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On the night that sent her on a new career path, Sarah Woodcock was tired and really wanted to stay home on the couch. It was the spring of 2017, and a local house party was sharing the story of Louis Hunter, who faced felony riot charges for an Interstate 94 protest that Sarah and her husband Dan had also attended. Thinking about Hunter, she reconsidered.
“I’m sure he doesn’t want to be in this situation right now either,” she remembers thinking at the time. “If I can learn his story, I should.” Hunter explained that he participated in the protest that stopped traffic on July 6, 2016 after an officer shot and killed Philando Castile. A 911 caller accused people
The LynLake vegan restaurant Trio Plant-based will give customers a chance to purchase a meal for someone in need. Pictured, left to right, are Louis Hunter, Sarah Woodcock and Dan Woodcock. Photo by Michelle Bruch
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RECORD TURNOUT Official withdraws ‘Wedge Live’ claim FOR PRIMARY Walz and Johnson advance in race for governor
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Minneapolis voters appear to have set a record for turnout in a midterm primary, with an unofficial tally of 93,534 ballots cast in the Aug. 14 election, according to the city’s Election & Voter Services Division. In the governor’s race, the DFL ticket of Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan is set to face off against Republicans Jeff Johnson and Donna Bergstrom after each prevailed in their respective primaries. Unofficial results from the Minnesota Secretary of State showed Walz taking 242,832 votes (41.6 percent) from DFLers statewide, beating runner-up Erin Murphy by nearly 56,000 votes, while Johnson won 168,841 votes (52.6) from Republicans, defeating former Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who took 140,743 votes in an
attempt to win back his old job. Johnson’s victory was noted by President Donald Trump, who on the morning after the primary tweeted his congratulations and his “complete and total endorsement.” Walz, meanwhile, said he was “humbled” to be his party’s candidate. “We believe in a state where we can come together around our shared values to address our diverse needs,” Walz said in a statement. “We believe when the Twin Cities thrive, Greater Minnesota thrives — and when Greater Minnesota thrives, the Twin Cities thrive.” Incumbent U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar cruised to victory in a five-way DFL primary and will face the GOP’s Jim Newberger in SEE PRIMARY RESULTS / PAGE A11
A Minneapolis official withdrew her claim to the name of a popular blog earlier this month, after backlash on social media. Carol Becker had filed to claim the name “Wedge Live” with the Minnesota Secretary of State and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in late July. But the elected member of Minneapolis’ Board of Estimate and Taxation filed to withdraw the claim after social media posts and a story by journalist Tony Webster. Becker said she thinks the name “Wedge Live” is something off of which she could make money. She said she wants to start a podcast using the
name and claimed that the name is “legally available.” “One of the things in trying to start something like a podcast is you’ve got to have a good name,” Becker said. “… Just because someone else thought of it doesn’t mean you can’t have multiple groups using those words.” But a University of Minnesota law professor refuted Becker’s claim that the name is “legally available.” William McGeveran, who teaches trademark law at the U, said the actual use of the name is what creates trademark rights and not filing registration. SEE ‘WEDGE LIVE’ CLAIM / PAGE A9
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The restaurant will stand in part of the former Peter Pan Dry Cleaners space at 322 W. 38th St. The counter-service venue will hold less than 30 seats, with a few bar seats and tables and a drink rail along the window. Sidewalk seating may come in the future. Gilbertson will bring in a popcorn machine, a CD jukebox and arcade-style video games stocked with Frogger and Pac-Man. The dimly lit spot will be suitable for families or date nights, he said. “It will be a fun hangout place, someplace I would want to go and hang out,” he said. In the ’80s, Gilbertson’s uncles owned the former Campus Pizza on Washington Avenue near the University of Minnesota campus. His uncles gave him sacks of quarters to play video games while his dad helped with the build-out. This time around, Gilbertson’s 9-year-old was paid a penny for every nail pulled out of the floor and earned a full dollar. Good Times is slated to open this fall, with a target opening date in late September. For more information, follow Good Times on Instagram @goodtimes_mpls.
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Since Kim Fishman moved her business from St. Louis Park to Eat Street, she’s fielded more requests from the music business to be fitted for inner-ear monitors. One recent request came from the Zac Brown Band tour. She traveled to the basement of Target Field to take ear impressions of the tour’s production manager and other staff. “There’s no way they don’t have hearing loss,” she said as the stadium sound check started. Fishman said it’s important to treat more people for hearing loss. Just 20 percent of people who could benefit from hearing aids use them, according to the National Institutes of Health. Studies by researchers at Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging found that seniors with hearing loss are more likely to develop dementia and see higher risk of falls, hospitalizations and diminished health overall. Fishman wants to see hearing aids become more affordable, and that’s part of the reason she moved to Eat Street. Located near a bus station and with a dedicated parking lot, she wants the clinic to be more accessible to people of all income levels. She “un-bundles” services to make them more affordable, offering a store where customers can shop for hearing aids and use customer service or clinic services as needed. “We should have a product for everybody,” she said. In 2015, President Barack Obama’s science and technology advisors found that cost is a huge barrier for hearing aids.
Most insurance plans don’t cover them. The group recommended that the Food and Drug Administration approve a basic overthe-counter hearing aid. President Donald Trump signed bipartisan over-the-counter hearing aid legislation into law in 2017. The FDA is working to finalize new regulation by the summer of 2020. Fishman looks forward to someday carrying over-the-counter hearing aids. She cautioned that hearing amplifiers purchased online and at retail stores are not FDA-approved, and some are dangerous for the ears. She created her new retail store at 2639 Nicollet Ave. with popular phone stores in mind. “My goal is to try to make hearing cool,” she said. “Hearing aids have a lot of fun technology in them. They stream to phones. … The hearing technology today is super thin and easy and you can’t even see them.” Fishman has done ear impressions to create hearables for Twins players, so they can protect their hearing and stream music as they travel. New hearing technology connects to phones, allowing people to answer telephone calls or adjust the audio settings through their phones. Some hearables coming on the market aren’t related to hearing loss at all, and they can stream music and check heart rates or numbers of steps. “We’re getting a few starting right now,” Fishman said. “It’s the next thing. So you’ll have one eventually.” For more information, visit chearsaudiology.com.
Kim Fishman takes custom ear impressions for Scott, who mixes sound on the Zac Brown Band tour. He uses inner-ear monitors, which he describes as “earbuds on steroids.” Photo by Michelle Bruch
NOTED: The City Council granted much of a developer’s appeal in an affordable apartment project at 410 W. Lake St. Taking a different direction than the City Planning Commission and city staff, council members voted to largely allow the project to proceed as proposed, no longer requiring a top-story setback and additional walkup units along Harriet Avenue. Planning commissioners previously added the setback to reduce the impact on houses to the north, and Council Member Jeremy Schroeder maintained that position. Upon appeal, however, other council members in the Zoning & Planning Committee decided the
setback would be too small to warrant hurting the project financing. “There’s not a single person objecting to it,” said Council Member Lisa Goodman. “Usually, and almost always, when there is more density than what’s allowed being proposed, the room is filled with people who are very upset. In this case, perhaps because of the affordable nature of the project, perhaps because of the partnership with the VFW, people understand the tradeoff between affordable housing and density.” Council members denied other appeals in order to increase windows along Harriet and reduce the amount of fiber cement paneling.
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Mayor Jacob Frey unveiled his 2019 city budget recommendations on Aug. 15, emphasizing investments affordable housing, community partnerships and improving city government operations. Frey described the $1.55 billion proposed budget as “laying a strong foundation for a stronger city.” It represents an increase of 9.8 percent, or $139.1 million, over the 2018 budget adopted by the City Council in December. The mayor delivered his address while standing in front of a curtain of notes delivered by Make Homes Happen, a local housing advocacy coalition, each describing the importance of stable housing to an individual or family. He said the $40 million in his budget earmarked for affordable housing tripled any previous budget’s investment in what is currently one of the city’s most pressing needs. “In 2018 alone, our city has already received 16 applications for support from our Affordable Housing Trust Fund, totaling $23 million. Now, that’s a record high for our city,” Frey said. “So, the good news is that people want to build affordable housing here in Minneapolis. The bad news is that this year we did not have the resources to support many of those requests.” An infusion of one-time funds in Frey’s budget would push the trust fund, which is used to encourage the development and preservation of affordable and mixed-income housing, above $20 million in 2019. Frey would also expand the budget of Minneapolis Homes, a homebuyer assistance program that aims to reduce racial disparities in homeownership, to $5 million. Turning to his budget’s proposals for community programs, Frey highlighted the work of Group Violence Intervention, a Health Department-led initiative to intervene in gang violence. He proposed more than doubling its budget to $660,000 to continue operations in the 4th Precinct and expand the program into the 3rd Precinct. Frey also set aside $200,000 for development of a city identification card. City staff have been since late last year studying the development of a municipal photo ID, which could make activities like banking or renting an apartment easier for people without access to a state-issued ID. The mayor proposed $500,000 for Village Trust Financial Cooperative, the state’s first and only black-owned and led financial institution, which he said would help reduce economic inequality. His budget also directed $25,000 toward the development of an African American Museum and Center for Racial Equity in South Minneapolis. Among the good governance initiatives funded in Frey’s budget is an expansion of the city’s mental health co-responder program, which pairs mental health professionals with police officers responding to mental health crisis calls. The additional $280,000 in Frey’s budget would continue the program in the 3rd and 5th precincts and expand it to the 1st Precinct. Instead of directly funding new police officer positions, Frey proposed directing $1 million toward placing civilians in non-policing positions within the Minneapolis Police Department, freeing up eight sworn officers to work on the street. He said sworn officers cost the city
Mayor Jacob Frey’s first city budget prioritizes investments in affordable housing. Photo by Dylan Thomas
on average $28,000 more per year than civilian employees, not counting training and insurance. “Converting these positions not only frees up sworn officers to build better relationships, it also results in more efficient and cost-effective work done by individuals specifically trained and educated in their fields, like crime lab forensics, body worn camera technicians and a new LGBTQIA liaison,” Frey said. Spending on city operations goes up about 5 percent under Frey’s proposal, with inflation, proposed new spending and police and fire retirement fund obligations driving the increase, according to the mayor’s office. The mayor’s budget comes with a proposed 5.6 percent hike in the city’s property tax levy. New development has increased the city’s property tax base by about 10 percent, meaning the overall tax rate is decreasing. Those property owners who haven’t seen the assessed value of their homes increase may end up owing less on their next tax bill from the city, Frey said. Frey said he reined in the potential property tax hike by cutting or replacing city programs that “did not have the data to justify continued funding.” Those cuts included the $350,000 invested last year to develop collaborative safety strategies with Minneapolis neighborhoods, $250,000 for community-based policing strategies in the Downtown Improvement District and $200,000 in one-time funding for two health inspectors added last year in response to an expanding hotel and restaurant industry. Frey’s budget also reduces funding for Vision Zero, a Public Works initiative launched last year that aims to eliminate severe injuries and fatalities in crashes. This was Frey’s first opportunity to craft a budget since winning election to the mayor’s office in November. The 2018 budget outlined by his predecessor, former Mayor Betsy Hodges, required a 5.5 percent increase in the property tax levy. The 2019 budget is now in the hands of the City Council, which will review Frey’s recommendations for several months. A vote to adopt the budget is scheduled for December.
