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June 14–27, 2018 Vol. 29, No. 12 southwestjournal.com
Developer plans apartments for Arby’s site
By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
An Uptown-based development company is planning to build a six-story, 174-unit apartment building at the site of the former Arby’s restaurant on Lake Street. Reuter Walton Development plans on demolishing the former fast-food restaurant, which closed this past January, and constructing the building on the site. It plans on starting construction in January 2019 and
completing the project sometime in the summer of 2020, pending City of Minneapolis approval, said Kyle Brasser, a developer for the company. “This parcel kind of juts out and divides Lake and Lagoon,” he said. “It really will provide that entrance-toUptown feel.”
Stevens Square is open for business Neighborhood suddenly sees development surge after long wait
SEE ARBY’S DEVELOPMENT / PAGE A18
A five-way race in Hennepin County’s District 2 Candidates vying to replace Linda Higgins include three former city council members
By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com
One site is a three-story building packed with vintage furniture, occupied by a single resident who supplied the desk chairs for the film “The Post.” The other site is a long-vacant lot that nearly became a hotel. Stevens Square neighborhood leaders tried for years to bring change to these sites. Now it’s happening all at once. The building at 4th & Franklin is slated for renovation into market-rate apartments. And the vacant site at 18th & Nicollet may become a sixstory building with apartments and retail. “This is the biggest thing that’s happened in the neighborhood in 25 years,” said Steven Gallagher, the outgoing executive director of the Stevens Square Community Organization (SSCO). At a crowded community meeting June 4 — residents were alerted in an email “you don’t want
Reuter Walton is planning a six-story, 174-unit apartment building at the site of the former Arby’s building in Uptown. Rendering courtesy Reuter Walton Development
to miss this one” — attendees spilled into a larger room. Residents voted unanimously in favor of both projects, and one vote ended in applause. This response is not typical of Southwest Minneapolis neighborhood meetings. Developer Dan Oberpriller expressed surprise at the lack of nay votes. “Nobody, not one?” he said. “I don’t think I’ve ever had that with this many people.” The reason for the applause has a decades-long back story.
The Silver building The Silver building stands across from the Electric Fetus at 1924 4th Ave. S. Current owner Steven SEE STEVENS SQUARE / PAGE A12
By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
Linda Higgins’ announcement in November that she would retire after one-and-a-half Hennepin County Board terms instead of seeking re-election this fall sparked immediate interest in her District 2 seat. By spring, four candidates had announced runs for her office: Irene Fernando, a nonprofit founder and Bush Fellow who now works for Thrivent Financial; Iyob Waldsmayate, an employee in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ St. Paul office; former
commissioner Mark Stenglein; and School Board Member Kim Ellison. Injured in a fall in April, Stenglein dropped out of the race. Ellison lost the DFL endorsement to Fernando in May and ended up filing to run for Congress in District 5, the seat her ex-husband Keith Ellison is leaving to campaign for Minnesota attorney general. Just as the window to file for office was closing on June 5, three new, election-tested candidates entered the race. SEE DISTRICT 2 RACE / PAGE A14
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By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com
28TH & LYNDALE
Waffle Bar Desserts & Tea “When 7 o’clock hits, it’s like a nightclub here,” said Julie Chen, who scoops ice cream into bubble waffles and sells it to lines of people out the door. The Hong Kong-inspired egg custard bubble waffle is made to be crispy on the outside, fluffy and airy on the inside, and not too sweet to complement the ice cream. “The hard part was perfecting the batter, and the fun part was making the menu,” Chen said. The menu features Ice Ice Bacon, made with salted caramel ice cream, crumbled bacon and caramel drizzle, and Cookieapolis, made with chocolate ice cream, sprinkles and cookies baked in-house. The Boba Waffle is strawberry ice cream topped with mochi, mango popping pearls and lychee jelly. The Eye Candy comes with a giant swirl of cotton candy, and the vanilla ice cream is topped with gummy bears, fruity pebbles, edible glitter and rock candy. The storefront could have become a
Jamba Juice. The owners are franchisees, and they gave it some thought after I Am Coffee closed. But Chen thought it would be more fun to come up with their own concept. She grew up on the East Coast and remembered her mother driving her family to Boston’s Chinatown, where they would buy egg custard waffle pieces from a vendor. “But let’s modernize it, the American way, with ice cream and toppings,” she said. Her co-owners decided to go for it, including her husband David as well as her brother Vorak Seng and wife Trisha Dinh, who operate the Subway next door. The venue holds a mural that’s tailormade for social media. “People love that Instagram wall,” Chen said. Waffle Bar also serves bubble teas, smoothies and black cold press. Hours are 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon–10 p.m. Sunday.
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The Waffle Bar opened May 19 at 2758 Lyndale Ave. S. Photo by Michelle Bruch
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East Isles Farmers Market The inaugural Thursday night East Isles Farmers Market is June 28, featuring at least 26 local food vendors, food trucks and music on The Mall between Hennepin and Humboldt. The market will sell wild-caught salmon, organic veggies, berries, olive oil and homemade pies. “It’s dinner,” said Debbie Gold, director of the new market. “You can come and buy everything you need for dinner and dessert.” A “pickle booth” will take advantage of the state Cottage Food law. Residents who make foods like canned fruits and veggies out of the home can register with the Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture and sell from the pickle booth. “It lets the person next door sell her jam at a farmers market,” Gold said. New vendors include Folly Coffee Roasters, which powers a roaster offset by solar power and geothermal coils. Coffee is the “freshest of the fresh,” and anything roasted more than 90 days ago is donated to shelters and charities. The company name is a nod to James J. Hill’s decision to fund the costly Stone Arch Bridge, dubbed “Hill’s Folly” in his time.
Maazah Chutney comes courtesy of Afghani sisters who are sharing their mother’s “Magic Green Sauce.” Their mother still gives them a hand in the kitchen every so often. The goes-with-anything condiment is called Maazah, which is “flavor” in Farsi. There are Criolla Pastries, based in CARAG, which started as a small project to help the baker feel closer to the shore of Rio de la Plata. They make pastries including a dulce de leche croissant and cookies like alfajores, masitas and macarons. Egg|Plant Urban Farm Supply carries supplies for backyard gardens, chicken coops, cheese making, fermenting and preserving. And there are treats by Jo Garrison, who has a background in wedding cakes and fine art; and Surrender Salmon, which is named for the family boat that fishes out of Bristol Bay in Alaska. The market will run every Thursday from 4 p.m.–8 p.m. through Oct. 4, taking a break on Aug. 2 to make way for the Uptown Art Fair. For more information, visit eastislesfarmersmarket.com. For a full list of vendors, visit this story at southwestjournal.com.
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An aerial view from the southwest shows an architect’s vision for senior housing at 806 W. 62nd St. Rendering courtesy City of Minneapolis
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Brethren’s Meeting Room A church with no windows called Brethren’s Meeting Room is tucked into the Windom neighborhood next to Peters Billiards at 806 W. 62nd St. The congregation wants to sell the Minneapolis building and build a larger facility in Lakeville, according to a spokesman. The group hired an architect to design a vision for a four-story, 55-unit assisted living facility on the site, although the project currently has no developer. The height would largely consist of a 44-foot roofline, rising 33 feet on the north end and featuring a decorative 49-foot peak to the south. The concept will go before the Planning Commission’s Committee of the Whole for initial discussion on June 14. The Brethren constructed the existing building in 1976 for daily services. Members have increasingly relocated to Lakeville in recent years, prompting the shift away from the Minneapolis Meeting Room, said spokesman Mark Oyaas of Neerland & Oyaas. Nearby neighbors, still feeling the sting of the impact of the Peters Billiards project, are voicing strong objections. Kyle Weir said the neighborhood is essentially a cul-de-sac, with a single entry and exit point. The streets couldn’t handle the traffic a 55-unit project would generate, he said, a comment echoed by several others. “Our neighborhood just can’t handle that kind of capacity on any level: traffic, parking. There’s no way something that big could come in the middle of a tiny little landlocked neighborhood,â€? Misty Swanson said. â€œâ€ŚIf they get rezoned, there is no saying what they will build there.â€? While the Brethren wants to be respectful to its neighbors, Oyaas said, the congregation
also feels an obligation to sell the property for the most it can. Building single-family homes wouldn’t pencil out, due to construction costs of $220 per square foot, he said. Swanson countered that cost is unreasonably high. “It’s almost not even a break-even for them to do something like that,â€? Oyaas said. â€œâ€Ś What can you build with density that doesn’t generate a whole bunch of traffic?â€? The Brethren landed on senior housing as the answer, and spent the past eight months working with Pope Architects on the design. In order to build the proposal, city officials must agree to rezone the property from a single-family district to multiple-family district, or R1 to R4. In 2006, a developer proposed a threestory, 42-unit condominium building on the site. The City Planning Commission denied the application. The developer appealed, and the City Council upheld the denial. City staff said at the time that high-density housing would not be appropriate at the location, and would be out of character with the singlefamily neighborhood. Oyaas said the congregation hopes to take the potential zoning change as far as they can themselves, incorporate neighborhood feedback, and then turn the project over to an operator or developer. Resident Sally Newbury said she appreciates that church members have personally met with neighbors. She hopes neighbors can have some influence, however. “While I can appreciate doing affordable housing and senior housing, and needing to do more of that, it’s tough when the structures are so big next to small homes,â€? she said.
NOTED: ComedySportz Twin Cities ended a 16-year run at Calhoun Square on June 9, closing with tears, laughs and a standing ovation as all cast members took the stage for the last show. “We’ve got to keep this going,� said co-owner Doug Ocar. “We’ve got a lot of people that love what we do.� Ocar said they are relocating due to rising wages and rising costs at the mall. At the same time, it’s becoming more challenging to bring people through the door, and Ocar said he’s not
sure if that’s due to the location or competition with options like online entertainment. ComedySportz moved to a shorter-term lease, and Calhoun Square found a new tenant, he said. Calhoun Square representatives said they could not comment on the lease. While searching for a new home, ComedySportz will continue performing, teaching classes and attending private events. Upcoming shows are July 7, 14 and 21 at the Strike Theater.
NOTED: McDonald’s is in the midst of a major remodel at 2929 Hennepin Ave. S., which will mirror the renovation work in St. Louis Park. “The goal is to change from a lobby to a dining room,� said owner Mike Darula. He said patrons will order from kiosks and staff will deliver food to tables. By the end of 2020, every McDonald’s restaurant
in the United States will move toward the concept, he said. He said the kiosks would not replace staff members, and he expects to add three people to the staff count. The restaurant will reopen June 14, and the renovation is slated for completion later this month.
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Fig + Farro has a new plant-based menu. Photo by Michelle Bruch
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Fig + Farro unveils new chef, new menu Fig + Farro’s new chef is offering dishes that he once cooked for celebrities on the Mediterranean. For example, Patrick Scott Moore originally created the pad thai with zucchini and almond sauce for Madonna, at a time when she focused on eating raw foods. He also created the menu’s lasagna with vegan sausage and eggplant for Madonna (although he’s thinking about taking it off the menu, because it’s served raw and cold). Formerly a personal chef for Nicholas Cage, Scott Moore became a go-to chef on chartered yachts, and for nearly 17 years he spent summers in the Mediterranean and winters in the Caribbean. “It was a great life, but it’s a life for a young man that doesn’t have children,” he said. Now planted in Minnesota, Scott Moore said he turned down another job offer to cook at Fig + Farro. “I’m all about the mission here. I think that we need to do something to fight global
warming,” he said. “… As a chef, that’s what I can do.” Early menu favorites are the yucca dumplings and the pan-seared tofu, he said. “Last week I sold over 100 pounds of artichoke dip,” he said. His personal favorite is the fried green tomato sandwich, featuring blue cheese smoked in hazelnut. The chanterelle ravioli features paper-thin celery root stuffed with fermented cashew cheese and chanterelles to create ravioli made with no bread or pasta. Scott Moore has previously relied on his background in organic chemistry to create “dreamy” plates, such as mushroom soft bubbles that patrons pop to get to the dish. At the moment, however, he’s focused on getting the basics right before the plates become more adventurous. “I’m taking what I know and turning it into vegetarian recipes,” he said. The menu will change on a monthly basis.
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Police halt downtown marijuana stings Mayor Jacob Frey directed Minneapolis police to end undercover operations that targeted small-time marijuana dealers downtown after a Hennepin County public defender raised concerns about racial disparities among those arrested and charged. “We will discontinue specific low-level marijuana enforcement, and I agree with the mayor’s decision,” Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said when he announced the policy change at a June 7 press conference. In a memo sent to Arradondo and Frey a week earlier, as well as in a court motion submitted around the same time, Chief Public Defender Mary Moriarty noted 46 of the 47 people facing felony drug sale charges as a result of the stings were black. Many of those swept up in the operations, which began earlier this year, sold undercover officers just one or two grams of marijuana. “We’re talking 10, 20 bucks’ worth,” Moriarty said. She noted the one white person arrested in the stings approached the undercover officers, instead of the other way around. While possession of up to 42.5 grams of marijuana is only a petty misdemeanor under state law — the equivalent of a traffic ticket, and not technically a crime — prosecutors can apply felony charges to the sale of even small amounts. She said public defenders had raised the issue with Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman’s office months earlier, but the prosecutions continued. Moriarty said research shows whites and blacks use marijuana “at pretty much the same rate,” suggesting the time and place police chose to conduct the stings contributed to the stark disparities in arrests. She noted many of those charged with felonies were experiencing homelessness and may have turned to dealing as a way to get by.
