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PUBLIC INPUT on light rail wall The 10-foot wall was a late addition to Southwest light rail plans
By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
After surprising city officials with a new 10-foot-high, mile-long crash wall along the proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit corridor through Minneapolis, the Metropolitan Council laid out plans in late September for elected officials and the public to have input on its design.
The Met Council will also review the wall’s possible impacts on the environment and a railroad corridor that has been identified as potentially historic. Those plans were made public about a week after Minneapolis leaders, including Mayor Betsy Hodges, described the wall as a “significant and substantial change”
to the $1.9-billion project and called on the agency to “promptly” conduct an environmental review in a letter to Met Council Chair Alene Tchourumoff. “As elected officials representing residents of Minneapolis, we are surprised at the lack of
Moving out of the background on public safety As she seeks re-election, Linea Palmisano takes a lead role in police accountability By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
Linea Palmisano said she used to prefer a “support” role to her colleagues on the City Council when it came to matters of public safety in Minneapolis, mindful of the fact that Ward 13 neighborhoods generally experience lower rates of crime. Palmisano often represented the council in city settlement conferences involving police officers and focused on issues like domestic abuse and sex trafficking under the guidance of her mentor, Ward 8 Council Member
Elizabeth Glidden. But the shooting death in July of Fulton resident Justine Damond by a Minneapolis Police officer thrust Palmisano into the middle of a debate on police accountability, one of the most prominent issues in the 2017 election cycle. “I like to think that it didn’t change me as a candidate for office,” Palmisano said in a late-September interview. “Has Justine transformed me as a person? Absolutely.” SEE PALMISANO / PAGE A11
Met Council hosted local officials on a tour of the Wayzata Subdivision in September. Submitted photo
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A busy first term for Bender The Ward 10 incumbent faces three challengers in November By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com
There’s no question Council Member Lisa Bender has made a mark in her first four-year term on the council. Bender played a role in expanding the city’s bikeways, raising the minimum wage, adding requirements for earned safe and sick time, approving project designs in the midst of a Minneapolis apartment boom, nominating a new historic district in Lowry Hill East, and reducing parking requirements in new developments near transit. Affordable housing would be a “huge priority” in a second term, she said. “Step one, we need to build more
housing, because we don’t have enough for the people who want to live here,” she said. “… We’re losing more affordable housing than we’re able to build as a city.” Other ideas include providing financial incentives for landlords to keep rents affordable, making it harder to evict tenants and requiring public notice so nonprofits have a chance to bid on apartment sales. Bender lives in the Wedge, and she has a background in urban planning in New York and San Francisco. She’s also a founder of the Minneapolis Bicycle SEE BENDER / PAGE A10
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Longtime Fox Den client Michelle Schulp said she appreciates the salon’s inclusive vibe. “We see each other more than some of my friends,” she said to stylist Hannah Feliz. Photo by Michelle Bruch
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Fox Den Salon opens second location Fox Den Salon is taking over the long-vacant storefront at 2727 Hennepin Ave. in an effort to serve more clients. “We’re one of the last creative, weird salons,” said owner Sica Dawn. Ross Lumley of the Stepping Stone Group said he took over the building a year ago with plans to “bring life back” to the building. He said an antique shop closed there in 2012, and a prior owner unsuccessfully attempted to open a coffee shop. Dawn ran by the building every day while training for the Twin Cities Marathon and decided to investigate what was happening there. She crafted a full floor plan to present to the landlord, complete with water hookup locations. The Stepping Stone Group finished the remodel using her specifications. Though the new salon is only a few blocks from the original at 22nd & Lyndale, Dawn said the neighborhoods feel like two different planets. “Even the sounds are different,” she said. The new salon is nearly twice the size of the current one. Dawn opened her salon in 2007,
aiming to create an affordable, inclusive experience. Fox Den has become known for nongender haircuts, where stylists talk in terms of hair length, rather than gender. A “quiet chair” is available for those with autism, anxiety or the urge to relax without chit-chat. Following a brief consultation at the front desk, a client can complete the entire salon service in silence under less lighting, and in the new location, an entire room is dedicated to the quiet chair. “Everybody deserves to treat themselves really well,” Dawn said. The new salon gives Fox Den a bit more stability following the recent sale of the original building. Dawn said leases are due for reevaluation next year. “We’re making sure that all of our stylists have a place to go and continue their careers no matter what happens on this block,” she said. She said she’s excited about the extra window display space. “Just to be able to spread our wings a little more. There are so many creative people here,” she said.
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The Pourhouse set to replace Coup d’état Drinks trump food in Uptown. That’s the takeaway from the owners of Coup d’état, which closed Oct. 1 after three-and-a-half years in business at Lagoon & Girard. “The younger crowd didn’t know exactly what kind of restaurant we were,” said co-owner Brent Frederick. “They weren’t really looking for a food experience. I feel like they were looking for more of an entertainment or nightlife experience. … Drinks are possibly a little more primary and food might be a little more secondary in Uptown right now.” As Coup d’état was looking to rebrand, the owners realized The Pourhouse might be a good fit for the space, which calls itself downtown’s best “party bar.” Some of the owners of Coup d’état also have an ownership stake in The Pourhouse, run by Empire Entertainment. The Pourhouse will bring live music to Uptown, with a stage near the kitchen and a new bar layout. Frederick said the design will change dramatically, swapping the low-lit interior for extensive brickwork. “You’re still going to have the great food you have downtown,” he said. The downtown menu includes a selection of burgers, sandwiches, salads and shared plates like habanero cheese curds and calamari fingers.
The Pourhouse has operated at 5th & Hennepin since 2012, and demolition is underway at another new location, slated to open this fall in the former Library Bar space at 1301 4th St. SE. Frederick speculated that Uptown venues like Scena Tavern and Parella may have closed for similar reasons. “A lot of people liked what we did, but unfortunately not enough of the central demographic that lived in the area,” he said.
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A developer’s vision for the Sons of Norway site includes green space and an ice rink open to the public, featuring a “tower-like” structure with a rounded cupola rooftop at the corner of Lake & Humboldt. The project would reach heights of six and seven stories, with 15,000 square feet of office space and 7,000 square feet of retail space oriented toward Lake Street, including space for the Sons of Norway headquarters. Residences located above the commercial space and at the south end of the block would number 326 units. A walkway would connect the green space to West Lake Street via a break in the building mass. Street-level walkout residences would line
Humboldt and Holmes avenues. Enclosed parking with one level underground would provide 327 stalls. The city’s Planning Commission Committee of the Whole was scheduled to informally discuss the plans with representatives of Ryan Companies and Weidner Apartment Homes at a public meeting on Oct. 5 at 4:30 p.m. in room 319 of City Hall, located at 350 S. 5th St. Ryan Companies will also present the plans at the East Calhoun Community Organization’s Annual Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church, 3450 Irving Ave. S.
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Intermedia Arts laid off all staff Sept. 29 as part of a 45-day pause aimed to keep the cashstrapped organization alive. “The purpose of this period is to engage with our funders and other stakeholders to see if there is a way that Intermedia Arts can continue to serve its mission,” said interim Board Co-chair Omar Akbar. Akbar said Intermedia Arts has significant debts, a building that needs investment, a wide range of programs and very little general oper-
ating funds. The financial issues have developed over several years’ time, he said. The board may consider a sale of the Intermedia Arts building, but such action would only be done in accordance with the group’s mission, he said. Akbar said that throughout the 45-day break, he hopes to keep the doors open for tenants who office out of the building and continue to operate scheduled events. “We promise to be communicative,” he said.
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50TH & XERXES
Loft Antiques expands The antique shops at 50th & Xerxes are shuffling storefronts. Loft Antiques is expanding into the space next door, Clarabel has shifted to 3020 W. 50th St., and American Dream now operates as a dealer within Clarabel. A widened doorway between the Loft and its neighbor reveals antiques curated by Linden Hills resident Kaye Monroe, who carries oriental rugs, paintings, stained glass windows and jewelry. She’s buying larger settees and benches for the new storefront.
Monroe likes to mix new and old, and her taste runs the gamut from farmhouse styles to “shabby glamour” and midcentury modern. “I try to buy things that someone would use, but would really love,” she said. “I have really great artwork coming in.” Loft Antiques recently brought in dealer Allison Thiesing, who previously founded 75% Salvaged on the block. A grand opening celebration at Loft Antiques is Oct. 20-22.
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Mayoral candidates discuss homelessness Eight candidates for mayor met Sept. 26 for a forum on homelessness in Minneapolis. Hosted by First Universalist Church of Minneapolis in CARAG, the forum was moderated by Monica Nilsson, who has worked in leadership roles at St. Stephen’s Human Services and for nine years served as board chair for the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless. Nilsson began the forum by recalling that, just one week earlier, the temperature in Minneapolis was 78 degrees and all 800 shelter beds in the city were full. On a seasonably cool evening, Nilsson noted the temperature would soon drop much more. The first question prompted candidates to reflect on a recently completed 10-year collaboration between Hennepin County and Minneapolis that sought to end homelessness. By one estimate, Nilsson said, the population of people experiencing homelessness had actually increased during that decade-long effort. State Rep. Raymond Dehn said the city needed to take a “systems approach” to homelessness by attacking a constellation of related issues, including access to affordable housing, mental health, addiction and employment. He noted many of the nonprofits that focus on those issues had experienced a decrease in funding. Al Flowers said that, 10 years ago when the effort began, he was a single father raising three children and counted himself among the city’s homeless. Flowers said the city, county and state had failed to live up to their promises and that the public needed to hold them accountable. Ward 3 City Council Member Jacob Frey said the estimated population of people experiencing homelessness might have grown, in part, because methods for counting that population had improved. Noting that 60–70 percent of the homeless population is working, Frey said the city needed to examine the roles health care expenses and the rising cost of living in Minneapolis play in keeping people from finding stable housing. Tom Hoch noted other factors that may have added to the homeless population, including the recession and a tornado that damaged some affordable housing units on the North Side. Adding that “we continue to have a wage problem,” Hoch said the reality for many homeless is they simply cannot afford a place to live. Mayor Betsy Hodges noted that she served as co-chair of the city-county effort, dubbed
Heading Home Hennepin, and said it had some success targeting “long-term, chronic homelessness,” but added that it wasn’t possible a decade ago to predict the economic downturn and the subprime mortgage crisis that caused many to lose their homes. Hodges said the city needs to devote more resources to what she described as the worst housing crisis since the Great Depression. In her response, Nekima Levy-Pounds highlighted the role of the criminal justice system in creating housing instability for young offenders, and said people experiencing homelessness should be involved in creating solutions. Levy-Pounds also suggested stronger oversight of developers in the “non-profit housing-industrial complex.” Aswar Rahman said he was “ashamed” of the city’s record on homelessness, adding that a top-down, “metrics-based approach” was part of the problem. Rahman said the city should instead focus on partnerships with organizations that provide food and shelter to the homeless and programs that provide job training for low-income populations. Arguing that homelessness is driven by poverty and not a lack of housing, Captain Jack Sparrow emphasized the need for business and skills training while also advocating for a guaranteed basic income, ideas that he would return to throughout the evening. The second question asked candidates to identify the most important issue to address regarding homelessness, and the framing of the question — which linked the “aesthetic quality” of a city to its commercial success and the well-being of its citizens — provoked a variety of responses. Flowers said both shootings and youth violence have “a lot to do with homelessness,” while Frey’s response focused on inequality. Hodges, too, cited “systemic racism.” Hoch, the former Hennepin Theater Trust president, said the trust’s 5 to 10 on Hennepin, which activates the street with art and activities, was an example of “engaging everyone on the street.” Levy-Pounds said capitalism was a driving force behind homelessness, racism and other social ills by “putting profits over people.” Rahman argued that the city had misplaced priorities, and said it could invest more in the problem if it spent less on efforts like attracting the Super Bowl. Dehn said a better question would ask what businesses are doing to respond to homelessness, since business SEE MAYORAL FORUM / PAGE A7
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Hennepin County Board plans 4.95-percent levy hike MY PARK PRIORITIES: The Hennepin County Board on Sept. 26 approved a maximum property tax levy of $796.9 million for 2018. That amounts to a 4.95-percent increase over the 2017 property tax levy. The levy represents just over one-third of the county’s proposed 2018 budget of about $2.4 billion. The board is scheduled to vote Dec. 12 on the proposed levy. The board may still choose to adjust the budget, but the levy cannot exceed the maximum set in September. The board also set a maximum 2018 prop-
erty tax levy of $36 million and proposed budget of $109.1 million for the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority. Another vote set the county Housing and Redevelopment Authority maximum 2018 property tax levy at $8.5 million and its proposed budget at $11.2 million. Hennepin County hosts its annual truth-intaxation hearing 6 p.m. Nov. 29 in the commissioner boardroom at the government center, 300 S. 6th St.
