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ROBOTICS Rubies help mentor teams across city By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
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eople in high school robotics like to talk about the concept of “coopertition,” or teams working to help one another despite being competitors. Perhaps no team embodies that more than the Rubies of Southwest High School. The all-girls team mentored five new Minneapolis Public Schools robotics teams this fall as they prepared for competition. They also mentored two Lego league teams and helped at robotics tournaments. A couple team members worked with students at a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) summer camp this summer. It’s all part of an effort to get more students interested in STEM and to make an
impact on their community, team members say. “We want everyone to have the same access to the programs we’ve had,” said Isabella Kemling, a 10th-grader. “We want to give back to the same people who helped us,” 10th-grader Ava Kian added. That desire goes back to the team’s origins. The six team members participated in Lego league together at Lake Harriet Elementary School, where they met a successful all-girls robotics team from Lakeville. That inspired them to start their own robotics team last year.
Met Council facing deficit in t ansportation budget Fare revenues and service reductions considered By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
Metropolitan Council is facing a $89-million projected deficit in its 2018–2019 transportation budget, and that may mean fare increases or reduced bus and light rail service are on the horizon for Twin Cities transit users. The deficit is due to a projected shortfall in the motor vehicle sales tax, a major source of revenue for the council’s Metro Transit opera-
tions. It takes an estimated six to nine months to institute fare increases or service cutbacks, but the public engagement required to make those changes is expected to start soon. “I would say it was, on the one hand, not a surprise that there was a shortfall, but on the other hand, the shock was for us was SEE MET COUNCIL / PAGE A19
5 Rubies robotics team members Isabella Kemling and Ava Kian work on their robot over winter break. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
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Palmisano hosts Islamophobia forum Panelists urge supporters to speak out By Sheila Regan
The rise in hateful rhetoric, harassment and abuse directed at Muslims here and across the country prompted a frank discussion at Southwest High School on Dec. 12, in a forum organized by Ward 13 City Council Member Linea Palmisano in coordination with her colleague Abdi Warsame. Moderated by Palmisano, the forum involved panelists Warsame, who represents Ward 6 on the City Council, as well as Congressman Keith Ellison, community
leader Yusra Arab and musician and youth minister David Scherer. The four discussed ways residents can act up against Islamophobia in all its forms. Starting out the forum, the Muslim members of the panel shared their own experiences with Islamophobia, which, for Ellison and Arab, have gotten much worse in the last few years. “A lot of people think that Islamophobia SEE ISLAMOPHOBIA / PAGE A11
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From Piccolo to Esker Grove One of the dishes served at the Dec. 12 opening party for Esker Grove, the new Walker Art Center restaurant designed by Doug Flicker, who is closing Piccolo in East Harriet. Photo by Sheila Regan
It’s endings and beginnings for revered chef Doug Flicker and his wife, Amy Greely, who announced in December their award-winning restaurant, Piccolo, is set to close. While foodies will surely despair at the loss of the fine dining establishment, it also marks the beginning of new things for both Flicker and Greely, and for the space, where two former staff members will start up a new venture. “It’s very emotional but I wouldn’t say it’s sad,” said Greely, who runs the business end of things, while Flicker focuses on the art of food. “Sometimes when a restaurant closes, you have to close. We don’t have to, but we are choosing to for many reasons.” According to Greely, the dining scene in the Twin Cities has changed a lot in the last seven years. With the closing of other fine dining restaurants like La Belle Vie, Saffron, and Heartland, “we could stay open for another year or two, but we definitely see the patterns of people only coming for their birthday, or for their anniversary,” Greely said. Meanwhile, “you don’t have to go to fine dining to get that kind of food anymore,” said Greely. “A lot of people are doing farm to table, the fresh food, the more interesting things. The accessibility to really good food is kind of everywhere right now.”
But change isn’t always bad. With the closing of Piccolo comes new adventures for the couple, including a new consultancy at the Walker Art Center. They’re working through the management company Culinaire, who also run Fika and Sea Change at other arts institutions in town. “They are a great company that focuses on quality,” Greely said. “They want museums to represent what they are, and find the people that can make that happen.” Flicker wrote the menu for Esker Grove, the Walker’s new restaurant, set the theme and hired the staff. He’ll be a consultant there for five years, but “won’t be the guy that will be there five days a week,” Greely said. Meanwhile, Piccolo will switch hands to a couple of Flicker’s former staff, Cameron Cecchini and Grisha Hammes. “They are making it even smaller,” Greely said, describing a 16-seat restaurant with a bar and an open kitchen and no servers. Meanwhile, Greely and Flicker still own the building and have their eyes out for the next opportunity. “We would like to open another place, but it has to be the right place on our terms,” she said. “Piccolo was Doug’s dream and it was on his own terms. Change is hard, but change is good.”
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Fans of restaurants in the Eat Street area have a chance to try their hand at making their favorite dishes with a new cookbook put out by Zeus Jones. The branding firm moved into their current space on Nicollet Avenue about six months ago. “We wanted to get to know our neighbors and also just share what was interesting about this neighborhood,” said Dana Bedessem, a strategist with Zeus Jones. “We thought, what better way to get to know the neighborhood and share what’s great about it?” In the process of making the book, the designers discovered a whole lot about the area. “I think what was most surprising to us through the creation of this cookbook was really the entrepreneurial spirit, and the stories and the camaraderie, and just how close-knit this community is,” Bedessem said. Robert Scoro, an applied anthropologist and strategist with the company, said that he remembers the neighborhood from 15 years ago, when the Zeus Jones building was still a police precinct. “There’s a lot of historic diversity,” Scoro said. “One of the things that came up time and time again was how a lot of the history of this neighborhood is about woman-owned and immigrant-owned businesses.” What’s more, longtime business owners like Tammy Wong, owner of Rainbow Chinese and Erich Christ, of The Black Forest, who have been around from before the area was even called Eat Street, “are nurturing and supportive
of the younger influences in the neighborhood,” he said. While some of the recipes found in the book can be found on menus at the local restaurants, that’s not true for all of them, Scoro said. For example, the book has a recipe for fried wild rice courtesy Tammy Wong. “We had to make it from scratch in order to photograph it,” said Scoro. For the recipes they had to make from scratch, they used the community kitchen at the Wedge Table, another one of Zeus Jones’ new neighbors. The book is being sold at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Greater Goods gift shop and Magers & Quinn Booksellers, and it will also be available online. Proceeds from the sales of the book all go to Whittier Alliance.
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Mauter is Quincy’s second challenger after Jeremy Schroeder, who also works in a leadership position at a local nonprofit. Schroeder, who lives across Interstate-35W in the Diamond Lake neighborhood, is policy director for Minnesota Housing Partnership. A member of Quincy’s staff confirmed earlier in December that he plans to seek a third term in office, following his election in 2009 and re-election in 2013. Both his challengers are making their first attempts to win elective office. Asked why she believes Ward 11 needs a change in leadership, Mauter said “the incumbent has been good enough so far,” but a rapidly changing national political environment needs a different kind of council member. She said “keeping our cities safe and functional” requires “proactive” leadership. “‘Proactive’ means to me, if I support the $15 minimum wage, I am out talking to all the stakeholders that are involved in that,” she said. “I am actively engaging my constituents in that conversation. I am letting my constituents know what work I am doing on that front.” Asked about political role models, Mauter named two women at the state Capitol: Rep. Peggy Flanagan of St. Louis Park, a former Minneapolis Board of Education member who won her seat in 2015, and Ilhan Omar, the representative-elect from Minneapolis who is the country’s first Somali-American elected to a state legislature. Mauter worked on Omar’s campaign and said she admired her positivity and her dedication to all the members of her diverse constituency, which includes both a large East African immigrant population and University of Minnesota students. “As I think about what I want for Minneapolis going forward, the demographics of the country and the demographics of our city are changing, and I think it’s incredibly important for our leadership to reflect that,” she said. “… I look forward to living in a Minneapolis where the leadership reflects the constituency.”
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Andrea Jenkins to seek open Ward 8 seat A familiar presence at City Hall after 12 years as a Minneapolis City Council policy aide, Andrea Jenkins announced in December she plans to seek the Ward 8 seat being left open by the departure of Elizabeth Glidden. Glidden announced in December she would not seek re-election to a fourth term in 2017. Jenkins, who used work for Glidden, is the first to step up and attempt to fill the void. “I have a broad understanding of the issues that are impacting the ward,” said Jenkins, who lives and has owned a home in the Bryant neighborhood for 16 years. “I want to build on the equity work that Council Member Glidden has initiated and has been working on for the past four years and really bring true equity to the 8th Ward and the city of Minneapolis.” Jenkins, who grew up in Chicago and moved to Minneapolis to attend the University of Minnesota, holds a master’s degree in community economic development. She worked with former City Council Member Robert Lilligren before joining Glidden’s office. She is also a poet and in 2015 left City Hall to lead the University of Minnesota’s Transgender Oral History Project. Jenkins said, as a transgender woman of color, she has a “deeply held belief if we can make life better for the most marginalized in our society, we can make life better for everybody.” But she said she didn’t want to make her identity the focal point of her campaign. Instead, she’s running because she sees cities playing a critical role in the uncertain political landscape of a Donald Trump presidency. “At this moment in political discourse in our country, I think that cities are going to be our main resistance to totalitarianism, to authoritarianism, to all of the really horrible, horrific cuts that are getting ready to come down to cities,” Jenkins said. She said she supports a $15 minimum wage — an issue that may come to a vote in the first half of next year, before a new council is sworn into office. She said the next Ward 8 representative would have to stay on top of significant transit
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Prince of peace Roland Charles Walsh gives the peace sign in and out of utero, 2016. Photo collage by Heather Walsh
where. I got myself a tattoo on my wrist when I was drunk: LIFE IS STILL SWEET. It’s a damn good reminder.” And how. As Hall sang and played guitar and harmonica last Friday night, I scanned the room and my heart, finding smiling faces and a new beat, respectively, on the last week of an all-time tumultuous year. At the moment 2016 is being remembered as the year that gave us the deaths of Prince, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and many others, the rise and election of Donald Trump and a new window into humanity’s dark side. My year reflected the tumult, and I often felt pummeled by the macro world, but it also brought hard-won growth, healing, wisdom, acceptance and a newfound albeit sometimes shaky dedication to keep on keeping on in the face of so much uncertainty. In this space the day after Trump’s election I wrote about the “Thanks I needed that” list I’ve been keeping, of the irrefutable good things to keep in mind while bad news dominates, and “Life Is Still Sweet” is its theme song. In the same year that Trump took power, I and my family went through difficult, amazing and hard-loving times, and I learned more than ever about love, myself and the human condition. Everybody hung on, and in August a child was born unto us, one Roland Charles Walsh, to my beautiful nephew Matt and his beautiful bride Heather. Roland was named for the peacekeeping and lovespreading gunslinger Roland Deschain of Gilead from Stephen King’s “Dark Tower” series, and for my maternal grandfather Roland, of whom my mother wrote on her Facebook page on Dec. 18 of last year, “My father, Roland Hanna, was born on this day in 1890. For those of you who are his descendants [and who] did not know him, he was a kind and gentle man. RIP, Dad.” “And today,” she updated it with last week, “I had the good fortune to hold his namesake. Life is good.” And how. The truth is, as sinister forcews took up residence in the White House and an unprecedented malaise gripped the world, every time Roland’s smiling little face came up on my screen my heart was filled with a great uncle’s hope and joy and my brain was reminded that life is indeed still sweet, that miracles happen every minute and that new life and new love is all around us if only we keep our minds and hearts open. No mean feat, of course. The First Truth of Buddhism’s Four Noble Truths is “all life is suffering, pain and misery.” America in particular is learning as much at the moment, and will continue to in the coming weeks and years, which is where the “still” in “Life Is Still Sweet” comes in: No matter what happens, no matter how many evil forces abound, no matter how crappy your crappy day is going, there are innumerable good reasons to get up in the morning, count blessings and live a life of light, love and possibility.
