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Covering the Neighborhoods ofCARAG and ECCO in the Uptown Area October 2007 Volume 3, Number 10
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Lake StreetreconStructionupdate
Photo left by Kay Nygaard-Graham
Tis the season - to pick the last of the greentomatoes!
Meet John Kislinger,The Eternal Optimist
Minneapolis Bike Tour Dras
More Than 4500 Riders
Shaping Uptons FutureSmall Area Plan Draft Released For Public Comment
By Aaron Rubenstein
The City of Minneapolis was
expected to release around Octo-ber 1 (after deadline) a draft planfor Uptown that will shape the
area for the next twenty years. The
draft plans release starts a 45-daypublic comment period. City Plan-
ner Amanda Arnold anticipatesthat the plan will be reviewed bythe citys Planning Commission
December 17 and adopted by theCity Council as part of the cityscomprehensive plan in January or
February of 2008.
The extensive draft plan contains
a lot of information about, analysisof and recommendations for theUptown area and its future. The
plans recommendations are orga-nized around three main elements:built form (land use, development
intensity and physical features),open space (public and private)and access (pedestrian, bicycle,
transit, parking and traffic).
The height of new buildings in
Uptown is a controversial issuethat was the plans genesis. Theissue has been a major one during
the planning process, generatingplenty of discussion and concern.The draft plan clearly addresses
the height issue. It recommendsthat buildings in the core of
By Jacqueline Varriano
This October marks the 20th anni-
versary of Seasons in Calhoun,currently the only kiosk to serveshoppers in Calhoun Square.
While it may seem daunting tobe the only kiosk in what appearsto be a dying mall, John Kislinger
has nothing but high hopes for allthings Calhoun. We came intoCalhoun Square for the first time
in 1987 just to sell winter items, but
By Scott Schiefelbein
The morning of Sunday, Septem-ber 16, 2007 arrived with almostperfect weather for the Minne-
apolis Bike Tour. The tour wasnot a race, but a chance for peopleto enjoy a ride past the lakes and
waterways of Minneapolis alongthe Grand Round Scenic BywaySystem, without worrying about
cars. During the event, the park-ways and roadways were closed tomotorized traffic. Riders started
the tour between 7:30 to 9 a.m. atParade Field, 400 Kenwood Park-way, near the Walker Sculpture
Garden and chose either a 15- or a41-mile course.
Participation far exceeded expec-tations. Just a week prior to the
event, the were fewer than 200 reg-istrations. Organizers decided towaive the late registration fee and
by the Friday before the event thenumber of those planning to ridehad swelled to well over 3000. Due
in part to the beautiful weather, thefinal number of people who signedup for the tour was just over 4500
Photo right by Kay Nygaard-Graham
Still smiling after all these years, thefamiliar face of John Kislinger makes
everyone feel welcome at his kiosk.
By Katie Anderson
Youd have to be living under a rock not to know that Lake Streethas been under construction all summer. The roadwork from
Dupont Avenue to Bryant Avenue and at the LynLake intersec-tion has snarled traffic, frustrated pedestrians and made it gener-ally difficult to get anywhere in the neighborhood.
The traffic problems have been especially hard on area businesses,
which have spent the summer and early fall hoping that shoppers
The traffic theater at LynLake makes forregular pedestrian/bike/car arguments
Photo by Bruce Cochran
UpdAtEpage 11
fUtURE pERfECt?page 6
bikEpage 8
JOhnpage 7
were convinced by [then] managerGreg Hibbs to sell sunglasses andweve been here ever since. The
kiosk now carries 300 500 hatsand up to 2,000 pairs of sunglass-es. In fact, during the interview a
woman was looking for some sun-glasses to which Kislinger replied,
Photo by Naomi Oshiro
The bright, sunny day created a bicycle built for two shadows.
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UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
Uptown Neighborhood News is a monthly publication of Calhoun Area Residents ActionGroup (CARAG) in cooperation with the East Calhoun Community Organization (ECCO).UNN covers the news of and is delivered free to households within the area bounded by Lyn-dale Ave. S. and Lake Calhoun, between Lake Street and 36th St. W. Extra copies are distrib-uted to businesses in the Uptown area, along Lake Street, and Lyndale and Hennepin Aves.Circulation is 5,100, with a pass-along readership of 10,000. Publication and distribution isnear the first weekend of every month. Subscriptions are available for $30 per year, prepaid.Send check to: UNN, 711 W. Lake St., Suite 303, Minneapolis, MN 55408.
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MANAGING BOARDAoe/Elece Res:Kay Nygaard-Graham, Chair (CARAG)825-3637Gary Farland, Vice-chair (ECCO)824-6744Anna Matthes, Treasurer (CARAG)Jacqueline Varriano (ECCO)Jill Bode (CARAG)Ralph Knox, Secretary (ECCO)Volueer Memers:David PetersonMary Ann Knox
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MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCILTenth WardRalph Remington, [email protected]
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NeighborhoodNews is
THURSDAY,OCTOBER 18TH.
Sunday, October 14 . Noon to 3:00 p.m.
Travel back in time as we host aBlock Party tocelebrate 100 years of service. Horses will return
to Lake Street, right in front of our store.
Enjoy live entertainment, pony rides,
cake and a history display.
Schatzleins100Year Celebration
SchatzleinSaddle Shop413 West Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN . 612-825-2459 .www.SSaddle.com
To the Editor,
I do not live in the Tenth Ward,but I would like to say how for-tunate everyone in this ward is to
have Ralph Remington as a CityCouncil representative. On FridayI attended a City Council hearing
and for the first time I was ableto witness directly how passionateand caring Mr. Remington is. As
a co-sponsor of the Animal Pro-tection Amendment, Remingtonis an excellent example of how
a representative should conducthimself on behalf of his constitu-ents. He proved to be an outstand-
ing speaker and I was completelyfloored by the time and effort he
put into learning about the circusissue. If Mr. Remington puts that
Dont Ignore The LessonsOf (Recent) History
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much energy and hard work intoevery issue, residents of Ward 10
are truly lucky to have elected sucha dedicated and enthusiastic mem-ber to represent their ward.
Kathryn Pelka, Edina
By Margaret
Anderson KelliherIn 1905, the famous philosopher
George Santayana wrote, Those
who cannot remember the past
are condemned to repeat it. This
quote is used often to remind us
of the lessons history can teach us,
and the value of studying those les-
sons and learning from them.
We learned a great many things as
the result of the tragic collapse of
the I-35 bridge. We learned that
Minnesotans are quick to help
each other out in a time of need,
often putting their own well-being
at risk. The value of emergency
preparedness was reinforced, as
we watched first responders save
lives and bring order to a frighten-
ing and chaotic situation.
We learned that when the State
Legislature approved funding
for the Allied Radio Matrix for
Emergency Response system, they
put in place a system that greatly
improved efficiency by enabling
response teams to communicate
with each other. This system willsoon by expanded statewide.
We are still working to learn les-
sons in other areas, such as exactly
why this bridge collapsed and what
other bridges in our state may be at
risk. An investigative committee is
also looking into the policies and
practices of the Minnesota Depart-
ment of Transportation (MnDOT),
as well as decision making at the
department in response to bridge
inspection reports. It is vital thatthe results of these studies provide
direction as we move forward.
The tragedy also reinforced our
understanding of what many
of us knew - we are not spend-
ing enough money on roads and
bridges in our state. At the time of
the collapse, the I35W bridge had
a rating of 50 out of 100 and over
700 other bridges in Minnesota are
in need of replacement. Added to
this, MnDOT estimates that over
one-third of our state roads are
too far-gone to be fixed, and that
it will take an additional 2.4 billiona year in funding over the next
10 year to address our numerous
unmet construction and mainte-
nance transportation needs.
And, certainly, especially for the
families and friends of the victims
of the collapse, we learned that life
can take unexpected turns that
change things forever. In honor of
these victims, it is absolutely criti-
cal that we make our roads and
bridges safe and dependable for
many years to come.
So, while I am disappointed that
the Governor backed away fromhis initial willingness to increase
funding for transportation, I
remain more committed than ever
to passing a comprehensive and
responsible transportation bill.
This will take leadership and com-
mitment, but we must heed the
lessons of August 1, 2007 - there is
too much at stake to ignore them.
As always, I look forward to hear-
ing from you. If you have com-
ments or questions, please contact
me at (651) 296-0171, by e-mail at
or at 463 State Office Building, 100Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Blvd., Saint Paul, MN 55155.
Margaret Anderson Kelliher repre-
sents District 60A in the Minnesota
House of Representatives
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commentary
By Susan Marsh
As a member of a denomination of
Christianity thats been around for
awhile, I often wonder why be aUnited Methodist? In fact, why
belong to a congregation of any
sort being spiritual and being a
member of a congregation is not
necessarily the only path to follow.
