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CRACKING G N I D L I U B S E CAUS TO EMPTY
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Met Council awards SWLRT construction contract With the go-ahead from the FTA, work on the 14.5-mile line could begin this winter
By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
For Metropolitan Council Chair Alene Tchourumoff and Hennepin County Board Member Peter McLaughlin, the occasion called for a celebratory selfie. After two decades of planning, a decision issued Nov. 14 by the Federal Transit Administration allows for construction to begin on the $2 billion Southwest Light Rail Transit project, a 14.5-mile extension of the Metro Green Line that will add tracks between Minneapolis and Eden Prairie. The FTA issued a so-called letter of no prejudice, the official go-ahead for Met Council to commence construction activities on the state’s largest-ever public works project using local funds. The FTA has not yet awarded Met Council the $929 million federal grant expected to make up nearly half the project’s budget. It hasn’t even invited the agency to apply for the grant, but that’s one of several next steps, and the letter of no prejudice all but assures the grant will be awarded next year. SEE SWLRT CONTRACT / PAGE A12
Finalists interviewed for parks job Park Board choosing between candidates from Louisville, Charlotte By Andrew Hazzard ahazzard@southwestjournal.com
The nationwide search to find the next leader of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is approaching the finish line, bringing an end to a process the organization says sought more voices and perspectives than any other in the system’s 135-year history. Park Board officials announced shortly before the paper went to press that commissioners were likely to vote on a new superintendent the evening of Nov. 28. Two finalists answered questions about climate change, inclusion, innovation, job training, recreation sports and their longterm vision for the park system and its $120 million annual budget in a Nov. 13 public interview at Park Board headquarters. The finalists, Alfred Kent Bangoura, recreation superintendent for Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Subhajeet “Seve” Ghose, director of Louisville Parks and Recreation in Kentucky, both said they were admirers of Minneapolis’ parks. A third finalist, Joseph Nicholas Williams, director of Parks, Recreation and Youth Development for the City of Oakland, withdrew his name from consideration before the interview. Ghose, who went to college at Iowa State, said he recalled the parks from visits to the city as a young man and admired them. He said ending his parks and recreation career in Minneapolis would be a feather in his cap. For Bangoura the connection is deeper. He grew up in the Twin Cities and spent 19 years working for MPRB, rising to the office of recreation centers and programs director. Bangoura also spent time working for Target in Minneapolis as a grants administrator. “I know the city really well. I love the city,” he said. “My heart has always been here.”
Finding the finalists
Southwest light rail passed a critical milestone under the watch of Metropolitan Council Chair Alene Tchourumoff, who starts a new job Dec. 1. Photo by Dylan Thomas
The search to find the replacement for Jayne Miller, who resigned in February for a role in Pittsburgh, was one of community engagement, blind reviews and layers of filtration. In May, MPRB hired a consulting firm, KP Companies, to help lead the search and recruit qualified candidates to apply. Over the summer, 22 listening sessions were held across the city to get input from residents on what they wanted to see in the new superintendent. From there, a seven-member community selection committee narrowed the field by doing a blind review of dozens of applicants passed on by KP Companies. In the blind review, names were hidden and experience SEE MPRB SUPERINTENDENT / PAGE A11
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Spyhouse Coffee, MCAD renew partnership with self-portrait show Spyhouse Coffee and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design have always been close. Located down the street from MCAD, Spyhouse’s original location at 25th & Nicollet used to be confused as a property of the art school, owner Christian Johnson said. Work from students and alumni have frequently adorned the walls over the years. This month, Spyhouse began a more formal partnership with MCAD, one that will see the coffeehouse host shows curated by students, featuring student, teacher and alumni art for sale. The first display, which began Nov. 2, is drawn from the MCAD Self-Portrait Competition. Each year, students at MCAD participate in a self-portrait competition. The show features about 25 self-portraits submitted to the competition over the years. The self-portraits are the property of MCAD and are not for sale, but when the show wraps up in January curated shows from students will begin. Spyhouse won’t be taking a commission on any art that’s sold from those shows. “Artists need to earn as much as they can,” Johnson said.
Showing art has always been a part of Spyhouse, which opened its first location along Nicollet a block from MCAD in 2000. Johnson said he used to walk through student studios and leave cards for artists to get them to put their work in his store. A few years ago, a multimedia class at MCAD even had a Spyhouse-themed assignment. One of the pieces is on display at Spyhouse’s Uptown location at 24th & Hennepin. Johnson approached MCAD to see if they could work together on having art displayed in the shop. He said the self-portrait show is good way to start out the relationship. Johnson said he’s open to any art shows students are interested in putting into Spyhouse, whether that’s a single artist, a class or a group. He’d like the shows to be up for a couple months at a time, so people can get a feel for the pieces or come back if they like something. “Usually artists sell one or two pieces every show, so it does help the art community,” Johnson said.
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— essentially a kettlebell-dumbbell hybrid — medicine balls and boxes for jumping exercises. Goetz said Alchemy mainly serves female athletes age 25–35 but does have customers of all ages, genders and fitness levels. People are encouraged to follow the classes at their own pace. “If you have the mindset to do it, we can make it work,” she said. Alchemy offers an array of classes that merge yoga, strength training and conditioning, all of which are under an hour. Their most popular class, A20, starts with yoga and builds up to a 20-minute high-intensity stretch before cooling down. There are also classes that emphasize strength training and AFlow, an end of the week yoga class. Alchemy has an apparel partnership with Lululemon and has also teamed up with local roasters at Misfit Coffee to offer nitro cold brew on tap.
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After 52 years in business, including 23 with a storefront in Linden Hills, popular gift and home décor shop Bibelot may be closing its four Twin Cities locations. Owner Roxy Freese, who opened the store’s first location along Como Avenue in St. Paul in 1966, is ready to retire. “The stores are retiring along with Roxy,” said general manager Janet Haugan. Haugan, who was initially hired to work in the Linden Hills location at 44th & Upton when it opened in 1995, said there is no final date of business for the shop at this point. The stores began what’s being dubbed a
“retirement sale” Nov. 14, and it will continue until the remaining items are sold, Haugan said. The stores, including the two St. Paul locations and a second Minneapolis shop in Northeast, will likely stay in business into 2019, Haugan said. Freese is open to hearing from potential buyers, she added. The Linden Hills shop was the first Minneapolis location for Bibelot. A second Minneapolis location Northeast Minneapolis opened along University Avenue in 2002. “It’s a wonderful location and we were embraced by the community,” Haugan said.
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Argentine street food spot Boludo opens at 38th & Nicollet
COM Co-owners Teddy Kordonowy and Facundo De Fraia stand outside their new Argentine restaurant Boludo at 38th & Nicollet. Photo by Andrew Hazzard
From the empanadas to the fileteado font on the window and awning to the decoration plates adorned with the sanctified images of Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi, everything about Boludo brings the feel of a Buenos Aires street café to Southwest Minneapolis. Boludo, a common Argentine word used in the same way as “buddy” or “pal” in English, where it’s mostly said endearingly to friends but can also function as “jerk” when angrily directed at strangers, is the creation of co-owners Facundo De Fraia and Teddy Kordonowy. It officially opened Nov. 20 at 38th & Nicollet. Serving up De Fraia’s empanadas, a family recipe handed down by his tango-singing grandmother, pizza and Argentine classics like the chorizo sandwich, choripan, Boludo is hoping to focus on takeout and catering, with a cozy café space for people to linger over beer, wine or fernet and coke while they munch empanadas. De Fraia came to Minnesota from San Diego in 2016 to help childhood friend Daniel del Prado open Martina at 43rd & Upton. De Fraia came to make his empanadas, which quickly became a top seller at the restaurant. There he met Kordonowy, who came to Martina from Lowry Hill Meats, where he focused on Argentine sausage staples chorizo and morcilla, or blood sausage. Kordonowy dived into Argentine culture and cuisine after studying abroad in Buenos
Aires in college and connected instantly with De Fraia at Martina. The two think empanadas are having a global moment and wanted to seize on it. If recent soft-opening crowds were any indication, they’re right. “I think we’re going to be even busier than we expected,” Kordonowy said. The menu at Boludo has five varieties of empanadas, including a fried jamon y queso option in addition to the more standard baked style, six pizzas, salads and desserts. There’s also choripan and faina, a chickpea flour bread that Argentines typically consume with pizza, which De Fraia said will be a new flavor for many Americans. Everything is made in-house, and everything on the menu can be prepared gluten-free, De Fraia said. There will be vegetarian and vegan options, as well. All the menu items are in Spanish, which De Fraia said was important to him as a way to expose people to the culture. “It’s a good way to start a conversation with guests,” he said. The Boludo team aims to add elements as it goes along, and they are considering a weekend brunch in the future, as well as adding the signature gnocchi from Martina to the menu. A kiosk in the store will sell dulce de leche, ready-to-bake empanadas and dough, as well as the Argentine salsa chimichurri.
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French Meadow opens new event space French Meadow Bakery and Cafe has opened a new event space at its Uptown location offering a larger space for catered gatherings. Nord Social Hall, connected to French Meadow’s Lyndale Avenue location, is ideal for wedding rehearsal dinners, work holiday parities, large meetings and parties, according to events and catering manager Janel Olson. It’s the latest add-on to the French Meadow campus, which owners Lynn Gordon and Steve Shapiro built out to include the Nord Tasting Room and the Bluestem Bar & Table in 2013. Nord Social Hall has space for 86 people to sit and dine, and can fit around 100 for a cock-
tail party style event. Olson said the optimal size for a group is 60–70 people. Gordon enjoys collecting and repurposing antique items, Olson said, and it shows in Nord Social Hall, which features chandeliers taken from 19th century homes and a display case from a 19th century jewelry store. The space itself once served as an industrial freezer for the bakery, where they would store products to be shipped across the country. Those renting out the room can order from French Meadow’s organic kitchen. “If they like the space, it’s an easy book because they know the food is good,” Olson said.
