’s dog’s poop. The two women clasp hands and chat for a bit, then mosey along their hounds’ respective ways. Two black labs sit on a picnic table bench, making like referees. A huge dalmation enters the gate with a young family in tow, and the pack of frothing canines welcomes the big fella to the party by chasing him down, surrounding him, and forcing him to the ground. Lick, lick, lick that jugular vein. Big fella’s in no hurry to escape. His tongue pants so hard it looks like a wet red flag flapping in the wind. Winter at the dog park is a tough, if hardy, slough. Fall is beautiful and reinvigorating. Summer is hot and humid and the definition of “dog days.” But springtime at the dog park is swing time, with the city-living animals reacting viscerally and vigorously to the new energy, life, smells, sights, and sounds with so much enthusiasm that even one visit can be life changing, providing as it does the perfect message of carpe diem to the humans who love them. As the sun goes down on the railroad tracks,
Dogs and their humans gather at the Lake of the Isles dog park. Photo by Jim Walsh
bike trail, and Lake Street outside the urban oasis’s walls, a group of about a dozen dogs gather, happy to be free of their owners and off their leashes. At one point they break off into three smaller packs, nipping, biting, wrestling, humping, and jumping all the way. A cartoonishly fast poodle breaks free from the pack and leads most of the crew on a romp around the outskirts of the park. It’s “Wild Kingdom” come to life, and while Minneapolis has routinely made the “best city for dogs and dog lovers” lists, I’m especially loving her many dog parks and walking trails these strange days and nights — and given the world we’re living in, this spring I’m determined not to take its peacekeeping health benefits for granted. Enter the dog park and close the gates and you close it to a world fast being divided by politics, race, gender, opinion, technology, sports scores, entertainment news and the sum of humanity’s shrill stupidity. Enter the dog park and close the gates and you’ll come to realize what 1800s-circa French poet and politician Alphonse de Lamartine meant when he said, “The more I see of the depressing stature of people and representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.” And Charles de Gaulle: “The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.” And Emily Dickinson: “Dogs are better than human beings because they know but do not
tell.” And George Carlin: “Dogs lead a nice life. You never see a dog with a wristwatch.” Most days, the dog parks by Lake of the Isles and the Mississippi River feel like the happiest places on the planet, largely free of people and their problems, with an unwritten rule that conversation focus not on the latest human news, but dogs. Dog stories, dog gear, dog tips, dog everything. Cell phones are rare, as most folks are content in the knowledge that nothing can compete with a human’s best friend making friends. Me, I get the most out of it when I have an hour to kill and can watch my buddy get giddy with his onenight-only pals. Later, I love to see him worn out and woofing in his sleep at memories of all that action. I often ruminate on the idea that the mere sight alone of dogs running free and wild and living like they know that their time is short and that happiness is all about staying present and roaming free for as long as they possibly can is good for their souls, and ours. But don’t take it from me. I learned all of the above starting with a single kiss on the cheek from a dog named Karma the other day, and I’m going back for more.
The program, which is widely popular across Minnesota, provides funding to communities to support building sidewalks, making street crossings safer and for developing bicycle routes to and from school. These safety improvements make it easier for kids to walk and bike to school, making them healthier, fitter and better prepared for a day of learning. The program is so successful and popular that every year requests for funding far exceed available dollars.
We all owe a thanks to Senator Dibble for not only recognizing the importance of the program, but also its many benefits to Minnesota’s students.
Jim Wash lives and grew up in East Harriet. He can be reached at jimwalsh086@gmail.com
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Viewpoints
By Gary Cunningham
It’s time to take action together
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ow did you react to that March 30, 2016 press conference announcement? No charges will be filed against Minneapolis police officers for the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark, a 24-year-old black man in North Minneapolis on Nov. 15. That announcement prompted fresh protests and for some of us, rekindled old traumas. Living on Plymouth Avenue in North Minneapolis in 1967, I remember watching the police beat black people with billy clubs. I watched National Guard troops herding groups of young black men into police vehicles. As a 9-year-old boy, I remember being very scared that they were going to come and get my family and me. The injustice I witnessed looking out that window at the riots in 1967 left an indelible mark on me. So it didn’t surprise me that 50 years later on the same block, almost in the exact spot, police officers shot and killed Jamar Clark. In 50 years, we have come full circle. And what a hauntingly familiar circle it is. Once again many African Americans and their allies have taken to the streets of Minneapolis to demand justice and an end to police misconduct. Once again, the protests have succeeded chiefly as fierce outcries over the painful costs of African Americans’ exclusion from the hallways of prosperity and power. To break out of this vicious circle, to honor families that have suffered injustice, to honor
Jamar Clark, we can take steps. One is to see police violence and mass incarceration as symptoms of much deeper issues.
Race matters Is the Twin Cities a great place to live? Broadly speaking, it depends on the color of your skin. If you’re white, the Twin Cities metropolitan region is indeed one of the best places in the country. The Twin Cities is ranked as the fittest, cleanest, best for finding a job. The list goes on. However, if you’re a person of color, particularly African American, your family’s experiences are likely to be far worse. In fact, the Metropolitan Council found that “the Twin Cities metro’s disparities between African Americans and white, non-Latinos … are the largest among the [the nation’s] top 25 metro[politan areas].” These disparities range across educational attainment, employment, poverty rates and homeownership. According to the Metropolitan Council: “Currently, residents of color make up almost one-quarter of the metro’s population; by 2040, their share in the region’s total will be 40 percent. The Twin Cities region cannot and will not continue to thrive if disparities hold back a growing share of its population.” Since the 1960s, these racial disparities have stayed stubbornly entrenched. Poverty’s conditions and underlying causes have
remained the same. The conditions include inadequate housing and homelessness, significant gaps in financial, emotional, and physical wellbeing as well as gaps in justice, employment, and educational achievement. The causes, meanwhile, include the combined impact of racial segregation, legal injustice, unequal public policies, limited opportunities, and weakened family support systems. Federal and local housing policies shaped our present-day geographic areas of racially concentrated urban poverty. These policies have been reinforced by complex systems that have maintained racial and ethnic inequalities in our metropolitan area.
No easy answers Within the Twin Cities, people of goodwill have been working for decades to address the wickedest aspects of racial disparities. However, the problem of racialized intergenerational poverty persists. Moving beyond this costly dilemma can start with our recognizing we all want the same things: good schools, safety, decent affordable housing, employment with livable wages, and good health care. We call those good things opportunity. If we were in a mall and the goal is to get everybody up to opportunity on the third floor, some would take the escalator, others
the stairs. However, if you were in a wheelchair, you would need to use the elevator. We accept the fact that different people need different strategies to access the goal of opportunity. The same is true for forging equitable communities. If we want to ensure everyone has access to the same opportunities, then we need to develop different, targeted strategies based on what different people need to move up in society. We must push for these new strategies — guiding updated systems of opportunities — in order for the Twin Cities to become a great place to live for everyone, regardless of their race, ethnicity or zip code. For too long, we’ve been asleep at the wheel of racial justice and equity. It is time to wake up, to not just admit we have a problem but to name it and own it together. It’s time to start a new chapter, one whose targeted strategies spell out exactly how we can move forward together. Gary Cunningham is president and CEO of Minneapolis-based Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA), an organization that supports minority entrepreneurs. This column is part of a larger piece that ran in the Poverty and Race Research Action Council newsletter.
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doing the same job,” Hackett said. “But in our district, people are hired because of who they know, not what they know.”
Unlike the educational assistants who started working in the district in the 1980s and ’90s, associate educators have always needed at least a two-year associate degree. From the district’s perspective, principals are simply hiring for the positions that they think will serve their schools best. “We see that sometimes old jobs transition out and new jobs transition in based on what our schools and our school leaders and our classroom teachers tell us they need,” Maggie Sullivan, the district’s executive director of human capital, said.
Beginning to change
Seniority rules Shetka is now in her third decade with Minneapolis Public Schools, having started part-time at the district in 1986. She’s completed two years of college, but at the time she was hired educational assistants didn’t need anything more than a high school diploma to work in schools. At Barton, Shetka supports a teacher in a kindergarten classroom for about half the day and supervises recess the other half of the day. “By the end of the day I see all 780 kids,” she said. She said the higher pay for associate educators was an enticement when the position was first created, but changing jobs would have cost Shetka her seniority. If a long-serving educational assistant’s job is cut at one school, her contract gives her the right to take the same job at a different school, even if that means bumping a less-senior educational assistant. Even though they’re part of the same union bargaining group, associate educators don’t enjoy the same privileges. From the principal’s perspective, that means they can interview and hire the associate educators they want for their schools, but there’s a chance their educational assistants could be bumped by a more-senior employees who are laid-off from somewhere else in the district.
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Dianna Pedersen’s 27-year career as a Minneapolis educational assistant ended last spring after her third layoff in a row. Photo by Dylan Thomas
“What we’re trying to get to in a lot of cases across the district — and we think about this with teachers, as well — is mutual-consent hiring. So, the employee wants to be there and the manager wants them there, as well,” Sullivan said. “That is part of the challenge with the (educational assistant) positions.”
Changing landscape For the remaining educational assistants, the employment landscape changed dramatically as they were approaching retirement age. Dianna Pedersen, a former educational assistant who is now unemployed, was laid off three springs in a row and didn’t return to the district this fall. Pedersen spent the majority of her 27-year district career at Ramsey International Fine Arts Center (a program relocated to Folwell in 2012), but had to move twice in her final years. Her hours were cut with each move. “It’s a pretty emotional thing to lose your job you’ve had for 20 years,” said Pedersen, who
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had planned to stay with the district until retirement but is now taking care of grandchildren. Lacking a two-year degree, Pedersen had no option to move into an associate educator position. There’s a Minnesota Department of Education-approved alternative to the degree — a passing grade on the ParaPro Assessment — but the Minneapolis district doesn’t accept it. Pedersen said a degree doesn’t guarantee you know how to work with children. “Years of working in a lunchroom when there’s maybe three staff in a lunchroom full of kids, you have to have some instincts,” she said. Linnea Hackett, president of the educational support professionals union that represents both types of works, said she’s been told by former district human capital employees that the two-year is more valuable than those decades of experience. “If they like you, they love what you’re doing, (principals) generally find the money to keep you because of the fact that you’re cheaper than the (associate educator) position, if you’re
Things started to change for Minneapolis’ educational assistants under No Child Left Behind. The 2001 reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act added new minimum qualifications for educational assistants and other paraprofessionals who provided instructional support to students. Hackett said the district had over 400 educational assistants around the time the law passed. The biggest drop in their numbers came then, when those with only a high school diploma were required to complete some post-secondary coursework or prove their skills in an assessment. “I believe just in taking the test alone that year we lost 65,” Hackett said. She said the union began working to develop a method of proving qualifications by portfolio with the Department of Education, but the district said they would not accept it. More recent contracts have updated the job description for educational assistants, who now must have the same two-year degree as associate educators to be hired. Not that the district is hiring educational assistants; the union has blocked that move until they recall those recently laid off. Still, Hackett remains hopeful that retirements this year will open up new educational assistant positions for the first time since the early 2000s. The creation of the associate educator position in Minneapolis dates back to about the same time as No Child Left Behind. Sullivan said the associate educator job was created “specifically to have a deeper focus on academics.” Even as educational assistant positions have been dramatically reduced, Sullivan added, the total number of educational support professionals across the district has grown.
