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Vol. 31, No. 21 October 15–28, 2020 southwestjournal.com
The 2040 plan’s code switch
INSIDE BRASA
Rotisserie opens in East Harriet A4
HOLY LIVING
‘A very heavy lift’
Minneapolis brings 2040 plan for more housing into the zoning code
By Michelle Bruch
Students with disabilities, families navigate new reality
Church-toapartment plan approved in South Uptown A6
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION
School Board candidates sPEAK AT FORUMS A9
VOICES FROM THE PANDEMIC
Virtual classes, therapy and reading and math practice greet 10-year-old Katy Gerster each school day. Photo by Isaiah Rustad
By Nate Gotlieb
Inside of her Linden Hills home, Katy Gerster, a 10-year-old with moderate intellectual disabilities, logs in to her Google Chromebook each weekday for real-time virtual classes at Lyndale Community School. Katy’s mom, Stephanie Gerster, has taken pains to make it easier for Katy to focus, covering pictures on the walls and building bins into which she can place her work. But it’s still been difficult. Internet outages have derailed entire days, Gerster said, and supervision is important for keeping Katy on track, even with her teachers guiding her virtually over Google Meet. “The second there’s a glitch, all bets are off,” Gerster said. “I know this stuff happens at school, but I’m just me. … I just get to be the bad guy all of the time, and that doesn’t help anybody.” SEE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES / PAGE A15
Stories from local residents A10
OUTDOOR MUSIC
New Bakken exhibit hopes to Spark innovation
SEE 2040 PLAN / PAGE A12
Bde Maka Ska museum reopens after summer restoration
Lawns, sidewalks become pandemic concert halls B1
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A year after the adoption of the Minneapolis 2040 plan, which upzones much of the city to hold more people, Minneapolis is ready to codify the plan into building standards. The City Council already introduced triplexes to single-family neighborhoods and started phasing in affordable housing contributions from new apartments with 20+ units. Now they’re moving on to details like the scale of a new triplex, the amount of space a building can occupy on a lot and a building’s setback from the property line. Thousands of people have weighed in on the 2040 plan, and now the city is looking for a little more feedback. One question relates to a handful of “premiums” developers must chip in to build bigger than what’s mapped in the 2040 plan. Premiums could include affordable units, a grocery store or outdoor public space. The premiums are meant to benefit the surrounding community and closely align with the city’s adopted values, and eligible projects would stand on blocks that allow three or more stories. “This allows the city to ask for things they can’t require in the zoning code,” said Sam Rockwell, president of the Planning Commission. “Through the premiums, we are saying yes, it is worth having a higher building, a taller building, to get a grocery store. It is worth having a taller building to have it be close to a net-zero building. It is worth having a taller building to have on-site affordable housing.” For example, the St. Louis-based developer LOCAL Ventures wants to build a 14-story, 402-unit building at 1301 W. Lake St. next to the shopping center formerly known as Calhoun Square. The 2040 plan allows up to 10 stories in this “Transit 10” zone. In order to reach 14 stories, the developer would need to contribute at least two premiums — receiving two extra stories per premium in this district — maxing out at 15 stories, which is the height limit of the next zone, “Transit 15.”
Children use a computer to create music on the Bakkenspiel, part of the new Spark exhibit at the newly renovated Bakken Museum. Submitted photo
A new exhibit at the recently renovated Bakken Museum explores the cycle of inspiration and innovation between nature, pop culture and technology by allowing visitors to create their own music, movies, images and more. “We essentially view innovation as a creative process, and a creative process needs inspiration,” said Bakken Museum President and CEO Michael Sanders. “We think of it as a loop.” Spark, the West Maka Ska museum’s newest exhibit, allows visitors to explore that loop with interactive elements ranging from code breaking in a phone booth to creating unique animated stories. SEE BAKKEN MUSEUM / PAGE A14
The owner of a century-old, 13-bedroom building in Lowry Hill at 1820 Girard Ave. S. will add a fourth basement-level unit, a change approved under the 2040 plan. Photo by Michelle Bruch
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A women’s boutique featuring West Coastinspired sustainable clothing and accessories has opened in the new mixed-use building in Linden Hills. Les Sol, a store from sisters Megan and Mikaela Harrod, opened Sept. 16 at the 44th Commons building at 44th & Upton. The store is the realization of a long-held dream for the sisters, who always imagined running a cafe or boutique. “We’ve always wanted to open something together,” Megan said. Mikaela is a fashion designer with extensive retail experience and Megan is a public relations professional who leads PR and marketing for the U.S. Alpine Ski Team. The two are seasoned travelers who have spent ample time in the Czech Republic. While their style inspiration is global, the Harrods are seeking to create at Les Sol a Palm Springs aesthetic that evokes the warmth of the desert. Featuring sustainable, hard-to-find brands like Paloma Wool, United By Blue and Rolla’s Jeans, the sisters plan to have a regular supply of fresh items and looks. In the future, they hope to have some of Mikaela’s designs on their racks. On the accessory side, they’ve partnered with local jewelers like Runi Clay and pieces from Poppyseed Pottery. “The store is really an extension of who we are and what we believe in and where we’ve been,” Megan said.
The plan had been to open their store in April, but the coronavirus pandemic made that impossible. Instead, they launched online in July and have built a following over social media that has helped get shoppers in the door. “We felt it was almost a blessing in disguise to learn how to operate in that realm effectively before opening brick-and-mortar,” Megan said. The sisters had been looking for a space in Southwest Minneapolis, when an old friend who was moving into Linden Hills told them about 44 Commons. Megan was a longtime Wedge resident and used to frequent Sebastian Joe’s at Franklin & Hennepin. She fondly remembered the ice cream shop owners who developed the Linden Hills building and the sisters felt the location was ideal with its concrete floors, its timber beams and a space they could mold. “It looked like us; it felt like us,” Megan said. The name Les Sol is inspired by the words’ meanings in three different languages: “sun” in Spanish, “ground” in French and “salt,” like saltwater, in Polish. Together the three represent the elements earth, fire and water, which serve as inspirations for their style. The Harrods hope the store can develop into a community hub when COVID conditions improve.
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The chickens are rotating in Southwest Minneapolis. Brasa Rotisserie opened its new location in the former Studio 2 space at 46th & Bryant on Oct. 2 and by lunch time was seeing a steady stream of takeout customers and people placing orders for dinner. Brasa chef and owner Alex Roberts grew up in Southwest and knows the area well. When the company wanted to open a third location, it sent out an informal poll to its social media followers asking where to go. The overwhelming response was South Minneapolis, Roberts said, with a preference for Southwest. Brasa secured a lease at the former Studio 2 space in January and was planning to open in June, but COVID-19 forced the company to delay. “We stopped everything and had to reassess,” Roberts said. He wanted to see how well the takeout side of the business would do and evaluate where the company was at before opening a new venture. By the end of summer, he felt comfortable committing to opening the Southwest location. Before COVID, takeout and catering accounted for about 35% of Brasa’s business, he said, and now that figure has doubled. With dishes heavy on braised meats, rice and beans and cooked vegetables like yams and collard greens, the fare is well suited to travel and reheat. “It’s the perfect food for takeout and catering,” Roberts said. The menus at the Northeast and St. Paul locations used to have small differences, but COVID has pushed Brasa toward unifying what’s on offer at each shop. The Southwest location is open for takeout orders that can be placed online or at the counter. There will be seating for 45 people inside eventually, but for now there are just a few tables on the sidewalk patio for those wishing to dine at the restaurant. The plan is to continue with a counter service model even if COVID conditions improve.