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Mayor Jacob Frey at the launch of More Representation Minneapolis, an effort to recruit more volunteer attorneys to Hennepin Housing Court. Behind him is Gina Robinson, who said she struggled to represent herself in eviction proceedings. Photo by Dylan Thomas
A new initiative aims to level the playing field in Hennepin Housing Court and give tenants on the edge of eviction a better shot at staying in their homes. Mayor Jacob Frey on Nov. 14 announced the launch of More Representation Minneapolis, an effort to bring more volunteer attorneys to housing court and increase the amount of their time dedicated to giving free legal representation and advice to tenants. Fewer than one in 10 Minneapolis tenants facing eviction are represented by an attorney in housing court, while roughly half of landlords have attorneys argue their case. “We have made and are making protecting tenants’ rights a cornerstone of an affordable housing agenda here at the city,� Frey said. “More representation in Minneapolis is a big step toward making good on that promise.� The initiative would enhance a collaboration between the Volunteer Lawyers Network and Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, who have staffed a housing court project in Hennepin County since 2000. They aim to recruit 25 new volunteers and increase their work hours by 20 percent. Frey’s 2019 city budget proposal also includes $150,000 for a pilot project to fund legal services for low-income renters facing imminent displacement from their housing. He said such a project at full strength would require $1.5 million annually to fund 10–11 attorneys and a five- to six-member support staff. Frey made the case that preventing evictions is not just “the right thing to do,� it’s also sound fiscal policy. “Studies show that other legal resources and services are strained by the instability that comes with eviction,� he said, adding that a New York City study estimated each dollar spent on legal services to prevent eviction generated $5–$6 in savings, and that research in Massachusetts “found a very similar statistic.� There are roughly 3,000 eviction filings made each year in Hennepin Housing Court, and they “disproportionately impact people living in low-income and minority neighborhoods,� Frey said, citing research by the city’s Innovation Team, City Hall’s in-house consulting service tasked with developing strategies to confront Minneapolis’ racial disparities. Minneapolis is facing an “eviction crisis� that is separate but related to the ongoing affordable housing crisis, said Luke
Grundman, managing attorney in the Minneapolis office of Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid. That crisis disproportionately affects women of color with children, Grundman said, noting that 80 percent of the clients who get free legal aid in housing court are people of color and 85 percent are families with children. An eviction can mean the difference between living independently and being in a shelter or on the street, he said. “People have nowhere to go,� Grundman said. “We have a vacancy rate right now of less than 2 percent in this city. If you have an eviction on your record, it’s a lot harder than that to find housing. It is almost impossible.� The odds do not favor tenants who arrive at housing court without representation. Grundman said a referee hears about 40 cases a day, and tenants typically have just a few minutes to make their case. “Lawyers can really help,� he said. “The cases that we take, 96 percent of them are either settled or resolved in the tenant’s favor. Most tenants who are represented do not have an eviction on their record when they leave court.� Gina Robinson said she believes full representation from an attorney would’ve helped her when she faced eviction proceedings. A mother and Minneapolis resident of more than three decades, Robinson was among the speakers at the event marking the launch of More Representation Minneapolis. Robinson, who is not an attorney but now donates time to the Volunteer Lawyers Network, said she ended up representing herself in eviction proceedings and lost to her landlord, who arrived with an attorney. She described the episode as “terrifying� and “exhausting financially, physically (and) emotionally.� Robinson said providing legal representation to tenants facing eviction not only leads to better outcomes for those tenants, “it also lessens feelings of hopelessness and despair and decreases the burden of those who already carry heavy burdens.� Volunteer Lawyers Network Executive Director Tom Walsh described the initiative as a “powerful tool for increasing equity� in Minneapolis. “Nearly 80 percent of our clients are people of color, and we disproportionately deal with problem actors who operate in neighborhoods deeply affected by poverty,� Walsh said. “This is exploitation of the worst kind.�
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Metro Green Line hits ridership record October was the busiest month ever for the Metro Green Line since its opening in 2014, Metro Transit reported. The Green Line actually set back-to-back monthly ridership records this fall, even as Metro Transit saw total ridership dip this year compared to 2017. The more than 1.4 million rides on the Green Line in October bested the previous record, set in September, by 127,000 rides. The 11-mile light rail line runs between Union Depot in downtown St. Paul and Target Field in downtown Minneapolis. The line set monthly ridership records in every month of 2018 except for February, and with 11.6 million riders through the end of October is on pace to set an annual record. The news from Metro Transit came the same week a Federal Transit Administration decision cleared the way for construction to begin on the Southwest Light Rail Transit project, a 14.5-mile extension of the Metro Green Line (see the story on page A1). When completed, the project will add tracks between Minneapolis and Eden Prairie. Revenue service on the Green Line extension is currently scheduled to begin in 2023. Metro Transit reports Metro Blue Line ridership was also up this fall, possibly due at least in part to construction on Interstate 35W. The Blue Line runs between downtown Minneapolis and the Mall of America. Both light rail lines set ridership records in 2017.
Overall, ridership across the regional transit system was down 2 percent for the year as of September compared to 2017, according to a report delivered Nov. 26 to the Metropolitan Council Transportation Committee. Through the first nine months of the year, local bus ridership was down 4 percent and express bus ridership was down 8 percent compared to 2017. The report cited an October 2017 fare hike as one factor in the decreased ridership. Ridership on dedicated transitways continued to grow, with bus rapid transit posting a 2 percent ridership increase and light rail posting a 3 percent increase this year compared to the first three quarters of 2017. Metro Mobility ridership was up 5 percent over the same period compared to 2017. Several weeks before the updated ridership statistics were released, Metro Transit announced changes to 55 of its transit routes effective Dec. 1. Metro Transit Public Relations Manager Howie Padilla said the changes were made after a regular quarterly review of transit routes and reflect an ongoing driver shortage. At one point, Metro Transit was down more than 100 bus operators, Padilla said, but as of early November the shortage was reduced to about 80 drivers. He said the agency aims to be at full strength by spring. “I certainly wouldn’t call it a service reduction,” Padilla said of the route changes. “The word I would use is ‘adjustment.”
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few weeks ago in this space I told you about the death of our beloved family dog Zero, encouraging all concerned to walk the dog and in turn spend time with loved ones, and, so, as ‘tis the season for all such reminders, this week I want to lay out a banquet of gratitude for a little big miracle I was gifted with at the beginning of the month, when I had a moment with my father I want to hold here and forever. It starts and ends with one of my all-time favorite songs, Leonard Cohen and Jennifer Warnes’s “Song of Bernadette.” The singer and the late great poet wrote it about the faith of a child, Bernadette Soubirous, who grew up asthmatic and dirt poor in the village of Lourdes, France, and who saw visions of the Virgin Mary in 1858. It’s a song about faith, mysticism and unconditional love in a cold, cruel world, which is why I’ve sung it at a handful of gigs in recent years. So many hearts I find Broke like yours and mine Torn by what we’ve done and can’t undo I just wanna hold you, c’mon let me hold you Like Bernadette would do My dad is 90 years old. His memory is not what it once was, but he’s still a sharp observer and very present. A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of his company one-on-one for a few hours while my mother took a defensive driving course. The week before, we’d watched a couple episodes of “The Waltons,” including the one where John Boy, editor of the town newspaper, gets blowback from the local news-loving townies for writing editorials warning about the encroachment of Hitler and the Nazis. We had some laughs and were amazed at the timeliness of the show and of the calm on Walton Mountain, but no such luck this week. Neither one of us was in the mood for more TV, so after perusing a couple of photo history books I’m lucky enough to be part of (via the Minnesota Historical Society Press: Allen Beaulieu’s “Prince: Before the Rain” and Kristal Leebrick‘s “Thank You for Shopping: The Golden Age of Minnesota Department Stores”) that I correctly figured would be fun for him to gaze at, we turned the sound down on “Crocodile Dundee” and I tuned up my guitar. It’s a beautiful Gibson J-45 that my fellow singer-songwriter John Louis gifted me with a few years ago, and Dad loved touching it. He still plays a mean piano, and he gave all six of his kids his passion for music, but when I asked him if he wanted to hold my guitar and strum, he said, “No, you play.” I’d just had it set up with new strings and TLC from Twin Town Guitars, so the tuning pegs were especially shiny, and the strings sounded positively radiant. A couple of old men in recliners, I took a deep breath and started to play. As I did and I could feel Dad settling into a patient calm, I was reminded of something I’d just read by the late, great Oliver Sacks: “When I’ve worked with people with
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Alzheimer’s and various forms of dementia, some of them are confused, some are agitated, some lethargic, some have lost language. But all of them, without exception, respond to music.” That much has been true of our big bandloving dad, and so, right then and there, I decided to sing for him — son-singing-to-father nerves be damned. I had a benefit gig for Texas senate hopeful Beto O’Rourke later that night at the Acadia Cafe, whose owners, Juliana Bryarly and Ted Lowell, hail from Texas. Couching the emotion of wanting to connect with him, I told Dad I needed to rehearse and that he was my perfect captive audience. For about an hour I sang him some of my songs, but the one I’ll remember most is the first, “Song of Bernadette,” and how our eyes locked in wonder as I sang, and we both realized that here we were, one fallen-away Catholic boy singing to another, this song about a miracle in miraclefree times. His mouth was wide open, awestruck by the moment, just like me. When I was done I reminded him of the 1943 film “The Song of Bernadette” and that Our Lady of Lourdes, the Northeast Minneapolis church he went to when he attended DeLaSalle High School, was the first American church named for Saint Bernadette. I’ve sung for my father and my mother at gigs over the years, but this one was different for its intimacy, and it’s a one-on-one ritual I can’t recommend highly enough to anyone in the same boat. The world is brutal, with hourly horrific tales of inhumanity, but that quiet moment was supremely gentle and instructive, and I feel lucky that we both lived long enough to have it happen, that I got to tell him one more time how much I love him. That night, I drove to the club in wonder as it dawned on me that growing up, I was peripherally aware of the film title “I Never Sang for My
Father.” As a kid I always thought about how sad that would be, to have a song in your heart but to not sing it for your father. Now here I was a father myself and, well, mission accomplished — all thanks to a poor little French girl who, like the song says, saw the queen of heaven once and kept the vision in her soul; to think that we could not forget that child, that song of Bernadette. Jim Walsh lives and grew up in South Minneapolis. He can be reached at jimwalsh086@gmail.com.
CLARIFICATION While Congresswoman-elect Ilhan Omar said in her acceptance speech she’s the first refugee elected to Congress (“Ilhan Omar’s road to Washington,” Nov. 15–28), historians point to others before her. They include Tom Lantos of California, who came to the U.S. as a Holocaust survivor. Anh Cao is a refugee from the Vietnam War, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen fled Cuba. Samuel Gejdenson was born in an American displaced persons camp in postwar Germany. In addition, 19th and 20th century members emigrated from Ireland during the Great Famine.
CORRECTION A guide to holiday events (“Haul out the holly,” Nov. 15–28) included an incorrect date for The Artful Present: Holiday Art & Gifting Event. The event took place Nov. 16–17.