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Major construction work in store for I-35W south of downtown By Sarah McKenzie / smckenzie@southwestjournal.com
Planners working on the $150.2 million I-35W Transit/Access Project are holding an open house April 19 at the Colin Powell Center to update the community on the project. The project includes a new bus rapid transit (BRT) station in the median of I-35W near Lake Street, a Green Crescent pedestrian/bicycle connection between the Midtown Greenway and Lake Street, new bridges, a new southbound exit ramp to Lake Street and a new northbound exit ramp to 28th Street. Construction is expected to start in 2017. The BRT station at the freeway level is expected to serve 90-100 buses during high traffic times during the work week. Another 25 buses will serve riders traveling in the reverse direction during peak travel times. It will also link riders to bus service on Lake Street and other regional routes. It would also serve the proposed Orange Line BRT — a 17-mile line linking downtown Minneapolis with Burnsville expected to open in 2019. The line would feature frequent service for riders seven days a week. In addition to that project, other major projects are also planned for the area, including the replacement of the I-35W “braid” bridge and the I-35W “flyover” bridge connecting northbound I-35W to I-94 westbound. Work on the $130 million project is also expected to start in 2017. Additionally, MnDOT is planning to do pavement replacement and other rehab work on I-35W between 42nd and 32nd streets. Again, work will start in 2017 on the $65 million project. Hennepin County is also planning to reconstruct Lake Street between Blaisdell and 5th Avenue. Hennepin County engineer Jim Grube said project planners are already encouraging commuters to plan ahead and consider telecommuting, car sharing and using transit to ease congestion in the corridor. Construction in the area is expected to last four years. He said the I-35W Transit/Access Project will go before the Minneapolis City Council and Hennepin County Board in May for approvals. An environmental assessment document will be available for review beginning Monday, March 28.
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The project, which has been in the planning stages for years, has generated a lot of controversy, but planners are hopeful the current plan will have wide support. Soren Jensen, executive director of the Midtown Greenway Coalition, said the organization is pleased to see plans for the Green Crescent bicycle and pedestrian access ramp, but has concerns about the Lake Street connection. “The proposed design for Lake Street under the new I-35W transit station reminds us of the Lake Street-Hiawatha intersection, which is widely acknowledged as a design failure,” he said. “That area is dark, confusing, and uninviting for pedestrians, cyclists, and even people in cars. The proposed design for Lake Street under the new I-35W transit center looks disturbingly similar.” Jensen said there are a lot of ideas that should
be considered to “humanize” the area, including adding lighting, public art and more active public spaces. Ricardo McCurley, executive director of Whittier Alliance, said he also has questions about the art budget for the project and what role the community will have in reviewing public art proposals. Jason Lord, a member of the Midtown Greenway board of director and CARAG’s land use and transportation committee, has concerns about the lack of community engagement to date for the project and the design plan. He said he’s worried the project as currently designed will make it more difficult for people to
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cross Lake Street and further separate neighborhoods on either side of I-35W. “This project as currently laid out is really Hiawatha and Lake 2.0,” he said, adding that the current design is a “forbidding no-mans land for the transit entrance and Greenway connection.” Lord agrees with Jensen that a number of changes could make the design more friendly, including adding spaces for small shops and food trucks next to the transit station entrance under the bridge to make it more inviting and vibrant. “Many large cities have areas of vibrant shops near transit stations, often under overpasses, and this seems like the perfect spot to do it,” he said.
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impaired water bodies more than doubled in 2015, according to the MPCA. “Once it’s in there, for the most part it’s in there for the long term,” he said. Asleson said sodium chloride doesn’t break down over time. She said raingardens or stormwater ponds can help remove phosphorus or sediment from water, but they aren’t an effective method to deal with salt. The only known way to treat salty water is through reverse osmosis through massive filtration plants, according to the MPCA, which is very expensive. A 2008 University of Minnesota study found that 78 percent of chloride applied to roads was staying in the metro area, and wasn’t flushing downstream. “Once you put deicer on the road, you have to prepared to live with that,” Asleson said. Asleson said it would take a huge amount of sodium chloride to become a health risk for most people to drink, but water does begin to taste salty at 250 milligrams per liter, a level that’s present in shallow groundwater throughout the state. Chloride in Flint, Mich. water is one of the contributing factors that made the water corrosive, she said. According to a Virginia Tech research team, the Flint River holds at least time eight times more chloride than Detroit’s water, and chloride is considered very corrosive to metal plumbing. As a result, the corrosion leaches lead from plumbing materials into the water, researchers said. “You see how corrosive it is to vehicles and infrastructure,” Asleson said. The MPCA offers a “Smart Salting” training program designed for road salt applicators. Knaeble said he’d like to ensure that all machine operators receive the training, rather than a single company representative. Rock salt doesn’t work below 15 degrees, and other chemicals can melt ice at lower temperatures. MPCA instructors teach salt applicators how to apply the right amount of deicer at the right time, in order to use less
Knaeble became interested in the issue after becoming a Master Water Steward through the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District and Freshwater Society. He’s long been eco-minded, working at the ReUse Center and founding the salvaged building material business Better Homes & Garbage. “At Minnehaha Creek, if you’ve ever paddled it, you see all kinds of stormwater sewers emptying into the creek,” he said. Knaeble is currently sifting all the dirt and debris out of the salt in his garage, and he’s planning to distribute it for reuse at the April 20 Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Annual Meeting as a way to educate people on the issue. Knaeble said much of the salt seems to accumulate on the side of buildings, apparently sprayed there by automated salt spreaders. He also discovers large salt spills, one of them amounting to 42 pounds at 24th & Hennepin. “I got there just before it rained, otherwise 42 pounds of salt would have been in Lake of the Isles,” he said. Consequently, Knaeble wants to see change in regulations related to salt spreading. He finds much of the excess salt inside “Special Service Districts,” which are areas that collect extra taxes to pay for improved snow removal and other services. Knaeble said change has already come to the Lyn-Lake Special Service District, where contractors must clean up spills and pick up any salt accumulation at the end of the season. In March, seven volunteers from Whittier, Lowry Hill East and Cedar-Isles-Dean collected 67 pounds of salt and debris from Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue, much of it in the core of Uptown where a Special Service District operates. Darren Lochner, education program manager at the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, said chloride levels have increased in the watershed. The number of chloride-
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News
By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
Superintendent selection committee members named The Minneapolis Board of Education filled the remaining seats on its Superintendent Selection Committee during its April 5 meeting. The 11-member committee includes three board members, two students, the CEO of the consulting firm hired to conduct community outreach during the search and six community members. Three of those seats were assigned in March when the school board elected Board Member Nelson Inz to chair the committee and reserved two seats for the EPU Consultants CEO Radious Guess — whose role will be to relay the feedback gathered during community outreach sessions — and the school board’s student representative, Shaadia Munye. Joining them will be: Collin Robinson, a Southwest High School sophomore; Teto Wilson, owner of a North Minneapolis barbershop; Joseph Rice, executive director of Nawayee Center School, an alternative high school for American Indian youth; Rhonda Larkin, principal of Stadium View School, a district alternative that serves imprisoned students; Rebecca Miller, an early childhood special education teacher; and Henry Jimenez, executive director of the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs. The board also elected two more of its members to the committee: Siad Ali and Kim Ellison. The committee’s job now is to review all the candidates for Minneapolis Public School’s top job. They’ll forward up to three finalist names to the
board in late May. “As the person who’s going to chair this committee, I’m really excited about this group of people,” Inz said. The board approved the slate unanimously, but only after a two-and-a-half-hour debate. That included a 30-minute recess called after questions were raised about the geographical diversity of the original list proposed by EPU, which was tasked with recruiting committee members. The original slate included no Superintendent Selection Committee members from District 6 in Southwest Minneapolis, which Board Member Rebecca Gagnon, who hails from that part of town, called a “huge problem.” “And I cannot approve this slate in any capacity with that huge void,” Gagnon added. Inz noted that the board had instructed EPU to deemphasize geography in order to achieve other forms of diversity on the committee. But Gagnon’s concerns were quickly picked up and echoed by others on the board, who noted District 5 — the area of South Minneapolis around Lake Nokomis — was overrepresented. Ultimately, only one name was dropped from the slate originally proposed by EPU. During the recess, the consultant swapped in Miller for special education teacher and District 5 resident James Thomas, who was moved to the alternate list.
Barton to celebrate 100 years Barton Open School is celebrating its 100th anniversary with an April 16 community event. Barton opened in the fall of 1915, and the K–8 school marked the centennial in November when students and staff formed a giant “100” and posed for a photo on the playground. The celebration continues this spring with an event they’re calling “Making Barton Beautiful: 100 projects in 100 minutes.” The school is inviting both current families and alumni to the event, as well as friends, neighbors and supporters of the school. During a 3 p.m.–5 p.m. open house,
visitors can view 100 different classroom projects created by current Barton students and a slideshow on the school’s history. A brief program scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. will include remarks from State Rep. (and Barton parent) Frank Hornstein, Principal Jonas Beugen and former principal Steve DeLapp, who retired in 2012 as the district’s longest-tenured principal, having spent two decades at Barton. There will be a performance by the school’s Uppers Choir and several kindergarteners are expected to share their hopes and dreams for the future of Barton.
Planting trees for Earth Day A local organization aims to give away 10,000 free trees to students in celebration of Earth Day on April 22. When Fulton neighborhood resident Vikas Narula founded Neighborhood Forest in 2010, he had three goals: raising environmental awareness among students, beautifying Minneapolis neighborhoods and making a small impact on the amount of planet-warming carbon in the atmosphere by planting trees. The program has since expanded to schools
outside the city, connecting with an estimated 20,000 children. Participating schools in Minneapolis include Kenwood, Dowling, Lake Harriet, Bancroft, Burroughs, Windom, Whittier, Kenny, Seward and Northeast Middle School. Parents at those schools can go to neighborhoodforest.org to sign up their children for free trees during the giveaway. The website also includes information on how to register a school with the program.