Looking at the history of a few
congregations, sometimes it seems
as if spirituality and congrega-
tional membership have absolutely
nothing in common.
I asked Bill Morton, Pastor of
Joyce United Methodist Church,
what makes Methodism different.
Methodists he explained, use
the Bible, tradition, experienceand reason to discern the topics
of today. Methodists see the Bible
not as law, but as a love letter, sent
by God, written by other humans
who experienced that love.
Barbara York, an internationally
recognized musician and long time
member, also came forward with
United Methodists often joke
about the many organizational lay-
ers of church life, but, as members
of other denominations have been
heard to say: If you want some-
thing done, get the Methodists to
do it. Followers of the Wesleysare indeed methodical about the
ways they approach mission and
ministry. No local church is the
total body of Christ. Therefore,
local United Methodist churches
are bound together by a common
mission and common governance
that accomplish reaching out
into the world. United Methodist
churches and organizations join in
mission with each other and with
other denominations.
What does this mean, in the long
run? Most Christians believe that
the Bible says that God gives usfree will. Yet, it seems that free
will evaporates when we join a
church. Suddenly, theres a synod
somewhere looking at each issue
and telling us what to believe. As a
Methodist, we take each issue and
apply the Bible, tradition, experi-
ence and reason to discern how
each of us should respond.
What issues could they be? In
the 1970s and 1980s, we applied
the doctrine to abortion. As a
conference, we oppose the use of
late-term abortion, but leave the
Mind~Body~Spirit
ultimate decision in the hands of
the family. Our belief in the sanc-
tity of all life makes us equally
bound to respect the life and well-
being of the mother, for whomdevastating damage may result
from an unacceptable pregnancy.
We do commit resources to pro-
vide nurturing ministries to those
who terminate a pregnancy to
those in the midst of a crisis preg-
nancy, and to those who give birth.
We also support and facilitate the
option of adoption.
The same could be said about the
churchs stance on homosexuality.
While some look to the passages
in the Bible that condemn homo-
sexuality, others say reason applies
here God created all creatures,gay and straight and there must
have been a divine reason. Who
among us is the first to judge?
The Conference dedicates itself
to a ministry of Christ-like hospi-
tality and compassion to persons
of all sexual orientations, their
friends and families. We continue
to encourage study and dialogue
around issues of sexuality and pray
for those who are in pain and dis-
cord over our Christian response
to this issue.
Many would be surprised to know
that the United Methodist Church,often deemed as liberal on all social
issues, also has dissension on the
war in Iraq and other conservative
hot button issues.
From my point of view, what Ienjoy the most about this denomi-
nation is that Im not told how to
feel about a political issue. I am
to apply my own sense of reason,
along with what I interpret the
Bible to be telling me, in my deci-
sion. Divorce, once the scandal of
the 40s and 50s, has been an issue
I have wrestled with. Having mar-
ried a divorced man, the Bible says
I should be condemned for adul-
tery. Reason says we are all sinners,
but Christ came to forgive sin.
Of late, Joyce members have been
discerning many issues of theirown. Like many inner city congre-
gations, we are a small but sturdy
group of worshipers, struggling
to keep our doors open in an area
where the population is mostly
transient, and at a time when sky-
rocketing heating and insurance
costs cut deeply into our already
small budget. Recently, we met to
decide what our strengths were.
It was no surprise to most of us
to figure out that what we value
most is the inclusivity of a per-
sons faith journey and mission.
In other words, no matter where
youre at on your journey, you arewelcomed and accepted. This is
followed by valuing discipleship
and fellowship. We are, first and
foremost, a Christ centered com-
munity. We recognize that Christ
spent his days not among the rich- but among the least, the lost and
the left out. To that end, we seek
to continue to be a resource for
the neighborhood. Our most vis-
ible missions, the Joyce Foodshelf
and the Joyce Pre-School, are here
because Joyce has often been will-
ing to take risks to do what is nec-
essary for this neighborhood.
Many United Methodists follow
the phrase from the Book of Micah:
What does the Lord require of
you but to do justice and to love
kindness and to walk humbly with
your God? Joyce will continue to
be a mission church, offering spiri-
tual sustenance and guidance and
giving members a way to serve
the local and larger community.But above all, we are in service to
each other, offering fellowship and
support for each other in our own
journeys.
The Joyce United Methodist
Church welcomes all. Services at
10:30, the best darn coffee hour in
town at 11:30. Come as you are,
remain as you want.
Susan Marsh is a longtime Joyce
member and a new resident of the
Uptown area.
Why be a Methodist?
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Ben & JerrysBlue Sky CreameryBobby BeadBoston MarketBrave New WorkshopBryant Lake BowlCaerys Deli & SubsChecker AutoChipotleCity Image SalonComedy SportsDavannisDrink
Youre InvitedEast Calhoun NeighborhoodAnnual Meeting
Thursday October 4, 2007, 6:30 PMSt. Marys Greek Orthodox Church
35th and Irving Ave. South.
Join us for Pizza at 6:30PM; meeting to follow at 7:00PM
Fill out the survey for Phase II NeighborhoodRevitalization Program to give direction on how thesefunds will be spent in our neighborhood
Find out what else is happening in East Calhoun and the Uptown area including
updates on neighborhood crime and the latest Calhoun Square plans. Get involved
in your neighborhood: Elections will be held for open positions on the ECCO Board.
For more information check out the East Calhoun
website: www.eastcalhoun.org.
The East Calhoun Community Organization Says
To These Labor Day Event SponsorsThank YouDunn Bros CoeeFitness TogetherGigis CaGolden LeaGranite City Food & BreweryHal Price BooksHerkimerHirschfeldsIndependentInzio
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crime & safety
5TH PRECINCT (Southest Minneapolis)Sector 2: CPS Tom Thompson: 673-2823
Mayor Rybaks Budget Focus On Public Safety
Task Force Issues Recommendations For ImprovingMinneapolis Community Engagement EffortsAfter three months of work, Min-
neapolis Community Engage-ment Task Force has unanimouslyapproved a preliminary report
which will go to the MinneapolisCity Council on Thursday, Sept.20, 2007. The report will also be
presented for input and feedbackat several community forums.
Community forums
Tuesday, October 9, 6:30 p.m. to
8:30 p.m.Windom Park Recreation Cen-ter gymnasium, 2251 Hayes
Street N.E.
Wednesday, October 10, 6 p.m.to 8 p.m.North Commons Park gymna-
sium, 1801 James Avenue North
Tuesday, October 16, 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. (open house format)Central Library board room,300 Nicollet Mall
Wednesday, October 17, 6 p.m.to 8 p.m.Nokomis Park Recreation Cen-ter gymnasium, 2401 East Min-
nehaha Parkway
Thursday, October 18, 5:30 p.m.to 7:30 p.m.MLK Park Recreation Cen-
ter multi-purpose room, 4055Nicollet Avenue South
Following the community forums,the task force will reconvene toincorporate the communitys input
into its final report, which willbe submitted to the MinneapolisCity Council and Mayor in mid-
November.
The task forces 21 voting par-ticipants represent neighborhoodorganizations, block clubs, eth-
nic/cultural organizations, issue-focused organizations, businessassociations and community devel-
opment corporations, as well as a
community engagement innovator,civic participation advocate and
residents serving as at-large rep-resentatives. They were chargedwith defining roles and funding
of neighborhood, community andcultural organizations as parts ofthe Citys community engagement
system.
The draft report includes seven
core principles of communityengagement, more than two dozenrecommendations related to the
core principles and characteristicsof organizations that are eligible toreceive city resources for activities
related to engaging the commu-nity.
The task force began by recom-mending that the City adopt a
set of core principles to formallydocument its commitment to com-munity involvement. The recom-
mendations expand upon the Citys
current practices and aim to insti-tutionalize the community inputprocess. They are also designed
to broaden the ways the commu-nity can be engaged with the City,expanding beyond geographic-
based groups to also encompassother community organizationssuch as business associations, cul-
tural communities and advocacygroups.
Report Highlights Include
Recommendations
Broaden the types of organiza-
tions eligible for community
engagement resources Require increased accountabil-
ity when resources are allocated
Create a citizen commission ofcommunity engagement
Allocate resources and stafffor administration of adopted
Neighborhood Revitalization
Program (NRP) action plansand contracts beyond 2009
Support increased follow-upcommunication between the
City and community memberswho have provided input dur-ing decision-making processes
The task force is a part of a three-track community engagement
work plan approved by the Mayorand City Council in May 2007 toaddress how community engage-
ment is affected by changes in pop-ulation demographics, financialconstraints and the approaching
sunset of legislation that createdthe funding source for the NRP.