Public hearing on renaming of Lake Calhoun set A public hearing on two petitions seeking to rename Lake Calhoun is set for 6 p.m. Oct. 17 in the boardroom at the Hennepin County Government Center, 300 S. 6th St. In June, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board approved a resolution to restore the lake’s name to Bde Maka Ska, which in Dakota translates as “White Earth Lake.” The petition, signed by more than 200 county residents, described Calhoun — for John C. Calhoun, a South Caro-
lina politician, vice president from 1825 to 1832 and outspoken defender of slavery — as “a name synonymous with oppression.” A separate petition signed by just 18 county residents seeks to change the lake’s name to Lake Maka Ska. If the board approves the name change, the matter would then go before the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
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fee, which ties funding for affordable housing to new development. The final two questions asked candidates to focus on specific facets of the challenge: statistics that show people of color are disproportionately likely to experience homelessness and the risk factors that drive youth homelessness, particularly for LGBTQ and indigenous youth. Hoch said the best way to address homelessness was to prevent it in the first place, adding that he would focus on jobs, safe communities and affordable housing as mayor. Hodges noted that her Cradle to K initiative was meant to address the disparities that arise early in life. Levy-Pounds said she would “call a spade a spade” as mayor and force the city to reckon with persistent racial disparities, noting that children often experience homelessness because of generational poverty and the effects of unequal access to jobs and housing on their parents. Dehn also focused on the role of institutional racism in creating and widening those disparities in his answer, adding that a holistic response to homelessness would include increased access to addiction and mental health treatment. Frey noted the effects of institutional racism are reflected in health rates and the disparate impacts of pollution on Minneapolis neighborhoods, and said an ordinance he co-authored that tied pollution to fees was an example of taking action. Rahman said the city needed to invest more in both early childhood care and vocational training programs. Sparrow said a recently approved ordinance that will gradually raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 was a mistake that would harm people of color the most by eliminating jobs. Flowers said the city needed better partnerships and a focus on results.
benefits from the aesthetic quality of the city and a workforce that has access to housing, transportation and affordable medical care. The third question of the forum touched on a debate over the best use of a $400,000 federal grant to Minneapolis that city policy guides toward capital expenses at shelters. It can’t be used to add shelter beds or staff, although some advocates would like to see that policy change. Frey said he was open to the idea of using the grant differently, but noted the $400,000 was “not even remotely close to what we need” — a point later echoed by Dehn — and argued it would be more effective to focus on housing, again noting many of those experiencing homelessness work but can’t bridge the “gap” into permanent housing. Hoch said the grant could buy 20 beds but wouldn’t be enough to keep them open, adding, “We simply need to make that commitment.” While noting there were restrictions on how the grant dollars could be spent, Hodges said a “majority of the council” was blocking efforts to spend that money on adding beds, “including Council Member Frey.” Frey responded later in the forum, saying he would have supported a different use of the dollars if he’d been asked. Levy-Pounds said the city was just one of many partners working together to end homelessness, adding that she would use the mayor’s bully pulpit to make it a central issue. Rahman, too, said housing instability should be a higher priority, adding that in the long run the city also needs to keep an eye on the rising cost of living. Flowers suggested Minneapolis follow Seattle’s example and adopt some form of a linkage
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ark days in America, and as far as I can tell the only real answer is to respond to the prevailing chaos, evil, hate, ignorance and violence with love, understanding, peace, kindness, forgiveness and all those other idealistic values and heart-based hoo-hah that will get you hung as a lily-livered bleeding-heart liberal these vitriolic days. But the truth is I didn’t learn empathy from any political system or politician. I got it from listening to music and from Catholic school and mass, which rammed the gospel of peace and love and look-out-for-your-neighbor down my throat for 12 years before I bailed. I stopped going to church when I was a teenager, figuring I’d learned everything I could from organized religion and that I’d ingested the Jesus love message sufficiently enough to take me on my way. I’ve gone back and forth on it all my life, but not this week. This week, at a time in my life when I’m in dire need of something more than all this, I’m off in search of something I might have missed and revisiting my boy Jesus Christ in the land of my Catholic ancestors. “Oh my god, Jim,” my friend Colleen Martin Oake gasped when I told her I’d be traveling to Ireland for the first time in my life this week, “you’re never going to want to come back.” Maybe so. That’s how it feels at the moment, one of America’s darkest. I’m winging my way to Ireland as you read this; a date to Dublin and Derry with my cardiologist sister Minnow for a conference of the heart and some serious shenanigans, and the timing of the trip couldn’t be more perfect given my feelings about the state of the shallow, sad, mean, infantile country we live in. So of course we’ll be taking the Guinness and Jameson factory tours. Cheers. For a long time I’ve been craving a more ancient experience than what America has to offer, and now that I’m finally traveling to the Emerald Isle, over the weekend in preparation I revisited Roddy Doyle’s Dublin-based “The Commitments,” whose band manager and narrator Jimmy Rabbitte seemed to be welcoming me to Dublin at long last when he explained, “The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once and say it loud, ‘I’m black and I’m proud.’ ”
Looking for light in the new dark ages and finding answers in the Book of Kells. Photo courtesy of Trinity News
In short order, I brushed up on the work and bios of Dubliners U2, Glen Hansard, Sinead O’Connor, Thin Lizzy, Bram Stoker, George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde and more. I blew through James Joyce’s “Ulysses” and reveled in his romance with Nora Barnacle. I got up to speed on the history of Bloomsday, that timehonored June 16 Dublin celebration of all things Joyce, writing, reading and drink. All in all, I was heartened by the idea of my such-as-it-is tribe’s contributions to the history of music and literature and what it all might mean for the lot of us going forward these strange days where “the future is unwritten,” as the late, great Joe Strummer properly hoped. More than anything, I’ve seized on the idea of trekking to Trinity College in Dublin to be in the same room as an ancient holy book I’d never heard of, the Book of Kells. A masterwork of calligraphy and insular animation that’s often called “medieval Europe’s greatest treasure” and regarded as Ireland’s most prized national treasure, the Book of Kells contains the four gospels of the New Testament and was written and crafted in the dark ages (800 AD) by a group of monks in seclusion on the island of Iona. The monks worked feverishly on their creation far away from civilization and outside influences and protected their prize for years from pillaging Vikings — all due to their primordial faith in Jesus Christ, who spoke in dark times of light and love and taking care of the poor. This fascinates me. This is what pilgrimages are
made of. Before organized religion strangled the mysticism out of Jesus, before men co-opted his words of love as a way to control others, what moved those monks to make their art? What sang to them? What can I learn from that solitude and space? What supernatural spirit took hold of their collective and individual souls? What light did they witness? What miracles did they want to tell the world and future generations about? What inspired them to testify so fervently and to so painstakingly render the story of a god-man who walked the planet 800 years before they were born? Why me? Why have I, an American living and getting out from under Trump rule, been bitten by this pilgrimage bug? What can I learn? What can we all learn? What secrets of the heart and soul will the Book of Kells share with me to help me help us? What is this? Who am I? Is the future really unwritten? Is the world really this horrible? Shhh, it’s speaking to me now. Listen. Hear it? Lord, have mercy! “You need a drink, lad. America has made you nutters. Go to Ireland.” See all you lads and lassies in a week. Go Twins. Go Lynx. Wish you all were here.
(I donate to anti-poverty work instead.) “Hi, how’re you doing?” I asked. He broke into a smile. “Good, except it’s a little chilly today.” “Sure is,” I said. “How are you?” he asked, taking me by surprise. “Good, except I’m just coming from the dentist,” I replied, putting my hand to my cheek. “Oh, that’s too bad,” he offered. “I hate going to the dentist. Avoid it as long as I can, until my cheek swells up.” “That kind of pain in your head is the worst!” I agreed. “I feel for you having gone to the dentist!” he
continued, as sincere as could be. “Thanks,” I said, surprised by this show of empathy, “and I feel for you standing out here in the cold.” “Could be worse,” he said. “Could be 4 inches of snow falling.” Just then the light turned green. “Have a great rest of your day,” he said with a generous smile. “I hope you have a great day, too,” I said. “Blessings to you.” He grinned and waved, and I did the same. All the way home I savored the moment,
Slainte, Gringo Jimmy Jim Walsh lives and grew up in South Minneapolis. He can be reached at jimwalsh086@gmail.com
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A connection Heading home from the dentist one chilly April morning, I exited the freeway and stopped at a red light, ready to turn left. Just outside my window stood a 40-ish man with droopy hat, salt-andpepper beard and a crumpled sign I couldn’t read. I lowered my window and kept my hands on the wheel so he wouldn’t expect a monetary gift.
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pondering what had just happened. I arrived home with such a good feeling. Here, where I least expected it, a whisper of connection — and compassion, spontaneously given. I will remember that he said it first: “I feel for you.” And who is my neighbor? Jean Greenwood Kingfield
Water and Park Board elections Why should residents on, let’s say, Lyndale Avenue, care about the closing of Hiawatha Golf Course? Because closing Hiawatha Golf Course is a short-term fix to a much bigger water problem for South Minneapolis homes located in the Minnehaha Creek watershed. Without a detailed and transparent assessment of the upstream impacts, drastic changes such as closing the Hiawatha Golf Course and reducing pumping could have a significant impact on water flow and infrastructure throughout the Minnehaha Creek Watershed. District 6 Park Board Commissioner Brad Bourn obviously does not understand the complexity of the ground and surface water issue as demonstrated by his Aug. 9 vote to close this historic golf course. Former Park Board commissioner Bob Fine, who is now running for the District 6 Park Board position, supports saving Hiawatha Golf Course. I think that Bob Fine is the best candidate to address these complex water issues and to save the 18-hole Hiawatha Golf Course. Monica McNaughton Hale-Page-Diamond Lake
Ward 7 incumbent City Council Member Lisa Goodman named two major accomplishments on housing in a recent article (“Running for sixth term, Goodman says ‘experience matters,’” Sept. 21–Oct. 4), but it’s important to note the specifics. The Section 8 non-discrimination ordinance was driven by Council Member Elizabeth Glidden; Goodman signed on after the work was complete. The Affordable Housing Trust Fund Goodman claims as her own contains about $10 million, half from federal sources. While it’s great to have any money, it’s small change when you consider the scale of our problem. The entire $10 million fund could be used up on a few projects. Goodman also says zoning tweaks to allow triplexes in some single-family neighborhoods would be “unconscionable.” It’s clear what Goodman is willing to do doesn’t measure up to the size of our current affordable housing crisis. This is too bad, because Ward 7 is full of transit, jobs and opportunities. Many in our ward have housing fears beyond having a triplex next door: namely, finding a home. A housing shortage combined with low vacancy rates means there isn’t enough housing to meet the demand of people moving to Minneapolis. The problem we’re facing demands change, and the systems in place for the last 20 years aren’t working. We can’t abide four more years. Goodman campaigns on token solutions when much more is needed. When we need inclusion and equity, she champions exclusionary zoning to protect the privileged. We need a council member who leads on these issues for her entire term rather than sign her name to the work of others during an election year. Dan Polhamer East Isles
Zebra mussel found in Lake Harriet A single zebra mussel was found in Lake Harriet on Sept. 8. The adult zebra mussel was discovered on a boat cover recovered from the bottom of the lake. Park Board staff worked with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District and contractors to conduct 67 hours of shoreline, snorkel and scuba surveys. No additional mussels have been found. “One mussel is a question mark,” said Keegan Lund, metro area invasive species specialist with the DNR. “I think it’s realistic to say that zebra mussels could be introduced into a lake and do not successfully establish for a variety of reasons.” He said finding one mussel in Lake Harriet means there’s a need for further monitoring. The DNR added Lake Harriet to its infested waters list for zebra mussels. The lake can get off the list if future surveys show no zebra mussels in the lake, though Lund said that’s never happened. Zebra mussels, first found in the Great Lakes nearly 30 years ago, cause over $1 billion in economic harm in North America each year, according to the state’s aquatic invasive species research center. They can cut swimmers’ feet, clog irrigation intakes and other pipes, outcompete native species for food and smother native mollusks. The effects of zebra mussels will vary by lake, depending on the type of lake and the rockiness of the lake bottom, Lund said. Mussels generally need hard surfaces to settle on but can settle on plants. He said they can have a huge impact on
the power industry, clogging pipes for power plants on rivers. In Lake Harriet, the bigger impact would be ecological, Lund said. Zebra mussels filter out large amounts of algae and could make the water more clear and clean. That could impact the lake’s food web. Lund said the Lake Harriet zebra mussel was found by accident, after a volunteer dive group pulled some material from the lake. He said subsequent searchers “scoured that lake as well as possible.” According to the DNR, about 1.8 percent of Minnesota’s lakes are listed as infested with zebra mussels. No mussels have been found in Lake Calhoun/Bde Maka Ska or Lake Nokomis, according to the Park Board. The finding won’t impact public use of Lake Harriet. The Park Board, which began an invasive species-inspection program in 2012, will continue to inspect boats and watercraft entering and exiting Lake Harriet, Lake Calhoun/Bde Maka Ska and Lake Nokomis through public boat launches until Dec. 1 or when the lakes ice over. Jeremy Barrick, the Park Board’s assistant superintendent of environmental stewardship, cautions that anglers and other lake users need to remain vigilant in stopping the spread of zebra mussels and other invasive species. State law requires boaters to clean watercraft of aquatic plants and prohibited invasive species, remove drain plugs and keep them out during transport and dispose of unwanted bait in the trash. — Nate Gotlieb
A10 October 5–18, 2017 / southwestjournal.com FROM BENDER / PAGE A1
Coalition, now called Our Streets Minneapolis, and worked for the Minnesota Department of Transportation to help make it safer for kids to bike and walk to school. Now Bender is escorting one of her own daughters to school on bike. Helping to author the city’s Complete Streets policy was one of her top accomplishments in office, she said. The policy has shifted the conversation at City Hall from a focus on moving vehicles to a focus on pedestrian safety, she said. “We’re prioritizing the most vulnerable road users first,” she said. “It really changes how you look at the design of the street.” Bikeways have become a divisive issue in the ward, as some small businesses and residents raise concerns about losing parking spaces to bike lanes. “Parking is constrained in the ward. Those are tough tradeoffs,” Bender said, adding that she’s compromised to keep parking in spots like 36th Street. Bender’s supporters say they appreciate having an advocate for urban design in office, while some critics use the term “Bendrification” to protest growing density. (Bender said city officials approved 672 housing units in Ward 10 during her term, and approved 1,408 units 2009–2013.)