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Racism At the Nov. 14 City Council meeting on the revised draft of the 2040 plan, several speakers identified themselves as residents of Southwest Minneapolis and proclaimed they were “not racist.” Apparently they were prompted by City Council Member Phillipe Cunningham’s critique on Twitter. “People from SW actually have the audacity to be flooding CMs inboxes with ‘stop the 2040 plan’ by bastardizing the epidemic of outside investors buying up single family homes in North Minneapolis. All in an effort to protect their McMansions and ‘bungalow neighborhoods’ from imaginary developers,” Cunningham tweeted. First, Cunningham never called them racist, so it’s interesting to me that they went there. I believe it’s because they know in their hearts that it’s true, and they are exhibiting classic white defensiveness. But more importantly, they are defending their actual privilege in the form of a historically segregated neighborhood that is mostly white and in the face of attempts by the 2040 plan to reduce racial disparities. I, for one white person, know that I’m racist. I’ve been studying Resmaa Menakem’s book, “My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies,” so I know that racism (and the particular historical trauma I carry from my European immigrant ancestors) lives in my body. I’m working on being less harmful by supporting the parts of the 2040 plan that break down historic and present-day practices that have produced the stunning segregation in Minneapolis that is poisoning my white people’s souls. The crazy thing you may not believe is that the more I realize that I’m carrying racism
in my body, the more liberated I feel. It’s like opening the door of an invisible prison that has kept me unauthentic, aiming for perfection, defensive and controlling. Now that I can admit, and increasingly be aware of, the racism I soaked up from the very fabric of our systemically racist society (not because I chose to, but because it permeates like a mist unseen by most white people), I feel able to stumble forward, knowing I will make mistakes but forgiving myself and apologizing as I go. It’s really all we can do in this life, and I find it humbling and redeeming. Bravo Councilmember Cunningham for calling out the truth. And let’s open up the conversation we white people can barely manage to engage in about race. Who knows, we might all get free. Nance Kent Linden Hills
Cedar Lake access As I was reading the latest Neighborhood Spotlight section on Kenwood and Cedar-IslesDean in the Nov. 1–14 issue, I encountered a phrase that requires more clarification. The article stated: “Cedar-Isles-Dean can claim a few grand homes of its own, including a handful on Cedar Lake that, controversially, enjoy direct access to the water, a rarity within city limits.” This situation should not be passed by with just a label of “controversially!” What makes it a controversial? How about the fact that the entire east shoreline of Cedar Lake is public property, property obtained by Theodore Wirth and the Park Board back in 1933. Wirth and the Park Board also acquired a wide swath of land along both sides of the Kenilworth Lagoon from Cedar Lake to Lake of the Isles. The vision and purpose of Wirth and the Park Board, according to Wirth’s personal historical book, was to “render the entire shore-
line of Cedar Lake available to the public” and to connect Cedar Lake and Lake of the Isles by public pathways along the Kenilworth Lagoon, similar to the Lagoon connection between Lake of the Isles and Bde Maka Ska. The Great Depression and World War II put all park expansion plans on hold. Wirth retired, and his vision for Cedar and the Kenilworth Lagoon were never realized. It was and is still a great plan. The current condition on the east side of Cedar Lake and through the Kenilworth Lagoon is deplorable. Without any resistance from our no. 1-rated park system, the residents on the east side of Cedar Lake and Kenilworth Lagoon have creatively encroached on our public parkland, making the area look and feel as if it is part of the residents’ backyards. Docks, fences, hedges, retaining walls and patios sit on parkland. This unusual, very special privilege has had a profound impact on the recreational quality of this entire Cedar-Isles area. Many thousands of residents throughout the area, the city and beyond have been deprived of access to their parkland, of a stroll around Cedar Lake or the opportunity to connect to Cedar-Isles through the Kenilworth Lagoon. It has made Cedar Lake an isolated, hard to get around area, and certainly has contributed to the years of problems at “Hidden Beach” (Cedar Lake East Beach). The notion that Theodore Wirth and the Park Board acquired this valuable, precious lake property solely for the enjoyment of the 33 homes abutting this public parkland is preposterous! I’ve lived in the area for 27 years and have never been able to walk around Cedar Lake — nor has anyone else. So yes, it is controversial. It’s time the Park Board is held accountable for this arrangement. It is a breach of the public trust. Jake Werner Bryn Mawr
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gratitude Who made a difference for you in 2018? Here’s your chance to let them know. We’ve made it a tradition at the Southwest Journal to end every year by letting our readers say “thank you” in print. We want to hear about the neighbor who brightens your day, the local business owner who makes every customer feel special, the city employee who goes above and beyond the call of duty, the organization making positive change in your life. Our annual “Thank you, Southwest” feature runs in print and online Dec. 27. To be considered for inclusion, please submit your brief message of thanks by Dec. 20. Submit your thank you notes via email to dthomas@southwestjournal.com or write to: Southwest Journal editor 1115 Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55403 — Dylan Thomas, editor
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Dateline Minneapolis
By Steve Brandt
Plant carefully, for sledders’ sakes
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ichael Vanderford knows how much impact a tree on a sledding hill can pack. The Kingfield resident remembers the time his son Peter, now 39, had a close encounter with a spruce at Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park as a 4-year-old. The scar is still visible on Peter’s forehead. Vanderford walks the park twice daily to exercise his aging yellow lab. Last spring the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s annual Arbor Day celebration sprinkled roughly 150 trees across King Park. But a freshly planted clump of them stood out on the sledding hill. “I just kept going by and saying, ‘This is nuts,’” Vanderford said. Mark Oyaas knows the feeling. The Kenwood resident drives by that neighborhood’s park most days, past the sledding hill that he started using in fourth grade, the one his two grown sons grew up on. Oyaas remembers in a simpler time how kids would lean their sleds against a garage near the park to skip hauling them back and forth from home each day. And how the large metal Pepsi bottle cap sign that adorned the wall of the corner drugstore near the park somehow made its way over to the park and served as a multi-person sled for a winter. His childhood Flexible Flyer, the classic with metal runners and wooden slats, still hangs in his Sheridan Avenue garage. Oyaas noticed one day last spring that trees
were being planted. One stood out to him, smack in the middle of the sledding hill. “It’s a glaring thing, like a tattoo in the middle of the forehead,” he said. Both men had enough park and neighborhood connections to work the system, although it took Oyaas multiple tries before he got any response. That’s even though he once headed the board of People for Parks, a nonprofit advocacy group that raises money for park projects and programs. Their connections ensured that both were able to get the offending trees removed. But hearing similar stories made me curious just how such mix-ups occur. The answer seems to be that they happen despite best intentions. Forestry crews aren’t necessarily familiar with park use patterns. At Kenwood, where the tree replacement is more on a spot basis, park director Marc Holtey said of forestry crews: “There is some consultation but not all the time. They’re the authority on tree planting.” If a tree blocks a sledding hill, he added, “There’s a lot of areas that you can sled.” But Joanie O’Rourke Oyaas had a far different reaction when she learned of the offending tree: “That really is stupid.” She’s married to Mark, and grew up sledding on Tangletown’s hills. Far more consultation went into planning for Arbor Day at King Park, which like many city parks needed new trees to replace a significant felling of disease-prone ash trees. There was a
planting map, consultation with park maintenance and recreation workers and outreach to community groups. Some of them walked the site with the tree plan before holes were dug. “We did think about the sledding in those conversations,” said Phillip Potyondy, the Park Board’s sustainable forestry coordinator. But apparently not enough. Sarah LinnesRobinson, the neighborhood association’s longtime executive director, was focused on other aspects of the arbor celebration and kicks herself for not reaching out to Vanderford as a knowledgeable veteran park user. Lisa Braaten was one Arbor Day attendee for whom the newly treed hill stuck out. “That was like the first thing I noticed,” the mother of two young boys said. “We’re not like complainers, but we were kind of sad.” Braaten has some pedigree when it comes to sledding at King Park. Her kids are the third generation to have lived in her family’s house on Blaisdell Avenue and the third to sled at King. That lineage dates back some 80 years to when her oldest uncle was old enough to sled. Granted, King’s hill is a gentle starter slope. Older kids graduate to the steeper, wellmoguled, back specialist-enriching plunge downhill in the backyard of the park superintendent’s manor at Lyndale Farmstead Park. And it’s true that eventually six misplaced trees were dug up again and moved off of King’s hill, along with the tree at Kenwood. Forestry crews also moved two trees that were planted in a corner of King Park where
Vanderford long has been the mainspring of a feeder soccer program for kids as young as 4 years. It’s the second time in recent years that forestry staff have planted trees in that space only to have to dig them up. One of the twists of this tale of misplaced trees is that the two men who raised the issue at their respective parks are big park boosters. Oyaas’ late mother was a 25-year Park Board employee who served as an assistant to several superintendents and the board’s recording secretary. He himself was a board appointee to a city board. Vanderford has coached soccer at King for most of the last 30 years. He served on the park’s one-time athletic council and on the neighborhood association board. One lesson here is that Minneapolitans take their sledding hills seriously. Some prefer the gentle slopes of Hiawatha golf course or the long hill west of Cedar Avenue that slopes down to Minnehaha Creek. Others prefer a hill farther upstream along the creek at Newton Avenue. Beard’s Plaisance in Linden Hills has a good long drop. The best hills get their own terrifying names. There’s Devil’s Hill in Powderhorn Park and Devil’s Drop on Tower Hill in Prospect Park. In Tangletown near Washburn, Suicide Hill has its enthusiasts. You can’t beat Wirth Park for a long golf course hill. Some claim that Farview Park in Hawthorne neighborhood is tops. Just don’t plant a tree where the sleds are schussing.
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was emphasized. A group of seven finalists chosen by the community committee was then sent back to an internal team comprised of Board President Brad Bourn, Vice President AK Hassan and Commissioner Latrisha Vetaw. The three commissioners then whittled it down to four people they wanted to bring in for interviews, Bourn said, with the commissioners all independently settling on the same four — if not necessarily in the same order. While disappointed that all four couldn’t be brought in for interviews and that one dropped out after being announced as a finalist, Bourn said he thought the system produced two highly qualified candidates. “I thought the candidates were spectacular,” Bourn said. Hassan said the main goal was to learn about the leadership style and experience of each candidate. He said the board wanted to maintain the high status of the parks system while looking for ways to improve. While the process took a lot of effort, Hassan said, it was very transparent and got a lot of people involved in the search. “The best thing about this process was the community engagement,” he said. As a commissioner who helped select
Miller eight years ago, Bourn said the key to a successful search is to clearly outline the selection process. This time, with the community selection committee and listening sessions, he said the board got more input from more community members. “The biggest thing is more people today are watching the Park Board and how it impacts their lives,” Bourn said.
Innovation and inclusiveness At the interview, each commissioner asked one question of each candidate, seeking answers on how the candidates would implement changes, increase racial and socio-economic equity, fight climate change and promote youth sports. Ghose acknowledged that he has bounced around the country — from Iowa to Portland, Ore. to Kentucky — to climb the ladder in parks and recreation for the past 37 years. He said that experience gives him a lot of connections nationwide and the know-how to do all the jobs in the park system. “What I bring is that variety of experience,” Ghose said. Ghose said he wanted to create a park system that touches the lives of everyone in the city and to have a staff that is happy, innovative and reflective of the community. He said the park system should work to fill gaps in the commu-
MPRB superintendent finalist Alfred Bangoura speaks with Commissioner Kale Severson at a meet-andgreet session following his interview on Nov. 13.