“I’m not unsympathetic to the downtown businesses and I understand it’s important people feel it’s safe down there. I think a more effective approach would have officers in uniform, engaging with the community, walking up and down (the street),” she said. In a Facebook post, Arradondo said downtown public safety details carried out by the 1st Precinct are “focused on reducing violent crime and improving livability conditions,” and that they have produced results. “The officers’ actions as we conducted these details were professional and legal,” he wrote. “However, as the Chief, I need to raise my voice when I see a concern that impacts our city as a whole.” Arradondo said he believes there are a significant number of black men who feel selling drugs is “their only choice to survive and provide for themselves.” He said he did not want the department “to contribute to a sense of hopelessness.” “Solutions will require a collaborative effort to address these systemic challenges that, unfortunately, are still present in our great city,” Arradondo concluded. Moriarty said she was encouraged by the response of the mayor and police chief. She said it had been her experience that raising examples of racial disparities often leads to defensiveness. “I think it’s a really positive step forward that both the mayor and the chief of police were able to address the impact,” she said. “One person in jail solely for the possession of marijuana is one too many,” Frey wrote on Facebook. “Marijuana laws have been used to target people of color for decades. We have made progress, but full legalization would mark a meaningful and impactful step toward reforming our criminal justice system.”
Flurry of filings for Ellison’s congressional seat Congressman Keith Ellison’s decision to join the race for Minnesota attorney general set off a lastminute flurry of filings for his 5th District seat. Ellison joined the state attorney general race June 5, the last day 2018 candidates were able to file for office. He had represented the Minnesota’s 5th District, which includes all of Minneapolis and 15 surrounding suburbs, since taking office in 2007. The district is one of the most liberal in the state, and the DFL now plans a June 17 special endorsing convention for the office. DFL hopefuls include state Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has been endorsed by Gov. Mark Dayton; Margaret Anderson Kelliher, the former Minnesota House speaker and current president and CEO of the Minnesota High Tech Association; state Sen. Patricia Torres Ray; real estate agent Frank Nelson Drake; and Jamal Abdi Abdulahi, founder of the Somali-American DFL Caucus. State Sen. Bobby Joe Champion filed but suspended his campaign June 11. Jennifer Zielinski, who lives in Minneapolis and works for Allina Health, is the state Repub-
lican party’s endorsed candidate in the 5th District. The other GOP candidates include Bob “Again” Carney, Jr. and Christopher Chamberlin. Ellison’s decision came one day after DFLer Lori Ellison Swanson, the incumbent attorney general, announced her plan to join the race for Minnesota governor with U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan as her running mate. Swanson had previously sought the party’s endorsement for another term as attorney general, but it went to Minneapolis attorney Matt Pelikan. In addition to Pelikan and Ellison, the field of candidates for attorney general includes GOP-endorsed Doug Wardlow, an attorney and former state representative from Eagan. Sharon Anderson and Robert Lessard are the other Republicans in the race, and additional DFL candidates include Tom Foley, Debra Hilstrom and Mike Rothman.
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County approves more funds for Southwest light rail Members of the Hennepin County Board voted May 31 to increase the county’s funding commitment to the Southwest Light Rail Transit project by $204 million — and debated among themselves what might happen if they’re asked to up their contribution once again. “The lift has gotten heavier, there’s no denying that,” said Hennepin County Board Chair Jan Callison, who voted with the 5-2 majority. Callison described the project, with all its potential benefits and looming risks, as “the most vexing problem” she has faced as a board member. Commissioner Jeff Johnson, a staunch opponent of the project, voted against, and was joined by Commissioner Mike Opat, who said the growing price tag was evidence the state’s largest ever transportation project was “just plain poorly managed” by the Metropolitan Council. Johnson also voted against a second measure to fund the project office through the end of August, a critical period for winning federal approvals. The board’s action followed by one day the Met Council’s vote to increase the budget for the project 7.8 percent to just over $2 billion. The planned 14.5-mile extension of the Metro Green Line would create a light-rail link between Minneapolis and St. Paul and the southwest suburbs, reaching as far as Eden Prairie. While the project is fully designed, there remain a number of risk factors that could drive the cost even higher, from delays caused by either of the two lawsuits against the project to the fluctuating price of copper, a major factor in the cost of a lightrail systems contract Met Council plans to award later this year. As the project’s main local source of funding, Hennepin County is now committed to at least $780.5 million for SWLRT. And it is the only obvious place Met Council can turn for additional contributions. Project leaders say they are on track to apply for a $928.8 million full-funding grant agreement from the Federal Transit Administration this summer. That figure
was locked-in when the project applied with the FTA to enter the engineering phase in 2016. While the project leaders once counted on federal funds to cover 50 percent of project costs, the federal share is shrinking and will continue to diminish if costs continue to rise. Callison said the county is “clearly building toward a decision point on this project,” possibly later this summer, when they’ll have to way rising costs against the project’s potential rewards. Noting the tight timeline for the project to complete federal risk and financial capacity assessments while also submitting its grant application — and, on the side, fighting for control of a key portion of the future light-rail corridor in a flurry of filings with the Surface Transportation Board — Commissioner Marion Greene said the Met Council was “playing a game of chicken” with the federal government that had backed Hennepin County into a corner. “I feel that we are on thin ice,” Greene said, adding that she expected a briefing from project officials on the remaining risks by the end of August. Greene also requested an update from the project on plans for a tunnel through the Kenilworth Corridor. Residents of the Calhoun-Isles Condos recently presented findings from an engineering consultant that raise questions about how nearby light rail construction and operations might damage their building. In exchange for its increased contribution — which is coming both form Hennepin County and the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority — the county will exercise greater control over the project’s contingency funds. Between the two of them, the county and railroad authority will control three of five votes on an executive control board that must approve all change orders exceeding $350,000. Half of the contingency funds will be held back, and any Met Council request to tap those funds will require a yes vote from a simple majority of the county board.
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My brother! My sister! We are more alike than we are different, and if you’d just roll down your window so we could have a conversation, we could find out exactly how. Until that happens let me just say that I am not your enemy. I am not your bad boss, your bad friend or whatever bad burr in your saddle that led you to vanquish me on the road like I was one of your video game conquests. I am not the source of your problems, or the world’s problems. I’m just a guy trying to share space with you on this planet, and trying to get to where I’m going. I am terribly sorry I’m in your way. I am terribly sorry I’m in front of you, and I apologize for all the other cars in front of us. The nerve of them! I’m sorry you’re late, the bus is late, I’m late. I’m sorry I’m making you later, but I did not run over your dog or do anything else that deserves the level of ire you are working up and I am writing this as much to myself as I am to you. So, peace. Take a breath. Slow down. For God’s sake. Slow down. I mean, I feel you. Since I was a nature-loving little kid growing up in this booming burg, I’ve hankered for the kind of wide-open spaces that Minneapolis affords within the city. Now the crowds and cars have jammed all the circuits, and because they aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, we’d better get used to it and get better at the art of the traffic jam. This summer’s roadwork and highway closures have already made for some mind-blowing stasis. You can name your favorite gridlock nightmare of choice, but this letter was inspired by being caught in rush-hour traffic last Friday… around Bde Maka Ska! Wherein Excelsior Boulevard and Lake Street were at a five-way standstill, turning the lake car path and all surrounding parking lots into a late-for-happy-hour racetrack/escape hatch, and left me muttering “get me the bleep outta here.” Once upon a time in this city signs pled, “Slow Down We Live Here” — a quaint notion in these days of speed demons and car cranks, and I’m talking about myself, here. I gladly own my own road rage, but as much as I can, in an effort to move things along and be a cog for the common good, I look out for cars merging or desperately trying to make a move, and I try to accommodate them so we can all flow as one.
Kindness, manners, civility. You might try it. You might get a thumbs up or a blown kiss that will make you feel better about it all. In harmonic moments like that, it feels like all of this madness is just growing pains, and we’ll find our groove. Then again… According to the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, a quarter-million people have moved to the Twin Cities since 2010, and from the feel of it, they’re all driving cars. We’re living through the biggest decade for growth since the 1920s, so if we don’t figure out how to live, drive, walk and bike together the way cities from New York to Beijing have, you and I are going to kill each other. To be honest, I’ve heard you complain more about traffic in this town over the last two years than ever before, and it’s not your imagination. Last year, Quote Wizard Insurance named Minnesota second to California in its list of the worst drivers by state: “One of the biggest movers from 2016 to 2017, Minnesota climbed nine spots from 11th to second worst drivers in the nation. By our metrics, Minnesota saw big increases in accidents, speeding, and citations. If you find yourself driving through the streets of Minneapolis, keep your wits about you.” And how. What’s more, last year CNBC placed Minneapolis No. 5 on its list of cities with the worst road rage, with this percentage of poll respondents observing: changing lanes without notice (46 percent); tailgating (65 percent); talking on cell phone (87 percent); honked horn (41 percent); cursed at (45 percent); and waved fist/arms (15 percent). Of course, you’ve got your own story to go with all of the above, and it’s getting old. Three years ago, Twin Cities motorists were named the most insane road ragers in the country, and in this space I told you about the Namaste Mobile. After all the traffic and road rage had once and for all fed me up, I slapped “Namaste”
stickers all over my car, writing: “Couldn’t hurt, I figured. I’d grown weary of so much wordless misunderstanding, born of living too close together on this wild and wiggly planet. Seemingly overnight, this quiet little prairie town has become a tangle of highway congestion and confrontation and all the tailgating, speeding and competition for inches of tar and asphalt and drivers and bicyclists alike regularly flipping out and flipping each other off made me seriously wonder what we are, who we are, and what we’re becoming.” So I slapped the peace stickers on my ride, but it didn’t work. I had a few good interactions, but the Namaste Mobile is long dead, and the sad truth is that there’s no escaping this traffic other than… escaping it. I’m penning this letter from the sanity of a writing cabin getaway in a Western town whose occupants don’t want me to reveal its location and therefore blow the lid off its best-keptsecret status the way my hometown has had its irrevocably blown. I’ve only been here for one day, but the 14-hour road trip across the badlands and away from the numbers has not exactly left me feeling homesick. I can breathe here, and I can see for miles and miles and miles: mountains, rivers, grass, big sky, and all sorts of nature that’s been unimpeded by people and progress. I’ll be back home soon, but for the moment I’m sucking up the peace and quiet and solitude. You? I’d suggest some great music, a good podcast or a favorite audio book — whatever it takes to achieve Zen behind the wheel, girds the soul for the looming long, hot summer of gridlock, and allows you to enjoy the sights and sounds of all the condos, construction, and cars, cars, cars… Jim Walsh lives and grew up in South Minneapolis. He can be reached at jimwalsh086@gmail.com
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Moments in Minneapolis
By Cedar Imboden Phillips
Uptown before Calhoun Square
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his aerial photograph, donated to the Hennepin History Museum by original Calhoun Square developer Ray Harris, shows Uptown’s commercial core circa 1980. The large lot in the center was once the site of the Calhoun School, and now is home to Calhoun Square’s parking garage. Some of these buildings remain standing, while others are long gone; the Uptown Theatre, visible at the bottom of the photo, remains a local landmark, while the McDonald’s across the street — the 1980s home of a thriving “McPunk” scene — was replaced years ago. Also of note is Uptown Lanes, located on the east side of Hennepin Avenue between Lake and 31st streets. Uptown Lanes and many of its neighbors closed in 1982 for the construction of Calhoun Square. Cedar Imboden Phillips serves as the executive director for the Hennepin History Museum. Learn more about the museum and its offerings at hennepinhistory.org or 870-1329.
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A10 June 14–27, 2018 / southwestjournal.com
Dateline Minneapolis
By Steve Brandt
A Legislature that doesn’t work
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aybe, like me, you’re old enough to remember when Minnesota was touted as the “state that works.” That was 40 years ago. Or maybe, unlike me, you’re not old enough to remember when our Legislature didn’t adjourn amid gridlock and chaos. But I’m mad as hell, and I don’t think we should take it anymore. The 2018 Legislature adjourned its regular session after passing a grand total of 82 bills. That’s an average of about one per day from convening to adjourning. As noted by my former mentor in political reporting at the Minneapolis Tribune, Steve Dornfeld, the bill total this year was less than 10 percent of what the 1967 Legislature accomplished, back when lawmakers convened only in odd-numbered years. Maybe the lack of legislation is a good thing if you’re a Libertarian. But the rest of us expect our elected representatives to craft and approve well-considered compromises that address emerging issues posed by advances in technology and standards of behavior. It should be a no-brainer to require that people drive without holding cell phones to distract them. It shouldn’t be beyond the grasp of our 201 electeds to pass background check legislation for gun purchases that 90 percent of Minnesotans polled say they favor. Nor should enacting laws that help people such as my dad, 97 and in assisted living, be assured of safe care. But not in this Legislature this year. It’s become a place of all checks and no balances.