A full copy of the draft Communi-ty Engagement Task Force report
is posted on the Citys Web site atwww.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/com-munications/communityengage-
ment.asp.
Reard Offered In The Mark Loesch MurderMark Loesch, a 41-year-old man who lived in south Minneapolis, was killed on the night of September
13, 2007 near 3732 Elliot Avenue South. This act of violence has affected the entire community.
A reward fund has been set up for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsiblefor Loeschs murder. Crime Stoppers and Marks friends and family have donated to the reward fund.
If you have any information that may be helpful, call Crime Stoppers at 651.452.7463.
Tell The Judicial SystemHo Crime Affects Your LifeContributed by Ralph Remingtons Office
Residents and business owners know how livability crimes affect theirneighborhoods. Now, an Internet tool makes it possible for them to
share that information with the courts, so the true impact of crime in ourneighborhoods can be taken into account when sentencing an offender.For the first time, the City of Minneapolis has made it possible to give
a community impact statement online rather than in person. By fillingout a short community impact statement, people can tell the courts howcrimes really affect the livability of their neighborhood. Prosecutors can
then present these statements to judges during sentencing.
In addition to the online convenience, the search tool makes it easier than
ever to search through the database of cases. Residents can look up casesby offense, alleged offender, street address or, general location of the
offense. You can get to the community impact statement internet page byvisiting the City Attorneys Website: www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/attor-ney.
Contributed by
R.T. Rybaks Office
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybaktoday unveiled his plans for a city
budget that once again signifi-cantly increases funding for a widerange of public safety initiatives.
Mayor Rybaks proposal calls for$200.1 million in public safety pro-grams for the next
year, funds thelargest police forcein more than five
years and address-es the root causesof crime with
funding to preventyouth violence and
build economicopportunity.
This is a com-
mon sense budgetthat puts publicsafety first, focuses
on basic city ser-vices and invests injobs, housing and
other strategiesthat create laddersof opportunity,
Mayor Rybak said.With this budgetwe are showing
that Minneapolis is
a city that works,not only during
an emergency, butevery day of theyear.
Although violent crime is fall-
ing, down 14 percent city-wideand trending downward in everypolice precinct, Mayor Rybak said
budget we will be adding funding
for 18 more sworn officers and thecivilian support that they need to
be more effective. With these newofficers, we will have 880 budgetedsworn officers, more than we havehad any year since 2002.
The police department has grown
significantly in the past few years,from $98 million in 2003 to $112million in 2007. Today Mayor
Rybak proposed another signifi-cant increase with a total policedepartment budget of $121.2 mil-
lion. The police department hasgrown - and in 2008 will continue
to grow - faster than any other citydepartment.
While Rybaks crime-fightingplan begins with more police, hesaid that making Minneapolis safe
is about more than police on thestreet. In his comprehensive plan,Rybak also proposed:
$300,000 to fund four more 911
operators
$800,000 to fund precinct-based
community prosecutors
$75,000 to expand restorativejustice programs
$150,000 for community microgrants to prevent gang-relatedgraffiti
$100,000 for a juvenile curfewand truancy resource center in
City Hall
$100,000 to implement recom-mendations of the Citys YouthViolence Prevention Committee
$675,000 for the Youth Coor-dinating Board, including
$150,000 to fund the YouthAre Here youth activity circu-lator bus year-round
This is a
common sense
budget that puts
public safety
first, focuseson basic city
services and
invests in jobs,
housing and
other strategies
that create
ladders of
opportunity,- Mayor Rybak
that crime is still too high and that
continued vigilance is needed tomake Minneapolis safe.
We are making progress,Mayor Rybak said. But we have
a long way to go, as the recentmurder of bicyclist Mark Loeschand the shooting of Vernice Hall
demonstrates. Thats why in thisbudget, as I havefor the last three
years, I am againproposing signifi-cant investments
in public safety far more thanany other part of
the city govern-
ment.
Calling crime acomplex prob-lem that requires
a complex set ofcompreh en s ivesolutions, Mayor
Rybaks planstarts with morepolice and tough
enforcement, pro-tects livability,remains dedicated
to crime preven-tion and demandsaccountability and
consistent results.
Our most pow-erful tool to fightcrime is more
police officers on the street,Rybak said. Weve been aggres-sively hiring more than 100 diverse
officers for two years and we aregoing to continue. With this 2008
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Uptown, generally from Hol-mes to Bryant avenues and Lake
Street to the Midtown Greenway,be three to six stories, with somebuildings up to eight stories if cer-
tain conditions are met. (For refer-ence, the planned Mozaic project,on the Lagoon Cinemas site, is
eight and ten stories; the approvedCalhoun Square building on LakeStreet would be seven stories.)
The planning process for theUptown Small Area Plan has been
a long one, involving many mem-bers of the community includ-ing residents, business people and
developers. The process startedwith an initial community meet-ing to provide information and
set project boundaries in April
2006. Six more community meet-ings were held between
November 2006 and Sep-tember 2007, with approx-imately 620 total attendees
at the seven communitymeetings. The plans com-munity steering committee
met 11 times during thealmost 18-month plan-ning process so far and will
meet one more time.
Council Member RalphRemington, who chairsthe steering committee, city plan-
ners and the projects planning
consultants from the CuninghamGroup presented the draft plans
recommendations and an execu-tive summary at two communitymeetings on September 19 at Cal-
houn Square.
The draft plan is available online,
along with much additional infor-mation about the plan, the processand Uptown issues, at http://www.
ci.minneapolis.mn.us/planning/uptown-plan.asp or at WalkerLibrary in Uptown. Anyone may
make written comments about thedraft plan to: amanda.arnold@
ci.minneapolis.mn.us or AmandaArnold, Principal City Planner;Minneapolis Department of Com-munity Planning & Economic
Development; Planning Division;350 South 5th Street--Room 210:Minneapolis, MN 55415. Call her
at 612.673.3242 if you have ques-tions.
The 45-day public comment periodwill end approximately Novem-
ber 15 if the plan is released onOctober 1. It is likely that the fourneighborhoods within the plan-
ning area (Lowry Hill East, EastIsles, East Calhoun and CARAG)
will submit comments about thedraft plan.
The plans five goals were estab-
lished early in the planning processas a result of community input.
They are to: 1. Reinforce surround-ing neighborhoods; 2. Reinforce amixed-use core; 3. Establish publicopen spaces; 4. Improve streets for
pedestrians, bicycles and transit;and 5. Improve parking options.
The plans executive summary,which was posted online severaldays prior to the September 19
community meetings, states thatthe plan can provide predict-ability, find common ground and
help make Uptown the leadingurban neighborhood it should be.To this end, the plan: recognizes,
protects and enhances the estab-
lished neighborhoods of East Isles,
Lowry Hill East, East Calhounand CARAG; recognizes the value
and benefits of high quality, well-located and well-designed urbandensity; celebrates Uptowns pri-
mary amenities--its adjacency tothe lakes and the Midtown Green-way; prioritizes streets (especially
Hennepin Avenue, Lake Streetand Lagoon Avenue) as places forsocial interaction and urban activ-
ity instead of just as conduits forthrough-traffic; [and] accepts thedual role of Uptown as a regional
attraction and a local community.
The summary goes on to saythat the plan addresses these
concerns by identifying wheregrowth should occur and howit should be designed to create ahigh-quality environment. Plan-
ning consultant Andrew Dresdnersought to underscore this point atthe September 19 meetings. He
emphasized that the plan callsfor concentrating new growth inUptowns core because there
are a considerable number ofunderutilized properties includ-ing parking lots and one-story
buildings, because its good urbandesign, because its the best way toprotect the existing character of
the neighborhoods abutting and
surrounding Uptown; and becauseof the benefits it provides to thelarger community.
Some of the draft plans primaryrecommendations concerning built
form are to: focus growth in areaswhere it is most appropriate, orwhere surface parking, underuti-
lized land, large parcels and mar-ket interest is abundant; establish,through design and use, strong,
gradual transitions between resi-dential and commercial areas;discourage one-story buildings;
encourage mixed-use along LakeStreet to connect Uptown andLyn/Lake; identify the area most
near the intersections of HennepinAvenue and Lake Street and Hen-nepin Avenue and the Midtown
Greenway as the Activity Cen-ter, and contain high intensity
entertainment uses in thisarea; locate tallest build-ings along corridors; andstep back upper floors of
buildings to limit shadow-ing of streets and the Mid-town Greenway.