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nity by offering opportunities such as swimming lessons and affordable sports academies for kids. Ghose said park systems needed to do a better job telling the story of parks and recreation and helping people understand the resources the parks offer. He referenced organizing a soccer tournament catering toward refugee communities that drew eight teams in its first year and 32 teams the second year. “The participants bring their families, so now they’re signing up for programs they didn’t know existed,” Ghose said. He emphasized partnerships with private companies to find sustainable funding for recreational programs and seeking creative solutions, such as a plastic bag collection bin to save money on expensive waste bags at dog parks. Ghose said parks “should be leading” on the issue of climate change. He suggested switching to propane from gas lawn mowers; increasing naturalization acres to help pollinators and absorb carbon; and painting park roads gray, a move that has been used in cities such as Los Angeles to reduce heat from pavement. Bangoura said he believed the MPRB should be using its recreation centers as touch points in the community to offer services such as job training, vocational programs and mentorships. In addressing racial inequity, he said there is a need to recognize that race permeates everything and to acknowledge the reality of historical racism when discussing access and
opportunity throughout the park system. “We have to talk about it and be comfortable with being uncomfortable, because you can’t move it unless you have an honest discussion about it,” he said. Beyond offering youth sports, Bangoura said parks should be offering kids music, interactive learning opportunities and activities that connect them to nature. In Charlotte, he helped promote “Learn to Ride” programs, where park staff gives free bike lessons to community members. He said the parks system should embrace neighborhood-sponsored athletics, encouraging local businesses to sponsor youth teams based at neighborhood parks. To combat climate change, Bagnoura said MPRB should explore implenting solar technology and renovating buildings to be more energy efficient. He called for reducing vehicle travel for park staff. He said parks should offer a wider range of services from recreation centers so people can access more of what they need in one walkable trip, cutting car emissions. He also suggested electrifying the MPRB car fleet. Bangoura said he knows the park system has great staff members and he wouldn’t micromanage employees. “We need to trust them, and let them lead,” he said. Bourn said the MPRB aims to have a hire made by the end of the year.
A12 November 29–December 12, 2018 / southwestjournal.com FROM SWLRT CONTRACT / PAGE A1 For now, Target Field Station is the end of the line for the Metro Green Line. Construction on a 14.5-mile extension to Eden Prairie could begin early next year. Photo by Dylan Thomas
The FTA’s letter arrived around 4 p.m. on the 14th, and 45 minutes later, in the wake of a hastily arranged press conference at Met Council headquarters in St. Paul, Tchourumoff and McLaughlin stood side-by-side grinning into the camera. A 27-year member of the county board and chair of the county rail authority, McLaughlin was the project’s “biggest champion,” Commissioner Mike Opat said. McLaughlin recalled dashing off to an emergency Sunday evening meeting at the governor’s mansion on one of the project’s darker days. Tchourumoff, who has led Met Council since last summer, shepherded SWLRT through two rounds of bidding on the civil construction contract as the project fought lawsuits in federal court and challenges at the Surface Transportation Board.
Contract awarded The Met Council on Nov. 15 voted to award that contract to a team comprised of Lunda Construction Co. and C.S. McCrossan. Lunda-McCrossan was the low bid this spring when it submitted a figure of $799.5 million to Met Council, and it stood by for three-anda-half months as the agency — waiting on the FTA’s letter — twice delayed its decision. The other team competing for the contract pulled out of the running in October. The Met Council vote took place just hours before the Lunda-McCrossan bid would have expired at 11:59 p.m. on the 15th. Three representatives of the team were present for the vote in the agency’s St. Paul boardroom, but they declined to comment until they’d put pen to paper on the contract. Asked why the FTA waited until seemingly the last minute to issue the letter of no prejudice, Tchourumoff said the feds “were just working their process.” “These things are complicated,” McLaughlin added. “This is $2 billion in construction, and they’re trying to make sure all the pieces are right. “In the end, we’re hoping for $930 million from them … so they do their due diligence.”
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Several hours before the Met Council’s Nov. 15 meeting, the Hennepin County Board gathered to take several votes to advance the project. That included approving up to $435 million in county and railroad authority funds for early construction activities. Some of those costs could be reimbursed by the federal government if the FTA awards the project full funding.
County ups commitment After the federal government, Hennepin County is the project’s largest source of funding. Met Council turned to the county for an additional $204 million in May, and the county is now committed to more than $780 million for SWLRT. The county’s share is largely paid for by a transit-dedicated 0.5 percent sales tax and a $20 motor vehicle excise. At its Nov. 15 meeting, the board agreed to put up an additional $200 million — 10 percent of the total SWLRT project budget — to cover cost overruns or funding shortfalls. “This money wouldn’t actually be provided unless or until it is needed,” said Assistant Hennepin County Attorney Ben Schweigert, who explained that the FTA now requires the additional local commitment from all projects in the FTA’s New Starts program, the source of SWLRT’s anticipated federal grant. Schweigert said the additional funds wouldn’t be tapped until all project dollars, including the contingency fund, were spent,
adding that “no New Starts project in Minnesota has ever exhausted the contingency funds that are in its base budget.” The lone vote against advancing SWLRT was Commissioner Jeff Johnson, who this year ran for governor as a Republican, losing to Congressman Tim Walz, a DFLer. Johnson has called the project a “waste” of taxpayer dollars, arguing it will not reduce congestion on area highways. But even Johnson joined his colleagues in congratulating McLaughlin and County Board Chair Jan Callison, who also played a critical role in ushering SWLRT to this point. In their comments, the board members mixed gratitude with relief. “My gosh, are we really here? Pinch me,” said Hennepin County Commissioner Marion Greene.
A milestone Met Council is planning a ceremonial groundbreaking for SWLRT before the end of the year, but heavy construction won’t begin until early 2019. The line is expected to begin passenger service in 2023. The project is still the subject of a federal lawsuit filed by Lakes and Parks Alliance of Minneapolis, a citizens group that alleges Met Council broke the law when it secured local commitments to one of several possible routes even while other options were still under review. A Minnesota U.S. District Court judge sided with the Met Council, but Lakes and Parks Alliance has appealed the ruling.
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Met Council settled a second federal lawsuit with Twin Cities & Western Railroad in July. Central Corridor overcame several lawsuits to open in 2014. That existing segment of the Metro Green Line runs between the downtowns of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Both the Metro Green and Metro Blue lines set ridership records in 2017 and have exceeded ridership projections since opening. “I’ve got every reason to believe we’re going to do the same on Southwest,” McLaughlin said. For both he and Tchourumoff, this SWLRT project milestone coincides with a career turning point. McLaughlin this month lost a re-election bid to fellow DFLer Angela Conley, and Tchourumoff starts a new job with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis in December. Gov.-elect Walz, who endorsed McLaughlin’s re-election campaign, will appoint a new Met Council chair after taking office and could look closely at a former county commissioner with light rail expertise. Asked about that possibility after he and Tchourumoff snapped their selfie in the Met Council boardroom, McLaughlin replied, “I have no idea.” Tchourumoff gestured at the rows of plaques hanging at the back of the room, each honoring a Met Council chair. “We’ve got a spot for you on the wall,” she said.
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Minneapolis leaders celebrate Hennepin Ave. reopening Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender cuts a ribbon to celebrate the reopening of Hennepin Avenue between Lake and 36th streets during a celebration Nov 21. The estimated $7.5 million project included reconstructing the pavement, curbs, gutters and sidewalks on Hennepin from Lake to 36th. It also included installing bike lanes on each side of the street, adding a mid-block crossing between Lake and 31st streets and improving stormwater sewer system structures and sanitary sewers. Learn more about the project at southwestjournal.com Photo by Nate Gotlieb
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A14 November 29–December 12, 2018 / southwestjournal.com FROM APARTMENT EVACUATION / PAGE A1
Inspectors weren’t worried about the 1923 building falling apart, but they were worried about a building shift potentially causing a gas leak. Ignited by a spark, the worst-case scenario would be a disaster, Staloch said. “We can’t see past the floors and the walls, we can’t see what’s going on, and we actually don’t know how serious it is,” he said. “But at the same time, we need to afford some safety to these tenants.” All residents of the 25-unit building were told to move out over the weekend. A sign on the building says the locks have been changed and the building is currently under renovation. Some residents moved into shelter without a short-term place to stay, according to emergency shelter consultant Monica Nilsson. Rents there were $799-1,099, according to the apartment listing. The landlord Feddersen Holdings did not respond for comment. In an October eviction filing for an Aldrich Avenue tenant who had relocated to another building, the landlord attributed the damage to nearby construction. On the ground floor, Visionary Optical optician Nina Levitus said she could feel the building shake during construction on the corner of Franklin & Lyndale. Demolition took place in late 2017 at 2004-2018 Lyndale Ave. S. to clear the way for construction of a building with 113 residential units above retail and a corner restaurant. “When they drive piles, you jump off your seat,” she said. “… I originally thought I was going to fall into the hole.” Workers repeatedly fixed her doorway, she said. The owner of The Movement Minneapolis, a gym that fronts the construction
We can’t see past the floors and the walls, we can’t see what’s going on, and we actually don’t know how serious it is. But at the same time, we need to afford some safety to these tenants. — Ken Staloch, Minneapolis building official
“I originally thought I was going to fall into the hole,” said Nina Levitus of Visionary Optical, who is relocating her business following a city order to vacate. Photo by Michelle Bruch
site, said he’s noticed lots of shifting and cracking in his building. Staff from Master Properties and BensonOrth Associates did not respond for comment. In 2014, the developer told city officials a geotechnical engineer would conduct seismographic monitoring, and they would attach instruments to surrounding buildings to monitor any vibration or movement. One Aldrich Avenue neighbor who declined to share his name said construction caused his residence to shake, and he noticed that workers installed equipment to measure vibrations. But he said 2003 Aldrich had problems before. “It’s just a dump building,” he said. “… That building was ready to fall down well before they started construction.” 2003 Aldrich Avenue South LLC purchased the building from John Klinkner in May 2017 for roughly $3 million, according to property records.
Inspection reports provided by the city show violations that were resolved dating back to 2010 for issues including operable windows and doors, water damage and other repairs related to the walls, ceilings, roof, plumbing and heating equipment. In the summer of 2018, an inspector ordered the owner to repair loose bricks and tuckpoint as needed on an upper portion of the exterior south wall. That order and several others were not yet resolved, according to city documents. Poor soil conditions were part of the community conversation around developing the former Theatre Garage site at Franklin & Lyndale. In the 1870s, nearby “Lake Blaisdell” was a popular swimming hole and skating rink, according to the Hennepin County Library, once located between Harriet and Lyndale avenues and 22nd and 25th streets. As the city grew, the lake was filled and mostly forgotten, according to the library.
To accommodate soil conditions, the developer expected to use a Geopier deep foundation system. While all buildings move and have some cracks, Staloch said he’s never seen building movement to a similar degree, requiring residents to move out. The 2003 Aldrich building is now in the owner’s hands, Staloch said, and the owner could make extensive repairs to bring the structure up to code for occupancy. Staff were told that the gas was shut off and the owner expected to winterize the building. The tenants, meanwhile, are working to move on. Levitus of Visionary Optical decided to relocate to the Minneapolis Farmers Market on weekends, a big change after operating near Uptown for more than 25 years. “You can’t get a pair of glasses adjusted online,” she said. “… I love what I do. I’m going to continue to do it.”