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affairs process to determine if any discipline is warranted against the officers involved in Clark’s shooting death, according to city officials. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced March 30 that he won’t be filing charges against Minneapolis police officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze, both white, in the fatal shooting of Clark, a 24-year-old black man, in North Minneapolis on Nov. 15. The incident sparked an outpouring of grief and intense protests throughout the city, including an 18-day occupation of the MPD’s 4th Precinct police station. While some have applauded Freeman for his transparency and decision to determine whether charges were warranted without using a grand jury, many community leaders and supporters of Clark have expressed anger and frustration about the process and have challenged Freeman’s conclusions in the case. The Minneapolis chapters of the NAACP and Black Lives Matter have called for the reopening of the investigation into Clark’s shooting and the appointment of a special prosecutor for the case. Nekima Levy-Pounds, president of the Minneapolis NAACP, has been heavily critical of Freeman’s decision to not press charges against the police officers involved in Clark’s fatal shooting. She pointed to recent statements by RayAnne Hayes, who denies police accounts that Clark assaulted her and was in a relationship with her, and other witness accounts disputing that Clark was resisting arrest as grounds for a new investigation. “I never got beaten. I never called the police and said I was beaten by my boyfriend,” Hayes said at a news conference April 4. “I don’t even know where that story came from. … I’m just sick of the rumors.” She said she was at a birthday party and injured her ankle after trying to disrupt a fight. She said she called 911 two hours later to report her injury, but didn’t say anything about being assaulted. Teto Wilson, an eyewitness to the shooting also spoke at the April 4 news conference. He said he could see Clark pinned to the ground and he wasn’t resisting arrest or reaching for a gun. Freeman said Hayes identified Clark as her assailant to paramedics. He said other civilian witnesses also characterized their relationship as “romantic or domestic in nature.” “The prosecutor’s job is to answer the narrow question whether the police officers reacted unreasonably and without justification at the moment they used deadly force. If the answer to this question is that the officers acted reasonably in fear of their lives or lives of others, the prosecutor, under Minnesota Statutes and Supreme Court cases, cannot bring the criminal charges against them,” Freeman said in a statement released April 4. “I am convinced that if one reads the entire record available online and applies the mandated legal standard they will agree that no charges can be brought against the police officers.” Freeman said DNA from Clark found on Ringgenberg’s gun was the most compelling piece of evidence gathered during the investigation. Ringgenberg said Clark was grabbing for his gun when the officer was on top of him, trying to restrain him. Schwarze then ordered Clark to remove his hand from the gun, but Clark refused, Freeman said. Clark reportedly said: “I’m ready to die,” when asked to remove his hand from the gun, Freeman said. Based on a Supreme Court legal standard, Freeman said he determined Schwarze was acting reasonably when he decided to use deadly force and shoot Clark because he feared for his partner’s safety. Clark was shot in the head. Freeman was questioned why there were no fingerprints on the handgun. He
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Minneapolis NAACP President Nekima Levy-Pounds speaks with reporters after Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced he won’t be charging officers involved in the shooting death of Jamar Clark. Photo by Sarah McKenzie
responded: “Fingerprints are a lot harder to get off of a gun normally.” Freeman also said he concluded that Clark was not handcuffed during the incident based on the evidence he reviewed. Eyewitnesses have offered conflicting accounts of whether he was handcuffed. Those who said Clark was handcuffed also offered different perspectives of how he was handcuffed. Police said Clark was interfering with paramedics who were treating his girlfriend, identified as Hayes, who he allegedly assaulted. Hayes, however, has since disputed that account. When officers arrived, they asked Clark to remove his hands from his pockets and he refused. Freeman showed video of Ringgenberg grabbing Clark and throwing him to the ground — footage that angered Clark supporters in attendance at the news conference. He said the whole incident took place in 61 seconds. “If Clark had taken his hands out of his pockets, he’d be alive today,” Freeman said during a conference call with reporters. Freeman said he hopes the incident leads police and community leaders to have more conversations about better ways for officers to de-escalate situations without turning to deadly force. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has released several videos and other evidence collected during the investigation to the public. Levy-Pounds and other leaders with Black Lives Matter Minneapolis challenged Freeman’s narrative during the press conference and said they were “shocked” to see how Clark was thrown down to the ground by Ringgenberg. Many Clark supporters left the press conference in tears. “We’re leaving here with more questions than answers,” Levy-Pounds said, who also criticized Freeman for failing to give more wait to non-law enforcement witnesses. “We came today expecting there would be no charges filed in this case. We know that there has been a pattern of a failure to hold officers who kill civilians accountable in the state of Minnesota, and today is no exception,” she told reporters after Freeman’s news conference. “It’s very unfortunate to see the accounts from the witnesses on the North Side of Minneapolis be discounted in a forum like this. If anyone was playing close
attention to the narrative that Mike Freeman put forward he did not give credence to the things that the witnesses had to say.” Mica Grimm of Black Lives Matter Minneapolis said elected officials will face challengers in the next election. “I hope that Mike Freeman knows that he is on notice; that he will not be getting reelected — that he needs to start looking for a new job because we are coming for him,” she said. “We are coming for every elected official that cannot support us and seek justice and truth. … Any elected that does not believe that black lives matter is on notice. They will be out.” Freeman said he planned to run again for county attorney when asked by a reporter during a conference call.
Community leaders react to Freeman’s decision Mayor Betsy Hodges, who has been criticized by activists for her response to protests following Clark’s shooting death, said it’s a “hard day for everyone in Minneapolis.” “Many people are feeling hurt, anger, disappointment, frustration,” she said in a statement. “My heart breaks for the loss of Jamar Clark’s life, and for the pain felt by everyone involved in this incident. There is a tear that has ripped through our community, one we cannot sew back up. And together as a city and a people, we can walk through this tear to build what we all want — a city that is safe and equitable for everyone.” She also reiterated her support for peaceful protests and thanked Freeman for “his transparency, his professionalism, and his willingness to be publicly accountable for his decision.” Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau, who has also faced sharp criticism from Black Lives Matter leaders, said protecting public safety, including those expressing their First Amendments rights, is the city’s top priority. “This is a tragedy for everyone, including the Clark family and our officers,” she said. “We value our residents exercising their constitutional rights while also being safe and being treated with dignity and respect. Our highest priority will be keeping everyone — demonstrators, the public and police officers — safe as the city reacts to this decision.” Protesters returned to Plymouth Avenue after Freeman announced his decision and
hundreds demonstrated in Elliot Park and at the Government Center. Congressman Keith Ellison, a North Minneapolis resident, commended Freeman for his transparency and explaining his decision to the public. “This decision to decline charges does not absolve our broken criminal justice system. It does not foreclose federal action or civil action for violation of Jamar Clark’s civil rights. It does not change the persistent, systemic disparities facing the residents of North Minneapolis, some of which are the worst in the nation,” he said. He went on to emphasize the importance of police body cameras, which the MPD is in the process of rolling out, and better training and policies to emphasize “de-escalation tactics.” “Jamar Clark’s death has brought pain to his family, friends, neighbors, and community. Nothing about County Attorney Freeman’s decision to decline criminal charges diminishes the importance of Jamar’s contributions in this world or the sadness of his death,” he said. Charles Samuelson, executive director of the ACLU-MN, said Clark was one of 13 people killed by law enforcement in Minnesota in 2015. He said people of color are killed by officers at much higher rates than white people. “We are glad that County Attorney Freeman has published all of the videos and the evidence used in this case. It is important that there is transparency in the process the county attorney used in their decision,” Samuelson said. “However, Jamar Clark was shot within 61 seconds of officers arriving on the scene. It is unsettling that he was shot so quickly. Officers should have allowed for more time to address the situation fully.” State Rep. Raymond Dehn (DFL-59B), who represents downtown and North Minneapolis neighborhoods, said he’s upset that Freeman declined to file charges. “I’m asking those frustrated and angry with this decision to join me in focusing on positive actions that will bring about the changes of existing systems we’ve been seeking. We all know that the criminal justice system disproportionately negatively impacts communities of color, but now isn’t the time to weaken our message with violence,” he said. Minneapolis City Council Member Alondra Cano (Ward 9) also criticized Freeman’s decision not to indict the officers. She said she believes the officers weren’t justified in shooting Clark, who was unarmed and restrained, “in the head within 61 seconds of arriving on the scene.” “I want to thank the community for their bravery in continuing to stay engaged in the struggle for Justice for Jamar despite criticism and political pressure, and despite shocking white supremacist violence,” she wrote on her Facebook page. North Minneapolis-based Neighborhoods Organizing for Change also condemned Freeman’s decision in a statement. “Fidgeting, having one’s hands in one’s pockets, and staring off into space are not criminal offenses. These are the reasons the officers gave for escalating so violently and immediately upon encountering Jamar Clark. This is the same language used to criminalize young black men in everything from low-level arrests to fatal police shootings all over the country,” the organization said. “… Freeman’s decision not to charge these officers is a political choice that shows that police officers are still above the law, and that their fear of young black men will continue to be an acceptable legal basis for killing them.” City Council Member Blong Yang (Ward 5), who represents the area where Clark was shot, said Freeman’s decision to release evidence gathered during the investigation is a “huge step towards a fairer, more transparent justice system.” “I am deeply saddened by this news. My deepest condolences to the Clark family and the families of the officers involved. Nobody wins and it may take some time for our community to recover. I am committed to working towards making sure that incidents like these no longer happen in our city,” he wrote on his Facebook page. “I pray for healing in our City. I have faith that the arc of the moral universe, though long, bends towards justice.”
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Apartment project sparks lawsuit Loop Calhoun residents suing over damage from construction next door By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
Residents of a condominium building near Lake Calhoun’s north shore are suing over damage they say was caused by the ongoing construction of an apartment building next door. Some residents of the Loop Calhoun are being advised to stay off their balconies this spring after the platforms began sloping away from the building. They suspect vibrations related to construction activity on the former Tryg’s Restaurant site, 3118 W. Lake St., have caused the deck supports to settle, making the structures potentially unsafe, Loop Calhoun Condominium Association President John Wessinger said. An attorney representing the condominium association filed a civil suit March 21 in Hennepin County District Court. Named as defendants are a subsidiary of Dallas-based developer Trammell Crow Company, which owns the 3118 W. Lake St. property, as well as the project’s general contractor, Big-D Construction, and Kevitt Excavating. A spokesperson for Trammell Crow said the company could not comment on pending litigation. Big-D Construction did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Foundation work for the six-story apartment building was paused for several months last year when residents of Loop Calhoun and another nearby condominium felt strong vibrations and began to notice hairline fractures in the walls and ceilings of their units. But the issues have progressed beyond cosmetic damage this spring, Wessinger said.
The Loop Calhoun Condominium Association is suing over damage they say was caused by construction of a six-story apartment building next door. Photo by Courtney Lowe
Under a construction easement agreement both parties signed last year, the Trammell Crow subsidiary is required to restore any Loop Calhoun property damaged during construction. Wessigner said those repairs were put off, and now they’re being told by the developer some of the damage was due to preexisting conditions on the site and not construction work. “Things started to progressively get worse and worse and worse the more that nothing got fixed and they disregarded some of these repairs,” he said. “It went from being $100,000 in damages to now I think it’s upward of $500,000.”
There are 120 units in the Loop. Damage is concentrated in units on the west side of the building, closest to the construction site, Wessinger said. According to the court filing, the condominium has not yet been compensated for any of the damage. Both Trammell Crow and Big-D were in regular communication with the condominium association and Encompass, an engineering firm hired by the association, during and after the pause in foundation work last spring. Big-D even switched to an alternate foundation system after it learned of damage linked to sheet piling activities.
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MPCA monitors detect troubling levels of lead in N. Mpls industrial area term health risk,” but officials are concerned about the “the potential for harm over the long term, particularly for those who work in the immediate area.” Potential health impacts related to poor air quality include lung damage and cancer, among other things. Lead exposure can cause cardiovascular problems in adults and development problems in children. “The residential neighborhood near this industrial area is known to have a higher rate of children with elevated blood lead levels,” Kelly noted. “The older housing stock in this area, which often has lead paint, is the major source of exposure to lead, however any additional sources of lead exposure should be taken seriously.” Thornton said the MPCA is trying to identify the exact source of the pollution. While Northern Metal Recycling is between the two monitors, there are other potential sources of
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency air monitors near the Lowry Avenue bridge in an industrial area of North Minneapolis have recorded levels that are concerning to state officials. The two air monitors are on the west bank of the river near the Northern Metal Recycling scrap yard. The air monitors also detected levels of other metals, including chromium, cobalt and nickel, above health-based guidelines used by state and federal officials. MPCA Assistant Commissioner David Thornton said the agency has long had concerns about air pollution in the area. “We’ve been concerned about the levels of particles and metals, but until recently we didn’t have enough data to compare them against health benchmarks for air quality,” he said. State environmental health manager James Kelly said the findings don’t “indicate a short-
pollution in the area, too. He said the agency has tried to work with industrial companies in the area to address the concerns. “It clearly hasn’t been enough. We think there’s more they can do, including signing agreements with us,” he said. Northern Metal has filed lawsuits to try to stop MPCA’s air monitoring, but remains under court order to conduct testing to determine if they are complying with their MPCAissued air emissions permit. “These are potentially serious permit violations,” Thornton said. “We’ll be looking at all of our options including permit revocation.” Northern Metal did not return requests for comment. Mayor Betsy Hodges issued a statement expressing anger over the findings. “I am outraged to learn of this air quality violation in North Minneapolis,” Hodges said.