No matter what happens, no matter how many evil forces abound, no matter how crappy your crappy day is going, there are innumerable good reasons to get up in the morning, count blessings and live a life of light, love and possibility.
To wit: Accompanying this column is a photo of little Roland flashing what looks to be the peace sign from the womb, and again more recently. It popped up on my phone not long after Marcellus Hall, Washburn High School class of 1982, sang his guts out into me and every lucky soul in that snowglobe-y room. On Christmas day I got to hold Roland again, and, much like the power of holding my own kids when they were his age, an unmistakable and almost metaphysical peace took hold. Good medicine, to be sure. So for anyone with the Trumpism blues, even if you’re alone, even if you feel like all hope is lost and that humanity is on the ropes, do what I did: Play White Hassle’s “Life Is Still Sweet” 20 times in a row (youtube.com/watch?v=4gnlRJpFRzU) and stare at the prince of peace photo and let it be. Jim Walsh lives and grew up in South Minneapolis. He can be reached at jimwalsh086@gmail.com
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Moments in Minneapolis
Dressed for the Season Looking east on Lake Street towards Hennepin Avenue
The Hennepin-Lake intersection in Uptown was dressed for the season in this photograph from Hennepin History Museum’s collection. On the far left is the Hove’s grocery store, now Lunds & Byerlys. Also on the left is the old Rainbow Café. Founded in 1919, the Rainbow was a local icon and a popular destination for diners from across the Twin Cities. Both buildings remain today, although the parking lot in the middle has been replaced by retail and office space. Image and text provided by Hennepin History Museum. Learn more at hennepinhistory.org.
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Congressman Keith Ellison spoke at a forum on Islamophobia. The other panelists were David Scherer, City Council Member Abdi Warsame and Yusra Arab. Photo by Sheila Regan FROM ISLAMOPHOBIA / PAGE A1
kicked into gear after 9/11, but that’s actually not true” Ellison said. “After 9/11, we had a president — who I disagreed with over almost everything — who did go to a Muslim mosque, who did say we were not going to tolerate antiMuslim hate. It was a few years after that when Islamophobia really took off.” Ellison said Islamophobia was cultivated by an industry that manufactures and propagates anti-Muslim hate, and there’s been an increase seen in the last two presidential elections. Here in Minnesota, a number of incidents have happened recently, including in 2015 when Asma Jama, a Somali-American Muslim, was attacked with a beer mug at a Coon Rapids Applebee’s restaurant. At the University of Minnesota this fall, vandals spray-painted “Isis” over a Washington Avenue Bridge panel designed by the Muslim Students Association. Meanwhile, 3,000 Muslim students and 1,500 Jewish students still don’t have halal and kosher meal options on campus, according to J. Cody Nielsen, a campus United Methodist chaplain who attended the forum. Arab, who grew up in Minnesota, says she never felt different from her peers when she was young. Back then, she didn’t cover her hair or dress as modestly as she does now, but even so, she says she wasn’t impacted personally even by the aftermath of 9/11. Now, it’s a different story, especially with the things that politicians have said over the course of an election year that she calls “unimaginable.” Her 7-year-old daughter stayed up all night on Election Day, she said. “It was the first time I actually had fear,” Arab said. “I had to calm myself down.” For Arab, being a Muslim-American woman who covers up means that she’s constantly identifiable for her religion. “You see me a mile away, and you know what faith I’m in,” she said. “You never know what person will believe what they see on TV.” Warsame shared his story of growing up in London after his family had to flee Mogadishu during the Somali Civil War. Warsame remembers racism in London all too well. “I remember swastika graffiti on our house,” he said. After 9/11, things got much worse, when even his name became something people feared. “You are now black and Muslim, and it is a double count against you,” he said, “even though you spent your life in the West, and you thought in English and dreamt in English and were as English as anyone else.” The panelists had some advice for how to fight fear. They enthused over the use of safety pins to show solidarity with Muslims, as well as efforts by church leaders and others to
build connections not only between people of different faiths but between urban and rural residents, too. Arab said one of the simplest things you can do is get to know someone. “Say ‘Hi’ as you go down the street,” she said. “Try to get information from people that actually live it.” Becoming friends with someone who is different than you, she added, helps you not to be afraid anymore. “Bigotry is in the heart, not in the mind,” Warsame said. “To overcome it, we need to build relationships.” The panelists also urged allies to be vocal in their support. For example, Ellison commended those non-Muslim people who posted lawn signs wishing Muslims a “Blessed Ramadan” during the faith’s holy month in June. “The first time I saw the signs, I felt a little misty,” Ellison said. “I thought, wow, these are our neighbors.” Not speaking out, on the other hand, can have disastrous consequences, and Ellison had harsh words for leaders at the University of Minnesota who have not come out strongly enough against hate speech. “Honestly, I think there have been a number of incidents that the president needed to speak out on, and regents did too, but they just have been silent,” Ellison said, referring to University President Eric Kaler and the school’s 12-member governing body. “It seems like the University is so consumed with getting the next corporate contract that the welfare of student life is just not front and center. … If the administration would just speak up and say, ‘This is a welcoming environment and we are going to re-enforce that,’ I think it would go a long way.” After the forum, Somali students from Southwest High School said they were very concerned about Islamophobia coming from their peers. Qalid Hussein, who is part of a spoken word group at the school, said he wishes more students had attended. “I know I have homework, but I really wanted to be here,” Hussein said. “I know we need to get adults to understand what we are going through, but we also should get the students who made these racist remarks, too.” Hussein said he’d heard two white students using the N-word in the school’s hallways. “They were just doing it because of popular culture, and that’s the thing now,” he said. “It’s been ingrained that this word doesn’t have meaning. I want them to understand that that word shouldn’t just be used without knowing the meaning behind it.”
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School Board passes sanctuary resolution The Minneapolis Board of Education passed a resolution Dec. 13 that bars district staff, contractors, volunteers and representatives from coordinating with federal immigration officials to deport people who are undocumented. The resolution passed unanimously on a voice vote. Board members Jenny Arneson, Nelson Inz and Siad Ali introduced the resolution, which also bars people associated with the district from inquiring about a student’s or a parent’s immigration status. The resolution reinforces current district policy, Arneson said, adding that it’s not the district’s policy to enquire about a person’s documented status. “We really want to make sure it’s our mission to educate every student who comes through our doors,” she said. “… We know that in this climate, that is not the message that everyone is receiving, which is why we think it’s important for our board to say it.” Immigration officers are referred to the Office of the General Counsel if they inquire about a student’s status, Arneson said. The office requires the agencies to demonstrate “appropriate authority” before giving up any information, according to General Counsel Amy Moore. Arneson said it’s pretty rare for immigration officials to ask the district for information. The resolution came a month after the election of Donald Trump, who campaigned in
part on a promise to deport undocumented immigrants. School Board members voiced approval for the resolution in discussion before the vote. Ali, an immigrant, said the U.S. has and will continue to be a country of immigrants, noting that he wants all students to feel safe in MPS. Board member Don Samuels recalled his own experience of immigrating to the U.S., noting how the stress was so bad that even passing a police officer on the street caused angst. Board member Tracine Asberry said the current situation is different than the situation for past immigrants who came to the U.S, noting how they were able to “become white.” “It’s such a bold and outrageous sense of hatred and denial of humanity and connectedness,” Asberry said. “There’s so much fear, and when people are afraid, things happen.” Superintendent Ed Graff said he would reach out to Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau about coordination on the policy with MPS school resource officers. Speakers at the meeting voiced support for the resolution, stressing that schools should be a safe place for students and their families. Wellstone International High School social worker Marisol Campusano said students came to school crying and thinking they would need to go somewhere else during the week after the election. She said the resolution would help
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students feel safe in school. Parent Patricia Almaraz, who emigrated to the U.S. 17 years ago and is not a citizen, has four kids in MPS, all of whom are citizens. She said her kids have felt stressed about their parents’ status. “They feel overwhelmed,” she said. “They feel stressed, alone.” A parent named Maribel, who did not want to give her last name, said she and her kids also worry about their family being divided. “Now I have to conduct my life with a lot more caution,” she said through Briana MacPhee, a cultural liaison with MPS. MacPhee said students were still afraid, even more than four weeks after the election, noting the uncertainty that still exists. Deputy Education Officer Elia DimayugaBruggeman said she’s telling students they must go on as usual. She said she’s continuing to advise them to apply for deferred-action status, despite Donald Trump’s promise to repeal the program, and for Minnesota’s DREAM Act, which allows undocumented students to access financial aid for higher education. Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges in November released a statement saying that Minneapolis police officers “will not do the work of the federal government” and Immigration and Customs Enforcement when it comes to immigration status. City code already bars officers from such work.
Board approves levy increase of 2.78 percent The Minneapolis Board of Education in December approved a 2017 levy of nearly $191 million. The levy is a 2.78-percent increase from the 2016 levy of more than $185 million. It is less than the 4.59-percent increase the district initially projected, however. Chief Financial Officer Ibrahima Diop said the state recalculated the district’s maximum levy after the referendum passed last month. The referendum will provide the district about $74 million in revenue, or $1,604.31 per pupil, this year. The renewed referendum will increase each year by the rate of inflation and will last nine years.
Achieve Minneapolis receives top ranking
Special-education teacher residency
Achieve Minneapolis has been rated among the top five K–12 education foundations in the U.S. for a second straight year. The nonprofit partner of Minneapolis Public Schools ranked third on the 2016 list by the Caruthers Institute, an education think tank. The study ranked foundations based on categories such as revenue, grant and program
MPS will partner with the University of St. Thomas on a special education teacher-residency program, it announced this month. The 15-month program is open to MPS employees with a bachelor’s degree who are interested in special education. Residents will take classes at St. Thomas and co-teach at a Minneapolis school.
expenses and volunteers. Achieve Minneapolis runs career and college readiness programs, hosts public education events and manages donations and funds for the district. It ranked fifth in the Caruthers Institute’s 2015 rankings.