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Noor’s attorneys move to dismiss charges Attorneys representing the former Minneapolis police officer facing murder charges for a July 2017 on-duty shooting filed motions Aug. 15 to dismiss the case on the grounds of prosecutorial misconduct and a failure to demonstrate probable cause. They allege public comments made by Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman have undermined Mohamed Noor’s right to a fair trial. In a separate motion, Noor’s attorneys argued there wasn’t evidence to support the third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges the county attorney filed in March, after which Noor’s police job was terminated. Chuck Laszewski, a spokesperson for Freeman’s office, said they would not comment on a pending case but planned to file a response to the motions “in the coming weeks.” Last summer, Noor shot and killed 40-yearold Justine Damond, also known as Justine Ruszczyk, from the passenger seat of a police SUV driven by his partner, Officer Matthew Harrity. Harrity told investigators they were “spooked” by a loud noise while driving through a dark alley behind Damond’s 51st & Washburn home in the Fulton neighborhood. “Knowing that the night of July 15th ended in tragedy, it is easy to second-guess the split second decision of Officer Noor to draw his firearm and shoot,” write Noor’s attorneys, Tom Plunkett and Peter Wold, in a Hennepin County District Court filing. But the attorneys contend Noor was attempting to defend himself and his partner when he shot. In state statute, third-degree murder is defined, in part, as “an act eminently dangerous to others and evincing a depraved mind, without regard for human life” — language Noor’s attorneys zero-in on as they argue that Noor’s attempts to provide life-saving aid to Damond with CPR show “an officer distraught by his actions” and not a depraved mind. Plunkett and Wold also argue Noor’s actions
don’t rise to the standard of “culpable negligence” for second-degree manslaughter. While Noor declined to speak with investigators, the attorneys cite Harrity’s statements to claim the officers were frightened and note Noor fired his weapon only once in “an attempt to minimize the danger he and Officer Harrity believed was real at that moment.” “And after the fact, his shock and actions reveal a man with a heavy (conscience), not a man acting in a conscious disregard for the risk he was creating,” they add. In a separate filing, Plunkett and Wold strongly criticized Freeman’s public comments on the case, including statements the county attorney made during a September 2017 community meeting hosted by Ward 13 City Council Member Linea Palmisano, when he reportedly told a group of Damond’s neighbors he was “saddened” by her death. At that same meeting, Plunkett and Wold point out, Freeman reportedly said a Ramsey County jury was wrong to clear Jeronimo Yanez, a St. Anthony police officer, of charges stemming from the shooting death of Philando Castile in a 2016 traffic stop. The court filing also raises Freeman’s comments at a December 2017 labor union holiday party when the county attorney, who claimed to be unaware he was being recorded, expressed frustration with Minneapolis police for not cooperating with the investigation. Freeman later described the comments as “ill advised” and apologized, but the next month he convened a grand jury to compel testimony from officers. Noor’s criminal trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 27. He is also named in a civil suit filed U.S. District Court in Minneapolis this summer by Damond’s family. They seek $50 million in damages. The attorneys representing Noor filed a motion Aug. 16 to stay the civil trial until after the completion of the criminal trial.
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or several years, Megan Bussen has been the cheerful presence behind the counter at C&G’s Smoking Barbecue in the bustling multi-culti mini-mart at 48th & Nicollet. But until recently, many of her customers were unaware that the redheaded woman who serves up their savory catfish, ribs, fries and sandwiches with a smile and a shot of positivity has been to hell and back. Last year, Bussen self-published her memoir, “Regarding Megan Marie: Conquering Depression and Acquiring the Skill of Happiness” (Orange Dragonfly Publishing), and she usually has a copy on hand at C&G’s to pass along to anyone she thinks might need it. The book chronicles Bussen’s journey back from two suicide attempts, and her harrowing and highly readable tale is nothing short of a riveting testament to the human spirit. “I’ve been telling my story at Toastmaster speech competitions,” she said last Friday, as her friend and C&G’s owner Greg Alford cut brisket in the back kitchen for a wedding to be catered Saturday. “I basically start out by saying it’s hope, faith, belief, strength and courage that gets you there, wherever you want to be. Then I talk about my psychotic break in 2010 and how I hit rock bottom at 44 and how I slowly got my way out of that.” Rock bottom for Bussen was when she drank a bottle of antifreeze, ended up in the Hennepin County Medical Center emergency room and spent 52 days in a locked-down psychiatric ward. When she got out, Bussen started her long journey out of the darkness to becoming a respected mental health advocate and volunteer at HCMC, now known as Hennepin Healthcare. “Regarding Megan Marie” is a frank and richly detailed account of that journey and comes highly recommended to anyone dealing with depression or suicidal thoughts. “In eight years, through steps and a lot of what they call ‘focus on the good journaling,’ I’ve been able to accomplish my story, which I never could imagine I would. It’s a hope story,” said Bussen, who also writes in the book about the lives and times of her big extended South Minneapolis family. “They’ve all read it,” she said. “The part about our family is right on, but it’s kind of painful, too. They’re proud of me. They’re super-proud of me for stepping out and telling my story. But when I left (Hennepin Healthcare), I never thought I’d write a book. Did I even have a story? Did anyone even care? And I discovered, yes, it is a needed subject.” “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle,” is a quote attributed to the ancient Egyptian philosopher Philo, and, given her advice to everyone wondering how to treat people suffering from mental illness, it could also be Bussen’s. “Who I really want to reach out to is the teenagers, because [teen suicide] has just gone through the roof,” she said. “What I would tell the teenagers, what I would want to hear is, ‘Dare to be different, don’t be a bully and look out for those kids who might be in a dark place and try and help them. Kindness. [Be] kind, kind, kind. Keep them close to you and check in with them. “‘Take that five minutes, please, to sit down with a friend, co-worker, loved one, and not just ask them how they’re doing physically, but mentally.’ If there was more of an open talk situation, people
Megan Bussen holds her memoir “Regarding Megan Marie: Conquering Depression and Acquiring the Skill of Happiness,” with C&G’s Smoking Barbecue owner Greg Alford behind. Photo by Jim Walsh
wouldn’t have such a stigma against depression. It’s a disease, like any disease.” Pop culture is perpetually rife with suicide stories and other various death wishes. At the moment, the genre is represented by the local Dark & Stormy Theater company’s production of “Night, Mother” and HBO’s tedious goth-athon “Sharp Objects.” Weekly headlines bring news of suicide, and suicide prevention efforts (hotline: 1-800-273-8255) have ramped up in the wake of suicides by Anthony Bourdain, Kate Spade, Chris Cornell and others. “Even with these people who everyone thinks has everything — Kate Spade, Robin Williams — obviously they didn’t feel like they could tackle their problems by talking about it,” said Bussen. “So finances have nothing to do with it. It just proves that mental illness is totally real. I think my story could’ve been helpful [to Williams, et al], I really do. I got Cs in high school and college English. After Robin Williams committed suicide, a friend suggested I write my book. Granted, I am not really a writer, but somebody was with me on this book. It was my guardian angel, I believe. It was my New Year’s resolution. I didn’t pick up a pen until Jan. 1. I sat in my spare bedroom, and I just started to write. It took me a year and a half. Now it’s in both (Hennepin Healthcare) gift shops.” These days, Bussen speaks regularly at the outpatient psychiatric program at Hennepin Healthcare and attends weekly meetings of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). She also meets one-on-one with people in the same position she once was — alive but afraid of life, living and themselves. When they ask her what to expect after being discharged from the hospital, Bussen doesn’t sugarcoat it: “I tell them, ‘I’m gonna be honest with you. It’s not going to be easy. You’re not going to have people giving you hugs and giving you flowers, like you would if you have cancer, diabetes, heart disease. You’ll have people who judge you and say, ‘Pull yourself up by your bootstraps. Get back on your feet.’ There’s people who are just not going to get you, but that’s what NAMI is about. “My Friday night NAMI group, it’s a big circle, and you introduce who you are and what your mental illness is and how your week went. A lot of these people have incredible fears. Fears of getting up in the morning, fears of facing the day, and I think the reason it works is because everyone in there has a common ground, which is mental illness, and we all understand each other, whereas
a lot of outsiders will just never get it.” A former dental hygienist, Bussen enjoys a full life, working at C&G’s, baking for fun and profit and volunteering at the hospital that saved her life. She’s sent copies of her book to Ellen DeGeneres and dreams of appearing on “The Ellen Show” to help destigmatize mental illness, and she’s currently gearing up for NAMI Walks Minnesota (Sept. 22, Minnehaha Park, 4801 S. Minnehaha Drive; namiwalks.org), all of which also helps to keep the demons at bay. “I had two terrible weeks this winter, and in fact I went back to see a psychologist again,” she said. “This is like alcoholism. If I have two weeks of anxiety, I have to let them pass and forget about it. That’s a big problem with people with mental illness — they tend to want to ruminate and bring it back, bring it back, bring it back. They call it ‘ruminating,’ and I’ve learned that I can’t do that. I work so hard to keep those negative thoughts out and to let go of the things that are out of my control. Because my kids and I, we don’t have a very good relationship, but I have hope and faith that that will come. “I still have my tough days. When I wrote this book, you know, OK, ‘conquering depression and acquiring the skill of happiness’ — it sounds like I’m back to normal, but that’s not true. It’s still there.” Thankfully, others are learning from Bussen’s incredible journey, including the residents of the recently opened Crisis House in South Minneapolis, who receive copies of “Regarding Megan Marie” upon entering. What has the author/ survivor learned from the writing of her book? “I’ve learned happiness is a skill,” said Bussen. “I’ve learned how to love myself, which I don’t think I truly did; I thought I did. I learned spirituality comes from within, with myself — not just going to church, because that doesn’t give you that. But spirituality from within, which I carry with me every day.”
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Running against Becker Lowry Hill East resident John Edwards created and runs the “Wedge LIVE!” blog and uses it to write about housing proposals, local politics and other local government issues. Edwards also runs a Twitter account using the same name and creates YouTube videos about local issues. Becker drew Edwards’ ire last August, when she sued then-Mayor Betsy Hodges to force her to produce a full budget, instead of the outline of the plan. He decided to run a “half-serious, half-joke” write-in campaign for the Board of Estimate and Taxation this past November. “It seemed like a shame that no one had filed to run against this person who was making these outlandish claims,” Edwards said, noting Becker’s online comments questioning the funding of groups such as Black Lives Matter and the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition (now Our Streets Minnesota). “It seemed like Carol wasn’t getting the (same) level of scrutiny, and that’s somewhat understandable, because you don’t hear about the Board of Estimate and Taxation,” Edwards added.
Becker cruised to victory in the election, winning 48,163 votes compared to Edwards’ 1,539, but the two crossed paths again this spring and summer, after Minneapolis released its draft comprehensive plan, Minneapolis 2040. Becker was opposed to some of the plan’s housing and transportation policies and helped found the group Minneapolis for Everyone to oppose it. Edwards was a proponent of the plan’s housing and transportation proposals and advocated for it in posts on multiple websites. On July 10, Edwards published a post entitled “Beyond Apocalyptic Yard Signs” that noted the housing shortage in the Twin Cities and argued for more housing density in all areas of Minneapolis. Becker responded online three days later with a piece on E-democracy.org, arguing for the importance of parking and questioning Edwards’ claim that increased density will help right historical wrongs, such as housing discrimination. She argued for concentrating new housing in existing walkable environments and high-frequency transit nodes and for preserving singlefamily homes.