You can argue the details, but I’m confident that if you put a dozen Minnesotans in a room for a day, a majority could reach a commonsense solution to any of these issues. Yet not our solons. They cater to the ideological wings of each party that turn out for precinct caucuses. One common-sense solution would be to replace caucuses with primary elections, to ensure that the two candidates on a ballot in November represent something akin to mainstream Minnesota values. Or statewide use of ranked-choice voting would allow those on ideological fringes to support their candidates but still cast a backup vote that gives someone with broader appeal a mandate. Another solution would be to enact real legislative reform by requiring open deliberations and setting meaningful deadlines for legislators. Penalize committee chairs and maybe members of policy and appropriations committees that don’t meet bill deadlines. Dock their per-diem payments if they don’t meet those deadlines. Require enough time between a compromise committee report and floor approval to allow legislators and the public alike to thoroughly vet a bill. Reduce the threshold for a chamber to extract for floor debate a bill that’s being held hostage in a hostile committee. Or require that all bills be reported to the full chamber for debate, even when a committee recommends against passage. Strictly limit debate on such bills to accommodate this flow of traffic, with
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committee members learned in the issue getting first preference for pro-con exposition on the chamber floor. And while we’re at it, how about enforcing the constitution or amending it further to tighten the use of omnibus or “Christmas-tree” bills. Limit this grab-bag packaging of spuriously related topics to end the practice of sneaking through bills that would never pass on their own merits. This could theoretically be accomplished by a change in the rules adopted by the majority caucus in each chamber that govern how it operates. But can we really trust the same people who gave us this gridlock to solve it? Especially when one chamber is led by a speaker who ended the session telling us that
a distracted-driver bill will eventually pass but now is not the right time. That begs the question of how many more lives must be sacrificed to distracted drivers before the time is right. Perhaps the speaker should attend the funeral of each victim of a distracted driver over the next two years to explain why the time was not right. The legislators who use the current system to thwart issues on which there is broad public consensus aren’t likely to cede that power without a public showing that the cost of not listening to us is greater than the cost of acceding to reform. That depends on a bunch of you Minnesotans getting mad enough to make some noise. Are you out there? I can’t hear you.
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Streetscape
By Ethan Fawley
City working on improvements for pedestrian & bicycle winter maintenance
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ou may be blocking out memories of our six months of winter, but wintertime in Minneapolis too often means navigating snowy or icy sidewalks, snow-blocked curb ramps and disappearing bike lanes. Minneapolis Public Works is looking to improve the winter experience for people who walk, roll and bike. It recently released a Pedestrian and Bicycle Winter Maintenance Study and Supplemental Report on Sidewalks. Here are the takeaways for walking and biking: The City of Minneapolis is looking to make significant improvements for sidewalks and corners this winter. Details will depend on feedback from Mayor Jacob Frey and the City Council. Public Works recommends taking the following immediate actions: • Pilot proactive sidewalk inspection in the winter. City staff would go out and proactively inspect sidewalks to make sure they are clear rather than relying solely on complaints from residents. The pilot would allow them to “test whether proactive inspection reduces complaints... and increases the rate of sidewalk clearing” and “better understand the feasibility, costs, and time required” to do citywide proactive inspection. • Communicate more with residents about sidewalk maintenance. The city will look at expanding communication with residents around the importance of sidewalk clearing and resident’s responsibilities. • Assistance program for select populations. The city will look at partnering with organizations that provide snow-clearing services to support certain populations for whom sidewalk clearing can be challenging, “including older adults and people with disabilities.” • Improve sidewalk inspection & clearing process. Currently it takes 6-8 days in the best-case scenario to go from someone reporting a snowy or icy sidewalk and it being cleared. The city will look at ways to speed up this process, in addition to the proactive sidewalk inspection pilot mentioned above. In May, the City Council tasked Public Works with reporting back this September on details and costs for implementing these short-term actions as well as additional “possible tiers of implementation... that would further enhance the City’s goals for a walkable city in winter.” One item not recommended by Public Works for immediate action is looking further at having the city directly clear sidewalks in the winter like it does with streets and as is done in some cities, including Bloomington. While the city presented full or partial city clearance of sidewalks as options in its study, the study does not offer a lot of details about the logistics or potential costs or benefits of such an approach. More details on that possibility may come in the report back this September. There is a lot of interest in winter sidewalk maintenance improvements from council members. Council Member Andrew Johnson said, “Today it’s like the Wild West with sidewalks when it snows. I think that the condi-
Minneapolis Public Works is studying how the city can better address sidewalks and bike lanes blocked by snow. Submitted photo
tion of our sidewalks is the biggest barrier for enjoying the winter and providing accessibility. I know we can do better, I’m glad to see this report... and I’d potentially like a more aggressive approach.” Council Member Steve Fletcher added, “I want to add urgency to this. We are not meeting people’s expectations now [on winter sidewalk maintenance.]” Staff have noted that there are some things that they can do with their existing winter maintenance resources and other things that would require additional funding. Council President Lisa Bender noted that, “I think you will find a lot of support on the council to find the resources we need to make sure our bicycle and pedestrian systems are working well in the winter.” Our Streets Minneapolis has made improving winter sidewalk maintenance its top priority this year and is collecting postcards in support of improvements that will be shared with council members later this year. You can offer your support at bit.ly/sidewalkpostcard. The key recommendation for improving winter bicycle maintenance is creating a “winter priority network.” Currently, the city and other agencies do a pretty good job of maintaining trails and protected bike lanes. But unprotected bike lanes and bicycle boulevards are basically ignored and become unreliable routes in the winter. The most important option presented in the study for improving winter maintenance for biking is designating a winter bicycle priority network for a higher level of maintenance. Such a network would be a place you could expect bike infrastructure to be clear, so you do not have to worry when heading out the door. It could include bicycle boulevards and unprotected bike lanes. It sounds like a such a network may be created for this coming winter, although that is not definitive at this point.
A12 June 14–27, 2018 / southwestjournal.com FROM STEVENS SQUARE / PAGE A1
Mogol rents movie props, restores furniture and keeps an inventory that includes more than 2,000 chairs. He’s supplied furniture for local restaurants like Red Wagon Pizza, and his film credits include “Spider-Man 2” and “Mallrats.” Mogol would remain a partner in the new development with Oberpriller of North Bay Cos. The building would undergo a $7 million renovation to create a 26-unit apartment building, with no additions to the building footprint. Sixteen parking spaces would stand behind the building. The building would primarily consist of 400-550-square-foot apartments, and the first floor would provide “res-flex” or livework units with the potential for retail. Some type of public art, perhaps featuring rooftop lighting, is a possibility, they said. Some of the June meeting attendees referred to the building as a thorn in their side, or joked about past wishes to pour gasoline around it. “We’ve had issues with that building for 15 years and it’s about fricking time something happened,” Gallagher said. The city has repeatedly cited the building, with fines for various code violations reaching thousands of dollars. Fire Inspection Services issued an estimated $25,000 in administrative citations from May 2016 through September 2017 alone, according to city staff. Concerns over the years have included exterior structural deficiencies, improper use of the structure and the amount of storage in the building, according to city staff. The city attorney’s office had started looking at other legal and enforcement options when they learned of the forthcoming development, staff said. Mogol called the citations “totally out of line.” “They treat me like there are 150 people living in this building,” he said. He said his family purchased the building in 1992, and he’s the only one living there. He’s
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been fighting graffiti and vandalism for years, he said, and boarding up windows as they break. “I’m looking forward to the renovation,” he said. “It will be done in a first-class manner.” If the city approves the plans, construction would begin in the fall.
18th & Nicollet site The vacant lot at the northeast corner of 18th & Nicollet was once home to the Johnson Meat Company. The Stevens Square neighborhood group spent years trying to draw new development. They commissioned a retail study. And they convinced five major property owners to sign an agreement to pursue development. Gallagher said one developer considered locating Trader Joe’s there, and a multistory Staybridge suites hotel was proposed for construction in 2011, aiming to take advantage of the Obama-era stimulus package. But Gallagher said the developer missed a key deadline by a week, and the plans were dropped. Yellow Tree Development Corp. is now proposing a six-story building with 140 market-rate units. It would include about 8,000 square feet of commercial space,
perhaps split into smaller storefronts to make them more affordable for small businesses. Apartments would range from studios to three-bedrooms. Parking stalls would stand on the ground floor and on an underground level. The developer expects to seek city approval in the fall and start construction next year. The current proposal covers the northeast corner of 18th & Nicollet, but property under contract includes a wedge of land on the west side of Nicollet, located north of Ace Hardware. The developer said commercial space and residences could someday extend to the west side of the street, but they’re currently focused on the eastside lot.
Neighborhood reaction “I think it’s going to improve the neighborhood immensely,” said Paul Soderquist, who regularly circles the neighborhood picking up trash. Residents said they’re interested in green space, ADA accessibility and solar access, and they pleaded for a grocery store. Yellow Tree said it’s open to considering solar, but grocers need more space than they can provide. Attendees also asked about the building height. “Six levels, is that more financially sound,
or why not taller?” asked Aria Campbell, who will serve as the neighborhood’s interim executive director. Sheldon Berg of DJR Architecture said a taller seven-story building would require concrete, rather than wood-frame construction, at an extra cost that would cause the project to jump in scale. Renters’ rights advocate Natasha Villanueva asked both developers to include affordable housing in the projects. The Stevens Square board later passed a formal request for affordable rents. Both projects are currently proposed with market-rate rents, however. Yellow Tree said studios would likely be affordable to income levels starting at $34,000. “Our goal is to design naturally affordable housing,” said Walters, who said that generally means keeping the square footage low so rents are more affordable. “How much less could you charge for rent if you minimized the parking?” asked Sam Jones. “We’re a neighborhood that’s interested in affordable housing.” Yellow Tree co-founder Robb Lubenow said in response that savings would be minimal, as they are planning an excavation that would create parking space for the entire footprint of the building. Stevens Square board members later considered formally asking for a parking reduction in exchange for more housing units, but following a debate, voted against it. Some board members said parking is tight, and others said they don’t want to put extra pressure on the developer. Bob Marshall, who owns the shopping center home to Family Dollar and Ace Hardware on Nicollet Avenue, said he hasn’t seen the details of the Yellow Tree proposal yet, but he’s delighted to finally see movement there. “Now it’s coming,” he said. “…I’m still living. I just got a pacemaker put in, so I think I might see the ground broken sometime.”
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“For an urban area, it doesn’t seem to fit well,” Reher said. She said a potential new name would incorporate Granada, the theater’s original name. City staff are recommending that the Suburban World letters stay in place. Granada was originally meant to evoke a cultural center in medieval Spain. The auditorium was inspired by a Persian garden. The curved ceiling simulated a night sky, with twinkling stars, projected clouds and a moon that rose and set during films. According to a city staff report, it was the first neighborhood theater to show talking pictures. “The Granada Theater is also the only surviving example of an atmospheric auditorium in Minneapolis and one of the last remaining in the state,” says the report. Reher said they plan to restore the theater as much as feasibly possible, in keeping with the original Spanish Churrigueresque Revival design. Pending city approval, they aim to reopen the theater in the spring or early summer of 2019. The city’s Heritage Preservation Commission will review the plans at a public hearing on June 19.
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Tim Bildsoe, who serves as president of the North Loop Neighborhood Association, said at a recent meeting they were discussing potential improvements to North Washington Avenue, a neighborhood thoroughfare. It’s also a county road, and Ward 3 City Council Member Steve Fletcher reminded Bildsoe there was an opening on the county board in District 2, which includes the North Loop. “It was kind of like, ‘Oh, thanks, Steve. I appreciate that suggestion,’” Bildsoe said, adding that supporters of his recent Ward 3 run also had urged him to re-enter the political arena in recent weeks. Elected four times to the Plymouth City Council, Bildsoe said government experience is essential to a role on the county board, which manages a $2.4 billion budget. His city council seat also gave him an inside view of how the county interacts with cities, particularly in matters of transportation and public health, he added. Bildsoe pledged to be a strong advocate for the county’s mental health and youth homelessness programs. He supports investments in a multi-modal transit system, and said the county needs to do more for pedestrian safety, particularly where Highway 55 cuts through North Minneapolis. Expanding access to affordable housing was a top priority for Bildsoe in his Minneapolis City Council race, and he said he’d continue that push if elected to the county board.
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responsibility and impact they have in that room.” She was also shocked by the board’s lack of diversity. The daughter of Filipino immigrants, Fernando, who launched a nonprofit as a college student and now works for Thrivent Financial, noted the board hasn’t had a person of color as a member since its founding. “We talked visas and deportation. Those were topics in my house,” she said. “When I think about what a lot of our communities are facing today, those (experiences) are in our households but not directly represented on the board.” Fernando said she would “seek to fundamentally re-examine and redesign how our system functions” so that it works better for underrepresented communities. That includes even the design of the Hennepin County Government Center, which she said could be confusing and intimidating. If elected, Fernando would seek to coordinate work between the county’s mental health staff and local law enforcement, possibly as an alternative to using police to respond to mental health emergencies. She would also make support for the county’s child welfare and protective services programs a priority. She pitched a “both-and” approach to expanding transit, promoting more flexible bus rapid transit projects alongside light rail, while advocating for increased density along transit routes. She said she would be a leader on promoting environmental stewardship.