Brasa has opened its Southwest Minneapolis location at 46th & Bryant. Chef and owner Alex Roberts grew up in Southwest Minneapolis. Photos by Andrew Hazzard
Influenced by food from the American South, Latin America and the Caribbean, Roberts said he likes to think of the fare as American Creole in the sense of being a mixture of all the nation’s cuisines. “I truly believe Brasa is the most American food there is,” he said. Roberts is hoping to use the adjacent, smaller space for a satellite location of sorts for his other restaurant, Restaurant Alma. There he plans to offer a few menu items and sell some organic bath and body products made by his wife. Brasa Rotisserie Where: 812 W. 46th St. Info: brasa.us
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The owners of Wakame Sushi & Asian Bistro have opened Minnesota’s first location of Gyu-Kaku at a long-vacant space at 31st & Lyndale. Photo by Andrew Hazzard
50% capacity due to COVID-19 restrictions, but reservations have been filling up fast. Everyone coming in is screened for symptoms and has their temperatures checked. “We can’t wait for it to go back to normal,” Xu said. Gyu-Kaku Where: 3025 Lyndale Ave. S. Info: gyu-kaku.com
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Continued safety questions and tunnel challenges for SWLRT By Andrew Hazzard / ahazzard@swjournal.com
Nearing the completion of its second full construction season, work on the Southwest Light Rail Transit project continues in Southwest Minneapolis with some safety lapses and continued concerns from nearby residents. At a Sept. 30 safety meeting — required by a state law proposed by Sen. Scott Dibble (DFL-61) and Rep. Frank Hornstein (DFL-61A) — project leaders gave an update on construction and were pressed to explain steps being taken to ensure the well-being of locals and workers. The Cedar-Isles-Dean Neighborhood Association and Kenwood Neighborhood Organization used the meeting to ask about safety metrics and accountability for the project. “Unless there are incentives or disincentives for safety, I don’t know how it can rise to the top of priorities,” CIDNA board chair Mary Pattock said. By some metrics, the SWLRT project is behind on safety. There have been 17 recorded injuries in the 747,939 hours worked on the project. That’s a “total case incident rate” of 4.5, a measurement related to the number of injuries per 100,000 workers, according to the Metropolitan Council — a higher rate than the 3.6 average for heavy construction projects. The Met Council is regularly monitoring safety protocols for contractors and has been more diligent because of that higher figure, project leader Jim Alexander said. Hornstein asked about the development of a neighborhood evacuation plan for residents near the Kenilworth Corridor in the event of an oil tank explosion, a topic that had been discussed at the 2019 meeting. Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel said firefighters are regularly monitoring the project and that the department’s hazmat equipment and training has improved in recent years, but that making an evacuation plan for the whole neighborhood is difficult because there’s no way to predict where such an explosion would occur and practicing for the wrong location wouldn’t help. “It’s very challenging because there are so
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to get the property designated as a local historic landmark. In June, the Heritage Preservation Commission signed off on Northland’s proposed plans for the building, despite objections from neighbors who thought that 34 units was too many for the site. A July appeal was denied by the City Council. At an Oct. 5 Planning Commission meeting, neighbor Michael Radel, who lives immediately south of the site, said he’s concerned about noise on the patios and a dumpster for the property being outside of the building. In letters to the city, other neighbors said they’re concerned about the lack of parking. Northland principal Brian Farrell told planning commissioners that a lot of residents of a similar apartment project he recently completed in St. Paul’s Lowertown neighborhood do not have cars. He also said he might talk with the owner of a nearby Uptown ramp about getting discounted rates if there is a demand for parking spots. The Joyce project was approved by the Planning Commission on a 6-0 vote. Farrell said construction will start around Jan. 1 and will last eight to 10 months. He said rents will be contingent on project costs.
Joyce United Methodist Church in South Uptown will become a 34-unit apartment building next year. Photo by Zac Farber
Ethnic studies requirement proposed Classes would focus on experiences of people of color By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@swjournal.com
Minneapolis high school students could soon be required to take a semester-long course focused on race, racism and the experiences of people of color, according to a proposal being reviewed by the School Board. The proposed ethnic studies requirement, advanced by the School Board policy committee on Sept. 22, would apply to incoming ninth graders beginning in fall 2021. Students currently in high school would be exempt from the requirement, as would students at charter and private schools, which are independent of Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS). School Board chair Kim Ellison said in an interview that she expects the proposal to pass when it comes up for a vote next month. “This has been a long time coming,” she said at the Sept. 22 meeting. MPS has offered ethnic studies courses since 2015. Schools can require students to
take them, but most, including Southwest and Washburn, do not. Classes typically focus on a specific racial group, such as African Americans, Somalis or Latinos, though some cover race and identity more broadly. Ellison said that requiring all students to take an ethnic studies course could help students better understand different cultures and societal inequities. Others said that ethnic studies courses can boost critical-thinking skills, give students a stronger sense of identity and create more nuanced understandings of the histories and cultures of people of color. “To have an opportunity to learn about those perspectives and issues … prepares [students] to engage the world as it is,” said Jimmy Patiño, a Southwest parent and SEE ETHNIC STUDIES / PAGE A7
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Man shot, killed in Stevens Square A young Minneapolis man who was shot outside a Stevens Square convenience store has died from his wounds. Oliver Perkins III was shot multiple times outside of Net Supermarket at 19th & Nicollet at about 9:40 p.m. on Oct. 7, according to the Minneapolis Police Department. Perkins
was sent by ambulance to Hennepin Healthcare where he died of his wounds Oct. 8, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office. He was 18. Detectives interviewed several people near the scene, according to the MPD. No arrests have been made in the case as of press time.
Child briefly abducted in Wedge car theft A young child was briefly kidnapped when thieves stole a vehicle in the Wedge the night of Oct. 14. A 6-year-old boy was in the back seat of a Chevrolet Cruze that was stolen from the 2900 block of Aldrich Avenue just before 9 p.m., according to Minneapolis police. The vehicle was found by officers searching
the area at 9:35 p.m. near 33rd & Aldrich with the boy, unharmed, inside. Police have not made any arrests in the case. The reported number of car thefts has been up significantly in 2020 in Southwest’s 5th Precinct. There have been 561 reported vehicle thefts in the 5th Precinct in 2020, up 38% from this point in 2019.
Group of protesters arrested at 5th Precinct Law enforcement arrested more than 50 people who took to the streets to protest after Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the killing of George Floyd, was released on a $1 million bond Oct. 7. Protesters marched through Minneapolis in large numbers after Chauvin, who had been awaiting trial in state custody, posted bail. Gov. Tim Walz activated the Minnesota National Guard “out of an abundance of caution.” The National Guard deployed about 100 soldiers to the city. Additional law enforcement from the Minnesota State Patrol and Department of Natural Resources were also sent to the city. After demonstrators gathered at 38th & Chicago, where Floyd was killed on May 25, many continued to march through South Minneapolis, eventually coming to the 5th
Precinct headquarters at 31st & Nicollet. Most of the 51 arrests in the city were made outside the 5th Precinct, after the State Patrol ordered demonstrators to disperse. Live video from news outlet Unicorn Riot shows troopers ordering people to disperse south on Nicollet before eventually telling those remaining they were under arrest and ordering them to the ground. Minneapolis police say 49 people were arrested on misdemeanor unlawful assembly charges, one was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an officer and another was detained on a felony warrant. Chauvin has been charged with five felonies in Floyd’s death, most significantly second-degree murder. He and the other three former officers at the scene are scheduled to face trial in March.
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though they have been asking how it fits within efforts to improve all social studies classes. (A decennial review of the state’s social studies standards is underway, and some students have been pushing for curricula more inclusive of people of color.) Purcell said a benefit of requiring the class could be that ethnic studies teachers will have more time to devote to planning their courses. Currently, many ethnic studies teachers also teach other subjects and are forced to split their prep time as a result. Ethnic studies would replace one of the 12 semester-long general-elective courses that students must take in order to graduate. Students would instead be required to take 11 semester-long elective courses. They would still be required to take seven semesters of history/social studies, in addition to ethnic studies. Because the district will not be adding any credit requirements, the proposal will not cost anything, beyond costs for professional development and materials, Purcell said. High schools will be allowed to decide how they modify their schedules.
professor in the University of Minnesota’s Chicano & Latino Studies department. He’s part of an advisory group that’s advising the district on ethnic studies as it prepares to implement the requirement. Washburn 12th-grader Sonia Svedahl, another member of the advisory group, said she thinks the requirement could help students better understand connections between history and current social movements. Eleventh-grader Yahanna Mackbee, also on the advisory group, took an ethnic studies course last year and said it was among the most powerful she’s had in high school. She said the class gave students an opportunity to share their emotions and speak their truths, adding that some students would skip other classes to attend. Both she and Svedahl said they hope the new ethnic studies classes are taught by teachers of color. MPS social studies specialist Lisa Purcell, who’s leading the advisory group, said principals are supportive of the new requirement,
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Simpson Housing Services is seeking to raise $10 million in private donations to help pay for the new shelter and permanent housing facility it plans to build on its current Whittier lot. The nonprofit plans to break ground in 2022 on a five-story, $38 million project that will contain 70 short-term shelter beds and 42 units of permanent supportive housing but will need to secure additional funding to remain on schedule. “We really just started,” Simpson Housing Executive Director Steve Horsfield said of the fundraising efforts. The financing campaign for the new structure, called “Build Up,” has been pushed back a year due to the pandemic and a lack of a bonding bill from the Minnesota Legislature, which was expected to contribute state dollars to the project. Simpson has now turned to private fundraising and hopes to raise the money in 2021 before breaking ground in 2022. Currently the organization has raised about $1 million in private donations, including a promise from the Richard M. Schulze Foundation to match $345,000. Additional funding for the project has been provided by Hennepin County. The new shelter will allow for more purposefully designed sleeping spaces. Currently, most of the shelter beds in the former Simpson United Methodist Church at 28th & 1st are bunk beds in the basement. This new structure will have no basement and no bunk beds that make guests sleep on top of each other. “This is really built on two principles: How can we serve people in an environment that has more dignity? And how can we build on our program of getting people into permanent supportive housing?” Horsfield said. The shelter space will be divided among two
Simpson Housing has launched a capital campaign to raise $10 million toward its new shelter and supportive housing space in Whittier. Submitted image
floors, with designated areas for men, women and nonbinary guests. Sleeping areas will be six-bed, subdivided spaces offering more privacy and all bathroom facilities will be private, a rare feature in shelter space. Each floor will have a laundry room and two lounge spaces, as well as outdoor deck areas. The first floor will include a shared dining room area with large windows and a clinic space for Hennepin County’s Health Care for the Homeless. The top two floors will hold 42 efficiency apartments, 30 of which will be designated for chronically homeless households identified by Hennepin County. Those floors will also have shared lounge spaces. The shelter and supportive housing areas
will have separate entrances. The Simpson United Methodist Church gave the building to the housing nonprofit in 2019, and the architect team said it plans to incorporate its original hardwood doors and stained glass into the design of the new structure. “What a legacy that they created for themselves when they donated the building to Simpson,” Horsfield said. The plan is to raze the current church once fundraising is complete and continue shelter services at a nearby location during construction. Simpson is committed to not interrupting its services while building the new shelter, Horsfield said.