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Loppet Foundation kicks off ski season Urban cross-country skiing got off to an early start this season at Theodore Wirth Regional Park. The Loppet Foundation announced it was able to open 400 meters of skiable trails on Nov. 14, the earliest the foundation has ever been able to start using the Wirth Winter Recreation Area. It was the first cross-country ski area to open in the Twin Cities this year, the foundation said. “Our increased snowmaking capacity and new grooming equipment mean more trails earlier in the season, our growing trails team means our expertise continues to improve, and with the new building now in place, we’re
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expecting community members to enjoy their best ski season yet,” Loppet Foundation Trails Superintendent Isaac Kasper said in a news release. With the start of outdoor winter recreation season, the Loppet Foundation is hoping to get more members for its Club Trailhead, a gym of sorts where the fitness area is the 759-acre Wirth Park. Membership is $40 per month and includes access to shower and locker space, group fitness classes and more. — Andrew Hazzard
Theodore Wirth Park hosts the annual City of Lakes Loppet crosscountry ski races. The Loppet Foundation took advantage of cold weather to get an early start on snow-making at Wirth this year. File photo
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Fig + Farro hosts climate change salon and supper club Michelle Courtright said she wants to build community around the issue of climate change. She is doing so in part through a supper-club series at her new vegetarian restaurant, Fig + Farro. Courtright is hosting monthly events featuring guest speakers and plant-based, prix-fixe dinners at her Uptown restaurant, which opened this past January. She’s held two events so far and is planning to hold a third 6 p.m.–8:15 p.m. Dec. 3. “I feel like this is the best way to get people together and create a community around climate change,” Courtright said of the series, called the Climate Series Salon + Supper Club. “It’s a way for people to get engaged in an issue that’s an existential issue.” Courtright opened Fig + Farro after spending years in marketing and the creative world. She said she had always wanted to open a vegetarian restaurant, noting research showing the large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions produced by the livestock industry. According to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, emissions from livestock represent an estimated 14.5 percent of all human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. Beef and cattle-milk production account for more than 60 percent of those emissions, according to the report.
Michelle Courtright, owner of the vegetarian restaurant Fig + Farro, speaks to attendees of a dinner and climate salon event at the restaurant on Nov. 12. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
Ben Lilliston, of the Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy, said at the Nov. 12 supper club that the industrial meat system is “far and away” the biggest contributor of greenhouse gases within the food system. Lilliston said his organization draws a distinction between industrial and sustainable livestock production, adding that research shows sustainable production can benefit the environment if done right. He also said that buying locally and buying whole foods can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “The good news is that the systems that are good for emissions are also generally systems that allow farmers to be more adaptive to changes in climate,” he said.
Courtright noted how people often think about “driving Priuses and turning off the lights at home” when they think of climate change. But she said the fastest and easier way for a person to make an impact in climate change is to cut meat from his or her diet. “If Americans ate one meal less of meat per week, it would be the equivalent of taking 500,000 cars off the roads each year,” she said. About two-dozen people attended the Climate Series Salon + Supper Club event on Nov. 12, including Matthew and Kelsey Bowers of Hopkins. Kelsey Bowers said Fig + Farro sent them an email about the event, adding that they were hoping to meet likeminded people by attending. She said she and
Matthew are huge advocates of using veganism as a way to reduce climate change. A few seats down sat Eden Prairie High School senior Maren Frost, who said it’s cool to find a vegetarian restaurant. Nearby, Lauren Perez, marketing lead for Puris, a plant-based protein company, said she learned that it’s possible to build a sustainable food future to scale. Madilyn Lavan, a senior at the School of Environmental Studies in Apple Valley, said she came to the event because of a teacher who told her about it in class. She said she feels lost when it comes to climate change, adding that she finds it cool that the restaurant has food and climate change go hand in hand. Philip Grazulis, lead server at Fig + Farro, was on hand as the attendees ate dinner. Grazulis said he sought out the restaurant after switching to a plant-based diet himself, adding that he likes that he’s working for a cause. “Every single person who comes in here has a different story,” he said. Fig + Farro’s next Climate Series Salon and Supper Club will feature Eric Dayton, co-founder and CEO of retailer Askov Finlayson. That event is $20 ($15 for students) and is open to the public. Learn more at bit. ly/2PvxZ6d or call 208-0609 to reserve a spot.
Council considers collecting housing efficiency data The Minneapolis City Council is considering changing the city’s pre-sale housing inspection program to include the collection of data on a home’s energy efficiency. Council Members Jeremy Schroeder (Ward 11) and Cam Gordon (Ward 2) proposed requiring the city’s licensed truth-in-sale-ofhousing inspectors to collect data on a home’s insulation, windows, heating system and air sealing. The TISH inspectors would be required to summarize that data into a single energyefficiency rating, which homeowners would be required to display for prospective buyers. Under the proposal, homeowners would
be responsible for the additional cost of collecting the energy-efficiency information, according to Kim Havey, the city’s sustainability manager. Homeowners would be exempt from the home-energy assessment if they get an assessment from Xcel Energy’s and CenterPoint Energy’s Home Energy Squad within two years of selling, Havey said. The proposal comes as the city continues working toward the goals of its 2013 climate action plan, which include reducing greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2025 compared to 2006. Residential buildings accounted for one-fifth of emissions in Minneapolis in
2010, according to the plan, which called for the creation of a residential energy-disclosure program. A more recent report from the nonprofit Center for Energy and Environment said that Minneapolis homeowners could cut nearly 52,000 tons in carbon dioxide emissions annually by making efficiency improvements. Havey said research indicates people are most likely to make home improvements either right before selling or right after purchasing a new house. The goal of the proposal, he said, would be to get more people to make energy-efficiency improvements to their homes during these times. He said the city is hoping to work with
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Planners, residents gather to discuss future of Southwest parks For the first time in the 135-year history of the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board, the organization is doing an overhaul of its master plan for neighborhood parks. The Park Board is asking for the public’s feedback in an attempt to learn what residents want from their shared spaces. “What’s great about neighborhood parks is people feel a lot of ownership,” said Colleen O’Dell, project manager for the Southwest Service Area Master Plan, overseeing the future of the 43 neighborhood parks in the area. Several residents and parks advocates came to a Nov. 15 open house to review the proposals for area parks and give feedback to the planners, technicians and architects. “I think the designs should reflect the diversity of Minneapolis through and through,” said Emmanuel Ortiz of Parks & Power, a group advocating racial equity throughout the park system. There are some big ideas out there for the parks in the Southwest neighborhoods. The initial design proposals call for more soccer fields, skate parks, dual-usage spaces, nature interaction and, of course, bathrooms. “If there’s anything we hear everybody ask for, no matter what size the project, it’s ‘we need restrooms,’” said design project manager Tyler Pederson.
Pederson and Ortiz looked over the planning sketches for Parade Park in Lowry Hill together. Proposals call for enhancing the natural space around Spring Lake by adding paths and mountain biking trails and putting in a sports dome with three youth field spaces. Ortiz said he’d like to see more soccer space throughout the park system because it’s a uniting game played by people from many cultures. He’s in favor of spaces not just for leagues but unreserved time where locals can come by for casual play and pick-up games. At smaller parks, like Smith Triangle at Hennepin & Emerson, designers are looking at ways to maximize space for a variety of uses. GIS Technician Madeline Hudek said they’re considering adding an open skate park area where the current statue of Thomas Lowry is now, and moving that statue, appropriately, to Thomas Lowry Park. In the winter they’d consider converting the space to a small ice rink. Smith Park may also get an outdoor ping pong table. The only outdoor table currently in the Southwest area of the city is at Park Siding Park along the Kenilworth Trail in Cedar-Isles-Dean. In the zone east of Bde Maka Ska and Lake Harriet, designers are looking at ways to use the Loon Lake Trolley Path and surrounding land. Early options will look to either add more nature-play areas for children or a
Emmanuel Ortiz, right, of Parks & Power talks with MPRB design project manager Tyler Pederson about the future of Parade Park. Photo by Andrew Hazzard
boardwalk with views of the lakes and trails that offer entry-level mountain bike runs, according Michael Lima, an architect with 4umla, a firm that’s working with MPRB on the master plans. In nearby Painter Park, planners are eyeing a skate park that can moonlight as an amphitheater, with tiered stairs and rail elements. “There’s a lot of opportunity to play with dual spaces,” Lima said. At Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Kingfield, there’s talk of possibly taking out the two baseball diamonds for an event center that would have a turf field for soccer. At the open drawing studio, park enthusiasts talked to the planners about their sketches
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MPS leaders optimistic about legislative priorities School Board approved district’s 2019 legislative agenda Nov. 13
By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@journalmpls.com
Minneapolis Public Schools’ lobbyist voiced confidence earlier this month about the district’s chances of making headway on its legislative agenda this spring. Josh Downham, the district’s director of government relations, told the School Board Nov. 13 that he thinks the state’s new political leaders could be more receptive to the district’s priorities. His comments came a week after Minnesotans elected DFLer Tim Walz, a former high school geography teacher, as governor and flipped the state House of Representatives from GOP to DFL control. Republicans retained control of the state Senate by a one-vote margin. “I think you’re going to see a different set of priorities — less focus on tax cuts and more focus on investments in K–12,” Downham said. “I think we will see a much more robust discussion.” Downham and MPS leaders have four priorities for the upcoming legislative session, including advocating for increased statewide funding for special education. The district’s special education costs outpace its special education revenue by about $56 million annually, which forces MPS to use general funds to cover those services. “We really want to be aggressive in looking at the underfunding of special education,” Josh Downham told the School Board Nov. 13. Statewide, special education costs
outpaced special education revenues by over $670 million in fiscal year 2017, according to a legislative report. The report predicted that the gap would increase to over $707 million in fiscal year 2018. MPS wants the state to eliminate that gap within four years by providing $225 million in additional funding for special education in the next biennium and $525 million in the following biennium. Still, Downham said that wouldn’t address the issue of federal underfunding of special education. “It’s a very ambitious goal but I think something that we need to continue to advocate for,” Downham said. Downham also noted the issue of tuition billing, which occurs when charter schools and other school districts bill MPS for providing special education services to Minneapolis residents. The district spends about $22 million annually on providing services for those students, Downham said, but has no control over the cost or quality of those services. MPS would like the Legislature to address that issue this spring. The district is also advocating for the Legislature to increase the per-pupil funding formula 3 percent a year for the next two years and to subsequently index it to inflation. It’s a priority for which Walz has voiced support. Downham said Minnesota schools lost $615 in per-pupil funding to inflation