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Since leaving the Minneapolis City Council in 2005, Natalie Johnson Lee has worked as a nonprofit executive and consultant, and said she may be known for her involvement with Girls in Action, a school-based youth leadership program. In those roles, Johnson Lee said, she works with girls, women and families on a variety of issues, including childcare, housing, homeownership and employment, interacting with Hennepin County “on almost a daily basis.” Joining the board would be “a natural progression” for her, she said. Elected to office as a Green Party member in 2001, Johnson Lee represented the North Side’s Ward 5 for one term. She was defeated in her re-election bid when the redrawing of ward boundaries pitted her against another incumbent City Council member, Don Samuels. If elected, Johnson Lee said she would focus on “responsible budgeting,” which she said also means “responsible governing” — ensuring there are strong policies in place and residents are getting the maximum return on their tax dollars. She would also promote equity in the county’s transit policy, advocating for speed and efficiency and prioritizing improvements in areas where more residents are transit-dependent. She would also encourage “more visible collaboration,” between the county and other local governments. Johnson Lee said it’s all too common to hear complaints that the county, state, school boards and cities — even individual county departments — appear to be operating in silos instead of working together.
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A federal employee who works in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs office in St. Paul, Iyob Waldsmayate said he would bring his experience in public administration to the county board. “I believe in the power of local government,” Waldsmayate said, adding that he’s running to “make positive change in the community.” As a first-generation immigrant who moved to the U.S. from Ethiopia in 2002, he’d also bring that perspective to the board for the first time. He said greater diversity in board leadership would benefit the entire county. Waldsmayate would prioritize streamlining the delivery of county services to make them as efficient and effective as possible. He said the St. Paul office is a leader in the VA’s innovation efforts, and he suggested the county could take a similar approach and save taxpayer dollars. He would also bring a renter’s perspective to the board, which he said should play a more prominent role in expanding access to affordable housing, in part by leveraging state and federal resources. Waldsmayate said Hennepin County’s environmental programs should lead the state. He described environmental protections as an investment in the future, and said the county should have a role in expanding access to and incentivizing renewable energy options, including tax breaks for property owners who invest in solar. Waldsmayate would promote expanding the area’s transit network and finding ways to make it cheaper.
Former Ward 5 City Council Member Blong Yang said he “took a long break” after falling short in his bid for a second term last fall, spending time with his family and focusing his energy on managing the properties he owns. But as the candidate filing deadline approached for Hennepin County District 2, he decided voters needed more options, including someone with experience in elected office. He said he wasn’t surprised two other former city council members made the same decision, adding that he looked forward to a “vigorous campaign.” Yang said he would make oversight of the county’s massive human services operations a priority if elected. He said the county needs a forward-looking board to prepare it for significant demographic shifts, including an increase in two key populations: seniors and people of color. Noting that Hennepin County has the largest budget of any county in the state, he said even small innovations and improvements in how the county delivers services can make a huge difference, and pledged to seek out those solutions. Yang previously ran for the District 2 seat in a 2012 special election to replace Mark Stenglein, who resigned before the end of his term to take over leadership of the Minneapolis Downtown Council. Yang lost in that race to Linda Higgins. An attorney, Yang worked as an investigator in the city’s Department of Civil Rights before being elected to the council.
District seeks members for calendar committee Minneapolis Public Schools is recruiting staff and community members for a committee that will propose the district’s 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 calendars. The district is looking for members who will represent various constituencies, including parents, students, teachers, staff, education support professionals and administrators. It says it will cap the committee at 25 members. The committee will offer recommendations on everything from school start and end dates to the length of winter and spring breaks. Superintendent Ed Graff will subsequently make a calendar recommendation to the School Board, which will vote on it in November. State law requires schools to hold at least 165 days of instruction for students in
grades 1–11. MPS had 174 days of instruction scheduled for this year, after the board voted in January to cut two days from the school calendar. The district also considered starting next school year after Labor Day, but Graff announced in March that the district would keep its scheduled start date of Aug. 27. The calendar committee will meet at the Davis Center, 1250 W. Broadway Ave., on five Wednesdays in August and September. The district is asking applicants to commit to coming to all five sessions. Visit mpls.k12.mn.us/district_calendar_ committee to apply. Applications are due by June 30. Anyone with questions should call 668-0128. — Nate Gotlieb
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Met Council to enroll in Renewable*Connect program The Metropolitan Council will use more renewable energy in the coming years after entering into a new partnership with Xcel Energy, it announced June 8. The regional body says it will purchase about 45 percent of its electricity through Xcel’s Renewable*Connect program, pending state regulators approving a second round of the program. It plans on purchasing additional renewable energy every few years after that until it operates exclusively on energy from renewable sources, a goal it hopes to achieve by 2040.
“As one of the region’s largest consumers of electric power, we can help address climate change in our region by moving our entire baseload to renewable sources by 2040,” Metropolitan Council Chair Alene Tchourumoff said in a news release. “Our partnership makes sense financially for the Council, protects the environment, expands Xcel Energy’s portfolio of renewable energy sources, and ultimately contributes to the growth of our economy.” The council said in the release that it expects to initially use its Renewable*Connect subscription to power its metro-area wastewater-treatment
plant. The plant uses approximately 45 percent of the council’s total electricity load, which totals about 245,000 megawatt-hours annually. According to the news release, the council in recent years has pursued investments in advancing solar and self-generation technology to recapture and utilize the heat and other biproducts of its treatment processes. The council is also looking for ways to use more electric vehicles as that technology becomes more cost competitive, the release said. The council and Xcel Energy also established a formal partnership for the purpose of creating
electric bus pilot programs, pursuing funding and sharing data to advance electric bus technology. The partnership comes after the council recently purchased its first pilot fleet of electric buses for the C Line, the bus rapid transit line currently under construction in Minneapolis. Renewable*Connect allows businesses, government agencies and home owners the ability to utilize renewable electricity without having to install equipment to access it. The City of Minneapolis plans on purchasing 60.2 million kWh of electricity through the program by 2019.
Park Board continues invasive species work The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board continues to take extra precautions with regard to aquatic invasive species at Lake Harriet, after volunteers found a single zebra mussel there this past September. The board has dedicated an aquatic planter harvester exclusively to the lake and has updated its procedures for deploying sampling equipment, said Deb Pilger, director of environmental management. It’s also continued to inspect all boats coming to and leaving its launches and check the
lakes for the mussels every couple of weeks. The efforts come about eight months after the finding of the single zebra mussel on a boat cover. The Park Board, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and contractors conducted 67 hours of searches after the finding, but did not find any other mussels. “The fact that we haven’t found any more doesn’t mean there isn’t a population,” Pilger said. Zebra mussels, which hitchhiked to North
America from the Black Sea in Europe, can significantly impact the ecology of a body of water. The mussels can coat the bottoms of lakes, crowd out other mussel species and decrease phytoplankton populations, changing the water quality of lakes. About 1.8 percent of lakes in Minnesota are listed as infested with zebra mussels, according to the state DNR, including Lake Minnetonka, Lake Hiawatha and Lake Nokomis. Minnehaha Creek is also infested. Pilger said that the Park Board has already
had four zebra mussel violations occur on launches this year, three of which occurred at Nokomis and another at Bde Maka Ska. Inspectors turn away boats found to have zebra mussels on them and make the owners go clean their equipment. Pilger noted that the Park Board is also working to prevent the spread of other aquatic invasive species, such as hydrilla and starry stonewort. Visit goo.gl/g1WBGY to learn more about the board’s efforts to prevent the spread of invasive species.
County to hold household hazardous waste-collection events Hennepin County will hold a pair of household hazardous waste collection events over the next couple of weeks. The county will hold its first event June 15 and June 16 at St. Louis Park Middle School (2025 Texas Ave. S., St. Louis Park — enter off West 22nd Street). The second will be
June 22 and June 23 at Pillsbury Elementary School (2250 NE Garfield St. — enter off 22nd Avenue Northeast). The events will run from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. each day. The county will accept household, lawn and garden products, mercury-containing items
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Upper Harbor Terminal, riverfront parks get state funding Gov. Mark Dayton and the state Legislature recently approved a bonding bill that included $15 million for an ambitious overhaul of a nearly 50-acre site in North Minneapolis. The $1.46 billion bonding bill, approved May 30, will fund the first phase of infrastructure and park improvements at the Upper Harbor Terminal, a former shipping terminal that the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board hope to see developed. The jumpstart will match with funds from the two government entities to begin the first phase of constructing new roads and park improvements. “This was a very, very, very successful session, easily the best in at least a decade on a couple of fronts,” said Brian Rice, the board’s legal counsel, who noted he’s been representing the board on legislative matters for 35 years. With a local match and the state bonding money, funding for the first phase of the Upper Harbor Terminal is at least $30 million. Rice said they were successful due in part to the shared priorities of the City of Minneapolis, which added to the lobbying effort at the Legislature. “It was the city’s top priority. It was one of our top priorities,” he said at a June 6 meeting. “Mayor ( Jacob) Frey picked that up and pushed it over the line with the city’s help. We might’ve blocked and tackled a few times, but they really did a good job in doing it.” Now the city, Park Board and their selected development team led by Minneapolis-based United Properties are working through issues associated with the site, located two miles from downtown Minneapolis between 33rd Avenue North and 40th Avenue North on the Mississippi River’s west bank. The development team, which includes Minneapolis-based Thor Construction and First Avenue Productions, released a proposal in 2016 for the Upper Harbor Terminal. It called for 700-1,000 units of housing, 100,000-150,000 square feet of creative office space, 40,00070,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, 180,000 square feet of space for advanced manufacturing and a two-acre incubator development. First Avenue is planning an amphitheater venue capable of hosting 8,000-10,000 people
for concerts and festivals, a proposal in similar scope to the company’s previous events at Hall’s Island and Scherer site. Beyond the private development, the Park Board would like a significant, but undetermined amount of the Upper Harbor Terminal to be turned into a “first-class regional park” to serve North Side residents and the entire Twin Cities metro region. The first phase of park improvements includes parkway, bike and walking trails that will connect to the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway system, along with other “special park features.” It’s the board’s goal to have trails lining both banks of the Mississippi River. Rice called the project a “game changer” for North Minneapolis. “It signals a long-term partnership,” he said. “If the Upper Harbor Terminal develops, you’re really going to see the whole area green up. So that’s a major accomplishment.” More information will be available for community input sometime this summer, the project team said in a June announcement. More information about the project is available at upperharbormpls.com.
Riverfront parks get state money In addition to the Upper Harbor Terminal, the state bonding bill included money for several new and existing park sites along the riverfront. The metro park projects are getting $10 million, which will help fund downtown’s Water Works and the redevelopment of the Scherer and Hall’s Island sites in Northeast Minneapolis. The Legislature included $1 million for repairs to the Stone Arch Bridge in the bonding bill, which will allow the Minnesota Department of Transportation to inspect the bridge and begin design work for the repairs. But it won’t address the underlying issue of deterioration of the mortar above and below the water level, MnDOT Commissioner Charlie Zelle said in a statement last month. MnDOT requested nearly $13 million this past winter for the repair work, which would include removing and replacing the bridge’s mortar and masonry block. It said costs for the
A selected development team’s proposal for the Upper Harbor Terminal features housing, offices and an amphitheater. Rendering by Coen + Partners
repair work would continue to rise and that it may need to close the bridge in the future without the funding. Chris Meyer, the District 1 commissioner representing the city’s East Side, called the funding, which is meant to avoid a pre-emptive closure of the bridge, a “Band-Aid.” The Park Board is working on a new destination park site near the bridge. Water Works is a redevelopment of the former Fuji Ya restaurant building and adjacent riverfront land downriver from the 3rd Avenue Bridge. The key piece of the project is a glass pavilion that the Park Board will build inside mill ruins that have been buried beneath the restaurant for decades. The first part of the two-phase project began last fall. Construction on the pavilion is slated to begin early this fall, granted the Park Board and the Minneapolis Parks Foundation, its philanthropic partner, have secured the necessary funding. The bonding money will support the second phase of construction, which is focused on the surrounding area closer to the Mississippi River. That work will include a walking bridge extension at the end of the Stone Arch Bridge. Upriver, the Park Board is nearing the completion of the reconstruction of Hall’s Island, an island that had previously been dredged and absorbed into the Scherer site, a
A planning map of the Upper Harbor Terminal. Image courtesy City of Minneapolis
former lumberyard. Park staff expect to finish the reconstruction work by the end of June. Future work will include a pier connecting the island, which is currently not open to park goers, to the Scherer site. The Park Board is repairing the walking and biking paths on the site that may have been damaged during the island reconstruction. — Nate Gotlieb contributed to this report
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If approved, the building would have nearly 4,000 feet of street-level commercial space and 156 parking stalls for residents within two levels of underground parking. It would also have nine enclosed street-level parking spots to be used either by residents or retail customers. The building would include a game room, a fitness room, a small rooftop patio and a second-floor club room with an outdoor terrace and a spa. It would include a mixture mainly of “junior” one-bedroom apartments and traditional one-bedroom apartments, along with some studio and two-bedroom units. About 75 percent of units will have rents between $1,250 and $1,850, Brasser said, while the larger units will be priced between $1,900 and $2,500 per month. The building will include a handful of walk-up units along Lake Street. It will technically be eight stories tall since the elevator overrun exceeds 14 feet. The total development costs for the project will be around $45 million, Brasser said. He said his company recently signed a purchase agreement to buy the property from Supervalu. The site is zoned C3A Commercial Activity Center District, which has a by-right maximum height of four stories or 56 feet. It is also part of a Pedestrian Oriented Overlay District, though that zoning designation has no maximum height at this site.