“Make no mistake. This is an environmental justice issue impacting one of the most overburdened neighborhoods in our community. For too long, the health of our residents, including our children, has been determined by their ZIP code. I urge the MPCA to act swiftly to confirm the source of the lead particulate emissions and take the strongest possible action, up to and including revoking permits and shutting down operations completely.” City officials have also requested a number of actions from the MPCA to hold North Metal Recycling accountable. “If you live near this industrial area, or any other Minneapolis neighborhood with older homes that may contain lead paint, please get your children tested,” Hodges said. “I invested in more lead testing in our homes in this year’s budget because I know that a leadsafe environment is critical to protecting our children’s futures.”
City launching aggressive effort to increase voter turnout City elections staff are gearing up for the 2016 election season with ambitious goals to increase voter turnout and recruit a more diverse network of election judges. A City Council committee has also authorized increasing the number of Minneapolis polling places to 132 from 125 to ease congestion on Election Day. The city’s elections division will have up to five locations throughout the city for early voting. During a recent presentation, City Clerk Casey Carl noted that one in four American citizens eligible to vote are not registered — about 51 million people. Carl and elections staff have a goal of “taking the ballot to the people” this election season. He also noted that new research identifies the nation’s largest voting bloc (56 percent of the
country’s voting eligible population) as people of color, unmarried women and millennials. However, voters in those demographic groups historically participate in elections at lower rates and are often not registered to vote. To close that voting gap, city staff are participating in statewide efforts to engage with voters by providing regular reminders of upcoming election dates and opportunities to register before Election Day. Community liaisons will target communities that traditionally have had lower turnout rates, including communities of color, students, new citizens, renters, people with disabilities and the homeless. The city also recently enacted an ordinance that requires landlords provide voter registration information to new tenants. The city’s election division will also send a
voter guide to every Minneapolis household with information about voting in the city and a sample ballot. Early voting will also be encouraged to help prevent extra long lines on Election Day. People can vote by mail or in person for the Aug. 9 primary election from June 24 to Aug. 9 and then beginning Sept. 23 for the Nov. 8 general election. Even with an increase of seven new polling places, Carl said the city is still near historic lows for the number of precincts and needs more given the growth in population. In southwest Minneapolis where voter turnout is especially high, elections staff have proposed dividing four existing precincts into seven new precincts to help reduce long lines on Election Day.
The city will also be recruiting more than 2,500 election judges with an emphasis on people of color and judges who can also speak Spanish, Somali, Hmong and Oromo. The elections division has partnered with Intermedia Arts to develop a campaign and new video to encourage people to become involved in the elections process. In addition to the presidential election, other offices that will appear on the ballot for Minneapolis voters include: U.S. Representative, Minnesota legislative seats, Minnesota Supreme Court and Minneapolis School Board (even districts and one at-large seat). During the 2012 presidential election, Minneapolis had high turnout with 81 percent of eligible voters casting a ballot, according to a report to the City Council.
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City Council passes ban on single-use plastic bags The Minneapolis City Council voted 10-3 on April 1 to ban city retailers from offering customers single-use plastic bags. The “Bring Your Own Bag” ordinance, authored by City Council Members Cam Gordon (Ward 2) and Abdi Warsame (Ward 6), requires retailers to offer recyclable paper, compostable or reusable bags for 5 cents. As amended, the ordinance will go into effect June 1, 2017. The Council also approved an amendment to the ordinance that allows businesses to donate the 5-cent fee toward litter cleanup efforts in the city. City staff have also been directed to report back to the Council by Jan. 31, 2017 with information about the financial impacts to the city and businesses to implement the ordinance. City Council President Barb Johnson (Ward 4) voted against the ordinance along with Council Members Blong Yang (Ward 5) and John Quincy (Ward 11). Johnson predicted the ban would increase the cost of groceries in the city because paper bags are more expensive than plastic bags. She also said shoppers will likely go to stores outside of Minneapolis for the convenience of using plastic bags. “It’s really all about people’s bottom line,” she said. Yang offered similar criticism about the impact on businesses and also cast doubt on the city’s ability to enforce the ban. The Council also passed a measure offered by Council President Johnson that would create a new comprehensive recycling program for plastic bags and thin film plastics. In Minneapolis, many plastic bags end up at the downtown garbage burner. They also are a major source of litter and get caught in gears at the single-sort recycling facilities, prompting them to shut down. Minnesotans throw away about 87,000 tons of plastic bags each year, according to a city staff report. “Let’s take this simple incremental step toward having a zero-waste city,” Warsame said before the Council vote. Plastic bags exempted from the ban include bags for newspapers, take-out food, dry cleaning, produce and those sold in packages for garbage, pet and yard waste. Following the Council’s vote, Lee Califf, executive director of the American Progressive Bag Alliance (APBA), issued a statement critical
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What are you most proud of?
Katlyn Tarras, Minneapolis I feel like I have a lot of self-respect. I’ve gotten to a point where I’m living life for myself and not for anyone else. Glaros: What led to that change?
Sometimes people don’t bring out the best in you. I was in a relationship for a while that I thought I enjoyed, and I thought I could be myself in. But once I realized I wasn’t myself, I had a lot of respect for myself to get out of that situation. Glaros: What made you realize that you weren’t being yourself?
I felt like I was taking care of someone all the time. I was kind of babysitting them. I felt like I couldn’t live my own life because I was trying to fix someone else. I was kind of close-minded, like, “This is what my life is gonna be like,” and I settled for it. I’ve lived here for 24 years, and I always thought, “This is where I’m gonna end up.” You just realize there’s a whole new world of possibilities out there, and there’s a lot of people I haven’t met. Before, my energy was focused on someone else, and now my energy is focused on myself, and learning what I’m passionate about, what my goals are for the future, and where I wanna go in life. I’m at a point where it’s not so much about someone else, but it’s more about me.
Duran Mayfield, St. Paul Graduating high school, because my mom died when I was 14, and I was going from foster home to foster home. It was kind of a struggle living with other people. Like, you can’t go in the refrigerator without asking. It’s just horrible. It’s really depressing, it just feels like nobody really cared about me and loved me. I just felt rock bottom. But I made it. I graduated two years ago. Glaros: How did you manage to graduate?
Because I knew if I didn’t get my diploma that I probably wouldn’t succeed in life. So I really pushed myself hard and stayed in school. A couple of my friends dropped out, but I just couldn’t see myself being out here in the streets without an education.
Nathan Willar, Blaine My relationships with my friends and family. The pride in that is when I think about the comfort and the strength that they give me, but also the way that I can support them and be a helper to them in their times of need. That gives me a lot of joy and strength. Glaros: Has there been a time you can think of when you’ve been able to be there for someone else?
It’s the small things. The text message that comes in and says, “Hey, I really need to talk,” and I’m able to say “I’m open at lunch. Where can we meet?” Just to be there for someone, that makes me feel really good, like I’ve met their need. Glaros: Can you think of a time when other people have been there for you?
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Creek cleanup turns 10 The annual Minnehaha Creek Cleanup turns 10 this year, and registration for the July 24 event is now open. Minnehaha Creek Watershed District is recruiting volunteers to pick up litter all along the 22-mile creek, from Gray’s Bay Dam on Lake Minnetonka to Minnehaha Falls in South Minneapolis. The district’s goal is to collect four tons of trash. As usual, cleanup volunteers will be rewarded with a free barbeque lunch at Lake Hiawatha Park featuring music, activities and prizes for volunteers of all ages. Adults aged 21 and older even get up to two free beers courtesy cleanup co-sponsor Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing. Volunteers also get a free T-shirt and water bottle. Gloves and trash bags are provided. Last year, about 1,600 people joined the cleanup, setting a record for the event. That was a big turnaround from 2014, when flooding forced organizers to reschedule twice. Only about 1,000 people turned out for an earlySeptember cleanup that year, but they still ended up collecting three tons of trash. This year’s cleanup locations include Lake Hiawatha Park, Ice Arena B in Minnetonka and the Knollwood SuperTarget in St. Louis Park. Buses at each location will transport volunteers to various sites along the creek and shuttle volunteers back and forth to the barbeque. Sturdy shoes or boots are recommended for volunteers who plan to take on the more rugged
Gardening Matters recruiting new members With a new growing season just about to sprout, local nonprofit Gardening Matters is recruiting new members to its Neighborhood Garden Networks. The local gardening nonprofit claimed about 800 members in 2015 who formed four networks in Minneapolis and three in St. Paul. Network members meet throughout the growing season in gardening socials where they swap tips on growing, cooking and preserving fruits and vegetables. Members also go home with seed packets and seedlings when they kick off the growing season at one of Gardening Matters’ spring distribution events. Garden Networks host separate events to distribute seed packets to members through late April, and all members are invited to pick up seedlings during a May 14 plant distribution event at a location to be announced. Go to gardeningmatters.org for more information on membership benefits. Individual memberships start at $40 or just $10 plus two hours of workshare.
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Hodges, Quincy offer another park funding proposal Minneapolis park commissioners now have three proposals before them in addressing a growing backlog of maintenance investments into the city’s neighborhood parks. In addition to a fall referendum and a developing 20-year investment plan, Mayor Betsy Hodges and City Council Member John Quincy (Ward 11) recently unveiled a plan that would raise two-thirds of the Park Board’s roughly $15 million annual funding shortfall for 10 years, in addition to bolstering the city’s investment into street repairs. Leaders from the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board criticized the plan in a letter saying the mayor’s plan is too risky and does not go far enough to guarantee money to reverse more than a decade of unmet neighborhood park needs. The plan from Hodges and Quincy would raise a total of $300 million, translating to $10 million for the Park Board and $20 million for street repairs annually over the next decade. It’s based on a roughly 1.4 percent increase to the city’s property tax levy each year over the next 10 years on top of the city’s forecasted average of 3.5 percent. The plan, which could be renewed, also addresses two-thirds of an annual $30 million need to maintain the city’s street infrastructure, as the city’s Public Works department told council members earlier this year. “Earlier generations of city leaders built this great city on a vision that included great parks and safe streets,” Hodges said in a statement. “It is our duty to not allow their investments to crumble. We must reinvest in the Minneapolis we love.” Quincy said in a statement that the plan’s 10-year lifespan would give the Park Board and City of Minneapolis time to prove the need for the investment. “Fixing both park and street systems’ capital gap is a critical priority, and I’m happy to offer a solution,” he said. “In order to make sure we are making these commitments with our eyes wide open I expect we will have a full, transparent discussion about the long-term impacts during the budget process.”
