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Lake Street hotel is taller, slimmer in revised plan By Zac Farber zfarber@southwestjournal.com
Prodigal are welcome at pastor’s new pub
A revised plan for the hotel coming to Lake & Excelsior plan calls for a smaller building footprint and an additional ninth story. Image courtesy of Elevage Development Group
Elevage Development Group’s revised plan for a hotel-and-condo building at Lake & Excelsior calls for a taller, slimmer structure and wider sidewalks. A public walkway would run through the building, connecting Lake Street to Excelsior Boulevard. “Before we were short and more squatty,” Elevage principal Corey Burstad said. “We pulled it in and got it a little thinner.” In early July, Hennepin County will start tearing down the BP gas station standing on the triangular site. After a 90-day remediation period, construction is scheduled to start in the fall. The hotel is expected to open by summer 2021.
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“I’m not your typical pastor’s wife. I wouldn’t be opening a pub if I were,” said Randi Cowmeadow, who is launching the Prodigal Public House with her daughters and her husband Jeff, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church. SEE PRODIGAL PUB / PAGE A14
SEE LAKE STREET HOTEL / PAGE A18
Credit union is Armatage activist’s ‘tool’ against injustice Me’Lea Connelly’s North Minneapolis startup has $5 million in pledged deposits
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After Philando Castile was shot and killed by a St. Anthony police officer in July 2016, Armatage resident Me’Lea Connelly said she looked for a way to inspire the average person to take action against injustice. Connelly, already a full-time community activist, had seen the wear and tear that a more “confrontational” approach to protesting had taken on young leaders. She decided to organize a community meeting in North Minneapolis to
discuss ways black people could resist structural racism through economic means. “We needed more tools,” Connelly said. At the meeting, held a week after the shooting, attendees brainstormed ways to become more independent of white-led financial institutions. The most popular idea was to start a financial institution, such as a bank or credit union, that would serve the North Side and be led and run by black people.
Nearly three years later, Connelly is one of the leaders of a new financial institution, called Village Financial Cooperative, which will open this year in North Minneapolis. While the opening date hasn’t yet been set, Connelly said the credit union will hold some sort of celebration on Juneteeth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation. Village Financial already has 1,900 pledged SEE CONNELLY / PAGE A12
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5 p.m., cutting out its dinner service. Shortly afterward, Meyvn announced it would close shop. The store said it will continue to sell its bagels to Kowalski’s Market, which has a location at 24th & Hennepin. Morgan said they are looking for ways to continue the operation in the future. “It won’t be going away for ever and ever,” Morgan said. Meyvn moved a bus stop to put in a massive wood-fired oven to bake Montrealstyle bagels and roast lamb skewers when it opened last summer.
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Creative Kidstuff, a Twin Cities toy shop that launched 37 years ago with a storefront in Linden Hills, announced it will close its six metro locations by the end of June. The Linden Hills shop opened at 43rd & Upton in 1982, according to Roberta Bonoff, CEO of Creative Kidstuff. From there the store expanded to Grand Avenue in St. Paul and Ridgedale Center in Minnetonka. They also have stores in the Edina Galleria, West End in St. Louis Park and the Mall of America in Bloomington. All Creative Kidstuff locations began liquidation sales on April 3, Bonoff said, with a goal of closing all stores by June 30. The company has 99 employees, about eight of whom work in Linden Hills, Bonoff told the Southwest Journal. The toy industry is being challenged by the way children play these days on top of the struggles all retailers are facing with the growing prevalence of on-demand, online shopping, she said. “I think the whole retail landscape is changing,” Bonoff said. She added that the Linden Hills store has held a special place for Creative Kidstuff as the company expanded and they were happy to know generations of families in the neighborhood. “We know those families, we love those families,” she said. Bonoff said the company is grateful for all the families who have shopped at their stores over the years.
The liquidation sale at Creative Kidstuff in Linden Hills will run through June. The store has been at the corner of 43rd & Upton since 1982. Photo by Andrew Hazzard
“We know that inspired play will live on in so many ways in the Twin Cities, and we encourage everyone to support their favorite local retailers,” she said in statement.
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East Isles Farmers Market returns The East Isles Farmers Market is returning for its second season along The Mall, giving Uptown a weekly market to buy fresh food from regional farmers and cooks. Last year, the food-focused market found itself with an abundance of sweets and a shortage of vendors by the early fall, according to director Debbie Dachis Gold. It was the first season, she said, and they mostly just wanted to be up and running. But for its second year, the market has 18 full-time vendors signed up about two months before its June 13 opening day and are shooting for a total of 20, Dachis Gold said. “This year we kind of have street cred,” she said. That street cred has led to vendors approaching the market. In addition to vendors selling a regular supply of fresh fruits, vegetables and meat, East Isles Farmers Market has commitments from a kombucha brewer, an organic hemp farmer who makes “pharmaceutical grade” CBD, a bee farmer, an egg and poultry farmer and two new homemade pie bakers: Heather’s
Pies and Fruit & Grain bakery. Other new offerings this year include Midwest Mushroom and a fresh fish vendor, Dachis Gold said. Each week will have a rotating food truck, she said. And once a month the market will include a goat yoga class. The market will run from 4 to 8 p.m. each Thursday from June 13 through Sept. 12, with two Wednesday markets planned for July 3 and July 31 to accommodate Fourth of July celebrations and the Uptown Art Fair. This year the market will be located between Humboldt and Irving avenues on The Mall – the four-block stretch of parkland just south of the Midtown Greenway in Uptown. That’s a block west of last year’s location, which was adjacent to Hennepin Avenue. “It’s better visibility,” Dachis Gold said. The market was started by East Isles Residents Association which will vote May 14 on allocating $21,000 to the market, and is the first farmers market to appear on Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board property.
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For the first time, Minneapolis is putting together a comprehensive plan that will guide the way people move around the city. “Our goal is to improve people’s day-to-day lives,” transportation planning manager Kathleen Mayell said at the city’s first open house on the Transportation Action Plan, held April 9 in Windom. The Minneapolis Transportation Action Plan is a 10-year comprehensive plan to guide future planning and designs for transportation projects across the city. The plan is moving forward with Vision Zero, a three-year plan being implemented with a goal of having zero pedestrian deaths in Minneapolis by 2027. The Transportation Action Plan is developing strategies for seven transit topic areas: advanced mobility, pedestrians, bicycle, transit, freight, street operations and street designs. The plan aims to enact transportation goals laid out in the Minneapolis 2040 Plan, currently under review by the Metropolitan Council. Unlike 2040, which lingers in a distant, hardto-imagine future, the changes from Vision Zero and the Transportation Action Plan will be noticed by city residents sooner rather than later, said Mayell, who is overseeing Vision Zero. As such, the planners are seeking opinions on how to best lay out streets going forward. “We’re really looking to get a lot of public feedback,” Mayell said. Initial feedback from the plan was provided by travel behavior surveys at Open Streets events and online that reached more than 5,000 people. The surveys found that the most frequent mode of transportation for 50% of respondents was to drive, followed by 18% who rely on transit, 15% who bike and 14% who go by foot. But when asked about their preferred means of travel, 36% of respondents said it was by bike, 22% favored transit, 16% wanted to walk and only 20% liked driving best. One of the main goals for the Transportation Action Plan is to make it easier for those who say they’d prefer to drive less to drive less, which is seen as critical to the city’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The city is looking at ways to beef up its transit, biking and pedestrian networks to make more people more likely to take alternate transit modes, like getting more city inhabitants within a half-mile walkshed of high-frequency public transit lines. Mike Reed, a Linden Hills resident and regular bike commuter who attended the Windom open house, said he felt many of the proposals of the options presented for the plan were good. He’d like to see better enforcement of traffic laws and bigger penalties for drivers who hit pedestrians. While Reed thinks Minneapolis has an OK transit system, he doesn’t believe heavy bus investment is the answer and thinks the city should be more seriously considering streetcars. He also lamented how long it takes for street improvement projects such as the reconstruc-
Attendees of a Transportation Action Plan open house at Richfield Lutheran Church in Windom provided feedback on how to evaluate the success of the plan using a lighted tree display created by city staffers. Photos by Andrew Hazzard
tion of Hennepin Avenue from Lake Street to West 36th Street last year. “Time is short,” he said.
Safer streets For foot traffic, city planners are working on a pedestrian priority network, a web of critical sidewalks that help move large groups of people to major destinations and transit stops. They’re eyeing areas to improve, like along Excelsior Boulevard in West Calhoun, where narrow sidewalks cram pedestrians near the future West Lake Street Green Line stop. “It’s a way for us to prioritize improvements and make walking a more viable option,” said city planner Kelsey Fogt. More than 60 percent of crashes involving pedestrians and bicyclists on Minneapolis streets also involve a motor vehicle making a turn, according to a Vision Zero crash study released in January. To combat that, bump-outs at intersections—where the pedestrian area is extended to shorten crossings for walkers and turn lanes are deprioritized— are a common design element planners are using to make the city more walkable, Fogt said. Planners are also looking to make streets more people-friendly by putting in expanded medians, wider sidewalks and narrower car lanes. In Minneapolis, a high percentage of crashes happen on a small number of streets, mostly four-lane county roads that run through the city. Public Works is coordinating with several other local entities such as Hennepin County, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and MnDOT on city plans. Updating street design is critical to making Vision Zero’s goals a reality, Our Streets Minneapolis executive director Ethan Fawley said. Planners are looking at national best practices and trying to fit them to a local context to make Minneapolis streets safer. “There is no panacea,” Fawley said.