We’re prioritizing the most vulnerable road users first. It really changes how you look at the design of the street. — Lisa Bender, Ward 10 City Council member
Council Member Lisa Bender said affordable housing would be a huge priority in another term. Submitted photo
Bender’s Ward 10 opponents include Saralyn Romanishan, a resident of the Wedge neighborhood and Metro Transit employee who has been a vocal opponent of some development projects. Romanishan is calling for more restraint in development approval, and she’s critical of reduced parking requirements. Brooklyn Center High School teacher David Schorn joined the council race to address the rising cost of living in the ward. Schorn said a new bikeway on 28th Street where he lives has created a “disaster,” and said reduced parking is hurting small businesses. The owner of Lucia’s said the restaurant closed due to lack of parking, he noted. Republican candidate and Vietnam veteran Bruce Lundeen works in building trades, and he said the word “progressives” made him “shiver” during a recent candidate forum. Lundeen said he’d prefer to improve the economy to help people afford homes, rather than try to keep apartment rents low. In response to her challengers, Bender said that reduced parking requirements for
new developments near transit ultimately are meant to reduce rents and create the chance to build new housing. Structured parking can cost $25,000–$50,000 per space, she said, and parking requirements can mean demolition of more houses to assemble development sites. “With parking reform, the reason that was so important is because there were so many sites in the city where you literally couldn’t build housing. But now you can,” she said. Bender said the city has a new small business team that’s getting up and running. “I know businesses feel like all these different things we’re doing as a city are putting more stress on them,” she said. “… We need to do more to support businesses proactively.” Regarding development approval, she explained that city officials work under legal guidelines and the zoning code as they approve projects. “It’s a misperception to think that the council member gets to decide where buildings go and all the details of what they should
look like,” she said. Projects undergo months of feedback from the community and City Hall, and projects typically don’t reach the Planning Commission until city staff feels comfortable recommending approval, she said. Bender said she tends to push for ground floors that are inviting to pedestrians and resident amenities like balconies and green spaces. Bender said she also tries to soften the transition between larger buildings and the smaller homes near them. “We’re just trying to get the best building for the context,” she said. She’d like to see more small-scale development in neighborhoods across the city, and said she would take a close look at the zoning code to see if it’s generating the best design possible. “How can we make it easier to build what we want?” she said. Regarding police relations, Bender said the city needs to reflect on the duties of sworn police officers. “What is their job description? Because right now we’re asking them to be an enforcer and friend walking around and social worker and mental health responder, and it’s probably too much to ask,” she said. “Instead of doing that, let’s get the right people there for the job.” Bender said she’s encouraged by a pilot program in which officers respond to 911 calls jointly with mental health professionals, as well as community-based policing and violence prevention strategies. Bender said she would also work to advance racial equity in another term, and she praised the city’s work thus far to make equity considerations part of standard operating procedure. If Bender is reelected to another term, she doesn’t think the pace would slow down. “We had a very, very busy first term,” she said. “… It’s an exciting time in the city.”
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Palmisano said her first term experiences, including those settlement conferences, also opened her eyes to the complexities of police work and the challenges officers face in the field. But those complexities are why the department’s body camera program is so important, she said. As chair of the council’s Audit Committee, Palmisano has asked pointed questions about a recent report that showed lower-thanexpected rates of camera use by police and officers failing to follow guidelines for turning the cameras on and off. She said footage needs to be housed outside of the department, and that civilian city staff should catalog their use, rather than police supervisors. If re-elected, Palmisano said she may explore further the idea of an office of independent monitor, which in cities like Denver and Baltimore provides civilian oversight of police. She said she is also “very interested in incentivizing officers to live in our community” to strengthen ties between police and neighborhoods. Palmisano ran for and won her seat in 2013, a year when Betsy Hodges’ successful
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bid for mayor left Ward 13 without an incumbent. Of the five candidates in that election, which used ranked-choice voting, only Palmisano and Matt Perry advanced to a second round, with Palmisano winning over 48 percent of the vote and besting Perry by a little more than 3 percentage points. This spring, she won the DFL endorsement in her ward over nonprofit fundraiser Adam Faitek, who then dropped out of the race. Palmisano’s challenger in November, Bob Reuer, also ran in 2013, winning 749 first-round votes to Palmisano’s 4,452. The owner of a sewer and drain company, Reuer said he likes the incumbent personally but thinks the city needs stronger leadership. “This job, you’ve got to be able to dig your heels in and say, ‘No,’” Reuer said. The Lynnhurst resident described recent actions to raise the city’s minimum wage, require employers to offer paid time-off and restrict the sale of menthol cigarettes as examples of the council overreaching into issues better handled at the state or federal level. Burdensome regulations will drive small-business owners out of the city, he predicted. “If we don’t do something pretty quick, you’re going to see everybody moving out to the suburbs,” Reuer, who is running as an independent, said. Palmisano said setting Minneapolis on the path to requiring a higher minimum wage than the rest of the state was “the most potentially dangerous thing that we’ve taken on as a city,” but said she supported the ordinance as a catalyst for “broader change” beyond the city’s borders. Now that it’s in place, she added, it’s essential for the council to monitor the effects of wage hikes and be willing to make “fine adjustments” to the ordinance, which gives small businesses 7 years and large businesses 5 years to reach $15 an hour.
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Palmisano, who was part of a council workgroup that planned for and passed changes to the so-called 60/40 Rule restricting alcohol sales at neighborhood restaurants, said cutting red tape for small businesses was a priority. Early in her term, Palmisano led her colleagues in declaring a one-year moratorium on teardowns in Southwest Minneapolis neighborhoods where there had been simmering tensions over residential demolition and construction. The moratorium ended early, but Palmisano said the zoning changes and new construction management agreement put in place during the pause are working. “It’s fair to say that the calls to my office about development have greatly diminished,” she said. Palmisano said the focus now in Ward 13 should be on adding housing for people at all stages of life. While some candidates for city office advocate opening single-family-zoned neighborhoods to more multi-family development as one way to ease the city’s housing crunch, Palmisano said it’s not yet the time to contemplate widespread zoning changes. “The very first thing we need to do is build housing places that today are zoned with that capacity,” she said. For Palmisano, the real payoff in public service has been using her posting atop the Audit Committee and the skills she brought to the council, including an MBA, to focus on the “core deliverables” of the city — improving services as basic as trash collection, public safety and snow plowing. “The things that I take on are really more like the nuts-and-bolts of how … we innovate to make the city run well and run better,” she said.
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State Sen. Scott Dibble and Hennepin County Commissioner Marion Greene joined a Met Council-led tour of the Wayzata Subdivision, where light rail plans were modified to include a crash wall. Submitted photo
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information about the proposed barrier wall that has been provided to us,” the letter stated. “We are also surprised about the lack of a public process and open community engagement about a subject that is important to our residents.” The letter was co-signed by state Sen. Scott Dibble, Rep. Frank Hornstein and City Council members Cam Gordon, Lisa Goodman, Kevin Reich and Lisa Bender. The wall was added to the SWLRT project less than a week before the Met Council voted in August to approve a series of agreements with two freight rail operators that will share their rail corridors with the light-rail trains. The crash wall will separate freight and lightrail traffic in the Wayzata Subdivision, which is owned by BNSF and extends from roughly Interstate 394 to the North Loop. Met Council officials have previously said they were not able to discuss negotiations with the railroads while they were ongoing. While SWLRT plans already included shorter sections of wall in the Wayzata Subdivision, the new plans connect and lengthen those sections. That has raised concerns in nearby neighborhoods about the visual impacts of the wall,
especially if it becomes a target for graffiti, as well as the possibility that it could reflect and amplify the noise from passing freight trains into residential neighborhoods, said Barry Shade, a member of the Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Association board. “It just introduced a whole bunch of other questions,” Shade said. Met Council officials met with the BMNA and other neighborhood organizations in midSeptember and later in the month led two tours of the Wayzata Subdivision for local elected officials and reporters. A community open house was scheduled for Nov. 15, at a time and location to be determined.
Review process SWLRT project director Jim Alexander said a community workgroup would have input on the design of the wall, which could use color, texture, vegetation or other features to soften its visual impact. Along many portions of the corridor, the grade difference between freight and light rail tracks will make the crash wall appear shorter than 10 feet to viewers on the light rail side of the barrier. The design process will also be guided by a
historic review. That review is required because the Minnesota Department of Transportation previously determined the Wayzata Subdivision was part of a much longer railroad corridor — stretching from Minneapolis to the North Dakota border — that may be historically significant, Alexander told the members of the SWLRT Corridor Management Committee on Sept. 29. Alexander said Met Council had already begun an environmental review of the changes to the project, which also include shifting a nearby bicycle and pedestrian path. Those findings will be submitted in a memorandum to the Federal Transit Administration, which is expected to determine by December whether a deeper environmental study is necessary. Tchourumoff said that a much more consequential decision by the FTA, on whether to award the full-funding grant agreement expected to cover half of all project costs, was now not expected until late 2018. The local elected officials on the Corridor Management Committee also quizzed Alexander on the cost of the wall and its potential impact on the project budget. Alexander said it would “more than likely” be dealt with as a change-order to the civil construction contract after it is awarded. While no decision had yet been made on how to pay for the crash wall, Alexander said it would likely be paid for out of the project’s contingency fund. That totals close to $300 million, or about 16 percent of the total budget. After the meeting, Alexander estimated the cost of the wall at about $20 million. It may require a support system of piers or pilings because of the unstable soils in the Wayzata Subdivision, which runs through the Bassett Creek Valley area.
Other concerns Beyond its discussion of the wall, Mayor Hodges’ letter reiterated local officials’ concern with another provision of the shared-corridor agreement with BNSF, one that would poten-
tially require Met Council to challenge in court any future law restricting freight traffic in the shared corridor. That could put the Met Council in the position of fighting in court on behalf of BNSF against either the city or Hennepin County. “Having not been able to read the actual agreement, but only Met Council staff ’s descriptions of it, we cannot confirm the situation,” the letter stated. The letter described a supplemental environmental impact statement as “the best remaining tool to reassure the public that the right questions will ultimately be answered.” Met Council also agreed to take out a $295million railroad liability policy to cover any incident involving both freight and light-rail trains in the BNSF-owned corridor. Met Council has a similar agreement regarding the Northstar Commuter Rail Line, which also operates on BNSF right-of-way. SWLRT is a 14.5-mile extension of the METRO Green Line from Minneapolis to Eden Prairie and the most expensive public works project in state history. The Met Council on Sept. 20 rejected all four bids for civil construction work on the project, which ranged from $796.5 million to nearly $1.1 billion, saying they went beyond the project budget and weren’t completely responsive to the plans. That decision pushed the repeatedly delayed opening date for the line into 2022. The Met Council now plans to trim costs from the project before reopening the civil construction contract for bids in October. It will also consider offering contractors a stipend for the bidding process, and may adjust the project’s timeline to control costs. Alexander said a labor shortage was a “big deal” for the bidders. “That’s going to be the biggest challenge,” he told the Corridor Management Committee. A new deadline for bids was set for January, and Met Council expects to award the contract in April. Tchuroumoff said that timeline would keep almost the entire 2018 construction season in play.
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Quincy touts citywide accomplishments in Ward 11 campaign Incumbent faces two challengers in re-election bid By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
John Quincy touts the Working Families Agenda, new small business programs and infrastructure improvements when highlighting his accomplishments as the Ward 11 City Council member. He’s hoping those efforts, along with others in senior housing and budgeting, will help him win a three-way race for the seat this fall. Quincy, who has a background in marketing, faces challenges from Jeremy Schroeder, a lawyer who works in the nonprofit sector, and Erica Mauter, an engineer by trade who administers an arts program. None earned the DFL endorsement this summer, but Schroeder won the most votes from delegates. In an interview, Quincy, who was first elected in 2009, said he considers himself a leader on the council in the areas of youth development and affordable housing. He said he has earned great respect among city staff and developed strong relationships with neighborhood associations. Ward 11 includes the Hale, Page, Diamond Lake and Tangletown neighborhoods, among others. Quincy touted collective City Council accomplishments, such as the creation of small business programs and the passage of a $15 minimum wage, and said he played significant role in ensuring street funding was part of a 20-year infrastructure plan. Other accomplishments include ensuring the city’s fiscal stability, helping promote development and leading a senior housing policy, he said. He said priorities for a third term would be equity, investing in public safety and small businesses and building trust between public safety and the community. He’d also like to expand everyone’s relationships with neighborhoods, look more at senior plans and continue strong fiscal management.
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Two-term Ward 11 City Council Member John Quincy is running for a third term this fall. Submitted photo
make a certain percentage of units affordable or pay a fee. Schroeder and Mauter have advocated such a policy. It’s something limited by state law and wouldn’t lead to developers investing in properties, Quincy said. “The only way we can actually stimulate affordable housing production with a control and a requirement is to put a subsidy (on a project),” he said. The city does that through several funds, including one to preserve “naturally occurring” affordable housing and one that provides gap financing for projects. Quincy took credit for ensuring that the trust fund has been fully funded at about $10 million annually. He advocated for more resources for the naturally occurring affordable housing program.
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Affordable housing debate One issue on which Quincy and his opponents appear to somewhat disagree is how to spur affordable housing development, something all three agree is needed. As part of their strategies, Schroeder and Mauter want to change zoning codes to allow for higher-density housing projects in hopes of spurring development. Quincy said he thinks some higherdensity development would be appropriate. However, existing zoning code provides for that density in the 11th ward, he said. He added that mid-density projects would happen organically. Quincy attacked the feasibility of inclusionary zoning, or requiring developers to
The best way to get re-elected is to do your job really well, and that’s what I’m focused on. — John Quincy, Ward 11 City Council member
Questions on responsiveness Schroeder and Mauter knocked Quincy for what they say is a lack of responsiveness and proactivity. Schroeder phone calls and emails from neighbors go unreturned. Mauter said it’s impossible to know how Quincy is going to vote before the City Council takes roll call. “Given how demographics are changing and the national political climate, we just need something really different right now,” Mauter said. Quincy said he is the most responsive of all City Council members and that he talks to the most people on a personal level at coffee shops. “Nobody works harder than I do on the Minneapolis City Council,” he said. He noted his experience in local causes, such as the expansion of Pearl Park and the installation of playgrounds at Hale School. He added that he and other council members approach the job with the idea that they “meet people where they are and when they want to meet.” “The best way to get re-elected is to do your job really well, and that’s what I’m focused on,” he said.