The plan comes as the Park Board is considering a referendum this November to raise the additional funds for repairing, operating and investing in its neighborhood park infrastructure. Over the past two years, park officials have held public meetings with Minneapolis residents about aging neighborhood assets like ball fields and basketball courts. Among the most vulnerable parts in the system of 157 neighborhood parks are recreation centers and wading pools, which must meet certain standards to stay open, park officials said. In January, park commissioners directed Superintendent Jayne Miller to begin drafting ballot language for a referendum. While the semi-autonomous Park Board cannot get on the ballot by itself, Miller has been in talks with council members, the Charter Commission, state lawmakers and a citizen advocacy group to move the referendum proposal forward. Hodges vetoed a resolution regarding the referendum and the Park Board overrode her decision in February. The referendum would raise roughly $300 million over 20 years, or about $15 million per year, based on an increase to the city’s taxy levy that Miller said would translate to an additional $66 for taxpayers with a home price of $190,000. Then in mid-March, Council President Barb Johnson (Ward 4) and Council Member Lisa Goodman (Ward 7) revealed their own plan, known as the 20 Year Neighborhood Park Plan, that would guarantee, by city ordinance, about $11 million in additional funding for the Park Board from various city resources. The proposed agreement, which would need both City Council and Park Board approval, would devote $8 million to the board, in addition to maintaining about $2.5 million the board historically has received from the city. The city would also recommend that the Board of Estimate and Taxation increase the board’s annual tax levy by $3 million for the life of the ordinances, in addition to annual increments. The increase, based on a 1 percent increase of the city’s 2016 tax levies, is intended for the
City and park leaders are crafting their own proposals to bolster investments into the city’s aging neighborhood parks, such as Windom Northeast Park. Photo courtesy of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
board’s operating costs. Authors Johnson and Goodman said the plan could have several funding sources, including a combination of levy, cash or bond proceeds. The Johnson-Goodman proposal would begin sooner than the other plans before the board with an initial $1.5 million in start-up money for parks by the end of 2016. It would then run for 20 years through 2036 with review from the two parties every five years. The agreement would preclude the referendum effort. Park commissioners unanimously voted to begin drafting their part of the agreement, but Hodges vetoed the resolution. The board is expected to override her decision during its April 6 meeting, after this issue went to press. The mayor’s proposal has drawn criticism from President Liz Wielinski and Miller for its short lifespan — one decade versus two — and lack of guarantees, which they say make it unable to address a 15-year backlog of neighborhood park needs. “After 10 years only one half of the city will be served; we worry that as many as 40 of our neighborhoods would be left behind. We do not
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Windom resident celebrates 106th birthday Frances O’Connor Kranz McAlpin says she isn’t sure about the secret to reaching her 106th birthday in March. Perhaps it’s her active mind — on her birthday, she read poetry by Robert Frost and paged through photo albums. Perhaps it’s the Manhattan she long enjoyed before dinner, or her practice at shorthand, or the exercise classes at Mount Olivet Home. But if you ask her daughter Mary Schmit, she would tell you it’s her resilience. “So many people think they will plan their life perfectly,” said Schmit, who lives in Lynnhurst. “Nobody plans to get sick. You have to have some flexibility.” In the late 1940s, McAlpin’s husband A.T. “Butch” Kranz suffered a stroke at age 41. A second stroke confined him to a wheelchair for 16 years. The family aborted plans to build a house on a bluff in Hastings, Minn., and McAlpin took a secretarial position at Hastings High School to support the family. To help fill Kranz’s long hours in the wheelchair, the couple borrowed $500 to open a gift shop in the sunroom of their house. The shop Gretchen’s Gifts became a popular destination for 20 years. McAlpin worked full-time, took care of her husband, and worked weekends at the gift shop. She took Kranz on vacations, long before handicap accommodations were commonplace. “I think that was her secret,” Schmit said. “…My sister and I never heard any one of them say, ‘Why me?’” Kranz died in 1968. McAlpin later remarried Homer McAlpin, and continued operating the gift shop until 1975. Among all the innovations she’s seen in her lifetime, McAlpin has remarked about the thrill
Windom resident Frances O’Connor Kranz McAlpin celebrated her 106th birthday on March 31. Photo by Michelle Bruch
of receiving her first IBM electric typewriter while working at the high school, and she remembers trying out her first vacuum cleaner. Schmit said McAlpin is a wonderful mentor for her family. They made funeral arrangements at age 90, thinking it was time to plan for the future. But McAlpin outlived her doctor, the funeral director and the priest. At age 85 McAlpin drove alone to Arizona to visit family — “much to our chagrin,” Schmit
said. But she had a cell phone, a decent car and a familiar route, and the trip went fine. To celebrate her 90th birthday, she traveled to Ireland with her daughter. McAlpin loves the North Shore, particularly cabins with a fireplace near the water. She visited the Split Rock Lighthouse on her 100th birthday, an occasion that also happened to mark the lighthouse’s 100th birthday. Until age 102, McAlpin lived at a condo in
Bloomington. She continues to read poetry, memorizing the lines and reading them again and again. A 1956 Pioneer Press article said “fate switched the blueprints” when McAlpin and Kranz set out to build their dream house in Hastings. The couple is quoted as saying they wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Construction work on the Hennepin-Lyndale corridor started April 4. File photo
Reconstruction work begins on Hennepin-Lyndale corridor Crews started work April 4 on the reconstruction of Hennepin and Lyndale — one of the city’s busiest corridors. The inside lanes of Hennepin and Lyndale avenues between Franklin and Dunwoody will be closed to traffic until later this summer. Northbound Hennepin from Franklin to where it merges with Lyndale will be closed for about two months, but the onramp to eastbound I-94 will remain open. The Oak Grove and Groveland intersections will also close periodically during construction. The goal of the project is to make the corridor friendlier for bikers, pedestrians
and motorists. Improvements include a new pedestrian crossing on the north side of the Groveland intersection; the removal of a northbound travel lane between Groveland and Oak Grove Street; left turn lane modifications from both north and southbound Hennepin/Lyndale lanes to Vineland and Oak Grove; and landscape enhancements and new street lighting. The project is expected to be completed by June 2017. — Sarah McKenzie
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Public Safety Update By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com
Woman fends off attacker at 33rd & Colfax Police said an unknown man followed an adult woman walking near 33rd & Colfax on Saturday, March 26, and pushed her to the ground. The woman told police she screamed and fought the man off with her umbrella, and he fled the scene. The woman was not injured and nothing was stolen, police said, and the motivation for the attack is not known. The incident occurred at about 5:40 p.m. Police described the suspect as a white male with dirty blond hair, a height between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet tall,
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age 20-30, wearing a green hoodie. Anyone with information can call the Tips Line at 692-8477 or text MPD and the tip to 847411 (Tip 411). The case number is 16-105969. Police recommend that pedestrians plan the safest and most direct routes, choose well-lit streets, become familiar with businesses that are open late, and carry keys in the hand. If someone is following on foot, police suggest turning around so the person knows you’re aware of them, and immediately cross the street and walk or run
5th Precinct block leader training is April 25 The 5th Precinct is offering training for new block leaders. Block leaders receive targeted crime alerts about recent incidents near their homes, and they are asked to share the information with their neighbors. Blocks can have more than one leader. The training is Monday, April 25 from 6-7 p.m. at the 5th Precinct community room, 3101 Nicollet Ave. Walk-ins are welcome, and those who can’t make the meeting can schedule an alternative time.
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What do you hope people get out of reading the book?
First off, I had the choice to either be a washed up politician telling war stories or a journalist embedded for 12 years in City Hall. I felt I wanted to tell the story as I saw it, and the only way I could do that was if I put a wall around expediency and comfort and just lay it out there. I exposed a lot more vulnerabilities and mistakes than I might have — I exposed a little more of the pain that builds sometimes. I gave people some insight into the fun parts of it, but mostly I just wanted to flat out tell people what it’s like. SEE RYBAK / PAGE B8
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Powerful advocates for pets Minneapolis resident Darrell Scott walked 56 blocks to the People & Pets Together food shelf on a recent Saturday morning for specialty food for his cockatiel. The self-described animal lover said the food helped him keep his bird fed when finances were tight. “It was a blessing they were able to have cockatiel food,” he said. The Minneapolis nonprofit organization helps ensure that pet owners can receive those benefits through tough Location financial times. 3755 Bloomington Ave. S. People & Pets Together provides pet food, vaccinations and supplies at no cost to people who need the extra help caring for their pets. Contact This January, the organization opened the first pet food shelf in Minnesota, from which it distributes food and supplies peopleandpetstogether to food shelves around the metro. @gmail.com “People often feed their pets over themselves, and we want to make sure they’re not having to make that choice,” said 612-722-9998 Dr. Adam Bennett, a veterinarian and board member. “If you take care of the animals, you’re taking care of the people.” People & Pets Together developed out of the passion of Kim Carrier, a pet lover who wanted to ensure people could Website keep their pets through hard times. In 2009, she began collecting pet food and donating it to people in need. Her efforts led peopleandpetstogether.org to the creation of a nonprofit called the Pet Project. The organization collected about 25,000 pounds of food in its first five months and began hosting vaccination clinics and fundraising events. Year Founded This past summer, it changed its name to People & Pets Together and announced its intentions of opening the 2009 food shelf in Minneapolis. “We found that having our own space really lent us a sense of legitimacy for potential donors,” Carrier said. “When you’re working out of homes and coffee shops with a P.O. Box for an address, people are hesitant to help fund the vision. It’s easy to drop off food donations, too, when you have a destination.” The organization decided to open the food shelf in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood, an area Carrier described as a “food desert.” Carrier also operates a hair salon in the neighborhood. People & Pets opened the space in January and has continued to distribute about 5,000 pounds of food per month to nine local food shelves. Program director Laura Atneosen said dozens of Powderhorn and Phillips neighborhood residents have signed up for monthly services since the opening. To qualify, clients must be accepting some kind of public assistance or make below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Once a month, they can pick up food, a treat, a toy and one additional item such as cat litter. People & Pets also offers quarterly vaccination clinics and will help pay veterinarian bills in limited situations. The organization relies entirely on donations and volunteers for its supplies and distribution and has one part-time staffer in Atneosen. About 400 families ask for pet food each month at ICA Food Shelf in Hopkins, according to associated director Jason Palm. People & Pets provides food to ICA, which Palm said is greatly appreciated. “For a family that views their pet as a member of the family, that’s something they’re not going to give up,” he said. “We really value what they do.”
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What you can do Volunteer to help plan an event, write a grant, maintain the website or more. Drop off pet food at the food shelf. People & Pets accepts donations from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Saturdays. Participate in the Fast and the Furry Races and Pet Expo on May 21 at Harriet Island in St. Paul.
About the Where We Live project This project is an ongoing series spearheaded by Journals’ publisher Janis Hall showcasing Minneapolis nonprofits doing important work in the community. The editorial team has selected organizations to spotlight. Nate Gotlieb is the writer for the project. To read previous features, go to southwestjournal.com/section/focus/where-we-live.
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Craft and design meet in St. Paul Minneapolis artists prepare for the American Craft Council St. Paul Show
By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
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hen it returns to our state’s capitol city for the 30th time in April, the American Craft Council St. Paul Show is expected to gather about 240 artists and craftspeople inside the RiverCentre convention hall. The Minneapolis-based council produces four annual retail shows — the others are in Baltimore, Atlanta and San Francisco — each a showcase of artist-crafted fashion, décor, furniture and more. From the porcelain vases to the gold jewelry to the wooden train sets, you know it’s all made by hand. ACC shows draw artists from across the country to exhibit, and, as usual, there’s a large contingent of Minneapolitans making a trip across the river for the St. Paul show. Many of them are emerging artists dipping a toe into the ACC show experience through the Hip Pop program.
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Magazine, because she’s been featured there, too. Textile artist Annabella Sardelis has a growing local and national following for her hand-printed and -painted clothing and home goods, but this will be her first time at an ACC show. Sardelis is best known for her use of a Japanese dyeing technique known as shibori and her dedication to natural and sustainable fibers, like organic cotton, bamboo and linen. “Every step of the process, I evaluate: How responsible is this from a sustainability standpoint?” she said. (It’s no surprise Sardelis was taking environmental studies courses alongside printmaking classes during her college years.) For the ACC St. Paul Show, Sardelis is preparing her signature “organic tunic” in a new palette of colors. Also hanging in her corner of the Hip Pop pod will be a new line of linen and raw silk tops that she dyed and painted by hand, linen skirts and a selection of hand-printed home goods, including her popular tea towels. It’s a busy spring for Sardelis, who has a new collection set to debut at Northeast boutique Hazel & Rose in June.