between 2003 and 2018, noting MPS would have $22 million in additional revenue if the formula had kept up with inflation. Other legislative priorities for MPS include increased funding for Englishlearner services and career and technical education, expanded school-based prekindergarten programs and additional school-based mental health grants. The district also wants the Legislature to allow school boards to renew existing operating and capital projects levies that voters have approved without requiring additional referenda elections. Scott Croonquist, executive director of the Association of Metropolitan School Districts, said there will be different priorities in the House and Senate, adding that divided government generally means incremental progress. But he said his association is hopeful the Legislature will address special education this session, noting the significant attention it has received. “Legislators are becoming more and more aware that the shortfall, or cross-subsidy as we call it in special education, is really having a major impact on school district budgets,” he said. Croonquist said his association will be pushing for the indexing of the per-pupil formula as a top priority this session. He also noted the shortfall of state funding for
I think you’re going to see a different set of priorities — less focus on tax cuts and more focus on investments in K–12. I think we will see a much more robust discussion. — Josh Downham, Minneapolis Public Schools’ director of government relations
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By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
Six Washburn athletes sign with DI schools
Southwest HS Foundation receives $250k donation
Washburn High School senior Latrell Bible said he knew he wanted to be a Division I football player when he started at the school. He will achieve that goal next fall after signing with the University of Wyoming this month. Bible, an offensive and defensive lineman, was one of six Washburn athletes to sign a national letter of intent with a Division I athletic program Nov. 14, the NCAA’s early signing day. The six athletes participated in a ceremonial signing event in front of family and teammates that afternoon at Washburn. “I feel really appreciated, supported by my parents and my family and just the whole student body at Washburn High School,” Bible said. Washburn has typically had at least one athlete sign with a Division I athletic program in recent years, Athletic Director Reggie Perkins said. But he said having six athletes sign with Division I programs is rare. He attributed the sizeable number of Division I athletes at the school in part to Washburn’s coaches but also to the hard work of the students. “It really comes down to these kids in their individual effort that they’ve put in over the years,” he said. Bible said he’s been playing football since he was 4 years old, following in the footsteps of his older brother who played the sport. He said he realized he could play college football at the end of his sophomore year, when he started to get interest from schools like Purdue and Wisconsin. He said the football program at Wyoming showed “a clear interest” in him and was invested in him both as a person and as an athlete. “They were really big on me getting a degree,” said Bible, who wants to pursue physical therapy. “And that’s something I really take pride in is getting an education.” For senior cross-country runner Caleb Haugland, the idea of becoming a college athlete became more of a reality as he progressed in his running career at Washburn. Haugland, who participated in three of the past four Class 2A boy’s state cross-country meets, will run next fall at the University of San Francisco. He said San Francisco is an awesome place to run and that he likes the team out there, noting that the school has a new coach with a new philosophy. “He’s really trying to build something,” Haugland said of the coach, Pat McCurry. For senior soccer and hockey player Lizzie Mewes,
A 1969 graduate of Southwest High School has donated $250,000 to the Southwest High School Foundation, the organization announced Nov. 20. Betsee Parker requested that the funds be split equally to “emphasize and support Southwest Women’s Athletics and teacher innovation and development,” according to a foundation press release. The press release quoted Parker as saying she hopes her contribution inspires others to give to the foundation and “strengthen an already magnificent school.” “I am proud to contribute to The Southwest Foundation as it maximizes the potential of our school and city with equitable distribution of financial resources within the high school, encourages innovation, and establishes valuable community partnerships,” she said. According to the release, Parker’s involvement at Southwest began at a young age. She excelled academically at the school, the release said, but “also grew frustrated with bias demonstrated toward male classmates and a lack of extracurricular opportunities for young women.” The release said she hopes her contribution toward girl’s sports will expand opportunities and “communal confidence toward an integral piece of development for young women.” It said the remaining funds will focus on grant allocations pertaining to work in the classroom. “With the designated pool of resources allocated through Southwest Foundation grants, Dr. Parker hopes teachers can find avenues and development opportunities to expand their classroom presence and subsequently give kids reasons to ‘want to learn,’” the release said. Foundation Board Chair Adam Barrett, a 2000 graduate, said in the release he is humbled by Parker’s contribution. “Dr. Parker is confidently investing in the power and potential of the students and teachers in our IB World School because they are strong and capable,” he said. Parker received a master’s degree in divinity from Harvard Divinity School in 1985 and spent 22 years in the pulpit as an Episcopal priest after graduation and ordination, according to an article from the school. According to the release, the foundation exists to provide postsecondary scholarships, raise money to support academic achievement and artistic and athletic opportunities and build and maintain relationships with alumni and community. In 2017, it provided over $188,000 in grants for post-secondary scholarships and academic and athletic programs at Southwest, according to its 990 federal nonprofit tax form. It had over $201,000 in assets as of the end of 2017, the form said. Southwest is a grades 9–12 high school that serves as the community high school for about 10 neighborhoods in Southwest Minneapolis, including Linden Hills, Fulton and several neighborhoods in Uptown. The school has an International Baccalaureate diploma program and offers four world languages, 18 varsity sports and over three-dozen arts courses. The school had 1,930 students as of Oct. 1, including 543 ninth-graders, according to a Minneapolis Public Schools enrollment report.
From left to right: Washburn athletes Grace Dickel, Caleb Haugland, Latrell Bible, Lizzie Mewes, Emily Covert and Marli Rajacich. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
becoming a college athlete had always been a dream. Mewes, who signed with the University of Northern Iowa for soccer, said she became interested in the school when she visited it and stayed with some of the players on the soccer team two summers ago. “After that, I was kind of stuck on it,” she said. Bible, the football player, said his advice to younger athletes would be to stay humble, stay consistent and sacrifice. He said those with aspirations to play in college have to be willing to put in the extra time and separate themselves. “There’s a kid across the country who’s also working just as hard for a spot that you want,” he said. Perkins stressed during the ceremony that the six signees are students first, saying, “That’s what they’ve done well.” Also participating in the signing ceremony at Washburn were: Emily Covert, the two-time Class 2A girl’s cross-country state champion, who signed with the University of Colorado-Boulder; Grace Dickel, who finished sixth in this year’s Class 2A girl’s cross-country state meet and signed with Iowa State; and Marli Rajacich, a Star Tribune first-team all-metro soccer player who signed with Boston University. Washburn also has several boy’s soccer players who are likely to play in college but haven’t yet decided on schools. Three athletes from Southwest High School also signed national letters of intent on Nov. 14. They are: Ellie Puzak, who signed with Colorado-Boulder to play tennis; Ellis Gunter, who signed with Life University in Murrieta, Georgia to play rugby; and Katie McCabe, who signed with St. Louis College of Pharmacology to play softball.
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Gift Guide By Dylan Thomas, Nate Gotlieb, Andrew Hazzard and Michelle Bruch
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t’s a holiday tradition here at the Southwest Journal to send our reporting team out to scour the city for gifts. Well, we’re back with 16 new (and mostly local) ideas for holiday giving, from books and games for the kids on your list to gifts that keep on giving long past the holiday season. We’ve found some inexpensive stocking stuffers and a few splurge-worthy items to be wrapped up with a bow. We’re hoping this gift guide provides some inspiration as you seek out gifts for your loved ones. Happy holidays!
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Foodie magnet BY CARLA WALDEMAR
I CAN’T PROVIDE an exact translation of Moderna Kouzina, but you get the idea. It’s the slick and quietly stylish (50 shades of gray plus a little fieldstone) tenant occupying a former mozzarella-forward restaurant at 50th & France. The globetrotting chef-owner, who followed her husband to town (thank you, 3M), employs a stylish, sophisticated spin to a menu full of foodie favorites — a small but crisply curated list, leading off with “amusements” ($8–$14). These Instagram-ready starters deliver on their promise, beginning with a medley of shaved asparagus and Pecorino infused with a light walnut vinaigrette in service to the star of the show, a sunny-yolked egg clasped by a crispy crust to bold-up the plate’s texture. Tender, ivory bits of octopus partnering with wisps of micro-greens upon a yogurt base also proved delicious. Best yet: the “briques,” presenting stacked cubes of pork belly (quintessentially fatty and fab) alternating with watermelon, set upon a slick of apple cider. How’s that for an out-there combo that works? Or choose beef tartare, a charcuterie plate, a reinvented Greek salad or the kitchen’s spin on pommes frites, incorporating Parm and smoked salt. Main courses (called “entrée piato” in a sort of restaurant Esperanto) range from $16 for a burger to $27 for scallops with ravioli. Our choices led off with salmon — a hearty, ruddy chunk —served with zucchini in spaghetti strands that proved a bit boring and under-seasoned, despite touches of dill and a cherry reduction abetting the fish. An accompanying wonton seems out of place. Lamb tenderloin, presented in geometric towers of mildly-flavored meat, came garnished with the translucent white bulbs of spring onions
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Neighborhood Bridges teaches kids to be storytellers CTC program held at two Southwest Mpls. schools
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Laughter filled Angela Cruz’s third-grade classroom at Jefferson Community School on a recent afternoon as Pedro Bayon of Children’s Theatre Company told her students a fairytale. Speaking in both Spanish and English, Bayon, a teaching artist, told the students of a soldier who stumbles upon a magical harmonica. The students laughed as he paused for questions and audience participation before splitting up into small groups to act out parts of the story. The session was part of a weekly program Children’s Theatre Company hosts for the two third-grade classes at Jefferson, a K–8 school in Lowry Hill East. It’s called Neighborhood Bridges, and it aims to help students develop critical literacy skills through storytelling and creative drama. The goal is that “all of the kids become storytellers of their own lives,” said Maria Asp, the program’s director. Along the way, the kids have a lot of fun while learning how to become better storytellers and writers, she said. “Everyone has a right to have that much fun in school,” Asp said. Neighborhood Bridges started in 1997
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Aaron Fiskradatz leads the students in Tammy Torok’s third-grade class at Jefferson in a perspective exercise during a Neighborhood Bridges session Nov. 7.
Children’s Theatre Company teaching artist Pedro Bayon tells a story to the students in Angela Cruz’s third-grade classroom during a Neighborhood Bridges session Nov. 7 at Jefferson Community School. Photos by Nate Gotlieb
subsidizes the program, but it still costs several thousand dollars to bring it to two classrooms at Jefferson, said Roger Conhaim, a longtime volunteer at the school. As part of the program, a teaching artist comes to the school for weekly sessions in the classrooms. The students perform their own 10-minute plays on the Children’s Theatre Company’s main stage at the end of the year. Asp said an aim of the program is to help students imagine beyond their current circumstances and practice telling stories. She said students learn to think about a story from the perspectives of different characters, an exercise that could be seen during a recent session in Tammy Torok’s third-grade class at Jefferson. During that class, teaching artist Aaron Fiskradatz told Torok’s students a story about a group of farm sheep that get eaten by wolves. He asked the kids to take the perspective of the different characters in the story and talk about it from that perspective. Torok has hosted Neighborhood Bridges in her class for the past eight years. She said the students learn to be an audience through the program, noting that many of them don’t get the chance to experience theater.