Arby’s operated at 1116 W. Lake St. for 47 years before closing this past winter. Reuter Walton plans to demolish the restaurant and build a mixed-use apartment building on the site. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
Reuter Walton will need a conditionaluse permit to increase the building height and a variance to build at its preferred
This parcel kind of juts out and divides Lake and Lagoon. It really will provide that entrance-to-Uptown feel. — Kyle Brasser, a developer for Reuter Walton
square footage. It will also need a variance to increase the maximum building setback along Lake Street. The public announcement of the project comes several months after Reuter Walton announced plans to build a six-story, 230-unit apartment building on the site where Market Bar-B-Que currently sits along Eat Street. The 72-year-old restaurant plans on opening a new location in Northeast Minneapolis in late 2018. Reuter Walton Development has
surpassed $640 million in completed developments since 2005, including multi-family, mixed-used and student-housing projects. The company has developed projects in the Uptown area that include the 1800 Lake apartment building, Revel Apartments and Tilt Pinball Bar. The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association was scheduled to hold a meeting about the proposal on June 13, after this issue went to press.
North Star Grand Prix canceled High-profile cycling event will not take place for the first time in nearly two decades
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The 2018 North Star Grand Prix, scheduled for June 13–17, has been canceled. The coordinators of the annual five-day bike race were already in the process of changing other venues when they were informed they would also have to alter the Minneapolis location, which historically has drawn the biggest crowd. They announced the cancellation May 18. “It was a late change in the planned construction that resulted in us having to make this decision,” said Brendon Hale, the North Star Grand Prix race director. The North Star Grand Prix is a six-stage event that takes place throughout the state in St. Paul, Cannon Falls, Minneapolis, North Mankato and Stillwater. It is the only event in Minnesota that is on the professional route of USA Cycling, the country’s governing body for bicycle racing. Over the last nine months, the North Star Grand Prix committee had worked with the City of Minneapolis to plan around the construction projects. However, according to Hale, recent changes to the construction plans on Hennepin Avenue meant the course would need to be altered again. “With 3.5 weeks to go until the race, we simply didn’t have the available time, fiscal or human resources to be able to put on a quality event that we expect to provide our sponsors, fans and athletes,” Hale said. In an emailed statement to the Southwest
Cyclists round a corner of the Uptown Criterium stage of the 2015 North Star Grand Prix. Photo by Dylan Thomas
Journal, Public Works Director Robin Hutcheson said Minneapolis Public Works had phased Hennepin Avenue construction to accommodate activities such as the Uptown Art Fair and this race. Regarding recent changes in construction, she said she was “unaware of additional difficulty with construction plans, and disap-
pointed to hear of the event cancellation.” The event was expected to draw more than 250 of the best cyclists in North America and thousands of fans. Athletes that were registered for the event were refunded their entry fees. Though the 2015 women’s event was canceled for other reasons, the event itself has
not been canceled since it first started in 1999. Hale said he thinks the 2019 event will be better because of this year’s cancellation. “The positive feedback that we’ve received from the local and national cycling communities is giving me an indication that we have the support to come back stronger than we’ve ever been,” he said.
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Interstate 35W construction hits a painful stage The four-and-a-half-year Interstate 35W construction project entered its most disruptive phase in June. • Access to and from downtown Minneapolis is now closed via Highway 65, which connects 35W to 11th and 12th streets as well as 4th and 5th avenues downtown. Northbound access will reopen this fall, while southbound access will remain closed through the fall of 2021. Buses are detouring to Park, Portland, 1st and Blaisdell avenues. When northbound access reopens in the fall, the Minnesota Dept. of Transportation cautions that only one lane will be open, so drivers are encouraged to take transit or find alternate routes.
• The ramp from northbound 35W to Lake Street is now closed through this fall. The ramp from 31st Street to southbound 35W is also closed, and will remain closed through the fall of 2021. Buses will continue to access both ramps through the summer months.
• The 24th Street pedestrian bridge is closed through the fall of 2021. • The 38th Street bridge is closed through July.
More than 50 groups will perform in Kingfield at this year’s PorchFest, which invites musicians to perform on front porches and front yards throughout the neighborhood. The Kingfield Neighborhood Association is selling maps of the stages on cotton bandanas. The $20 bandanas can be presented for perks at local shops like Twin Town Guitars, The Lowbrow, Victor’s 1959 Café and Butter Bakery Café. They are available for purchase at the Kingfield Farmers Market June 17 and at the Center for Performing Arts on the night of PorchFest. PorchFest is Thursday, June 21 from 6 p.m.–9 p.m. The East Harriet neighborhood will also hold a PorchFest event on Thursday, July 12 from 6 p.m.–9 p.m., presented by the East Harriet Farmstead Neighborhood Association and The Warming House.
• Construction on the Franklin Avenue Bridge is finishing up this month, and the bridge is partially open for pedestrians, bicyclists and emergency vehicles.
• The ramp from 35th Street to northbound 35W is closed through the fall of 2021. • The ramp from eastbound Interstate 94 to southbound 35W is closed through the fall of 2021.
PorchFest returns to Kingfield June 21; East Harriet July 12
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Teachers opening Montessori, language-immersion school at Sabathani A trio of Twin Cities teachers is preparing to open a one-room Montessori languageimmersion school in the Sabathani Community Center this fall. Kristi Papenfuss, Veronica Vital and Li Sun plan on offering instruction in English, Spanish and Chinese at their new school, called Acorn Montessori. The school will serve students ages 3-6 and will have 30 slots. “It’s a pretty exciting opportunity for folks in the neighborhood,” said Papenfuss, a Spanish teacher and licensed social worker by trade. Papenfuss and Vital started Acorn Montessori this past year after meeting at a seminar put on by the Minneapolis-based Wildflower Foundation, which helps teachers set up their own one-room Montessori schools. They connected with Sun, the Chinese teacher at Benilde-St. Margaret’s, later in the year, after deciding to offer trilingual instruction. Papenfuss said her interest in immersion and Montessori education grew after enrolling her daughter in such a school last summer in Guate-
mala. She said she likes that students in Montessori schools have opportunities to follow their own interests and curiosities, noting how they’re free to work on projects at their own levels and speeds. Vital, a native Spanish speaker and Montessori teacher for about 20 years, said she had always wanted to open her own school. She noted how students in Montessori schools learn by interacting with hands-on materials and how the older children help younger children master the material. “It’s amazing and beautiful how the whole dynamic works,” she said. Vital, Papenfuss and Sun will only speak to the students in their native languages. The students’ daily routine will consist of a morning welcome, work time and presentations, lunch, outside time and afternoon activities. The school will provide no-cost busing for kindergarten students in Minneapolis. Preschool tuition is $300 a week, though families who qualify for free and reduced-price
lunch will not pay anything. There is no cost for kindergarteners, as the school is a public charter school. The school will provide lunch and snacks to all students. The school day will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. There is no half-day or part-time option. The school year will run from Sept. 4 to June 7, 2019. Acorn Montessori will enroll preschool students on a first-come, first-served basis. It will hold a lottery for kindergarten students if it receives more applications during the openenrollment period than it has spots available. Its enrollment period started June 6 and runs through July 13. Acorn Montessori will hold an open house on June 20 from 6 p.m.–8 p.m. at the Seward Community Co-op Friendship Store, located at 317 E. 38th St. Visit the school’s Facebook page (facebook.com/acornmontessorimpls), email info@acornmontessori.org or call 444-2236 to learn more about the school.
Top MPS administrator tapped for Colorado job The Colorado Springs School District 11 Board of Education has offered the position of superintendent to a top administrator in the Minneapolis school district. Minneapolis Public Schools Chief of Academics, Leadership and Learning Michael Thomas will become the next top boss of the 27,000-plus student district, pending contract negotiations. Thomas has worked for the Minneapolis district for the past seven years, serving as an associate superintendent and the chief of schools, in addition to his current position. The Colorado Springs School Board voted unanimously on June 4 to offer Thomas the position.
Thomas, a Minnesota native, received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work from the University of St. Thomas and Michael Thomas University of Minnesota, respectively. He worked for St. Paul Public Schools and the Osseo school district before he began working for MPS as an associate superintendent in 2011. He is also a doctoral candidate in educational leadership at St. Thomas. Thomas briefly served as interim superintendent of MPS in June 2016, before Superinten-
dent Ed Graff began the position on a permanent basis that July. Graff said in a district statement that he has been grateful for Thomas’ leadership and the supportive social and emotional learning focus he brought to his work. “All of us at Minneapolis Public Schools congratulate him and wish him well in this next adventure,” Graff said. Colorado Springs School District 11 has 59 schools and just over 27,100 students, according to its latest enrollment report. Just over half of its students are white, and nearly 59 percent of students qualify for free or reducedpriced lunch.
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Primary coming in MPS School Board race The City of Minneapolis will hold a primary for the open Minneapolis Board of Education at-large seats on Aug. 14, after five candidates filed to run for the two seats. Doug Mann, Sharon El-Amin, Kimberly Caprini, Josh Pauly and Rebecca Gagnon filed between May 22 and June 5 for the two seats, which represent the entire district. State law says that no more than two candidates can appear on the general-election ballot for each open seat in districts that hold a primary. The primary will come about three months after the Minneapolis DFL endorsed Pauly, a former MPS teacher, and active North Side parent Caprini. Gagnon, a two-term incumbent, also sought the endorsement, along with El-Amin and Christy Caez, who are both active parents. Gagnon had written in a candidate questionnaire for the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers that she would abide by her political party’s endorsement. But in a June 6 Facebook post, she wrote that the district needs stability and an experienced leader, noting its efforts to develop a new strategic plan. “This conversation requires knowledge, history, experience and a deep understanding of education funding and the interconnectedness of our District systems, programs and operations,” she wrote. El-Amin wrote on Facebook that she never had committed to abiding by the DFL endorsement. Voters in School Board Districts 1, 3 and 5, which are on the eastern half of Minneapolis, will also elect board members this fall. Incumbents Jenny Arneson, Siad Ali and Nelson Inz, respectively, are running for those seats. Each is unopposed.
Neighborhood Spotlight. Tangletown
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“They were (asking), ‘OK, do you want to sit here? Do you want planters here?’” Amy recalled. “It’s tricky because we don’t have a lot of sun here. And we really love this tree. It’s one of the best features of the house.” The couple decided on a patio bordered by a pair of terraces with small garden beds for shade-loving plants, such as hostas. “We wanted something that was nice and that we could come and use as another room, an outside room,” Amy said. They also replaced the back French door with a sliding glass door, and the wooden steps leading to the patio with a wider, stone stoop. The Cazales brothers gave the couple several color and size options for patio pavers and for the stone for the terrace walls and stoop before digging into the yard. The brothers had worked for other landscaping companies for many years before founding Dream & Reality in 2013. They knew from experience how far into the yard they could dig without disturbing the tree roots. “We just know,” Arturo said. “You see a tree and automatically you know you have to be really careful.” They designed the terraces to curve at one end of the yard, leaving space for a garden to cascade down the hill. The terraces stretch toward the driveway, ending at a new set of stairs that leads from the patio into the yard. The new patio measures 22 feet wide and 18 feet deep to the bottom of the lower terrace wall, which can double as a seating area for gatherings. Where the second terrace meets the grass, the brothers repurposed flagstone from the yard as a border. They ran into a surprise during demolition. The wooden stairs from the back door were hiding the basement dryer vent. They added an extension pipe and a vent cover at the side of the new, wider stairs. They also added a paver border to the base of an air conditioner that sits on the patio, because it looked unfinished. “We didn’t bother the customer with it. We just dealt with it,” Arturo said. “We always try to find a solution to make things look nice.”
The Cazales brothers designed the terraces to curve at one end of the yard, leaving space for a garden to cascade down the hill. The terraces stretch toward the driveway, ending at a new set of stairs that leads from the patio into the yard.
That’s one of the reasons why Margi MacMurdo-Reading, owner of Gardening Angel Garden Design, recommended Dream & Reality to the Lampheres. The companies work together frequently. “I like working with these guys because there’s never some undone nail hanging,” MacMurdo-Reading said. “They would never go, ‘Oh we’ll just leave that.’” Amy Lamphere also enjoyed working with the Cazales brothers. “They are darling,” she said, “and the hardest-working people I’ve ever known.” About Landscape Showcase Landscape Showcase is a paid series of profiles featuring local contractors in Southwest Minneapolis. The profiles are written by Nancy Crotti, a freelance writer.