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For the first time Hip Pop artists are selected by a jury and get extra support from ACC to participate. Instead of taking a full booth like regular exhibitors, they pay a lower fee to share a “pod” with five other artists. One of the Hip Pop artists making her ACC show debut in St. Paul is ceramicist Autumn Higgins, an Oregon native who earned her MFA at Louisiana State University in Baton Rogue and then, in 2014, followed the Mississippi River north to Minneapolis, where she won a residency at Northern Clay Center through the Fogelberg Studio Fellowship program. The yearlong residency ended in September, and Higgins took a job teaching art at St. John the Baptist Catholic School in New Brighton for the current school year.
When she’s not in the studio or working with elementary and middle school students, Higgins is often driving around Minneapolis and stopping along the way to sketch. Her love of drawing goes back to childhood, long before she made the switch in college from photography to working with clay. Those quotidian street scenes — a snowcovered garage, a bike locked to a sign pole, a mail truck parked on a quiet street — decorate Higgins’ mugs, plates and vases, which can also be found locally at Gallery 360 and I Like You. Don’t expect the Stone Arch Bridge; Higgins finds a way to portray her adopted city without resorting to the landmarks. Shoppers might recognize another Hip Pop maker from her booth at the Mill City Farmer’s Market — or the pages of the New York Times’ T
One can’t-miss stop for ACC show-goers is the Make Room home décor exhibition. Four local designers were invited to style room vignettes that incorporate objects made by ACC St. Paul Show artists. Each of the designers picked a cardinal direction for his or her theme, and for Jennifer Jorgensen north meant “up north,” as in the traditional Minnesota Northwoods cabin. Jorgensen’s dining room scene, which she described as “a mix of true rustic north with super-modern contemporary,” includes log stools topped with Faribault Woolen Mill custom covers and handcrafted furniture from St. Paul’s Elijah Neumann. Inspired by a recent trip, Liz Gardner’s souththemed room heads all the way to Miami, mixing work from both local and national artists to evoke south Florida. “What I experienced in Miami was that play on the gaudiness of Art Deco, but then the sophistication of the design district,” Gardner said. Keep an eye out for the herringbone flooring and furniture by woodworker Marvin Freitas and ceramics by Laura Vest Klein, both Minnesota artists. If you’re searching for ways to bring more craft into your home, these Make Room designers will show you how.
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Neighborhood Spotlight. Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr’s big sale
Neighborhood Coordinator Patty Wycoff gives us the rundown on the Festival of Garage Sales
By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
Bryn Mawr isn’t the only Minneapolis neighborhood that hosts an annual garage sale, but over the course of several decades they’ve turned the Festival of Garage Sales into one of the biggest and best in town. Officially, the festival is a one-day event hosted by the Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Association, which posts a list of registered garage sales and sale items on its website a couple of nights before the big day — which this year falls on Saturday, May 7. (Registered sellers pay a fee to BMNA that, among other things, covers the cost of a few strategically placed portapotties.) But some neighbors start their sales on Friday, and many garages are still full of gently used goods on Sunday, so it’s really a weekend-long shopping spree. It’s also a neighborhood fundraiser. Every year, neighbors who don’t want to host their own garage sale donate items for the BMNA to sell and keep the proceeds. There’s no official tally, but a good guess is that the festival easily draws thousands when the weather’s nice. In March, the Southwest Journal spoke with Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Coordinator Patty Wycoff learn more about the Festival of Garage Sales and get some insider tips for first-time shoppers. How did the Festival of Garage Sales get its start?
I believe it’s been going on for 25-plus years — maybe even 30 or more, because we’ve lived here 20 years, and we didn’t know anything about the garage sale, and we tried moving into our new house on garage sale weekend. We learned very quickly that, oh my god, we can’t do it. So, instead we went garage-saling and bought stuff for the house. (Wycoff double-checked after the conversation and learned from a neighbor that the annual garage sale likely dates back even further — to the 1970s. It was originally organized by the Bryn Mawr Childcare Co-op, then run for a stretch by the Boy Scouts before BMNA took over 10–15 years ago, although the neighborhood organization “was always in the background,” Wycoff said.)
How many different garage sales are on the list this year?
The list is not compiled yet, but last year we had 107, maybe, or 101. It’s usually around about 100 people who actually register their garage sales with BMNA. ... I really have to guess it’s probably 150-plus people who have a sale. About one-third do not register. How do you get so many people to participate every year?
It’s the highlight, for many, of the year in Bryn Mawr, garage sale weekend. If you are not having a garage sale yourself, you are having family and friends come and you’re walking around to garage sales. There are a lot of backyard parties. … It’s a huge social event. … If (neighbors) don’t like it, they’ll just leave. They’ll get out of town. Do you know how many shoppers come out in a typical year?
People have tried to make that guess. One year, and I’m trying to think of how long ago, it was the most gorgeous day. And after that year we decided we needed someone directing traffic, because from the stop sign at Cedar Lake Road and Penn (Avenue South), right in front of Cuppa Java, cars were backed up all the way to (Interstate) 394. And then the exit ramp from 394 to come into our neighborhood, that was backed up. ... That year, I think somebody said that had to be like 10,000 people. I don’t know how you could even guess. Any tips for first-time shoppers?
Thursday night on bmna.org we post the list of sales. If you are one of those proactive shoppers and you are looking for a certain piece of exercise equipment or a kids’ bike or a treadmill or whatever, you could begin on Thursday night. Go to the website and print the list, and just go through it and highlight the addresses that are selling the kinds of things you’re looking for, and then get there early in the morning.
A shopper with her arms full at a Bryn Mawr garage sale. The neighborhood’s massive garage sale festival is May 7. Submitted photo
We don’t advertise the sales beginning until 9 a.m., but we start to organize and set up the BMNA sale at about 6:30 a.m., and at 7 a.m. there are people coming to already trying to look through stuff and make offers. … So, first-timers, come early. Some people who are having sales do not like that, and other people might say, ‘Come on in and check it out.’ Know where you want to park and which direction you’re going to head to try and find what you want. Is there a garage sale at your house, or are you too busy organizing the event to do something like that?
My husband, the last couple of years, he has
had garage sales at our house. But this year he said absolutely not, even though we have lots of junk. Tell me about the BMNA sale.
All of the proceeds go into the BMNA general fund. Its part of our reduce, reuse, recycle creed. And so we said if people have a lot of stuff but they don’t want to have a sale … people can just donate to us and we’ll see what we can do. It’s perfect. They just put whatever they want to donate out on their front steps …, and then volunteers run around and bring the donations to one garage. It’s one neighbor’s garage. They donate their garage every year and it’s in a great location.
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Bryn Mawr is the “neighborhood within a park.” Its northwest border is tucked into Theodore Wirth Park. To the south are Brownie and Cedar lakes. Separating its residential areas from I-394 are the sprawling playing fields of Bryn Mawr Meadows. Bassett Creek runs along the neighborhood’s northern border. And the green space doesn’t end there. Bryn Mawr is also a neighborhood of passionate gardeners, and for years residents have invited visitors into their backyards during the annual Bryn Mawr Garden Tour, usually held in July. Neighborhood gathering spaces include Sparks, where a selection of small plates, pizzas and entrees are prepared in a wood-fired oven, and Cuppa Java, a cafe that also serves food, wine and beer and is located in the center of Bryn Mawr’s “downtown.” Downtown is a compact but surprisingly diverse shopping district — yet another reason to visit Bryn Mawr. — Dylan Thomas
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Neighborhood Spotlight. Bryn Mawr
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IF YOU GO Where: Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden, 1 Theodore Wirth Parkway
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Hours: Open daily, 7:30 a.m. until one hour before sunset, through Oct. 16. After Oct. 16, it’s open on weekends through the end of the month. Website: minneapolisparks.org/ebwg Contact information: ebwg@ minneapolisparks.org and 370-4903
By Sarah McKenzie/smckenzie@southwestjournal.com
It’s rare for cities to have truly quiet and wild spaces in their midst. Bryn Mawr boasts such a place — the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary in Theodore Wirth Park. The 15-acre garden just minutes from downtown Minneapolis opened for the season Friday, April 1. It’s open seven days a week through Oct. 16. Woodland wildflowers expected to bloom in April and May include snow trillium and hepatica with bloodroot, wild ginger, trillium, bluebells and trout lilies. Founded in 1907, the garden is the nation’s oldest public wildflower gardens. It has more than 500 plant species and 130 bird species. Visitors will find a two-third’s mile trail with 49 interpretive stations with information about the garden’s history and wildlife. The Martha Crone Visitor Shelter also has reference materials, natural history displays and staff who can answer questions about the garden. A sign that reads, “Let nature be your teacher,” greets visitors at the garden’s entrance.
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Bike Beat
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or the city of lakes, our downtown is not particularly verdant. The City of Minneapolis, Park Board and others have been working to change that. There is an effort called the “Downtown Public Realm Framework,” which will be a guide “for the management of the pedestrian experience” downtown. The Downtown Council has a Greening and Public Realm Committee, and Green Minneapolis is a new organization working to support new parks and green space downtown. A proposal to redesign 3rd Avenue from the river to 16th Street ties into these efforts as well and has led to a discussion of the balance of greening on streets downtown. The city’s original proposal for 3rd Avenue would add 10 percent more landscaping and include the first planter-protected bike lanes in the city. Mayor Hodges and the City Council have budgeted $3 million to build the project this summer. Recently, there have been some concerns raised about potential congestion that may result from the redesign. Specifically this is in the section south of 8th Street, where the proposal is to keep green center medians while reducing a lane of traffic, adding rightturn lanes and keeping left-turn lanes where appropriate. According to a traffic analysis commissioned by the Public Works Department: “Maintaining the ‘center’ medians and adding the protected bike lanes south of 8th Street is expected to operate at a reasonable level during normal weekdays.” The analysis does note: “The impact to parking ingress/egress may be the primary concern.” It’s delay to parking access that has principally led some businesses to ask that the proposed design be altered. Specifically, those who object have proposed keeping the fourth lane of traffic and removing the planted medians and planters along the protected bike lanes south of 8th Street. Business leaders have said they hope to add additional greening near buildings to make up for the lost greening, but no details of that are yet available. Minneapolis has made the decision to move from four to three lanes before. There were similar concerns about delaying traffic before Lyndale Avenue was redesigned. Instead, we ended up with a functional street, additional green space and improved safety conditions. According to the Federal Highway Administration, crashes are 19 to 47 percent higher on four lane undivided streets — the altered proposal — than on two-lane streets with turn lanes, as is proposed. This update would be especially important for improving
pedestrian safety and 420 people had signed a petition as of March 24 supporting the original 3rd Avenue redesign. Read more here: http://chn.ge/1pQGszp. The Pedestrian Advisory Committees (PAC), which includes a group of Minneapolis residents and business owners who advise the city on related issues, has passed a resolution supporting the original proposal, as has the city’s Bicycle Advisory Committee. PAC Chair Greta Alquist said the green medians and planter-protected bike lanes are also good for pedestrians because they provide an additional buffer, reduce crossing distance — especially important for mobility impaired pedestrians — and potential points of conflict between cars, bikes and pedestrians. “The PAC supports making the public realm more welcoming so the experience of walking is more pleasant,” Alquist said. Alquist pointed out the opportunity to “showcase our city and communicate what we value” on a street that includes the convention center, City Hall and destinations that draw visitors to our city and residents to downtown. The PAC is also seeking to widen the sidewalk next to the city hall, which is so narrow it’s difficult to walk two abreast. Andy Coldwell, Land Use and Transportation Committee chair for the Sierra Club’s North Star Chapter said his organization supports the redesign, especially because it would encourage people to get outside in a green space and cater to those who would like to use bikes but are concerned about their safety in traffic when using on-street facilities. “This feeds right into the city’s climate action plan by increasing walkability, bikeability and physical activity, and as a byproduct decreasing local pollution in the city center,” Coldwell said. The city’s Climate Action Plan calls for reducing emissions 30 percent from 2006 by 2025. As a bicycle advocacy organization, the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition supports the original proposal and the creation of a northsouth bike route that is safe and convenient for riders of all abilities, but this project is about more than a bike facility. It is about transforming our downtown into a place that maximizes green and prioritizes the need for accessible and safe mobility while still allowing vehicles to travel efficiently. The City Council is expected to vote on the 3rd Avenue redesign project April 15. Annie Van Cleve is a freelance writer, blogger and volunteer with the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition.