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SUPER BOWL COUNTDOWN
DAYS REMAINING UNTIL KICKOFF
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Hotel bookings strong in lead-up to Super Bowl Early February is typically not the busiest time for the Minneapolis hotel market. But just try to book a Minneapolis hotel for Feb. 2–5 — the Friday before to the Monday after Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium on Feb. 4 — and, well, you can’t. On the popular hotel-booking website Travelocity, a search on those dates in early October brought up a map speckled with red dots, signifying sold out hotels. There were some rooms available, but in places like Chaska and Apple Valley — secondand third-ring suburbs a half-hour drive from the stadium. Travelocity still showed some downtown hotel vacancies in the first half of Minneapolis’ Super Bowl week. Any out-of-towners planning to come in for the pre-game festivities, like the NFL Experience at the Minneapolis Convention Center or the free Super Bowl Live celebration on Nicollet Mall, should keep in mind rates for those nights are likely only going in one direction: up. “The prices will obviously get higher the longer you wait,” said Kristen Montag, communications manager for Meet Minneapolis, the city’s convention and visitors association. Montag said the NFL began negotiating with local hotels to book a block of 19,000 metroarea rooms almost as soon as Minneapolis was awarded the Super Bowl in 2016. The league planned to release some of those rooms onto the market in October, she said, but Meet Minne-
We’ll all be doing whatever we can do to make sure the experience is good for visitors. — Kristen Montag, communications manager for Meet Minneapolis
above 70 percent for several years, there was a demonstrated need to add capacity, she said. “The rooms would have been built regardless of the Super Bowl,” she said. “Many of them were probably in development before we even knew we were getting the Super Bowl, but obviously once you have something like that booked it spurs interest in the destination.”
Bringing the crowds A room in the AC Hotel Minneapolis Downtown at 4th & Hennepin. File photos
The gym inside Embassy Suites at 6th & Hennepin, which also opened in 2016
The Hewing Hotel at Washington & 3rd.
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apolis still expects bookings to be tight during the entire 10-day lead-up to the Super Bowl. Even hotel alternatives are expecting a surge in demand. In late September, Airbnb announced that it had 1,730 active hosts in Minneapolis and St. Paul, a 73-percent increase in just six months.
new rooms amount to nearly 12 percent of the city’s current 8,973-room total capacity. Meet Minneapolis is tracking another 1,705 rooms currently planned or in development. Of those, just the 55-room boutique luMINN under construction near City Hall and the 124-room Moxy Uptown at Lake & Emerson are expected to be ready for Super Bowl guests. Montag said the buildup wasn’t just about the big game coming to town. Hotel developers closely monitor occupancy levels, and with Minneapolis posting a sustained occupancy rate
Surge in construction Minneapolis is experiencing a surge in hotel construction, with 1,050 new rooms added in 2016, according to Meet Minneapolis. Those
The game is also bringing a surge of visitors during what is traditionally a slow time for Minneapolis tourism. Montag said the April–November time period is considered “convention season” in Minneapolis, and hotels are usually looking for a little more help driving bookings during the winter. The city’s hotel market is also strongly influenced by business travel, which generally leads to more weekday bookings and slower hotel business on weekends, she said. Minneapolis hotel occupancy dipped to about 26 percent on Feb. 5, 2016, the date of last year’s Super Bowl in Houston. During the week leading up to the game, occupancy peaked at just over 62 percent on the prior Tuesday. One common measure of hotel financial performance is revenue per available room. During last year’s Super Bowl week, Minneapolis hotels did the best on Monday–Wednesday bookings and made less per room on Friday and Saturday night. The local tourism industry sees the Super Bowl as a chance to convince some visitors that a return visit is in order. The Great Northern — the new catchall brand name for the Saint Paul Winter Carnival, City of Lakes Loppet Ski Festival, U.S. Pond Hockey Championships and other wintry events that take place each year around Super Bowl time — is part of that strategy. “We’ll all be doing whatever we can do to make sure the experience is good for visitors,” Montag said.
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Streetscape
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What will Vision Zero mean for streets?
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n Sept. 17, 20-year-old Ria Patel was killed by a suspected drunken driver in Northeast Minneapolis. Patel marked the fourth person killed in a crash on Minneapolis streets in a month. Jill Friedrich, 34, was killed while biking near the Lowry Avenue bridge. Seventy-yearold Michael Webb was killed while trying to walk across Hennepin Avenue downtown. Michael Williams, 45, died after being hit by a bus while biking. All leave family and friends mourning. All died too soon. That same month, Minneapolis officials announced that they want to eliminate traffic deaths in the city by 2027 as part of an initiative called Vision Zero. There is certainly work to do. Over the last decade, an average of more than 10 people a year have been killed in crashes on Minneapolis streets and thousands more injured. So, what exactly will Vision Zero work look like? The Vision Zero page on the city website says, “We will use proven strategies such as lowering speed limits, redesigning streets, and implementing meaningful behavior change campaigns to help make the streets safer for anyone who uses them, no matter if by foot, bicycle, or vehicle. “The commitment to Vision Zero is a citywide commitment, and will require the work of numerous departments throughout the City to reach the goal of zero fatalities or serious injuries. In addition, the City will engage communities affected by this vision to solicit their ideas and support in making safer streets a reality.” Mineapolis will be creating a Vision Zero Action Plan over the next year or so to focus on specific strategies to reduce injuries and deaths. Some steps are already evident:
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The most fundamental reality of traffic safety is that speed kills. A pedestrian hit at 40 miles per hour dies more than 80 percent of the time, while one hit at 20 miles per hour dies about 10 percent of the time. The state currently mandates a standard 30-mile-per-hour speed limit, even on quiet residential streets. Most neighboring states have lower speed limits on local streets. Minneapolis can’t currently set its own speed limits, but the city has updated its legislative agenda to include local control of speed limits in the hopes of doing so in the future. Being proactive about pedestrian safety
Mayor Betsy Hodges has proposed $600,000
in the 2018 budget for proactive pedestrian safety improvements at intersections, including new bump-outs, crosswalks and medians. The city is finishing a pedestrian safety study that will be used to prioritize improvements at the most problematic intersections. Building complete streets
Last year, the city dedicated more than $20 million in additional funding for repairing streets. As streets are redone, Minneapolis is leaning on its recently adopted Complete Streets policy and focusing on making streets safer for everyone.
Equity and Vision Zero Around the country, people of color, people with low incomes, older adults and people with disabilities are more likely to be injured or killed in traffic crashes. That’s partly because of historical inequities that have seen fast, busy streets routed through lower-income neighborhoods. Think 26th and 28th streets and Park and Portland avenues in Phillips or Emerson and Fremont avenues in North. Minneapolis has the opportunity to put equity front and center within Vision Zero and learn from what’s worked well or hasn’t worked in other cities. Some other cities — most recently Chicago — have seen Vision Zero efforts slowed over concerns around lack of community engagement or enforcement measures. Other Vision Zero cities, like Los Angeles and Portland, have been able to build community buy-in by empowering diverse community voices to be at the table shaping the key strategies of Vision Zero. Successful cities have also de-emphasized traffic enforcement as part of their strategy due to concerns about inequitable enforcement and biases in policing. Minneapolis is quick to point out that they are at the very beginning of their Vision Zero work and that robust community engagement is still to come. The city’s Vision Zero resolution even says, “Vision Zero Action Plan will put equity at its forefront.” We certainly hope it will and look forward to seeing the city engage the communities most impacted by traffic crashes in a meaningful and collaborative fashion. Vision Zero has the opportunity to greatly improve street safety and improve the lives of people in Minneapolis, but it must be built with the community.
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Moments in Minneapolis
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Public Safety Update By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com
Man jailed following wife’s death in Windom A Windom resident is charged with murder in the death of his wife, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office. Tony Le, 55, called police Monday morning and brought officers to his wife’s body at their home at 1006 W. 61st St., according to the criminal complaint. Le reportedly told police he had strangled her. Le was read his Miranda rights, according to the complaint, and Le said his wife wanted a divorce after 20 years together. They fought after she insulted him in front of others, and he returned from a trip to Vietnam to find
she had filed for divorce, the complaint said. Le told police he argued with his wife the early morning of Sept. 25, and he approached her in the bathroom and strangled her from behind using a telephone cord, according to court documents. Second-degree murder charges allege the killing was not premeditated. In Southwest Minneapolis’ 5th Precinct, police documented 104 reports of domestic aggravated assault year-to-date, which is an 82 percent increase over 2016 year-to-date reports as well as 2015 reports.
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Friends die in collision with wrong-way driver Two college students from the Diamond Lake and Central neighborhoods died instantly in a car accident Sept. 26 on Interstate 94 just east of Lowry Avenue. Christopher Jahmar Bunay, 19, died of multiple blunt force injuries, and Diana Rojas Martinez, 18, died of blunt force head trauma, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office. The Minnesota State Patrol’s preliminary investigation indicated a BMW travelling westbound in the eastbound lanes at 1:34 a.m. collided head-on with a Toyota carrying Rojas Martinez and Bunay. The driver of the BMW was Quoc Thanh Tran, 26, of Brooklyn Center, who was under the influence of alcohol, according to the state patrol. Tran was treated for non-life threatening injuries and due for release from the hospital on Oct. 3, according to the state patrol. The students graduated last June from Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, and the school described them as “bright lights in the community.” Both played soccer, and the boys’ and girls’ teams took a moment of silence before games last week. “They were fierce friends, hard-working students and driven to succeed in all parts of their lives,” the school said in a statement. Rojas Martinez was a freshman at the University of Minnesota and was considering a career in physical therapy, according to a memorial fund established in her name at GoFundMe.com. A GoFundMe campaign
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Linden Hills resident brings reusable bags to neighborhood Felicity Britton brought Boomerang Bags to Linden Hills. Now she’s trying to bring them to other neighborhoods. Britton, a Linden Hills resident and Linden Hills Power & Light board member, is trying to get other organizations to create the reusable bags, which can replace singleuse plastic bags. A couple of groups have expressed interest, she said. She and other volunteers create the bags and distribute them for free at the Midtown Global Market, Linden Hills Farmer’s Market and Heartfelt. They make about 20 bags a month. Britton, an Australia native, first saw Boomerang Bags on a visit to the country about five years ago. She tried to get Linden Hills Power & Light board to start a program, but its focus was on curbside organics recycling at the time, she said. She started the program last fall. Five people came to the first sewing bee, and 12 came to the second one, Britton said. She was going to have bees every other month but switched to every month because they were popular. People are needed to iron, cut and pin the bags, in addition to sewing, she said. She said the average family uses 500
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plastic bags a year and the bags are used an average of 12 minutes. Less than five percent are recycled, she said. Bags blow away from landfills and end up in trees and freeways. She continues to hope for passage of a plastic bag fee in Minneapolis, despite the City Council delaying a vote on it. “People don’t change their behavior just
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Minneapolis homes featured on Sustainable Home Tour Several Minneapolis homes will be featured in the statewide Sustainable Home Tour on Oct. 7. Stewart and Linda Herman of Whittier and Richard Venberg and Ramy Selim of Como will show their homes on the free, self-guided tour, which is open to the public. The event will feature homes that have implemented renewable electricity and smart devices. Homeowners from La Crescent to Ely are participating. Hosted by the Minnesota Renewable Energy Society, the tour runs 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Years ago, the event was all about showing off solar instillations, said Doug Shoemaker, vice chair of the society’s board of directors. Now it’s more about featuring sustainable homes. “We’re trying to just educate people on the possibility of what they can do to really make an impact on energy for their homes and transportation,” Shoemaker said. Insight Brewing, 2821 E. Hennepin Ave., will have buy-one-get-one pints of beer for tourgoers noon–4:30 p.m. Visit mnrenewables.org/ sustainable-home-tour to learn more.
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The Sioux Chef will partner with Park Board on Water Works restaurant The future destination park will be home to city’s first year-round park restaurant
The team behind a forthcoming Native American restaurant — and the record-breaking Kickstarter campaign to launch it — are partnering with park officials to open another restaurant along the downtown Minneapolis riverfront. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the Minneapolis Parks Foundation and the founders of The Sioux Chef recently announced they intend to partner on a restaurant at Water Works, a proposed park that has begun to form between the Stone Arch Bridge and the Third Avenue Bridge. Chef Sean Sherman and partner Dana Thompson, the duo behind The Sioux Chef, specialize in cuisine made from indigenous can ingredients. Last year, the duo got national attention when they raised nearly $150,000 via a crowdfunding campaign to open The Sioux Chef concept, a record for a restaurant on Kickstarter. The two Southwest Minneapolis residents, who have traveled around the world teaching about the indigenous food model, have yet to announce a location for the concept. Sherman, an Oglala Lakota from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, cooks with pre-colonial food and sources ingredients from indigenous communities. The two also consulted
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“Water Works will celebrate the complex history of this area, through a layered park design, as well as programming, art, play and performance. Co-owners Sean Sherman and Dana Thompson, along with their team, are sharing powerful stories through food about the intricate relationship between people and land,” said Tom Evers, executive director of the Minneapolis Park Foundation. The river corridor is also part of the homeland of the Dakota, who have called the St. Anthony Falls area Owamni Yamni or “Place of Whirlpools.” “This location has been a sacred site of peace and well-being for the Dakota and Anishinaabe people for millennia,” Thompson said. “We plan to leverage this wonderful partnership with the Minneapolis Park Board, through our aligned mission of nutritional, physical, and spiritual health for all, as well as to create food access and education about the rich history of the [Native American] people in this beautiful area.” The foundation, the Park Board’s philanthropic partner, has raised $12.7 million of its roughly $18-million goal to finance the first phase of Water Works, according to a spokeswoman.
Construction on the first of two phases, dubbed the mezzanine phase, will begin late next summer. That phase, which includes the restaurant pavilion, is slated to open in 2019. Beyond the restaurant, The Sioux Chef team plans to support training and jobs for people interested in their field and work with the Park Board’s design team to create places to grow native plants. The team intends to create events and educational opportunities to highlight Native American cultures, the Mississippi River and the food. “Our partnership with The Sioux Chef opens up opportunities beyond what the Park Board could achieve on its own. Our goals of providing healthy, locally sourced food and meaningful recreational and economic opportunities are well-aligned with the vision of The Sioux Chef,” Superintendent Jayne Miller said. It will still be a number of years before the Park Board’s vision for Water Works is complete. The board expects to begin schematic design work of the final phase after the first phase opens two years from now. Work on the second or riverside phase, which will build further bicycle and pedestrian connections to the riverfront, is slated to begin in 2021 and wrap up in 2023.