‘Not out to get’ Edwards The public-comment period for Minneapolis 2040 ended July 22, and Becker filed three applications for “Wedge Live” in the following two days. A Twitter user brought the filings to Edwards’ attention on Aug. 10, and Webster, the independent journalist, published a story on them the next day. Becker confirmed to Webster that she had filed the claims and said she intended to start a podcast to discuss “wedge issues.” But she subsequently withdrew her applications, a move she said gives Edwards time to “file for those assets.” “I’m not out to get Mr. Edwards,” she told the Southwest Journal. “I’m trying to do the decent thing and let him do what he needs to do to become legal.” Edwards said he was confused at first when he saw Becker’s claim and then became worried. He said his lawyer told him not to worry about the trademark filing and said they’re considering filing both an ethics complaint and taking the matter to court. Edwards added that he thinks Becker made the filings out of revenge. He said he doesn’t think Becker is fit to be in office, noting her vow to come back in six months
and re-file the applications. Becker denies the claim of revenge and maintains her innocence. She wrote a post on E-democracy.org on Aug. 14 saying that “the real story” is why the name Wedge Live was available in the first place and why Edwards hadn’t filed to become a business, nonprofit or a lobbyist. She claimed that Edwards meets the definition of a lobbyist and said she “stepped aside so Mr. Edwards can come clean.” She also charged that Edwards is working “full time” on the blog and questioned how he can make ends meet without significant compensation for the work. Edwards said he does make some money off of his site via donations from about 150 contributors, most of which are $5 or less. He told Webster that he pays taxes on the donations and on Wedge LIVE!-themed merchandise that he sells on another website. Hamline University Professor David Schultz said that mere criticism or commentary is not lobbying, even if it is paid to do so. He said someone would need to take direct action to influence legislation or government action and receive compensation specifically for the action in order to be considered a lobbyist.
Police charter amendment delayed A proposal to give the City Council more direct authority over police likely won’t go up for a vote this fall. Any chance that a question would appear on the ballot in November seemed to be closed off by the Charter Commission, whose members decided in August to schedule a series of at least three public hearings on the matter. The first hearing was scheduled to take place at City Hall on Sept. 5, nearly two weeks beyond the Aug.
24 deadline to forward a 2018 ballot question to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office. Introduced in late June by Ward 2 City Council Member Cam Gordon, the amendment would strike language from the city charter that gives the mayor “complete” power over police. It would also clarify that the City Council “may make rules and regulations” for police, subject to the mayor’s veto. Gordon described the current arrangement
as “outdated” and said it was time to give the City Council the same oversight and policymaking role with police as it has with other city departments. Both Mayor Jacob Frey and police Chief Medaria Arradondo were on record opposing the amendment. The next chance to place a charter amendment question on the ballot comes in 2020. In addition to scheduling public hearings, the Charter Commission plans to organize
a taskforce to review some of the key questions raised by Gordon’s proposal, including whether and how other similar-sized cities share authority over police between the mayor and council. A final report from the taskforce is due to the Charter Commission by Jan. 2. — Dylan Thomas
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Support for Northside Greenway grows
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he greenway was a great gift to our neighborhood,” said Stephen Lewis, who lives on the block of Irving Avenue North where a yearlong test of replacing a street with a park and trail ran last year. The temporary greenway test was part of continued engagement efforts around the proposed Northside Greenway, a 3.5-mile linear park and trail replacing parts of Irving and Humboldt avenues. Lewis was not alone in supporting the greenway test and wanting to see it made permanent. A recent Minneapolis Health Department report found 57 percent of residents on the greenway test block wanted a full greenway while only 19 percent wanted no greenway at all. The report said 73 percent of residents along a broader area of the potential route support some sort of greenway on their street.
I’d like the city to enable people to convert the pavement on their blocks into green space. — Matthew Hendricks, longtime greenway leader
This latest report echoes previous engagement reports that have shown support for the Northside Greenway from a strong majority of Northside residents across all ages and backgrounds. “It’s now time to build the greenway,” said Will Lumpkins, who has been engaging people around the idea for nearly five years and is working with a new entity called Northside Greenway Now. Hundreds of Northside Greenway Now yard signs have been placed across North Minneapolis, and the group has collected nearly a thousand postcards in support. This support emerged after the greenway idea prompted some strong opposition a couple years ago. While opponents still exist, Lumpkins said having a one-year break in engagement around the greenway helped. “Most of the sensationalism against the greenway has died down, and now we can focus on details of making it work,” he said. “The Greenway isn’t being pushed on us. This is for us, and we need to own it.” Lumpkins said residents are connecting with the long-term benefits of the greenway, including reduced health disparities (life expectancy in North Minneapolis is more than six years lower than the Twin Cities overall), safe access for kids and increased connectivity. Lewis saw some of the benefits during the temporary greenway test. “Kids were playing safely outside, families
were riding by on bicycles and there was none of the stress of having cars zooming by in front of our house,” he said. Being proactive about addressing the potential displacement of residents due to increased property values along the greenway is part of Lumpkins’ work to make sure the greenway is built to benefit local residents. “We have more work to do to get ahead of gentrification, and we are working to think outside the box on solutions,” he said.
Greenway efforts prompt Minneapolis study In addition to the potential Northside Greenway, there are other community-driven efforts for greenways in Minneapolis, including: • the Southside Greenway, envisioned to run between downtown and Minnehaha Parkway in the vicinity of 10th and 11th avenues; • the Min Hi Line trail planned near Hiawatha Avenue; • and the Great Northern Greenway trail running east to west along 26th Avenue North and 18th Avenue Northeast. There is also the potential of converting individual blocks of residential streets into greenways. Currently, the City of Minneapolis does not
have a policy or process to allow a long stretch of street to be converted to a greenway. With the community interest in greenways growing, the city is looking to sort out how to manage and approach the requests. Minneapolis Public Works is finalizing a greenways study that will inform policy around greenways and will be considered part of the city’s update to the Transportation Action Plan. The study is expected to be released this fall and will examine the different types of greenways, existing policy that impacts greenways, current community-driven greenway ideas, greenways in other cities and some recommendations. A draft of any greenway policy would be released with the draft Transportation Action Plan in early 2019. Northside Greenway Now and advocates for other greenways are hoping the policy provides a path for greenways can go from just an idea with community support to actually being built. Longtime greenway leader Matthew Hendricks hopes for even more options. “I’d like the city to enable people to convert the pavement on their blocks into green space,” he said. “I’d also love to see neighborhood greenways that provide safer ways for people to walk or bike to school, or work, or to the nearest park.” That vision for greenways is closer than ever to becoming reality in Minneapolis.
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November. DFLer Tina Smith, appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton to fill the seat once held by Al Franken, advanced to the November special election where she will face Republican Karin Housley. In other statewide races, primary voters advanced attorney general candidates Keith Ellison of the DFL and Doug Wardlow of the GOP. Ellison is leaving his Fifth District seat in Congress, and vying to replace him are DFLer Ilhan Omar and Republican Jennifer Zielinski, who won their respective primaries. Omar is in turn leaving her District 60B seat in the Minnesota House, which includes University of Minnesota area and Marcy-Holmes neighborhood, as well as Nicollet Island. Advancing to the general election in that race are Joseph Patino for the GOP and Mohamud Noor for the DFL. In strongly left-leaning District 62A, which includes parts of South and Southwest Minneapolis, a tight race to succeed retiring Rep. Karen Clark was won by Hodan Hassan with 2,207 votes (28.4 percent). Hassan will face Republican Bruce Lundeen in November. In another district that is likely to remain DFL-controlled, Aisha Gomez won an uncontested DFL primary to succeed retiring 62B Rep. Susan Allen. Facing off against Gomez in November will be Rondald Peterson, who took 196 votes (67.8 percent) in the Republican primary. 62B also includes a mix of South and Southwest neighborhoods. Irene Fernando (9,577 votes; 33.2 percent) and Blong Yang (7,593 votes; 26.3 percent) were the top two vote-getters in the five-way race for the nonpartisan District 2 Hennepin County Board seat
and will advance to the general election. Hennepin County District 4 voters advanced incumbent Peter McLaughlin (16,122 votes; 45.4 percent) and Angela Conley (14,976 votes; 42.2 percent). The primary also narrowed the race for county sheriff to two from three candidates, advancing incumbent Rich Stanek (99,431 votes; 49.2 percent) and challenger Dave Hutch (69,899 votes; 34.6 percent). Minneapolis voters also advanced four at-large School Board candidates to the general election. Kimberly Caprini, Rebecca Gagnon, Josh Pauly and Sharon El-Amin were the top-four vote-getters in the five-candidate primary. The four will vie for two open at-large School Board seats on Election Day. Caprini, an active parent, was the top vote-getter with 36,113 votes (29.9 percent), followed by Gagnon, a two-term incumbent, with 26,390 votes (21.8 percent). Pauly, a former MPS teacher, was third with 25,071 votes (20.8 percent), followed by El-Amin, who’s also an active parent, with 24,912 votes (20.6 percent). A fifth candidate, Doug Mann, received 8,355 votes (6.9 percent) and was eliminated. Minneapolis has nine School Board members, including six elected from districts and three serving at-large. Up to two candidates can be on the general-election ballot for each seat in districts that hold a primary, such as Minneapolis. Voters in districts 1, 3 and 5, all on the eastern half of Minneapolis, will also elect board members in November. Incumbents Jenny Arneson, Siad Ali and Nelson Inz are each unopposed in their bids for re-election to those seats.
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Two on the ballot in Hennepin County’s District 3 Incumbent Marion Greene faces a challenge from LaDonna Redmond By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
Four years ago, Marion Greene won her seat representing District 3 on the Hennepin County Board two times — once in a spring 2014 special election and then again in the general election that fall. As she seeks re-election to a second full term, the former state representative is facing a challenge from LaDonna Redmond, an activist and community organizer who works as diversity and community engagement manager for the Seward Community Co-op. Like several other candidates seeking county board seats this year, Redmond said she was inspired to run at least in part by the chance to be the first person of color to serve on the board in its history. District 3 includes most of Southwest Minneapolis, plus a portion of downtown and the city of St. Louis Park. Unlike the District 2 and District 4 races also on the ballot this year, the nonpartisan, two-person District 3 race did not require a primary, so Redmond and Greene face off for the first time on Election Day, Nov. 6.
Greene said another priority is seeking out “the next innovation” for Hennepin Health, which has already had success in reducing healthcare costs by, for instance, targeting aid to frequent emergency room users. She’s interested in positioning the county-run HMO to become the public option for Hennepin residents, possibly by first opening it to all county employees, but said “there are lots of big steps … between here and there.”
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By the time she moved to Minnesota for a job in healthcare finance, Marion Greene had built a resume of work in politics and policy, including a position as New Mexico field director for the 1996 Clinton-Gore re-election campaign. She won election to a state House seat in 2010 and joined the county board in 2014, winning a special election to replace Gail Dorfman, the former District 3 commissioner who now heads St. Stephen’s. Greene, who lives in Uptown with her husband and stepdaughter, said her top priority if re-elected is to end the system of cash bail. She said bail should be used to limit the risk of flight or re-offense, but too often it penalizes offenders who simply can’t afford to pay up — threatening their employment, disrupting their personal lives and making a bad situation worse. Greene said she’s also interested in transitioning the county fleet to electric vehicles as a way to cut greenhouse gas emissions. While there don’t yet appear to be options for an electric snowplow, she said, transitioning the majority of county vehicles to electric could pay for itself within about 10 years. “Before I got to the county, the board had established goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and a lot of the bigger, easier things have been done, so now there’s this sense of like, OK, what’s our next year of work? I think this falls neatly into that category,” she said.