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Is there anything that stands out in terms of the vulnerabilities you describe?
Of the vulnerabilities, one is I really wanted men to see examples of working really hard, but still putting your family first. I referenced John Pellegrin — the big brand guru who really made the Target brand. When I had decided not to run because of our kids, I was working with John and I saw in my mind the first super successful man I could see who really put family first. Another vulnerability was talking about the consequence of constantly hurling yourself into places with deep trauma. It was the only way I knew how to do the job. It’s difficult to say this — especially in a book that people will read — but it takes its toll. Obviously what I went through was nothing compared to the people who were dying on bridges or having their children dead. … When the bridge collapsed so many people would come up to me on the street, clearly in grief, and ask: ‘What can I do?’ There really wasn’t that much to do, and in an odd way, it’s a privilege to be in a position where on behalf of all these people you can just hug someone and say, ‘I’m sorry.’ So a lot of times I would show up — not as R.T., but as the collective city wrapping their arms around someone. You describe your current role as being your most political job. What do you mean by that?
I don’t mean ‘House of Cards’ politics, I mean getting systems working together. There is so much good intent in this community with schools, philanthropy, community groups and volunteers, but we’re not moving as far as we need to. My job is to map, gap and role. What’s the map (everything happening), what’s the gap and whose role is to fix what — and that’s what I do. So Generation Next is trying to move compassion into impact. Thank god I had the mayor’s job to warm up for the politics of trying to get the youth ecosystem moving toward better results. What are you currently working on at Generation Next?
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Do you have any thoughts on the direction of City Hall right now?
It was unbelievably difficult to watch the 4th Precinct events — the shooting, the reaction and seeing the town that you love pulling apart. … At times like that it is really painfully difficult to watch and not be able to help. … I think it’s really important for me not to be shoving my nose into the whole thing, so I’ll help if I can be helpful. Do you thoughts on how the big developments projects are evolving — like the Vikings stadium?
What are some of the things you miss most about being mayor?
I have to admit, I really miss selling the city — the convention business, the branding, the opening of a new business, but I realized I can still do that as R.T. I do that a lot with my social media, but I miss being a shameless huckster for my hometown. That was a fun part of the job. I miss doing the budget. It used to ruin my summers, but I got to think it was a $1.4 billion values puzzle — put the dollars on the things that matter. I got to love that. What don’t you miss?
The only thing I don’t miss is the constant questioning of a politician’s motives. … You’ll be in a movie theater and you’d be walking up to a long line, and someone will say, ‘Oh, don’t let the politician cut in line.’ People are generally extremely nice, but that kind of thing I don’t miss.
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I’m really happy with how it’s evolving. I had to stand at the Capitol for two years when people were laughing at me and saying nothing will ever get built around the stadium, and for one of those years I knew we had Wells Fargo, but I couldn’t say it. … When I go back to what it was like when Barb Johnson and I stood up at Target Center and said we’re going to redo Target Center and we were literally laughed out of the room. … The stadium was not the point. The stadium was the vehicle to get control of sales taxes that were about to be stolen from our city and use it to ground the Vikings, ground Wells Fargo, redo Target Center, get Target Center off the property tax rolls and create what I called in [the book] the big bang. Are you still optimistic about the Commons park?
For the last year I was negotiating with the Vikings. They wanted more time and I said no, and we went back and forth and back and forth. What I thought was a final deal, I gave them a few more days then I was comfortable with. Then a month after I leave office, they took advantage of the transition and struck what I think is a ridiculous deal, and I still think it’s a ridiculous deal. The Vikings are not going to use all those days — they don’t need all those days. And
it’s counter productive for the relationship with the city. Switching to presidential politics, do you have thoughts about how well Bernie Sanders did in Minneapolis and across the state?
There are candidates and there are ideologies. It looks like Hillary is doing better nationally and it looks like Bernie’s ideology may be having a long-term impact. We’re seeing a huge reshuffling of the whole deck, and I think that’s good. I like grassroots politics, and it’s very strange for me because I always jump in early. I was on the state organizing committee for Bill Bradley, co-chair for Howard Dean and chair for Obama, and this time I have to be neutral as vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee. Are you thinking of running for governor or another office?
I don’t know — I really don’t. This is the first time in my life where I haven’t intentionally set out the path for what’s next. Honestly since I was 13 years old, I always had [being mayor] as my goal. I love politics and I love running — it’s a riot. Even more than a politician, I’m a civic person. So what I was doing as mayor and what I’m doing now is civic work — one of them happens to be politics. I’m always going to do civic work and I’m always going to be here. No matter what, I’m always going to be in some way involved in this issue of kids and closing gaps. So that’s always going to be part of my work.
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IF YOU GO The exhibit runs through Sept. 18. There are plans for a pet festival May 22. The Hennepin History Museum is located at 2303 3rd Ave. It’s open Tuesday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday 1 to 5, Thursday 1 to 8 and Friday through Sunday 1 to 5. For more information, visit their website.
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Exhibit showcases 150 years of local pet lore By Liz Anderson / Murphy News Service
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The lion’s story, and his pelt, are part of a new exhibit at the Hennepin History Museum, “Hennepin County Wags its Tail,” which tells Hiawatha’s story and showcases the 150-yearold history of Minneapolis pets and their owners. “As far as the care of animals goes and the
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History Museum archive. Hennepin County residents were able to donate photographs to the exhibit. One of the donors, Melissa Anderson, gave Kabrud pictures of her mother and her dogs as a way to preserve her family’s history. “We’re thrilled that they’re in here. My family just loved dogs,” Anderson said. Kabrud said he wanted to show pets as members of a family, rather than as a decoration. “Often times, people are snickered at because they develop these wonderful, close relationships with their animals, and people think it’s silly. But it’s really not,” Kabrud said. Cedar Imboden Phillips, the museum’s executive director, added that while the outward appearance of pets can change, the connection and love of animals between the past and the present remains the same. “You look at all these pictures and stories from the past and you realize that even if people weren’t buying their dogs a swag bag or a designer coat, their pets were still part of their family,” Imboden Phillips said. The exhibit is also a place where current or prospective pet owners can come and appreciate the history of animals, Kabrud added, all while learning more about the best ways to care for pets. “I feel good that we’re supporting and bringing attention to those types of organizations,” Kabrud said. He said that MN Snap is a statewide organization that offers spaying and neutering services. The exhibit room is lined with trees, while a soundtrack of dogs barking, birds chirping and other outdoor noises are playing. “I sort of wanted to evoke the outdoors. Creating the kind of ambiance of a dog park or a park where you would walk your dog softens the edges and makes the exhibit a little more welcoming,” Kabrud said. Liz Anderson is studying journalism at the University of Minnesota.
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Be the Change
By Ryan Stopera
Challenging the dominant narrative
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olitical language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.” Few writers have shared more prophetic quotes than George Orwell, and these words have a frightening reminiscence to the current landscape we find ourselves in today. Just as Winston, the protagonist in 1984, who found himself facing a subversive act against his conditioned beliefs when he decided to start writing in a journal, we too face this struggle every day. What is truth? How do we share it? There is truth in media, which we must wade through to find, and sometimes never actually do, and there is our personal truth. The truth that we tell ourselves, and the truth that we all create from the aggregate sea of information that exists in mainstream news, social media, textbooks, magazines, television, photos, videos, etc. The list goes on and on, but how do we create our own truth amid so much propaganda? How do we communicate this truth to others? Being in the media as a columnist and a videographer I am part of this vast network of information, and I hold my own bias. We all do. But when I share stories I am always conscious of how I may be contributing to our extreme division of opinions, and maintain integrity in what I’m telling, even if it may not fit into my pre-established narrative. I seek to interview individuals who have a strong voice, but lack a platform to speak from, and I always seek to share stories that challenge the institutions of perceived power that exist in our city and society. Most media does just the opposite, and is a tool to maintain power in the hands of those who have historically controlled it. White. Wealthy. Male. The Jamar Clark case is a tragic and fascinating example of institutional racism, power and the media. Say what you will about the details of the case, but Jamar Clark deserved due process in a court room and did not deserve to be murdered in the street. At the 4th Precinct, I witnessed organizers receiving unprovoked brutalization and pepper spray from the police, yet moments later I read
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major news outlets reporting on social media that the violence was coming from the protesters. Clark’s mugshot was used when a major news network reported on the story, but when three white men shot at protesters the pictures shown on the news were of smiling school boys. The case ultimately resulted in a strategically crafted speech by Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman, which was then supplemented by major news networks justifying the nonindictment. Four months of messaging tug of war and shifts of public opinion was undeniably controlled by media for 99 percent of the people who had an opinion on the case. Unless you were a witness at the scene of his murder, your opinion has been crafted by the propaganda created in your respective news feed, and depending on the truths that you allow in your world your position will fall into one polarized category or the other. One side says black lives matter, and the
murder of unarmed black men, women and LGBTQ people of color by the police must stop. The other side says cops shooting and killing thugs that break the law is justified. What side of history are you on? I recently spent two weeks out of the country without the Internet, the news or social media. It was necessary, healing, and thought provoking. I felt less anxious and less demoralized about the state of our world. I was reminded of the toxicity of media when I asked a group of young people from Australia what they think of when they think of America. As anticipated, and as I feared, they replied in unison, “Donald Trump.” Trump denounces the media, as he does women, Muslims, Latinos, and most things except the KKK, but he should recognize what the media has done for him. Whether for praise or to satirize his ludicrous statements, he is always trending. I’m disap-
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pointed in myself for giving him any words in this column. The more he is in the media, the more he becomes a part of our conditioned belief of having power in the world, when he shouldn’t even be in our thoughts at all. Click bait creates perceived relevance, whether it is relevant or not, and subsequently creates power. In February videographer, educator, organizer and community leader Adja Gildersleve and I facilitated a workshop on social justice storytelling at Race to Justice Day at Southwest High School. Students organized a full day of workshops and joined together with activists from around the city to teach the untold history not in their curriculums. We stressed the importance of developing your own narrative and sharing your truth with the world. I’m constantly inspired by young people. Although they can’t vote and are limited in access to systems of power, we must listen to the stories of youth today and make sure their truth is part of the broader narrative. Instead of continuing to be frustrated with the information that is in the media today, and regurgitating the propaganda that already exists, I commit to create my own truth. I will listen to the voice of youth, I will lift up the stories of those who are underrepresented, and I will seek media from the grassroots. We don’t have to believe everything the mainstream media tells us, and we don’t even have to pay attention to it. When it comes to honest, grassroots media these are some of my favorites: photographer Patience Zalanga; on Twitter,@babewiththecam; videographer DA Bullock of Bully Collective; and Becky Zosia Dernbach, NOC communications director. We are in a difficult time in Minneapolis and the world. We are in a time that great change is needed, and in the words of George Orwell, “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
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with pickled herring paired with potato, cukes and dill, as tradition dictates, plus apple and almonds as the upstarts. Or chilled ribbons of beets, that Nordic staple, dolloped with that sweet, caramely, love-it-or-leave-it cheese called gjetost—both served frequently, but rarely, as here, together. The collage also includes gooseberries and chervil under a dusting of sweetened rye-bread crumbles and powdered walnuts (and I’m probably overlooking another half dozen ingredients). Interesting but not compelling. Instead, among the starters ($12) we preferred the silky chicken-liver mousse gilded with gelatin—a straight-up production so far— adorned with dried blueberries—tart-sweet, as was a honey-vinegar touch, and served with a granola-sequined cracker (beats Ry-Krisp). But the option called “fermented lettuce” turned out to be more of a science experiment than a taste treat. Pale leaves of romaine come brined in whey, lemon and garlic, brightened (not much) with dots of egg yolk, more powdered (and tasteless) walnuts, and buttermilk. Skip it, and head for the mains ($22–$28), where we just had to try that uber-Swedish trinity: meatballs, mashed potatoes, and pickled cukes. It’s a straight-up presentation, as tasty as any I’ve had in Scandinavia (and IKEA). A veggie option—a textured mélange of grains painted with pureed sunchokes and garnished with onion, apple, hints of truffle and pickled radishes—featured salt as the dominant spice. The winner, and it’s worth the drive: glazed pork cheeks, meltingly tender and garnished with (what? And why?) dustings of chicken skin, settled over a sweet, intense puree of carrots, husky bits of blood sausage, and more walnut powder. Four desserts ($12) are listed, and each caught our fancy. Noodling between the gjetost terrine, a soder (fruity) tea cremeau, rye pancake, and juniper bavarois, we settled on the latter two—the pancake not the crepe we’d expected, but a delightful, muffin-like pouf served with more blueberries and birch ice cream (braggin’ rights: tried it last summer in Finland). The juniper-scented bavarois (also on my Finnish menus) came brightened with a carrot granite (those Finns again), capturing the veggie’s sweet essence. Service was smart and Minnesota-sweet. A high five for this kitchen’s bold rethinking of Swedish soul food.