Residents will receive a $26,000 stipend, have reduced tuition and will be eligible for district benefits. They will earn a master’s degree and teaching license in special education. Applications are open Jan. 4 and are due March 3, and the program will start in June. Visit humanresources.mpls.k12.mn.us/ spedresidency to learn more.
Feds approve next step for Southwest light rail The project is on-track to begin construction in 2017
By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
The Federal Transit Administration on Dec. 21 granted approval for the Southwest Light Rail Transit Project to enter into the engineering phase, one of the last steps before construction of the 14.5-mile line is scheduled to begin in 2017. Project staff at the Metropolitan Council can now finalize designs for the $1.86-billion project, which extends the Green Line from Minneapolis to Eden Prairie. The project office is expected to put out a call for bids on the construction contract in early 2017, according to Met Council. “The continued confidence and support from the FTA underscores this project’s strength as an efficient and effective way to connect people with jobs and expand opportunities in our region,” Met Council Chair Adam Duininck said in a statement issued by the agency. FTA support is critical to SWLRT. The Met Council is expecting a $928.8-million federal grant through the FTA to cover half of project costs.
Local funding commitments to the project were finally secured in August when, in a deal brokered by Duininck and Gov. Mark Dayton, the Met Council partnered with the Counties Transit Improvement Board and Hennepin County to cover a $144.5-million gap. The deal was required when lawmakers in St. Paul could not agree to fulfill the state’s 10-percent funding commitment to the project. As a part of the plan, Met Council and CTIB together will issue $103.5 million in certificates of participation this summer to finance a portion of construction costs. That step could be avoided if state lawmakers come to an agreement on SWLRT funding, but that prospect became even less likely with Republican victories in state legislative races in November. Another key hurdle was overcome in 2016 when the FTA released the final environmental impact statement on the SWLRT project. The project still faces a federal lawsuit filed by Lakes
The Southwest Light Rail Transit Project would extend the Green Line 14.5 miles to Eden Praire. File photo
and Parks Alliance of Minneapolis, a citizens group that contends Met Council had inappropriately settled on a final alignment for the light rail project before completing the environmental review.
That ongoing lawsuit hasn’t slowed work on SWLRT, which is expected to carry its first passengers in 2021. A Met Council-hosted open house in December drew more than 230 construction contractors interested in bidding on the SWLRT project. According to the agency, the project is expected to create about 7,500 construction jobs. The contract for civil construction — including the 29 miles of track, 15 stations, eight park-and-ride facilities and 29 new bridges — is one of the five major contracts the SWLRT project office is set to award. Others are for light rail systems, including power, signaling and communications equipment; construction of a two-story, 162,000-square-foot operations and maintenance facility in Hopkins; an initial order of 27 light rail vehicles, plus up to 50 additional vehicles; and fare collection equipment.
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Rubies robotics team members (from left to right) Ava Kian, Isabella Kemling, Izzie Mack and Rachel Springer take a photo with members of the Minneapolis Urban Robotics Alliance. Photo courtesy Patrick Henry robotics FROM ROBOTICS/ PAGE A1
The team earned a trip to the state tournament last year and won an award for their programming and sensors. Team members said their goal this year was to help expand the number of teams in Minneapolis, a task for which they had a partner at Patrick Henry High School. Patrick Henry received a $27,000 grant this year from the national robotics association FIRST to start five new teams in the district. The Rubies provided weekly mentoring to the new teams in addition to “Robotics 101” workshops on Saturdays. The new teams were able to successfully build robots and compete with them last month, despite a shortened timeframe. “It was invaluable to have their expertise,” Patrick Henry robotics advisor David Sylvestre said of the Rubies. “They were able to kind of
cut through a lot of the complexity to make it simpler for the students.” The Rubies said the other students had good attitudes, were motivated to learn and had fun. “They kept going and kept trying, kept asking questions and kept being eager to learn,” Kemling said.
Strengthening Minneapolis robotics The Rubies are one of 17 teams in the Minneapolis Urban Robotics Alliance, a consortium founded last year. The goal, Sylvestre said, is to increase participation in robotics and public awareness of it, as well as to build the strength and competitiveness of urban teams. “The big idea is to learn from each other and strengthen Minneapolis robotics,” said
12th-grader Jared Voight, the captain of one of three Patrick Henry teams, called Herobotics. Minneapolis begins STEM programming for students as early as kindergarten with genderspecific afterschool and summer programs known as GEMS and GISE. Those programs are in 46 Minneapolis schools and reach over 2,400 students in kindergarten through eighth grade, GEMS and GISE coordinator Melinda Stapley said. Students learn robotics in the fall, a season that ends with a Lego league competition. The whole program is project based, Stapley said, allowing students to practice what they’ve learned through practical tasks. Sylvestre said applying for the FIRST grant stemmed from a desire to retain students from the GEMS and GISE programs, many of who drop out of robotics before high school. He also saw it as an opportunity to connect with students from diverse backgrounds who may be underrepresented in robotics. He said that a couple years ago, a team of mostly girls was harassed at a competition because of their hijabs. That’s in direct conflict with the values of FIRST, which promotes diversity and inclusion, he said. “We felt real strongly (the need) to be able to say, ‘There’s a place in robotics for young women and for everyone,’” Sylvestre said.
‘Our social life’ Girls continue to be a minority in high school robotics, but they are having an impact. Last year, there were nine all-girls teams out of 169 in the Rubies’ division, called FIRST Tech Challenge. Eight of them made the state tournament. Cheryl Moeller, executive director of the nonprofit High Tech Kids, which runs FIRST Tech Challenge and Lego League programming in Minnesota, said that girls who participate in robotics give it their all, as it’s a bit “outside of the box” for women to identify as “techie.” “If they step outside of their own comfort zone, they are willing to explore new ideas and
We want to show that with hard work and persistence, a girl’s team can compete, achieve success and earn respect for both technical and management skills. — The Rubies
work hard,” she wrote in an email. The Rubies said they find motivation to succeed from their desire to end the stereotype that all-girls teams are only good at the outreach and documentations aspects of robotics. They said they hope to empower all young people, especially girls, to engage in STEM. “We want to show that with hard work and persistence, a girl’s team can compete, achieve success and earn respect for both technical and management skills,” they wrote in an email. The Rubies already have qualified for state this year and are hoping to be one of the Minnesota teams to make the national tournament in April. It’s a task for which they meet almost daily in the home of team member Rachel Springer, whose basement they’ve turned into a robotics laboratory. Springer said participating in the program has been rewarding, noting that she’s learning both technical and soft skills such as teamwork. The team also built its own website, maintains an active social media presence and does outreach, such as STEM advocacy and courting sponsors. That’s meant plenty of long days for the Rubies, who are also involved in extracurricular activities at school. “We haven’t pulled any all-nighters yet,” Kian said.
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LEGISLATORS TALK ENERGY POLICY AT PRE-SESSION FORUM Investments in transportation and land-use planning are two key ways legislators can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Rep. Frank Hornstein said at a forum this month. Transportation is the fastest-growing source of greenhouse gas emissions, said Hornstein, a DFLer who represents Southwest Minneapolis. Implementing more purposeful design in cities could help curb emissions, too, he added. “That’s where we’re going to get the biggest bang for our buck in terms of reducing greenhouse gases,” he said. Hornstein’s comments came at the annual legislative preview event hosted by the nonprofit Environmental InitiaHornstein tive, which looks to collaborate on environmental action to strengthen the economy. Ten Minnesota legislators participated, including Hornstein, Sen. Scott Dibble, DFLMinneapolis, and several prominent Republican legislators. The Republicans advocated for an energy policy that includes renewables and traditional sources such as coal Dibble and nuclear. They called for regulatory reform of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, among other agencies, noting that many regulations are burdensome for businesses in their districts. “The EPA has promulgated a lot of rules that have hurt companies,” said Rep. Mark Uglem, R-Champlin. There are good reasons for some federal regulations, he said, but “who better to make the best decisions than those people right here?” The DFL panelists, meanwhile, said climate change is something on which society needs
to take action. They said climate change could have disastrous affects on future generations and expressed concern about environmental progress under a Donald Trump presidency. “As long as we’re in denial, we can’t make the policies that are necessary to move us forward,” Hornstein said. Rep. Rick Hansen, DFL-South St. Paul, said he expects the federal government to shed responsibilities under Trump, which could lead to regulations differing state by state. He also predicted the state Legislature would be reacting to the federal government’s changes during the upcoming session. Sen. John Marty, DFL-Roseville, said society should be more concerned about fossil fuels and climate, noting that 97 percent of climate scientists say change will have a catastrophic impact on future generations. He said the federal government would not be able to throw out sustainable-energy policies, however, because of the number of jobs they have created. Minnesota alone employs more than 15,000 people in the clean-energy sector, according to the state’s Environmental Quality Board. The state generated 86 percent of its energy from coal and nuclear in 2005, compared to 65 percent in 2015. Just 6 percent came from renewables in 2005, compared to 21 percent in 2015. The MPCA projects the state will be at 37 percent renewable energy by 2030, well ahead of the 25 percent goal set in the 2007 Next Generation Energy Act. Dibble said he thinks the state should increase that goal. Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, said the push toward natural gas and wind energy in Minnesota had come at the expense of coal and natural gas. He cautioned against relying too much on one source of energy, something with which Sen. Dave Osmek, R-Mound, said he agreed. “There is a place for coal in Minnesota,” he said. “There is a place for solar. There is a place for wind.”