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REMODELING SHOWCASE that led to an outdoor stairway and a walk across the driveway. Allison couldn’t even let the dog out to the yard without trekking outdoors herself, never mind keep an eye on her boys. In order to replace the garage with a larger one and open up the sight lines to the yard, a contractor would have to dig down about four feet. The couple knew they’d need an architect to design something this complex, and hired Ted Barnhill of Design Forty Five in Minneapolis. “Beautiful house, beautiful street and beautiful yard, but they had this ugly garage,” Barnhill said. “It was an L-shaped house with a square garage tacked on to the west.” The Kruegers also knew who they wanted to build the addition, and called upon him again. John Robertson was now lead carpenter with Quality Cut Remodelers of Minneapolis, so the couple contracted with the company. Robertson and co-owner Kent Tsui were happy to work with the architect. Supporting the house during demolition and construction proved challenging, according to Tsui. Also, the soil beneath the garage was sandy, so the company had to bring in more dirt. “It was a challenge,” Tsui said. “The steepness of that driveway and how low that garage was. We had to do some water mitigation, too.” Quality Cut ended up lowering the garage floor by 4-1/2 feet, expanding the kitchen by 300 square feet and adding a three-season porch above the new garage. (Kris Krueger finished off the interior of the porch, including the addition of a heated floor.) The company also added a deck onto the garage roof, installing two-foot-by-two-foot porcelain tiles on a pedestal that allows drainage between the tiles and out to the yard. Allison chose all the kitchen finishes, including the Cambria countertops and glass cabinet knobs that evoke the house’s original design. The kitchen sink, faucet and the kitchen tile backsplash all were picked out from the Kohler Signature Store. The new kitchen has the triangular work pattern that she wanted and incorporates the previous owner’s range and dishwasher. The family now has floor-to-ceiling cabinets along two walls, a hutch and a generously sized oak island, which Allison never
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Construction end has positives, drawbacks for residents near 54th & Morgan Sept. 28 was bittersweet for residents near 54th & Morgan, where two years of street construction ended. Sweet because it meant the opening of a major street in the neighborhood. Bitter because it meant the street would no longer be an open space where residents could gather. “It was life-giving to have it be shut down,” resident Mickey Mikeworth said. “... It was lifegiving to have it be just completely quiet.” Everyone took walks on the street at night, Mikeworth said. Grandparents and parents would bring their kids down to watch the construction. One family put their basketball hoop in the intersection. The project included the reconstruction of 54th street between Penn and Lyndale avenues. Construction from Humboldt to Lyndale took place in 2016. It included the addition of 113 trees and bike lanes and the removal and replacement of street pavement, curbs and gutters, driveways, storm drains and sidewalks. It was expected to cost $6.7 million, to be paid for mostly by municipal state aid and net debt bonds. Other features included upgraded CenterPoint Energy infrastructure and new infrastructure for the expansion of US Internet’s fiber optic network. The bike lanes meant the elimination of parking on the south side of the street.
(From left to right): Ward 13 Council Member Linea Palmisano, Minneapolis Chief Field Inspector Kyle Wallace, Rev. John Sommerville of City Church and Morgan Avenue resident Steve Jewell cut a ribbon Sept. 28 to commemorate the reopening of a section of 54th street. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
At a street-opening ceremony, Ward 13 Council Member Linea Palmisano thanked residents for their patience during construction. Robin Hutcheson, director of the city’s Public Works department, said neighbors would benefit for 50 years from the new street. “I think you’re going to love it,” she said. Resident Rebecca Surmont said she appreciated the tremendous amount of handwork that
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Ward 7 candidates talk bikeways, housing and light rail Four candidates for the 7th Ward City Council seat weighed in on issues ranging from affordable housing and bike lanes to Southwest light rail at a Sept. 28 forum hosted by neighborhood organizations at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Lake of the Isles. Incumbent Lisa Goodman highlighted her 20 years of experience on the Council, DFL challenger Janne Flisrand emphasized citywide equity, GOPer Joe Kovacs pressed to stop raising taxes and Teqen Zéa-Aida, the race’s third DFLer, highlighted his diverse community connections. To read more about the candidates’ comments at the forum, go to southwestjournal.com.
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Roadshow offers admissions, scholarships to students of color Some students at the Empower Me Tour on Sept. 22 were accepted to college within minutes of meeting a college counselor. Others took home $5,000 scholarships. The event was hosted at the Convention Center by the United Negro College Fund, which provides scholarships to students and financial support to historically black colleges and universities. Representatives from 19 historically black colleges and universities were on hand to review resumes and hand out acceptance offers, as were local business and community leaders. Those leaders led panel discussions for the 960 students in attendance, most of whom were students of color. “They got to see success that looks like them,” said Terry Henry, executive director of Minneapolis Public Schools’ Department of College and Career Readiness. “(That) has been the pivotal focus for Minneapolis Public Schools.” Students of color in Minnesota enroll in college at lower rates than white students, according to the National Student Clearinghouse. They’re also less likely to complete a
degree within six years. Southwest High School senior Amina Hassan said many youth of color end up going to community college. Hassan said she hopes more can go to four-year schools. She learned at the UNCF event that HBCUs aren’t only for black students. Hassan’s classmate Tatiana Jara-Pacheco was awarded a $5,000 Target scholarship at the event. “It’s just amazing to have that support coming,” she said. UNCF Vice President of National Development Paulette Jackson said the goal of the tour is to get kids excited about college and expose them to HBCUs, most of which are in the South. Many HBCUs are smaller and more affordable than other universities, Jackson said. That could allow students to be more involved in activities and developer closer relationships with professors, she added. South High School senior Kayla Arnold said the event made her more excited to go to college. Arnold’s classmate Samantha Sander said she could tell a difference in energy between an HBCU college fair and a regular one.
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South senior Aymaiya Martin said her favorite speaker was a businesswoman who was part of a panel discussion about finding inner beauty. The panelists, all successful women of color, talked about breaking down perceived barriers of beauty. “It’s nice to hear people you can relate to,” senior Antanajsha Brown said. Patrick Henry High School sophomores Glentrel Carter and Mark Campbell said the event was helpful. Colleges will know they’re interested at a young age, Carter said, and will take them more seriously. When they’re seniors, they will know about more options, he added. Carter wants to be a lawyer, study engineering and hopefully play in the NBA. He said HBCUs “just make you feel comfortable,” describing them as a “home away from home.” Campbell said he wants to go to an HBCU. He said other students should know there are more opportunities to get into college beyond athletics. “College will get us ready for the real world,” he said.
Minneapolis superintendent to be interviewed on stage Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Ed Graff will be interviewed as part of The Theater of Public Policy show on Oct. 9. Graff and St. Paul Superintendent Joe Gothard will both take part in an onstage discussion with the show’s host. Actors will use the interview as the basis for an improvised scene. “We’re not making fun of the guests or the (topics),” said Tane Danger, cofounder and host of the show. “It’s not a roast. (The actors)
are using humor to illuminate and bring to light issues and ideas that we’re going to talk about with the guests.” Danger said the conversation could include questions about racial inequities, differences between rural, suburban and urban schools and the “changing nature of what we ask schools to do.” There will be an opportunity for audience members to ask questions. Past topics have been about the U.S. census, manufactured housing and driverless cars,
Danger said. DFL gubernatorial candidates Tim Walz and Erin Murphy are scheduled to appear on the show this fall. The show runs 7 p.m.–8:30 p.m. at BryantLake Bowl, 810 W. Lake St. Tickets are $12 in advance or at the door with a fringe button and $15 at the door with no discount. Danger said most tickets sell out. Learn more at t2p2.net/upcoming-events/ 2017/10/9/fall-season.
Washburn High School had gone more than 15 years without hosting a musical before Nancy Lee arrived in 2008. Nancy Lee. Photo by Since then, Nate Gotlieb the school has hosted annual musicals, drawing hundreds of students. Many credit Lee, the school’s fine arts coordinator, for facilitating the turnaround. She’s been nominated for the Tony Awards Excellence in Theatre Education Award several years and has earned honorable mention recognition the past two. The status goes to just 20 educators out of 1,100 nominated. Lee, a native of Iowa, taught at Southwest High School for eight years before coming to Washburn. She said some people questioned whether an urban school like Washburn could sustain a theater program. The school had a choir of 15 students at the time and an auditorium that didn’t get much use. Now the school has five choirs and puts on two musicals a year. “Where there are kids, there’s going to be talent,” she said. “You just have to be able to find that talent and foster it.” Lee credits the school’s theater revitalization to a dedicated group of parents, some of whom created the Washburn Arts Council. “The amount of support we get is amazing,” she said. Lee started her own theater company this year and hosted a program for college students this summer in Iowa. The students put on a new show every two weeks. Washburn’s fall musical is “Heathers: The Musical,” a rock show based on a film. The school will be doing “Hairspray” in the spring.
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EDUCATION GUIDE
Choosing a school that fits the needs of a child is an exciting opportunity for families.
From public to private, community school to magnet, and Waldorf to Montessori, Minneapolis offers a variety of educational environments. The Southwest Journal presents its annual Education Guide to help families find the perfect fit from early childhood through high school. The guide features information on the processes districts use to accept students, along with a listing of preschools, charter schools and private schools in and nearby Southwest Minneapolis. PAGE B4
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By Meleah Maynard
Nice plants for northern gardens
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efore I start nattering on about plants I like, let me first tell you that, as always in the fall, the Little Free Seed Library is up and running at my house. You’ll find it on the boulevard on the corner of 45th & Washburn. I’ve already started putting out seeds I’ve collected from our gardens, and neighbors have been dropping off more. I hope you’ll consider bringing some seeds to share, and if you do, please bring them in envelopes or baggies that are clearly marked with the name of the plant. I’ve put small, coin-sized envelopes in the seed library so people can choose seeds from larger envelopes and pack them up easily to take home. (For more information on the seed library, check out this blog post: everydaygardener.com/sharing-seeds/.) OK, now let’s talk about plants. I like to buy a few new plants every year. It’s fun to have something new in the garden, and it’s always interesting to see how they do — or don’t do, as is the case with nearly every Japanese anemone I’ve ever planted except Anemone tomentosa “Robustissima.” That beauty has survived whatever my brown-thumb problem is with these plants. Anyway, I’d like to tell you about a few plants that I’ve tried and come to love over the past couple of years. First up: Astilbe “Chocolate Shogun.” The dark purple foliage of this unique astilbe looks beautiful in my shade gardens where I’ve paired them with hostas, ligularia and yellow-leaved “Sun King” Japanese spikenard. Hardy down to horrifyingly cold Zone 3 (Minneapolis is Zone 4), “Chocolate Shogun” grows 18–24 inches high and does best in partial shade. Even when established, these plants need to be watered, so try to group them with other plants that like a little extra moisture, such as ligularia, dwarf goatsbeard and foam flower (Tiarella cordifolia).
Many varieties of pulmonaria, also known as lungwort, do well in northern gardens. ‘Raspberry Splash’ is bigger and more compact than other lungwort varieties. Submitted photo
If you’ve never grown epimedium, let me introduce you. There are several varieties to choose from for our region. I’m partial to snowy epimedium (Epimedium x youngianum “Niveum”), which is hardy to Zone 4. These delicate-looking, shade-loving plants grow 6–8 inches tall and up to 18 inches wide. The heart-shaped foliage is pretty enough to make this a musthave for me, but the miniature white flowers that appear in early spring are a muchneeded respite from winter. Feeling pretty sick of bee balm looking great and then getting covered with disgusting powdery mildew by July? Me too. That’s why I’d recommend Eastern bee balm (Monarda bradburiana). Hardy to Zone 4, plants grow to about 2 feet tall and
wide, and they are nicely clumped rather than floppy like some bee balms can be. Plant these in full sun to partial shade and bees and hummingbirds will zoom in to enjoy them. I’ve got a couple of different varieties of goatsbeard in my gardens, but my current favorite is “Horatio” (Aruncus “Horatio”). Hardy to Zone 4, plants grow to about 3 feet tall and wide and will do best in partial shade, though they can tolerate full sun. I love the dark green leaves on this variety, as well the white, fringed blooms, which have a faintly sweet smell. Lungwort (Pulmonaria) sounds like a horrid plant, but it’s really quite lovely despite its name, which came about because the plants’ leaves were long ago used unsuc-
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cessfully to treat lung infections. Over the years I have added many varieties of lungwort to my gardens. All have their good points, really, but Pulmonaria “Raspberry Splash” is my favorite. Hardy to Zone 4, these plants grow to about 12 inches high and are said top out at about 18 inches wide. In truth, the ones in my front gardens are much wider — so huge, in fact, that people often wonder if they are “some kind of spotted hosta.” Plants will do best in partial shade and are covered in early spring with raspberry-colored blooms on arching stems. Check out Meleah’s blog: everydaygardener.com for more gardening tips or to email her a question or comment
By Paul Burnstein
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his past month, Verizon Wireless sent me a fun phone to try out: the Motorola Z2 Play. Overall, it is a nice phone to play around with. The phone itself is an upper mid-range phone, but the range of possibilities it offers is the fun part. Let me explain. The phone’s functionality is all around solid. In my use, it was speedy, lightweight, had great battery life of more than a day and had a very nice looking display. But my primary focus in testing the device was not really based on the phone functionality itself. Rather, I was in it for the Moto Mods (think modifications). This is where the fun part comes in. I got to try out three of the different mods: a speaker, camera and projector. The mods attach via magnet and easily snap on or off. Other available mods include a gamepad, extra battery, 360-degree camera and more. The mod for the speaker was the Soundboost ($79.99) made by JBL. Once attached, the speaker mod made the phone quite a
bit chunkier, but it was better than carrying around a separate bluetooth speaker. It has a kickstand, and when in use it adds a nice full sound to the music being played. Using the mod over a standalone bluetooth speaker is a slight convenience — one less thing to carry with you — but I didn’t find myself taking the speaker mod out of the house, as I was not listening to music through a speaker on the go. The camera mod was the Hasselblad 4116 True Zoom ($199.99). Hasselblad is a well respected camera company founded in 1841. Once you click on the mod, it transforms the phone into a digital camera with an expanding lens and dedicated zoom and shutter buttons. A very nice feature is the 10x optical zoom. It provides much more clarity than a digital zoom, which is just software creating the zoom feature. The optical zoom is just like using a zoom lens on a film camera. The pictures I took looked great when I saw the quick preview that pops up
onscreen immediately after taking the picture, but when I looked at them later on the phone they did not have the vibrancy that I had seen before. This could be due to screen calibration and the fact that I viewed them later on a different device. My favorite of the mods that I tried out was the Moto Insta-Share Projector ($299.99). Wow! This is a fun mod that allows one to project anything from the Moto Z2 Play screen (or other compatible Moto phone). I tried it out on my ceiling and it looked great. I also took it camping and projected Moana on the side of an RV so the kids could enjoy a movie. (I am the Gadget Guy; of course I enjoy camping with technology!) The only complaint I had was that the sound was not robust enough for us to hear the soudtrack by the campfire. You can only attach one mod at a time, so the speaker mod could not remedy this. In the future, I would know to bring a bluetooth speaker for the audio to work
with the projector. The projector mod also has a built-in battery, so it extends the life of the smartphone battery while projecting. My favorite thing to do with the projector was lay in bed and watch on my angled ceiling. It projects up to 70 inches and looks crisp with deep colors. My wife and I have avoided a TV in our bedroom, but on nights when we are exhausted (with young kids, that’s every night), it is a nice option to lay in bed and stream Netflix. The projector is a must-have if you get the phone, but the mods only work with the Moto Z line. If you want flagship phones by Apple (iPhones) or Samsung (their latest being the Galaxy S8 and Note 8), you are out of luck using the mods. Paul Burnstein is a Tech Handyman. As the founder of Gadget Guy MN, Paul helps personal and business clients optimize their use of technology. He can be found through gadgetguymn.com or via email at paul@gadgetguymn.com.