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By Linda Koutsky
Your flight’s delayed. Here’s the good news
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t was a beautiful morning in Minneapolis and the sun was shining brightly in Fort Lauderdale, but for some reason, as soon as I arrived at the airport my Delta flight was delayed three hours. Ugh! They offered us pizza and cookies at the gate, however I was in too much of a mindset to just sit there so I decided to start my vacation right there at MSP. I’ve always believed that once you’re at the airport you’re on vacation so I was going to enjoy myself. Like all good tourists, I shopped, played, saw the sights, and took in local culture. Changes are underway at MSP; new security screenings, restaurants and retail in transition, but there’s plenty to explore. The central shopping area, called the “mall,” is full of a wide selection of stores that rival MOA and includes live music by entertainers. There are several spas and hair salons offering a full menu of services, massage chairs, shoe shine stations, and a game arcade. Stores and restaurants stretch out as far as the concourses though so pick up a map at the info desk. Retail options have always been enticing in the main terminal though I never had much time to shop; good thing I left room in my carryon! Many national brands as well as stores that got their start in Minnesota are represented: Baggallini, Sunglass Hut, Tumi, Johnston & Murphy, Harley-Davidson, the Body Shop, Spirit of the Red Horse, Radio Road, Wilson Leather, and Aveda. MSP also does a great job representing our local businesses. Creative Kidstuff has a vast selection of innovative and imaginative toys. Revered specialty men’s store Hammer Made sells limited-edition shirts, colorful watches, and alluring cufflinks in a compact, stylish space. Uptown Minnesota showcases local artists in exhibit-like store displays. Products range from silkscreen prints to glazed pottery to jewelry made from bike tires to jigsaw puzzles featuring local scenes. I remember as a child going with my mom and sister to pick up my dad from business trips. We’d wait at the gate! But if there was extra time we’d head to the observation deck and watch planes come in. It’s still
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there! Get a 360-degree view of arriving and departing planes while sitting in the quiet, TV-free observation deck above Concourse D. PGA MSP Airport is a golfer’s dream. This Minnesota-made, first-in-the-country airport golf simulator is up on the mezzanine. Several panoramic golf stations are available for just $10 a round. There’s a putting green and an on-site golf pro available for lessons. The packed pro shop and sports bar round out the club experience. Though it’s expensive to enter ($45), Escape Lounge provides a reclusive/ exclusive high-speed WiFi lounge, reading area, and bar for travelers. Enjoy “complimentary” food and drink while watching planes from this airlines independent skyclub. The Thomson Reuters Gallery on Concourse C hosts changing art exhibits. I enjoyed seeing a wide range of talent and work in all media at the sixth annual Airport Employee Art Show. Opening April 25: “The
Art of Food: A History of Minnesota Food Production.” A play on its location at Concourse C, Gate 18 is See 18 Film Screening Room, a movie theater showing independent shorts. The Film Society of Minneapolis curates this 24-hour marathon of award-winning documentaries in the country’s first state-ofthe-art airport cinema. This is a great place to hang out and relax a while. Look for the bronze bust of Lindbergh a few gates away. Keep your eyes out, and on the ground, for terrazzo floors and wall murals featuring Minnesota landscapes, flora, fauna, and constellations. The Airport Foundation is currently overhauling many spaces and restrooms to include public art by many local artists. Check out Bebe Keith’s stained glass mosaics in Concourse E’s restrooms. MSP is the new Taste of Minnesota. And the list is as long as a moving sidewalk: Ike’s, Axel’s, French Meadow, D’Amico, O’Gara’s, Rock Bottom Brewery, and Cocina del Barrio. For customs-worthy flavors, head to Concourse G. At the starting gate is Shoyu, (of Lowertown’s Tanpopo) a hip and modern Japanese restaurant my limo driver said had some of the best sushi in the country. Pick up a slice from Pizzeria Lola atVero, indulge in fine Italian specialties by Piccolo at Volante, live it up with raw oysters at Meritage’s Mimosa, enjoy local flavors from Heartland’s Mill City Tavern, or enjoy Matt’s classic Juicy Lucy atTwinBurger. To make sure you don’t miss it there are two chances to sidle up to Minnibar, the chic restaurant/bar created by “Bizarre Foods” host and AZCanteen food truck entrepreneur Andrew Zimmern. The next time you’re delayed, relax and experience why MSP was voted best overall retail/restaurant program in America. Believe it or not, I was having such a good time exploring Terminal 1 — on what turned out to be an eight-hour delay — that I ended up having to run to the gate to make the plane! Have a nice flight. For more adventures follow Linda Koutsky on Facebook.
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PIG ON THE PORCH TAILGATE
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FireLake Grill House & Cocktail Bar is kicking off the Minnesota Twins home opener with the restaurant’s sixth annual tailgate. FireLake, located inside the downtown Minneapolis Radisson Blu hotel, is making the event even bigger this year with a “Pig on the Porch,” the roasting of a whole hog on the patio. Executive chef Jim Kyndberg is serving pulled pork sandwiches and pork tacos for this tailgate event, complete with pre-game coverage from KFAN Sports Radio FM 100.3.
By Eric Best / ebest@southwestjournal.com
Where: FireLake Grill House & Cocktail Bar, 31 S. 7th St. When: Monday, April 11 at 11:30 a.m. Cost: Free Info: firelakerestaurant.com
THAI NEW YEAR AT SAWATDEE
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LORCA’S WOMEN Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre brings a cast of internationally known flamenco dancers to the Cowles Center for three evenings of spectacular dance and music. Omayra Amaya, the grand-niece of the greatest flamenco dancer who ever lived (Carman Amaya), gypsy flamenco guitar master Josa Valle “Chuscales” of Granada, Spain and flamenco singer Kina Mendez of Jerez, Spain, will take the stage in downtown Minneapolis. A flamenco community fiesta will take place on Sunday, April 17 following the 2 p.m. matinee performance.
Sawatdee founder Supenn Harrison and daughter and business partner Cyndy Harrison are ringing in the Thai New Year, Songkran, at the downtown Minneapolis Thai restaurant. Supenn is emceeing two free nights of Thai dancing and festivities, which will also celebrate the restaurant’s three decades on Washington Avenue. Sawatdee, which suggests dinner before the shows start at 7 p.m. each evening, will have an additional menu for the event on top of regular fare. The Thai New Year (April 13-15) is also a festival of water, and Sawatdee’s event will be an authentic way of experiencing the celebration.
Where: The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave. When: April 15-17 Cost: $30, fees included Info: zorongo.org
Where: Sawatdee, 607 Washington Ave. S. When: Tuesday, April 12 and Wednesday, April 13 Cost: No cover on top of food, drinks Info: sawatdee.com
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TWINS HOME OPENER The Minnesota Twins are kicking off their baseball season with an April 11 game against the team’s division rival, the Chicago White Sox. While the game is sold out, the team says a limited number of tickets may become available online. Twins legend and National Baseball Hall of Farmer Rod Carew will throw the ceremonial first pitch. The first 30,000 fans in attendance will receive a red Twins hoodie and several other events will go one as gates open at 1 p.m. From noon to 2:15 p.m. DJ Mad Mardigan will perform on the balcony that overlooks Target Plaza and local singer Caroline Smith will sing the National Anthem.
Where: Target Field, 1 Twins Way When: Monday, April 11 at 3:10 p.m. Cost: Limited tickets available Info: twinsbaseball.com
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL The Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF) is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year with events from April 7-2, including the North American premiere of “A Man Called Ove.” The Swedish blockbuster, a both touching and humorous portrait of an isolated widower from director Hannes Holm, will debut at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 7 at the festival’s main venue, the St. Anthony Main Theatre. Following the film, Aster Café will host an opening night party at 9 p.m. with complimentary appetizers and wine tastings by Sileni Estates. This year’s festival will feature more than 200 feature-length films, documentaries and more from over 60 countries.
Where: Various venues When: April 7-23 Cost: $13, $7 for students and children under 12, passes available Info: mspfilm.org
MINNESOTA CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL Beer fans, look no further than the Minnesota Craft Beer Festival for the easiest way of tasting new and rare craft brews from across the state and region. The festival features more than 80 breweries pouring 220+ beers from Minneapolis and abroad, and each one has been asked to bring rare, limited or taproom-only options for festivalgoers. A ticket gets guests unlimited pours across the four-hour tasting. Erik Berry of Duluth’s Trampled by Turtles is also slated to perform at the festival in the Minneapolis Convention Center.
HARVEY Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Harvey” tells the story of Elwood P. Dowd and his unusual best friend, a 6-foot-tall invisible rabbit named Harvey. When Elwood’s sister Veta hosts a social gathering to launch her daughter into society, Elwood’s idiosyncrasies threaten to upset the family’s reputation, the story goes. The charming, family-friendly comedy, written by Mary Chase in 1994, gets the Guthrie Theater treatment under director Libby Appel. “Harvey” went on to become a motion picture in 1950 and was revived on Broadway in 1970. The play was last produced at the Guthrie in the 1989-1990 season. Previews begin Saturday, April 9 and the play opens Friday, April 15.
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