Legislators also addressed the rural/urban divide in Minnesota politics, after a presidential election in which Democrat Hillary Clinton won just nine of Minnesota’s 87 counties, all of them in more urban areas. The state Legislature has also become increasingly divided, with metro-area Minnesotans voting for Democrats and outstate Minnesotans voting for Republicans. Rep. Dan Fabian, R-Roseau, said his constituents feel like people in the Twin Cities don’t care about their opinions. Rep. Jason Rarick, R-Pine City, said people have to be able to put themselves in each other’s shoes in order to bridge the gap. Hansen said the rural-urban divide is a successful campaign mechanism that will be intensified as long as it’s rewarded. He said he doesn’t see it changing unless “we acknowledge there are differences in how money is raised.” There were areas on which Democrats and Republicans agreed, however. Garofalo said he’s an enthusiast for clean technology in automobiles, noting that the Department of Justice’s settlement with Volkswagen provides incentive opportunities to convert diesel engines to clean engines. Hornstein, also an electric-car enthusiast, talked about the importance of providing the infrastructure to allow people to utilize electric vehicles. “This is the kind of thinking we need to have in order to move this fledgling industry forward,” he said. Garofalo said natural gas and propanepowered vehicles should also be part of the solution. He said he was frustrated the state is “wasting” $15 million on the Made in Minnesota solar program, money he said should be repurposed. The Legislature in 2013 established the program, which gives incentives to people who install solar panels manufactured in Minnesota. It has an annual budget of up to $15 million for 10 years. Garofalo said he’d expect the program would
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Park Board evaluates using goats to control invasive plants Since launching an investigation last spring into using goats in its fight against invasive plants in the city’s parks, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is at least several months off from having the hoofed animals chomping away at weeds. Park Board staff recently gave commissioners an update on the possibility of using goats on two sites, the westernmost area at Theodore Wirth Regional Park known as the “back 40” and the slopes at Riverside Park. Staff are now developing a request for proposals for a goat contractor to have the animals graze next summer during the growing season. There are several obstacles still ahead for what would be the board’s first use of goats to control invasive species. Both the City of Minneapolis and Golden Valley have ordinances against hoofed animals and barbed wire or electric fencing. Among the questions still before staff are how many goats would be necessary, how to restore the sites and how the board could use the trial as an education opportunity. The proposal did get Commissioner Jon
By Eric Best / ebest@southwestjournal.com
Several obstacles still stand in the way of a proposal to use goats to control invasive plant species in Minneapolis parks.
Olson’s goat. The District 2 commissioner said while goats were worth looking into, there are too many things that could go wrong compared to using more practical methods to control invasive species. “I honestly think this is just the silliest, stupidest thing that I’ve heard in a while,” Olson
said. “If we want to deal with buckthorn, let’s be real about it. It’s an urban area. This is just not going to work well in our system.” Park staff looked at implementing goats at six other locations, including Minnehaha Park’s “deer pen” area and below the Franklin Avenue Bridge along the Mississippi River’s east bank.
But both selected sites are far from busy streets, accessible for potential contractors and full of plants goats love to eat. While buckthorn is enemy No. 1 for the goats, garlic mustard, wild parsnip, burdock and other woody vegetation were targets at other sites. The trial comes as the board is changing its strategies to control weeds and invasive species. At the same time commissioners voted to pursue goats last April they also banned glyphosate-based herbicides in neighborhood parks. The board is currently looking at the next growing season to begin the trial run of the grazing program. The implementation of the goats could coincide with the Greater & Greener 2017, an international urban parks conference from the City Parks Alliance that will come to the Twin Cities July 29 through Aug. 2. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says the most effective time to cut or treat buckthorn is in the late summer and fall.
Park Board names new assistant superintendent of environmental stewardship The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board announced Dec. 14 that it has named Jeremy Barrick as its next assistant superintendent of environmental stewardship. Barrick, who will begin the job in January, will lead the division responsible for the maintenance of the park system’s physical infrastructure, equipment, natural areas, water resources, urban forest, volunteer coordination and environmental education. It’s a pivotal time for the department as the board is set to begin ramping up investments to better maintain neighborhood park infrastructure over the next two
decades through the 20 Year Neighborhood Park Plan. Though he began his career working for rural and suburban municipalities in Minnesota, Barrick comes to the position from the City of San Diego Planning Department where he served as the urban forestry program manager. He previously held several positions with the New York City Parks Department, including borough forester, arborist for its capital design and construction division and then deputy chief of forestry, horticulture and natural resources. Barrick is also a past president of the
Society of Municipal Arborists. “I’m excited to have Jeremy join the Park Board team,” Superintendent Jayne Miller said in a statement. “Jeremy will further our work in protecting and maintaining the parkland, lakes and natural resources that draw residents and visitors alike. His urban park experience and his extensive knowledge of forestry and natural resource management will serve the organization and the community well.” Barrick succeeds Justin Long, who has held the position since the fall of 2013. Long is moving to a position with the City of San
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Attainable We
By Mikki Morrissette
Resolution: A new slogan for the nature of conflic
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’ve been thinking and talking a lot lately about right vs. wrong — the tendency for us to cling to a simplistic solution that there is a “right” side (mine) and a “wrong” side (yours). And what do we do when faced with those who disagree with our version of “right?” A year ago, I saw a young man wearing a T-shirt that said, “You’re with me or against me.” I instantly thought, “This man is part of the problem in our country.” Well, before the 2016 election, I was confident that “his” viewpoint was comfortably being relegated to the sidelines, and the open-minded “us” were leading the way to a society that embraces multiple perspectives. Which is why the election results hurt so much, in the center of my chest, leading to sobs, hugs with friends and a deep grieving process that kept me in the house most of that month. “We” were wrong. There is so much more hatred and bigotry than we can easily overtake. With a wider perspective, I began to see that many of the people in my community have been trying not to say out loud the same sentiment that was on that man’s T-shirt. “Those who voted against us are against us, period.” It’s hard to be open-minded when you also wish half the country lived on their own island.
What if being “right” is wrong? I watched a TED Talk with Kathryn Schulz, “On Being Wrong.” She pointed out that by the age of 9 we’ve learned in school that there is
a “them” with red ink on quizzes and the way to succeed is to never make mistakes. We also grow up believing that what we see reflects reality. If someone disagrees, we assume they are ignorant and that if we share information they will see the light and join the team. When that doesn’t happen, we assume they are idiots. And when we discover that people who disagree with us can also be smart, we decide they are deliberately distorting the truth for their own purposes — and thus are evil. Eventually, I got out of the house again and away from the computer headlines. I met with three young friends who care about what is happening in this country — and also are trying to sort out how to find a long-term relationship, create a family and start a business. Slogan: What is my future in this world? I went to a conversation circle of longtime protestors — some going back to the Vietnam War and women’s reproductive rights — as well as those who are reticent to be public, afraid nonviolence might give way or worried about arrest because of young children at home or job security. One man had family deeply impacted by McCarthyism. Slogan: Will I be safe defending my values? I went to the bar mitzvah for a friend of my son’s — a young man who had the composure and the dedication to stand up in front of a full synagogue and sing and read alone in Hebrew, supported by grandparents and great-uncles and family friends and cousins. It reminded me of the “laying on of hands”
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ritual honoring transition at my Humanist Unitarian Universalist congregation, when we physically link in entirety with a hand on the shoulder of the one next to us. Slogan: I need community. The rabbi at Shir Tikvah had a powerful statement in response to a question from the young man about the “truth” of sacred text: “The stories are not about fact but about trust. Believing in human promise and dignity, even with the challenge of injustice, intolerance, indifference. A leap of faith, over and over again. What would life look like if everyone had the ability to trust that every human has the spark of ‘God’ in them?” Slogan: I believe in a sacred truth.
I went to a discussion at the University of Minnesota with a large group interested in leading meaningful, difficult conversations. A take-away was that deep listening involves three aspects of language at the same time: hearing someone’s facts, seeing their emotions and recognizing their values. Some of us are more comfortable listening to the facts of a conversation while ignoring other messages also being conveyed. Slogan: How can I connect with you? These are the conversations I am paying attention to as I digest what we can do, as the interconnected community we are, to begin to tear down the “us” vs. “them” wall we are so good at building. My resolution in this New Year: Person by person, learn what slogans those of us in conflict can equally wear on our T-shirts with pride. Because “Make America Great (At Last)” will require all of us, whether we like it or not. Mikki Morrissette is creating AttainableWe.com to explore how new science and new storytelling can reduce our man-made fragmentation.
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Grad rates up, achievement flat in metro schools Generation Next measured schools in Minneapolis, St. Paul By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@journalmpls.com
High school graduation rates have increased, but achievement levels remain low for Minneapolis and St. Paul public school students, according to an annual report by the nonprofit Generation Next. The report found that 64 percent of Minneapolis and St. Paul public school students graduated in four years in 2016, up from 52 percent in 2013. It found that all races and ethnicities made a jump of at least nine percentage points, including a 20 percentage-point increase by Hispanic students. Students continue to struggle to hit key educational benchmarks, however. The report found that the third-grade readingproficiency rate has remained flat at 38 percent over the past four years. The eighthgrade math proficiency rate has decreased from 42 to 37 percent. Minority students continue to perform well behind their white peers in both categories. “We have not met our goal for racial equality and social justice,” Generation Next Executive Director Michelle Walker said. The report was the third by Minneapolisbased Generation Next, which aims to close the achievement gap in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The organization focuses on six areas: Kindergarten readiness, third-grade reading, eighth-grade math, social-emotional learning, high school graduation and postsecondary attainment. The report found improvements in three areas of kindergarten readiness: The number of slots for early-childhood programs, the number of 3-year-olds receiving a health and developmental screening and the number of kids waitlisted for subsidized child care. There were nearly 2,000 more early-childhood slots in 2016 than in 2015, according to the report. The number of kids waitlisted for subsidized child care dropped from 4,200 in 2013 to 2,800 this year. Generation Next also found that the number of 3-year-olds receiving a health
and developmental screening increased 24 percent. Screening is an important indicator of kindergarten readiness, the report says “The system is getting better,” Walker said. “There’s more understanding and conversation about screening.” Proficiency in reading and math has remained flat, however. The report found Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment scores have not improved over the past four years in third-grade reading or eighth-grade math. Generation Next looks at third-grade reading because that’s when students began reading to learn rather than learning to read, the report says. It looks at eighth-grade math because that’s when students are exposed to algebra, a subject that’s key to their future success, Walker said. More than 70 percent of white Minneapolis and St. Paul third-graders were proficient in reading in 2016, the report found. No minority group was above 45 percent proficient, and fewer than 20 percent of Hispanic students were proficient. The report found a similar pattern in eighth-grade math. About 55 percent of white eighth-graders were proficient in 2016, compared to about 25 percent of Hispanic eighth-graders and 20 percent of black eighth-graders. The report looked at all public-school students in Minneapolis and St. Paul, including students who attend charter schools.
Social-emotional learning added Generation Next recently added socialemotional learning to its benchmark list, noting its importance to student achievement. The organization did not have data past 2013 on this measure, and it only had data from St. Paul. Minneapolis tracks social-emotional measures, such as school connectedness and persistence, on its spring survey Execu-
tive Director of Research, Evaluation and Accountability Eric Moore said. The district is working with a Chicago-based organization on social-emotional learning measures. The report also found that while high school graduation rates have increased, ACT scores have remained flat. Minneapolis students averaged a 20.4 on the ACT in 2015, compared to 21.1 in 2013. The report also looked at post-secondary attainment among the high school graduating class of 2008. It found that 38 percent of those students had earned an associate’s degree or higher, compared with a metrowide attainment rate of 51 percent among 25- through 64-year-olds. Fifty-two percent of white students attained a degree, while 26 percent of black students and 24 percent of Hispanic students had one. Generation Next is working with the Minneapolis and St. Paul districts to better identify ninth-graders who are not on track to graduate. Ninth-grade outcomes are the greatest predictor of students graduating on time, Minneapolis Associate Superintendent Cecilia Saddler said at a recent School Board meeting. The Minneapolis and St. Paul districts worked with Generation Next to implement a system for tracking and helping ninthgraders who are behind. Minneapolis began its program last year at Patrick Henry and Roosevelt high schools and implemented it at its nine core high schools this fall. It appears to be working. The number of ninth-graders who failed a class fell six percentage points in quarter one of this year compared to the first quarter last year, according to the district. That included an 11 percentage-point decrease for Hispanic ninth-graders and an eight percentage-point decrease for African American ninth-graders. “It’s a great start, and now we’re digging into the programming,” Moore said. “It’s been a great learning process.”