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Hennepin County has purchased two Southwest Minneapolis properties to be used as temporary housing for vulnerable unsheltered people during the pandemic. The county board approved $3.6 million to purchase the properties on Sept. 29 using CARES Act funding. The buildings, the 35-room Metro Inn Motel at 57th & Lyndale and the 23-unit dormitory owned by the Volunteers of America at 19th & 2nd in Stevens Square, will replace about 60 leased units from hotels and give the county its own supportive housing space in the future. There will be some updates and repairs to the buildings before people can move in, according to Kyle Mianulli, a county spokesperson. But the structures were targeted because they will be move-in ready in the near future. “We are working to expand shelter capacity as
much as possible heading into winter,” he said. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hennepin County has begun operating shelter space directly for the first time by leasing large blocks of hotels for people in the shelters that are considered more vulnerable to the disease. Currently about 540 people are staying in hotels leased by the county, and more than 300 county employees from all departments have worked shifts at the hotels. The newly acquired buildings, along with an old hotel in Bloomington, are intended to serve as what the county calls “protective housing.” The hotel spaces house people for longer periods than most shelters and each person has their own room. Owning the buildings outright gives the county more flexibility in the future and a valuable asset, Mianulli said. Since March, more than 50 people have been transi-
tioned from hotels to permanent housing. The county will staff the facilities through contracted agencies to provide services and property management. The county is required to use its $220 million CARES Act dollars by the end of the year and has been paying to lease hotel space using that funding. By buying some of its own spaces now, it can ensure more people can stay in those locations after the new year as other funding sources are explored to ensure those particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 have a place to stay throughout the pandemic. “The need to house vulnerable people doesn’t end with the end of funding; it ends with the end of the pandemic,” Mianulli said. — Andrew Hazzard
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School Board candidates speak at forums
An Oct. 8 School Board candidate forum, held in person in a Northeast Minneapolis TV studio, highlighted the candidates’ visions for community engagement and reopening to in-person classes.
One event was virtual; another was held in person with social distance By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@swjournal.com
Two early October School Board election forums highlighted the candidates’ differences of opinion on the recently passed Comprehensive District Design (CDD) restructuring plan and their priorities in the event of budget cuts. An Oct. 5 forum, held over Zoom by the Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association, included District 4 candidates Adriana Cerrillo and Christa Mims and at-large candidates Michael Dueñes and incumbent Kim Ellison. An in-person forum hosted Oct. 8 by the League of Women Voters Minneapolis included Cerrillo, Mims, Dueñes, Ellison and District 2 candidates Sharon El-Amin and incumbent KerryJo Felder. There was no in-person audience. Sitting inside the Metro Cable Network Channel 6 TV studio in Northeast Minneapolis, the candidates were socially distanced and wore masks when not speaking. District 2 covers North Minneapolis, and District 4 includes Downtown, Bryn Mawr, Kenwood, Cedar-Isles-Dean, Lowry Hill, East Isles, ECCO, Lowry Hill East, Whittier and Stevens Square. Incumbent Bob Walser did not seek reelection. The District 6 School Board seat is also on the ballot this fall, but incumbent Ira Jourdain is unopposed. What follows is a brief rundown of responses from the two events for the candidates running for the at-large and District 4
races. To watch the videos of the forums or read a summary of statements by the candidates running in District 2, visit tinyurl.com/ swj-forums. You can read our full 2020 voter’s guide at tinyurl.com/swj-voters-guide.
Dueñes and Ellison
Dueñes, a former college professor and dean and current policy analyst who has a son at South High School, said he was drawn into the race because of his opposition to the CDD. The plan, which passed on a 6-3 vote in May with Ellison’s support, redistributes students and programming in an effort to increase equity and save money. Many parents and staff, including Dueñes, have said the district hasn’t made clear how the plan will achieve those goals. Ellison, the ex-wife of state Attorney General Keith Ellison and mother of Ward 5 City Council Member Jeremiah Ellison, is in her ninth year on the board and was elected chair this past January. She said her runs have been inspired by her passion for children and her experiences as a former teacher and community member working on issues of educational equity. Dueñes and Ellison said the district should follow state guidance when reopening from the pandemic. Both are against having police officers work in district schools and said the district was right to end its contract with the
Minneapolis Police Department in June after the killing of George Floyd. Still, Dueñes said, individual schools should have been allowed to decide whether they wanted to keep their specific school resource officer (SRO). Ellison voted against an amendment that would have allowed North High School to keep its officer, who has deep community ties. Dueñes said the board was wrong not to follow district policy and require a comprehensive equity audit of the CDD and that he worries the district could be sued because of its special education changes. Ellison said the official equity audit is a long and resource-intensive process and that the district closely scrutinized how the plan would affect all students through a less intensive equity process. She also said the newly centralized magnet schools will give students more equitable access to programming and will free up funds to spend on neighborhood schools. Both candidates stressed community engagement, with Dueñes pledging to visit one school in the district every week and Ellison noting her efforts to hold coffee hours. Dueñes said he’d like to see a closer audit of the district budget, while Ellison noted how district leaders have been creating “pro forma” budgets months before presenting their full budget in the spring.
Cerrillo and Mims
Cerrillo, a Mexican immigrant, consultant and longtime activist, said community engagement is critical to her and that she plans on being a frequent presence at District 4 schools if elected. Mims, a Hennepin County social worker who focuses on racial disparities, said she wants to be an advocate for the young people who aren’t well served by the school system. Both candidates said they’d follow medical advice when reopening from COVID-19, acknowledging the importance of good communication and helping those most in need. They also both agreed with the decision to remove SROs from schools and said the district should invest in mental health resources for students. Mims said the district needs to emphasize community engagement when implementing the CDD this year, taking the time to hear concerns from families and making sure communities feel like they’re being listened to. Cerrillo said she advocated for having interpreters at School Board meetings during the CDD process and said school site councils must be utilized during implementation. In the event of budget cuts, Mims said, decisions need to be made equitably and a priority should be placed on retaining teachers of color. SEE SCHOOL BOARD / PAGE A13
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Stories of coronavirus in Minneapolis How do you tell the story of what it’s like to live through a pandemic? Throughout this crisis, the Southwest Journal is keeping in touch with a selection of local residents including a retired couple and a schoolteacher. All interviews are edited for length and clarity. Reporting for the stories in this issue is by Zac Farber and Nate Gotlieb.
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“They told me I had COVID.” WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7 Arminta: So this is very interesting. You know how we get tested here every two weeks? Well, on Sept. 19 they told me I had COVID. I think I’m the only person at The Waters to have had it, but everybody’s clear now and they’re opening up again. I did not feel sick — I had kind of a sinus infection — but they said it was COVID. I kept telling them I didn’t have it, but they said I did. I didn’t have any other symptoms. I could smell, I could taste, I didn’t run a fever. I wasn’t overly achy from what I normally am from my arthritis. If I did have it, I certainly had a mild case. I was shocked and upset because I didn’t really feel like I had it. I don’t go anywhere, I really don’t. I told them it has to be a false positive, but they said, “No, it has to be COVID.” Ron: The person in charge, when they found out, they said, “It can’t be Arminta, she never goes anywhere.” It’s strange because we keep getting reports, and no staff members have had it. Arminta: And it’s strange that Ron didn’t test positive. He was here the whole two weeks. Ron: I’m too ornery. Arminta: So we were really buttoned down for 14 days. Ron couldn’t even take the trash out. That poor guy. He couldn’t exercise. He couldn’t do anything. I felt so bad for him. Ron: After Arminta tested positive, they told us, “We’ll deliver your mail and anything else you want or need, let us know and we’ll get it for you.” Arminta: They sent out bulletins that said that someone had it. They didn’t say who. They put a little table outside our apartment and a sign with all kinds of restrictions letting everyone know they couldn’t come in. You feel like a pariah — like you’ve got a letter “C” on your forehead or something. A
couple people I talked to on the phone said they walked the halls to see who had the table in front of their apartment, so I’m sure that’s how people figured it out. Even though we had felt confined up to this point, at least we were able to walk around. They know Ron and I walk late at night when no one’s around, and they said, “We have cameras in the hallways, so you make sure you don’t walk at night.” They came down hard on us, but they have to. Ron: They have to protect the other tenants, too. Arminta: During those two weeks, my brother Robert passed away and that was hard. I had to arrange the entire funeral over the phone. He’s being buried at Fort Snelling because he was in the Navy. I felt bad. I couldn’t go there. I couldn’t be there to hold his hand. But even if I hadn’t had the COVID, I couldn’t have anyway. All these places are shut down. It’s sad that people can’t be there at the end when people are really sick. The funeral is going to be on Oct. 26. We’ll have one of the pastors at our church speak about him. And he had written a little farewell letter that we’ll pass out at the service. He was 93 and he had a good life, but on the same day I was arranging the funeral, my son out in Spokane had to have a pacemaker put in. So I was under a lot of stress. I must have done something awful in a past life because I feel like everything is coming down on my head. We got tested again, and I’m clear now. We’ll keep getting tested every two weeks. Ron: They are opening up again. So I can exercise five days a week. I’ve been seeing people I hadn’t seen in months. They’ve got a beer tasting this week. In November, we’ll be able to go down and eat in the dining room. Arminta can join the ranks of the president, because he had it, too. That debate was one of the worst things I ever saw in my life. It’s embarrassing and disgraceful. What’s embarrassing is what the rest of the world thought about us. Arminta: That he would go in that car with Secret Service men — he’s just not thinking of other people. That’s what I feel. If I did have COVID, I was really lucky, because I wasn’t in pain. I wasn’t sick in bed and wasn’t hospitalized. But I don’t really feel a sense of relief. I probably could get it again. It’s kind of confusing. But they protected all the other people, so I can’t complain.