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CHOOSING A DISTRICT SCHOOL Home address driver in determining MPS school placement By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
Public schools in Southwest Minneapolis often receive more requests to attend than they can accommodate. In those cases, Minneapolis Public Schools prioritizes factors such as a student’s home address and sibling attendance to determine acceptance. For neighborhood and community schools, such as Lake Harriet, Lyndale and Southwest, students who live in attendance area are among the highest priority for placement, only behind students who need specific English language support. Attendance areas are based on a 2009 downsizing plan that divided the district into three attendance zones and broke those zones into attendance areas, each with their own community school. The protocol gives students who live in the attendance area priority if they have siblings at the school. Students who live in the attendance area are prioritized over other Minneapolis students. In grades K–8, attendance-area students are the only ones eligible to receive trans-
portation. MPS uses public transit for high school students. The protocol is different for magnet schools, such as Armatage, Barton and Windom, which offer specialized programs or teaching methods. The magnet protocol prioritizes poverty concentration and free and reduced price lunch status over attendance area in schools with low representations of students in poverty. Magnet students also receive district transportation.
71 percent in Southwest The district fulfilled about 80 percent of students’ first-choice school requests for 2017–2018, but the rate was about 71 percent for Southwest Minneapolis. Lake Harriet Community School’s upper campus, which serves grades 4–8, fulfilled the lowest percentage of first requests (18), followed by Barton (35) and Seward Montessori (49). The district fulfilled first-choice requests to magnet schools at lower rate than to neighborhood and community schools. Schools
Minneapolis Public Schools enrollment links/information District Student Placement office: studentplacement.mpls.k12.mn.us Pre-K-8 School Request Center: schoolrequest.mpls.k12.mn.us (includes information on transportation, attendance areas and frequently asked questions) High School Request Center: highschoolrequest.mpls.k12.mn.us (includes information on academic focuses, boundaries and more). The district’s schools lottery opens on Nov. 15, and the school request deadline is midnight on Feb. 3. As part of its 2017 Visit our Schools campaign, the district is asking its K-5 and K-8 buildings to invite their neighborhood communities into the schools at least once between Oct. 25 and Nov. 15. The event and its timing are designed to help families keep MPS schools in the forefront of their thinking as they explore and consider school-choice options for 2018-19. Additional details will be forthcoming soon.
Students from Kenny Community School perform at an annual music festival hosted by Minneapolis Public Schools. File photo
in North and Northeast were able to accept students at a higher rate than schools in South or Southwest. Bryan Fleming, director of enrollment management for MPS, said most of the requests are for entry-level grades, such as kindergarten, sixth grade and ninth grade. Fleming said acceptance rates have held steady over the past few years, including at the more popular schools. “Those are schools that are burgeoning, not just in terms of programming effectiveness,” he said. “Those are areas of the city that are growing in terms of the demographics.” Fleming said that in spite of the district’s budget challenges, his office is very cognizant and concerned about the experience for all students, particularly students of color and students on the North Side. It’s trying to be more intentional about retaining students and “demystifying” the enrollment process, he said, and it’s doing everything it can to be more responsive to families that bring forth concerns.
Request process online The district lays out its request processes on its pre-K–8 and high school requests sites. Those sites allow parents to enter their address and find their community school and other school options with transportation. The pre-K–8 site explains who needs to request a school, how to request a school, lists transportation information and includes a list of frequently asked questions, among other information. The high school site contains similar information, with additional information on parent involvement and academic focus areas. Fleming wrote in an email that parents should be thinking about features such as class size, curriculum scope and sequence, before- and after-school options and volunteer opportunities when choosing a school. Other areas to consider would be academic rigor and college prep, faculty, diversity, athletics, arts and community engagement, he wrote. All school requests can be submitted online. Contact the student-placement center at 668-1840 with any questions.
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OPEN ENROLLMENT Open enrollment required in MN, can be capped By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
Students in Minnesota are not required to attend the public school district in which they reside. They’re not guaranteed a spot in any district of their choosing, however. Per state law, school boards can cap open enrollment at 1 percent of the total enrollment at each grade level. They can also cap it at the number of district residents who enroll in a different district. So if 100 Minneapolis residents left Minneapolis Public Schools for other districts, for example, the district could cap open enrollment at 100. State law requires parents to submit an application to the nonresident district and include a reason for the proposed move. A parent or guardian must submit a signed application by Jan. 15 for enrollment beginning the following school year. Parents may request a particular school or program. Districts must notify parents in writing by Feb. 15 whether or not their application has been accepted and, if necessary, the reason for the rejection. Parents must notify the districts by March 1 or within 45 days whether or not their student intends to enroll. They are not required to submit a new application each year once the student has been accepted.
Impartial lottery A district must hold an impartial lottery if it has more applications than available seats at a specific grade level. Priority must be given to siblings of currently enrolled students and children of district staff, among others. If requested by the parent, the nonresident district must provide transportation within the district. Transportation is not required for the commute between the student’s home and the district’s border. Nonresident districts must accept credits awarded by other districts.
Elementary school students walk to school as part of International Walk and Bike to School Day. File photos
Minnesota has had parental choice since the late 1980s thanks to a push led by former Gov. Rudy Perpich. Perpich thought open enrollment would force schools to compete with each other and thereby improve the state’s education system. The law has led to tens of thousands of students open enrolling or enrolling in charter schools each year. In Minneapolis Public Schools, for example, about onethird of more than 53,000 school-aged residents attend charter schools or open enroll, according to a Star Tribune analysis. Visit education.state.mn.us/MDE/fam/ open/ to learn more about open enrollment, download the state Department of Education form and learn more about other enrollment options.
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Ages/Program: 6 weeks–6 years/All day, full-time programs
Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 25/4:1,
Child-to-staff ratio: 3:1, infants; 5:1,
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and extended day (Monday, noon–2:30 p.m. and Friday, noon–3 p.m.). Eclectic model drawing from Reggio, Montessori, Waldorf and High Scope. Bus service offered in a three-mile radius
Community Child Care Center 8 W. 60th St. 861-4303 ccccenter.org
Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 100/10:1 or less
Ages/Program: 6 weeks–10 years/ Preschool; before- and after-school education for school-age children; enrichment; breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack provided; additional extracurricular activities available
Administrator: Barb Murphy Tuition: $200, two-day; $336, three-day; $536, five-day. Additional cost for bus service, extended day and enrichment class
Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 105/3:1, infants; 5:1, toddlers; 8:1, preschool; 10:1, school-age children
Joyce Bilingual Preschool
Administrator: Lynn Hoskins Tuition: Call for more information
Edina Morningside Preschool 4201 Morningside Road 952-926-6555 Ext. 108 empreschool.org Ages/Programs: 3–5/Tuesday–Friday half-day or extended-day play-based program focused on social development Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 40/8:1 Administrator: Melissa Clarke Tuition: $325/month for four days; $245/ month for three days; $195/month for two days. Scholarships available
Golden Years Montessori School 4100 W. 42nd St. 952-929-4211 Ages/Programs: 4–6/Half day (9 a.m.– noon) and full day (9 a.m.–3 p.m.) before
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school (7:45 a.m.–9 a.m.) after school (3 p.m.–4:30 p.m.) Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 125/10:1 Administrators: Terri Recke and Christine Overstar Tuition: $7,500/year for half day; $8,450/ year for full day
Grace Neighborhood Nursery School 1430 W. 28th St. 872-8131 graceneighborhoodnurseryschool.org Ages/Program: 33 months–6 years/Childcentered, play-based curriculum focused on the whole child; Preschool classes two, three or five mornings (9 a.m.–noon) or three afternoons (1 p.m.–3:30 p.m.); Options for Early Risers (8 a.m.–9 a.m.); Lunch Bunch (noon–2 p.m.); enrichment
Judson Preschool 4101 Harriet Ave. S. 822-0915 judsonpreschool.com Ages/Programs: 2 years, 9 months–5 years/Play-based preschool. Nonsectarian educational philosophy. Judson Preschool is dedicated to bringing together children and early childhood educators in an environment of selfgrowth, achieved through socialization and spontaneous learning. School year is September–May Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 112, Tue– Thu; 26, Fri/10:1
3400 Park Ave 823-2447 joycepreschool.org
Administrator: Kelly Hollis
Ages/Programs: 3–5/Bilingual preschool, plus Family Fridays, a weekly multicultural parent-child classes each week on Friday. Morning and afternoon programs two or four days/ week. Joyce Latinx parents shape our community through our Comité de Padres en Liderazgo (Parent Leadership Committee), and support each other as part of our monthly Asociación de Padres de Familia. August Spanish-immersion camp sessions for children 3–8 Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 108/9:1 with additional support staff Administrator: Laura Tompkins Tuition: $220 for two days, $440 for four days. Scholarships offered. Eligible site for Think Small scholarships (4-star Parent Aware rating)
Tuition: Mornings (9 a.m.–11 a.m.) are $280/month and afternoons (12:45 p.m.– 3:15 p.m.) are $260/month for Tuesday and Wednesday. Add Fridays (9 a.m.–1 p.m.) for $700 per year
KinderCare Learning Center 3708 W. 44th St. 922-6727 kindercare.com Ages/Programs: 6 weeks–6 years/ Programs for infants, toddlers, preschool and pre-K Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: Capacity for 24/4:1, infants; 21/7:1, toddlers; 20/10:1, preschool; 20/10:1 pre-K Administrator: Amanda Korolchuk Tuition: Call for more information
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PRESCHOOLS (continued) Kinderstube German Immersion Preschool 106 E. Diamond Lake Road 651-353-5147 kinderstubepreschool.org Ages/Programs: 3–5/Preschool and pre-K Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 35-40 openings (full time/part time)/7:1 Administrator: Babett Larimer Tuition: Programs range from $421 part time to $921 full time with multiple schedule options
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Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 27/10:3, toddlers; 17:2, preschoolers
Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 50/10:1
Administrator: Kumi Gunasekera
Administrators: Andrea Wright
Tuition: $300–$1,000 depending on age and schedule
Tuition: Call for more information
Administrator: Janet Miller Tuition: Call for more information
Lake Harriet Christian Child Care Center 5009 Beard Ave. S. 926-2283 lhccc.org
Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 55/3:1, infant; 5:1, toddler; 9:1, preschooler
Tuition: Infants $343.40/five-day week; toddlers $267.65/four-day week, $308.05/five-day week; preschool and pre-K $242.40/four-day week, $262.60/ five-day week. Tuition includes breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack and in-house field trips. Sliding fee scale and scholarship
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Ages/Programs: 3–entering K/9 a.m.– 11:30 a.m. and 9 a.m.–1 p.m.; enrichment programs available.