Generation Next annual report key findings Data on Minneapolis, St. Paul public school students
64%
3RD GRADE READING: Students Meeting 3rd Grade Reading Benchmarks
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION: Students Graduating from High School in Four Years (2015)
38%
38%
8TH GRADE MATH: Students Meeting 8th Grade Math Benchmarks
POST-SECONDARY ATTAINMENT: Students Attaining a Post-Secondary Credential in Six Years (Class of 2008)
37%
Source: Generation Next
PROGRAM KEEPS NINTHGRADERS ON TRACK Ninth-grade academic performance is among the best predictors of high school graduation, according to University of Chicago research. A new Minneapolis Public Schools initiative is helping ninth-graders stay on track. The district rolled out its On-Track program this fall at all nine of its core high schools as part of an effort to boost graduation rates. The early results have been promising: The number of ninthgraders who failed a course fell six percentage points in the first quarter of 2016 compared to last year. The rate was even better for minority students. As part of the program, ninth-grade teachers and support staff meet regularly to discuss students and plan for interventions. They utilize data to identify off-track students and track interventions used to support them. The district deems students “on track” if they meet four thresholds: They have a C- or higher in all classes, attendance of at least 91 percent and no suspensions or referrals. Students are labeled “focus” if they have a D- to D+ in any course, attendance between 85 and 90 percent or a referral. They are deemed “priority” if they have an F, attendance below 85 percent, a suspension or two referrals. Fifth-nine percent of ninth-graders were “on track” after the first quarter of this school year. Nineteen percent were deemed “focus” and 23 percent were deemed “priority.” Southwest had the highest percentage of on-track students at 68 percent, while North had the lowest at 34 percent. The district saw the biggest student improvement in science and social studies. Those courses had a failure rate that was three percentage points lower in the first quarter of 2016 than it was in the first quarter of 2015. English course failure remained at 10 percent, while math increased from 7 to 8 percent. Supt. Ed Graff said at this month’s School Board meeting that the district has focused on social studies and science because staff saw a lot of failure there. Edison principal Eryn Warne said her school has focused particularly on ninthgrade physical science, looking at their assessments, for example, to see if they are good indicators of proficiency. That focus led to a 24 percentagepoint drop in ninth-grade science failure at Edison, from 57 to 23 percent. The On-Track program has come with an emphasis on social-emotional learning. Edison ninth-grade team lead Kyle Resler said his team not only talks about how students are doing academically but also about who they are as people. “We have this belief that if we can somehow connect students to something at Edison, they will stay with us,” he said. Patrick Henry Assistant Principal Bjorn Lundgren said students almost never fail because of a lack of skills. Rather, it’s often because of trauma, mental health or a lack of engagement to school. “It’s rare that it’s a true skill issue,” he said. That engagement comes through working with counselors and advisors and by schools working with families. Jim Bierma, one of the district’s lead counselors, said he will make a positive phone call home when the students meet their goal, for example. He said the goal is for students to hit their goals 80 percent of the time. MPS Chief of Schools Michael Thomas said the district is looking at how it can scale positive results across the schools.
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Bike Beat
By Annie Van Cleve
The year in biking and walking 2016 brought some exciting improvements in the realm of biking and walking. Bike and vehicle crashes are down, bike mode share is up and the bike network expanded. While these advancements are exciting, other news made it clear there’s still a way to go before all people can travel safely on foot and by bike. A study by Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition volunteers found black men on bikes are more likely to be arrested. An MPR News analysis found vehicles struck pedestrians every 38 hours in Minneapolis. In November, 74-year-old Minneapolis resident Barbara Mahigel was hit by a car while trying to cross Nicollet Avenue South at 43rd Street. Mahigel’s death was the latest reminder that traffic fatalities are both tragic and preventable. Before 2017 begins, let’s pause and look back at the big wins and big challenges of the past year. In May of this year, the City Council passed a nation-leading Complete Streets policy. The policy acknowledges a robust driving network exists in Minneapolis and seeks to build equally robust — safe, integrated and well-maintained — networks for walking, biking and transit, so all people can travel safely in Minneapolis. This policy will prioritize transportation decisionmaking according to a hierarchy that puts walking at the top, then bicycling, public transportation and, finally, driving. The reason for this order is to rebalance the transportation system after nearly a century of prioritizing driving, often at the expense of all other modes. By shifting the planning approach, the point is to acknowledge every trip (no matter the primary mode) begins with walking, as well as to reduce crashes that kill and injure people, improve the efficiency of combining walking and biking with public transportation, empower people of all ages and abilities to travel freely and more aims that put the needs of many over the desires of individuals. The new policy also aligns with other city plans, including the Minneapolis transportation plan and the city’s comprehensive plan and other policies.
The City Council passed a long-term funding plan that will dedicate an additional $22 million for street projects over the next 20 years. It will be exciting to see the advancements that can be made by combining the new framework of the Complete Streets policy with more dedicated street funding. In an example of the new Complete Streets policy in action, the City will now be upgrading to more visible marked crosswalks whenever they repave a street. The City is also making immediate safety improvements at Nicollet & 43rd to try to avoid another tragic crash like the one that killed Mahigel. Five new protected bike lanes opened in 2016, including several connecting downtown landmarks with trails and neighborhoods. The new protected bike lanes on 3rd Avenue provide a much-needed protected north-south bike route through downtown between 1st and 16th streets. Next year, the 3rd Avenue protected bike lanes will be extended across the river to Northeast. Protected bike lanes also were installed on 11th Avenue South between 6th Street South and West River Parkway, filling a gap between the Hiawatha LRT trail and U.S. Bank Stadium and the river. Also in the Downtown East area, protected bike lanes raised to sidewalk level were built on Park Avenue between 3rd and 4th streets as a result of coordination between the city and private developers. Protection is planned on Park and Portland between Franklin Avenue and West River Road.
The Franklin Avenue Bridge reopened with expanded sidewalks and protected bike lanes on both sides and made PeopleForBike’s America’s Best New Bike Lanes of 2016 list. In Southwest, the Blaisdell Avenue bike lanes were upgraded to include protection between 29th and 40th streets, adding clarity and improving conditions under which different road users share this well-used street. Two blocks east, a painted bike lane was added on Nicollet Avenue between 40th and 61st streets when the street was sealcoated, filling in a bikeway segment that has been identified in the Minneapolis Bicycle Master Plan. Improvements are contributing to the development of the city’s 30-mile protected bikeways network, with a first section planned to be complete by 2020. The improvements in infrastructure seem to be contributing to more bicycling and safer conditions for people on bikes. Bike commuting increased to 5 percent in Minneapolis, according to the American Community Survey. This makes the city number three in the nation for share of bike commuters among cities of 100,000 or more employed people. In November, the Star Tribune reported crashes between people on bikes and vehicles decreased 75 percent per 100,000 trips between 2000 and 2015, according to an editorial published in the American Journal of Public Health. This put Minneapolis ahead of its peers in nine other bike-friendly cities. Unfortunately, not everyone got home safely in 2016. At the end of September, the Star Tribune reported there were 7 bicycling fatalities in Minnesota and 34 pedestrian fatalities — deaths that were completely preventable. Also in September, the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition announced that it is in the process of expanding its mission to include pedestrian advocacy. Minneapolis received some international recognition as a bike-friendly city when, together with Saint Paul, it hosted the 2016 Winter Cycling Congress. This professional development conference included more than 350 delegates who came from near and far to
The improvements in infrastructure seem to be contributing to more bicycling and safer conditions for people on bikes.
exchange best practices for creating a winterfriendly cycling culture, developing winter maintenance policies and designing infrastructure to support year-round bicycling. The City of Minneapolis, the Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition — along with local neighborhood partners, including the Lyndale and Kingfield neighborhood associations — organized eight Open Streets events in the summer and fall of 2016, which attracted a record-setting 81,000 attendees. These events involve closing down major corridors of our city — like Washington Avenue downtown and Nicollet Avenue in Southwest — to cars and inviting residents, local businesses, nonprofits and institutions to come together for a day of fun. Playing together in a space that is normally off-limits or usually dominated by car use is a way to remind residents that we collectively own these public spaces and working together we can, if we wish, reimagine them and rebuild them to better suit the needs of the whole community. As we look ahead to the coming year, keep checking the website of the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition for more news about biking and walking and opportunities to get involved in improving conditions for all people who bike and walk in Minneapolis. The Coalition is working toward doubling the number of bicyclists in Minneapolis, supporting the development of a 30-mile network and advocating for all residents to move safely on foot or by bike.
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Mayor Betsy Hodges launched her re-election campaign in December. The race was quickly joined by Minneapolis state Rep. Raymon Dehn. File photo
Hodges will seek a second term, and Dehn plans to challenge A three-way mayoral race may get bigger soon
Mayor Betsy Hodges made it official Dec. 15, announcing she plans to seek a second term as mayor in an event at Urban Venture’s Colin Powell Leadership Center in the Phillips West neighborhood. Less than a week later, Rep. Raymond Dehn, a DFLer who represents parts of downtown and North Minneapolis in District 59B, announced he’s getting in, too. That makes it a three-way race — at least for now. In November, about a month after she stepped down as president of the Minneapolis NAACP, former University of St. Thomas law professor Nekima Levy-Pounds announced her intention to run. The field is likely to grow more crowded as soon as Jan. 3, when Ward 3 City Council Member Jacob Frey hosts a rally at Dangerous Man Brewing Company in Northeast. Frey has not yet said he’s running for mayor, but the event — announced Dec. 21 on his Facebook page — looks like the announcement many have been expecting from the first-term council member for several months. “A great city rises when communities unite behind one bold vision,” he wrote in the post. “And I am ready to offer my vision for what Minneapolis can be in the coming years.” Hodges said she was running for re-election because she delivered on promises to narrow Minneapolis’ racial and socioeconomic gaps, improve city operations and promote growth. She said she had put “good policy before good politics” to support earned safe and sick time for Minneapolis workers, work toward improved police-
community relations and promote racial equity in city government. Hodges previously served two Dehn terms as a City Council member representing Ward 13. She emerged from a field of more than 30 candidates to win her place in the mayor’s office in 2013, the second mayoral election to use ranked-choice voting. Dehn has served in the Legislature since 2012, where he has worked on criminal justice issues such as restoring voting rights and ban-the-box legislation. An architect by trade, Dehn wrote in a Dec. 21 Facebook post announcing his candidacy that he can “think strategically about how our economy, schools, justice system, infrastructure, and public spaces impact both current and future generations.” He also wrote that he has strong relationships with Gov. Mark Dayton and legislators from both parties, something he believes he can leverage. “My goal will be to build a city that works for everyone,” he wrote. “To do so, I am making you a simple promise: to proactively engage people of all colors, faiths, incomes and backgrounds.” For more on the candidates, go to southwestjournal.com.
