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Mark Andrew believes

he has a natural gift that

is essential for a modern

mayor.

The single most

important quality that

I have is also the most

important quality that

a mayor has to have

Im a natural uniter.

Im a collaborator. Its

my gift, he said during

a recent interview.

The next mayor of

Minneapolis will have

to be adept at bringing

people together and

working with different

layers of government,

whether its the county,

School Board or Park

Board, he said.

Andrew, a resident

of the Lynnhurst

neighborhood, has a

diverse background in

public service and the

private sector. Most

recently hes been an

environmental entrepre-

neur with GreenMark

Enterprises, a company

he founded in 2007.

GreenMark helps build-

ings and public venues

become more environ-

mentally sustainable.

One of Andrews most

significant accomplish-

ments with GreenMark

has been helping Target

Field secure LEED certi-

fication and create a

partnership with Pentair

to install a rainwater

recycling system at the

ballpark.

Twins President Dave

St. Peter had high praise

for Andrew for his workon Target Field.

He played a signifi-

cant role in helping the

Minnesota Twins under-

stand the opportunities

and the responsibilities

that go with environ-

mental stewardship, and

I was personally very

appreciative of having

Marks knowledge and

talents and his vision

that played an important

role in making Target

Field what we think

Mark ndrew prides himself onability to bring people together

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Before the city locks into

new franchise agreements

with its gas and electricity

suppliers, Minneapolis

will first explore the

possibility of setting up

its own municipal utility.

Twenty-year agree-

ments with Xcel Energy

and CenterPoint Energy

are set to expire in

late 2014. By then, city

leaders aim to refine

their goals for a cleaner,

more sustainable energy

system and examine all

the potential routes for

reaching those goals.

One option is for

Minneapolis to take

charge of providing gas

and electricity to its resi-

dents. Proponents argue

Minneapolis tostudy city-runutilities//Study planned as franchise agreements

with Xcel and CenterPoint set to expire//

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Its Main Street for Minneapolis, a place where 140,000 downtown

employees go to eat lunch, grab a drink or do some shopping when

they come down from their office towers. Another 35,000 downtown

residents use it almost daily.

City and business leaders are preparing to redesign Nicollet Mall,

opening up a competition among architects to come up with the best

vision for the one-mi le stretch through the core of downtown.

Redesigning Nicollet Mall has been a top priority for the City

Council and Minneapolis Downtown Council for two years. Its part of

the Downtown Councils 2025 vision.

Minneapolis, with this Nicollet Mall design, I believe, should set the

standard for the great new urban street, said Mayor R.T. Rybak.

Rybak and Minneapolis Downtown Council President and CEO

Mark Stenglein agree that whatever the new Nicollet Mall looks like, it

should be greener, more pedestrian friendly, have more sidewalk cafes

and connect to other city amenities.

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//Design teams will be selected to compete for a chance to redesign the mall//

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