Residents peruse poster presentations and chat with city planners about the future of getting around in Minneapolis at the Transportation Action Plan open house in Windom on April 9.
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Plans for the potential redevelopment of a cityowned surface parking lot in LynLake can continue with new information courtesy of a recently completed study: parking is not in short supply. The study, conducted by Stantec and commissioned by a group of local business and property owners known as the LynLake Parking Committee, aimed to give a clear picture of parking supply and demand in the neighborhood and examine the role of the 114-space lot near Lake & Garfield, just south of the Midtown Greenway. The study found that 64% of the 3,667 private and publicly owned parking spots in LynLake are in use at peak hours. “We have a parking problem, but it is not necessarily lack of inventory,” said Morgan Luzier, who co-owns Balance Fitness Studios and chairs the parking committee.
Usage rate The study examined all parking — on and offstreet — between 28th and 31st streets and Aldrich and Harriet avenues (including the used car lot at Lake and Harriet) by conducting detailed counts on three days in August 2018 — a Thursday, a Saturday and a Sunday. The busiest times for parking in LynLake were 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. The lowest rates were 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. On-street parking was 72% occupied in the neighborhood on average, and off-street parking was 43% occupied. The 1,274 spaces in private residential garages in the study area were not counted toward usage rate. The Garfield lot’s 114 metered spaces represent 3% of the total parking in LynLake. Even at peak parking times in LynLake, the Garfield lot was not full, the study found. The lot was more than 50% occupied at 9 a.m. Thursday and 6 p.m. Saturday. “The bulk of our effort is not just what’s out there, it’s what’s being used,” Ralph DiNisco, one of the study’s authors, told the LynLake Parking Committee.
Making improvements Stantec gave recommendations of how to get more people to use the Garfield lot, including investing in lot improvements such as landscaping and electric vehicle parking, increasing signage and wayfinding efforts and adding meters to Garfield and Aldrich avenues, which currently have free on-street parking. “Pricing works,” DiNisco said. Officials from Minneapolis Public Works said the area has 14 different parking restrictions and that the city is in the process of simplifying its parking codes for metered spots. The city has debated adding meters to Garfield Avenue in the past, and officials said installing meters is a quick process. Luzier said adding more wayfinding signage for drivers, bikers and pedestrians to locate shops and parking could be helpful for the neighborhood’s business community.
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Future plans The Garfield lot was funded in 1998 by $2.3 million in bonds that were paid off by special assessments paid by local businesses, with the final bond payment made in December 2018. Now development on the site is likely. “I think something will happen there,” said Mark Read with Public Works, adding that the city wants to ensure whatever happens serves the best need for the most people. Any redevelopment on the lot will look to a similar project at 29th & Aldrich, where the city once owned a 50-space lot. The Aldrich parking lot was sold several years ago for development, but includes 30 public, hourly parking spaces in an underground parking garage. The business owners that invested in the Garfield lot have been told redevelopment will similarly include public parking, ideally with more signage. “Whatever happens in the Garfield lot can be what puts LynLake on the map,” Luzier said.
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I’d lived in Central Mexico and played around with [translation] and Mayan folklore and got kind of obsessed. I didn’t know that much about it. To me, it felt like discovering the Ark of the Covenant. — Michael Bazzett
of, for instance, our impoverished relationship with land and the climate crisis.” In the New York Times’ round-up of the “best poetry of 2018,” critic David Orr raved: “The Popol Vuh is a free-verse translation of a Mayan origin narrative that we know only because it was copied by a Franciscan friar in the early 18th century. (The original manuscript was lost, and was presumably a transcription of stories that were usually told, not read — making the Popol Vuh, as Bazzett puts in his deft introduction, ‘the copy of an echo.’) For nonscholars, the first test of any translation is simply whether it’s pleasurable to read, and Bazzett’s limpid, smoothly paced version is more than satisfying on that score. And it’s a good thing to be reminded, perhaps especially now, and perhaps especially by a text originating in Guatemala, that ‘However many nations/live in the world today,/however many countless people,/they all had but one dawn.’” Published by Minneapolis-based Milkweed Books, Bazzett’s translation of the Popul Vuh and its underground world filled with scorpions, rivers of pus and magical owls could find a new readership weaned on various heroes’ journeys, games of thrones and teen wizards. “The translation project came out of teaching a class in myth and memory at Blake,” said Bazzett, who played football for Rochester Lourdes High School and Carleton College and whose side hustle these days is as baseball coach of the Minneapolis Millers. “I didn’t know what I was getting into when I started this ten years ago. I’d lived in Central Mexico and played around with [translation] and Mayan folklore and got kind of obsessed. I didn’t know that much about it. To me, it felt like discovering the Ark of the Covenant. Some of it is just what’s in the zeitgeist now. “I think the reason I wanted to re-poem the Popul Voh is because it’s the oldest form. Poetry is way older than writing. If you think about it, homo sapiens, we’ve had these brains for a quarter of a million years, but we’ve only been writing [stuff ] down for five or six thousand years. So for those other 245,000 years, think of the stories that were being carried around and told around the campfire, so to speak. “People really connect with it. Especially once they get enough context, because it’s a strange story in terms of its cultural references are not Western. That’s one of the things that drew me to it. It’s weird, in a really cool way.” The Twin Cities boasts a rich poetry history, led by several independent literary presses and vibrant working poets such as Danez Smith, Robert Bly, Cindra Halm, Bao Phi, Matt Mauch, Heid E. Erdrich, Bill Holm, Doug Wilhide, Gordon Henry, Jr., Mike Hazard, Dylan Hicks, Lightsey Darst, Lynette ReiniGrandell, Todd Boss, Diane Glancy, Feng Sun Chen, Chris Santiago, Su Smallen, Amy Munson and many more.
Poet and teacher Michael Bazzett at Royal Grounds Coffee: “Poetry was meant to infect us.” Photo by Jim Walsh
At 52, Bazzett’s poems are finding new audiences. His first collection, “You Must Remember This,” was hatched during the same 2008 sabbatical in Mexico that inspired his translation of the Popol Vuh, which has brought him speaking engagements all over the country. All of which finds Bazzett in rare air — a poet with an audience. “I’ve got more poems coming, and coming out, and these days people say, ‘Wow, you’re prolific.’ I say, ‘No, I’m just old.’ I wrote steadily without anything happening for 20 years. I wrote daily starting in my mid-20s, and my first book of poems didn’t come out until I was 48. I had a little chapbook come out and I was publishing in journals, but I just hadn’t gotten a book together, and a lot of that was being a young parent. “Now I’ve usually got four or five journals going; if you saw my study, there’s probably four or five envelopes from CenterPoint Energy that have poems started on them.” He’s also working on poems and books that tackle the narcissism of selfie culture and latestage 21st century capitalism. But first comes the day gig. “I try and write every day, but life is busy with kids, teaching and just living life,” he said. “My subconscious comes knocking around May 20th. I’ll be trying to grade essays and the poems are there. I’m desperately trying to finish grading, and the poems are, ‘It’s our time.’” Be it this National Poetry Month, or next month, or any day of the week. “Poetry was designed to infect us,” he said. “That’s my theory, at least. It’s just a way to get something that’s a little more elastic, a little more eternal, than just the white noise of the culture.” Jim Walsh lives and grew up in South Minneapolis. He can be reached at jimwalsh086@gmail.com.
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Minneapolis’ new shared wheel economy: bikes, scooters, e-bikes, dockless hubs Officials urge riders to stay off sidewalks and wear helmets By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
Minneapolis officials say safety is a priority, as rentable bikes and electric scooters continue to expand throughout the city, including into Southwest Minneapolis. The city is reminding users not to ride on sidewalks and is encouraging them to wear helmets, as Nice Ride Minnesota prepares to launch its bike-sharing system by April 22. It is also looking closely at how the various scootershare companies approach safety as it evaluates their bids to provide the service in 2019, advanced mobility manager Josh Johnson said. “We really want to make sure that we’re moving forward with companies that align with our goals,” Johnson said. Nice Ride will launch about 3,300 pedalpowered bikes by April 22, according to a spokeswoman, and it also plans on piloting an electric-bike program this year. The system plans on adding an additional 47 docking stations around Minneapolis, including stations near Bde Maka Ska and Lake Harriet. It also plans on installing additional dockless hubs near the lakes. Minneapolis hasn’t yet selected its scooter providers for 2019, but it plans on allowing between two and four companies to distribute up to 2,000 vehicles. The city is requiring providers to place at least 30 percent of scooters in areas of concentrated poverty, including North Minneapolis and Cedar-
Minneapolis officials are reminding bike- and scooter-share users to wear helmets when they ride. File photo
Riverside, Johnson said. The vendors can place the remaining scooters as they see fit, though no more than 40 percent can be placed in downtown and surrounding neighborhoods.
Johnson said in early April that he hoped to see scooters on the streets within the next “month or so.” Under Minnesota law, electric-assisted bikes
are allowed to reach a top speed of 20 mph; motorized foot scooters can’t exceed 15 mph. Riders under 18 must wear helmets, and riding on the sidewalk is not permitted. Johnson said the city is looking to create on-street parking zones and make infrastructure improvements to support a comfortable ride. Many scooter-share users are not bikers, Johnson said, so the city is also working to ensure users learn good riding behavior. “If more people see others using it in a safe and appropriate way, it builds on itself,” he said. He said the city has worked with Hennepin Healthcare to gather data on scooter-related injuries. City Council President Lisa Bender said the city is implementing pedestrian- and bike-safety improvements by building out its network of protected bike lanes and through road-reconstruction projects. In her ward, which includes much of Uptown east of Bde Maka Ska, there are plans to extend the protected bike lane on Blaisdell Avenue through the Whittier neighborhood. She also noted improvements to the pedestrian realm that were part of the city’s recent reconstruction of Hennepin Avenue through Uptown. Bender said the city’s upcoming Transportation Action and Vision Zero plans will help Minneapolis make additional progress when it comes to bike, scooter and pedestrian safety.