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“In the real world, you don’t have the mute button.” THURSDAY, OCT. 8 My attendance has been really consistent with live school. When kids aren’t there, more often
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than not, they’re sending me a message to say, “Here’s why I can’t be there right now.” I’m also seeing more kids with their cameras on. That helps a lot, especially as you start class. I have two practicum students from the University of Minnesota who are with us until mid-December. They’re so eager to dive in and try this new kind of teaching with me, which has been great. Having them in class is just a phenomenal gift for me and for the kids. I would never have my cell phone on when I was teaching in a live class before, but now I feel like I need to have my phone there. If a kid can’t get into class or if something’s going on or their internet is down, the majority of time they will reach out with a text. I had to turn off my sound completely the other day, because by the time class was over, I had 50 new text messages. Sometimes you can’t manage all of that. It’s been really hard to navigate the time to deliver materials [to students’ homes], but it’s been so wonderful to meet some kids. Even though there’s really no time in the day to do it. It boosts my spirits. The management piece of teaching is so different when you’re on a Google Meet. If the technology is working as it’s intended to — let’s say there’s a kid who forgot to turn off their microphone — I can turn off their microphone. In the real world, you don’t have the mute button. That’s one piece I said to my practicum students — that it’s really unfortunate that they aren’t getting to do that live management piece. I’m going to take the show on the road over the MEA break. We have some family back in Idaho, so we’re going to get in the car Saturday morning. We’ll get to Idaho Sunday. We called the internet provider and cranked up the internet, because my partner and I are both teachers. We should be good to go. It wasn’t the case before that
we could go see family in October. Because it takes so much longer to plan everything, it’s more challenging than ever to keep up with grading student work. In regular school, I will often have something that goes in the gradebook every day. I’ve gone to one thing in the gradebook a week, and that’s a struggle. Right now, that’s grading that’s happening on Saturday. Then Sunday is much-needed planning time. That doesn’t leave any wiggle room. There hasn’t been a day off since school started. [In class] we’ve really been working on our science-process skills. I knew that I wanted to start the year with an emphasis on how scientists do their work so that I could really get kids right away using their science kits and doing science at home, so it could feel like some semblance of normalcy. I’m moving things around and taking some different turns with things that I really wouldn’t have otherwise. I wanted to make sure that kids could come into class week 1, week 2, week 3 and kind of naturally slide into what we were doing. We do have conferences next week. We’re doing a 20-minute conference with the homeroom teacher. We haven’t figured out a way to manage the logistics of some of those more unstructured conference times, where parents can come on and pop from teacher to teacher to teacher. The highlight of homeroom has been playing bingo. I mailed each of the kids a bingo card, and we played for the first time on Wednesday. What I’ve done is made a little prize bag for each kid. I showed them, “Here’s your bag. Here’s your small prize for today.” I think one kid came back later and said, “But how do we get that?” Maybe the other kids were wondering. By popular demand, we’re going to play bingo again, and then I’ve got to find some new game I can put in the mail to them.
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Fine particle levels up in Phillips decreased by about 20% in the same period. Kari Palmer, air assessment manager with the MPCA, said PM2.5 levels across the Twin Cities and the state are still safe. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers PM2.5 levels safe if the average concentration is below 12 micrograms per cubic meter of air over a year or 35 micrograms per cubic meter of air over one day. Between March and July, levels in the Phillips neighborhood were still below 12 micrograms per cubic meter, Palmer said. The agency isn’t sure why levels at the site increased between 2019 and 2020, she said. Other than the Fourth of July, there weren’t any individual days with higher-than-usual concen-
trations of the pollutant, and traffic — a source of PM2.5 — decreased during that period. PM2.5 comes from diesel, gasoline and woodburning emissions, along with other chemicals, such as ammonia and nitrogen oxide. It can be inhaled deep into the lungs, and elevated levels are associated with an increased rate of heart attacks, bronchitis, asthma attacks and respiratory symptoms, according to the MCPA. A study this spring from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that long-term increases in PM2.5 concentrations elevate the risk of COVID-19 mortality. “From a biological standpoint, this is not unexpected,” Jim Kelly, manager of environmental surveillance and assessment with the Minnesota
Department of Health, told members of a City Council committee in September. He said more study is needed to further specify the link between COVID-19 and air pollution. Across Minnesota, PM2.5 levels have decreased since about 2014, Palmer said, attributing it in part to fewer coal-fired power plants and cleaner cars and diesel fuel. The agency continues to take steps to reduce air pollution of all types, including PM2.5. Efforts include providing grants to help the owners of diesel vehicles to switching to cleaner equipment, replacing old school buses and expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
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doesn’t count toward the floor area ratio. Some residents are calling for environmental study. The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments Oct. 7 in a case filed by Smart Growth Minneapolis, the Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis and Minnesota Citizens for the Protection of Migratory Birds, with racial equity activist Nekima Levy Armstrong serving as part of the legal team. Smart Growth Executive Director Rebecca Arons said she’s not opposed to the elimination of single-family zoning, and she supports the 2040 plan’s goals. But the city needs an environmental study of the cumulative impacts of upzoning, Arons said. City staff should know how much impervious surface a block needs so the storm sewers aren’t overwhelmed, for example. “Increased density can be a tool for mitigating climate change. Agreed. But what kind of density and at what expense to all other parts of the environment?” Arons asked. “We should be able to do density and not create pollution. We can only do that if we study it properly.” City attorneys have argued that environmental analysis takes place for individual projects, and comprehensive plans are exempt from a speculative environmental review that guesses what the market will actually build.
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include 13 one-bedroom units for $1,164 per month and five two-bedroom units for $1,396 per month, plus utilities. Several other developers are working on plans for compliance, according to the city. Instead of providing affordable housing on-site, developers can opt to pay a fee, donate land or help provide affordable housing within a half-mile radius of the project. Another manifestation of the 2040 plan is the increase in four- to six-unit projects in neighborhoods where they wouldn’t have been allowed before. “It seems like we are getting more smallscale projects and townhouse projects than we have in the past that aren’t necessarily on corridors,” Wittenberg said. “That’s been something we have not seen a lot of in the past.” One developer wants to replace a house at 3900 Ewing Ave. S. with a six-unit, 2.5-story townhouse designed for residents who want to downsize and age in Linden Hills. Michael Appleman and his wife gained technical expertise in home renovation after their Lake of the Isles home burned in a fire about four years ago. Following the adoption of the 2040 plan, they decided to add a fourth unit to the garden level of a century-old building at 1820 Girard Ave. S.
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The 2040 plan is starting to make its mark. Nicollet Avenue is a transit route designated for higher density, and developers have taken notice. A proposal to redevelop the former Curran’s at 42nd & Nicollet calls for a five-story, 82-unit apartment building. Across the street at 4220-4230 Nicollet Ave., the City Council approved a five-story building with 47 units. Redevelopment was also anticipated at 4300 Nicollet, although “Corona happened and changed everything,” according to a Facebook post by Midwest Cycle Supply, which is now storing motorcycles for the winter. Developer Michael Pink told Kingfield residents in June that he debated a shorter building at 4220 Nicollet, knowing it would be the first built under the 2040 guidance. “In the end, this corridor is going to see fiveand six-story buildings. The fact is that we are the first, but we definitely will not be the last. While it might seem tall for the moment, I don’t think that’s going to last long,” he said. Pink was surprised that neighbors’ overwhelming concerns related to affordability. The city’s new “inclusionary zoning” mandate to provide affordable housing as part of each new development is still being phased in. It has only been incorporated into one project so far, a 225-unit building in the Mill District that will
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Same old debates in Southwest Parks Plan As the nearly two-year process to map the future of Southwest Minneapolis’ neighborhood parks comes to a close, the most contentious topics of debate remain unresolved for many residents. At a public hearing for the Southwest Service Area Master Plan, which will guide the design of the area’s 42 neighborhood parks for decades to come, arguments over nature versus recreation, space for diamond sports versus field sports and roadways versus naturalized areas persisted. Among the hundreds of the proposed design features laid out in the plan, four were discussed at length at the hearing: the number of diamonds for baseball and softball; the addition of a bike path on King’s Highway; the naturalization of The Mall in Uptown; and the addition of a second basketball court at Painter Park at the expense of the current tennis courts. “Not everyone got everything that they wanted,” acknowledged Brian Nalezny, who chaired the Community Action Committee (CAC) that helped construct the plan. He asked commissioners to “please leave our recommendation full and intact.” But the CAC’s recommendations are not binding; park commissioners may make changes to the recommendations. The planning committee of the board did so with two small items after the hearing, and votes were held on several other designs. More changes could come when the plan is up for approval, which is likely to occur at the Nov. 4 meeting. Perhaps the most-discussed element of the process has been the balance between athletic fields for sports like soccer, football and lacrosse and diamonds for baseball and softball. The baseball and softball advocates say there aren’t enough diamonds in the Southwest area today and that youth teams often go across town or to suburbs for practice. Several urged commissioners to approve a pinwheel design that would place four large diamonds at Armatage Park, as opposed to the three smaller diamonds and one premier diamond (usable for high school games) proposed in the design.