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he three most heart-thumping words in the English language, I’ll contend, are not those on your Valentine’s Day card. It’s these: meat and three. Nothin’ says lovin’ like that short-order concept celebrated in the Deep South, wherein you step up to the counter, choose your protein, point to the sides of your particular persuasion, then sink your teeth into soul food straight from Heaven. Lynhall, the Lyn-Lake food emporium, doesn’t give its menu that homespun label, but that’s the concept. Yessir! You enter the white, bright, ultrainviting dining room, amble up to the counter and parlay your choice of homey cuts of meat to the cashier ($14–$19), choose your sides (three for $15 or $6 each, definitely sized for sharing) and pick out a table at which to enjoy a relaxing beverage. (And here’s the Minnesota improvement on the scheme: You don’t have to settle for “Co’Cola” or sweet tea. Beer, wine and craft cocktails are part of the picture.) Add a salad ($10) if you like: Cobb, beet & arugula or root vegetable. We did and had to bow under pressure and beg for a doggie bag. Yummy? You bet: batons of roasted winter veggies frolicking with cubes of cheddar and crunchy candied walnuts, all subtly sweetened by stewed winter fruits, then brightened with mustard vinaigrette. A meal in itself. Back to the real deal: Choose roast chicken, garlic pork shoulder or braised short ribs. The boneless beef proved pull-apart tender, radiant with the sweetsavory impact of caramelized onion jus and bass note of balsamic, my pick. My pal voted for the pork, massaged with a rosemary-garlic marinade, then roasted until it, too, melted at the mere sight of a fork. Each comes with “house bread”: this night, a shiny glazed dinner roll as big as a grapefruit, good for mopping the succulent juices. Now comes the hard part. You’d think picking three out of eight possible sides would be a task a grown woman could master without a meltdown, but … pass the Kleenex. The Parmesan polenta is a definite must, creamy as porridge thanks to a dash of olive oil (but sparing on cheese, which turned out to be OK; the mild corn flavor carried the day). The crispy Brussels sprouts were another slam dunk, their gently blackened leaves enriched, masterfully, with bits of salty blue cheese, sweet roasted garlic and more of the winter fruits. We fought over this one, too. The mac and cheese — his choice — provided tender, almost filmy torchio pasta enrobed in a light Parmesan fondue under garlic breadcrumbs. OK, but not four-star. A dish of white beans stewed with kale, livened with preserved tomato, olive oil and the kitchen’s mirepoix proved too salty to linger over. (That’s more than three, you wise guys are wagging your fingers? Well, just too bad!) Next time, the staff ’s overlooked recommendation of roasted mushrooms. Or maple-braised collard greens. Fried new potatoes with cheesy Grana Padano and chili flakes. Or frites, if you really must. Soups also are on offer ($5 cup) as well as elegant desserts from the in-house pastry maven, but that’ll have to wait for next time, too. Plenty of reasons to return. And that includes the welcoming atmosphere, where couples, groups — book clubs, revolution planners, whatever — are encouraged to sit themselves down and linger.
Homes with an artisan’s touch
The June tour features high-end homes across the Twin Cities By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
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aking place over three weekends in June, the fifth-annual Artisan Home Tour showcases style and craftsmanship in 27 new and remodeled homes across the Twin Cities. Launched in 2014 by Builders Association of the Twin Cities, the Artisan Home Tour was inspired by the popularity of the high-end “dream homes” included in BATC’s twice-annual Parade of Homes event. Each of the Artisan Home Tour projects — including the four featured here, all located in or near Southwest Minneapolis — must meet the standards for design, finish and craftsmanship set by BATC’s Artisan Builder Committee. Proceeds from the tour benefit charitable arm of BATC-Housing First Minnesota. The foundation’s mission is to provide safe and affordable housing for the homeless, veterans and others in need. For more information, go to artisanhometour.com or batc.org.
Artisan Home Tour When: June 15–17 and 22–24 Where: The tour includes 27 homes in various locations Info: Tour tickets are $30 at any of the homes, $25 online at artisanhometour.com and $20 at Bachman’s and Holiday Stationstores. Single-home tickets are $5 at the home.
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This two-building, four-unit condominium development on Kenwood Parkway began with Todd Simning, president of Kroiss Development, asking himself, “What haven’t we done as a contractor?” While Kroiss was well versed in classic home styles, Simning said, it hadn’t taken on too many modern, contemporary homebuilding projects. A deep double lot on Lowry Hill, previously occupied by a 1950s rambler and already divided by the former property owner, presented the perfect opportunity to change that. Simning said they chose to partner on the project with Peterssen/Keller Architecture because of the local firm’s forward-looking portfolio. The result combines contemporary design with the hilltop location’s timeless views. The side-by-side steel and stucco duplexes are nearly identical, with window openings positioned to preserve privacy. All four include generous patios, and the two upper units are cantilevered out over the hill’s edge. The back walls are almost entirely glass, so the rear rooms feature 80-inch TVs that retract into the ceiling and out of the way of the skyline views when not in use. Each unit features a long, gallery-style hallway, with window openings positioned like art on a gallery wall. “It’s flush with glass and sunlight, and it really, really gives a great perspective for the house,” Simning said.
The European touches found throughout this five-bed, five-bath Halifax Avenue home were inspired by the clients’ love of France, said John Kraemer of John Kraemer & Sons, vice president of the 2017 BATC Builder of the Year Award-winning firm and a grandson of the founder. A couple with two young children who recently relocated from California, they spent months looking for a property in the high-demand Arden Park neighborhood on the MinneapolisEdina border, he said. They found a teardown house on a narrow but deep lot, and Kraemer said their new home melds Old World and new — a clean, all-white stucco exterior and traditional detailing inside. The clients worked with design coordinator Megan Monse, who said they were inspired by the thick mouldings found in some French homes. The white-oak flooring is “character-grade,” speckled with attractive knots and imperfections. A two-story great room includes a wall of windows, exposed beams and a large chandelier. Monse said the first-floor powder bath, located off the kitchen, is one of her favorite spaces. The teal-blue paneled walls are paired with brushed-brass accents. The house features a fully screened, three-season porch with a gas fireplace set in a brick surround and a pass-through window that connects a bar area to the kitchen. A sliding door opens to the stone patio at the rear of the house, another area designed for entertaining.
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Dubbed a “classic city cottage” — if just a little larger in size than that description would imply — this five-bed, six-bath Halifax Lane home near the Edina-Minneapolis border takes a traditional Twin Cities housing type and updates it for a modern family. Rebecca Remick, a principal and general manager for City Homes, said the company recently built another house in the neighborhood, and they acted quickly when they learned the large, wooded lot with Minnehaha Creek views just across the street was about to come on the market. The home’s design, which places an emphasis on connecting indoor spaces with the natural surroundings, was the work of Andrea Swan of Swan Architecture, who tweaked her plans when the future homeowners committed to the project late last summer. Tour-goers will likely notice the landscaping before they take a step inside the house. A level backyard space was created with the addition of enormous boulders — some as large as 8 feet high by 5 feet wide. Beneath the home’s cedar shake-covered roof, the gables flare out at the bottom instead of running straight down, an eye-catching design detail. Blue paint on the underside of the front entry stoop was a personal touch requested by the clients, who were inspired by homes in the South, and particularly New Orleans, said Erich Hastreiter, City Homes managing director. Remick said her favorite interior spaces include the office, which has all four walls covered floor to ceiling in shiplap, and living room. “There’s two cute little nook areas on either side of the fireplace in the living room that are the perfect place for their little kiddos to go read a book or color and look outside,” she said.
To construct a “modern Tudor” house for a client relocating to Edina from Arizona, w.b. builders took the essential elements of the style — the steeply pitched roof, exposed wood beams and detailed millwork — then tweaked them to be lighter and more streamlined. “We really tried to keep the lines of the Tudor,” said designer Ronda Brandvold. “Historically, Tudors have been a little darker on the inside, and this one is very light and very airy.” It’s an effect achieved both through materials and design. The windows are painted black with no trim for a clean, modern look, and they’re also taller than classic Tudor windows, bringing more light into home’s the high-ceilinged interiors. Brandvold said one of her favorite rooms is the master bath, which mixes 8-inch cement tiles in two different patterns. The patterned tiles, an element drawn from historic Tudors, pop up in other areas of the home. Tour-goers will also notice the trendy brushed-brass fixtures, she said. w.b. builders CEO Scot Waggoner said the home is filled with custom work, including the steel handrail the company built for a floating staircase and all of the interior trim. The baseboard design was modified from one found in a 1930s Tudor-style home. The house’s archways are “a signature piece” of w.b. builders, Waggoner added. The house is located just over the Edina-Minneapolis border, within walking distance of 50th & France. Because the client ended up taking a better job offer in Arizona, the five-bedroom, five-bath house is on the market.
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Neighborhood Spotlight. Tangletown
Tangletown Gardens to host annual farm event Event aims to show benefits of locally produced food
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Dean Engelmann and Scott Endres want to show people the benefits of consuming locally grown food. They aim to do so in part through an annual event at Engelmann’s family farm, which provides plants, produce and meat for their restaurant and their garden center in Tangletown. Engelmann and Endres, who own Tangletown Gardens and Wise Acre Eatery, will hold their annual Friends & Family Day on June 16. The event will include a tour of the 140-acre farm, opportunities to meet the farm animals, hayrides, a picnic lunch and more. “For us it’s important for our guests to see the connection of the dots of how everything works together,” Endres said. “Having guests be able to see that backstory I think is really important.” Endres and Engelmann both grew up on farms before meeting as horticulture students at the University of Minnesota. The two never had a class together, but became friends because they were both active in the U’s Department of Horticulture Science, Endres said. Engelmann went into plant production and wholesale nursery sales after college, while Endres began working in retail plant sales. The two reconnected professionally when they both worked for a garden center in St. Paul, subsequently deciding to open their own garden center. Endres said they fell in love with the building at the northeast corner of 54th & Nicollet, which they purchased in the winter of 2002. They opened Tangletown Gardens at the site in spring 2003, growing plants on an acre of Engelmann’s family farm while also relying on local growers. Over time, the duo began growing more and more of their plants at the farm, eventually growing produce for their own community-
Patrons of Tangletown Gardens’ annual farm day have the opportunity to meet the animals that live on the farm, which include Scottish highland cows, Heritage hogs, turkeys, ducks and chickens. Photo courtesy Tangletown Gardens
supported agriculture program. They opened Wise Acre Eatery across the street from the garden center in 2011, serving beef, poultry and produce grown on the farm.
Nowadays, Engelmann and Endres grow about 75 to 90 percent of the food used at the restaurant on any given day, Endres said. They utilize the full 140 acres of Engelmann’s
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Touring the farm Guests at the June 16 event will get a behind-the-scenes look at how Engelmann and Endres bring their meat and produce from the farm to the restaurant. The tour will highlight their ecologically focused initiatives, such as their aquaponics system and how they make compost and rotate their fields. “You don’t see that side when you come to the restaurant,” Endres said. “Guests know that we have a farm, but they don’t see the magnitude of it.” The farm includes an acre of greenhouses in which Engelmann and Endres grow produce and nutrient-rich sprouted grains for their animals. The farm also has a significant amount of pasture space for their livestock, allowing them to graze and root as they see fit. “We feel like animals that we’ll ultimately be harvesting for our food … need to have great lives while they’re out there,” Endres said. Endres said the soil at the farm is teeming with microbial activity, noting that they grow their plants and produce without chemical pesticides. He added that the soils at the farm are carbon positive, meaning they capture more carbon than they let off. Engelmann noted how their local model cuts down on greenhouse gas emissions by shortening the distance their food has
The annual farm day event includes hayrides and picnic lunches. Photos courtesy Tangletown Gardens
to travel. He said there’s more nutritional value in food and that food tastes better when it’s fresher. Engelmann said his passion for farming sustainably grew out of his desire to produce healthier food in a more sustainable economic manner. He said times were tough on dairy farmers when he was growing up on his family’s farm in the ‘80s, because the cost of production rose but society wasn’t willing to pay for it. Engelmann said agriculture doesn’t need to be entirely consistent of large conglomerates producing food. In fact, he said consumers are starting to think about food differently and are noting how critical of a role it plays in the health of society.
“I think people are starting to say, ‘what’s going on,” Engelmann said, noting Michael Pollan’s 2006 book, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” which analyzed the modern food system. “If you look at commodity ag markets, farmers get paid for producing volume,” Engelmann said. “There is no incentive to produce nutritious food, and there really is no financial incentive to produce healthier soil.” Engelmann said shopping would be less expensive if people were to go out with the idea of getting the most nutrients for their dollar. He said it’s energizing to see the impact their approach has had on parents, who are passing on such shopping practices to their own kids.
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The big picture The upcoming FEMA work dovetails with a long-term master planning process for the creek, which is just getting started. A master plan would be created essentially from scratch. There are Theodore Wirth’s original plans, which date back to the ‘20s and ‘30s, and there are updated plans that date back to the ‘60s and ‘70s, responsible for the separate pedestrian and bike trails and most of the pedestrian bridges across the creek. “This is the opportunity for a new vision,” said Adam Arvidson, director of strategic planning for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. The Metropolitan Council requires the Park Board to have a master plan in order to spend state and regional money on the creek. One big question is what to do with all of the tennis courts along the creek. Arvidson said many are in disrepair. If stakeholders decide there are too many courts, discussions will begin on which ones should go and how the land should be used. “I don’t propose at this point to know the answers to any of those questions,” Arvidson said, who explained that community members will spend the next nine months providing feedback. He’s watching survey responses submitted at bit.ly/2sSK1cj. The master plan will revive another question about whether to extend the paved trail from Lynnhurst Park to the Edina border. “We will resolve that question as part of this,” Arvidson said.
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A neighborhood survey in 2014 found that most of the 600 respondents wanted to leave the stretch of creek path natural, as it is. At the time, respondents said they wanted to shore up the creek and improve it environmentally. Whenever it rains, stormwater enters the creek that’s polluted with road salt, dirt, leaves and grass clippings that add salt and phosphorous to the creek. The further downstream, the more polluted the creek is, according to the MCWD. The water quality at any given time varies based on recent rainfall, water volume and the speed of the flow from Lake Minnetonka. “Anytime you’re draining a 27-squaremile urban watershed through a creek in South Minneapolis, you’re bound to not be pristine,” Arvidson said.