Some of the draft plans
primary recommendationsfor public and private openspace are to: create sev-
eral small urban gatheringspaces instead of one largespace; create wider side-
walks through setbacks of build-
ings or narrowing of streets; createbroad pedestrian promenades on
Lake Street; establish street levelpedestrian promenades on bothsides of the Midtown Greenway;
create a year-round indoor/out-door space in Calhoun Square;and create the Girard Meander--a
narrow street with wide sidewalksconnecting Mozaic and CalhounSquare.
Some of the draft plans primaryrecommendations for access are
to: establish a group of busi-ness leaders, property owners andresidents that would promote
better management of existingparking resources, promote tran-sit options and help implement
other transportation recommen-dations; shorten the walk distancefor pedestrians crossing streets in
Uptown by providing bumpoutsat signalized intersections; installpedestrian countdown meters at
busy intersections; narrow thecurb-to-curb dimensions of LakeStreet and Lagoon Avenue west
of Hennepin Avenue; improvebicycle connections between theGreenway and the Uptown core;
implement Southwest Tran-sit Corridor to connect through
Uptown or extend streetcar systemto future West Calhoun TransitCenter; provide a reduced rate for
Uptown Zone riders; pursue,through public/private coopera-tion, a circulator along Lake Street
and Lagoon Avenue connectingUptown with the lakes and Lyn/Lake; support the possible future
development of streetcars on Hen-nepin Avenue; promote land uses
and development densities thatcreate and support strong tran-sit markets, such as high densityhousing, employment and retail;
establish shared parking practicesbetween complementary uses suchas entertainment and offices, and
that could use lots such as Lundsand YWCA in the evenings;develop district parking lots in the
core; work with businesses to cre-ate a voucher parking program forvisitors and consumers; use Criti-
cal Parking Areas (permit park-ing) in conjunction with otherparking recommendations to focus
parking usage; reduce lane widths
on Lagoon Avenue and WestLake Street to match East Lake
Street reconstruction standards;consider reducing the lane counton Lake Street east of Hennepin
Avenue to two lanes in each direc-tion to match the lane count onEast Lake Street; examine possi-
bilities for improving the DupontAvenue/Lake Street intersectionby creating developable blocks and
restoring the street grid; and studypossibility of converting LakeStreet and Lagoon Avenue to two-
way streets.
The draft plans executive sum-mary states that adoption of thisPlan by City Council should sig-nal the beginning of a new era
for Uptown. The Plan will beimplemented over the next 15 to20 years with both private and
public resources. Implementationwill amount to significant changesand improvements in Uptown.
The Plan promotes respon-sible growth. Over the next twodecades, Uptown has the potential
to accommodate approximately500-700 new residential units and200,000-300,000 new square feet
of commercial/retail/office space.
This growth is directed awayfrom the edges of the residentialneighborhoods and toward the
core. New growth will broadenthe areas housing options, pro-vide new employment opportuni-
ties and bolster the local retail andservice base. It also will supporttransit, help fund public improve-
ments, reduce automobile use andmake a positive contribution to
the environment. In addition, newgrowth has the potential to con-tribute to connections to the lakes,transit connections to Midtown,
the southwest and downtown,new plazas and parks, a new inter-nal circulator, new cultural and
community facilities, more effi-cient parking, and improved andenlarged sidewalks and bikeways.
Together these private and pub-lic investments will help Uptownreassert itself as a regional destina-
tion for recreation, shopping andentertainment, as well as stabilizeitself as a desirable local mixed-use
residential community. The result
of such (public/private/citizenryimplementation) partnerships will
be a renewed Uptown a placethat embodies the best qualities ofurban living in Minneapolis.
The city will conduct a zon-ing study, following City Coun-
cil adoption of the plan, to helpimplement the plan. Rezoning ofsome parcels will result, includ-
ing down zoning the half-blocksouth of 28th Street in the studyarea.
To put growth in Uptown, and the
need for Minneapolis to grow, intoperspective, consider the follow-ing. Metropolitan Council popula-
tion forecasts project a significantincrease in the population and inthe number of households in both
Minneapolis and the seven-coun-try metro area in coming decades.The Met Council projects that, in
Minneapolis, the population willincrease from 382,747 in 2000 to423,000 in 2020, a 10.5 percent
increase, and to 425,000 in 2030, an11.0 percent increase over 2000. Itprojects that the number of Min-
The plan can provide
predictability, find common
ground and help make
Uptown the leading urban
neighborhood it should be.
Photo by Bruce Cochran
Harvey Zuckman discusses the pros and cons of the new plan with fellow community members.
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neapolis household will increasefrom 162,352 in 2000 to 181,000in 2020, an increase of 11.5 per-
cent, and to 187,000 in 2030, a15.2 percent increase over 2000.For the metro area, the council
projects that the population willincrease to 3,445,600 in 2020 (30.4percent increase over 2000) and
to 3,713,900 in 2030 (40.6 percentincrease over 2000), and the num-ber of households will increase by
36.2 percent over 2000 to 1,391,000in 2020 and by 48.8 percent over2000 to 1,519,500 in 2030.
Approximately 50 people attendedthe afternoon community meeting
on September 19 at which the draftUptown plans recommendations
were presented. Approximately75 people attended the eveningmeeting later that day. At the eve-ning meeting, there were only one
or two people of color but therewas a surprisingly large numberof young adults. Council Mem-
ber Remington began the eveningmeeting by saying the draft planis a solid documentdevelopers
and residents will know what toexpect (in terms of developmentparameters). We still need input
from you.
Theres one bone of contention
still, for some folks, and thats[building] height, Remington
continued. Theres still a lot oftime for review and input. At theend of the day (or 20+ month pro-
cess), well have a document thatmost people will be pleased with,he suggested. Remington said later
in the meeting that he prefers tosee the plan call for three to fivestory buildings in the core, with six
to eight story buildings by condi-tional use permit (CUP); the draftplans parameters are three to six
stories with seven and eight storiesby CUP.
Consultant Dresdner, a primaryauthor of the draft plan, said,There are many ways to grow a
city. He showed a slide of high-rise buildings in Vancouver andcommented, Its not a model [for
Uptown]. The audience applaud-ed. He then showed a slide ofParis, where most buildings are a
uniform five-stories. The audienceapplauded again before Dresd-ner could comment.
Dresdner said the properties
most likely for redevelopment inUptowns core are the RainbowFoods, Arbys, McDonalds and
Campiello sites on the south sideof the Greenway and, on the north
side of the Greenway, the Acmesite (west side of Fremont) and thethree (former) Bennett Lumber
blocks. He said the plan acceptsgrowth and distributes it appropri-ately in the core and redistributes
it away from the periphery (some84-foot tall residential buildingscurrently permitted north of the
Greenway--56 feet and 35 feetproposed).
Dresdner also showed an imageillustrating the draft plans recom-
mendation for a parking structurein each of Uptowns four quad-rants: southeast (Calhoun Square
existing and expanding); north-east (Mozaic site proposed);northeast (at YWCA site cur-
rently a preliminary possibility);and southwest on the site of theSons of Norway parking lot).
Though the meeting topic wasvery important, it seemed the 90-
minute presentation dragged ontoo long, with too many imagesand points covered in numerous
previous community meetings. Italso limited the amount of timeavailable for questions and com-
ments.
Justus Gibson, a resident of the3000 block of Emerson, said afterthe meeting that he generally
thinks the draft plan is very good.He mentioned that he likes theproposal for wider sidewalks and
the development scheme thatputs height in the core.
Ali Rubin, a resident of the 3100block of Girard and a mother oftwo children, is not as optimistic.
She is very discouraged about[the state of] Calhoun Square, andthat colors her view of the Uptown
plan and the planning process.The plan has some good ideas,but I dont have much faith in
things really happening this way,
she said. I feel kind of cynical.Look at where we are and whats
happened, she continued. Imconcerned about neighborhoodlivability issues. I would like to
see Uptown booming, but are wegoing to have more people pissingin our yards? Theres more and
more crime; there was much lesswhen we had bicycle cops. Wevegone backwards in a lot of ways. I
can and have walked downtownin less time than the bus takes.Id like to be really hopeful, but
this process (four years of Cal-houn Square redevelopment andUptown planning) has made me
very cynical, Rubin concluded.
Several officials and consultantshave said publicly, near the end of
this planning process, that thoughits impossible to please every-one all the time, they believe the
Uptown Small Area Plan willplease most people most of thetime. They believe the draft plan
has arrived at a general consensuson some challenging developmentissues. One area developer said,
in the aftermath of the Mozaiccontroversy, that developers wantpredictability, whether than means
three or ten stories; they dontwant unpredictability and poten-tial community battles. We will
see, in the next few months, ifindeed most people and stakehold-ers in the community buy into and
embrace this plan for Uptownsfuture. Following the plans adop-tion, we will see if it guides and
provides for predictable growthand development as well as com-munity improvement.