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Today there are 36 diamonds in Southwest parks, but the master plan calls for just 22 in the future. “We’re just trying to advocate for our sports,” Pat Smith, a CAC member, said at the hearing. No amendment was made by the committee to the Armatage Park design. Competing sport space is also in the spotlight at Painter Park, where the CAC design calls for the removal of the tennis court to make room for a second basketball court. According to project planning leader Colleen O’Dell, the CAC sought to address the lack of full-court basketball infrastructure in Southwest compared with the rest of the city. But a number of residents asked commissioners to keep the tennis court in place. Commissioner Meg Forney (At Large) proposed an amendment to retain tennis at Painter, which was approved by the committee. Many residents voiced opposition to a design recommendation that would add an off-street
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bike path on the west side of King’s Highway from Lake Harriet to 36th Street due to concern that the project would require the loss of up to 60 mature trees. O’Dell said the path would go where the current sidewalk is and that protecting trees would be a point of emphasis. “It is not the intention of this design to clear-cut a grove of trees,” O’Dell said. Forney proposed an amendment to remove the bike path, which ultimately failed. She also proposed an amendment to maintain the current street layout and parking of The Mall in Uptown. The plan calls for replacing the pavement of the two western blocks with trees and lawn space and converting the roadway north of Humboldt Avenue into a woonerf road, in which devices are installed to slow cars and street space is shared among bikers, walkers and drivers. That amendment also failed. “I think that’s an important thing to do if we’re going to take climate change seriously,” said Commissioner Chris Meyer (District 1).
Park Board President Jono Cowgill, who represents the northern portion of Southwest, said the plan is “very visionary and thinks to the future.” He spoke against making major changes to the plan, but did propose an amendment to add a dog park to Washburn Fair Oaks Park in Whittier, which had been discussed during the CAC process. That amendment was approved by the committee. The committee also approved an amendment from Meyer to remove the parking lot at Whittier Park. The CAC recommendation was to “eventually” remove the lot. The changes proposed in the master plan would amount to an estimated $137 million and would be implemented over 20-30 years. Funding would come from the Park Board’s typical capital improvement plan; the 20-year Neighborhood Parks Plan, approved by voters in 2016 to provide additional investment to city parks through 2037; and outside grants and partnerships. Park improvements are generally scheduled based on the Park Board’s equity matrix, which factors in income levels, demographics and the number of years since the property last received funding. Some projects, like the King’s Highway bike path, are years away, while parks like Whittier are due to receive capital improvements in the next year or two.
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Cerrillo said her priorities would be therapists and 1:1 support for students, noting the difference that has made for her nephew who attends Emerson Spanish Immersion Learning Center, a magnet school in Loring Park. Both highlighted their efforts in community engagement over the years, with Mims noting efforts to start a youth program and Cerrillo noting her experience advocating for families struggling to navigate the school system. Both also said they do not support suspending or expelling preschool students and that the district’s curricula should be reflective of all of its students.
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A14 October 15–28, 2020 / southwestjournal.com FROM 2040 PLAN / PAGE A12
“The neighbors opposed it, but I think the Planning Commission recognized that we were going to do a beautiful job in adding additional housing in an area that needs additional housing because of its proximity to Downtown Minneapolis and proximity to light rail and proximity to Lake of the Isles,” he said. “I just encourage other people to take a look at [the 2040 plan], and hopefully the City of Minneapolis makes it easier than ever to convert these properties into a higher and best use by allowing more units to be added to buildings.”
Down to the details
Rockwell said the old approach to height has been more “laissez-faire,” partly due to general lack of conformity with the zoning code, and he said the conditions to grant more height were easy to meet. The city has always offered a floor-area-ratio bonus for affordable housing, but few developers took that deal. “You can get a 20% bonus for affordable housing, and you can also get a 20% bonus for putting a roof on your parking, which is way cheaper. So everybody does the parking one; nobody does the affordable housing one,” Rockwell said. “Where we decide to put the premiums really reflects our values and articu-
lates what we’re willing to trade for the development community asking for more leeway. So it shouldn’t be taken lightly.” Premiums that could be traded for a height increase include on-site affordable housing, a grocery store, a child care center, an 80% energy or carbon reduction from the average building baseline, local historic designation, outdoor open space, a through-block connection or an enhanced public realm via widened sidewalks, buried utilities and street trees. To boost a project’s floor area ratio, an expanded menu of premiums adds enclosed parking, commercial space, high-quality construction, on-site renewable energy production, or a green roof and extra landscaping. Buildings of 30+ stories can have premiums that include skyways and public art. “We’d like your feedback on whether these are the right premiums to achieve the comprehensive plan goals,” Principal Planner Janelle Widmeier said at a virtual open house. In response, some residents questioned bonuses for skyways and enclosed parking, opening a debate in the chat window about whether future projects should include parking or none at all. All minimum parking requirements would go away under the 2040 plan’s future policy guidance. Some residents expected the density
adopted in the 2040 plan to be more rigidly enforced. David Tompkins said it seems easy for a developer to fulfill premiums that would allow 10-story buildings to soon appear in a six-story district near his home in ECCO. City staff said each premium is narrowly drafted with specific standards. “You either meet them or you don’t — that’s the intent,” Widmeier said. “The premiums are really intended to be above and beyond what we typically see in development. They should not be super easy to achieve.” Many residents’ concerns related to affordability, due to the potential demolition of existing affordable homes, the potential for rentals to replace owner-occupied housing, or the difficulty of building new duplexes and triplexes. One attendee questioned how staff could ensure that premiums awarded for grocery stores and child care centers actually materialize, and commercial spaces don’t end up sitting empty. “The answer may just be for a while we’ll just have to see how this goes,” Widmeier said, suggesting a developer may need to come back to the city if a tenant falls through. “It’s balancing achieving our goals and then the reality of what happens with the market.” The process for development approval is
proposed to change a bit. City staff would evaluate height in-house for most multi-story projects, so planning commissioners (appointed by the mayor, City Council and other local agencies) would focus instead on approving the site plans. A group that disagrees with any decision could appeal, using the same process available today. “I think it’s a big, big improvement that in a four-story district you can no longer ask for a 30-story building,” Wittenberg said. “It’s another key way that development will become more predictable. If you live in a four-story district, the sky is no longer the limit about the height that can be requested there.” A developer that wants to build higher than the maximum could still seek to rezone the site entirely. Rezoning would involve a “significant” neighborhood engagement process, City Council approval, and a comprehensive plan amendment approved by the Metropolitan Council. The period for feedback on the effectiveness of the proposed built form regulations was extended through Nov. 9, the date the Planning Commission will take them up. A vote by the full City Council is expected in December. The regulations would go into effect shortly thereafter. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/ mpls-built-form.
FROM BAKKEN MUSEUM / PAGE A1
Established by Medtronic co-founder and the inventor of the pacemaker, Earl Bakken, the Bakken has often explored themes of drawing inventive inspiration from art and nature. The museum’s Frankenstein’s Laboratory exhibit celebrates the film’s impact on a young Earl Bakken. Spark allows visitors to take a hands-on approach to learning with elements that will entice adults and children alike. Attendees can create their own music on the Bakkenspiel, make colorful art through body movement on the interactive Collaboration Canvas or bring pages of science fiction classics to life using the Magic Book. There are hidden codes throughout the exhibit that constantly change so users can have a new experience even if they visit more than once. Spark seeks to get the wheels turning in the minds of attendees by asking big questions like “How can I drive less?” and “How can I make less trash?” “It’s all about learning about innovation and how you can be inspired by everything,” said Laura Whittet, the museum’s spokesperson. The mechanical workings of these exhibits are tucked behind reflective and transparent dichroic window films, which allow visitors to see how their tinkering is impacting their creations. Planning the new exhibit took over a year, but the actual assembly was done in about a week. The pandemic makes a conventional exhibit opening impossible, but Spark is available to the public. Visiting groups are spaced out by 15 minutes and all tickets are reserved in advance with specific arrival times. Crews regularly clean surfaces and sanitizing stations are located throughout the museum. “We want people to feel comfortable and safe,” Sanders said. The Spark exhibit is the first to be unveiled in the Bakken since its recent renovation project, which was completed in July. New features include a redone visitor’s entrance facing Bde Maka Ska that features a striking (bird-safe) glass tower, a new walkway overlooking restored wetland grounds, the
A group of visitors uses their own body motions to create visual art on the Collaboration Canvas at the Bakken Museum’s newest exhibit, Spark. Submitted photos
2,000-square-foot gallery space hosting Spark, multiple-use classroom spaces and updated restroom and locker facilities. “What we tried to do was create maximum flexibility,” said architect Jason Christiaansen, who works with local firm RSP. The new space came in handy this summer when the Bakken spread its summer camp attendees across the grounds for social-distancing purposes, Whittet said. While the museum has had kids in for camps and after-school programming, and exhibit space has been available to the public, the opening of the Spark exhibit is the first time the museum will be showing off the renovations to the broader public. “It feels like the culmination of a lot of work,” Sanders said.