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PIVOTING, HODGES NOW SUPPORTS A CITYWIDE MINIMUM WAGE HIKE While favoring a regional approach, mayor acknowledges that path is “far narrower” By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
Mayor Betsy Hodges pivoted from her former position on a citywide minimum wage proposal, announcing Dec. 19 she now supports a wage hike as long as it includes tipped workers. Hodges previously opposed the city taking a go-it-alone approach, which some argue would put Minneapolis employers at a competitive disadvantage. But in a statement the mayor acknowledged Republican victories in November made the path to a regional minimum-wage agreement “far narrower,” while at the same time the City Council is likely to pass a minimum wage ordinance in the first half of 2017. “In the context of the dramatically changed state and national political landscape, I support a responsible, sustainable, single fair wage that does not penalize tipped workers,” she said. Although several community groups have waged a months-long campaign for a $15 citywide minimum wage, it’s not clear whether the Council will land on that number next spring. That’s when they are expected to take up debate on the matter after a period of study and consultation with businesses and community members. Also unsettled is the pace at which higher wages would be phased-in. Many of the City Council candidates who have already announced plans to run in 2017 support a $15 minimum wage. The vote, however, is expected in the second quarter of next year, several months before city elections. Neighborhoods Organizing for Change, a leader in the local movement for a $15 minimum wage, described Hodges’ statement as “a step in the right direction that wouldn’t have happened without thousands of Minneapolis workers signing petitions, contacting their council members, and taking their case to the Minnesota Supreme Court.” NOC was one of the groups trying to get a $15 minimum wage question placed on the November ballot via a proposed charter amendment, but in August the state Supreme Court sided with Minneapolis City Attorney Susan Segal, who argued it was not a “proper subject” for the city’s charter. NOC then shifted its focus to passing a wage hike through an ordinance, organizing a series of rallies to pressure city policymakers. Noting Hodges hadn’t said how high she’d like to see the city’s minimum wage set, NOC posted on its Facebook page Tuesday: “We need a $15 minimum wage to even begin to come close to the cost of living in Minneapolis.” The Minnesota Restaurant Association released a statement expressing support for a “pathway” to a $15 minimum wage “over time.” But the association argued it was important that a wage policy “recognize restaurants and bars are a different type of business” because many employees earn a mix of hourly wages and tips. The statement continued: “Our concern
In the context of the dramatically changed state and national political landscape, I support a responsible, sustainable, single fair wage that does not penalize tipped workers. — Mayor Betsy Hodges
is that Mayor Hodges misunderstands how a tiered wage policy would benefit tipped workers by protecting their jobs and income.” In her statement, Hodges argued tipped workers must be included because an ordinance passed in Minnesota’s largest city could set a template for statewide legislation. Noting that women make up a majority of workers earning some portion of their income in tips, she said a tiered wage structure could set a “harmful precedent that will hurt tipped workers statewide.” “A Minneapolis minimum wage must do no harm,” she said. Minneapolis Downtown Council CEO Steve Cramer said the mayor called him Monday before releasing the statement to explain her evolving thoughts on a minimum wage ordinance. While understanding Hodges wants to shape a policy that appears likely to have majority support on the Council, Cramer said the “island effect” of a Minneapolis-only wage hike remains a concern for the business community. Asked how they would respond, Cramer said leaders in the business community continue to meet to discuss the matter and planned to remain actively involved in the development of any wage policy.
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It’s just amazing when it’s done well. It brings out the strengths of both teachers, and it creates an environment (that) I think meets students’ needs. — Teresa Washut Heck, co-director of St. Cloud State University’s Academy for Co-Teaching & Collaboration
Washburn High School teacher Ashley Karlsson works with students during a world history class. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
Collaborating in the classroom Washburn teacher wins grant for co-teaching, an approach that’s catching on in Minneapolis By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@southwestjournal.com
A Washburn High School teacher has been awarded $15,000 to promote co-teaching at the school. English-language teacher Ashley Karlsson was awarded the grant this summer from ASCD, a Virginia-based organization that provides professional development, capacity building and leadership training to educators. Karlsson was one of 17 awardees out of 580 applicants. The grant helped Washburn teachers attend the Minnesota English Learner Education Conference in October and has allowed the school to purchase books on co-teaching and collaboration. Co-teaching is when two teachers share
in the teaching, planning and assessment of students in one classroom. Both teachers share responsibility for educating all students in the class, with each taking equal responsibility in instruction and leadership. “It’s just amazing when it’s done well,” said Teresa Washut Heck, co-director of St. Cloud State University’s Academy for Co-Teaching & Collaboration. “It brings out the strengths of both teachers, and it creates an environment (that) I think meets students’ needs.” She said co-teaching developed as a practice about 20 years ago, when specialeducation teachers were mandated to work alongside regular-education teachers. Effec-
tive co-teaching requires teachers to plan out lessons together, she said. Karlsson has co-taught at Washburn for the past three years, including the past 2 1/2 alongside social studies teacher Matt Pronley. She said co-teaching allows English-language learners to integrate into mainstream classes, benefitting them and their peers. The students also benefit from having two teachers who collaborate on lessons, she said. “The end result is the lesson we end up with is much better than what either one of us could have put together on our own,” she said. Washburn has employed co-teaching for the past seven years, Assistant Principal Michelle
Terpening said. The school utilizes the model for special-education students and Englishlanguage learners. Terpening said test scores and graduation rates have increased for English-language learners since the school began using the model. In addition, Washburn has been able to retain more of those students, and more are speaking up in class. “The end result really kind of shows the benefits of two teachers working together,” she said. Washburn was the first school in the district to implement a co-teaching model, Terpening said. The school maintains class sizes of around 32 to 33 students despite the extra teacher, she said, adding that administration tries to put about six or seven Englishlanguage learners in a section. The model requires an extra commitment from teachers, who have additional meetings and professional development, Principal Rhonda Dean said. Washburn has 25 co-taught sections of social studies this year, Terpening said, with Karlsson and Pronley collaborating on five of them. The duo teaches world history as well as an Advanced Placement U.S. History section. Karlsson visited the U.S. Department of Education in Washington D.C. as part of receiving the grant, meeting with other grant recipients and Education Secretary John King. ASCD began the grant program to help teachers lead from the classroom, Cameron Brenchley, the organization’s managing director of communications and public affairs, wrote in an email. He said the organization hopes to expand the program in coming years.
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The human behind Humans of Minneapolis
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Stephanie Glaros’ street portraiture and interviews are collected in a new book
By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@journalmpls.com
omehow, Stephanie Glaros became known for talking to strangers. This is surprising, especially to her. When the photographer began posting her street portraiture online in 2010, the idea of having a conversation with one of her photo subjects was “absolutely frightening,” Glaros said. But the book she released in November — collecting photos and interviews from her popular Tumblr page, Humans of Minneapolis — demonstrates just how skilled Glaros has become at connecting with the people she encounters, so that they feel comfortable divulging the most intimate of details: battles with addiction, cancer diagnoses, parents who walked out and never came back. Many facets of the human experience shine in Glaros’ interviews. A beaming high school graduate tells Glaros how he persevered to earn his diploma, even as he shuttled between foster homes. A Kenyan immigrant tells her about his job at Target’s
By the time I get to the point where I take their picture, we already feel like we know each other. Sometimes they’re telling me things that they’ve never told anybody before. — Stephanie Glaros
corporate headquarters, proud and amazed that a kid who grew up in a village without water or electricity is employed at a Fortune 500 company. “By the time I get to the point where I take their picture, we already feel like we know each other,” she said. “... Sometimes they’re telling me things that they’ve never told anybody before. Sometimes they’re telling me things that they’ve never thought about before.” Glaros is an instructor at Minneapolis Community and Technical College where she returned to school to study graphic design after earning an undergraduate degree in women’s studies from
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the University of Minnesota–Duluth. She also teaches photography and social media classes and leads workshops that center on empathy. She previously spent a decade as art director of the Utne Reader — basically the magazine’s one-woman art department. Glaros said photography has been her primary creative outlet since childhood. “I grew up with a father who was a serious hobbyist, so we actually had a darkroom in our house,” she said. “I grew up watching my dad develop and print his own black-and-white 35mm film.” SEE HUMANS OF MINNEAPOLIS / PAGE B8
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A resource for health and healing for the Native community in the Twin Cities
MIWRC supports Native American women and their families Substance abuse counseling has been one of the key services of the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center (MIWRC) since its founding in 1984. Cindy Smith, a licensed alcohol and drug counselor for the center, has spent her career working exclusively with substance abuse in Native people. “We see addiction as a symptom of the historical trauma members of the Native American community has faced over generations,” Smith said. She told the story of one woman who graduated from the center’s chemical dependency program, a crack addict and alcoholic who had some major trauma issues dealing with sexual abuse as a child. “She had been given a name from one of her abusers that was her legal name, so she decided to change it back to her original Native name that was on her birth certificate,” Smith recalled. “It was like she was given a whole new identity.”
‘Focusing on the concerns of Native women and their families’
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In 1982, a report by Native American research firm, First Phoenix American Corporation, identified a need for treatment 2300 15th Ave. S. centers that focused on care for Native women in Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN 55404 Two years later, the document led to the creation of MIWRC, which offers support for Native women and their families. The agency, located in the East Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis, provides outpatient treatment for women to prevent Contact the need for children to be removed from their home and educates child protection workers on how Native families function. 728˛2000 Up until the passing of the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978, a high number of Native children were being removed from their homes by government agencies. Among the facts divulged to the U.S. Senate Committee on the ICWA was that Website between the years 1969 and 1974, 25–35 percent of all Native American children were separated from their families and miwrc.org placed in non–Native American homes or other institutions. “MIWRC was started to improve the capacity of government workers to do right by Native families,” said Laura Jones, Year Founded director of programs at the nonprofit. “The founders didn’t feel there were services specifically focusing on the concerns of 1984 Native women and their families.” After MIWRC’s founding, the organization started branching out into other aspects of family services. In 1991, it purchased its current building, a former nurses dormitory for the Lutheran Deconess Hospital the nonprofit bought for $1 at auction (although a substantial sum went toward rehabbing it, said Jones). The new building provided the group with opportunity to provide a dozen affordable housing units to families within the local Native American community. While the housing units are paid for by government contracts and federal grants, very little of that will allow for general operating expenses, such as administration, finance and repairs. “A good round of bedbugs will set us back $5,000,” said Jones.