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Nine streets in the Armatage and Kenny neighborhoods near Penn Avenue will be resurfaced this year. The project will include the resurfacing of Oliver, Newtown, Morgan, Logan, Knox and James avenues between 54th and 58th streets, according to the city’s Public Works department. It will also include the resurfacing of 55th, 56th and 57th streets between Penn and Irving avenues. The project will cost about $1 million, said Mike Kennedy, director of the city’s transportation maintenance and repair division. The city will collect about $756,000 in assessments from local property owners to pay for the project, according to Public Works.
The streets in the project area were last reconstructed in 1983. Most are in fair shape, according to the city’s pavement condition index. CenterPoint Energy will replace gas mains in the project area before the resurfacing starts, Kennedy said. The city is planning about $7.5 million worth of resurfacing projects in 2019, including a $1.3-million Kingfield project that the Transportation and Public Works Committee approved in February. That project also includes the resurfacing of nine streets. The City Council is scheduled to approve the Armatage and Kenny resurfacing project on April 19.
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City says struggling homeowners need emergency grants By Zac Farber / zfarber@southwestjournal.com
A city program that helps low-income veterans, seniors and people with disabilities make necessary repairs to their homes is struggling to meet its clients’ most urgent needs and is turning to Minneapolis’ neighborhoods for support. The Linden Hills Neighborhood Council (LHiNC) is considering giving $15,000 to a new emergency repair fund that will be overseen by the city’s Homeowner Navigation Program, administered by Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity and financed entirely by neighborhood associations. “This allows a person to stay in a home, preserve their asset, preserve their dignity,” LHiNC Board member Tom Harlan said. “It also improves the housing stock in the city.” The Homeowner Navigation Program was launched in 2013 after city housing inspectors found that some residents receiving nuisance citations didn’t have the ability to fix their property. “They don’t usually have the income or physical ability to make these repairs themselves,” said Rose Lindsay, manager of community engagement and grants for Minneapolis Regulatory Services. “It’s not just, ‘I’m ignoring the work because I’m ignoring it.’ It’s, ‘I don’t know how to do it.’” Mike Robertson, a program manager at Habitat for Humanity, said the program is designed to prevent citations from snowballing into something worse. “If they don’t address that citation, it becomes a condemnation and they’re going to a homeless shelter,” he said. Instead of punishing a resident for their debris-filled lawn, their collapsing roof or their crumbling garage, the program temporarily suspends citation enforcement as a staff member works with the homeowner to abate the citation. “If it’s something as simple as the grass was too long and it needs to be mown, they might just ask a neighbor or Boy Scout troop to help out,” Lindsay said. More often, however, the staffer will discover a larger problem and will work to connect the resident to a community-based organization that can help them repair their property or give a more personal form of aid. Partner organizations include Habitat for Humanity, Rebuilding Together and Hearts and Hammers.
“We help them fill out applications,” Lindsay said. “Copying out the paperwork and filling it in is really daunting.” While the program centers on external repairs to homes, staff also try to address indoor safety issues, many of which they’ve found are related to hoarding disorder, which the American Psychiatric Association added to its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 2013. Program staff, in collaboration with housing inspectors, focus on making sure “clutter homes” are safe for residents and first responders to walk through, Lindsay said.
Gap funding The Homeowner Navigation Program has been growing. In the past two years, it has worked on 192 cases, including about two dozen in Southwest Minneapolis. But in situations where homeowners need an immediate repair, the program’s model of helping clients apply for organizational help has at times been too slow and cumbersome. Program staff spent months trying to find resources to fix the broken water heater in a home owned by “Ray,” a 65-year-old South Minneapolis man living on $1,100 a month in social security income. But by the time staff had arranged for repairs, Ray had been forced to sell his home and move into an assisted living facility. “We tried everything,” Lindsay said. “He’s not where he wants to be.” Frustrating cases like this one are why the Homeowner Navigation Program is starting a pilot fund that would give clients emergency grants of up to $3,000. Robertson said the grants would go toward meeting “critical short-term needs” such as a broken furnace, a clogged sewer line or shattered storm windows. “We’re looking for this pool of money to either address immediate needs or to help a project get pushed over the top,” he said. Were gap funding available in Ray’s case, Lindsay said, “his story may have had a different ending.”
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members and $5 million in pledged deposits, Connelly said. She said the credit union will offer products such as checking and savings accounts to start and hopes to expand services once it becomes more established. The Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota has given the credit union hundreds of thousands of dollars in support. Last year, Village Financial piloted a low-interest micro-loan program, providing members with loans of up to $500 at 0 to 8 percent interest. Connelly said the program had a 100 percent repayment rate. Connelly, 36, is an entrepreneur and former security firm manager who has dedicated her career to community service since attending a protest for the killing of Michael Brown in 2014. A mother of three, she worked as operations director for the nonprofit Neighborhoods Organizing for Change for two years before beginning work on the credit union project. She’s also a Bush Foundation fellow and is working on a master’s degree in cooperative and credit union management out of Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Connelly said people in Southwest Minneapolis can do more to address racial inequalities. “Talking about the work that I’m doing on the North Side seems like this aspirational story,” Connelly said. “But this work is right here, and there’s opportunity for folks in Southwest to do more to address these disparities that are right here in our backyard.” She said she attended a meeting of the Armatage Neighborhood Association several years ago in which board members were thinking about spending surplus funds to put a skateboard locker into Armatage Park. She raised concern about the condition of the Washburn Tot Lot, which is across the street
They want someone that looks like them that serves them. They want someone who understands the culture that they live in and they want someone who honors that and sees the dignity in working people. — Me’Lea Connelly, Armatage resident
Armatage resident Me’Lea Connelly is one of the founders of Village Financial Cooperative, a credit union opening this year in North Minneapolis. Photo by Lauren B. Fall
from rental properties where she said “most of our families of color” live. Connelly said she’s happy the Armatage Neighborhood Association rallied to rehabilitate the rundown tot lot and that the Park Board paid for new equipment. But she said more people need to open their eyes to disparities and make a decision to act on them. Connelly spoke with the Southwest Journal about her background and her work with Village Financial. Her answers have been edited for clarity.
Where did the idea of the credit union come from? We already know that there’s an income disparity, and there isn’t really mobilization around addressing that. That isn’t an area where people see us being able to organize properly. But they can make sure that where they put their money is in a place that isn’t going to compromise or limit their ability to build economically. This is a different avenue for us to insulate our wealth and an opportunity for us to build economically where there aren’t external factors that thwart our progress. An example of that is when we talk about the housing crisis — 20 years ago there was a huge rally for black folks to buy homes. No one was paying attention to [the motivations of] the financial institutions that were actually facilitating those mortgages and what the quality of those mort-
gages were. So when we talk about institutional agency in the financial sector, that’s the difference that can be made between how we trust and what we trust. What kind of economic power we give to financial systems that don’t have a mission for our community and what the consequences can be when we yield that power to them.
Why is it important for there to be a black-led financial institution? Let’s say you’re a black person, you live on the North Side, and a relative of yours was just killed by police. Think about all the things after that that have to be done. Is there life insurance? Do you have a good relationship with your insurer? Is there savings in place? Then we go to, ‘Now this person is gone, who is this person responsible for?’ What financial institution do they have to help them ease that burden? So when we talk about the loss of a black person at the hands of police, the same way we talk about the prison-industrial complex, there are economic consequences that become really crucial for the black community. They’re very difficult to build out of if they don’t have a financial institution that’s on their side. [The credit union] is not just about, ‘We’re the boss, and we get to make the rules.’ It’s about the fact that the economic systems that we’re a part of are intentionally, for whatever reason, not serving us with equity compared
with our white counterparts. Not because we’re higher risk. Not because we don’t have the opportunities to make income. We’re literally just not paid the same amount. All of these things continue to layer on.
What effect do you think this institution will have on North Minneapolis? I think it’s going to have everything to do with what our pledge members want, and that’s really the power of cooperative economics and the cooperative model. We’re letting the feedback loop of what we’re hearing from our pledge members lead our efforts and not the other way around. I think what we’ve heard so far is that folks want education. They want to feel advocated for when it comes to money and have a place to go where there isn’t shame and there isn’t fear of being taken advantage of or judged about their financial past. They want someone that looks like them that serves them. They want someone who understands the culture that they live in and they want someone who honors that and sees the dignity in working people. As this project continues to build pride on the North Side, I could image that it would mean a lot for housing and gentrification and a lot for savings and opportunities for credit and loans. The list goes on and on.