Spark seeks to get the wheels turning in the minds of attendees by asking big questions like ‘How can I drive less?’ and ‘How can I make less trash?’
A mother and son play enlarged Connect 4 using homemade prostheses at the new Spark exhibit at the Bakken Museum.
southwestjournal.com / October 15–28, 2020 A15 FROM STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES / PAGE A1
Across Southwest Minneapolis, families of students with disabilities are navigating the challenges of real-time virtual classes this fall, as Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) considers how and when to bring students back to the classroom. Families say they’re grateful for the efforts of their teachers and are generally happier with the new structure of distance learning after a spring semester in which students were asked to complete assignments on their own time. But they also say it’s tiring to have to provide constant supervision and that they worry about the lost opportunities for socialization. “It’s the medium that is just leaving some kids behind,” said Lauren Anderson, a parent of a kindergartner who has Down syndrome. “We’re worried that while we could get him caught up academically, there’s no replacing the loss of a really critical year of his schooling.”
Five phases
MPS has created a model, called “5 Phases to Safe Learning,” that will dictate the return to in-person classes. The district is currently in phase 2, in which core instruction and beforeand after-school programming remains virtual and there are minimal in-person services. District leaders haven’t identified a COVID-19 case rate in the city of Minneapolis that would prompt them to move to phase 3, which would include more in-person academic services for the highest-need students. Rochelle Cox, who oversees the district’s special education department, told parents at a pre-schoolyear virtual meeting that getting students with disabilities in the classroom is a priority. “We know that for families who have students receiving special education services … it’s been a very heavy lift,” she said. She and Kris Geiger, a special education administrator, said the district has done a better job helping students and families use
the technology this fall. Parent Sarah Vinueza is a co-chair of the district’s special education advisory council, a group of parents and district staffers that meets monthly to talk about issues around special education. She said her son, an 11th grader at Edison High School, struggled with the lack of a daily schedule last spring to the point where he nearly failed his classes. The new format makes him anxious, she said, but the set schedule has helped him stay focused this year and turn in most of his assignments. Bryn Mawr neighborhood parent Scot Ferguson has a 4-year-old son, Barrett, who has an intellectual disability and is enrolled in the early childhood special education program at Elizabeth Hall School in North Minneapolis. Since Ferguson and his wife both work full time, Barrett and his 2-year-old sister are able to socialize with other kids at day care. But without the in-person classes, Barrett misses out on the chance to work on sensory issues and basic skills like taking turns. Christine Denoman, who works with students with developmental cognitive disabilities, also said her students are missing
Katy and Stephanie Gerster spend most of the time at their Linden Hills home. Gerster said she tries not to hover while Katy is working but that she often needs help with transitions. Photos by Isaiah Rustad
chances to work on behavior-based goals, like classroom transitions. But she said she’s been pleased with how distance learning has been going, because without the need to help students physically, staff members have had more time to focus on planning and teaching. Across Minnesota, schools have struggled with integrating students with disabilities into general education classes, said Jody Manning of the nonprofit PACER Center, which supports students with disabilities and their families. She recommended that parents of students with disabilities talk to their school case managers if they’re having difficulties.
‘Don’t want her lost’
A white trifold board covers pictures at Katy’s desk, part of her mother’s goal of blocking out distractions.
Anderson, the kindergartner parent, is ambivalent about a potential return to in-person classes. She said she’d much rather have her son in school but that he might not be able to go back because of his medical needs. “We feel like we’re caught right in the middle,” she said, adding that she and her husband have dramatically changed their work schedules to help their son with distance learning.
“There’s no part of his distance learning where we can step back,” she said. Gerster, the Linden Hills parent, has no hesitation about returning in person. “I would literally drive around to all of [Katy’s] friends’ houses and pick them up if that means they can be in school,” she said. Gerster said she tries not to hover while Katy is working but that Katy needs help at points accessing online files or links. As a single parent who has metastatic breast cancer, she finds herself exhausted by mid-afternoon most days, which means that Katy spends the better part of her evenings in front of a screen. Gerster questions how the district will make an in-person return work, noting that if it doesn’t happen by January, it might be easier to put it off until fall 2021. “I feel like there’s a very small window of time where it’s even feasible to do it,” she said. “I’m not going to think about that. I’m just going to think about this week.” Because of her cancer, Gerster said she feels an added sense of urgency for Katy to become independent as soon as possible. “I don’t want her to end up lost if I’m gone,” she said.
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LAWNS AND SIDEWALKS BECOME PANDEMIC CONCERT HALLS
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s the “Overdressed Duo” set up their microphones and plugged in their electric keyboard, the soft whoosh of bikes passing by and the low rumble of cars pulling into driveways sounded like any other Friday night in Fulton. As 6 p.m. neared, a half dozen neighbors walked down the sidewalk, carrying lawn chairs and blankets and settling in to listen to the neighborhood’s weekly concert. So far, said the fashionable twosome — Elizabeth Chua and Carole Schultz — they haven’t gotten any noise complaints. Musicians have gotten creative during the pandemic in navigating how to continue performing despite the loss of gigs, concerts and practices. Performing for their neighbors and outside local restaurants, many artists are ending the summer on a high note. Chua and Schultz have been performing together outside since July. Chua is a professional pianist living in Fulton and Schultz a classical opera singer who lives near the University of Minnesota. The two have been friends for nearly five years and share a love of music and dressing up. When the pandemic hit, Chua was on tour in Virginia and Schultz was playing with Journey North Opera Company, which has since transitioned to virtual practice. “Everything else has been canceled since then; it’s actually quite sad for the music community,” Chua said. “For us, it’s like: Let’s not sit around and be sad and mope. Let’s just get up and do what we can— which is sing and play and still make music.” The duo will play anything from opera arias to Disney songs and American folk tunes. And they’ve captured a loyal audience of neighbors who flock to see them each week. Schultz said she likes
the flexibility of being able to choose the style of music they play and perform before audiences who wouldn’t have seen them otherwise. She said it has also helped her self-confidence as an artist and given her the opportunity to perform without many of the rules associated with opera. “[It] has been incredibly freeing,” Schultz said. “I really feel like this is a chance to be the artist that I want to be and say what I have to say, through this music, instead of trying to fit into a mold that is always shifting.” Chua and Schultz said they want to keep performing until it gets too cold to play. When that happens, they plan to record videos inside and post them on their Facebook page (facebook.com/OverdressedDuo).
Outdoor violinist
Rebecca Corruccini, a violinist who lives in Lowry Hill East, said her last indoor concert with the Minnesota Orchestra was on March 13. Since then she’s played a couple of front-yard duets for her neighbors with a cellist from the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. She’s seen other orchestra members perform on social media in their driveway, at a local park and on their balcony. This summer, Corruccini has also played in a quartet configuration in Peavey Plaza, part of the Minnesota Orchestra’s outdoor concert series during the pandemic. And she has participated in the orchestra’s Music on Your Doorstep program, which brings some members of the orchestra to homes of loyal opera patrons for personal (socially distanced) performances. “This is a very challenging time,” she said. “If there’s something that I can do that is appreciated by some of my neighbors, and if it brightens somebody’s day a little bit, then that makes me really happy.”
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With the weather getting colder, Corruccini said, it’ll be more challenging to play as a string player. To combat the wind, she said, she has a couple of extra clothespins on her porch to hold down her sheet music.
Music for a cause
During the evening on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, you can usually find Elgin Foster on the sidewalk in Linden Hills, outside The Harriet Brasserie and Everett & Charlie, playing his acoustic guitar. Foster wasn’t hired by either business, but he said he wants to guide traffic into these local shops. A full-time musician from Savage, Foster lost most of his regular gigs in March and has since been teaching music lessons for the St. Paul School of Music via video call. After seeing the economic fallout of the pandemic on local shops and non-profits, Foster said he wanted to help out. Since June he’s been serving as an intermediary between shop owners looking for live music and musicians looking for places to play. In the future he plans to set up a live-streamed monthly concert series to encourage viewers to donate to local nonprofits. “It’s inherent in our blood that we want to play and perform for people,” he said. “During this dark time, it’s something that’s good for everybody.” Although he normally doesn’t play for tips or exposure, Foster said the experience has helped him build a fan base. He has even been booked for birthday parties and weddings by passersby, and he said he’s rolling with whatever punches 2020 sends his way. “People are coming out in the neighborhood saying, ‘Oh, this is so great. We have something to look forward to,’” he said. “And that makes me happy when I can do that for somebody.”