Aaron Rubenstein lives in CARAG.
Come right over here, Ive got300 pairs.
Kislinger is a soft spoken man,pensive but quick with a smile.
When asked about his thoughts onthe recent slew of stories placingbets on when Calhoun Square will
die, Kislinger says, If someonecan run a kiosk for 20 years, things
cant be that bad. This is the fourthtime weve been all alone on thefloor but let me tell you, this mallis full of success stories.
In 1987 when Seasons opened,
there were 56 stores in the mall,which has now been whittleddown to 21. Kislinger accredits
that to a slow economy overall andgoes on to say that the merchantsare very positive and excited to see
what new owner Blackrock has tooffer. According to him, theyvegot a track record for bringing in
stores and making things happenon a short timeline. People areupbeat, weve got excellent man-
agement in the mall and I knowIm not the only store owner thatfeels that way, Kislinger said.
You know, weve got six liquorlicenses in here, its a great enter-tainment space and we have fan-
tastic events. Other long timetenants include Kitchen Window,Urban Traveler, Sox Appeal,
Eyedeals, Bay Street Shoes andFiglio.
The store owners are the heart ofthis mall, making it a much dif-ferent environment than any sub-
urban mall, Kislinger explains.Its a melting pot where younever know who is going to come
through that door. You dont getbored here, he chuckles. Kislingerlives in Spring Park, and although
he says he could live in Uptown in
a heartbeat, but his wife has otherideas. He is originally from MapleGrove and first thought to start a
kiosk while he was downtown oneday and saw a man selling scarves.I knew right then I wanted a
shop of my own. He started witha kiosk in Riverplace, and was atthe North Town Mall for a while
as well as the Eden Prairie Mallbefore finally making Calhoun
Square his home. His wife andtwo children helped out with staff-ing and he also has two employees.
Watching his kids grow up in themall also meant watching storesgrow up. Kislinger notes that
Agan Traders started as a smallkiosk and grew to a large store-front. Eyedeals has expanded and
Kitchen Window has grown to bean award winning store. Kislingerhas had offers from other malls,
but has always opted to remain atCalhoun Square.
His dream would be to open a
weather store in the middle of themain floor--to have a newspaper/convenience store operation andrun sales based on the weather.
As it is now, Seasons in Calhounsells sunglasses for a discountedrate on cloudy days. Kislinger cites
customer loyalty for his success, aswell as the good service people getwhen visiting the shop. There are
a lot of great people in this mall, Iwould love to write a book aboutthe things Ive seen here in the
past 20 years, things you wouldntbelieve.
Seasons in Calhoun is open Mon-day Saturday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.,Sunday noon to 6 p.m. although
he has been known to make a saleor two outside those hours.
Jacqueline Varriano is an ECCO res-
ident in need of some new sunglasses.
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Photo by Bruce Cochran
Howard Verson points to the astronomical center of the universe.
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Welcome 2007/2008
CARAG Board of Directors
Kay Nygaard GrahamAnna MatthesEllen MeyerBill MortonDan Qualy
Jamie RoneiAaron Rubenstein
Peter Sherling
Howard Verson
On the Agenda...- New Board of Directors
- Council Member Remingtons Report
- NRP & Development Updates
- And More!
Join CARAG Neighbors on a walking tour of historic garages and carriage houses
throughout the neighborhood. Tour guide Aaron Rubenstein will lead the group as he
presents architectural styles and old garage preservation along the way. Please join us for
this FREE and fun educational activity! Contact CARAG for more information at (612)-
823-2520 or [email protected].
Kay Nygaard-Graham
Anna Matthes
Ellan Meyer
Bill Morton
Dan Qualy
Jamie Ronnei
Aaron Rubenstein
Peter Scherling
Howard Verson
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but was at 1,700 riders only 10
days before the tour. Despite thestress placed on the volunteers atthe registration booths, the strain
on the water and food suppliedalong the route and the short-age of promotional T-Shirts, the
event was a great success.
A large, enthusiastic gathering
of riders took advantage of therest and provisions station nearLake Harriet Bandshell, and
participants were welcomed atthe finish line, or shortly there-after, by a variety of vendors,
informational booths and enter-tainment.
The joy of the tour was tem-pered, yet strengthened by a
number of people who rode intribute to the memory of MarkLoesch, the man found dead
after taking a late night ride nearhis home in south Minneapolison September 13.
Scott Schiefelbein lives in Uptown.
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Greek Festival Bigger Than EverBy Gary Farland
The 19th Annual A Taste of Greece was once again a resounding success, with about 12,000 people attend-ing at St. Marys Greek Orthodox Church on September 7 through 9. Everyone enjoyed the nice weather, greatfood, many things to buy, and, of course, the music and dancing. This years festival was dedicated to Christina
Sacorafas, who died in the 35W bridge disaster shortly before she was to teach Greek dancing at the Church.
She also volunteered at the Church on other things, including spearheading the Friday afternoon Senior Dayluncheon. Shown in the picture are the Christinas Dancers, who were her students, as they performed on
Sunday afternoon.
Other events were the A Taste of Greece 5K Run/Walk for Special Olympics, a 56 foot turbo slide for the kids,
a wine tasting for the adults, cooking demonstrations and an iconography painting demonstration. Anoth-er highlight was being able to meet Mrs. Minnesota-America, Bessie Giannakakis. Bessie is a member of St.Marys. Also, there was a raffle that awarded big dollar prizes to lucky ticket holders. ECCO resident and long-
time activist Nick Kakos administered the raffle.
Each year the proceeds of the festival help many people through donations to numerous charitable organi-zations. In honor of Christina,$5,000 was donated to the Minne-
sota Helps Bridge Disaster Fund.
Other recipient organizationsinclude the Angel Tree, Trinity
Mission, Simpson House, Open
Arms of MN, Metro Hope, Fami-lies Moving Forward, Native
American Community Clinic andmany others throughout the com-munity.
Gary Farland lives in ECCO.
ECCO Labor Day Festival Celebrates Again
Photo by Gary Farland
Brad Albertson checks the winning bingo cards
Photo
byBruceCochran
T i m e S i g n a T u r e
By Gary Farland
It was a beautiful summer after-noon for the annual ECCO Labor
Day festival at St. Marys Greek
Orthodox Church. As usual, theSouthwest High School Band
led the parade through ECCO,
with about 150 residents follow-ing close behind. Things then
moved on to the Great Hall at theChurch, where a potluck was heldthat included donated foods from
Old Chicago, Aarcee Rental, FirstWOK, Noodles, Starbucks Coffeeand Jimmy Johns. Many children
enjoyed games and a clown, butsoon everyone got serious for the
big bingo game. Brad Albertson
obtained the donations of manygreat prizes from area merchants,
and this year youngsters did thebingo calling. The chair of theevent was once again Robin Cook.
Gary Farland lives in ECCO.
Photo by Gary Farland
The SW High School Marching Band leads ECCO residents in the parade
Photo by Gary Farland
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Laurie Lindeen Brings Old Minneapolis Rock-and-Roll To LifeBy Jessica Fox-Wilson
Reading a book, when its good, is like plunging yourself into the writers world. By cracking the spine,you are cracking open a window into the sights, smells, sounds and feelings of an environment that is notyour own. A good book is an escape into an unfamiliar universe where you can live vicariously through thecharacters, experiencing a whole new life.
of her rock band, Zuzus Petals.
The story is semi-chronological
because Lindeen splices her nar-
rative with childhood and early
adolescent scenes. Through these
scenes, we witness her mostly
happy, but somewhat troubling,
childhood in a suburban Wiscon-
sin family, her misspent college
education at UW Madison and
her escape to Marthas Vineyard
to party with friends. While the
structure seems more intuitive
than logical, it works because it
uncovers the roots of rock-and-roll
rebellion in the stuttering starts
and stops of her young life.
Coupled with these adolescent
scenes is the meat of her book, the
diary of a traveling rock show.
The author humorously details the
stays in squirrel-haunted motels,
the battles with music labels to
appropriately market Zuzus Pet-
als and the horror at performing
(sometimes poorly) for a handful
of people in a dank club. Lindeen
is honest, sometimes painfully so,
as she describes her struggles with
personal illness, frailty and the
tribulations of fame--or the lack
thereof. The memoirs greatest
asset is Lindeens tone. She deftly
varies her prose, from sarcastic to
heartwarming to confessional, as
she combines the different plot
elements of her life. While the
ments and friend of Soul Asylums
Dave Pirner. She seemed to be
in the perfect position to reveal
dirty secrets. However, she does
not abuse her position as comrade
of these and other famous musi-
cians. Instead, these people appear
as side characters and the focus of
the book remains where it should
be, squarely on the rise and fall of
Zuzus Petals. Personally, I was
more interested in this material
than in learning the dirt on music
industry insiders. Any inclusion of
chatty gossip would have degraded
the book.