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New police leader in Southwest Kathy Waite promoted to deputy chief; Amelia Huffman takes over 5th Precinct By Andrew Hazzard / ahazzard@southwestjournal.com
Southwest Minneapolis has a new top cop after a group of promotions announced by the Minneapolis Police Department in April. Former 5th Precinct Inspector Kathy Waite has been promoted to Deputy Chief of Patrol and will be replaced by Amelia Huffman. Huffman began her career in the 5th Precinct, which covers Southwest Minneapolis, in 1994 as a patrol officer and has been living in the Cedar-Isles-Dean neighborhood for the last eight years. She has also worked on the MPD’s community response team and as a shift lieutenant in the 5th Precinct. “I’m really thrilled to be working in the same part of the city that I call home,” she said. “I don’t think anyone will notice any difference in enforcement priorities. In this precinct, we have a significant focus on property crimes.” At an April 11 press conference, Minneap-
olis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo praised Huffman’s “wealth of experience.” Huffman formerly led MPD’s homicide unit, has served as a public information officer, worked as an investigator in the crimes against children and financial crimes units and served in internal affairs. Waite served as inspector of the 5th Precinct for just under three years. She has served with MPD since 1993 and formerly led the 2nd Precinct in Northeast before taking the role in Southwest. Arradondo also promoted Kelvin Pulphus to 4th Precinct Inspector in North Minneapolis and named Katie Blackwell commander of the training unit. Arradondo said the promotions will help move the MPD toward a culture of procedural justice policing, which emphasizes positive, respectful and transparent dialogue with people.
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“As we transform our culture, it’s very important that we have leadership from today and beyond to help shape that,” Arradondo said. Mayor Jacob Frey said he supported the promotions and the work Arradondo is doing within the department. “We expect a whole lot from you, and I have no doubt that you’ll deliver,” Frey said.
two full-time “navigators.” The only item the program pays for directly is extra dumpsters for clutter homes. The city is seeking to raise at least $50,000 to seed the pilot grant fund and is hoping to persuade neighborhood organizations to pay the bill. (The Sheridan Neighborhood Organization in Northeast has already committed $10,000.) In 2017, the city unfroze about $6.9 million in Neighborhood Revitalization Program funds earmarked for housing initiatives. As the Neighborhoods 2020 framework inches through City Hall, some neighborhood organizations are looking to spend down money they worry they’ll lose in December 2020. At an April 2 meeting, members of the Linden Hills Neighborhood Council spoke enthusiastically about a proposal to allocate $15,000 to the new grant fund, and to give the Homeowner Navigation Program an additional $10,000 for use exclusively in Linden Hills, which is home to four of the program’s clients. If the LHiNC votes to approve the allocations, the money would come out of the organization’s $125,000 affordable housing trust fund. “Linden Hills gets a maybe deservedly so bad rap for promoting affordable housing, so this would be a great way to improve our reputation but also to help people who need housing,” board member Jana Griffin said.
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Jeff and Randi Cowmeadow have been a fixture of the Whittier neighborhood for 32 years. Calvary was Jeff ’s first pastoral job, and he never left. “The two great commandments, right? Love God, love your neighbor,” Jeff said. “So we’re just trying to be a neighbor.” The Prodigal Public House is slated to open shortly after Easter at 25 E. 26th St. They thought about naming the pub Penderyn, a Welsh whiskey that means “bird’s head,” but no one else understood the reference. Kieran Folliard, an entrepreneur known for launching ventures like The Local and The Food Building, persuaded the Cowmeadows to go with “prodigal.” “To me, the prodigal son story is about being welcomed home,” Folliard said, according to Jeff. “You’re not going to be the biggest Welsh pub, or the best Irish pub, or the best British pub. But you can be the best pub that truly welcomes people home.” Prodigal will open in the former GYST Fermentation Bar space, while Gyst relocates to the StormKing storefront at 16 ½ W. 26th St. to host events like an upcoming book talk April 23 and Kombucha 101 on May 11. Prodigal will serve pub grub like pot pies, fish and chips and panini sandwiches. The bar will focus on whiskey and serve Guinness. (Randi earned a certification to properly pour the famous stout during a trip to Ireland.) The couple emphasized the public house root of the word pub. Public houses stem from early English common law, which required inns and taverns to receive all travelers willing to pay for food, drink and lodging, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. Prodigal’s back room will host live music and conversation. “I think people actually do want to talk about politics. I think people actually do want to talk about religion,” Jeff said. “Kind of like the Thanksgiving dinner, but it’s safe.” Other ideas include giving a portion of proceeds to good causes, perhaps through buying a shot of the bourbon Redemption.
Jeff Cowmeadow, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, is opening the Prodigal Public House with his wife, Randi, two blocks from the church where he has preached for more than 30 years. Photos by Michelle Bruch
The couple looked at locations to open a coffeehouse decades ago, but over time, they decided a coffee shop wouldn’t fit their vision for music, books and conversation. “Our original ideas didn’t include Guinness or Jameson, but the vision was very much the same,” Jeff said. “As I experience coffeehouses now, they generally tend to be workspaces, they don’t tend to be social spaces.” Randi and Jeff met while working at the Ground Round Grill & Bar. Randi grew up
working at her father’s sports bar, Scoreboard, in Bloomington. “I might have illegally poured a 3.2 beer,” she said. In addition to running the pub, Randi teaches Spanish at Normandale Community College, and she’s a certified yoga instructor. Daughters joining the business are Madison, who once managed Zelo’s bar; Kendahl, a pastry chef at D’Amico who will manage the kitchen; and Ali, who is developing the employee
We believe that the church has to do new things. We have to think outside the box. So people have been very generous to help this come to fruition. — Jeff Cowmeadow
A friend of the Cowmeadows made custom stained glass windows. The pub’s eclectic interior displays a portrait of Maya Angelou, Picasso’s anti-war painting “Guernica” and an old Calvary sign discovered in the 1883 church’s boiler room.
manual and will handle promotions and social media. A memorial shelf allows people to display pieces in memory of a loved one. Jeff showcases his mother’s candle, his father’s radio and his brother’s 1970 yearbook cover. “We want the neighborhood to see themselves in here,” he said. The pub also displays a photo from Auschwitz, a portrait of Maya Angelou, Picasso’s anti-war painting “Guernica,” an old Calvary sign discovered in the 1883 church’s boiler room, and a sign that proclaims “Love one another.” “Where do you see that in a bar?” Jeff asked. One friend made stained glass windows for the pub, another loaned the large stained glass over the bar, and a third wrote two new verses of Bob Dylan’s song “Gotta Serve Somebody” (“They may call you Jeff or they may call you Randi/You may sip some whiskey or perhaps a little brandy”). “This isn’t just Randi and I,” Jeff said. “We believe that the church has to do new things. We have to think outside the box. So people have been very generous to help this come to fruition.” Calvary has worked to think outside the box for years, starting early in Cowmeadow’s tenure. “As a congregation, we couldn’t use the sanctuary in the winter because we couldn’t afford to heat it,” he said. Calvary found help renovating spaces to rent out, which helped the church survive. Today, Calvary’s multicultural congregation hosts an affordable preschool at belowmarket rent. The Whittier Farmers Market in the Calvary lot is prepared to launch a new season June 22. Four entrepreneurs use the church for commercial kitchen space. About seven years ago, one member’s father told a client about a backpack drive at Calvary. Sight unseen, the client decided to give the church $1 million as an endowment for the working poor. When church members responded that the need was too great — they couldn’t realistically create an endowment — the client contributed another $1 million to make it happen. As part of another project in cooperation with Christ Presbyterian Church in Edina, Urban Homeworks started managing housing at a neighboring fourplex, allowing Calvary to create parking and build a playground for the preschool. Jeff said he’s worked at Calvary since 1986, and hasn’t seriously considered leaving. “I don’t know how you ever feel done,” he said. “And the other reality is no one has ever called me.” And while the pub is a family business, the Cowmeadows see it as an extension of work they do at church. “It’s a mission to be a neighbor,” Jeff said.
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By Andrew Hazzard / ahazzard@southwestjournal.com
Local youth, lawmakers introduce MN’s Green New Deal A youth-led bill to transform Minnesota’s environment and economy through a Green New Deal was introduced by Southwest Minneapolis lawmakers on April 11. The Minnesota Green New Deal, a sweeping piece of legislation largely authored by youth from the climate-action group MN Can’t Wait, was introduced to the legislature by Minneapolis DFLers Rep. Frank Hornstein and Sen. Scott Dibble. “This bill presents us the historic opportunity to not only address the climate crisis, but to utilize our solutions in a way that grows our economy and improves the quality of our lives,” said Gabriel Kaplan, a 16-year-old Cedar-Isles-Dean resident who helped write the legislation. The bill aims to get Minnesota to carbonfree electricity by 2030, puts a moratorium on the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure and offers job training programs that emphasize green energy with a focus on those currently working in fossil fuel industries and the communities most affected by climate change. The legislation would create a new state board, the Climate Change Advisory Council, to help transition the state into a green energy economy. Various state agencies would be required to produce reports to build strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, lay out options for programs to help areas negatively impacted by transitions away from fossil fuels and to promote the export of green products made in Minnesota.
exist in five states. The legislation mandates that the Minnesota Board of Investment examine divesting retirement and pension funds from the fossil fuel industry. Kaplan said the bill’s goals are “aspirational, but they’re also achievable.”