The Overdressed Duo — pianist Elizabeth Chua and opera singer Carole Schultz — perform a lawn concert in Fulton on Sept. 25. Photo by Becca Most
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What you need to know to plan for the 2021-22 school year
The beginning of the 2021-22 school year is a long way off and with the pandemic’s duration uncertain, clarity is still lacking about what the year will look like. But deadlines to tour (virtually or in person) and register for schools are already approaching. In the Southwest Journal’s annual Education Guide, we help parents find the schools that best suit their children. You’ll learn how to navigate Minneapolis Public Schools’ school-placement process and find listings of charter schools and private schools in and around Southwest Minneapolis.
Choosing a district school
An annual Minneapolis Public Schools First Lego League robotics tournament brings together students across the district to build Lego robots and demonstrate their knowledge of scientific concepts. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
Southwest Minneapolis parents have two overarching options when it comes to K-12 education: publicly funded and privately funded schools.
Publicly funded schools receive the bulk of their operating revenue from the state, must be free to families and are required to admit any student, provided they have space available. Privately funded schools receive operating funds from private sources and can charge tuition and choose whom they admit. Seventeen of Southwest Minneapolis’ 20 publicly funded schools are part of Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS), which as of last spring had 33,000 K-12 students in over 70 buildings. Three are charters: the grades K-5 Hennepin Elementary School, the grades 5-8 Hiawatha College Prep – Kingfield and the preschool-grade 8 Stonebridge World School.
This year, MPS operates two high schools, three middle schools, eight elementary schools and four combined elementarymiddle schools in Southwest Minneapolis. Space permitting, any student is free to enroll in any MPS school. But after the School Board’s passage of the Comprehensive District Design (CDD) restructuring plan in May, the process is slated to change. (More information about the CDD, which aims to more equitably distribute programming and resources by reconfiguring attendance zones, converting most combined elementary-middle school campuses into elementary schools and moving magnet programs to the city’s geographic center, is at cdd.mpls.k12.mn.us.) To register, families are typically asked to fill out a school request form, though are
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not required to resubmit the form each year once they are enrolled at a school. As per usual, families of upcoming kindergartners and ninth graders — and families that wish to change schools — will be asked to fill out a request form. But the district has not said whether it will ask all families to submit request forms and has not offered detailed information on several new magnet programs it plans on introducing next fall. One of those, a global studies and humanities program, will be at Jefferson in Lowry Hill East. In a statement, a district spokesperson said that each school will “receive communication
about their current enrollment and changes coming to their schools. Families will be notified about their options and transition plan. If families are interested in a new magnet program, we encourage them to make a school request during our school request timeline [Dec. 5 to Feb. 7].” More information about the school request process will be at schoolrequest.mpls.k12.mn.us. Enrollment in districts outside of Minneapolis is also an option for families, though they need to provide their own transportation in most situations. More information is on the websites of the respective school districts.
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CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PRIVATE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS Academy of Holy Angels
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525 W. 54th St. 823-4394 annunciationmsp.org/school
Grades/Program: 9-12
Grades/Program: Pre-K-8
Enrollment/Average class size: 635/21
Enrollment/Average class size: 337/20 (K-8)
Administrators: Thomas Shipley, president; Heidi Foley, principal; Mark Melhorn, assistant principal/activities director Tuition and Fees: Call or visit website Tours/Open houses: Call admissions to schedule a tour. School day: 7:50 a.m.-2:40 p.m.
Principal: Kari Zobel Tuition: $5,565 (Parish Investment Rate); $6,595 (Standard Rate); family discounts and financial aid available Tours/Open house: Go to the website to arrange a tour. Open house 7 p.m. Nov. 5 and 8:30 a.m. Nov. 6. Call for details.
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 Grades/Program: 7-12 Enrollment/Average class size: 1,180/23 (junior high) 21 (senior high) Administrators: Adam Ehrmantraut, president; Susan Skinner, senior high principal; Rikki Mortl, junior high principal Tuition and Fees: Junior High: $14,020; Senior High: $16,245; International
Students: $21,245; Technology Fee: $400; Registration Fee: $200; Graduation Fee: $150 (applied only to graduating seniors). Information reflects the tuition for the current school year. Priority application deadline: Jan. 8 Tours/Open houses: Check website for virtual and in-person open houses. Learn more about visiting at bsmschool.org/ admissions/visiting-campus. School day: 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
The Blake School 110 Blake Road S., Hopkins (Blake Campus — lower and middle school) 301 Peavey Lane, Wayzata (Highcroft Campus — lower school) 511 Kenwood Parkway, Minneapolis (Northrop Campus — upper school) 952-988-3420 blakeschool.org Ages/Program: Pre-K-12 Enrollment/Average class size: 1,350/16 Administrator: Anne Stavney, head of school Tuition: Go to website for more information Tours: Admissions events are virtual this fall: Discover Blake events held on Saturday, Oct. 31, and Nov 21. Learn more at blakeschool.org/admissions/ discover-blake 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: Pre-K-12, all on one campus Enrollment/Average class size: 1,155/16 (lower school), 16-18 (grades 5-12) Southwest High School’s 3 Strings Guitars program gives students with and without disabilities the chance to perform popular music using specially adapted guitars. Submitted photo
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Administrators: Dr. Natalia Rico Hernández, head of school; Peg Bailey, lower school director; Sky Fauver, middle school director; Lenesa Leana, upper school director
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Tuition and Fees: $21,365 half-day preschool; $27,775 full-day preschool; $27,525 three/two-day kindergarten program; $28,690 full-day kindergarten; $31,275 grades 1-4; $32,470 grades 5-8; $32,920 grades 9-11; $32,995 grade 12. Need-based financial aid available Application deadline: Feb. 1 (Feb. 15 for financial aid) Tours: For individual tours or more information, call the admissions office at 763-381-8200. Zoom tours are available on Mondays. School day: 8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m. After-school care and door-to-door busing available
Avail Academy — Edina Campus (Formerly Calvin Christian School) 4015 Inglewood Ave. S., Edina 952-927-5304 availacademy.org
Grades: Toddler, pre-K/K-8 Enrollment/Average class size: 268/20 (kindergarten); 24 (grades 1-8)
Grades/Program: K-8
Administrator: Marti Stewart
Enrollment/average class size: 187/20
Tuition: Rates vary for toddler, preschool, kindergarten, grades 1-5 and grades 6-8; email the admissions office at admissions@clws.org to request a tuition schedule or make inquiries about the tuition-assistance program.
Principal: Steve Groen Tuition: $7,982 three-day kindergarten; $9,589 four/five-day kindergarten; $10,707 grades 1-5; $10,930 grades 6-8; $750 building and debt fee per family; financial aid available Open house: Email amurphy@ availacademy.org to schedule an inperson tour School day: 8:50 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Extended day: Before- and after-school care available on Thursday and Friday mornings beginning at 7:15 a.m. The afterschool program runs until 5:30 p.m.
City of Lakes Waldorf School 2344 Nicollet Ave. S. 767-1502 clws.org
Application period: Nov. 1-Feb. 1; tuitionassistance applications due Feb. 15 Tours/Open Houses: Virtual tours only. Email Soni Albright at soni@clws.org School day: 8:30 a.m.-12:15/1 p.m. (Pre-K/ kindergarten), with optional afternoons until 3 p.m.; 8:30 a.m.-3:20 p.m. (grades 1-8) Extended day pre-K-grade 8: Available 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. ($8.50/hour); before care (grades K-8) 7:30 a.m. ($5/day)
Carondelet Catholic School 2900 W. 44th St. (Lower Campus — preK-grade 2); 3210 W. 51st St. (Upper
Campus — grades 3-8) 920-9075 (Lower Campus); 927-8673 (Upper Campus) carondeletcatholicschool.com
(Upper Campus). Before- and afterschool care available to registered Carondelet students in K-5 (located on the Lower Campus).
Grades: Pre-K-8 Enrollment/Average class size: 385/18-20 Principal: Mary Yamoah Tuition: Ranges from $4,995 for halfday kindergarten to $7,570 for full-day kindergarten-grade 8. Discounted rate available for parishioners of Christ the King and St. Thomas the Apostle. The school will give multi-student discounts to parents of two or more children enrolled, with the discount increasing per child. Financial aid is available to eligible families, with priority given to active members of the parishes of Christ the King and St. Thomas the Apostle. Visit carondeletcatholicschool.com/tuitionfinancial-aid for more information. Tours: Contact Megan Hower for a personal tour. School day: 9:20 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (halfday kindergarten); 9:10 a.m.-3:35 p.m. (Lower Campus); 9 a.m.-3:45 p.m.