Instead, what emerges is a portrait
of a female artist in an often male-
dominated field. The character of
Laurie Lindeen is both fractured
and fearless because the author
does not shy away from present-
ing her own flaws, vulnerabilities,
angers and jealousies. Throughout
the story, Laurie rebels against her
family, her education, her band
mates and her body to create some-
thing both lasting and real. These
rebellions are really rebellions
against structure, mediocrity, inti-
macy and frailty, and the author
Petal Pusher: A Rock and Roll
Cinderella Story, by Laurie Lin-
deen ($24, Atria) plunges the
reader into the music scene of
mid-eighties to early-nineties
Minneapolis. For readers famil-
iar with Uptown, it is an eerie
feeling to escape all the way
tothe Uptown Bar, the CC
Club and Liquor Lyles. How-
ever, I enjoyed the immersion in
the formative rock scene of Min-
neapolis because I used to be too
young and too uncool to spend
my time at these landmarks.
Through Lindeens prose, I was
able to escape to the lost Uptown
of the late-night drunks and
struggling punks aspiring to
musical greatness. As someone
who wishes she could have been
a rock star (if only she had musi-
cal talent and a spitfire attitude)
this book provided an opportu-
nity to experience the rise and
fall of an honest-to-goodness
rock chick.
Petal Pusher is a looping narra-
tive following Laurie Lindeens
migration to Minneapolis and
the eventual genesis and success
acknowledges both their impor-
tance and triviality. The auxil-
iary characters, especially those
of her band mates, are equally
authentic, as the author reveals
their strengths and weaknesses
throughout the story.
Most of all, Petal Pusher is a
memoir about living with the
fire of creation, whether its
intense or almost extinguished.
I am the first to admit that I am
a sucker for a story that shows
the difficulty and necessity
of the commitment to artistic
expression. I love experiencing
the emotional highs and lows
of the creative process, and
the inspiration it affords me as
a writer. After reading Petal
Pusher, I just wanted to pick up
a guitar, pen, paintbrush, any-
thing, and finally get to work.
Jessica Fox-Wilson is a poet and
writer who lives in the Wedge
neighborhood. In between scrib-
bling poems and spending time
with her husband and cats, she
blogs at 9to5poet.blogspot.com.
Master Of His DomainBy Kay Nygaard-Graham
politics of pornography. Jensens
arguments were artful and com-pelling. He described the symbioticrelationship between pornography
and capitalism and imperialism,how it informs aggressive behav-ior in our national as well as our
individual psyche, the differencebetween what is merely offensiveand what is truly oppressive, civil
rights and the failure of obscenitylaws, to name a few.
Friends and associates from theMinneapolis based movement,
book is never sentimental, it is onebig mash note to the rock-and-roll
world she has mostly left behind.
One warning for the reader if
you are looking for juicy gossip
about Minneapolis rock legends,
Petal Pusher is not the book for you.
It is true that the author is the wife
of Paul Westerberg of the Replace-
Photo left by Kay Nygaard-Graham
From left to right: Naomi Scheman, Jim Koplin and Robert Jensen.
Robert Jensen, author of GettingOff: Pornography and The End of
Masculinity (see Jessica Fox-Wil-sons excellent and insightful bookreview in Septembers UNN) drew
an impressive crowd Sunday after-noon, September 9 at Magers &Quinn Booksellers for what turned
out to be a lively discussion on the
OAP (Organizing Against Por-
nography) were on hand for theoccasion, including University ofMinnesota Professor of Philosophy
in Gender, Womens and Sexual-
ity Studies, Naomi Scheman, andJensens longtime collaborator andmentor, psychology professor and
early activist with the OAP, Jim
Koplin, pictured here chattingwith Jensen.
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Senior Housing CommunityDebuts Speed Dating For SeniorsBy Mary Samoszuk
When a focus group was held recently by Walker at Tree Tops staff,
they were somewhat surprised, but pleased, to learn that their residentswould enjoy participating in speed dating. Not only that, residents said
they would look forward to hosting a series of speed dating events intheir community room. Commonplace among the younger set, speeddating is quite novel among seniors. Still, Walker residents were willingand excited to take the plunge.
Speed dating is a formalized matchmaking process deigned to allow
people to meet a large number of people in a relatively short time. Itsa fun and safe way to meet people without pressure to accept or reject asuitor in person. At its speed dating debut on October 18 at 1:30, Walker
at Tree Tops will accept ten 55 year old or better women and ten 55-plus men to participate. Men and women will sit across from each otherand have a 5 minute date over coffee and cookies. When five minutes
have passed, the event coordinator will announce that participants needto move on to their next date. This process will continue until all thewomen have met all the men.
At the end of the event, the seniors will be asked to provide a list of those
people to whom they would like to provide their contact information. Ifthere is a match, then, a week later, contact information is forwarded toboth parties.
Registration is required. Please call 824.7921.
Mary Samoszuk is Marketing Director at Walker at Tree Tops
Street SmartCity To Discuss Citywide Transportation And Streetcar Plan
Scheduled MeetingsDateTime Location Address
October9 5:30-7:30p.m. NorthRegionalLibrary 1315LowryAvenueNorth
October10 6:30-8:30p.m. CommunicationWorkersofAmerica 3521EastLakeStreet
October11 5:30-7:30p.m. NortheastLibrary 2200CentralAvenueN.E.
October15 4-6p.m. MinneapolisCentralLibrary 300NicolletMall
October16 6:30-8:30p.m. NorthCommonsRecreationCenter 1801JamesAvenueNorth
October17 6:30-8:30p.m. LakeNokomisRecreationCenter 2401EastMinnehahaParkway
October23 6:30-8:30p.m. MartinLutherKingRecreationCenter 4055NicolletAvenueSouth
October 24 6:30-8:30p.m. VanCleveRecreat ionCenter 90115thAvenueS.E.
October25 6:30-8:30p.m. BryantSquareRecreationCenter 3101BryantAvenueSouth
The City of Minneapolis is hosting nine public meetings to discuss theCitys draft Ten-Year Transportation Plan and its Streetcar FeasibilityStudy. The public will have an opportunity to provide feedback on plan
recommendations and to discuss key transportation issues facing Min-neapolis.
The Citys Ten-Year Transportation Action Plan Access Minneapolis is being created to identify steps that the City and its partner agen-cies (Metro Transit, Metropolitan Council, Hennepin County , Minne-
sota Department of Transportation) need to take within the next 10 yearsto improve the current transportation system and ready it for continued
growth. While the Access Minneapolis plan is based on a long-term(2030) view of transportation needs, it focuses on actions that should beundertaken throughout the city over the next 10 years, recognizing thatthis timeframe is subject to the availability of funds.
The Streetcar Feasibility Study recommends a long-range streetcar sys-
tem and identifies initial operating segments that might be good shortstarter segments. The Study evaluated 14 Primary Transit Networkcorridors to determine if the operation of streetcar in some of those cor-
ridors would be physically, operationally and financially feasible. Thestudy addressed capital and operating costs, impacts on transit service,development opportunities, physical constraints, ownership and opera-
tion alternatives, maintenance and storage facility locations and fundingalternatives.
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als in alternative format, please contact Charleen Zimmer, Project Man-ager, at 673.3166 or at [email protected] at least aweek before the meeting.
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and eaters would come back soon.
A recent evening at the LynLakeintersection was free of pedestri-
ans, and the only traffic was stuckin line at the stoplight. For res-taurants in the area, the construc-tion has been particularly hard.
Lee Brooks, manager of CaffreysSandwich Shop, notes that theirbusiness has definitely slowed
especially during key times. Atfirst it wasnt so noticeable becauseit was the summer. Not everyone
is ordering sandwiches and itsgenerally a slower time but thekey times that we did have traffic
like after the bar rush hour, theconstruction made it so difficultto have a lot of people in the store
or on the sidewalk because there
was such a smaller space. It led toa lot of chaos and trouble for the
most part, Brooks said. To com-bat slowness Caffreys has offeredsome coupons and has been putting
out a lot of flyers in their deliveryareas. Some other restaurants haveresponded by cutting lunch hours
and offering cheaper happy hourspecials to lure in patrons.