Managing street stormwater The MCWD is working with the Park Board and the City of Minneapolis on a project to analyze the creek’s outfalls, or culverts. “There’s over 100 culverts along the stretch of Minneapolis that drain all the streets into the creek,” Schaufler said. “That’s just a lot of water coming into the creek really quickly. You get a really big pulse of water, and the creek just (jumps).” The MCWD has identified about a dozen concrete culverts to potentially pull out entirely. The project would shift creek banks there to raingardens or underground storage so that water could be cleaned and slowly released into the creek. The final locations will be chosen as part of the master planning process with public feedback. For more information on the master plan, visit bit.ly/2sSK1cj. For more information on the upcoming FEMA work, visit bit.ly/2J27WwB.
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Neighborhood Spotlight. Tangletown
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An 1886 map advertised Tangletown as an escape from the noise of the city. Although Tangletown is no longer considered a country escape, the creek, the gardens and the architecture continue to provide a scenic respite. Residences were built over the course of many years, providing the neighborhood with a wide variety of architectural styles. One Tangletown house is inspired by poet Henry Wad46TH ST sworth Longfellow’s home. Frank Lloyd Wright helped design an addition to another house. “Peanuts” cartoonist Charles 35W Schulz once lived on Minnehaha Parkway. Famed architect Harry Wild Jones, whose own Tangletown house still stands at the southeast corner of 51st & Nicollet, designed the neighborhood’s landmark Washburn DIAM Water Tower. OND L AKE R The neighborhood OAD hosts an annual Fourth of July parade and celebration. This year’s parade starts at 10 a.m. on PleasDiamond Lake ant Avenue near 50th Street, followed by a festival at Fuller Park featuring a 35W bounce house, face painting, carnival Mi ss iss ip pi
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By David Bresler
Our weekends at the market
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bout two-and-a-half years ago I was driving down Nicollet Avenue with my son, Harry, and my then-pregnant wife Jen after having signed documents to purchase a house in the Lynnhurst neighborhood. After spending the bulk of my life on the East Coast (with a detour to Maple Grove for a few years), I was looking forward to establishing roots in Minneapolis. A few blocks into the drive I remember stumbling upon the bustling Kingfield Farmers Market and instantly feeling like I made the right decision to buy our house where we did. Over the last few market seasons, Sundays mean one thing in the Bresler house: market day! My son asks all week if it’s the weekend yet, knowing that when the time comes we get go on a “date” to the market. Much to his chagrin, his sister Kensie now joins us on the dates as well. Luckily for me, they both love the local food vendors. From the second Harry gets up on Sunday he asks about the sprinkled cake donuts from Bogart’s, which is always the first stop. Although Kensie likes to imitate her brother, she prefers the brown butter-glazed, which is my favorite as well. From there, the second stop is to pick up a drink. Believe it or not, Harry loves any vinegary drink, so shrubs from Calvit’s Shrubs or Double Dog Kombucha usually do the trick. He makes it a point to try all the samples even though he almost always picks the same thing (Tomatillo, Tamarind and Hibiscus Flowers with Club Soda). I go straight to Café Palmira for a cold press
Neighborhood Roots operates the Kingfield Farmers Market, which takes place 8:30 a.m.– 1 p.m. every Sunday through Oct. 28 at 4310 Nicollet Ave. S. File photo
coffee and a lemonade for Kensie. Although the coffee obviously doesn’t come from Minnesota, I love the story of the Palacios family and the family farm back in Guatemala. After distracting the kids with treats, its time to shop for the week. My next stop is almost always Dumpling & Strand for fresh pasta. My two favorites are the MinneSoba made with Minnesota wild rice and the toasted farro cavatappi. From there, it’s usually a quick jaunt to pick up a baguette from Sun Street Breads, then a stop at Wild Run Salmon to pick up some wild caught Alaskan salmon and get cooking tips from the actual guy that caught it.
Last stop before veggies is Sunshine Harvest Farm, always some of the friendliest folks at the market. I pick up chicken for my wife, bacon brats for me and burgers for my son. Then it’s on to vegetables for the week. There are too many vendors to mention every one by name, but this time of the year I love to get fresh rhubarb to make a simple syrup for cocktails and garlic scapes to make a pesto. After settling into chairs to listen to whatever live music is being played that day, we turn our attention to hot food. Once again it’s a separate stop for each kid. For Kensie we go straight to the fresh, hot pizza from Northern Fire or whatever the paella
of the day is from Twin Cities Paella. For Harry, it’s straight to the Chef Shack truck for whatever looks good that day. After getting so much out of the Kingfield market, I decided to get more involved this year and joined the board of directors of Neighborhood Roots in the late fall of 2017. Most folks don’t know that Neighborhood Roots operates the Kingfield, Fulton and Nokomis farmers markets as well as the winter markets at Bachman’s. It takes dozens of dedicated volunteers to run those markets each and every week. While vendors pay a fee to be at the market, the bulk of the operating budget comes from business sponsorships and individual donations. Another thing many don’t realize is that farmers markets make up a unique part of the U.S. tax code as 501(c)4 organizations — meaning, although they are nonprofits, contributions are generally not tax deductible. Because of this, patrons don’t often think about donating to the market. If the market has become a central part of your family’s routine on the weekend I encourage you to get involved. For volunteer or sponsorship opportunities, contact us at volunteers@neighborhoodrootsmn.org. Also, look for more information at the markets this summer for ways to give back financially. See you there this weekend! David Bresler is a resident of the Lynnhurst neighborhood and serves on the board of directors for Neighborhood Roots.
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he Mill City Farmers Market’s Tuesday Night Market is your downtown, weeknight destination for local food and more. It opened for the season June 5 on The Commons, the 4.2-acre green space in front of U.S. Bank Stadium. The Night Market will run 4 p.m.–8 p.m. Tuesdays until the end of September, with locally grown summer grocery staples like fresh salad greens, pasture-raised meat for the grill, prepared food and goods from local artisans.
LIVE MUSIC LINEUP June 5: Gypsy Mania June 12: Sinfonia 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m., followed by One Ukulele June 19: Roe Family Singers 5 p.m.– 7 p.m., followed by a B.Y.O.B. movie in the park
If that’s not enough, here are four reasons to visit.
Free outdoor yoga As part of the market’s dedication to growing a healthier community, we’ve partnered with Alchemy 365 and YogaFit Studios Northeast to offer free yoga classes 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. most Tuesdays June through September ( June 26, July 3, 10 and 24, Aug. 7, 14, 21 and 28 and Sept. 4, 11 and 18). Before or after you shop the market, enjoy an hour of bliss.
Beer and wine nights Day Block Brewery is at the market once a month selling wine and craft beer from their brewery located just a few blocks away at Washington & 11th. Enjoy a beer and lawn games with your coworkers or neighbors 4 p.m.–8 p.m. on June 26, July 31, Aug. 28 and Sept. 18.
June 26: Brass Messengers July 3: The Preludes to a Blizzard
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July 10: Lila Ammons
Every night the Mill City Night Market has live music in the park! Music runs 6 p.m.–8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Check out the lineup in the infobox on this page.
July 17: Ring Toss Twins DJs July 24: Light of the Moon Duo July 31: TBD Aug. 7: Michael Keys & Jim Krans
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Aug. 14: Upper Midwest Folk Fiddlers
Shop up to 20 local farmers and food makers each week, including ready-to-eat dinner from food trucks and local restaurants and a full assortment of grocery staples. Enjoy a pizza or rice bowl in the park or grab some summer herbs, fresh bread and pasture-raised brats (which thaw in 20–30 minutes) to take home for the simple recipe below.
Aug. 21: Honest Maude Aug. 28: Lila Ammons Sept. 4: The Moonlight Duo Sept. 11: Roe Family Singers Sept. 18: Hamdog Sept. 25: Sam Timmreck 4 p.m.–6 p.m., followed by the Minnesota Orchestra
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(Argentinian sausage sandwiches with chimichurri) By Beth Jones Ingredients 1 recipe chimichurri (below) 2 large onions, cut into thin rings 1 Tablespoon sunflower oil Salt and pepper to taste
2 baguettes, each sliced horizontally and cut into quarters 8 sausages from Sunshine Harvest Farm (chorizo, andouille or any standard brat)
Method Toss the onions with the oil, salt and pepper and grill over medium high heat until charred. Grill the sausages over medium high heat until cooked through. Brush the baguettes with oil and grill until nicely toasted. Put one sausage on each baguette and top with the onions and chimichurri (recipe below).
CHIMICHURRI This recipe will make more chimichurri than you will need for the choripan, but use it throughout the week on steak, chicken, fish, grilled veggies or even as a salad dressing. Ingredients 1 bunch cilantro, with stems 1 bunch parsley, with stems 1 garlic scape, or 1 clove garlic 1 Tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 cup sunflower oil or olive oil 1 pinch chili flakes Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Method Combine all the ingredients in a blender and blend until just blended.
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erizon Wireless loaned me the most recent product to try out, called Google Clips. This is a small, square camera that looks like a miniature security camera. But what is it really? Google Clips is a smart, hands-free camera you can set up and forget about, allowing it to take pictures on its own when it deems the setting and participants to be picture perfect. Its machine learning and artificial intelligence decides when to take pictures and can recognize what it considers to be good photos. It actually captures little motion “clips” without audio. You can then look through the saved clip frame by frame and save a single frame as a photo. There is a manual capture button, but there is no preview screen unless you are looking at the live preview on your smartphone — in which case it would be easier to just take the picture directly on your phone. According to Google, “Google Clips learns to recognize familiar faces. The more you’re with someone, the more it learns to capture clips of them. It can also pick out pets like cats or dogs.” Additionally, “Google Clips features Moment IQ, a machine learning algorithm that’s smart enough to recognize great expressions, lighting and framing. And it’s always learning.” In a blog post from Google, “Clips’ improved intelligence can help you capture more of the candid and fleeting moments
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that happen in between those posed frames we are all so familiar with.” I love the idea of this — grabbing those candid moments effortlessly. At $250, this is a pricey gadget that does very little. Google Clips has a 130 degree field of view, captures 15 frames per second and has 16 gigabytes of storage built in, with about three hours of capture time. Videos are captured at 1080p. It is a simple device, and there is not much more to it than that. The rubber case that it comes in includes a clip that can be used as a stand or attached to something else. Google Clips requires very little user interaction other than to review the motion clips on your smartphone, where you can choose to delete or add them to your Google Photos account directly. Google has announced that functionality will be added so that you can view the clips from multiple smartphones. This makes sense, as I would like to be able to share the photos with family members. The problem for me is that I don’t quite get it. I have tried it out, placing it in stationary positions and even clipping it onto my shirt while my kids were playing outside. Google Clips has taken some decent clips for me, but nothing that seems to justify purchasing a device like this. The demo clips that Google has on their website show clips of young kids and pets, all from great angles. In use, I didn’t find that leaving it on a table produced desirable clips. I really like the idea of setting it up and letting it do its own thing, but I just haven’t found anywhere good to set it up. My kids don’t remain in one room long enough to get any good pictures. With the right setup for a good vantage point, this could be a fun device capturing those candid moments and preserving them without having to be prepared for them at all times. For me however, I think I am used to being more in control of my photos. Paul Burnstein is a tech handyman. As the founder of Gadget Guy MN, Paul helps personal and business clients optimize their use of technology. He can be found through gadgetguymn.com or via email at paul@gadgetguymn.com.
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Southwest Journal Poetry Project
Summer Poetry Our extended winter and fast-forward spring led to an outpouring of interesting poems for summer. There was love (of course), remembered and ongoing. Kids and dogs. Plants. Poems about poetry. And lots of animals — otters, chameleons and kingfishers (oh my). This collection should offer something for everyone. ENJOY! — Doug Wilhide is the Poet Laureate of Linden Hills and poetry editor of the Southwest Journal
Untitled PC Wickland
He walked in with seeds of love in his hair who knows for how long lain dormant there He shook his head and scattered them upon the ground where she walked They must have taken root beneath her, grown up into her through her heart and into her mind Before she realized they were in bloom everywhere He could see her rose blush but did not know he’d planted it there.
Continuing Doug Wilhide
Ben the Whistler Stuart Klipper
The morning’s parade down Xerxes — The kiddos strolling (some striding) to school. They pass by in bevies. But then there is Ben, who ambles solo. As I sit on my stoop in the morning sun, with my tea and a read, his onset is heralded by a tune. Ben is a whistler! Who walks and whistles any more? And melodiously at that? He always will stop and pass a few amiable words. He’s an avid conversationalist to boot. I believe he must be a time-traveler, who has happily hopped out of the 1940s, someone from out of something Norman Rockwell just painted.
A Grandmother’s Complaint Carolyn Light Bell
A faint little cough, a viral fist pushing away the dropper of coconut water offered by a worried mother. Every day her tiny body diminishing, lingering quietly in her stroller, unmoving, expressionless… Until I remember not all popsicles are just sugar and dye. Some amount to actual fruit and might measure up to the vegan parents’ initiative to create a more perfect world for their small child. Off to market I soar after seeking permission and texting photos of ingredients for approval. I unwrap the fruit pop, joyfully offer it to this aching, frail-looking toddler. The first bite brings a glimmer of smile; second bite, and her chin turns red with the smear of corruption. Daily, she improves— while I, alas, now cough on a much grander scale.