DeLaSalle High School 1 DeLaSalle Drive 676-7600 delasalle.com Grades: 9-12 Enrollment/Average class size: 725/25 Administrators: Bryan Bass, president; James Benson, principal Tuition and fees: Visit delasalle.com/ about/business-office/tuition-financialaid for more info Application deadline: Feb. 12 for ninth-grade admission; financial-aid applications due Feb. 22 Tours/Open houses: Contact the Office of Admission at 676-7679 to schedule a personal tour. Hybrid open house scheduled at 7 p.m. Oct. 26 School day: 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
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Hennepin Elementary and Middle Schools (charter) 2123 Clinton Ave. S. (Hennepin Elementary School — grades K-4) 3109 50th St. E. (Hennepin Middle School — grades 5-7) 843-5050 hennepinschools.org Grades: K-5, 6-8 Enrollment/Average class size: 380/23 Administrator: Julie Henderson, executive director Tours/Open houses: Call to schedule a tour. School day: 8:45 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Extended day: Girls on the Run, Let Me Run, Snapology, etc.
Lake Country School (Montessori) 3755 Pleasant Ave. S. 827-3707 lakecountryschool.org Grades: Preschool-8. Children’s House (ages 3-6); elementary (grades 1-6); junior high (grades 7-8) Enrollment/Average class size: 306/28 Principal: Ben Moudry Tuition: Ranges from $10,330 (halfday children’s house) to $19,200 (junior high). $175 yearly community fee. Tuition assistance available (information at lakecountryschool.org/tuitionassistance). Application fee $75, waived for tuition assistance applicants
Jump rope routines are performed by elementary school students at the annual Rope Power event in Southwest Minneapolis. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
Enrollment/Average class size: Varies depending on grade and class Administrators: Donna Harris, president; Mike DiNardo, Upper School principal; Jason Wenschlag, Middle School principal; Karen Balmer, Lower School principal Tuition: $15,360-$22,610 K-12 Applications deadline: The school will accept applications until openings in each grade level are filled; financial aid application priority deadline is Feb. 28 Tours/Open houses: Call the office of admission at 728-7722 or email the office at admission@ MinnehahaAcademy.net to schedule a tour. Tours can also be scheduled online at info.minnehahaacademy.net/ personal-tour-request. School day: Upper School: 8:15 a.m.2:35 p.m.; Lower and Middle School: 8:40 a.m.-3:10 p.m.
Application deadline: Feb. 1 Tours: Sign up for tours at lakecountryschool.org. A virtual information night is scheduled for Nov. 5. School Day: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Half day 9 a.m.noon. Extended day programs available for students of all ages (information at lakecountryschool.org/extended)
Minnehaha Academy 3100 W. River Parkway (Upper School — grades 9-12) 4200 W. River Parkway (Lower & Middle School — Pre-K-grade 8) 729-8321 (Upper School) 721-3359 (Lower & Middle School) minnehahaacademy.net Grades/Program: Pre-K-12
Stonebridge World School (charter) 4530 Lyndale Ave. S. 877-7400 stonebridgeworldschool.org Ages/Program: pre-K-8; global and arts focus; hallmarks of the school include small class sizes, full-day kindergarten, extended school day, art, technology and gym Enrollment/Average class size: 290/20-25 Principal: Barbara Novy, executive director Tours: Call to schedule a tour. School day: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Extended day: Free before-school drop-off program starts at 7:15 a.m.
Opportunities for outdoor learning are prioritized at Kingfield’s Lake Country School, a Montessori program that owns and operates a 160-acre “land school” in Dunn County, Wisconsin. Submitted photo
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punctuated by the sharp notes of olives and capers. Each merits its own territory on the plate, allowing diners to mix and mingle at will, returning to that delicious little dipper pot of lemon-saffron aioli. A tartine of those heirloom tomatoes is built upon an underpinning of sweet-corn elote — kernels flavored with mayo, lemon, salt and white cheese — as an edible finale to summer. It sports a toss of greens and herbs on the side. Or opt for the Sidebar salad (untasted) — a toss of arugula and herbs with those jammy eggs and freshly-made croutons in a lemon-anchovy vinaigrette. Or the steamed clams in chili-cilantro broth. Or the entree-sized schnitzel of local chicken, served with lemon-pomegranate reduction, egg, and fennel-arugula salad (not quite French, not quite Austrian, just a touch of Minnesota). And how about the soup dish of spicy pork and shrimp wontons? The ground-meat filling in those husky noodle wrappers is well
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his summer brought unprecedented challenges to the Twin Cities and especially to those without permanent shelter. Fortunately, several community leaders are investigating long-term solutions as well as more immediate steppingstones, which are increasingly important as the winter looms. Shelter solutions should, ideally, provide the safety and comfort of feeling “at home.” Also important is adopting a “trauma-informed” perspective that understands that unsheltered people are often in survival mode and may be struggling with addiction. Low-barrier solutions are needed to meet people where they are. Following the eviction of community members from the Midtown Sheraton Hotel in early June, various stakeholders have been collaborating on a concept for a “tiny home” village they hope can fill a gap in the region’s housing options. The Indoor Village Project evolved in an unexpected way. Unlike individual tiny homes set within a parking lot, such as Seattle’s Lake Union Village, the village concept proposed tiny homes inside the vacant Kmart building at Lake & Nicollet. While that building proved to be in too much disrepair, the concept of using existing large buildings to house smaller private spaces could still be viable. Sheila Delaney, an advocate with the project, said such a solution could create “dignified, desirable alternatives to [tent] encampments, with fast deployability.” The project is now focused on an old warehouse space in the North Loop. The Envision Community takes a similar empathetic approach to helping homeless
Envision Community’s concept includes 15 to 40 sleeping “pods” oriented around a central common building that houses bathrooms and a large kitchen. Image courtesy of Alchemy Architects and the Minnesota Design Center at the University of Minnesota
residents. Their work is based upon years of research by 19 organizations with a guiding ethos that people need an intentional community to achieve stability and to live their healthiest lives. The coalition seeks to place people in leadership who’ve directly experienced homelessness. Envision has designed an intentional community concept with 15 to 40 sleeping “pods” oriented around a central common building that houses bathrooms and a large kitchen. The configuration is designed to both save energy and decrease water use while promoting health equity and affordability. Their next milestone is to find a building site in a welcoming community. If the implementation goes smoothly, they hope to catalyze other transformative communities throughout the city. In each of these initiatives architectural solutions were based on community input. Privacy, which is usually denied to those without permanent shelter, was one of the most crucial demands for creating a meaningful sense of
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buildings also promotes connection to green space, which is incorporated throughout the site between the pods. Modular in design, configurations are flexible depending on the sizes and shapes of future sites. Envision’s design keeps costs to a minimum with unique material choices. SIPs (structurally insulated panels) make up the bulk of the walls and roofs. These pre-manufactured, modular components are built in a climate-controlled factory, thereby reducing on-site construction costs (with the added benefit of reducing energy costs due to their high amount of insulation). Using the Diamond Pier Foundation System (an alternative to traditional concrete piers) eliminates the need for heavy excavation, thus drastically reducing foundation costs. An amendment to the Minneapolis Zoning Code approved in fall 2019 further opened the door for these developments to become a reality. For example, plumbing regulations were reduced (allowing such sustainable features as composting toilets) and the number of dwelling units allowed on a site was increased. Architecture is but one part of the solution to solving the complex problem of homelessness and creating more affordable housing. With groups such as the Envision Community and the Indoor Village Project approaching the issue with creative mindsets, we remain hopeful that the situation will continue to improve. Emily Bissen is a staff member of Locus Architecture, located in Kingfield. Visit locusarchitecture.com to learn more.
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BUG GIRL Open Eye Theatre teams up with the Bakken Museum for an outdoor production of a Halloween treat, “Bug Girl.” Previously shown at the Southern Theatre as part of the Twin Cities Horror Festival, Liz Howls’ large-format puppet show takes inspiration from comic books and B-horror movies. It arrives at the Bakken for a six-night engagement on the museum’s green roof. In the play, a young girl is overtaken by a parasite and ends up growing wings, shrinking in size and developing powerful new abilities. Live music starts the show, which is recommended for teens and adults.
When: 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 15-Oct. 24 Cost: $15 Where: Bakken Museum, 3537 Zenith Ave S. Info: openeyetheatre.org
Contemporary printmakers are shown alongside trailblazing artists of the past, like Francisco Goya and Käthe Kollwitz, in an exhibition about how artists communicate social and political messages. Kara Walker and Jose Guadalupe Posada are also in the mix of artists, as are Twin Citiesbased artists Kelsi Sharp and Bayou, aka Donald Thomas.
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At the beginning of the 20th century, before the formation of the Soviet Union, Russian photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky began to document Imperial Russia. Using a new method of photography involving glass plates and color images, Prokudin-Gorsky captured the architecture and landscape of a country that was swiftly shifting due to industrialization, railroad construction and political change. In his book “Journeys through the Russian Empire: the Photographic Legacy of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky,” author William Brumfield compares the early 20th-century photographer’s work to his own photographs of the same locations, revealing ways in which Russia’s aesthetic heritage has and has not changed and offering a discussion of nostalgia, memory and heritage. For this virtual event hosted by the Museum of Russian Art in Windom, Brumfield will talk about his work and discuss Prokudin-Gorsky’s images.
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