Gaining support
Gabriel Kaplan, a 16-year-old Southwest resident who helped author the Minnesota Green New Deal with youth climate-action group MN Can’t Wait, speaks at a press conference at the state capitol on April 10. Photo by Andrew Hazzard
Hornstein said he helped the students at times, but the bill is largely their work. “I’ve never seen anything quite like it,” Hornstein said at a press conference April 10. “This is a unique group of student leaders who are saying to us it is time to take bold
action on climate. This is urgent and politics as usual on climate will simply not do.” The bill would require the Department of Commerce to study the possibility of developing a Green Bank to finance renewable energy projects; state Green Banks currently
The bill currently has 19 committed co-sponsors, 16 in the House and three in the Senate. Students with MN Can’t Wait said several lawmakers asked them for more time to read through the bill before committing and that they intend to continue their lobbying efforts. “We’re going to gather more co-sponsors,” Kaplan said, who is planning to speak with committee chairs to get hearings on the bill. He said the students have spoken with Republican lawmakers, too, though none have yet signed on to be official co-sponsors. A key portion of the bill is a declarative finding that climate change is real and affecting Minnesotans. “Unfortunately, I still have colleagues who don’t accept that,” Hornstein said. The students plan to organize youth-led town halls on climate in every senate district in Minnesota. “As this bill gets more traction, we are going to make sure that communities of color and labor unions are brought into the fold so that their concerns are also brought into this bill,” said Tiger Worku, a junior at South High School. SEE GREEN NEW DEAL / PAGE A19
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By Andrew Hazzard / ahazzard@southwestjournal.com
Park Board establishes its power to rename roads
Park police advisory council sparks debate over process
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board approved an ordinance on April 2 establishing its power to change the names of the streets under its control, a move likely to result in new titles for parkways still bearing the name “Calhoun” near Bde Maka Ska. “We’re not voting on any name change right now, we’re voting on the ordinance,” said Commissioner Londel French (At Large). The ordinance will allow the Park Board to change the name of any of its 42 parkways and
A new citizens advisory council has been formed with a goal of improving policies and community interaction for Minneapolis Park Police. The Park Police Advisory Council is a seven-member community board that will make recommendations to park police regarding policies, programs and staffing, in addition to assisting with public communication and evaluating Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) approaches to public safety. The Park Board was initially slated to vote on the council at its March 27 meeting, but some commissioners asked for a delay after new appointees were recommended hours before the meeting, not giving proper time for public review. The council-forming vote on April 3 involved lengthy debates about the nomination process and composition of the council that ultimately resulted in unanimous approval by commissioners. Commissioner LaTrisha Vetaw (At Large) said she was discouraged that someone she wanted to see appointed, Loppet Foundation communications manager Alora Jones, was not on the nomination list of Park Board President Brad Bourn (District 6). She said was not in favor of Bourn selecting everyone on the committee because as a white man, Bourn is not as familiar with negative interactions with law enforcement. Bourn pushed back on claims he was controlling the appointees. “I am not picking six people,” Bourn said, noting he was charged with nominating six people to the council for board approval in a September 2018 vote but the board did not have to approve his list. Commissioner Chris Meyer (District 1) proposed a compromise amendment to add Jones, which was approved, making the council a sevenmember body. There were 20 applicants to the council, and MPRB staff recom-
other streets with a six-commissioner majority vote. Commissioner Meg Forney (At Large) acknowledged “the elephant in the room” that the ordinance means the names of Calhoun Drive and East and West Calhoun Parkway are likely to change. An amendment proposed by Forney requires the Park Board to mirror city practices of community engagement for any street renaming process. “This guy was a bad guy and we need to change the name,” French said. “It’s that simple.”
East Calhoun Parkway between West Lake Street and West 36th Street closed April 15 for resurfacing. The project is expected to last three weeks, according to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. Work includes curb removals and replacements, pavement removal and general roadway resurfacing. Photo by Andrew Hazzard
mended six appointees. Two of the applicants recommended by staff ended up on Bourn’s list of nominees: Carol Martinson, a security consultant who serves on the Kenny Neighborhood Association Board, and Mahdi Abdi, who works at the Brian Coyle Community Center in Cedar-Riverside. Joe Tamburino, a criminal defense lawyer and chair of the Downtown Neighborhood Association, was among the applicants recommended by MPRB staff who were not nominated. He addressed the board with his concerns that the appointments lacked proper five-day public notice and a lack of transparency in soliciting new applicants. “They did not go through the process,” Tamburino said. Bourn acknowledged that he solicited additional applicants because he did not find six applicants he liked. Bourn’s nominees, who have all been named to the council, include Lyndale Neighborhood Board President Sheila Nezhad, who has worked with MPD150, a group organizing for dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department; University of Minnesota Senior Lecturer K.C. Harrison, a racial justice advocate; community organizer Roxxane O’Brien, a former Bush Foundation Fellow who said she serves on seven community boards; and Jae Hyum Shim, who works as a community program coordinator with Hope Community in South Minneapolis. Commissioner Kale Severson (District 2) said additional solicitation helps get more participation for his constituents in North Minneapolis. They will work with the 35 licensed police officers who patrol the city’s parks and an additional 20 Park Patrol Agents. Park Police respond to around 10,000 calls for service per year, according to the MPRB. Appointees will serve a two-year term.
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Elevage still wants to include 100 hotel rooms, 20 condominiums and a rooftop deck. But to accommodate a new 12-footwide sidewalk on Excelsior Boulevard and a 10-foot sidewalk on Lake Street, Elevage is planning to add an additional ninth story, which would increase the building’s height by 24 feet. The new median coming to Lake & Excelsior would also get wider sidewalks to make room for bikes and people crossing the busy road. “Originally this was designed for cars, how fast can we get them through the space, and I think now we’re reclaiming that and creating a much more pedestrian, safe environment,” said Jesse Symynkywicz, the project’s landscape architect.
The revised plans also call for: • Additional vegetation, such as prairie dropseed, purple coneflower, white coneflower, salvia, black-eyed Susans and birch trees. • Added space for a ground-level restaurant, including 58 feet of street-level outdoor seating along Excelsior Boulevard. • A bus stop recessed into the Lake Street side of the building. • A total of 95 parking spaces, 11 fewer than in the previous plan. Some members of the West Calhoun Neighborhood Council praised the design’s smaller footprint and lighter-colored sandstone facade at an April 9 meeting. “It looks a hell of a lot better, a lot tighter and neater,” board member Paul Legler said.
Others, like board member Martha Yunker, found the design “blocky, mundane and icky.” There was general concern over the height of the 124-foot building and questions about whether it created a “coherent character” for the neighborhood. “I’d asked in the past to tie this building aesthetically to other landmark buildings in the area,” board member Victoria Hoshal said. “That hasn’t happened; there’s no aesthetic reference to either Minikahda or the Calhoun Beach Club.” Board chair Allan Campbell said that “coming from Uptown, the hotel will really be the entry point to the neighborhood.” “We’d like to see something relating perhaps to the Lakota and the Native American name of the lake, something to tie into that theme,” he said.
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Reception hall planned for Windom Project team envisions 120-seat hall at 60th & Pillsbury By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
A youth-led movement When he was 14, Kaplan reached out to Hornstein, hoping to get involved with climate action and policy. At their first meeting, Kaplan brought his father. Now a sophomore at St. Louis Park High School, Kaplan and his local representative have stayed in touch. In August, Kaplan was among the original group of about 10 youth who got involved with MN Can’t Wait. The group’s membership has since grown tenfold. Initially, they aimed to draft a climate inheritance resolution that would lay out the dangers posed by climate change and make a commitment to addressing them. But when the November election resulted in a DFL majority in the House of Representatives, they set their sights on legislation, Kaplan said. That’s when the group reached out to Hornstein, who helped them through the process of writing the bill, along with state revisor’s office. Many of the nation’s largest social rights movements were led by youth, Hornstein said, and climate change is no different. He is confident youth voices will continue to gather more legislative support for the Green New Deal. “These students are very committed, and they’re going to be back,” Hornstein said.
The City Planning Commission has approved a parking variance for a proposed reception and meeting hall in Windom, to be located in this office and garage building. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
A small reception and meeting hall could be coming to an office building and garage at 60th and Pillsbury in Windom. A team that includes Wild Mind Artisan Ales co-owners Tylor Johnson and Jason Sandquist is asking the City Council to rezone the property, which is located across the street from the Wild Mind brewery. The project received a parking
variance last month from the City Planning Commission. City staff wrote in a project description that the project team imagines a 120-seat hall and barrel-storage facility inside the building. The barrels would create an “exciting visual perimeter to the already light‐filled warehouse,” staff wrote. “The goal is to create a flexible space
that allows for weddings, large banquets, corporate events and various neighborhood gatherings,” they said. A company called LeftFoot Holdings owns the project site, according to Minneapolis property records. Johnson said it’s too early to comment on the project.
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Six-story apartment building proposed in Whittier By Andrew Hazzard / ahazzard@southwestjournal.com
A six-story building proposed for the corner of 26th & Blaisdell in Whittier would bring 147 units of mostly market-rate apartments to a site currently occupied by two family-run businesses. The project is the latest in the area to be pitched by Yellow Tree Development Corporation and designed by DJR Architecture, according to city documents. The company recently proposed a project at 28th & Garfield in Whittier, too. The project will be presented to the Planning Commission Committee of the Whole on April 18. The developer also met with the Whittier Alliance Housing Committee on April 16. Plans call for 107 parking spaces spread across a group-floor and an underground parking area, according to city documents. Parking for the building would be accessed from the alley. The building would also have a room for 74 bike stalls. Walk-up units are planned along 26th Street and Blaisdell, with a mix of residential units planned in the remaining five floors. The building would have a shared lobby and fitness space. A green roof is planned for the second level, and multiple resident amenity decks are included in the design.
According to city documents, the building will have 105,603 square feet of gross floor area, 46 square feet short of the threshold to trigger the city’s interim inclusionary housing policy, which would require 10% of units be affordable to people earning 60% of the area median income. The site currently contains three parcels, two commercial buildings and a duplex, all owned by the same family. Bruce Goldstein, an attorney who runs Goldstein Law in one of the commercial buildings, described the land transfer as a “very cooperative situation.” His son, Aaron, runs Gold Group Realty, a brokerage company out of the other commercial space. The Goldsteins bought the duplex after a family living there moved away, and it is now vacant, Bruce Goldstein said. He said his firm will be moving once they get official word on the construction schedule but hopes to stay nearby and continue relationships with local clients. “We really like this area,” Bruce Goldstein said. He said his family will have a role in the operations of the proposed building.