LaDonna Redmond has a track record of activism here and in Chicago, focusing on issues like access to food and reproductive healthcare and ending gun violence. But she had never seriously considered running for office until after the election of President Donald Trump. Distraught, Redmond said, she resolved to “find a way to do more” — a search that led her to file to run in District 3. “I like systems change,” she said. “I believe that’s going to get the most benefit to our communities immediately.” Redmond, who lives in the Armatage neighborhood, said equitable access to effective transit options is one of her top priorities. With the cost of the Southwest Light Rail Transit project continuing to increase, even as Metro Transit recently announced route reductions due to a driver shortage, Redmond said it’s time to pause and re-evaluate the county’s commitment to the state’s largest-ever transportation project. “There are many people who have some serious concerns about the project, its cost, its direction, its location,” she said. Another priority for Redmond would be to put the county at the forefront of recognizing and responding to police brutality. She said some of the county budget could be redirected from law enforcement to public health to better address issues like mental health and substance abuse that can be contributing factors to violent interactions between law enforcement and community members. If elected, Redmond would also make equity a top priority. She said the county could convene a board of civilian experts to help devise strategies for reducing disparities in everything from health and employment to the county’s contracts with local businesses. “My work experience has prepared me to understand what has to happen on the ground but also what has to happen in the system,” she said.
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Exhibit documents housing discrimination ‘Owning Up’ on display at Hennepin History Museum
By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
White people restricted where non-whites could live in Minneapolis for the first half of the 20th century, leading to racial segregation that has continued to today. A pair of University of Minnesota graduate students is working to make people more aware of that history through a new exhibit at the Hennepin History Museum. Denise Pike and Kacie Lucchini Butcher curated “Owning Up: Racism and Housing in Minneapolis,” which runs through January at the museum. The exhibit shows the tools white people used to restrict where nonwhites could live and the hostility that several black families faced after moving into all-white neighborhoods. The goal, Pike and Lucchini Butcher said, is to challenge the notion of Minneapolis as a “model metropolis.” “Minneapolis is a great place,” Lucchini Butcher said. “There’s so many great things about the Twin Cities, but what doesn’t get talked about is the racial disparities. We want to highlight what undergirds some of these issues that we see.” Pike and Lucchini Butcher are both students in the University of Minnesota’s Heritage Studies and Public History graduate program. They connected during their studies with the university’s Mapping Prejudice project, which is working to create a local map of racially restrictive covenants. According to the project, real estate developers embedded covenants in property deeds across the country to keep people who were
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not white from buying or occupying land. The first racially restrictive deed in Minneapolis appeared in 1910, and developers across the city soon began using them. Banks subsequently began denying loans to people who had properties in mixed-race neighborhoods,
a practice known as redlining. “Banks were not likely to lend to you whatsoever if you lived in a red-lined area,” Lucchini Butcher said. In 1910, when the first covenant was enacted, black families lived in neighbor-
hoods across portions of South, downtown and North Minneapolis, according to Mapping Prejudice. But by 1940, blacks were largely concentrated in parts of southcentral and Near North Minneapolis. SEE HOUSING DISCRIMINATION / PAGE A16
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Lucy Rahn and campers with Lucy’s Outdoor Dance Camp play the piano in Linden Hills. Rahn said the piano reminds her of outdoor pianos commonly found in New York. Photo by Michelle Bruch
Dinner on the 38th Street bridge Neighbors celebrated the reopening of the 38th Street bridge with a community meal over Interstate 35W on Aug. 16. The Building Bridges and Breaking Bread event united neighbors from both sides of the highway with food, music and conversation. The Minnesota Department of Transportation, the City of Minneapolis’ 8th Ward office and several
local partners organized the event. The 38th Street bridge was demolished in March and then reconstructed as part of the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s 35W@94: Downtown to Crosstown project. — Dylan Thomas
Mayor Jacob Frey, Sarah Pritzker and Joshua Garubanda chat on the 38th Street bridge. Photo by Michelle Bruch
Play it again, Linden Hills A public piano is back in Linden Hills this summer, located outside Heartfelt at 4306 S. Upton Ave. “It’s kind of a community builder,” said Lisa MacMartin, who helped bring in the piano as president of the Linden Hills Business Association. “…Every once in a while, you get someone who can really play.” The neighborhood was once accustomed to seeing a piano at the pocket park at 43rd & Upton. Following apartment construction on the corner, the association needed to find a new location, and Keys 4/4 Kids ran out of available pianos this year. Linden Hills House of Music stepped in to provide a used piano, and artist Sarah Ivers
(known for her House of Music mural work) painted the piano. MacMartin suggested hosting the piano in front of her shop Heartfelt, which recently expanded in April. Heartfelt staff uncover the piano at 10 a.m. each day, and Scott Watson and Tim Cadotte cover it up each night at 9 p.m. “It’s part of the whimsical nature of the neighborhood,” MacMartin said. “It’s a busy strolling time of year. It really fits in.” The neighborhood will host Woofstock on Sept. 8, featuring live entertainment, a dog trick contest, a fido fashion show, food trucks, a pooch patio, crafts, and other gifts and goods for dog lovers. The event runs from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at 43rd & Upton.
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Bike lawyer opens Uptown office A personal injury lawyer who specializes in cycling has relocated his growing firm from Loring Park to Uptown at 1622 W. Lake St., aiming to move closer to the heart of the local cycling community. “I wanted to try to be a more visible presence and work in the community that I live,” said Dan Brazil, who lives a few blocks away in East Calhoun. In the area of bike law, Brazil initially represented a friend who was bike commuting in a dedicated bike lane when an intoxicated driver pulled out in front of the bike. The cyclist broke a kneecap, and Brazil helped navigate the costs of the ambulance ride, ER, surgery, long rehab, wage loss benefits and eventual settlement. The City of Minneapolis reports that while pedestrian counts have risen over the past decade, the number of pedestrian crashes has held steady. Brazil said the most common cause of a crash he sees is inattention. “That can range from everything from texting to being on the phone to making a turn without looking,” he said. Five of the crashes he’s handled in the past six months were due to drivers turning in front of bikes properly inside a bike lane, he said.
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of throwing Molotov cocktails at police from a black SUV. Police arrested Hunter the next day. He was driving the same car and wearing pants with a green marking dye that officers shot at people believed to be throwing objects. He faced two counts of felony riot in the second degree, but he flatly denied throwing anything at police. As Hunter talked, Sarah said, she knew he was innocent. “I was blown away,” said Hunter. “People were really trying to come up with a strategy for trying to get me off of a case. They don’t have to be here.” By this time, Hunter had been fighting his case for a year. Activists had noticed he was the only person charged with a felony, and they felt the possibility of 10 years in prison was a tragic injustice for a grieving man. They packed courtrooms, signed petitions, held rallies and fundraisers, sketched Hunter’s portrait on posters, mailed hundreds of postcards, spread the word at Rock the Garden and organized call-in campaigns with signups to ensure the phones at the Carver County Attorney’s Office rang every 20 minutes.
Sarah didn’t let her feet off the pedal. There were so many things she did to get my case dismissed. — Louis Hunter, co-founder of Trio Plant-based
“Each one sold out,” Hunter said. “Our specialty is delicious vegan comfort food,” Sarah said. They’ve served traditional vegan fare like chickpea salad, along with vegan cheeseburgers, fries, root beer floats and homemade lasagna with scratch sauce. A soul food pop-up featured smokey house ribs from The Herbivorous Butcher. Multiple people requested extra “mac n cheeze” to-go. “I spent six years perfecting that recipe,” Sarah said.
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Dismissed The attorney’s office met with officers and reviewed 60 hours of video and more than 100 police reports. The office didn’t find evidence that Hunter had thrown objects or held a weapon. Police provided inconsistent suspect descriptions, according to the office, and police said they occasionally missed when trying to mark people with dye. The prosecutor didn’t have enough evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt and dismissed the charges. When Hunter’s lawyer called and said the charges were dismissed, Hunter asked if he was playing. Reality sunk in when he was assured he could post the news on Facebook. Hunter called his pastor and cried with him for five minutes, and then he told Sarah.
The restaurant Trio Plant-based opens in September at 610 W. Lake St., serving vegan comfort food like “bbq chikken wings” and baked “mac n cheeze.” Pictured, left to right, are co-founders Dan Woodcock, Sarah Woodcock and Louis Hunter. Photo by Michelle Bruch
— Sarah Woodcock, co-founder of Trio Plant-based
Hunter continued meeting periodically with Sarah. At one point, he floated the idea of
opening a food truck during the Super Bowl. “What do you think about a vegan food truck?” Sarah asked. Sarah has a background in vegan advocacy work, and they had been sampling vegan foods around town. But the recipes Hunter liked best were the ones Sarah cooked at home: quesadillas, lasagna and “mac n cheeze.” They even had a name for their food truck — Vroom Vroom Vegan — until a business advisor at the Northside Economic Opportunity Network suggested they think about a brick-and-mortar restaurant instead. “It’s a lot of work, but it’s effortless in its own way,” Sarah said. A Kickstarter campaign raised more than $62,000 from 600 backers, surpassing a $50,000 goal. They tested recipes at pop-up events at Kindred Kitchen.
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“definitely declining” and “hazardous.” The exhibit then explains the history of covenants and redlining, before telling the stories of three black families who experienced discrimination after moving into all-white neighborhoods. One of them, the Lee family, had a mob of thousands assemble in front of their house during the nights after they moved there in 1931. The exhibit also talks about the Fair Housing Act, which Congress passed 50 years ago and which prevented housing discrimination based on race. It asks patrons to reflect on their own lived experiences and answer a few questions to be part of a wall outside of the exhibit room. “We’re hoping that Minneapolis and Minneapolitans own up to a little bit of this history,” Lucchini Butcher said in explaining the exhibit name. Lucchini Butcher said that many of the places with racial covenants in the ’50s remain mostly white today. Pike said the idea of the exhibit isn’t to proscribe solutions to such segregation but rather to get people to recognize the issue. She said she wants
people to think about what privileges, or lack of privileges, they have and to look at their own neighborhoods with a fresh set of eyes. “It’s OK to be prideful, to be happy about Minneapolis,” she said. “But we can also just recognize that there’s other sides to it. People have different experiences, and that everything just isn’t from our point of view.” Cedar Imboden Phillips, executive director of the museum, said the exhibit helps to connect history with contemporary conversations, noting the discussion in Minneapolis about the draft comprehensive plan. She said the museum isn’t taking a stand on policy issues but wants people to understand the historic context so they can make educated decisions. Delegard, of Mapping Prejudice, said they’re also challenging the idea that Minneapolis has had an equal playing field for people of all races. She said she firmly believes that the city’s situation today with regard to housing and racial equity is not stable. Several students in Augsburg University’s design program worked with Pike
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Black families also dealt with more obscured racism when seeking a house, according to Kirsten Delegard, director of Mapping Prejudice. Real estate agents were not allowed to introduce people of a different race to a white neighborhood, Delegard said, and the federal government did not make certain benefits programs available to black families. Further, banks would charge higher interest rates to African-American families, who often experienced open hostility if they did manage to move into an all-white neighborhood. “These housing policies are just a very material expression about these larger ideas that are taking over,” Delegard said of racial attitudes of the time. Pike and Lucchini Butcher explain this history as part of the “Owning Up” exhibit, displaying a redlined map of Minneapolis in the 1930s toward the front of the display. The map defines most of South Minneapolis as “best” and “still desirable,” and most of the northern half of Minneapolis as
“Sarah didn’t let her feet off the pedal,” Hunter said. “There were so many things she did to get my case dismissed.” Activists threw a party at People’s Park in St. Paul, with speakers and music and activist Chauntyll Allen running the grill. Though never convicted, Hunter said the charges impacted his life. After he got out of jail, he said, someone slid a piece of paper under his door in St. Louis Park, notifying him that he needed to move out within a few days. “They wouldn’t tell me why,” he said. He found a new apartment in Stevens Square, but the place needed work and his daughters preferred their old neighborhood parks.