Administrator: Meredith LaCount
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4901 Chowen Ave. S. 926-8043 lakeharrietumpreschool.org
Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 68/10:1
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Linden Hills Child Care Center 4201 Sheridan Ave. S. 922-4501 lindenhillschildcare.com Ages/Programs: 6 weeks–5 years/Full or half day, five days per week. Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 84/12:3, infants; 16:3, toddlers; 14:2, preschoolers; 9:2, pre-K Administrator: Robin Anderson Tuition: Call for more information
Mayflower Early Childhood Center — Montessori Learning Environments 106 E. Diamond Lake Road 825-5914 mayflowerchildren.org Ages/Programs: 16 months–6 years/ Montessori preschool and toddler environment; full day, half day, beforeand after-school care; four-star Parent Aware rating; AMI certified Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 95/7:1, toddler; 10:1, children Administrator: Ed Cavin Tuition: $645-$1,175, depending on program and hours. Tuition assistance available. We are dedicated to economic diversity, currently offering $190,000 in financial aid based on need
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PRESCHOOLS (continued) days per week $215/month for two days per week. $292/week for toddlers. Preschool childcare is $255/week for five days a week full-time
St. Peter’s Early Childhood Education Center 5421 France Ave. S. 952-927-8400 stpetersedina.org Ages/Programs: 6 weeks–pre-K/ Licensed and accredited early-childhood education program Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 110/4:1, infant; 7:1, toddler; 10:1, preschool Administrator: Tosca Grimm Tuition: Call for more information
Sunshine Montessori School Mount Olivet Preschool 5025 Knox Ave. S. 926-7651 mtolivet.org/education/preschool Ages/Programs: 3–5/Preschool, two-day and three-day Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 100/7:1 Administrator: Linda Healy Tuition: $215/month for two days; $265/ month for three days
New Horizon Academy 2431 Hennepin Ave. S. (Uptown); 105 W. Lake St. (Lake Street) 354-2470 (Uptown); 224-9249 (Lake Street) newhorizonacademy.net Ages/Programs: 6 weeks–10 years; Kindergarten-readiness program; in process of becoming accredited; multilevel facility; state-of-the art facility; locally owned. Now enrolling for all age groups Child-to-staff ratio: Infants 1:4, toddlers 1:7, preschool 1:10, school age 1:15 Administrator: Precious Johnson (Uptown); Melanie Westlin (Lake Street) Tuition: Varies by child’s age, location
Southwest Montessori School 5000 Washburn Ave. S. 920-2311 southwestmontessorischool.com Ages/Programs: 3–6/Montessori pre-K and K, full day or half day Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 27/8:1
4557 Colfax Ave. S. 827-4504 sunshinemontessori.net Ages/Programs: 16 months–6 years/ Half- and full-day programs, five days per week. Extended day available Enrollment: Openings typically twice a year, in June and September Administrator: Alanna Nelson Tuition: Available online. Depends on age, length of day
Tayo Daycare Inc. 312 W. Lake St., Suite 2931 825-1929 Ages/Programs: Infant–K/Part time, full time, after school programs Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 45/ varies by age Administrator: Brenda Felizarte Tuition: Varies by age, length of school day
Temple Israel Early Childhood Center 2324 Emerson Ave. S. 374-0384 templeisrael.com/ecc Ages/Programs: 16 months–5 years/ Two-, three- and five-day programs; early and afternoon care. Starts accepting applications in January for the following year Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 94/6:1, toddler; 8:1, preschool Administrator: Tamara Weiss Rhodes Tuition: Call for more information
Administrator: Heather Ollila Tuition: Varies according to schedule; call or email southwestmontessorischool@ gmail.com for information
St. John’s Child Care Center 4842 Nicollet Ave. S. 827-1237 stjohnsmpls.org/child-care Ages/Programs: 16 months–grade 4/ Preschool, daycare and after-school programming Child-to-staff ratio: 7:1, toddler; 10:1, preschool; 15:1, school-age Administrator: Tina Shear Tuition: $20/day for after-school care. Preschool care is $240/month for three
Whittier Wildflowers Preschool 2608 Blaisdell Ave. S. 877-8992 whittierwildflowers.org Ages/Programs: 2–5/Hands-on, playbased morning preschool where children discover their love of learning. Enriches the whole child, mind, body and spirit, in a diverse community. Affordable and open to all Enrollment/Child-to-staff ratio: 55/6:1, 2-year-olds; 8:1, preschool (or less with volunteers) Administrator: Ann Hotz Tuition: Fair-share tuition model based on family size and income
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CHARTER | PRIVATE ELEMENTARY | SECONDARY SCHOOLS 9–11; $29,995 grade 12. Need-based financial aid available
Academy of Holy Angels 6600 Nicollet Ave. S., Richfield 798-2600 academyofholyangels.org
Applications deadline: Feb. 1 Tours/Open houses: For individual tours or more information, call the admissions office (763-381-8200)/Open houses, 9 a.m.–Noon Nov. 11 and 5:30 p.m.– 8 p.m. Jan. 10; curriculum information evening with Head of School Natalia Rico Hernández, 6–8 p.m. Dec. 5
Grades/Program: 9–12 Enrollment/Average class size: 660/20 Administrators: Thomas Shipley, president; Heidi Foley, principal; Mark Melhorn, assistant principal/ activities director
Extended day: After-school childcare available, preschool–grade 4, until 6 p.m.
Tuition and Fees: Call or visit website
School day: 8:30 a.m.–3:15 p.m.
Tours/Open houses: Call admissions to schedule a tour. Open house from 6 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Oct. 26 (starts with activities fair)
Calvin Christian School 4015 Inglewood Ave. S., Edina 952-927-5304 calvinchristian.org
School day: 7:50 a.m.–2:40 p.m.
Annunciation Catholic School 525 W. 54th St. 823-4394 annunciationmsp.org Grades/Program: Pre-K–8 (see also early childhood listing for Lake Area Discovery Center at Annunciation Catholic School) Enrollment/Average class size: 372/25 Principal: Jennifer Cassidy Tuition: $4,900 (parish investment rate)/$6,400 (standard rate); family discounts and financial aid available Tours/Open house: Call the school office to arrange a tour. Preview night Nov. 9 School day: 8 a.m.–2:45 p.m. (K–8) Extended day: 7 a.m.–6 p.m.
Benilde-St. Margaret’s 2501 Highway 100, St. Louis Park 952-927-4176 bsmschool.org
Senior High: $14,395; International Students: $19,395; Technology Fee: $400; Registration Fee: $200; Graduation Fee: $150 (applied only to 2018 graduating seniors). Information reflects the tuition for the current 2017-2018 school year Applications deadline: Jan. 19, 2018 Tours/Open houses: Open houses: Oct. 16 (6 p.m.–8:30 p.m.), Jan. 8 (6 p.m.–8:30 p.m.), March 13 (8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.), April 19 (8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.). Learn more about visiting at bsmschool.org/ admissions/visiting-campus School day: 8 a.m.–2:40 p.m.
The Blake School 110 Blake Rd. S, Hopkins; 301 Peavey Lane, Wayzata; 511 Kenwood Parkway, Minneapolis 952-988-3420 blakeschool.org Grades/Program: Pre-K–12
Grades/Program: 7–12
Enrollment/Average class size: 1,366/ 15–16
Enrollment/Average class size: 1,136/ 21 (junior high) 23 (senior high)
Administrator: Anne Stavney, head of school
Administrators: Adam Ehrmantraut, president; Susan Skinner, senior high principal; Claire Shea, junior high principal
Tuition: Go to blakeschool.org for more information
Tuition and Fees: Junior High: $12,340;
Tours: Drop-in tours, Tuesdays at 10 a.m. at the Wayzata (pre-K-5) campus, or call
Beth Pliego at 952-988-3420 to schedule a tour; on-campus admissions events, 9 a.m.–noon Oct. 29 and 6:45 p.m.–9 p.m. Jan. 12 at the Hopkins (pre-K–8) campus, 9 a.m.–noon Nov. 5 and 5:30-7:30 p.m. Jan. 10 at the Wayzata (pre-K–5) campus, and 9 a.m.–noon Nov. 12 and 7 p.m.–9 p.m. Jan. 9 at the Minneapolis (grades 9–12) campus; financial assistance workshops, 9 a.m.–11 a.m. Jan. 19 and 6 p.m.–8 p.m. Jan. 21 in Hopkins
Grades/Program: K–8 Enrollment/Average class size: 150/17 Principal: Steve Groen Tuition: $5,700 (part-time K) to $10,000 (2017-18) Tours/Open house: See calvinchristian. org/admissions School day: 8:50 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Extended day: Yes
School day: Varies by division Extended day: Available, call for more information
Breck 123 Ottawa Ave. N., Golden Valley 763-381-8100 breckschool.org Grades/Program: Pre-K–12 Enrollment/Average class size: 1,145/16 Administrators: Natalia Rico Hernández, head of school; Peg Bailey, lower school director; Sky Fauver, middle school director; Thomas Taylor, upper school director Tuition and Fees: $18,385, half-day preschool; $24,105, full-day preschool; $24,340, kindergarten 3/2 program; $24,970, full-day K; $28,625, grades 1–4; $29,595, grades 5–8; $29,860, grades
City of Lakes Waldorf School 2344 Nicollet Ave. S. 767-1502 clws.org Grades/Program: Pre-K–8 (see listing under early childhood)/certified Waldorf program Enrollment/Average class size: 270/20, K; 22, grades 1–8 Administrator: Marti Stewart Tuition: $9,585, half-day K; $13,335, K; $13,835, grades 1–5; $14,380, grades 6–8. Need-based financial aid is available for K–8 students Application deadline: Feb. 1 Tours/Open houses: Individual and group tours scheduled daily. All-school open house 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Nov. 4: Early
A thorough tour of Twin Cities schools always includes a visit to City of Lakes Waldorf School, the vibrant alternative in education. All School Open House (Preschool-8th Grade) Saturday, November 4, 2017 10am - 12pm Early Childhood Open House Preschool & Kindergarten Saturday, January 20, 2018 10am - 12pm City of Lakes Waldorf SWJ 100517 6.indd 1
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childhood open house (Pre-K–K), Jan. 20 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Extended day: Available 3 p.m.–5:15 p.m. ($7/hour); Before Care (Grades 1-8) 7:30 a.m. ($4/day) School day: 8:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m., preschool/K, with optional afternoons until 3 p.m.; 8:30 a.m.–3:20 p.m., grades 1–8
Hennepin Elementary School (charter) 2123 Clinton Ave. S. 843-5050 hennepinelementaryschool.org Grades/Program: K–6/Core Knowledge focused
2900 W. 44th St. (pre-K–2 Lower Campus) and 3210 W. 51st St. (3–8 Upper Campus) 920-9075 (lower); 927-8673 (upper) carondeletcatholicschool.com Enrollment/Average class size: 435/20 Principal: Sue Kerr Tuition: $3,600 (parishioners)/$4,130 (non-parishioners), half-day K; $5,130 (parishioners)/$7,130 (non-parishioners), full-day K–8. Multi-student discounts and financial aid available Application deadline: Jan. 11 Tours/Open house: Call to schedule an individual tour/Open house 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at Lower Campus School day: 9:15 a.m.–3:50 p.m. Extended day: 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
DeLaSalle High School One DeLaSalle Drive 676-7600 Grades/Programs: 9–12. Catholic school in Lasallian tradition. Enrollment/Average class size: 770/22 Administrators: Barry Lieske, president; James Benson, principal Tuition and Fees: $12,925. Academic scholarships, need-based grants available. No fees Applications deadline: Feb. 9 Tours/Open houses: Contact the Office of Admission at 676-7679 to schedule a personal tour. Open house from 7 p.m.– 9 p.m. Oct. 30 School day: 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.
Principal: Paulette Zoë Tuition: $13,730, elementary; $17,330, junior high. Up to 70 percent tuition assistance available Application deadline: Feb. 1
Principal: Julie Henderson
Tours/Open houses: Tours and observations for applicants are Tuesday mornings starting Oct. 10. Information meeting for applicant parents is Nov. 2, 7 p.m.–9 p.m.
Tours: Call to schedule a tour
Extended day: 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
School day: 8:45 a.m.–4:15 p.m.
School day: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Enrollment/Average class size: 400/25
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Extended day: None
Lake Country School Montessori Learning Environments 3755 Pleasant Ave. S. 827-3707 lakecountryschool.org Grades/Programs: Pre-K–8 (see also early childhood listing)/ Montessori learning environment that fosters independence, critical thinking and creativity within each child. We are a community that promotes diversity and inclusion, as well as respect and responsibility to self, to others and to the earth Enrollment/Average class size: 300/28
Minnehaha Academy 1345 Mendota Heights Road, Mendota Heights, 55120 (Upper Campus); 4200 W. River Parkway (Lower & Middle School) 729-8321 (Upper Campus); 721-3359 (Lower & Middle School) minnehahaacademy.net
Applications deadline: Rolling admission, applications can be submitted throughout the year Tours/Open houses: Call the Office of Admission at 728-7722 to schedule a tour. Upper School open house Oct. 23, Lower and Middle School Open House Oct. 26 (information at MinnesotaPrivateSchool.com) School day: Upper School: 8:15 a.m.– 2:35 p.m.; Lower and Middle School: 8:40 a.m.–3:10 p.m.
Pilgrim Lutheran School 3901 1st Ave. S. 825-5375 pilgrimonline.net Grades/Programs: Pre-K–8/Small Christian school; all-day preschool; Minnesota Nonpublic School Accrediting Association accredited; Minnesota Independent School Forum member
Grades/Program: Pre-K–12
Enrollment/Average class size: 88/15
Enrollment/Average class size: Varies depending on grade and class
Principal: Michelle Cambrice
Administrators: Donna Harris, president; Jason Wenschlag, Upper School principal; Karen Balmer, Lower & Middle School principal
Tuition: $4,000; financial aid available Tours: Call for more information Extended day: None School day: 8 a.m.–3 p.m
Stonebridge World School (charter) 4530 Lyndale Ave. S. 877-7400 stonebridgeworldschool.org Ages/Program: K–6; Global and arts focus; hallmarks of the school include small class sizes, full-day K, extended school day, art, technology and gym Enrollment/Average class size: 250/16-20 Principal: Barbara Novy, executive director Tours: Call to schedule a tour School day: 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Extended day: Free before-school dropoff program starts at 7 a.m.