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Lisa Richards (left) chats with roommate Alyssa Gammelgaard at her home in Lyndale, which she rented out for the Final Four. Photos by Michelle Bruch
Airbnb potential a plus for homebuyers Experts say short-term rental market could drive up property values By Michelle Bruch
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isa Richards’ Lyndale Airbnb typically books up every weekend of the year. She bought her house in 2015, and stayed with friends and family on weekends when guests arrived. “By the summer, it was booking up so much that I was kind of homeless,” she said. So she bought a second house a block away in 2017. Shortly before Final Four guests arrived, she walked through the house and peeked at the bar fridge under the bathroom sink. (The amenity was featured on a home improvement show titled “Cocktails in the Crapper.”) In the busy summer months, Richards said her Airbnb income adds up to three times her mortgage, and in the slower winter months, she roughly breaks even. She most often rents to housefuls of women visiting for bachelorette parties or weddings. “I’m happy that people can make their memories [here]. My house is a part of their wedding,” she said.
Minneapolis licenses 137 unoccupied properties for short-term rentals, according to the city’s open data portal, joining the more than 23,000 rental license holders who are always free to list apartments on Airbnb.
Minneapolis is not currently a fast-growing market for short-term vacation rentals, according to AirDNA, which tracks Airbnb, VRBO and HomeAway data. The number of Minneapolis market listings offering an entire home for rent decreased by 63% from 5,246 in February 2018 (spiking near the Super Bowl) to 1,963 in
February 2019, according to AirDNA data that includes Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs. Minneapolis licenses 137 unoccupied properties for short-term rentals, according to the city’s open data portal, joining the more than 23,000 rental license holders who are always free to list apartments on Airbnb.
Local investors said short-term rentals can fetch double the rate of traditional rents, although it’s partially offset by added costs like electricity and cable. The founder of Minnestay, which hosts an independent platform for Minnesota vacation rentals, discovered this firsthand
In the busy summer months, Lisa Richards said her Airbnb income adds up to three times her mortgage.
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at the Kingfield duplex where he lives. Lance Bondhus said he previously collected traditional rent of $1,300 per month on a two-bedroom, one-bath unit. When he converted the apartment to a short-term rental, however, gross annual revenue essentially doubled, growing to $36,000, he said. Bondhus said he thinks short-term rentals have a positive impact on property values. “In order to be successful in Airbnb or any short-term rental industry, it is very much review-driven, meaning there is no real place for slumlords,” he said. “In order to get those great reviews and to continue to get them, your properties have to be very well taken care of, and that’s from the outside to the inside.” Some property listings highlight the potential for Airbnb. One current $549,900 listing at 3449 Hennepin Ave. states: “Location, location, location! Updated duplex currently run as AIRBNB and averaging $5,000 per month.” Another property at 3136 Pillsbury Ave. S. is listed with a Zillow “Make Me Move” price of $450,000: “Basement apartment with separate entrance rented out over 130 nights on Airbnb with 5-star reviews! Just wash sheets & cash checks.” Realtor Jason Reed said he thinks Airbnb is most likely to impact property values for smaller homes under 1,000 square feet. Several of Reed’s clients buy small homes to rent as an Airbnb, he said, and he’s seen their prices rise significantly. A number of his clients buy duplexes, using one unit to rent out to year-round tenants and the second for Airbnb. “Predicting the effect of Airbnb on housing values seems to be limited,” he said in an email. “I have known a number of investors that tried Airbnb and have since quit. They were receiving two to three times what they would have with a yearly lease, but they found that the hassle of dealing with constant turnover and the higher expectations with the clients weren’t worth the trouble. I believe it is a great way to make money, but
In order to be successful in Airbnb or any shortterm rental industry, it is very much review-driven, meaning there is no real place for slumlords. — Lance Bondhus, Minnestay
it is like you’re running a hotel, not a typical rental property. There is a lot more involvement in property management.” Even small changes in housing supply, including converting apartments to Airbnb units, can significantly raise housing costs, according to a January 2019 analysis by the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that formed in 1986 to include low- and middle-income workers in economic policy discussions. The institute pointed to studies in New York City that indicate Airbnb may have raised average rents by nearly $400 annually for city residents. In response to such concerns, Airbnb spokesman Ben Breit pointed to a piece by Bloomberg opinion columnist Noah Smith, who said it’s hard to measure Airbnb’s impact. Smith said Airbnb guests enjoy staying in hip, gentrifying neighborhoods where skyrocketing rents may be a coincidence. Relying on 2017 research on the sharing economy, he said doubling the number of Airbnb listings would raise rent by less than 2 percent overall. While some cities like Edina have banned short-term rentals altogether, Minneapolis started regulating short-term rentals in the
Lisa Richards said she frequently rents her Lyndale Airbnb to housefuls of women visiting for bachelorette parties or weddings.
run-up to the Super Bowl. Bondhus said Minneapolis did a good job making the regulations easy and fair. The city only requires registration for owners who rent out an entire property and leave during the stay; rental licenses are required at properties listed for rent that are never occupied by owners. Bondhus said he’s seeing growth in shortterm rentals. Five to seven years ago, he was listing on two platforms and booking at 75 percent occupancy, competing with about 250 other properties.
“That same property today, I have to hustle to fill it,” he said, explaining that his units are listed on about 30 different websites and he’s competing with more than 1,500 Minnesota listings. “I don’t see it as any different than all the luxury apartment complexes being built downtown and no Section 8 homes,” he said. “We can’t all be Airbnbs in Minneapolis, because there isn’t enough people coming. At some point, it’s going to be a supply and demand issue.”
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REAL What will new energy disclosure ESTATE GUIDE rules mean for home prices? By Joey Peters
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limate advocates are hoping to use the competitiveness of Minneapolis’ housing market to the environment’s advantage. That’s because multiple studies suggest that the more energy-efficient upgrades homeowners put into their houses, the more their homes are worth. In 2017, for example, the federal Department of Energy found that homes with high-efficiency upgrades sell for 2% to 6% more than the average home. That translates to an extra $3,500 to $9,000 per house. High-efficiency homes also sold 18 to 89 days faster than average, according to a dozen nationwide surveys analyzed by the Department of Energy. Upgrading does come at a significant cost, and some homeowners could see a payoff in long-term energy savings as too distant to make such big investments, especially if they’re looking to sell their home soon. But for Isaac Smith, a residential program development manager at the Minneapolisbased Center for Energy and the Environment, the extra value that high-efficiency homes bring is a good thing for homeowners in both the short and long haul. “Yes, you save money on the energy bills,” Smith said. “But when you go to sell your home, you’ll get more money for it, too.” Smith is hoping that new pre-sale inspection requirements from the city targeting
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[Consumers are] going to be able to see what they can do to increase a home’s energy efficiency before they purchase it, and that may play into how they want to make an offer on a house. — Shae Hanson, Keller Williams Realty
and 80 percent by 2050, using 2006 emissions as a baseline. Minneapolis realtors anticipate that the new requirements will impact the real estate market. They’re just not yet quite sure how. Similar green inspection requirements put forth in cities like Portland, for example, are too recent to determine their impact on the cities’ real estate markets. Todd Shipman, a realtor with Lakes Sotheby’s Realty, said it will probably take some time for buyers and sellers of properties to react to the new city requirements. For now, Shipman said he is not seeing much of an indication that homeowners are jumping to make energy-efficient upgrades to their houses before putting them up for sale. Current property owners generally don’t make big upgrades on their heating or cooling systems unless they have to, he said. “When a furnace dies and they need to replace it, then it happens,” Shipman said. But he and other Minneapolis realtors do believe that the energy-efficiency score will immediately prompt more conversations on the subject between homebuyers and sellers. “My thought is that it’s going to create more awareness in consumers’ eyes,” said Shae Hanson, a realtor with Keller Williams Realty. “They’re going to be able to see what they can do to increase a home’s energy efficiency before they purchase it, and that may play into how they want to make an offer on a house.” The impact of the new guidelines will also depend on the state of the Twin Cities real estate market, which has had more buyers than homes available for roughly the past five years. Currently, the real estate market still strongly favors the seller. The average home for sale in the Twin Cities stayed on the market for 1.6 months, according to January data from the Minneapolis Area Associa-
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REAL ESTATE The full cost of spring flooding GUIDE By Sheila Regan
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hen Kate Thulin and her husband bought their house in South Uptown two years ago, they quickly realized that the garage was too small for their two cars. “We were kind of blindsided,” she said. “Our realtor was like, ‘Unless you have a huge Buick, you’ll be fine.’ We didn’t measure it, we just bought the house, but didn’t do our due diligence with the garage.” So they built a brand new one this past fall. All was going well … until winter hit. “We had two inches of icy water slush filling the entire garage,” Thulin said. “Once that receded, my husband would go in there every day, and would hack at it and sweep it out as much as he could. Then we’d get more and would just fight this battle with it.” This year’s snowmageddon has already caused headaches for homeowners, but the flooding could have further consequences. Some folks trying to sell their homes have
found that water damage can, in some cases, affect real estate prices. Constance Vork, a realtor at Keller Williams Realty Integrity Lakes, said the effect of water damage on home prices isn’t an exact science. “It’s complicated and it depends,” Vork said. “It depends on the type of house and the extent of damage and who the buyer is.” While water can be a real problem for buyers who worry about mold, others are not so bothered by it, Vork said. It also depends on whether it’s a newer or older home. A 1909 four square with an unfinished basement made of concrete or limestone will raise a lot less concern than a finished basement with carpeting. Vork said she doesn’t think this spring’s flooding has taken a major toll on the real estate market. Because there’s been so much talk about the water on Nextdoor and on social media, “it sort of feels like everybody
in the market understands we are all in the same club here,” Vork said. “I didn’t observe that prices were affected, but I saw plenty of sellers making repairs.” For a finished basement, Vork said water damage might cost thousands to repair. How much does that affect the price of a home? “It’s really anybody’s guess,” she said. “I’d say between $5,000 to $10,000 for an average home.” That could happen even if the damage is repaired, because buyers might have concerns about whether the repair was done properly. That being said, in Minneapolis’ climate of low home inventory, they might be inclined to brush off one flooding incident. “If the buyer is really motivated because their lease is up or they’ve sold their home, or there are multiple offers on the property, they might suck it up,” she said. For Jeff Skrenes, who was selling his home in the Jordan neighborhood of Minneapolis,