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Sarah recently left a job as technical project manager to focus on Trio. Hunter is pausing his landscaping business to work at the restaurant full-time. Dan will work at Trio part-time and continue his day job. They’re redesigning the Lake Street space at 610 W. Lake St. formerly home to The Gray House, Prairie Dogs and Emperor of India with a focus on simplicity. “We want everyone to feel comfortable here, no matter what their background is,” Sarah said. “We have such a diverse group of customers.” Customers will have the option to purchase a meal for someone in need in the community. The idea came from J. Selby’s in St. Paul, which has a similar program where patrons can buy a $5 community bowl token to “pay it forward.” “I love that, that’s totally us,” Sarah said. Trio will offer dinner to start, adding lunch on the weekends and later expanding to breakfast. They plan to add beer and wine sales as well, eventually serving three meals, seven days a week. The grand opening will span two weeks so that all supporters have a chance to stop by, including viral video star Tabitha Brown and other crucial supporters like Nekima Levy Armstrong, J. Selby’s, The Herbivorous Butcher and Crepe & Spoon. “We all want each other to succeed,” Sarah said. Hunter said he’s glad to start a career in the business of feeding people. He thinks about growing up and eating meals as a family, laughing and eating until they are full. “I want to make some people smile,” he said.
and Lucchini Butcher to design the exhibit. Designer Indra Ramassamy, who graduated from Augsburg, said the design team was intentional about making sure visitors know they are in a room in a house (the history museum is housed in a former mansion). The “Owning Up” exhibit is part of a series of events several organizations are putting on this year to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. Cara Letofsky, a Hennepin History Museum board member and consultant to the series, said she wants people to have a broader understanding of the history of housing discrimination and how that impacts modern-day trends. “Owning Up” was scheduled to open Aug. 23 and run through Jan. 20 at the museum, though the Aug. 23 opening was sold out. Mapping Prejudice welcomes additional volunteers to help with its mapping work, Delegard said. Visit mappingprejudice.org to learn more about opportunities. More information on the event series can be found at bit.ly/2MEKc6d.
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Minnehaha Creek restoration continues The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District began work on the centerpiece of its largest-ever creekrestoration project earlier this month. A contractor for the agency began demolishing a cold-storage warehouse off Blake Road in Hopkins on Aug. 13. The agency plans on restoring over 1,000 feet of stream channel at the 17-acre site, on which the firm Kraus-Anderson also plans to build a mixeduse apartment building. The project is the latest in a years-long effort by the Watershed District to restore the stretch of creek between Hopkins and St. Louis Park. That segment has the highest pollutant load per unit area of any along the creek, said Michael Hayman, project planning manager for the district. Hayman said the creek had been ditched and straightened along the stretch in the years after World War II and that adjacent wetlands had been drained. That left the stretch more prone to pollution and flooding, he said. The district began work to restore the area about eight years ago, when it worked
with Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park to restore 1,500 feet of creek and 15 acres of wetland vegetation. It has since worked on a second project in St. Louis Park, called the Minnehaha Creek Preserve, and also completed a project at Cottageville Park in Hopkins. Another phase of the project will include improvements to the creek as it travels through Meadowbrook Golf Course. The Watershed District had purchased the Blake Road property in 2011 with the intention of treating polluted stormwater from surrounding neighborhoods and restoring the creek channel. The site will treat stormwater from 270 acres once the project is completed, according to the agency. All told, the entire series of projects will include 1.5 miles of restored stream, 450 acres of additional stormwater management, 12 acres of restored wetlands and 50 acres of newly accessible green space. The Watershed District calls the entire series of projects the Minnehaha Creek Greenway.
Hayman said the agency is making sure the improvements help residents of the area access the Southwest Light Rail Transit line, which is planned to run adjacent to the Blake Road project site and through the greenway area. He said the projects would result in lower pollutant loads in stretches of the creek downstream from Hopkins and St. Louis Park, including Southwest Minneapolis. “The work that goes on upstream directly impacts in a positive manner what residents and others experience downstream,” he said. Hayman said the Blake Road site will be cleared by the end of the year. He said the agency is preparing to start the stormwater work in 2019 and is aiming for the site to be treating water in 2020. Earlier this year, the watershed district’s board of managers selected Kraus-Anderson to be the master developer for the Blake Road site. The company’s initial plans call for 465 units on the site, including 84 affordable units, and neighborhood retail/community space at two corners of the development.
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Developers unveil new concepts for Upper Harbor Terminal amphitheater A new concept plan for the Upper Harbor Terminal shows an updated vision for the nearly 50-acre site in North Minneapolis, including renderings of a proposed performing arts center. The plan marks an opportunity for the public to give feedback on how they think a team of private developers should build out the site into a hub of private development, market-rate and affordable housing and new parks. The City of Minneapolis picked a development team headed by Minneapolis-based United Properties that includes THOR Cos. and First Avenue Productions to form a plan for the former shipping terminal. New renderings show the proposed performing arts center and its business practices in greater detail. First Avenue Productions, the company associated with the downtown music venue, and the development team are planning a performing arts center whose 10,000-person capacity — 6,000 seated and 4,000 in the outdoor space — would be open and accessible to the public for an estimated 315 non-ticketed show days a year. Ticket fees would support free programming in the center, according to the plan. Many of the positions in the venue would be filled through Step Up, a local program that connects young people with jobs.
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Phase one of the concept plan calls for the performing arts center, a low-rise mixed-use building, a hotel, a five-story commercial office building and a community innovation hub. At least 20 percent of the residential units would be affordable for households earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. A second phase would feature more
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REMODELING SHOWCASE Four years later, the men decided to convert the attic to a combination exercise room/storage area and guest bedroom. That meant reinforcing the floor to take the pounding that running on a treadmill entails while keeping it quiet in the office just below. Vujovich also added three skylights that open for fresh air and that are fitted with automatic shades. Lander also wanted a new, larger shower in the master bath, which was painted and partially remodeled with a new, Carrera marble-topped vanity during the 2008 project. The new shower extends six inches further out into the bathroom, has glass walls and multiple jets and a steam unit. The final project took place in 2017. Unlike most other houses in the neighborhood, this one did not have a built-in
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buffet. Lander and Broton had planned ahead, having Vujovich install the framing for the 9-1/2-foot buffet in the niche where the buffet would ultimately be built. When they were ready to move ahead, “we knew who to call,” Broton said. Like the butler’s pantry, the buffet features bead board backing, visible through the glassed-in cabinets. Vujovich also built a semi-hidden drawer at the bottom to store the leaves for Broton’s grandparents’ 1912 dining table. But the piece de resistance is the counter – a solid slab of honey onyx, lit underneath by tiny electronic lights. “You really embraced technology,” said Lisé Rubins, project director for Vujovich. “As long as it’s not visible,” Lander responded. The final project also included remodeling the men’s existing office, a former bedroom. “I knew I wanted it oaky and clubby and woody, but we were afraid if we did it too woody it would be too dark and severe,” Lander said. Vujovich built a cantilevered desk where both men can work simultaneously and more hiding places for wiring and technology – even a secret cupboard for the shredder. The cabinetry proved more of a challenge, according to Rubins. “What was hard was putting custom cabinetry wall to wall, floor to ceiling in an old house that is not perfect,” she said. “Having to rebuild a few units, modifying onsite, is probably the biggest challenge.” Choosing a design-build firm for each successive project was not as difficult, according to Lander. Their first remodel coincided with the Great Recession, making the men shy of going overboard financially. They kept editing down the plan just in case of cost overruns. Vujovich remained on schedule and costs matched the estimates. Lander and Broton started adding back parts of the plan that they had deleted. “We ended up getting the remodel that we wanted that was within $10,000 of the original estimate,” Lander said. “We wouldn’t use anybody else to do any projects for us. If you have an experience like that, why would you use anybody else?”
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Washburn’s Covert set for senior season
Washburn High School senior Emily Covert won two state titles last year and was second in a national race in June. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
Covert won two state titles last year By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
Emily Covert began running early in elementary school, jogging with her parents and older brother around Lake Nokomis. This year, she will finish one of the great careers in Minneapolis high school running history. Covert was the state girls’ cross-country champion last fall and has appeared in the state meet every year since seventh grade. The senior also won a state track-and-field title in the 3,200-meter race this past spring, breaking a 12-year-old state record by about three-quarters of a second. Altogether, Covert has appeared in every state cross-country and track-and-field meet since seventh grade and has earned 10 top-10 finishes in 13 events. She’s also competed in multiple national meets and took second at a national event earlier this summer.
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Covert and her teammates started practice for the upcoming cross-country season Aug. 13. Covert said she initially was inspired to take up running because of her older brother, Chris, who also competed on the Washburn team. She showed immediate promise after joining the team as a seventh-grader, Washburn coach Curtis Johnson said, winning the conference title that year and earning a spot in the state meet. Covert said she wasn’t overwhelmed heading into that first state meet but recognized that it was “something new.” She took 24th out of 174 runners in the meet and was the only seventh-grader in the top 60. The next year, Covert took fifth in the state cross-country meet, improving upon her time
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by over 30 seconds. She said she set different goals each season and that she realized how much she loved the sport after struggling during her sophomore year. “It just made me train very hard over the winter,” Covert said, noting a second-place finish in the state 3,200-meter race that spring. Covert said she entered the cross-country season last fall feeling like she could win state if she put her mind to it. She won the Roy Griak Invitational early in the fall and subsequently won the section championship in late October. In the state-championship race, Covert broke away from her closest competitor near the end to win by over four seconds, becoming the first female Minneapolis Public Schools student to win the cross-country title.
Covert entered the spring season with the goal of winning the 3,200 race, after taking second by three-tenths of a second the previous year. She started the season strong, breaking the state record during an indoor meet in early spring, and entered the state meet with the fastest qualifying time in the 3,200. Covert built a sizeable lead heading into the final lap of the 3,200 at the state meet, at which point she realized the record was within reach. She said cleared her mind and focused on running as fast as she could for that lap, eventually crossing the finish line with a new state record. Covert continued her strong season the following week, taking second in the 2-mile event at the New Balance National Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina. She also attended Nike Elite Camp in Portland, Oregon, in June, training alongside the top runners in the country. She said she’s aiming to break some of her personal records in the coming year, noting less of a focus on breaking state records than bettering herself. Covert is one of several strong returning runners for the Washburn team. The team also returns senior Grace Dickel, who took 13th in state last year, and senior Caleb Haugland on the boys’ side, who finished 10th last year. Johnson said Covert is a good talent to have on the team and that she demonstrates a great work ethic, noting that she applies herself at every practice. He said the coaches sometimes have to work on reining her back to ensure that she has time to recover at practice. “She’s really developed an ability to really focus a little bit more,” he added. Covert said she plans on running for a Division I college after high school, though she’s undecided on where at this point. She said she’s confident about the talent on the Washburn team this year, noting strong underclassmen. The team is scheduled to begin its season with a race on Aug. 24.