She said the students’ writings grow impressive by the end of the program. They start taking risks and stop asking “how do you spell, how do you spell?” she said. “The words just start flowing,” Torok said. Jefferson Principal Holly Kleppe said Neighborhood Bridges is part of a larger arts program at the school, which includes partnering with organizations such as the Minnesota Orchestra and the Northern Clay Center. She credited Conhaim for getting donations to help sustain those partnerships. “The arts is all about social-emotional learning,” Kleppe said. “It’s a huge part of helping our kids be whole and finding places to connect.” Michelle Kellogg, program manager of Communications, Engagement & External Relations with MPS, said all district schools have some level of community partnership, ranging from tutoring and mentoring to health services. She said the district is currently focused on partnerships that are aligned to its four core priorities of social-emotional learning, literacy, equity and student supports. Visit childrenstheatre.org/education/foreducators/neighborhood-bridges to learn more about Neighborhood Bridges.
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2018 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
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Handcrafted feather earrings A recent visit to Inspire on the skyway level of City Center, one of the boutique’s two downtown locations, inspired plenty of holiday gift ideas. But several pairs of feather earrings stood out as perfect stocking stuffers — and a steal at just $10 a pair. The come with an interesting story, too: Handcrafted in Peru from ethically sourced feathers, they were made by indigenous women living in the Amazon rainforest. The Inspire boutiques are owned and operated by Minneapolis-based Smile Network. Founded in 2003, the non-profit humanitarian organization sends volunteer medical teams around the world to perform cleft lip and cleft palate operations for children living in developing countries. Purchases at the shops not only benefit the Smile Network, they help to empower female artisans around the world. Price: $10 Where you can find it: Inspire, 108 W. 14th St. or 33 S. 6th St. (City Center, skyway level)
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‘Purple Reign’ Timberwolves jersey This gift idea does double duty, good for any local sports or music fan on your list — not that those interests are mutually exclusive. Take Prince, for example. Our dearly departed musical legend was famously — thanks in no small part to a classic “Chapelle’s Show” sketch — a better-than-decent pick-up basketball player. (He also played basketball, among other sports, as a middle and high schooler during his Minneapolis youth.) In November, the Minnesota Timberwolves suited up for the first time in their 2018–2019 season City Edition jerseys, featuring a font and color scheme that evoke Prince’s classic “Purple Rain” album, released in 1984. They not only honored a hometown hero, but did it in a building (Target Center) located kitty-corner from First Avenue, the club where Prince built a following and filmed scenes from the movie version of “Purple Rain.” Price: City Edition gear starts at $18. Jerseys are $110–$225. Where you can find it: Timberwolves Team Store, 600 N. 1st Ave. (skyway level of the Target Center)
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‘Good Rosie!’ by Kate DiCamillo and Harry Bliss Minneapolis author Kate DiCamillo’s latest children’s book tells the story of Rosie the dog and her owner, George, who veer from a life of quiet routine to make a trip to the dog park. There, Rosie confronts the challenges of making new friends. Any kid who has ever felt lonely on the playground can sympathize with terrier-sized Rosie, who doesn’t immediately take to big, slobbery Maurice or yippy, hyperactive Fifi. But she overcomes her trepidation after a few slapstick encounters with the pair, illustrated comic-book style by DiCamillo’s collaborator, Harry Bliss, whom adults may recognize from his New Yorker covers and cartoons. Downtown bookstore Milkweed Books hosted a September book release celebration and signing. As of a few days before Thanksgiving, autographed copies were still available for DiCamillo super-fans. Price: $16.99 Where you can find it: Milkweed Books, 1011 Washington Ave. S., Suite 107
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Brave New Workshop season pass This time of year, the Brave New Workshop is packing ’em into its annual holiday show, a must-see for the theater’s many fans that typically mixes new sketches with older material drawn from 60 years of performances. Featuring a cast stocked with uber-talented performers like Lauren Anderson — who ranks high on the list of funniest people in the Twin Cities — the Brave New Workshop provides plenty of reasons to return all year round. And if you or someone you know would like to make live, local sketch comedy a regular part of their life, then the theater’s season pass would make an excellent gift. Passes come in several flavors, each with perks like early access to tickets and $1 off drinks at the theater’s bar. Those who opt for “The Honorary Bowtie” — a reference to the theater’s founder, improv legend Dudley Riggs — get free admission to late-night improv performances and opportunities to mingle with the cast. (Keep in mind that BNW’s humor is aimed at adults and kids under 13 aren’t admitted to shows.) Price: $85 for one, $155 for two or $295 for four. “The Honorary Bowtie” pass is $340 and includes additional benefits. Where you can find it: bravenewworkshop.com
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Sage bundle What better gift to give around the New Year than restorative balance? For an affordable renewal to the souls of people in your life, look no further than a sage bundle from Eye of Horus Metaphysical Supplies and Gifts on Lake Street. White Sage, also known as buffalo sage or sacred sage, is used in a ritual known as smudging to wipe away negative energies from rooms, people or objects. For those less spiritually inclined, it’s also a pleasant way to change up the smell of your living space. The hand-wrapped sage bundles at Metaphysical Supplies and Gifts vary in size, and plant base. For a more Christmas-esque theme, try a cedar bundle that will make any stocking (or room when burned) smell of pine trees. Price: White Sage bundle, $4.95; Cedar bundle, $6.95. Where you can find it: Eye of Horus Metaphysical Supplies and Gifts, 910 W. Lake St.
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Time off with the family around the holidays is great, but you’re not really spending time together if you’re all in one room staring at tablets. Enter board games.
In every family or friend group, there’s one person not content with the Maxwell House drip coffee. But have no fear: Minneapolis roaster SK Coffee is here to help with three holiday coffee subscription gift packages, depending on how extravagant you want to be.
This year, among the big sellers are the Codenames series, according to Michael Russo at Universe Games in LynLake.
SK Coffee roasts their beans out of the Salty Tart bakery on Harriet Avenue just north of Lake Street in LynLake and offers subscription packages that send varieties of coffee from Latin America and Africa to customers.
Codenames is a card and board game where two teams compete, with each having a “spymaster” who gives oneword clues to the “agents” on their team that can point to multiple words on the board. Players try to guess their team’s words and avoid the words of the other team.
For the holidays, they’re offering three gift packages at different price points.
Russo said Codenames is a good family game, suitable for kids 7 and older. There are various themes to Codenames, so you can choose Harry Potter, Disney or Marvel editions, among others. If you’re looking for the classics, Russo said Catan remains king of the holiday gift season. Universe Games stocks up and sells out nearly every year.
For $90, get three 4 oz. bags of coffee, plus a three-month subscription. Each month, your caffeine fiend friend will receive an additional three 4 oz. bags of new coffee varieties to enjoy. For $110, get three 4 oz. bags of coffee, plus an SK mug and pour-over coffee dripper. For $130, get three 4 oz. bags, the mug, pour-over coffee dripper and a three-month subscription. SK coffee partner Nate Broadbridge said supplies are limited for the holiday packages, so be sure to order fast. Subscriptions are only available online, though SK Coffee does sell their beans at Salty Tart and area farmers markets. This winter you can find their beans at the Linden Hills Holiday Market. Price: $90–$130, shipping included Where to find it: skcoffee.org
Price: Codenames ranges from $19.99 to $24.99 depending on the version. Where to find it: Universe Games, 711 W. Lake St.
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Baobab candles For the person in your life with a keen eye for home decor, Julia Moss Designs in Lowry Hill is the spot for gifts that will stand out. Moss specializes in revitalizing vintage silver with color but sells a variety of pieces that can add to any living space. For the candle lovers, the Holy Grail is the Baobab collection. Massive scented candles poured into hand-blown glass from Belgium, Baobab candles will stick out and last for months. Each glass case is unique, and there are a variety of scents available. The candles range in size and price, with the largest capable of burning for 800 hours. “They’re definitely a lifestyle candle and a statement piece,” Moss said. Price: $105–$590, depending on size. Where to find it: Julia Moss Designs, 2508 Hennepin Ave.
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The Linden Hills-based children’s bookstore has several dozen recommended titles sitting in its front window display, from books for elementary students to ones for teens. Current recommended titles include the book “Saving Winslow” by Newberry Medal winner Sharon Creech and “Voyage of the Dogs” by Greg van Eekhout. Wild Rumpus also has several tables of gift boxes and a table full of holiday-themed books. The store has a buyer’s guide available in store and online at wildrumpusbooks.com, and it offers complementary gift-wrapping and shipping. In addition, patrons can buy a tote bag and receive 20 percent off all purchases on any subsequent visits. Price: Books range in cost. Where you can find it: Wild Rumpus, 2720 W. 43rd St.
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Holiday crafting at Heartfelt Inside Linden Hills’ seven-year-old craft store, parents and kids alike can create and decorate everything from fairy tree houses to Hanukkah menorahs, unicorns and beaded bracelets. Those interested in crafting don’t need to sign up ahead of time; they can stop in anytime the store is open and make their own gifts or crafts. Heartfelt provides the supplies, from beads to pipe cleaners and paints, and kids and adults alike get to use their imagination to make creations as they see fit. The store is hosting its annual Reindeer Day 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, and is hosting a preschool solstice festival 10:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m. Dec. 19 and Dec. 20 (advance registration required). The store offers extended hours in December. Price: Crafts range in price from $2–$88, though most are around $10–$25 Where you can find it: Heartfelt, 4306 Upton Ave. S.
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Keshi pearl necklace Keshi is the Japanese word for poppy, according to Jenifer Bellefleur, co-owner of New Gild Jewelers in Linden Hills. She called this strand of blush-colored pearls with metallic overtones a “rare treat,” noting that it’s strung on natural silk with a puzzle clasp in sterling silver. New Gild Jewelers provides full-service custom jewelry design and restoration, in addition to a ready-towear engagement collection and a gallery of artist-made gifts. “It’s different here, and you’ll feel it the moment you walk in our door,” Bellefleur said in an email. She and co-owner Kelsey John Lee-Karol opened the shop in spring 2017. Price: $485 (for the pearls) Where you can find it: New Gild Jewelers, 4250 Upton Ave. S.
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Bear pom hat Knit by hand in Minneapolis, the bear pom hat is made by MashaPoncho’s Sarah Williams. It’s available at I Like You in Northeast, a shop that features goods from more than 200 local or independent artists, a kids’ play area and lots of choices for little ones. There are shirts that sport the words “Gray Duck,” “Loonicorn” or “No Pants.” There are board books like “Get Dressed, Sasquatch!” and “Monster ABC,” where “B” is for Banshee and “H” is for Hobgoblin. And there are handmade dolls by Little Ren, each uniquely crafted from forgotten fabric remnants and intended to celebrate individuality and creativity. Price: $20 Where you can find it: I Like You, 501 1st Ave. NE
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Minnesota spice cookies The bakers who mill their own flour and stamp each loaf with a personal signature are making holiday cookies. Baker’s Field Flour & Bread is offering the Minnesota Spice cookie this season, inspired by a classic German cookie with cocoa, hazelnuts and a touch of heat from cayenne. The Minnesota-shaped cookies will share the shelves with foods like Red Table Meat Co.’s salami at the “Last Call” market on Dec. 22. The market will also feature pancake mix made from local grains, Linzer cookies, Dutch speculaas cookies and stollen, a bread made with whiskey, butter, hazelnut, candy lime and orange. The bakery grinds flour daily for better flavor, and the flour is stone ground for a full, sweet and nutty taste. Price: Under $10 Where you can find it: The Draft Horse at the FOOD BUILDING, 1401 Marshall St. NE
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ive years ago, Rebecca Noble joined Neighborhood Roots as the market manager of Kingfield, Fulton and Nokomis farmers markets. Since then, she has coordinated hundreds of market days, managed dozens of volunteers and supported more than a hundred local businesses. Her knowledge and dedication helped transform empty parking lots into vibrant community spaces across South Minneapolis. After five seasons with the markets, she is moving on to new adventures. All of us at Neighborhood Roots want to thank her for everything she has done to make the markets happen. We recently asked Rebecca to reflect on her time with Neighborhood Roots.