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‘Come back and learn who you are’
A member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians with 30 percent Native blood, Smith has experienced her share of the identity issues that often accompany those with partial Native American heritage. “If you didn’t grow up on the reservation, some will say you’re not Indian enough,” she said. “I have also had my identity issues, having blue eyes and not being recognized as Native. But you can’t let others define you.” Among the community events MIWRC hosts is a powwow for Native people who have been adopted out of the Native community or raised in foster care. “Identity issues in an urban area are complicated and painful for a lot of people,” said Jones. Like MIWRC’s similarly warm, open-arms approach, she said the powwow is a big welcoming — “as if to say, ‘We’re sorry we lost you, come back and learn who you are.’ ”
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About the Where We Live project This project is an ongoing series spearheaded by Journals’ publisher Janis Hall showcasing Minneapolis nonprofits doing important work in the community. The editorial team has selected organizations to spotlight. Jahna Peloquin is the writer for the project. To read previous features, go to southwestjournal.com/section/focus/where-we-live
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If you’ve taken the light rail downtown or driven down Hennepin Avenue recently, you’ve likely seen the work of Ken Avidor. Over the past year the Twin Cities-based sketch artist and illustrator has brought a vacant building on the corner of Hennepin & 5th to life with colorful pieces that depict the daily happenings of downtown Minneapolis. The seasonal project is part of an initiative of the Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District to turn underutilized pieces of the public realm into positive influences. Whether it’s ice skating across Loring Pond at the Holidazzle or catching a Minnesota Timberwolves game at Target Center, Avidor’s work captures a snapshot of Minneapolis culture in his own, often wacky, style. “For me, it’s placemaking. It’s getting people excited. And it’s educating them about what’s
going on in their city,” Avidor told The Journal. “I’m happy to be a part of their celebrating of downtown.” The project began last summer when the DID partnered with the property owner of the vacant building kitty corner from the Bob Dylan mural. Kristi Haug, the manager of stakeholder operations for the DID, said the blank wall along the busy stretch of Hennepin offered an opportunity to turn a negative space into a useful addition of the public realm. For the past few years, the organization’s Tactical Urbanism initiative, which addresses real and perceived safety concerns downtown, has put on several projects to liven up such spaces, from adding uniquely designed pianos for the public to play on the street to turning a downtown bus stop into a cozy living room with tea and cookies. In addition to Avidor’s
Avidor’s art hangs on a vacant storefront at Hennepin & 5th. Photo by Eric Best
At left, a July calendar of events by illustrator Ken Avidor. Avidor, above, is bringing seasonal pieces to a blank wall on Hennepin Avenue. Photo by Eric Best
art, the DID has put in more lighting and wayfinding at the large street corner in the Warehouse District. The organization and city leaders are in the process of implementing new safety measures in the area, which in recent years has been a hotspot for gun violence. While the comic book artist taps into regular fixtures of downtown — the new U.S. Bank Stadium, the skyways and even winter bikers — there’s also some uniquely Avidor iconography. From Godzilla roaming the streets of Minneapolis to Billy Idol biking through the downtown Open Streets festival, the pieces aren’t your typical depictions of downtown. And the DID is completely OK with that. Other than for a few DID ambassadors and its #playdowntown hashtag, Haug said the pieces are mostly driven by Avidor’s creativity. “I love things that make no sense at all,” Avidor said. “Unlike a lot of commercial work when they don’t want me to be crazy, these guys are different. They want me to be crazier.” The St. Paul resident started the project with calendars of artistic representations of daily events, which Haug said they may revive next summer when there are more people out and about. Since the fall Avidor has done seasonal pieces that depict a hodgepodge of goings-on. Each piece, which instead of a mural is actually a vinyl graphic that is installed in
about an hour, can be a nearly two-week process, Avidor said. The current winter wall art shows Tiny Tim from “A Christmas Carol” at the Guthrie Theater, Valentine’s Day lovers and Father Time ice skating with Timberwolves player KarlAnthony Towns and DID ambassadors. While many real-life locals may have not noticed themselves on the wall, comedienne Kathy Griffin supposedly took notice of herself when she was performing during the Twin Cities Pride festival and took a photo. “The fun thing about downtown is that people have a lot of fun here. And [the DID] want to make it really fun, and that’s why it was fun to work on,” Avidor said. The initiative is continuing on a month-tomonth basis until the space, located near the Warehouse District light rail station, is leased, Haug said. “We think it’s been a nice addition,” she said. Beyond the project, Avidor is an avid sketcher, often illustrating what he sees as a biker and transit-user in journals, and is an active courtroom sketch artist. He is currently wrapping up a graphic novel, “Bicyclopolis,” which should be finished by the spring, and is part of a couple groups of urban sketchers, artists who draw the people and places around them.
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SooVAC hosts Art Shanty Projects kick-off By Dylan Thomas / dthomas@southwestjournal.com
THE WEDGE — When the Polar Vortex slumped below the Canadian border a few days before the winter solstice, few were cheering on the mercury’s plunge as heartily as Dawn Bentley. Bentley is the executive director of Art Shanty Projects, the nonprofit that organizes an annual exhibition of artist-designed ice fishing houses on a frozen metro-area lake. After a hiatus over the winter of 2014–2015, the project returned to White Bear Lake last February, only to have its stay cut short by unseasonable warmth. Bentley, who was overseeing her first on-ice program since being hired to run the organization in the fall of 2014, made the unprecedented decision to pull the shanties onto the shore just two weekends in to a planned four-week run.
“We were experiencing crowds of about 1,500 a day, and it was like 50 degrees,” she said. “It was just unsafe.” In December, Bentley was busily planning this year’s program — scheduled for frozen White Bear Lake in February — while at the same time preparing for a Jan. 7 kick-off event and fundraiser hosted by Soo Visual Arts Center. So, when the official reading at Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport hit 20 degrees below zero on Dec. 18, Bentley took it as a good omen. “I feel really good about 2017,” she said. “We’re getting a decent start to this winter.” A decent start interrupted by a Christmas Day rainstorm, but that’s Minnesota weather in the era of climate change for you. Bentley can’t control the jet stream or call in an Alberta Clipper, but Art Shanty Proj-
ects’ finances are another story, and in 2015 she secured the organization a 17-month, $100,000 ArtPlace grant for creative placemaking. That grant provided a substantial portion of the funding for last winter’s abbreviated on-ice program, and it will help to get this year’s roster of 20 artist-designed shanties out onto the ice in February. This year’s program runs every weekend Feb. 4–26 (10 a.m.–4 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday) out on the ice near White Bear Lake County Park. If another bout of weird winter weather turns the lake to slush, Bentley’s plan B is to pull the shanties onto the shore and go on with the show. The one-night exhibition and kick-off event at SooVAC will include photo documentation of a decade of Art Shanty Projects — going back to its early days on Medicine
Lake in the western suburbs — as well as mini-installations of Art Shanty objects and ephemera. “If you’re a long-term shanty fan, this is where you can come and reminisce,” Bentley said.
ART SHANTY PROJECTS KICK-OFF EVENT When: 6 p.m.–9 p.m. Jan. 7 Where: Soo Visual Arts Center, 2909 Bryant Ave. S. Info: artshantyprojects.org
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By Linda Koutsky
Hot Intersection: Hamline and Grand Avenue, St. Paul
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’m one of those people who still keeps a paper calendar. I love to see a month at a glance. Sure Facebook and Google Calendar are great for reminding me of meetings or events I’m interested in, but there’s nothing like turning a real paper page and starting a new month. It’s a physical passage of time a digital device can’t replicate. This calendar turn of year we all think about ways to simplify or organize our lives. We look for new sources of inspiration and encouragement too. A new year is a chance to leave things in the past and discover new opportunities. A quiet little intersection in St. Paul embodies “out with the old and in with the new.” Happy New Year!
Keys 4/4 Kids You’ve probably seen them: lone pianos on summer streets, in parks, at the State Fair or even in the concourse at MSP airport, begging to be played. That’s the work of the St. Paul non-profit organization Keys 4/4 Kids who provides opportunities for musical expression to people of all ages regardless of experience or income. If you have a piano that’s not being played anymore, give it a new life here. Donated pianos are professionally repaired, tuned up, then offered for sale with proceeds supporting community programs. How long have you dreamed about taking piano lessons? Fulfill your dream here and bring musical happiness to others as well. Where: 1326B Grand Ave. Hours: Mon.–Fri., 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Info: keys44kids.org
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Trading books is a great way to winnow out a collection while making room for new inspiration. Photo by Linda Koutsky
Sixth Chamber — Used Books, New Toys, Games & Gifts Named for poet William Blake’s place where books are made in an alternate world, the Sixth Chamber is packed to the rafters with a well chosen collection of used books. The neatly organized shelves of art, philosophy, cooking, wellness, fiction, history, poetry and travel are bound to have something to inspire your new year. Quirky games, toys, Mad Libs, stuffed animals and puppets fill spaces between bookshelves. Clear out your own shelves and make an appointment to sell or trade. Where: 1332 Grand Ave. Hours: Mon.–Fri., 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.–8:30 p.m.; Sun., noon–6 p.m. Info: sixthchamber.com
Treadle Yard Goods Founded in 1976, Treadle Yard Goods is one of the last independent fabric stores in the metro area. Whether you’re new to sewing, an experienced designer or just a dabbler in fabrics, this cozy store stocks opportunity and inspiration. Fabrics include cotton designer prints, Liberty Of London, Pendleton, silks, velvets, bamboo, wool and a huge selection of happy, retro oilcloth. It’s not too early to start planning for summer picnics! Treadle is also known for their extensive collection of funky to unique buttons; silk, satin and velvet ribbon; patterns; and notions. For instruction or encouragement, attend their monthly fashion sewing club, discussion salons, workroom socials or any number of sewing and embroidery classes for kids, teens and adults. Where: 1338 Grand Ave. Hours: Mon.–Thu., 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; Fri., 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sun., 1 p.m.–5 p.m. Info: treadleyardgoods.com
Interior designers claim you can lift your spirits by refreshing your environment. Do you have a piece of furniture that just doesn’t fit? Is your living room ready for a change? Welcome to the world of home furnishings consignment. You don’t have to spend a fortune to freshen up your home. And you can deaccession pieces that don’t work on the same trip. In business since 1993, Bella Galleria consigns and sells highquality home furnishings from this store and one in South Minneapolis. Check their website for pictures of current inventory because the stock of contemporary and vintage pieces is always evolving. Bring photos of large pieces you’d like to consign. Items are priced for a 50/50 split, and the price goes down the longer it’s in the store. It’s a chance to sell your quality furnishings and try something new. Bella Galleria carries estate jewelry. Where: 1330 Grand Ave. Hours: Wed.–Sat., 11 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sun., noon–4 p.m Info: bellagalleria.net
Just Truffles Their name says it all! The display case overflows with a tempting assortment of 28 flavors including Baileys, Caramel, Key Lime, Guiness Stout and Tenor Temptation — a mix of milk chocolate, coconut and Malibu Rum named after Luciano Pavarotti who once thanked the owners for truffles left on his concert stage. Indulge yourself and invest that holiday spending money in chocolate.