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District leaders kick off school year Minneapolis leaders celebrated the start of the 2018-19 school year on Aug. 20, noting community partnerships and asking for community support during an event at North High School. Local city, civic and school district leaders noted the district’s successes and efforts to improve the achievement of its 34,000-plus students. They also encouraged community involvement in the district, noting how community partners can help students access valuable programming and enrichment opportunities. “Now more than ever, your continued support is needed,” said Michelle Walker, executive director of Generation Next, which works to close achievement and opportunity gaps in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The event came a week before most Minneapolis Public Schools students return to classes. Superintendent Ed Graff said the district is poised to become a national model, noting district initiatives to build literacy, introduce social-emotional learning and ensure 30 minutes of daily recess for all elementary students, among others. Graff said the district’s new standardized pre-K–5 literacy curriculum has already shown positive results, adding that the district believes it will see measurable gains in elementary reading scores when the state releases data this month. He also noted efforts to increasing the diversity of the district’s teaching staff, source food from local farms and a partnership with the Minnesota Twins that stresses the importance of ninth grade. “We’ve begun to reimagine how we serve our students, families and staff,” Graff said, noting that graduation rates are up. He added that district leaders presented a balanced 2018-19 budget this past spring that does not rely on reserve funds for the first time in nearly a decade. Graff said the district is working on the practice of cultural humility, which he said is deeper than cultural competency. He
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added that the district has reorganized its central office, increased community connections and begun to implement comprehensive professional development for staff. Graff also touched on the district’s upcoming comprehensive design project, which could include structural changes to attendance zones and program pathways. The district plans on introducing the project in greater detail next month and bringing it before the School Board for a vote in December. The project will set out a series of high academic expectations for all students, Graff said. It will lead to more opportunities for students who have mastered grade-level coursework and need greater challenges, he added. Similarly, it will help the district provide additional support to students who need more help. Leaders at the event also noted efforts to
help students experiencing homelessness and housing instability. Mayor Jacob Frey said the city will deliver $3.3 million annually to make sure that about 320 families and 640 students have housing within half a mile of their respective community school. He said that as much as 8.5 percent of the city’s school-aged population is experiencing homelessness or severe housing instability. School Board Chair Nelson Inz also noted the district’s upcoming referendum, which would provide it with an additional $30 million annually in operating revenue. Inz noted that multiple elected officials are serving as honorary campaign co-chairs and said he’s learned as a School Board member how much teamwork is needed to lead the district. “It’s going to take teamwork and a commitment to the wellbeing of all our students to move this district in a direction that we need,” he said.
The Minneapolis Board of Education on Aug. 9 voted to trim the district’s 2018-19 calendar by two days. School will end Friday, June 7, instead of Tuesday, June 11, as originally scheduled. The board this past January approved a similar measure for the 2017-18 school year, as recommended by Superintendent Ed Graff. “The decision was especially welcomed in our buildings without air conditioning,” Graff wrote in a memo. “We do not believe the reduction of these two student contact days in mid-June negatively affected student learning for the school year.” MPS had 176 student-instructional days scheduled for 2018-19, 11 days more than state law requires. School starts Aug. 27 for students in grades 1–12 and runs into June, with a twoweek winter break and a one-week spring break. The board’s resolution this past January cited several factors for the switch, including that attendance for students and staff drops the further school goes into June. The change is separate from the development and adoption of calendars for the 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years. A committee will begin developing those calendars later this month, with the goal of presenting them to the School Board in October, Graff wrote.
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BLUER, YELLOWER AND EVEN BETTER After a renovation, the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge is back in vibrant color
Story and photos by Austen Macalus
The iconic pedestrian bridge connecting Loring Park and the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden re-opened in August after a three-month makeover. The Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge, designed by Siah Armajani, will be in top shape for the Sept. 9 opening of “Follow This Line,” the Walker Art Center’s retrospective on the Minneapolis-based artist’s work. The 375-foot bridge, which spans 16 lanes of traffic over Interstate 94, underwent a $2.5 million reconditioning by the Minnesota Department of Transportation starting in early May. The renovations were mostly cosmetic: repainting the bridge’s distinctive colors — blue, yellow and green — installing a new wooden deck and replacing the metal letters of a poem by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet John Ashbery that lines the walkway. SEE WALKER BRIDGE / PAGE B6
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Lovers’ lanes
An Uptown bowling alley has been couples’ go-to spot for over two decades By Austen Macalus
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t was Jarvis Smith’s first time going out with someone he met online. For Jessie Smith, it was not. Jessie had gone on several dates — most of them bad, some of them horrible and all of them unsuccessful, she said — before she and Jarvis decided to meet up in person. “I was ready to throw the towel in and go back to just being a career girl,” she said. Jarvis picked a spot in the middle of their places: Bryant-Lake Bowl, an old-school bowling alley and restaurant in Uptown. A hot spot for those falling in love or, in the case of Jessie, a reluctant first date. Getting ready that night, she thought about bailing out. “I did not want to go,” she said. “Now, I look back and thank goodness I did go.” Jessie and Jarvis immediately hit it off. Jarvis liked how down-to-earth she was. Jessie appreciated how thoughtful he was. When she accidentally spilled her drink, he sprang into action to clean it up. And they both liked the warm atmosphere, the eclectic crowd and, of course, the bowling. The only thing that was off that night was Jarvis’ bowling game. He ended up losing to Jessie, unexpectedly, or perhaps on purpose. Jessie, who admittedly is not a great bowler, said she still doesn’t know if he threw the game. Jarvis maintains he didn’t. “I was really trying. … All my friends will tell you, I don’t lose,” he said. “It was just one of those days.” That night, their first date, was almost three years ago. Last fall, the couple tied the knot, taking their engagement photos at — where else — Bryant-Lake Bowl.
New couples, same old place Smack dab in the middle of the bustling stretch near West Lake Street and Bryant Avenue South, with a bright retro red neon sign lighting up its name, Bryant-Lake Bowl is a widely recognized Uptown mainstay. It’s been featured by the likes of City Pages, Twin Cities Eater and Foursquare as one of the city’s top spots for dates. “It’s definitely been a first date spot for a very long time,” said Kim Bartmann, the restaurant’s owner. With a restaurant and bar in the front and eight lanes of bowling in the back, plus a small theater, the mood is somewhere between a dive bar and a wine bar with the regular rumble of balls and the constant crash of pins. Although new couples often find themselves at Bryant-Lake Bowl, there’s really nothing new about it. Lovebirds have flocked to the restaurant for the past 25 years. They’ve been going to the bowling alley even longer. The alley has been around since the 1930s. Bartmann acquired the space, and the history that came with it, in the early ’90s. “Many people over the years have come in and said they went on their first date at the bowling alley,” she said. “Or they come in and say, ‘My grandma and grandpa went on their first date at the bowling alley.’ ” Zea Asklof, a 39-year-old living in south Minneapolis, grew up on Bryant Avenue and remembers going to the bowling alley as a kid. Years later, Zea met Robb Asklof, 42, in a volleyball league they both played in. Although she started to get feelings for him, Zea almost ended their budding relationship after Robb’s friends took his phone away when Zea called him at the bar.
It’s as straightforward as it gets. Players grab their own shoes and ball and wait to snag a lane when one opens up. The long-lasting character is comforting, Zea said, especially in an area that’s seen a flood of apartment buildings, new restaurants and trendy bars on the surrounding blocks. “With all of the change that’s been happening in (the) Uptown area, Bryant-Lake (Bowl) — as much as it’s changed — it still has remained the same,” she said. Perhaps the only thing that isn’t a relic of the past is the food. Bartmann, after all, is a two-time James Beard Award semifinalist. The menu, not to mention the extensive tap list, would put your typical bowling alley grub in the gutter. Amy Rolando, a matchmaker with Twin Cities-based Pairings Group, has recommended the restaurant to many of her clients. She said the trifecta of good food, active entertainment and a funky atmosphere makes the restaurant a perfect place for couples looking to make the next move. “Bryant-Lake Bowl really has a sweet spot for a first date venue,” she said. “It ticks off all the boxes.” For Bartmann, it all comes down to a simple formula. “I think bowling is a really good first date because it gives you something to do, and you find out if the person you’re potentially going to end up with can add to 10,” she said. Jarvis and Jessie Smith took their engagement photos outside Bryant-Lake Bowl. Submitted photo
Zea eventually asked Robb out, but only after reading her horoscope, which called on her to give someone a second chance. It was, quite literally, written in the stars when Zea and Robb spent one of their first dates at Bryant-Lake Bowl. In 2014, a decade after their fateful meeting, the couple spent their wedding reception at the bowling alley. Besides her tax status, not much had changed. “The actual bowling is exactly the same as I remember it,” Zea said. That’s because Bartmann has kept much of the alley’s original features. The pin setting and ball retrieval system, built back in the ’50s, lets players see the ball rolling back to them. The alley shuns the typical computer scoring system. Players are required to keep score the old-fashioned way with a No. 2 pencil and paper.
Competition, for those who want it On a typical Monday night in August, BryantLake Bowl is crowded with couples lounging on large metal benches while wait staff dash back and forth, providing full food service to the lanes. That’s because Monday is Cheap Date Night at Bryant-Lake Bowl, a food, wine and bowling combo that usually packs the house, said Amanda LaVoie, a manager at the restaurant. “We get all kinds [of people],” she said. “It’s sort of an institution at this point.” It’s set to a picturesque backdrop: Old wooden lanes with modern geometric detailing, soft yellow walls with aqua-green trim and, overlooking the alley, “Bryant-Lake” spelled out in cherry red. Packs of pairs chat, laugh and flirt in between their frames, sometimes encouraging one another or, more often, competing. Geoff Clifford, 26, and Sophie Deslauriers, 25, were bowling with ice cream on the line. The loser had to pay.
Robb and Zea Asklof posed right on the bowling lanes at Bryant-Lake Bowl in their engagement photos. Photo by Lauren B. Photography
Samantha Harmston and Matt Hillard, who have been dating for a year and a half, play a game at Bryant-Lake Bowl. Photo by Austen Macalus
The couple, who have been together for nearly five years, said they will bet on “literally anything you could turn into a competition,” including mini golf, sports and “The Bachelor.” Others, like Matthew Fenske, 29, and Kristi Moua, 27, of St. Paul, are a little less cutthroat. When Fenske bowled a strike, Moua cheered from her spot at the scoring table. When Moua’s ball kept drifting off one side, the pair strategized about improving her roll. They don’t know who ended up winning. And they couldn’t quite figure out the do-it-yourself scoring. It was their first time at the alley. “We always said at some point we would go, and tonight was the night,” said Fenske, who liked the old-school vibes. “This place, in a non-offensive way, smells old.” On another lane, Samantha Harmston, a third-year college student, and Matt Hillard, a recent graduate, were finishing up. After beating Hillard on her final roll, Harmston played it coy. “It’s the wine,” she said.
‘Something magical’ Whatever it is that draws couples to BryantLake Bowl, it’s definitely there. “There’s something magical,” Bartmann said. “All I can say about that, is [BryantLake Bowl] is where I met my wife.” The couple is celebrating their five-year anniversary this year. Bryant-Lake Bowl is where Kate, 37, and Matt Sobraske, 38, spent their first date. “It’s a special spot for us,” Kate said. “I can’t imagine I would end up with a person who didn’t like the idea of going to a place like Bryant-Lake Bowl.” When they first met, Kate wasn’t completely enamored with Matt. She thought he was obnoxious. “He said that bad impression is better than no impression,” she said. “So, he went about pestering me until I remembered who he was.” But Matt grew on her. The couple has now been married for over a decade. The little bowling alley and restaurant in Uptown might have had something to do with it.