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What’s your favorite memory from your five years with Neighborhood Roots? I have a few favorite memories! The first-annual Tomato Day celebration at the Fulton Farmers Market back in 2014 was so much fun. Volunteers helped organize crafts and samples and brought toy instruments. Everyone wore red shirts and we had a parade around the market in the middle of the day. One young man even showed up with a trombone to lead the parade! Another favorite memory was the volunteer recruitment event we held to form a market operations committee for the Nokomis Farmers Market in 2016. The market was still very new, but the enthusiasm from the neighborhood was obvious. It was so great to see everyone connecting and ready to dive in and help make the market happen. I also loved the first snowy market we’ve ever had at Kingfield in October of this year! What will you miss most about working at the markets? I will miss all of the awesome volunteers and vendors and customers that I have had the privilege of working with and getting to know over the past five years. I have been constantly inspired by the commitment of our volunteers and their determination to contribute to their communities. We have so many vendors whose hard work, creativity and ingenuity is truly remarkable. I will miss all of the regular customers and friendly faces I get to see every week! What’s the most difficult part of the job? We have hundreds of vendors, customers, volunteers and sponsors who are all part of the amazing Neighborhood Roots commu-
Rebecca Noble is departing Neighborhood Roots after five years with the nonprofit. Photo by Emily Lund
nity. With so many folks involved, inevitably conflicts can arise. It can be challenging to realize that you can’t please everyone all the time — even if you really want to!
What message would you like to leave us with? We are so lucky to have awesome farmers markets in Minneapolis and amazing vendors selling at them. Farmers markets make our neighborhoods better places to live, and they present a unique and important opportunity to buy directly from local growers and food producers. It takes a whole village to make these markets possible! Be a customer, volunteer, donate, share our social media posts. Every little bit of support is a great help and essential to keeping the markets going strong. News like this is bittersweet. We will all miss working with Rebecca, but we are excited to see what the future holds for her and for Neighborhood Roots. Now we have some pretty big shoes to fill. We are currently accepting applications for our next market manager. If you enjoy working with people, spending time outside and supporting our local food system, please send a cover letter and resume to Executive Director Emily Lund at emily@ neighborhoodrootsmn.org. For more information about Neighborhood Roots and the market manager position, visit our website at neighborhoodrootsmn.org. Emily Lund is the executive director of Neighborhood Roots.
WINTER FARMERS MARKET CROSTINI Recipe by Rebecca Noble Ingredients Baguette from Sun Street Breads, sliced and toasted Spreadable goat cheese from Singing Hills Goat Dairy, LoveTree Farmstead or Cosmic Wheel Creamery (you can’t go wrong)
Pickled beets from Martha’s Joy, Brush Prairie Farm or Peter and Carmen Olive Oil Balsamic Vinegar Salt Pepper
Method Spread toasted baguette slices with goat cheese. Top the toasts with thinly sliced pickled beets. Drizzle all with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Enjoy! Pick up all these ingredients at our winter markets at Bachmans on Lyndale on Jan. 26, Feb. 23 and March 23! Visit our website for more details. MNA - UCare SWJ 112918 V3.indd 1
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isit the Mill City Farmers Market’s Winter Market for your holiday grocery and gift shopping this year. Shopping local is not only a way to find high quality food and unique presents for your loved ones, but it is also a way to support the 75-plus farmers, food makers and artists at Mill City who are making our community so special. The Winter Market runs 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Dec. 1, 8 and 15 inside the Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd St. The market will be offering recipe sampling and complimentary gift-wrapping at its Dec. 8 and 15 Winter Markets. Read on to find the perfect local gift for everybody on your nice list. — Jenny Heck
For the host Uff-dah! Your family and friends put a lot of energy into your comfort and entertainment, so why not give them a gift that will make hosting a little merrier? Pickled Brussels sprouts, spicy cucumbers, garlic and beets from Martha’s Joy, perfect for a classic relish tray or elegant crudité platter A pound of coffee beans directly sourced from Café Palmira, provide a buzz any host will love Pamper your hosts with handmade sweet basil or citrus cinnamon soaps from Olsen Naturals A seasonal wreath or bouquet of flowers from Gold Finch Flower Farm, a lovely way to say “thank you”
For the cook Let the foodies in your life indulge with the best local ingredients this holiday season: Mushroom butters and dried wild mushrooms from Cherry Tree House Mushrooms Vibrantly colorful heirloom dried beans from Bean Market Mouthwatering salami from Red Table Meat Co. paired with goat, sheep cowsmilk cheeses from the market’s four farmstead cheese makers
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Give a bouquet of “flours” and combine the wide variety of heritage flours, wild rice and pancake mix from Sunrise Flour Mill
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For the crafter Your crafty friends and relatives will appreciate the time and craftsmanship that goes into each one of these beautiful products from our featured artists. Hand-crafted bracelets, necklaces and rings from five local jewelry makers Knit hats, mittens, purses and even iPad covers from Barn Swallow Garden Upcycled mittens, tote bags and more
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‘A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD’
AMY RICE: ‘ROOT DOWN’ It may be cold and wintery outside, but Amy Rice brings a little spring into your life with “Root Down” at Groveland Gallery. The exhibition brings out the local artist’s love of nature, with a full spectrum of colors that come to life in her paintings of wildflowers and fauna, birds, bugs and fields. Rice’s solo show will be on view in conjunction with a group exhibition called “Sense of Place,” featuring eleven Groveland artists taking inspiration from nature.
When: Through Jan. 19. Reception is noon–5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1. Where: Groveland Gallery, 25 Groveland Terrace Cost: Free • Info: grovelandgallery.com
Youth Performance Company brings Arnold Lobel’s beloved characters to life in “A Year with Frog and Toad.” Robert and Willie Reale’s adaptation of the story first premiered at the Children’s Theatre Company 16 years ago before heading to Broadway for a Tony-nominated run. Now, young actors from Youth Performance Company take on the amphibian odd couple through four seasons in a new imagining of the heartwarming musical.
When: Nov. 30–Dec. 17 Where: Howard Conn Fine Arts Center, 1900 Nicollet Ave. Cost: Tickets are $12 for children and seniors, $15 for adults Info: youthperformanceco.org
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‘MY KAHAANI’ What do you do when you have a winning formula? Change it up, of course. Bollywood Dance Scene Twin Cities found wild success at the Minnesota Fringe Festival with their largecast extravaganzas of Bollywood song, dance and storytelling for several years before trying something completely new this last year. “My Kahaani,” kept a Bollywood flavor but with a completely different format, and the troupe got positive response. Now they are taking their success outside of the Fringe, with a run of “My Kahaani” at the Bryant-Lake Bowl.
Cozy up at the Warming House, the East Harriet music venue that has fast become a hotspot for intimate listening. It’s the perfect spot for Ice Palace and The Starfolk, two bands that offer a melancholy vibe that thrives in a smaller space. It’s the kind of music that you’ll want to sink into a bit and allow yourself to soak in the sounds.
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When: Through Feb. 9. Reception is 6:30 p.m.–9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30. Where: Highpoint Center for Printmaking, 912 W. Lake St. Cost: Free Info: highpointprintmaking.org
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‘HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS!’ Reed Sigmund reprises his high-energy comic portrayal of Dr. Seuss’ miserly Grinch in this Children’s Theatre Company production directed by Peter C. Brosius. When: Through Jan. 6 Where: Children’s Theatre Company, 2400 3rd Ave. S. Cost: $15–$91 Info: childrenstheatre.org
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KALEIDOSCOPE: A SPARKLING HOLIDAY SPECTACLE! It’s a drag, burlesque and circusfilled holiday show for adults, with live music and plenty of sexpositive, inclusive fun. When: Dec. 7–23 Where: Lush, 990 Central Ave. NE Cost: $20 Info: lushmpls.com
‘THE WICKHAMS’ Playwrights Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon find new delights in the world created by Jane Austin in their latest sequel to “Pride and Prejudice.” “The Wickams” follows last year’s “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley” and once again checks in on the Pemberley world during the holidays, this time highlighting servants of the household. When: Through Nov. 30 Where: Jungle Theater, 2951 Lyndale Ave. S. Cost: $45–$55 Info: jungletheater.com
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f it has ever happened before, I don’t recall it. I actually had to rewrite my column because fall came and went so fast there was really nothing to say about it any longer. I managed to get some of my garden beds cut back. But most of the leaves, which we usually mulch with our mower and toss around the yard, are frozen to the ground where they fell, and I guess they will pretty much stay there until spring. Oh well. Time to gear up for winter. If you’re like me and you didn’t manage to get some of the bulbs you bought into the ground, this is a good time to ready them for indoor bloom. The idea, known as “forcing,” essentially involves tricking bulbs into believing that winter is over and it’s time to wake up. Tulips, daffodils, amaryllis and hyacinth are the bulbs you usually see available on store shelves for indoor bloom. But it’s easy to force many others, like anemone, scilla, crocus and dwarf irises. Here’s how. First, choose which bulbs you’d like to have blooming indoors in the next few months. Part of your decision may be based on how long some cold-hardy bulbs need to be chilled. Keeping bulbs cool for a period of time encourages them to produce new roots before flowering. Amaryllis and paperwhites don’t need to be chilled, but anemone and crocus need a cold treatment of eight–10 weeks. Scilla and snowdrops need about 10–12 weeks and, depending on their type, hyacinth, daffodils, tulips and narcissus need anywhere from 12–18 weeks. People who live in more temperate climates — so just about everybody — have an easier time cold treating bulbs than we do because they can keep them outdoors. But it can be done here.
Some gardeners use space in an unheated attic or cold(ish) room in the basement. I don’t have those options, so I chill bulbs in a little refrigerator we have downstairs. As long as temps stay below 40°F, the bulbs will be happy. You can chill them in your main fridge too.
Just be sure there is no fresh fruit in there with them, because the ethylene gas the fruit gives off as it ripens will hamper the flowering process. As they chill in storage, the bulbs will produce white roots that will turn green once they are exposed to sunlight. To save space,
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