basement flooding cost him a buyer. The first offer he received fell through when the buyer saw water in the basement, even though the damage was minimal and the basement was unfinished. “The buyer said this was evidence that the house wasn’t being maintained well,” Skrenes said. “The irony was that I had just done a seal coating paint to keep the moisture out as much as possible. It would have been worse if not for that.” Luckily, he had multiple offers, so he went to the next offer, disclosed the situation, and the second buyer decided to buy the house. “At the end of the day, it cost me an extra house payment and an extra utility payment,” he said. Kate Thulin incurred plenty of expenses when her garage flooded. Water sat in the space for more than two weeks, damaging her battery charger and edger and rusting the blade of her lawn mower. The brand new
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REAL Growth in home values ESTATE slows around the lakes GUIDE
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ome values slowed their steep incline this year around much of Lake Harriet, Lake of the Isles and Cedar Lake while growing sharply in more affordable parts of Southwest Minneapolis, according to data from the city’s Assessor’s Office. Many homeowners near Cedar Lake, Lake of the Isles and the east side of Lake Harriet saw little change in their valuations, according to the Assessor’s Office. Meanwhile, many homeowners south of 54th Street, east of Lyndale Avenue and east of Bde Maka Ska saw increases. Some homeowners in Linden Hills and Fulton did, too, though those increases appeared to be more modest than in past years. The median sales price either went down or else increased by less than 5% in 13 of Southwest’s 21 neighborhoods between 2017 and 2018, according to a report from the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors. In four of Southwest’s most expensive neighborhoods — Kenwood, Lynnhurst, Linden Hills and Fulton — the median sales price increased no more than 2 percent. In some of Southwest’s more affordable neighborhoods, such as Whittier, Lyndale, CARAG and Kingfield, prices grew by upwards of 9 percent. Lakes-area realtor Larry LaVercombe said the market has been great for sellers of entry-level homes but far tougher on sellers of upperbracket homes for the past four years. He said there are a lot of more expensive homes available but a lack of families looking to transition into something significantly more costly. “There’s kind of a vacuum in that price range between selling your first-time house and looking for something that’s not a million-
A row of houses on Linden Hills Boulevard. Many homes near Lake Harriet have not increased in value since last year, according to the Minneapolis Assessor’s Office. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
plus,” he said. “It’s hard to make that big jump.” LaVercombe said there’s a demand for larger, nicer houses in lakes-area neighborhoods like Linden Hills, noting that many weren’t originally built for luxury. Many of the older homes in the area don’t have two bathrooms upstairs, he noted, which is something he said many wealthier families want. He said he doesn’t see as many people moving to the suburbs from the city compared with 15 years ago, noting the
increasing value of a walkable neighborhood. Realtor Judy Shields said she has a portfolio of buyers looking for houses in the $200,000 to $350,000 range, noting how quickly those houses go off the market.
Lower tax burden Home values in Minneapolis as a whole rose at a higher rate in 2019 than they did in Southwest, according to the Assessor’s Office. Some areas, such as North Minne-
MEDIAN HOME VALUES IN MINNEAPOLIS $600,000
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2011
2012
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2014
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2016
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2018
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apolis, saw collective double-digit-percent increases in valuations. The bigger increases in other parts of the city mean some Southwest homeowners could carry less of the property-tax burden in 2020, the year in which 2019 valuations are applied for tax purposes. Any actual changes in taxes will depend on what the city, Hennepin County, the School Board and other local governments decide to levy this year. City Assessor Patrick Todd said the assessed values are driven by what people are paying on the open market and that areas with the biggest increases in valuations are where home prices increased the most. He said there’s no correlation between last year’s increase in valuation appeals, many of which came from Southwest, and this year’s valuations. Todd said his 38-person office gets appeals from less than half a percent of property owners in Minneapolis in a given year. “Time and time again, the assessed value is really close to what things are selling for,” he said. The Assessor’s Office mailed 2019 valuations to property owners in March and has already started inspecting properties for appeal. The Local Board of Appeal and Equalization will hear appeals April 23 through May 7. Todd said property owners could show up on one of the mornings of the hearings to make free appeals, though he recommended people call his office first.
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How Linden Hills became an all-white enclave By Kirsten Delegard and Penny Petersen
Editor’s note: This story was published in coordination with the Mapping Prejudice Project, a University of Minnesota initiative that reckons with Minneapolis’ history of of racist housing policies. In the very first days of 1910, a group of white Linden Hills residents declared that “a strong attempt will be made to oust” the “negro families living in the vicinity” of their homes. That year there were 13 African Americans in the southwest corner of the city adjacent to Lake Harriet. Thirty years later, they were all gone. So what happened? How did Linden Hills become an all-white enclave? Much of the neighborhood was platted before racial covenants came into use in 1910. African Americans already owned property there. Why did these established residents give up their homes and leave this part of the city? The historical record reveals a coordinated and sometimes vicious campaign to push these families out. Since the 1880s, real estate developers like Thomas Lowry and Edmund Walton had imagined this boggy quarter as an exclusive suburb. Lake Harriet was a magnet, especially after the Minneapolis Park Board constructed a “pleasure pavilion” on its shores that served as a concert venue, restaurant and bathhouse for swimmers. But residential development remained slow and uneven for decades. Then, in the first decade of the twentieth century, the tempo of growth accelerated. The streetcar network was extended in the neighborhood. The shopping district at 43rd & Upton expanded. Residents had only to walk a few blocks to buy groceries, hardware and clothing. The neighborhood acquired pharmacies and a post office. But the biggest attraction remained the lake. Pleasure seekers were disappointed when the Lake Harriet “pleasure pavilion” was destroyed in a fire. But in 1904, the Park Board replaced the facility with an extravagant classic revival summer palace. The new summer mecca included a concert venue built to showcase performances by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. Thousands could listen to music or watch fireworks displays from the rooftop deck. Next to the pavilion was a pony track for children. Ostriches roamed the grounds. This was paradise. But some white residents saw trouble. They feared that a small group of long-time residents could endanger the neighborhood’s increasingly upscale reputation. So they resolved to rid themselves of their AfricanAmerican neighbors. In 1909, neighbors became enraged at the news that the Rev. William S. Malone had made an agreement to buy a bungalow at 4441 Zenith Ave. from Marie Canfield. Canfield was in conflict with her neighbors, who had testified against her in a court
In 1904, the Minneapolis Park Board built an extravagant classic revival summer palace on the shores of Lake Harriet. Soon after, a group of Linden Hills residents banded together to drive out their African-American neighbors out of fear that they would endanger the neighborhood’s increasingly upscale reputation. Image courtesy of Hennepin County Library
case involving the New England Furniture Company. She had accused the company of selling her a faulty stove with a gas leak. Her neighbors declared that she was a frequent user of opiates. She lost her case. Neighbors said that she then listed her property “for sale to negroes only.” Canfield denied this account. She asserted that she had never used drugs. And she told the newspaper that she never advertised her property in this way. Instead, she explained that “the real estate market was dull,” so she agreed to sell it to the “first person who was willing to take it.” That person was William S. Malone, an AfricanAmerican minister with an outreach mission in downtown Minneapolis. News of the agreement roiled the neighborhood. Over 100 neighbors gathered for an “indignation meeting” across the street in December 1909. Some threatened to burn the house rather than see Malone take possession. Canfield scoffed. She told the newspaper that another “negro family” lived within a block of her bungalow and still others lived in the area so “the present furor seems a trifle hysterical and forced.” But neighbors hired an attorney to fight the transaction. And when the Hennepin County Sheriff seized the property to settle Canfield’s
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With AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” blaring overhead, members of Washburn High School’s robotics team, the Millerbots, pointed to the camera and smiled before their first quarterfinal match of the Minnesota North Star Regional robotics tournament. When the opening bell rang, the Millerbots drove their robot onto the playing field and used it to pick up a small disc, which the robot secured on a cargo container. The team worked for two minutes to place rubber balls into the containers and secure them with the discs, before navigating the robot back to the launch pad. The match was part of the playoffs at the 60-team North Star tournament, held March 27-30 at the University of Minnesota’s Mariucci Arena. The Millerbots, competing in an alliance with teams from Edina and Minnetonka, won all six of their playoff matches, taking first place in the tournament. The three teams each earned a berth in the national First Robotics Competition, set for April 24-27 in Detroit, where they will form new alliances. “Every single year, we’ve just been getting better,” senior Grant Ober said. “I feel like this was the culmination of the last four years of learning stuff.” Washburn’s robotics team has about 30 students. The team meets through much of
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the year, but its main season runs from early January into March, when it builds its robot and competes in a regional tournament. Each year, the national organization called First chooses a different theme and rules for competition. In this year’s game, “Destination: Deep Space,” teams earn points when their robots exit the starting platform, store cargo in ships on the playing field and secure cargo with hatch panels. “Balls won’t count as points unless you put the hatches on the cover,” senior Thomas Schroeder said. Captain Olivia Donney said the Millerbots were focused this year on doing a few things really well instead of trying to do everything. She said the team’s robot is really good at filling the ships with rubber balls, which is a key way to score points. Ober noted a side-to-side sliding mechanism on the robot that allows it to secure the hatch panels more easily. He said the mechanism that allows the robot to pick up the balls and place them in the cargo ship has been working well. Schroeder, who drives the robot, said the team’s strategy changes each game, depending on the opponents. He said he’s been scouting teams who made the national tournament and that he expects the competition to be tougher in Detroit.