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Moments in Minneapolis
The fair in wartime
By Cedar Imboden Phillips
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inneapolitans, like Minnesotans across the state, turned their thoughts to the Minnesota State Fair in late August 1917. The throngs of fair attendees shown here had more on their minds than just roasted corn and prize-winning pigs, though. The United States was now formally at war, and Minnesotans were already feeling the impact. Red Cross nurses fresh from the front lines in Europe demonstrated techniques for tending to injured soldiers. Machinery Hill’s focus shifted to helping farmers adjust to labor shortages. And home gardening and canning demonstrations took on a new sense of urgency. Earlier in the year there had been concern that the federal government would order all state fairs closed due to the war, but — luckily for fair fans — fairs were deemed ideal locations to provide information and training to promote war efforts. The federal government ultimately used the 1917 Minnesota State Fair to launch a new food initiative intended, among other things, to encourage Americans to grow and preserve their own food and to eat less wheat and meat at home so that it could be sent abroad. 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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The Walker also plans on adding a string of lights across the steel headframe in the coming weeks, illuminating the bridge for the first time, a detail from the artist’s original vision. The bridge, named after a prominent Twin Cities arts patron, was commissioned by then-Walker director Martin Friedman for the opening of the sculpture garden in 1988. Armajani designed the walking bridge “to knit together” different parts of Minneapolis, Walker curator Victoria Sung said. “The bridge has become somewhat of an icon to the Twin Cities,” Sung said, even if many people don’t know its history. “So many people drive under, walk across, bike across that may not have registered that it’s a work of art as much as it is a functioning bridge.” The bridge is a “sculptural-architectural hybrid” made up of a rectangular frame with crossed steel beams and opposing arches that join together in the middle. “When you look at the bridge, it actually takes different types of bridges and puts them together in a single bridge,” Sung said, pointing out aspects of a suspension bridge are combined with an arch bridge. “While it’s functional, it also has quite a bit of Armajani’s artistic sensibility,” she said.
Sculptor Siah Armajani commissioned a poem from John Ashberry for the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge. Written in metal letters, its spans the length of the bridge. Photo by Austen Macalus
Armajani and the Walker worked closely with MnDOT during the renovation to ensure repairs matched the artist’s aspirations, an experience that doesn’t usually happen for the typical project, said Christian Hoberg, a MnDOT project manager. “As an agency of engineers, we approach [repairs] from an engineering perspective,” Hoberg said. Armajani, on the other hand, provided more artistic direction. “He just wanted to return [the bridge] to his original conception,” Hoberg added. The partnership was especially important during the repainting process. Armajani originally painted the bridge in what he referred to as “Jefferson yellow,” a color derived from Monticello, and a “light pale blue,” a reference
So many people drive under, walk across, bike across that may not have registered that it’s a work of art as much as it is a functioning bridge. — Victoria Sung, Walker Art Center assistant curator of visual arts
to Minnesota’s blue skies, Sung said. Because the colors had faded over time, MnDOT could not simply sample the current colors and paint over the bridge. Instead they did a full reconditioning, covering the bridge with a plastic drape to blast down the paint off the steel beams and re-apply new colors, carefully selected and meticulously painted to match the artist’s design. “We certainly did our homework … before we removed any paint,” Hoberg said. “[We wanted] to make sure the colors that were going to end up on the bridge were correct in [Armajani’s] eyes.” In addition to other fixes, Hoberg’s team made minor structural repairs to concrete and small steel sections that corroded over time. The new tune-ups should last about two decades.
“With the passage of time, things deteriorate,” he said. Sung was excited to show off the finished project, which she said will “give people the experience of walking across the bridge that the artist intended.” On a warm Friday afternoon a week after it reopened, the bridge was bustling with visitors of all ages walking, running and biking across the walkway, many stopping to take photos against the skyline of the city. Bev Hagen, a 54-year-old visiting from Hudson, Wisconsin, was visiting the bridge for her first time. Hagen said she enjoyed seeing the architecture, which she’s driven by for years but has “never taken the time to actually see it.” “It’s like a living piece of art,” she said, admiring the Ashbery poem in particular. “It’s really beautiful.” Nardos Senbeta was showing off the bridge to a visitor from Ethiopia, who said, “Seeing it, I love it.” Paul Anderson, an architect from Bloomington who works near the Walker, remembered when the bridge was first built. “I’ve always enjoyed it,” he said. “It’s an impressive sculpture.” Anderson and his family said they would likely come back to see the Armajani exhibit, which covers the artist’s work over the course of 60 years. The show, Sung said, will highlight Armajani’s outdoor projects as well as his studio work, which includes painting, sculptures, drawings and smaller architectural designs. “We really wanted to show people the other side of Armajani’s practice,” Sung said. But the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge will still serve as one of Armajani’s most recognizable works in Minneapolis. And with its new facelift, Sung thinks even more people will take notice. “With this new refurbishment,” she said, “it’s something we’re trying to highlight again, bring people’s attention to again.”
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By Meleah Maynard
Basil, basil, basil!
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sometimes think that when I’m older I’ll live in a condo or apartment so I can do other things besides tend a huge garden, like finally go kayaking or maybe relearn all that Spanish I once knew but have long ago forgotten. I would miss gardening, but I think I would be all right as long as I could grow sweet Genovese basil somewhere. I grow a lot of herbs, but none give me the same life-is-good feeling I get when I go out and snip a few basil leaves for an omelette or pizza.
Sweet Genovese’s big leaves and sweet, spicy flavor makes it a favorite with cooks. Photo by Mike Hoium
Lots of other people feel the same way, I know, because when something goes wrong with basil, they really freak out. And who can blame them? Minnesota summers are short, so if the basil you’ve been lovingly tending goes south, that’s it for the year. So here comes the good and bad news — bad news first so you won’t go away droopy. Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot of this question: “My basil was doing so great, and then it turned all yellow and got brown spots all over it. What happened?” If this is happening at your house too, the problem is probably basil downy mildew. Caused by a mold that loves warm, humid conditions, this basil-ruining mildew was first found in Minnesota in 2012 and has been making homemade pesto nearly impossible ever since. Other issues can resemble basil downy mildew, but if you see plant leaves turn yellow, get brown and/or black spots and maybe even start falling off, you can pretty much bet that’s what you’re dealing with. Once a plant is infected, pluck off any leaves that still look decent and chuck the rest in your yard waste can or bag. Because the pathogen that causes this disease can’t survive our Minnesota winters, it is safe to throw it in your compost bin if you have one. Just be sure to bury it a bit because spores can blow to nearby plants. One of the best ways to avoid this disease next year is to buy basil seedlings and/or seeds from someone you trust to manage their plants well. Too often, plants and seeds are already
TASTY PESTO RECIPE Well, it’s definitely good news that you don’t need a lot of basil to make a delicious batch of pesto. So feel free to adjust this recipe according to the amount of leaves you’ve gathered up. Ingredients 2 cups fresh basil leaves (I like sweet Genovese.) 3 cloves fresh garlic ¼ cup pine nuts or walnuts (optional)
¾ cup organic, extra-virgin olive oil ½ tsp salt and ¼–½ tsp pepper ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
Method Combine basil, garlic, nuts, salt and pepper and HALF of the olive oil in a food processor or blender. Blend on a low speed as you add the rest of the oil. Scoop the mixture out into a large bowl and stir in the grated cheese. And, voilà! Pesto is best eaten the same day it’s made, and it will turn brown if left exposed to air very long. If you decide to freeze some, I find it works best to leave out the cheese, which you can add when you thaw out your pesto for a meal. Enjoy.
infected with basil downy mildew when we buy them: it just hasn’t started to show yet. I like to buy my basil seedlings, and other vegetable and herb plants, from Dehn’s Garden (dehnsgarden.com). The family-owned farm has been a regular at the Minneapolis Farmers Market for more than 30 years, and I have never had a problem with basil I’ve bought from them. (This isn’t to say that it couldn’t happen, though, because spores can still blow around and infect plants.) While we can’t do much about what the wind drags in, there are some things gardeners can do to try to keep basil downy mildew at bay. Rather than using an overhead sprinkler
or sprayer, water the soil beneath basil plants by hand to help keep leaves dry. Also, make sure plants have good airflow around them by thinning out overcrowded beds and containers and keeping weeds pulled. Better still, do as I do and plant way more basil than you’ll ever need. That way, if some plants get infected, you’ll still have plenty more. If all of them do well and stay healthy, you can make pesto for everybody and they will love you! Meleah Maynard is a writer, editor and master gardener. For more gardening ideas and tips, visit her blog, which has been renamed Livin’ Thing — livinthing.com.
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By Rebecca Noble
Quality
CONSTRUCTION, CUST
Chatting with Dancing the Land Farm
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ancing the Land Farm is a new vendor at the Fulton Farmers Market this year. Farmer Liz Dwyer answered a few questions for us via email so we could get to know her and her partner Curtis Weinrich a little better. Be sure to stop by the Fulton Farmers Market (8:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Saturdays, 4901 Chowen Ave. S.) to say hello and give them a warm welcome. Purchase produce, wool fiber, goat meat and cut flowers from their great small farm all season long. The interview has been edited.
Have you always been a farmer? I’ve been running my own farm with my husband, Curtis, for the last six years. In 2012, my mom offered us the family farm. As young farmers with limited to no access to land, we said yes and moved our lives back home to Minnesota. Before that, we were living and farming in Northern California. In those days I had all sorts of jobs! Working as an herbalist at an apothecary; farming jobs; landscaping jobs; teaching gardening and bike shop and poetry at the local school district; building; modeling for local artists; starting farms for other folks — all kinds of things. Lots of learning how to do what we’re doing now! What’s your favorite or least favorite vegetable? This is such a hard question! I think I’ve decided that my least favorite veggie is one that’s been canned, except tomatoes, and my favorite ones are ones that are in season at the moment. Right now, on this side of the year, I’m madly in love with the idea of peas, fennel, arugula, radicchio, salad turnips and spigariello broccoli. But when things are fresh and perfectly ripe, there’s nothing I don’t love! What’s your favorite thing to get from other vendors at the market? I enjoy trying out new veggie varieties that I haven’t had before. For the most part I really enjoy getting those things that we don’t produce on our farm, like bread and honey. What question do people not ask you at the market that you wish they did? I wish folks would ask me what new and unusual veggies we have that they might not have tried yet. I have such a love of growing rare and unusual veggies, or usual veggies in their rare heirloom colors. So often folks have an idea in their head already of what they want, which of course is based upon things they’ve had before. I get really excited in those moments when folks find their curiosity about new things! I also love talking about cooking and how to best highlight our veggies on the plate and palate.
Do you have a favorite market memory? I love farmers markets and have had so many good moments! Connecting with the people that we’re feeding is such a joy. If I had to choose: Sometimes on the shoulder seasons I’ll bring my spinning wheel to market to demonstrate making yarn, and I love how enthralled folks get — adults to children — watching fluff turn to string! What’s the best advice you’ve gotten about farming? I’ve had many mentors and teachers in learning the vast skillset that I employ every day in this incredibly diverse endeavor we call farming. I don’t know how I could possibly isolate any one best piece of advice. Maybe it was the encouragement to farm in the first place, because this was the best choice I could have made for my life. Farming is my livelihood, my home, my community, my creative expression, my church and my moral compass. Living and working every day with plants and animals, making efforts to live well and feed people beautifully, has made a person out of me. If you could have any superpower, what would it be, and why? Answering this question today, after just watching a beautiful red-tailed hawk surfing on the breeze, I’m going to have to choose flying! What do you do when you’re not doing work for your farm? Farming is pretty well all-encompassing, which, luckily, I love. There’s always a problem to solve, a skill to hone or learn for the first time. There’s always looking to the future and learning from the past, planning, plotting, growing as farmers, as shepherds, as teachers, as people who eat and love and want to keep going. Alongside all that, I love spending time with my sweetheart and my little 6-monthold daughter. I’m currently taking a year-long mentorship on seed saving, and I love to make and teach other folks how to make felt. Curtis and I are founding members of the Central Chapter of the National Young Farmers Coalition and spend some time with those good folks trying to make and enact policies that help other young folks get back onto the land with some good support to get going and stay going. In the winter I love to spin and weave and otherwise indulge my love of fibers. And I love to write. Rebecca Noble is the Market Manager for the Fulton, Kingfield, and Nokomis Farmers Markets. She has been working with Neighborhood Roots since 2014.