Grateful Like She… Linda Bergh
There are moments of love and memory and transition when the past stands right up against the future and makes its case: you are not who you were, the one I loved back then; you are who you are, the one I love now. I miss the you and me and us when we were like both sides of a prayer, heart to heart, thought to thought, tuned like an orchestra or a harp: we could tell each other anything, and had no need to. It is hard to keep the past in its place, but harder not to embrace … this new day — another beginning … this hope — that morning will again deliver its familiar kind of grace.
Thistle
Miriam Moore-Keish
First in spring, gap-toothed and gangly She came with her mother to collect the first blue flowers Growing in abandon in my yard - and not so much in hers. Clutching them tightly I saw her leave, that glimmer of joy in her eyes. A few weeks later, the blue bells took her eye, and then her hand, wishing for them too to be magically appearing in her yard just blocks - but a kingdom - away. But then, toward solstice, even though the peonies had interested her, and the roses took her glance, By then the summer had swallowed her whole and biking and swimming and laying looking at clouds was the order of the day. The flowers didn’t mind, even when they went home with her the daisies and the coneflowers, more out of habit now than passion, For they too had given themselves up to summer heat grateful like she for the blazing days of joy.
She saw the ocean for the first time after she re-remembered how to sing and laugh and she asked has this been happening my whole life? then maybe the world is alright Like the way farmers think the thistle is a weed but no the thistle is a survivor of the street and the gutter and the corners where earth remembers rain long gone and even through drought the thistle remembers and flowers.
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Washing the Dog
Living off your wits, decoying death, Making ambiguity A matter of principle?
There, you think, I have washed the dog. But it’s spring. The world’s alive with mud and puddles and all things a dog might love more than being clean or even you.
Who are you then, enigma? Are you simply a clever twig, The sheen on a surface, a flash In the pan of existence, Insubstantial as a blush, A chromatic spasm?
Laurie Llyken
The truth is this: nothing lasts; everything must be done again and again. And when you start to realize all you have been doing with such earnest resolve has come undone yet again... you might also realize life itself is slipping ever so slowly away. You’ll feel the pull of Pluto on your soul then but you may find you don’t even mind all that much.
Morning Walk with Cosmo Joe Alfano
Two males, we make our way around the lake My thoughts dwell on sky, horizon -- jagged branches I can’t see, words in my mind, unraveled threads that wait for my fingers to rewind. Cosmo, close to the ground, scans, sniffs and studies, stops often to closely interpret the stories recorded. A scholar of scents and in the moment, he reads in a vocabulary rich with intent and purpose, his whole body drawn to comprehend. Once understood, he shakes himself, and with a flair, leaves his addition to the narrative. His pull on the leash tells me it’s time to move on.
Or are you Joseph, Glory of Israel, Master of Egypt, Wise as the serpent, Arrayed in his coat Of many colors?
Otter
In a book I’m reading, the author asks me to choose an object, This will become a sign for me. When I see this object, it will let me know that I am in alignment with the universe. I am following my calling, living my destiny. Do not choose an object that I know I will see everyday, instead, be brave, select something that inspires. I chose a pig and a mermaid, yes, a pig and a mermaid. I couldn’t decide between the two, so I chose both. This should double my chances. That was five months ago. So far, all I’ve seen are a book with a pig character, and a journal with a mermaid on the cover. Alignment? Following my calling? Maybe I should write more.
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Weed, Weed John O’Connor
At first I wasn’t sure The calmer pool a diversion under the bridge From the wild overflowing river . Then the tiny wake appeared again His slick brown head and shining eyes rose out of the water Before he quickly submerged In a flash he re-emerged Slithered onto the small rock pile Washed in swirling water He brought himself straight up with his front legs Stood on his hind legs and stared at me Dove back into the pool like A high diver righting his body in mid-air Before bending for the perfect entry His wake reappeared in the pool His head popped up in my direction He smiled at me in the twilight With his broad-toothed grin saying “Come on in, the water’s fine”
Weed! Weed! Cries the drug dealer on the corner. I have no interest – no real need – But I must look like a customer. I imagine his Buddhist counterpart, A yelling vendor in an orange robe – Mind! Mind! Bliss! Bliss! Heart! Heart! – Trying to change my frontal lobe. Do things improve when they repeat? Is repetition always pretty? I could stand on the street Shouting Poetry! Poetry! But the three of us, with screams like those, Would make you sober atheist readers of prose.
Thinking Minnesotan Ray Dull
Walking home from the co-op, a neighbor woman chanced to say, “What nice weather for a walk.” I smiled and replied, “It’s a wonderful day.”
Fishing Elizabeth Weir
And felt compelled to add, “But we’ll pay for it!” But I bit my tongue instead. Still…
A great blue heron stabs into pond weed and catches a twisting fish crosswise in its dagger bill.
Chameleon Robert Delahunty
Fish glints silver. Bird tosses it, shakes it, dibbles it in water, flips it again,
Your life depends On not being noticed. For you, survival Is a vanishing act.
until it lands head towards gullet, scales slanting the right way, and swallows,
Quick-change artist, Opportunist of color, You are all things to all things, Surrendering to surroundings, To a leaf, a leaf, Obligingly green to green, Companionably red to red.
as I catch an idea, flick it and worry it, swill it in syllables, iambs snagging,
Why should we condemn you, Tiny arbitrageur?
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until words slip into rhythm, every trochee, sliding smoothly.
To Metro Mobility Fran Nelson
A fierce old bus is Metro Mo, He rattles, bumps and grinds. He doesn’t bite but shakes his prey Who nearly lose their minds. He starts and stops, his jaws do drop To take you on your way. You show your name and play the game Since serpents have their way. You’re in his grasp as on you speed To find another soul. And when he thinks you’ve had enough, He drops you at your goal. Editor’s note: Frances Nelson, a lifelong resident of Southwest, began taking creative writing courses at age 90. Her friend, Karla Forsyth, sent us some of Fran’s poetry for this issue and informed us that Fran died on May 29 at the age of 96.
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Southwest alumnus wins Fulbright award By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
A Southwest High School alumnus will help teach English in a Norwegian town next academic year after winning a Fulbright award from the U.S. Department of State. Kelly Fisher, 24, is one of over 1,900 U.S. citizens who will conduct research, teach English and provide expertise abroad next year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The 2012 Southwest graduate will work at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and Ås Upper Secondary School as part of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship. Fisher, who lives in Arizona, spent the last two years working for WE Schools, a program run by the nonprofit WE Charity that helps students take action on global issues. He said he worked in about 170 schools across the U.S. through the job, an experience that got him thinking of applying for the Fulbright program. As part of the program, Fisher will work in the town of Ås, which is about 30 minutes from Oslo, Norway’s capital and its biggest city. He said he will provide lessons to secondary students on U.S. history and culture and will be working in the writing center at the university. He said the role is meant for people who are potentially interested in education, noting the opportunity he will have to engage with the Norwegian education system. Fisher noted that he befriended a Norwegian foreign-exchange student when he was at Southwest. He said that friendship led him to think more about the international
Southwest High School alumnus Kelly Fisher will spend next school year in Norway after winning a Fulbright award. Submitted photo
and global community and to study abroad during college. An avid cross-country skier, Fisher said he hopes to participate in the Birkebeinerrennet race, the precursor to the American Birkebeiner race held annually in Hayward, Wisconsin. Fisher’s mother, Patty Hoolihan, said she’s proud of Kelly for receiving the Fulbright award and also for reaching out and applying for it. She said Fisher is a people person and a
natural-born teacher, noting how he’s loved his work over the past two years. Patrick O’Connor, who taught at Southwest for 28 years before retiring last summer, said Fisher is gregarious and was always thoughtful and engaged in his IB History of the Americas class. He said Fisher would send him books when he was a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that he thought were relevant to his class.
“He’s one of those students that makes teaching really easy and a joy,” O’Connor said. The Fulbright program has given more than 380,000 students and professionals opportunities to study, teaching and conduct research abroad since its inception in 1946. The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board disseminate the awards.
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Stellan Orvick first picked up a golf club when he was 5 years old, his exposure to the sport coming through his best friend. This month, the Washburn High School 10th-grader became the first Minneapolis Public Schools male golfer to make the Minnesota State High School League golf tournament in nine years. Orvick took third in the Class 3, Section 6 tournament May 31 and June 4 at Ridges of Sand Creek in Jordan to earn a state-tournament berth. The Diamond Lake neighborhood resident was second out of 63 golfers after the first round of the tournament and was one of 11 golfers in the tournament to make state. “I had a good mindset going in,” Orvick said June 6 before a practice round at Hiawatha Golf Course. “I was really confident about my swing.” Orvick said he began playing in The First Tee of the Twin Cities program when he was about 9 years old and that he began competing in tournaments around age 12. He started playing on the Washburn team as an eighth-grader, noting that he didn’t know he could play as a seventh-grader. Orvick said he wasn’t close to making state as an eighth- or ninth-grader but that he’s improved each year. He has won the Minneapolis City Conference championship each of the past two years and said he was confident heading into this year’s section tournament.
Washburn 10th-grader Stellan Orvick is the first Minneapolis Public Schools male golfer to reach the Minnesota State High School League golf tournament since 2009. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
“I just felt my swing the whole time,” he said. Orvick started his first section round with three straight pars before scoring a triple bogey on his fourth hole. He rallied with a par save on his fifth hole and subsequently scored back-to-back birdies, eventually finishing the round with a 1-under-par 71.
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Orvick shot a 6-over-par 78 in his second round, bogeying his final two holes but still qualifying for state. He said he was feeling good going into the state tournament, which was scheduled to run June 12–13 at Bunker Hills Golf Club in Coon Rapids. Washburn coach Sean Keir, a social studies
teacher at Southwest High School, said he was confident that Orvick was in a good position mentally heading into the section tournament. He noted the effort Orvick has put into practicing and the maturity and tenacity he showed to make state. “I can’t say enough about the maturity that it takes, especially as a sophomore, to do that,” Keir said. Orvick, who lives about a mile from Hiawatha, said his ultimate goal is to play collegiate golf. He plans on playing in multiple junior golf tournaments this summer and said he will try out for the Minnesota State Open Championship. Orvick is the first MPS male golfer to play in the state high school league golf tournament since South High School’s Yarri Bryn finished tied for 11th in 2009. Southwest’s Victoria Graens made the girls’ tournament in 2015 and finished 27th. No MPS student has won the tournament in over 50 years.
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Get Out Guide. By Sheila Regan
NORTHERN SPARK After taking aim at the environment and climate change for the last two years, the Northern Spark after-dark festival shifts its focus to ways that humans are connected. Exploring how communities of all different cultures and identities share space globally, the festival reflects a need for coming together in an era where divisiveness proliferates in our society. This year, the festival takes place over two nights, ending at 2 a.m. each night.
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TWIN CITIES JAZZ FESTIVAL The Twin Cities Jazz Festival celebrates its 20th year, with national musicians and vocalists descending on St. Paul for three days of electrifying music. The headliners this year are Grammy-winning singer Dee Dee Bridgewater, New Orleans emerging artist Nayo Jones and saxophonists Tia Fuller and Houston Person. Metro Transit is free for the run of the festival.
When: 4 p.m.–11 p.m. Thursday, June 21; 4 p.m.–midnight Friday, June 22; 11 a.m.–midnight Saturday, June 23. Where: Mears Park, 221 5th St. E., St. Paul, and various locations in Lowertown Cost: Main stages are free Info: twincitiesjazzfestival.com
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Jazz pianist and composer Jason Moran curates the Walker Art Center’s “Sound Horizon” music series, which fills the museum with music. “Sound Horizon” runs once a month throughout the summer, beginning with Douglas R. Ewart and his collaborators, who will be playing inside Moran’s mixed-media set installations, which pay homage to celebrated jazz venues of past eras.
When: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday, June 16 Where: American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Ave. Cost: $10, adults; $7, ages 62-plus; $5, ages 6–18 and students with ID; free for ASI members Info: asimn.org
When: 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Thursday, June 21 Where: Walker Art Center, 725 Vineland Place Cost: Free Info: walkerart.org
UPTOWN FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL Is this heaven? Nope, it’s just Uptown with 65 delectable food trucks parked near Lake & Hennepin for the largest food truck festival in the Midwest. From global bites to gourmet desserts, the latest in snack innovation and even fancy dog treats for your pup, prepare to have your taste buds thank you. There will also exercise options to help counteract the incoming calories, including mini-golf, life-size Jenga, a mechanical bull and a bean-bag toss. Wristband proceeds go toward Feed My Starving Children.
When: 11 a.m.–9 p.m., Sunday, June 24 Where: Lake & Hennepin Cost: Free; $2 wristband for drinks Info: uptownfoodtruckfestival.com
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Enjoy the beautiful June weather as you stop by all kinds of different booths from folks in the community.
When: 7:30 p.m. June 16, 19, 21, 23 and 26; 2 p.m. June 17 Where: Cowles Center for Dance and Performing Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave. Cost: $29–$104 Info: mnopera.org
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