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Once farmland, the territory that makes up the Kingfield neighborhood 55 was added to Minneapolis in 1887, when the city’s border shifted 16 blocks south, to 54th Street from 38th Street. Kingfield is a largely residential neighborhood, and about three-quarters of the residential structures were built before 1920, according to the neighborhood’s 1999 neighborhood action plan, which described a period of reinvestment then just beginning in Kingfield. By the time the neighborhood submitted its second action plan to the Neighborhood Revitalization Program in 2006, there was evidence of a dramatic turnaround, with a significant rise in property values and homeownership rates. Today, Kingfield is one of Minneapolis’ most desirable neighborhoods, with a significant population of young families, access to strong schools and Powderhorn anLake enviable dining scene. Kingfield was named for New York native Colonel William S. King, who moved west in the 1850s and represented Minnesota in Congress for one term, 1875–1877. According to several sources, King was involved in agriculture, founded the State Atlas, an early Minneapolis newspaper, and was active in the local abolitionist movement. While he at one time owned a home on Nicollet Island, King was also a major landholder in Southwest Minneapolis. He ran a farm near what is today the intersection of 38th & Bryant, and Lakewood Cemetery was established in 1872 on part of the land he owned around lakes Calhoun and Harriet. King played a role in establishing the Minneapolis Park Board, donating the land for Lyndale Park. Another donation still bears his name today: King’s Highway, the section of Dupont Avenue parkway between 36th and 46th streets. King is also the namesake of King’s Fair, which was held in the Seward neighborhood Sept. 16, as it is every other September. The event commem-
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Neighborhood Spotlight. Kingfield
Kingfield’s bread and pizza oven serves as community hub By Michelle Bruch / mbruch@southwestjournal.com
People who live in Kingfield have ample opportunities to meet their neighbors. They can tend community gardens, or visit the Sunday farmers market on Nicollet, or stroll through the neighborhood to hear musicians playing on porches. One newer addition to Kingfield is the outdoor bread and pizza oven, made with the help of Kingfield Neighborhood Association volunteers in the backyard of the Center for Performing Arts at 3754 Pleasant Ave. Launched last year, the oven has become the focus for neighborhood gatherings the second weekend of each month until the snow flies (details are posted at kingfield. org). One popular pizza night in August featured an improv performance by six neighbors, including The Theater of Public Policy members, Comedy Sportz cast members and Brave New Workshop alumni. On another recent evening, Lisa Skrzeczkoski-Bzdusek sliced pizzas while Michael Huyck tended the oven and another volunteer rolled out dough provided by Butter Bakery Café. The night’s donations went to The Aliveness Project’s garden and food shelf, and Aliveness’ Dietitian and Wellness Program Director Arissa Anderson talked about the program with neighbors. Next year, she said, they’d like
Neighbors gather in September at the Kingfield Neighborhood Association’s outdoor bread and pizza oven. Photo by Michelle Bruch
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Neighborhood Spotlight. Kingfield
On the comics page, scenes from Minneapolis ‘Sally Forth’ artist Jim Keefe works local sites into the strip’s backgrounds By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
Even the most dedicated reader of “Sally Forth” would probably not notice anything special or unusual about the comic strip’s Sept. 19 edition — unless, perhaps, that reader was a neighbor of Jim Keefe. Keefe, who lives in Kingfield, took over art duties on the strip in 2013, and since then he’s worked in a few Easter eggs for local readers. When he needs to draw a location in the Forth’s unnamed Midwestern city, Keefe often looks around his Southwest Minneapolis neighborhood for reference. This summer, the strip’s writer, Francesco Marciuliano, submitted a script with Sally’s sister Jackie taking a job at an arts and crafts store, so in August Keefe took his camera over to digs, a fabric and craft store located at 38th & Grand. He was looking for a shop with the just right feel, and “digs just hit it,” he said. He asked owner Katie Koster if he could shoot some photos, and on Sept. 19 the store’s façade appeared in the strip’s opening panel. “I loved it,” Koster said. “I thought it was super-fun to see my space in illustration. … It’s so fun looking at the drawings, because it’s digs.” There’s just one difference: The shop name Keefe drew on the awning was Small Wonders, not digs. Not that Koster minded; the ongoing gag that week was Small Wonders’ almost total lack of foot traffic. It’s fitting that a Minnesotan is drawing “Sally Forth,” which is syndicated worldwide by King Features and appears in close to 700 newspapers. Midwestern working mom Sally, her East Coast-raised husband Ted and their daughter, Hillary, were created in 1982 by Greg Howard, a St. Louis Park native who
The look of Small Wonders was based on digs, a Kingfield-neighborhood fabric and craft store a few blocks from “Sally Forth” cartoonist Jim Keefe’s home. Image courtesy King Features Syndicate
earned a law degree from the University of Minnesota in 1969. When the strip launched, Keefe had a job at the Minikahda Club on the border of St. Louis Park and Minneapolis, and he still remembers overhearing a group of members joking about the attorney who quit to draw comics. “I was this busboy who wanted to be a cartoonist,” he said. At the time, local art schools were less accepting of cartooning as a worthwhile area of study. Keefe spent a semester at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, but said he felt “just so out of place.” He moved to the East Coast to attend The Kubert School, a New Jersey cartooning and illustration school founded in the late-’70s by Joe Kubert, a DC Comics artist. After graduating, Keefe was hired as head colorist for King Features, one of the major distributors comic strips to newspapers. He still colors the Sunday editions of
In addition to drawing “Sally Forth,” Keefe colors “Beetle Bailey,” “Blondie” and “Hagar the Horrible.” Photo by Dylan Thomas
“Beetle Bailey,” “Blondie” and “Hagar the Horrible.” Keefe also spent about six years on “Flash Gordon,” writing and drawing the sci-fi adventure strip launched by Alex Raymond in 1934. Things have changed since Keefe’s school days. MCAD is now one of a handful of degree-granting institutions that offers a major in comic art, and Keefe — like a number of local cartoonists — occasionally teaches there as an adjunct faculty member. Keefe’s studio is in his Kingfield home’s basement, just a few steps beyond the washer and dryer. A shelf is stuffed with comics collections, and on the walls hang a few prized originals, including dailies from “The Amazing Spider-Man” comic strip drawn by veteran Marvel artist John Romita and “Secret Agent Corrigan” drawn by Al Williamson, who may be best remembered for his work at EC Comics in the 1950s. Keefe said drawing “Sally Forth” is “five long days of work” each week. He starts around 9 a.m. each day and works into the evening. He employs some of the laborsaving shortcuts available to the modern cartoonist — including digital lettering — but each strip is still draw in pen and ink. “You are looking at references to save yourself time,” he said. Both the Augsburg University campus and the Riverview Theater marquee have appeared in “Sally Forth” strips. Washburn High School is the model for Hillary’s school, and its West 50th Street main entrance appeared in the first panel of this year’s April 10 strip. Keefe said his depictions of Hillary’s classmates reflect the diversity of Washburn, where his wife, Deb, works in administration. The Dec. 4, 2016 “Sally Forth” — a longer Sunday strip — opens with a street scene
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Neighborhood Spotlight. Kingfield Naton Vang works at Morning Sunshine Farm through the Hmong American Farmers Association. He said he’s selling lots of beets, broccoli and cauliflower. “People love it,” he said. Photos by Michelle Bruch
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Get Out Guide. By Jahna Peloquin
‘AUDREY PHILLIPS: MIDSTREAM’ Audrey Phillips’s abstract waterscapes have always contained subtle references to nature’s power. Following the recent spate of hurricanes battering the Caribbean islands and Atlantic coast, they take on a more evocative power. The artist, who lives and works in northern Florida, had completed the exhibition paintings for “Midstream,” her new solo show at Circa Gallery, when the storms hit. With the help of a friend, Phillips managed to wrap and move all of her paintings out of her studio and into her home to keep them safer. Fortunately, the paintings emerged unscathed — yet filled with vibrant colors and chaotic movement, they almost seem inspired by the unpredictable storminess of a hurricane.
When: Oct. 14–Nov. 25; opening reception Saturday, Oct. 14 from 5 p.m.–8 p.m. Where: Circa Gallery, 210 N. 1st St. Cost: Free Info: circagallery.org
‘LAURE PROUVOST: THEY ARE WAITING FOR YOU’ French multimedia artist Laure Prouvost is known for her lush sound and video installations, for which she won the coveted Turner Prize in 2013. Her latest collection of sounds and imagery are the subject of a new exhibition opening this month at the Walker Art Center. The artist, who has said her art is about “blurring the boundary between fiction and reality” and conflating art with everyday life, creates immersive environments that encourage audience participation. Combining painting, sculpture and found objects alongside her projected images, Prouvost aims to help her audience-participants rediscover the joy of language, words and meanings. In conjunction with the exhibition, the artist will debut a performance work commissioned by the Walker that draws on similar thematic elements in February 2018.
When: Oct. 12–Feb. 11 Where: Walker Art Center, 725 Vineland Place Cost: Free with gallery admission ($14 adults, $12 seniors, $7 military, $9 students, kids 18 and under free) Info: walkerart.org
TWIN CITIES TAP FESTIVAL Founded by local tap dancers Kaleena Miller and Brenna Brelie, the second-annual Twin Cities Tap Festival brings together top national and local tappers along with students of all ages for a weekend of classes, workshops and performances. The festival kicks off on Thursday with a showcase of the best local tap talent and youth tap ensembles, including Keane Sense of Rhythm Youth Tap Ensemble, MinnesoTAP and the stage debut of Elite Tap Feet, an elite group of teen tap dancers from around Minnesota. Friday and Saturday night features a concert headlined by national tap artists Dianne “Lady Di” Walker, Jason Samuels Smith, Dormeshia SumbryEdwards and Mark Yonally, along with local talent, Ricci Milan, Rick Ausland, Joe Chvala and Karla Grotting.
When: Performances: Thursday, Oct. 19–Saturday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m.; classes: Oct. 19–22 Where: The Cowles Center for Performing Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave. Cost: $15–$30 performances, $30 classes, $70 workshops Info: thecowlescenter.org
J ‘ IZI: JOURNEY OF THE SPIRIT’ During his almost half-century-long career, contemporary Chinese painter Jizi explored the complex elements at work in modern Chinese art and culture during a dynamic period of Chinese history. Organized by the Weisman Art Museum in partnership with the artist’s son, Chunchen Wang, “Jizi: Journey of the Spirit” is a new retrospective memorializing the artist, who died in 2015. It features a broad selection of the artist’s large-scale ink paintings as well as a monumental, rarely seen horizontal scroll considered to be the largest Chinese landscape painting ever created. His bold, confrontational work challenges the legacy of the Chinese Revolution and its antipathy to religion and traditional Chinese attitudes, shedding light on the complex impulses at work in contemporary Chinese art and culture while invoking a strong metaphysical, spiritual aspect.
When: Oct. 7–Dec. 31; panel discussion: Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. Where: Weisman Art Museum, 333 E. River Road Cost: Free Info: wam.umn.edu
‘FERAL FABLES: ARECA ROE & TERRENCE PAYNE’ The careless consequences of political and natural disasters are at the center of “Feral Fables,” a dual exhibition featuring new artworks by Rosalux Gallery member artists Areca Roe and Terrence Payne. Roe presents the latest iteration of her continuing series, “O Pioneer,” which references surveying photographs taken during the late 1800s that documented the “new world” of the Western plains. Instead of showcasing real sites, the tongue-in-cheek “O Pioneer” consists of large-scale photographs of miniature landscapes. Payne’s “Family Fremds” takes a bitingly satirical look at how hysterical misrepresentations of faith have been used to control and manipulate people throughout the course of history, with large-scale oil pastel drawings rendered in the artist’s signature humorous, aggressively playful style.
When: Oct. 7–29 (gallery hours: Saturday & Sunday from noon–4 p.m.); opening reception Saturday, Oct. 7 from 7 p.m.–10 p.m. Where: Rosalux Gallery, 1400 Van Buren St. NE, suite 195 Cost: Free Info: rosaluxgallery.com
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Drag queens meet spooky zombies during this party, which is headlined by “RuPaul’s Drag Race” alumni Tatianna and Max, plus local queens Bad Karma, Kamaree Williams, Julia Starr, Genevee Ramona Love and Sunny Kiriyama. Death drops will be served. Attendees must purchase Zombie Pub Crawl pass to attend event. 21+
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By Sasha Jensen
Lessons from a vegetable experiment
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his past spring, when I agreed to write an article about the Fulton Farmers Market in the fall, I developed an idea: I wanted to break our tendency to think of vegetables as an afterthought to the meal. Just keeping a few bags of frozen on hand and thawing them out to use as a side at dinner had become our habit over the winter. I would try a new vegetable on my family each week and leave the market season with a list of new, fresh vegetables my family loved and that I could share with the Southwest Journal readers. Well, experiments seldom come out as planned, and I have yet to find a vegetable our whole family loves, but I did take away some ideas that can hopefully keep us trying new foods all year long. The first thing I noticed was how hard it was to get started. With the variety of vendors at the market there was plenty of produce to choose from even in May, so it was hard to choose one vegetable a week. Our market habits before included getting a treat for breakfast, popsicles after soccer practice, fresh goat cheese spread to have as a treat during the week, specific produce for a recipe and other fun prepared foods. Getting to know all the produce the vendors and what they had to offer made the market even more fun and really served as a reminder how wonderful it is to buy face to face from the farmer. I always worried that having too many fresh vegetables at home meant they would go bad, which was not the case. If they were prepared right and easy to add to a meal they would get eaten. The leftover roasted beets in the fridge were a great side to the sandwich I was having for lunch and a much healthier option then a handful of chips. I also continue to be surprised by my kids’ tastes and what they gravitate toward. I was sure I would need to tame the radish taste for my kids in a salad or sandwich — if they would eat a radish at all — but two of my girls just loved eating raw radish slices right
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off their plate. Don’t assume a vegetable needs to be what is traditionally considered “kid-friendly” for kids to love it. I made some zucchini patties from a recipe the author claimed kids loved. My husband and I thought they were
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wonderful. My kids barely touched them. Zucchini in stir-fry or raw on their plates? Yes. Kid-friendly patties? No way. In my husband’s world absolutely everyone should love sweet corn. He grew up in Nebraska and went to college in Iowa, which makes him a pretty big corn snob. He will not even look at corn in a grocery store. Direct at the farmers market is the only place to buy it, and the corn met his standards every time we bought some. So easy to prepare, corn is a fresh addition to any summer meal, but no food is perfect. I still had one child that would leave her ear mostly untouched, much to the dismay of her dad. Did I learn anything ground-breaking from my summer of trying new veggies? Not really. But it did remind me how many good tastes are out there, how many flavors
Minnesota has, how vegetables really are better fresh and how fun it is to buy direct from farmers and see the variety change as the season goes on. I will keep trying new ways to prepare produce and getting more healthy options in our regular diet. The market runs outdoors through the end of October, there’ll be opportunities to stock up at the Neighborhood Roots winter market series indoors at Bachman’s and then I’m am already looking forward to the outdoor market season starting again next spring! Sasha Jensen has been on the Neighborhood Roots board since 2015. She lives in the Fulton neighborhood with her husband and three young daughters. She loves walking to the market and many of the other great places in Fulton.
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