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Recipes and food news from the Mill City Farmers Market
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Taste Shahiya
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hahiya Chutney is a Minneapolis-based company that blends powerful Ethiopian flavors to create an exceptionally unique hot sauce. Owners Zahra Ismael and her son Ibrahim Mohamed bring their family recipe to downtown Minneapolis for the Mill City Farmers Market every Saturday. Shahiya Chutney, like the market, is working to create a community based on diversity, sustainability and strong communal values. “As a family that comes from a diverse background, we appreciate quality, beautiful and appetizing foods,” explains Ibrahim. “The integrity of our products comes from decades of traveling and influences from eastern traditions. With a Turkish, Greek, Amharic and Oromo (Ethiopian) background, we create a unique hot sauce.” Ibrahim, who works as an urban farmer throughout the week, is able to source many of
the ingredients in their small-batch hot sauce, or chutney, from local Minnesota farmers. Shahiya Chutneys also include some ingredients, such as berbere, made by family in Ethiopia where it is more flavorful. Ultimately, Ibrahim and his mom are hoping to replicate and make their own berbere here in Minneapolis using traditional methods. Shahiya Chutney, which comes in traditional hot, green mild and a variety of seasonal flavors like turmeric and gooseberry maple, can be incorporated into sauces and dressings like the recipe below or substituted for hot sauce in your favorite recipes. You can find Shahiya Chutney at the Mill City Farmers Market, 704 S. 2nd St., 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Saturdays. Learn more at millcityfarmersmarket.org — Jenny Heck
LAMB MERGUEZ KEBABS By market chef Beth Jones
These flavorful kebabs are full of North African flavors which pair perfectly with locally made sauces from our vendor Shahiya Chutney. Serves 4. Ingredients (for the kebabs) ½ teaspoon whole cumin seeds ½ teaspoon whole coriander seeds ½ teaspoon whole fennel seeds 1 pound ground lamb from Sunshine Harvest Farm 2 Tablespoons chopped cilantro 2 cloves garlic, or 2 Tablespoons garlic scapes, minced
1 ½ teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon paprika ½ teaspoon cayenne 2 Tablespoons sunflower oil 4 pitas 1 large tomato, halved and cut into slices 1 jar Shahiya Chutney
Ingredients (for the cucumber yogurt sauce) 1 Tablespoon chopped mint 2 cups good quality yogurt, 1 dash Shahiya Chutney preferably Greek Pinch salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 Tablespoon minced scallion 1 teaspoon garlic, or garlic scapes, minced ½ cup small dice cucumbers Juice and zest from half a lemon
Method Toast the cumin, coriander and fennel seeds in a dry saute pan until fragrant. Grind the seeds finely in a spice grinder or with a mortar and pestle. Mix the spices with all the remaining ingredients and divide the meat into 8 equal portions, roughly 2 ounces each. Form into sausage shaped kebabs around 8 skewers. Chill the kebabs thoroughly, 1–2 hours.
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Get Out Guide. By Sheila Regan
‘ART FOR SALE’ AT TRUCKSTOP GALLERY Artist Peter Geyen will be showing an eclectic mix of his own art and collaboratively created works made with Caitlin Karolczak, Brandon Martin and Jonathan Aller at Truck Stop Gallery, a little art haven located on Nicollet Island. From cast iron and slumped glass to fiberglass forms and mixed media, there will be lots to see, including Geyen’s fantastical creatures and possibly some pie-related art. You’ll also be able to enjoy live musical performances by Patty & the Buttons, Gabe Barnett & Them Rounders and Kiss the Tiger.
When: 5 p.m.–10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 Where: Truckstop Gallery, 20 Grove St. Cost: Free Info: truckstop.gallery
LEONARD BERNSTEIN’S 100TH BIRTHDAY SOIREE Raise your glass for the 100th birthday of one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. Chronofon Productions and Open Eye Figure Theatre are toasting the old master in style with an evening of songs and libations. It all starts with a pre-show cocktail hour, followed by a performance of “DEAR LENNY: Bernstein’s Life in Songs & Letters.” The theatrical concert stars singers Dan Chouinard, Diana Grasselli, Bradley Greenwald and Prudence Johnson, who help tell the story of Bernstein’s remarkable life through his letters with other great artists of his day (such as Aaron Copeland, Steven Sondheim, Bette Davis and more) and his wonderful music. After the show, head to the garden in the back of the Open Eye Figure Theatre, where there will be champagne, birthday cake and a sing-a-long to music from West Side Story.
When: 6:30 p.m.–10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25; additional performances Aug. 16–26 Where: Open Eye Figure Theatre, 506 E. 24th St. Cost: $55 for the birthday party, $26 for the rest of the run. Info: openeyefiguretheatre.org
‘FACES OF CHANGE: ARTISTIC EXPRESSION’ BY NATALIA BERGLUND The Museum of Russian Art presents a short run of Minneapolis-based artist Natalia Berglund’s artwork, which fuses historic Russian religion iconography with contemporary glamour and sensual portraiture present in popular culture. The intriguing juxtapositions Berglund has created are bolstered by a musical soundscape created by Berglund’s composer husband, Alexander Berglund. The month-long exhibition launches with an opening reception featuring a cash bar.
When: 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25. (The show runs through Sept. 23.) Where: The Museum of Russian Art, 5500 Stevens Ave. Cost: Admission to the museum is $10. Info: tmora.org
KATHLEEN NOVAK READING Hear local writer Kathleen Novak, originally from the Iron Range of Minnesota, read from her latest novel, “The Autobiography of Corrine Bernard” at this meet and greet. The sequel to Novak’s last novel, “Do Not Find Me,” begins in Paris when a young woman is conceived during the Nazi occupation of World War II. The story follows the woman’s journey of self-discovery from actress to wife to world traveler. At this event, you’ll hear Novak read from her novel, in addition to having time for socializing and checking out the gallery.
When: 6 p.m.–8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28 Where: Jimmy Wilson Gallery, 4304 S. Upton Ave. Cost: Free Info: jimmypicture.com
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GET OUTSIDE! We’re sad to report that summer is coming to an end. School is about to start and before you know it, we’ll start seeing different colors in the trees. But don’t despair. Instead, get outdoors for these precious days of summer we have left. Here are a few suggestions for entertainment that you can do out in the open air.
‘A WRINKLE IN TIME’ AT PERSHING FIELD
CIRCUS IN THE PARK If you need more aerial in your life, this is the event for you. From trapeze to silks to lycra and more, 2 Defy Gravity and other local performers show their acrobatic skills at this fun event.
Give your inner child a treat with an outdoor screening of this new adaptation of the classic novel. When: 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 Where: Pershing Park, 3900 W. 39th St. Cost: Free Info: mplsmoviesandmusic.com
When: 12:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26 Where: Powderhorn Park, 3400 15th Ave. S. Cost: Free Info: 2defygravity.com
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Legendary new wave and punk band The Suburbs, a staple of the Minneapolis music scene of the 1970s and ’80s will be taking over the Lake Harriet Bandshell for a free concert.
Make wind sculptures and learn to play the ukulele at this day in the Sculpture Garden.
When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6 Where: Lake Harriet Bandshell, 4135 W. Lake Harriet Parkway Cost: Free Info: thesuburbsband.com
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Ask Dr. Rachel
By Rachel Allyn
When the sexual spark fizzles I
’ve been with my husband for 11 years now. Although our lives are crazy with our jobs and two children, we get along well and rarely fight. The problem is I’m just not attracted to him anymore and haven’t been for quite a while. Yet I find myself fantasizing about other men at times. I think it’s essential to have physical intimacy in my relationship, but I’m scared to end the marriage and say goodbye to the good aspects of our partnership for that reason alone. What should I do?
I’ve had clients report to me that they no longer enjoy sex with their partner. To which I counter, “Is it that you don’t like sex altogether, or you just don’t like the sex you’ve been having?” Your sex drive isn’t dead (if it was, you wouldn’t be writing me), it’s just stalled and wants a jumpstart. Your body is the ultimate truth teller, so listen to what your languishing libido is saying regarding how you feel toward your husband. You are in what relationship therapists call a “companionate marriage,” meaning you are buddies and roommates, but you want more. You are still a sexual being, which is an important part of overall human wellbeing, even though your marriage lacks passion. Sexual energy sparks creativity, life-force energy and intimacy with another. While intimacy without sex is certainly possible, intimacy without any form of touch
is much tougher. In order to endure stressful phases over the course of a relationship, couples need the release of oxytocin — an attachment hormone — which is triggered by sex and other forms of touch (a hug that lasts at least 20 seconds can do the trick) in order to bond and close the distance. You and your husband lack this. Which presents the chicken-or-the-egg question: Did your lack of physical intimacy lead to disconnection or the other way around? As much as you may feel stuck, you’ve got options. You can choose to stay in the marriage and work to break down the barriers that prevent you from desiring your husband (poor communication, different emotional styles, no longer having anything in common, he’s too available, he’s not available enough, his overall personality triggers you, you’ve simply drifted apart or you don’t like his sexual repertoire — to name a few). Also investigate whether the problem is due to your mood issues, hormones, lack of work-life balance or shaming religious or cultural messages you received about sex as a youth. Sexual issues are really a symptom of a larger issue or issues. Based on those factors, you may eventually decide to dissolve the relationship in search of someone you feel a sexual spark for. But don’t fool yourself; passion changes over time in every long-term relationship. You could find yourself in this same situation in another 11 years down the road, especially if you don’t look inward and take responsibility for your role in your current relationship.
Another option is to stay together and have an open marriage or polyamorous relationship. This has its own set of complications and benefits. If you’re able to co-parent and be friends while married, there’s a good chance you’ll be able to negotiate the transition to living apart respectfully. That being said, it gets trickier when one or both of you move on to someone new. Plus, finances will change, and not for the better. Many people also choose to stay together once the passion is gone due to finances, children or because they no longer care about whether they have physical intimacy with their partner — because they’re getting that need met elsewhere or they’ve shut down that part of themselves. Let’s face it, day-to-day life isn’t particularly
sexy, and this is especially true with the demands of small children. The challenge is to stay intrigued and excited about this person whom you see all the time now that the chase, mystery or novelty is gone. In the meantime, as you weigh your options, find the balance between prioritizing your own needs and self-care while also having playful quality time with your partner. Arrange “play dates” together to engaging in novel and fun activities to see if you can reignite the flame. Dr. Rachel Allyn is a licensed psychologist in private practice. Learn more about her unique style of therapy at DrRachelAllyn.com. Send questions to Rachel@DrRachelAllyn.com.
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GOING BEYOND REAL ESTATE We had a really great experience overall. Having moved out of state a year ago we were nervous about selling our house long distance, but the Braman Brothers made the process so easy. The communication about what to expect and when was extremely helpful. They were organized, professional and strong communicators the entire way through this process. They went above and beyond making sure the house was being taken care of (again because we live out of state) from changing light bulbs to shoveling the sidewalks after a big snow storm. We'd work with them again in a heartbeat and recommend them to anyone looking to buy or sell in the Twin Cities. — Saara K.
We contacted the Braman Brothers when we decided to sell our home, and it was easily the best decision we could have made. They were incredibly supportive throughout, and made the process entirely manageable and painless. They took the time to explain each step of the process upfront, and then were personally involved again as each unfolded. They patiently and knowledgeably answered all questions, and remained so responsive, even after the property sold. We took advantage of the staging consultant that they brought in, which really positioned us well when we went to market. They absolutely represented our best interests, successfully negotiating multiple offers and counseling us through each. The house sold within days for above asking, and closed without issue. We could not be more thrilled with the Braman Brothers! — Sam M.
In 2017, The Braman Brothers sold 60 homes, totaling more than $17 million in volume, and ranked in the top 5% of sales associates in the Twin Cities Metro Area.
CHARLIE & JOE BRAMAN
612.643.5533 BramanBrothers.com
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