Because many of the retail shops in
the area fill a certain niche, the hithasnt been as hard; in fact, MollyBondhus, a manager at LavaLounge, had so many customers
in the store one Wednesday after-noon she was too busy to talk. Sheresponded in an email saying, We
have been very fortunate that wehave incredibly loyal customerswho have made a point of shopping
even when the bulldozers wereripping out our sidewalks. Duringthe early construction, when the
stop-and-go traffic was restrictedto the south side of the street, weeven added new customers who
fell in love with dresses and shirts
in our front display while gazingout of their car window.
Nevertheless, Bondhus doesacknowledge some worries about
the effects of the construction.She went on to comment, Ourbiggest concern going forward
will be the impact of the assess-ments for the project. Many peopledo not realize that on a typical
triple-net commercial lease, thetenant (not the landlord) is respon-sible for the property taxes and
the assessments. We have alreadybeen hit with triple-digit prop-
erty tax increases in recent years,
and additional assessments maymake the neighborhood cost-pro-
hibitive for many small businesses.
Despite the crowd observed at
Lava Lounge, most still feel liketraffic is down. All businessesalong the construction route are
open and ask that neighbors andresidents support them as theycan.
One business taking a particu-larly hard hit is the ever popularTatters. General Manager DougDenham says, Yes we have been
greatly negatively affected but wereally havent done too much ofanything to combat it. Mainly we
are just trying to maintain somekind of normalcy we cant domore ads because were making
less money weve been cuttinghours, not ordering as much inven-tory no added sales, just regular
mark downs.
According to releases from the
county, which owns the road,
construction is progressing. Onelane of traffic remains open in
the work zones, as do most majorintersections. Although sched-ules are seemingly on track, Den-
ham doesnt see a light at the endof the tunnel. If I saw an end toit, I would get excited but con-
struction started the first week inMay. While I know things havetheir schedules, Im looking out
the window day after day, and notseeing anything done I just dontthink they will be done any time
soon, Denham remarked.
One unexpected change to the
construction occurred as a result ofthe I35W collapse. The county and
city have directed the contractorto complete roadway constructionfrom West River Parkway west to
46th Avenue as soon as possible inanticipation of the increased traf-fic on Lake Street. The recent rain
has made this challenging, and theproject was not completed by theend of August as planned.
Construction on the west seg-
ment of Lake Street, from Dupontto Bryant Avenues and LyndaleAvenue from 29th to 31st Streets
began in May. The work is notprogressing as fast as was planneddue to scheduling issues with the
utility departments. Specifically,the space under construction didnot accommodate the number of
workers that needed to be there atthe same time, leading to delays. Agas line rupture at the end of the
summer stalled work again, alsoresulting in business evacuations.
Work on Lake Street in Uptown
includes removing sidewalk andpavement, installing storm sew-ers, reinstalling new sidewalks and
setting up conduits for new street
lights and signal lights. By theend of 2008, Lake Street between
Dupont Avenue and the Missis-sippi River will have an entirelynew roadway, sidewalks and
streetscape amenities. This is thefirst major reconstruction on LakeStreet in 50 years.
For businesses and restaurants inthe area, the construction cant end
early enoughprovided that theend of construction brings con-sumers and their pocketbooks back
to the area. Once I see that streetfinished, then Ill be excited, saidDenham.
Photo by Bruce Cochran
Denise Arambadjis, general managerfor Its Greek to Me, says business hasbeen down 50% since constructionstarted.
Photo by Bruce Cochran
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Calou Area Reet Acto grouCARAG report
The CARAG
Board meets
the third
Tuesday of
each month,
7 p.m. at
Bryant Park
Community
Center, 31st
and Bryant. All CARAG residents are
welcome and urged to attend.
Lake St.
36th St.
H
ennepinAve.
LyndaleAve.
CARAG Calhoun Area Residents
Action Group Monthly Neighbor-hood Meeting Minutes.SEPTEM-BER 18, 2007. DRAFT: Subject
to Approval at the October 2007CARAG Meeting
Board Members Attending: Rick
Sho n Tell
CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE NEw
CARAG BOARD!
Anna Matthes
Ellan Meyer
Bill Morton
Kay Nygaard-Graham
Dan Qualy
Jamie Ronnei
Aaron Rubenstein
Peter Scherling
Hoard Verson
Bojko (Vice President), StephenEisenmenger (Secretary), AaronRubenstein, Howard Verson
(President), Jill Bode and AnnaMatthes, Bill Morton, Ellan Meyerand Dan Qualy.
Welcome: The CARAG Board ismade up of volunteers who also
volunteer time on other neighbor-
hood committees and organiza-tions. Scott Engel, the CARAG
community coordinator, can bereached at 612.823.2520. CARAGis a democratic organization;
membership and voting privilegesare open to residents, propertyowners and business owners in the
neighborhood.
Presentations
Introductions & Announce-ments, Howard Verson
Featured Guest: Mayor R.T.Rybak
Council Member RemingtonsUpdate
Calhoun Square Redevelop-ment: Jim Larson & Carol
Lansing from the developmentfirm, who have managed andwill be developing the property.
The property transitioned to thenew owners on August 1. Thecompany wants to work with
the community and will be hav-ing meetings open to the publicfor input on their redesign
thoughts.
Elections
CARAG Board Nominations.Last month, nominations were
made for Aaron Rubenstein,Howard Verson, Anna Matthes,Bill Morton, Ellan Meyer andDan Qualy. Nominations were
made for Kay Nygaard-Gra-ham, Peter Scherling and JamieRonnei.
9-Member Board Election (Dis-
cussion & Vote). Nominationsapproved unanimously.
Business Meeting
Approve Consent Agenda
Meeting Agenda
Approve and sign minutes
Treasurers Report
CARAG Operations Account
Financial Report and FY08 Bud-get, Jill Bode. Motion to changethe Joyce Food Shelf donation
to zero and raise the donationsfrom $87.50 to $100 for MidtownGreenway Coalition, SW Senior
Center and EcoMinds. Keep theChilly Chili Fest proceeds goingto the Joyce Food Shelf (estimated
to be $525 in 2008). CARAG has$12,660.73 in the bank accountand $7,187.20 in asset accounts.
Total balance as of August 31 is$19,847.93.
Uptown Neighborhood NewsFinancial Report & FY08 Bud-get, Anna Matthes. The Uptown
Neighborhood News Profitfor the month of August was$1,393.01. FY2008 Budget present-
ed (Approved).
NRP Updates, Scott Engel.
FY2008 Administrative Con-
tract Budget (Vote) Approved.
Phase II Participation Agree-ment
Break In Lake Design Concept.
It looks like we can have 5boulevard trees in the island (atLake and Dupont). Cheers formore Greening!
Committees Updates
CARAG By-Laws Review, RickBojko. Two edits identified andthose amendments were accepted.
A motion to end discussion waspassed. A motion to vote on bylawchanges was made, motion passed
21-0.
Zoning Committee Report, Aaron
Rubenstein.
Committee Updates. Nothinghappening with the former AlsPlumbing space. Uptown Small
Area Plan meetings tomorrow Afinal draft of the plan will be pro-duced in mid-November. It could
go to full council in January orFebruary. Calhoun Square plansfor redevelopment could go to city
council in October or Novemberfor approvals.
Adjourn (Vote)
Upcoming Meetings
and Events
CARAG Architecture & Preserva-tion Tour: Tour of Historic Garag-
es & Carriage Houses -- Saturday,October 13, 2007. Meet @ 1:00p.m., Bryant Square Park.
Next CARAG Neighborhood
Meeting: Third Tuesday of everymonth -- October 16, 7:00 p.m. @Bryant Square Park.
The Uptown Neighborhood News
Your Analogue Oasis
Photo by Bruce Cochran
Residents of CARAG engaged in the presententations of Mayor Rybak, State Rep. Scott Dibble and City CouncilpersonRalph Remington
Photo by Bruce Cochran
Mayor Rybak shares his vision with the people.
Photo by Bruce Cochran
Outgoing members of the 2006-07 CARAG board preside over the most efficientneighborhood meeting in recent memory.
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Eat Calou Commuty OrazatoECCO report ECCO meets
the first Thurs-
day of each
month, 7 p.m.
at St. Marys
Greek Orthodox
Church, 34th
& Irving. AllECCO residents
are welcome and urged to attend.
LAKECALHOUN
Lake St.
36th St.
HennepinAve.
Report On The Monthly MeetingOf The Upton Association Boardby Gary Farland
The Uptown Business Association (properly known as the Uptown Association) Board of Directors met Sep-
tember 18th at Old Chicago. First on the agenda was Council Member Ralph Remington, who discussed
Mayor Rybaks proposed budget. There seemingly will be some movement from overtime pay for top officers
to the rank and file, since some officers have been making very large sums. He would like to see more police
in Uptown in the evenings. There are about 860 officers now, after a recent addition of 22, and Remington
thinks there needs to be about 1200. He said that technology has been used to enable more police to be out in
the neighborhoods.