Where: 1363 Grand Ave. Hours: Mon., 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Tue.–Fri., 10 a.m.– 8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sun. noon–5 p.m. Info: justtruffles.com
LUNCH TIP: Options abound at this humble intersection. The very first (of nearly 30) Green Mill Pizzas still operates here in its original location, but the Grand Avenue entrance now leads to a Colossal Cafe. Grand Shanghai Restaurant carries the classic Minnesota favorite, Chow Mein, along with other Chinese favorites.
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Pet food storage and scratching posts Controlling food storage mites Storage mites are tiny bugs that can live in food. Storage mites were first found in grain silos, but can also be found in dry foodstuff, like cereal, grains and cat and dog food. People and animals can develop a hypersensitivity to these mites resulting in nonseasonal allergies. Symptoms of storage mite hypersensitivity can include itchiness, red skin, hair loss and recurrent ear infections. (Ear infections in dogs and cats are most commonly skin infections of the outer ear canal and are usually allergy-related). • Storage mite allergies are not uncommon in dogs and cats, so it is important to store cat and dog food properly to prevent the mites from propagating. • Here are some tips for preventing food storage mites: • Don’t buy cat and dog food in bulk. Only purchase enough for 30 days at a time. • Keep most of the food in the freezer, and only have a portion of the food out and easily accessible. • Food that is stored at room temperature should be kept in an airtight container. • This container should be washed frequently with detergent and hot (130 F) water. • Check food bags for tears before purchasing.
• Dispose of pet food bags immediately outside of the house. (Transfer some food into Ziploc bags to keep in the freezer and the rest into a readily accessible airtight container).
New study evaluates what type of scratching post cats prefer Providing a scratching post that your cat enjoys is an important part of cat husbandry and also helps to prevent damage to your home. The Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery recently published a study aimed at determining cats’ scratching post preferences. This study showed that younger cats (9 years and under) preferred cat trees with two or more levels as their first choice. For this population of cats, their second choice was a simple vertical post that was more than 3 feet tall. For older cats, this preference was flipped. Cats 10 years and above preferred the simple vertical post first, followed by the multi-level cat tree. Presumptively, older cats had a harder time jumping up onto the different levels of the cat trees. Across the board, the scratching areas that cats liked least were those hung on the wall or placed horizontal on the floor. Cats’ number-one preference for material was rope (like sisal scratching posts). The second preferred substrate was carpet. Hardly any cats would use a plain wood scratching post. This seems counterintuitive, as many cats like to claw the doorjamb of the house. It is
important to note, however, that scratching serves many purposes for the cat, including grooming their claws, stretching and also marking their territory. Entryways can be an important area for cats to mark. Veterinarians have traditionally tried to encourage cat owners to place the scratching post near the area that the cat is clawing inappropriately. However, this study showed that didn’t deter inappropriate clawing. Furthermore, punishment (like a verbal reprimand or physically moving the cat from the offending area) also didn’t work. What did seem to work to influence the cat’s selection of clawing sites was positive reward for scratching in the appropriate area. Praise, petting and food treats helped to train cats to choose the post over other undesirable areas. (To stop the clawing of inappropriate areas of the house, I recommend using the product Sticky Paws. These large, doublesided tape sheets will make an area unpleasant to claw on).
In summary, to help prevent inappropriate clawing, this article showed that choosing a rope scratching post that is greater than 3 feet tall and has more than one level is optimum. Also, praising your cat for using the post will help deter unwanted scratching of other things in your house. Each cat is different, however, so if you provide your kitty with one type of post and he or she won’t use it, try offering a variety of post styles to see which one your kitty prefers. Dr. Teresa Hershey is a veterinarian at Westgate Pet Clinic in Linden Hills. Email her your pet questions at drhershey@ westgatepetclinicmn com.
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BISON WILD RICE COCKTAIL MEATBALLS WITH GINGER GLAZE By Chef Nick Schneider METHOD
For the meatballs: Preheat the oven to 350 F. Rinse the rice briefly in a sieve. Add rice, pinch of salt and enough water or stock to cover the rice by ¾ inch to a pot that is as wide as it is tall. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce to a simmer for approximately 25-30 minutes. The rice should be light and fluff . The rice will expand three times after cooking, so you will need at least 1/4 cup raw rice. I recommend cooking a larger batch (1 cup raw) and removing the 3/4 cup cooked rice because a small batch of raw rice requires different ratios of water. Cook the wild rice a day or an hour before and allow it to cool. INGREDIENTS
Meatballs 1 lb ground bison from Buffalo By Bike 3/4 cup cooked wild rice from Birchberry or Prairie Hollow kosher salt (generous pinch) and fresh cracked black pepper to taste 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon chili powder 1 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander 1 large egg 1/3 cup fi ely chopped green onion, white and green parts 2 teaspoons tamari or soy sauce
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able with that and decided I was going to use my camera to break through that social barrier.” Around the same time, New York City photographer Brandon Stanton launched his photo blog Humans of New York, and within months his combination of street portraiture and interviews became a social media sensation. Other “Humans of” pages began popping up all over the Internet, each documenting the people of a different city. “I said to myself, somebody is going to do Humans of Minneapolis. Why not me?” Glaros recalled. It wasn’t long before Minneapolis Strangers morphed into Humans of Minneapolis. Her photos and interviews also appeared regularly in the Southwest Journal’s City Voices column. “I was getting so much out of it,” she said. “It was satisfying something both creatively but also just as a person. Making these connections was almost addicting to me, and talking to strangers was my thing.” Glaros’ empathy is the common theme that runs through all the photos. You see it in the open, unguarded expressions of her subjects — an emotional connection between photographer and subject made visible. Glaros spent most of 2016 assembling the book, and she said the process uncovered themes in her work: mental health, identity, her passion for social justice. While Humans of New York tends to focus on what makes each individual unique, Glaros said she’s more interested in the things we all share in common. “Photography is a mirror,” she said. “You’re not just seeing the person; you’re seeing me reflected in the person.” “Humans of Minneapolis” is available for purchase at stephanieglaros.com. The book is also stocked at Mill City Museum and Hennepin History Museum. To see more photos from Humans of Minneapolis, go to humansofminneapolis.tumblr.com.
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Just say ‘Oui’ By Carla Waldemar
Millennials, here is a restaurant (and hotel) just for you that the rest of us can just as ardently embrace. The Radisson Red Hotel in East Town is the first of the hotel chain’s new concept in the U.S. and only the second in the world (Brussels beat us to it). And Oui is clearly not your daddy’s hotel restaurant. “No $35 ribeye — no steaks at all — on the menu,” declares Curator (Red-speak for GM) Ryan Foley with pride. Instead, small, share-able plates preside, featuring lead cook (vet of Saffron and Travail) Wil Vonmondel’s KISS approach: “simple, light and healthy, quick and easy” favorites Millennials grew up with. That translates to tater tots, trail mix, grilled cheese — and, oh yeah, a burger — his, however, a blend of beef and mushrooms on a brioche-style bun served with (of course) kale but without ketchup, mustard or mayo, a deliberate decision. It’s the star of the short and sweet menu (12 items, ultra-affordable at $4–$12) plus a quartet of tasty snacks ($4–$6) including duck-fat popcorn (yum), trail mix starring bacon (yum again), a bite-size version of that burger and vegan croquettes — on this visit, quick-fried balls of paella rice, presented atop a ribbon of parsley aioli whose “secret sauce” ingredient is a potent, welcome, burst of heat. Back to those tater tots: Oui’s version — quick-sautéed, non-greasy — meats them up with bits of ham plus a side of bacon ketchup (what took the world so long?) and another of suave, understated Gouda cheese sauce. Just as easy to love are the British street tacos,
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The tragic story of Jacob Wetterling and the investigation to fi d him got its last chapter in 2016, and the popular APM Reports podcast “In the Dark” was there to examine every last detail. Reporters Madeleine Baran and Samara Freemark, who in the podcast asked the question of why it took 27 years to solve the state’s most notorious crime, will discuss the experience of making the podcast with author and “Terrible, Thanks for Asking” host Nora McInerny Purmort moderating.
In the Form + Content Gallery’s latest exhibition photographer Steve Ozone uses landscapes as a backdrop in examining the journeys of immigrants. “Interrupted Landscapes” disconnects its subjects with a blank canvas to call attention to the fact that we, excluding Native Americans, were all immigrants to the United States at one time.
Where: University of Minnesota, Murphy Hall, 206 Church St. SE When: Tuesday, Jan. 10 from 5:30 p.m.–8 p.m. Cost: Free Info: sjmc.umn.edu
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GENDER HISTORY IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES The Nordic countries are often synonymous with progressivism, but problems — segregation in the workforce, violence against women — exist. Pirjo Markkola, professor of History at the University of Tampere, Finland, and visiting Finnish Studies professor at the University of Minnesota, will discuss the gender politics of Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland and Denmark. The talk will mark the 110th anniversary of the fi st female members of parliament in Finland and the 100th anniversary of Finnish independence.
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Whether it has been a good year or bad year, 2016 is coming to a close and it’s time to ring in 2017 with our best foot forward — so why not a little party? From celebrating the end of 2016 with the musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra to dancing on the third floor of a downtown hotspot, there’s a place for you, wherever you want to start the year.
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Superstar singer Dawn Upshaw lends her voice to the Minnesota Orchestra for a special night. Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall $45–$100
Three rooms of partying mean there’s plenty of room on Calhoun Beach Club’s dance floor. Calhoun Beach Club Event Center, 2925 Dean Parkway. / $25–$40 Coup d’État offers a party without all the prices thanks to an all-you-candrink ticket. Coup d’État, 2923 Girard Ave. S. $10–$40
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Pass on champagne and go for the beer at Northeast’s Fair State instead. Fair State Brewing Cooperative, 2506 Central Ave. NE. / Free New Year’s Eve calls for a little mystery with a masquerade ball at 612Brew. 612Brew, 945 Broadway St. NE. Free Betty goes ’80s with DJ Jan Marschke and romantic sleigh rides in the sky. Betty Danger’s Country Club, 2501 Marshall St. NE. / $40
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