‘Real contenders’ Schroeder noted that it had been eight years since the Millerbots last won a regional tournament. The team made nationals last year after winning an award for promoting engineering in the community. Donney pointed to improved management when asked what’s made this year so successful. She said team leaders have tried to make younger participants feel more welcomed and added that the team has tripled its budget in two years by increasing fundraising.
Millerbots team member Sergei Miller places duct tape on the head of assistant coach Peter Grul during the regional tournament in March.
Assistant coach Peter Grul, who founded the team in 2008 and teaches engineering and robotics at Washburn, said he felt this year’s team had a good chance to do well at regionals. He said the team’s robot-driving skills have improved since he stepped down as head coach a few years ago. Grul said a handful of Washburn alumni, including some who weren’t on the robotics team, came to the regional tournament last month. He noted the team’s maturation over the years into a well-functioning, studentrun group. “We’re not scrappy underdogs anymore,” he said. “We’re real contenders.”
(Left to right) Team members Grant Ober, Olivia Donney, Sofia Garcia, Andrew Hollar and Nils Nordstrom watch video of the regional competition during a dinner stop at Annie’s Parlour in Dinkytown.
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Get Out Guide. By Sheila Regan
THE GOLDEN RECORD PROJECT In 1977, NASA sent into space two photograph records filled with black-and-white and color images, natural sounds and music selections, printed messages from U.S. president Jimmy Carter and an inspirational message in Morse code. The contents on the record, chosen by a committee chaired by astronomer Carl Sagan, were meant to carry a record of life on Earth, not just of humans, but of all living things and the Earth’s natural makeup. The U.S. launched the records into space in hopes they might one day reach extraterrestrials. Sandbox Theatre’s “The Golden Record Project” reflects on this moment in history with a piece that is part performance and part interactive installation. Celebrating the cultural significance of the original Golden Records, the group dreams up what new messages we could send to aliens today.
McKenna Kelly-Eiding in The Golden Record Project. Photo by Matthew Glover for Sandbox Theatre
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ARBOR DAY Get excited about trees this Arbor Day at the 2019 Minneapolis Arbor Day Celebration at Theodore Wirth Park. Plant trees, climb trees, play tree-sized lawn games, make it through a tree-themed obstacle course and create a living tribute in honor or memory of loved ones, the funds from which go towards purchasing new trees. There will also be live music, food trucks and a beer garden hosted by Pat’s Tap.
When: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, April 26 Where: Wirth Park, 2900 Glenwood Ave. Cost: Free (tree dedications are $100) Info: peopleforparks.net/ upcoming-events.html
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Early 20th century supermodel Evelyn Nesbit gets the Umbrella Collective treatment as the company brings to life Nesbit’s role in a scandalous murder trial. Emerging theater artist Alana Horton, known also as a drummer in the bands Bella Yaga and Controversial New Skinny, conceived this true crime send-up, co-creating the piece with Megan Clark and the ensemble. Murder, sex, and tabloids converge in this tabloid-worthy piece of theater. Content warning for violence, consent, sexual assault, alcohol and trauma, but we’ll note it’s also a feminist comedy.
Kremblems, a music collective and record label, will be playing an acoustic set at the intimate Warming House. Made up of a group of singer-songwriters and instrumentalists, Kremblems will present an evening of solo and collaborative acoustic pieces from the groups involved in the collective. Performing for the evening will be Daniel Chavez, Bailey Cogan, Warren Thomas Fenzi, Karl Remus and Christian Wheeler. The Warming House is a small listening room located in East Harriet with only 40 seats, so plan to buy your tickets in advance.
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TMORA Get in the mood for some scrumptious Russian piano trios at The Museum of Russian Art. The museum’s curator of classical music, Denis Evstuhin, will play piano along with guest instrumentalists Natalia Moiseeva on the violin and Tanya Remenikova on the cello. Taking on the fiery Sergei Rachmaninoff, the quintessentially Russian Alexander Borodin and the avant-garde Dmitri Shostakovich, the concert takes place amid the post-Stalinist portraiture depicted in the ongoing exhibit, “The Body in Soviet Art.” While you’re there, take a peek downstairs to see Sergei Isupov’s delightful surrealist sculptures.
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DINING OUT FOR LIFE The Aliveness Project hosts its 25th Dining Out for Life celebration, an annual fundraiser where over 100 restaurants across Minnesota donate a minimum of 20 percent of their proceeds toward the nonprofit organization’s work helping people living with HIV in Minnesota. It’s part of an international event benefitting 60 AIDS service agencies across the U.S. and Canada, all with the purpose of eliminating HIV for good, and supporting people living with the disease. All you have to do is go out to dinner and you’ll be helping out this great cause. The Saloon, Lush, the Finnish Bistro and Eagle Bolt Bar will all be donating 100 percent of their profits. Additionally, consider one of the spots listed below on this day of gastro-advocacy.
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Enhance Your Everyday
By Carly Ettinger
‘Plogging’ craze: Pick up litter and get fitter
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f you have yet to hear about “plogging,” I am about to let you in on this rising trend. Originating in 2016, plogging is the act of exercising outdoors while simultaneously picking up litter in your neighborhood. Talk about a two-for-one, feel-good activity! The term plogging is a portmanteau of “plocka upp,” which means “to pick up” in Swedish and the word “jogging.” It is also referred to as “plogga.” The movement, started by Erik Ahlström in Sweden, has since “picked up” traction on a global scale. Author David Sedaris has led the way in England, and plogging parties have taken place in France, Germany, Japan, Thailand, South Africa and Nigeria. The “Keep America Beautiful” organization is pioneering a variety of plogginginspired programs across the United States, including “Trashercize” in Tennessee, “Plogging NYC” in New York and “Summer of Plogging” in Indiana. “Litter impacts our quality of life and economic development and often ends up as marine debris, polluting our waterways and oceans and harming wildlife and the environment,” the organization’s spokesperson Mike Rosen said. “Plogging is brilliant because it is simple and fun, while empowering everyone to help create cleaner, greener and more beautiful communities.” To date, there are about 53,000 posts on Instagram attributed to the hashtag “#plogging.” In our wellness-driven and selfiecentric society, millennials especially are eager to show off this fun, fitness-focused and altruistic activity. The word has certainly spread, with Google searches for “plogging” reaching an all-time peak in February 2019. People love how plogging adds a sense of adventure and accomplishment to any average workout. While on the lookout for trash, you may feel like an undercover, local hero. Not to mention, the addition of squats and stretches towards the ground will bring new movement to your muscles. Not only will you improve your balance and burn calories, but you will help save the planet! For those of us who are results-driven, the
Lifesum app has made plogging a tech-based, trackable activity. According to the company, the average user burns 288 calories for every 30 minutes spent plogging, whereas jogging on its own would burn a lower rate of 235 calories. Ahlström explains that plogging becomes a “treasure hunt” and teams can get competitive. When it comes to Minneapolis, our environment is quite clean thanks to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB)
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According to the MPRB, volunteers collected nearly 5,000 pounds of garbage last Earth Day. There is plenty of work to do! Locals like 70-year-old Tom Cousins have been plogging for years. “I use the lake every day, so I figure it’s a little way I can give back,” he told Runner’s World. Which areas have you noticed litter in? In parks? Near rivers? Whether you are on a walk or training for a run, consider exercising in the areas that need a trash tune-up. If you find yourself running and spot a little something, toss it! Why not help keep our nature neat? I get it, touching trash can be a bit gross. Bring garden gloves or wear a plastic bag over your hands to pick up trash, à la dog waste disposal. And by all means, please do not pick up anything suspicious looking. Though the original plogging technique involves filling and carrying trash bags, this is not a particularly practical or healthy way to jog, as it can lead to straining one side of your body. I suggest picking up no more than five pieces at a time and tossing them in the nearest bin as you go, instead of waiting until you reach the end of your route. Onlookers might wonder what you’re doing, so don’t hesitate to educate them on this clever clean-up trend. At most they’ll jump in to join you, at the least you will leave them inspired. Whether going solo, or as part of a team, plogging is accessible to anyone, at any age. As Ahlström told BuzzFeed earlier this year, “We try to encourage kids — they don’t expect it to be so fun.” With Earth Day approaching, I encourage you to try plogging. Founded on exercise, the environment and ethics, it is a great way to clean up our community. So next time you are on a jog and notice a tiny, shiny wrapper staring up at you, I hope you get your plog on! Carly Ettinger is a trend forecaster and writer from Minneapolis. Her experiences living and learning in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and most recently New York, have shaped her fascination with studying cultural trends in health, fitness and lifestyle.
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