CM Remington also said that it looks like the ban on circus animals in the city would pass the City Council.
There is also interest in creating more parking permit areas on residential streets around Uptown. Also, Target
is seemingly interested in having a store in Uptown. He said that many people have expressed interest in hav-
ing a pharmacy and a post office.
Jeff Johnson, director of special services districts for the City, told of how they are working with the Uptown
Special Service District. He said that due to budget cuts they are down in personnel, from 25 to just 14, but that
the Uptown Association helps a lot in getting things done.
Mike Finkelstein reported on the affairs of the Community Affairs Committee, which interfaces with the
Citys Special Service Districts Office. He reported that violent crimes are down in the area, but that car thefts
are numerous. With graffiti, they wish to be both proactive and reactive. They have identified four to five ways
to better deal with this problem, and are forming a committee to plan these activities.
Thatcher Imboden reported on
the Membership Committee. They
are moving the annual meeting
for all members from November
to January. The Executive Com-
mittee will be the nominating
committee for board members.
Thatcher was also elected to the
Southwest Transit Study to repre-
sent the Uptown Association. Theorganization is especially inter-
ested in whether a trolley or light
rail will go through Uptown on
the Greenway.
The Board approved the 2007
budget, which shows a deficit of
about $46,000 to be covered with
reserves. A finance committee
is being formed to improve the
accounting of the budget, which
has expenditures of $1,008,700
this year. The Art Fair accounts
for $730,700 of that.
Gary Farland is an ECCO resident.
ECCO BOARD MEETINGMINUTES FOR September 6,2007. (East Calhoun neighborhood
monthly meeting)
Meeg tme: Meetings are the
first Thursday each month, 7 p.m.at St. Marys Greek OrthodoxChurch (public invited)
boar Memers prese: Ralph
Knox (vice president) Carrie Men-
ard (secretary), Duane Thorpe,Ted Ringsred, Gary Farland,
Heidi Niziolek, Michael Ekholm,Tim Prinsen, Ruth Cain and Rob-ert Kean.
Oers prese: Gael Ellis (NRPcoordinator) and Bob Miller (resi-
dent)
Welcome a iroucos: VicePresident Ralph Knox called themeeting to order, welcomed board
members and others and initiatedintroductions.
Oe forum: Gail Ellis men-
tioned the dedication of the Gate-way Art Park, which took place
on August 26th at Lake CalhounParkway and Lake Street. Gaelencouraged others to come see it.
The dedication had about 30-50people with food donations madeby Rainbow and Kowalskis. It has
been designated a garden, and willbe maintained by the Park Boardwith water supply by The Edge-
water. A plaque was dedicated tothe Minnehaha Watershed. Thesculptures that were built were
used turn of the century remnantsfrom St. Paul buildings.
Robert Kean mentioned thatthe Park Board has put out their
Master Plan on their website andin libraries, environment, use ofparks, safety, etc.
Aroval o Seemer Agea
a Augus Mues: Minutes and
agenda were approved.
Laor day parae Uae: Car-rie Menard reviewed the out-come of the parade. One again the
parade and potluck were a greatsuccess. The parade is well likedby the community. There was no
police coverage this year, due tolack of police officers on staff. Itwas decided police escorts are not
needed and that they should beavailable to the community foremergencies. Carrie also stated
that there was a lack of volunteers.Robyn Cooke always does sucha great job, but the burden needs
to be shared by others. Thank youagain to Robyn Cooke for all yourall of your hard work.
We Uae: Ralph Knox andCarrie Menard will go forward
with obtaining new software toupdate the East Calhoun Web
page. Before it is purchased theywant to make sure that they canswitch to a new user if either one
can no longer be Webmaster, or topossibly obtain a discount as it isa neighborhood group. They will
also take a training class. They are
hoping to have it ready before thenext meeting. Mike Ekholm will
help them with this as they moveforward.
nRp Uae: Gael Ellis, NRPcoordinator and Ralph Knox,ECCO vice president, reviewed
what is happening with NRP.Meetings for the NRP steeringcommittee will take place before
the board meetings, the firstThursday of each month between6 and 7 p.m. This month was the
most successful. The next onewill be at 6 p.m. before the annualboard meeting. Approval of modi-
fying the NRP survey and distrib-uting it at the annual meeting wasapproved. It will be distributed
prior to and at the annual meet-ing. A motion was also made andapproved to get a speaker for the
annual meeting. They are hopingthat these surveys will momen-tum interest. There is an election
for policy on November 15th inwhich someone must have beenappointed by September 14th. A
motion was made and carried tohave Mike Ekholm appointed andTim Prinsen as a back up.
Zog Commee Uae: HeidiNiziolek chair for the zoningcommittee, advised that there wasnothing new to report at this time.
Uow Small Area Maser pla:
Tim Prinsen, representative for
ECCO on the steering commit-tee announced that the last publicmeeting for the Small Area Master
Plan was held at Calhoun Squareon September 19th from 2-4 p.m.and 7-9 p.m. as it was the final
public hearing it was encouragedthat all attend who could.
The Steering Committee met on
September 11th from 7-9 p.m.and although no public commentscould be heard, the public couldattend and listen. Some concerns
for development that were men-tioned were traffic, pollution andprotection of the lake.
Aual Meeg plag: Dis-cussions were started regard-
ing the annual meeting October4th. The theme was decided tobe Bringing The Community
Together. The agenda was tenta-tively decided as an NRP update,Ralph Remington, councilperson,
Inspector Arneson, the 5th
pre-
H ll weeParty!Wed., Oct. 31,6-8pm
Bryant Square Park 612.370.49073101 Bryant Avenue South
Join us or a ghoulishly good time at theBryant Square Park Halloween Party!Do the monster mash at our dance partyor have un telling scary stories androasting smores around the fre. Weregoing to have a spook-tacular time!
cinct regarding a crime update, anupdate on Calhoun Square and/or
the Calhoun Business Association.Michael Ekholm, event and socialchair and Bruce Grimm will work
together with volunteers from theboard to obtain speakers and work
with informing the neighborhood.
There will be special planning
meetings in preparation for theannual meeting.
Aoucemes: Minneapolis ishosting eight public meetings, Oct.9 Oct. 25, to discuss the Citys
draft Ten-Year TransportationPlan and its Streetcar Feasibil-
ity Study. The public will have anopportunity to provide feedbackon plan recommendations and to
discuss key transportation issuesfacing Minneapolis. Go to the city
website for more information.www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/
In 2007 the Minneapolis CityCouncil approved the GreatStreets Neighborhood Business
District program, a coordinatedeffort to help businesses develop
and succeed along commercialcorridors and at commercial nodes
throughout the city.
City resources are available forbusiness loans, real estate develop-ment gap financing and business
district assistance such as faadeimprovement programs, mar-ket studies and retail recruitment
efforts. All applications are due nolater than October 8th.
The next meeting is October 4th,which is also the annual meeting.
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utocommutyevetcommunity events calendar
(Editors Note: We will run com-
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event information by the 17th ofeach month to be included in thenext issue.)
visual artshiGhpOint CEntER fOR
pRintMAkinG
2638 Lyndale Ave. S. 871.1326
www.highpointprintmaking.org
Gallery Hours: Mofr, 10 am
5 pm & Sat noon 4 pm
Thurs. Oct 25, 6-8 pm -- Evening
discussion & tour ofGraphic Real-
ity. Dr. Guillermo Rojas, professorof Chicano Studies at the U of MN
and Brian Hartley Sago, print-maker and art educator, will leada public tour and discussion about
the prints and artists. Their com-bined knowledge will help pro-vide historical and cultural context
for the prints. Free but registrationis required. Graphic Reality: Mexi-
can Printmaking Today is o vew
thru Nov 28. A traveling exhibitof prints by a young generationof Mexican artists. Lithographs,
screenprints, relief prints, etchingsand other works on paper as wellas innovative hybrids of print-
making and street art, skateboardculture and animation will be pre-sented.
intERMEdiA ARtS/SASE2822 Lyndale Ave. S 871.4444
www.intermediaarts.org
Gallery hours: MoSa, noo - 5
m
Thru Jan 5 --Art & Healing: Mind
Fields in the Main Gallery. Explore
the many dimensions of the invis-ible and make psychological reali-ties tangible. This groundbreaking
new exhibit from Intermedia Artstakes a frank and creative look atneurological and mental health
inviting local artists and healthcare practitioners to address theways in which artistic expression
can be used as a tool for healing.The Life of a Spirit by Bridget
Riversmith, part of Intermedia
Arts MindFields exhibit. Reprint-ed from Intermedia Arts web siteby permissi