Vanessa Freeman writes:
How dare the people on the list, speak out of both-sides of the
necks. In one instance you speak about community this or that..the
next it like saying get a rope...
Vicky observes:
Just yesterday, Vanessa was grateful for the new kitchen that was
given to her by the
And this is the problem. The Minneapolis Inspections Department basically tags and bugs the folks that they know are the most apt to make the corrections. If they would just enforce the outstanding tags that are on many properties that would keep they busy full-time as inspectors. For all this
Taking a break from the beach to get out of the sun and catch up on
some news and email.
Message: 1
From: Jim Graham
Peter McLaughlin and Lisa McDonald will hopefully get to debate the
issue in
front of the public during the upcoming Mayoral campaign. They are
the two
who seem to
Hello Minneapolis Folks:
Mayor R.T. Rybak was on the news last. He said
something about Target was planing to help find a
replacement store? Does anyone have anymore details
about that possible solution?
Target in my opinion is not a very good neighbor. We
have heavily subsidized their
Here's the deal, friends - and I'm not even a big conspiracy theorist, but they've got me going this time... This is what I have learned about how Inspections operates:
First, they "sweep" the area. We're not talking about complaints here. Nope, no brooms either. This "sweep" means they drive
What about putting proposed northside CUB in the soon to be former Target
location?
Rumor has it they have their sites set on Lowry/Penn b/c of an empty MCDA
lot, but I understand Lowry is a neighborhood corridor and not a
commercial corridor and is not zoned for big box. I believe they would
I had a very different experience.
My citation included notes from the inspector, explicit details on how to contact the
inspector
and appeal the citation, reasonable telephone calls with the inspector and the
inspections office,
and a followup visit from the inspector to reconsider the
Vicky observes:
Just yesterday, Vanessa was grateful for the new kitchen that was given to
her by the community. What happened?
Vanessa: Yes Vicky, and I am still grateful for the opportunity to have been
a recipient of a deferred loan in Hawthorne. Will I keep be on the receiving
end? No!,
It's interesting that despite great freeway access,
the Target store in north Minneapolis isn't generating
enough traffic to remain viable. Meanwhile, K Mart on
Lake Street, which has suffered poor freeway access
since it was built, has survived several rounds of K
Mart downsizing. As a company,
Forwarded by David Brauer, list manager
For Immediate Release: Contact: Tony Sutton
Thursday, May 29, 2003(651) 282-6112
State Auditor Patricia Awada Releases Audit of Southside Neighborhood
Housing Services
State Auditor Finds Numerous Problems With
Columbus, Ohio officials tour Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minneapolis has
been one of the few success stories in the Upper Midwest in recent years,
and we're coming to learn how it was done.
http://www.finance-commerce.com/recent_articles/030517b.htm
David Brauer
List manager
TEMPORARY REMINDER:
Congratulations to Isaac Peterson for winning the
National Association of Black Journalists Best
Emerging Journalist Award. Isaac wrote an excellent
series of articles for the Spokesman Recorder
detailing the disproportionate manner in which the
so-called Access Project in south Minneapolis would
Vanessa,
Are you suggesting that being poor is an excuse for not conforming to
housing regulations? I did not say whether these unmown lawns were
properties of home owners or rental property. Certainly, you are not
suggesting that poor people don't know what trash is or how to git rid of
it?
SNHS is just one of many non-profits that will be exposed for
financial misdeeds, tax avoidance schemes, and possibly fraud.
The West Bank Community Development Corporation, for example, received
a $1.1 million unidentified contribution during the tax year ending
6/30/2000. In the subsequent
Darned right Minneapolis looks good compared to Columbus. Before my past 20
years here in Minneapolis, I lived for almost 9 years in Columbus. A great
place to live, but Minneapolis beats it hands down.
--
Steve Kotvis
Kenwood
From: List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003
The K-Mart on Lake has been tauted as one of the 10
most profitable K-Marts in Minnesota.
Barb Lickness
Whittier
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the
world. Indeed,
it's the only thing that ever has. -- Margaret Mead
Anne McCandless wrote:
I am not asking that everyone's yard look like somethng out of Good
Housekeeping. All I am asking is that the same minimum standards outlined
in the housing code be enforced equally across the city. Unfortunately,
owning property means that one has to live up to one's
Since this was brought up in discussion, I would like to elaborate on the
Ortonville story, even though it's a bit off topic.
David Brauer commented, regarding Jim Larson developing areas in
Ortonville, that sometimes a success story is just a success story.
As a person involved with a
on 5/29/03 12:53 PM, Melissa Wyatt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since this was brought up in discussion, I would like to elaborate on the
Ortonville story, even though it's a bit off topic.
David Brauer commented, regarding Jim Larson developing areas in
Ortonville, that sometimes a success
That doesn't mean they should get away with the practice here. Besides
being unsightly, these wrecks leak fluids into the ground thus polluting the
soil. They also become attractive homes for rodents and other vermin. Not
to mention an attractive danger to kids and a possible fire hazard.
Anne
In October 2002, the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP)
Policy Board requested that the Office of the State Auditor (OSA) perform a
contract compliance review of Southside Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.
The review found that there were numerous problems within SNHS. Funds
Sometimes I get a bit concerned that the Target here in
Longfellow could close. The parking lot seems about four times
bigger than needed. Yet, it is the ONLY Target anywhere south of
Hennepin within the city limits. And lots of people do visit via
the bus system, so maybe there's hope. Plus the
Dyna,
Northsiders will not miss Target Gee, your fast. Just how did you survey
the entire northside in the short time between when the announcement was
made and your posting? I feel bad I wasn't home when you called as I would
of told you that I've shopped the West Broadway Target since the
V. Freeman writes
Greeting's to all~
I hope all has had a swell holiday, I spent mine in the hospital.
Recently,
I have been reading the list and sometimes, it's even better than watching
the news or the soaps. I can even here theme music when reading some of
the
latest things on the
Vanessa writes:
However, I am writing this to say how my husband and I are truly
grateful
for the deferred loans that was offered in Hawthorne. It has allowed us
to
fix and totally renovate a kitchen that was once call the dark domain.
We
knew upon signing the papers that this is a
... deferred home loans for the poor and those in poor
neighborhoods
These are not loans, they're grants! This jargon
must have been designed to keep the Republicans
at bay. AND, these grants are not given only to
the poor in poor neighborhoods. There's one
person in Prospect Park, who at
I am not going to mow my neighbors lawn. We used to help him when he first moved in. We let him borrow our mower until he broke it because he wouldn't pick the crud up before he mowed. But realizing that he had plenty of money to buy a new truck and a Ducati motorcycle we soon realized it was a
I called the 5th precinct community response teama couple days ago to report the drug dealing activity from the rental property on our corner. The dealers took a little time off forMemorial day weekend but were backin business this week.
Since the time I made the call, the street patrol officers
Having read the story, it sounds like he's getting out while he can
still get something for his Minneapolis property.
Actually no. As someone who worked with Jim for several years, I had talked with him about Ortonville back in 2000. He had told me his plans and was already preparing to do
Dave Piehl writes:
It's interesting that despite great freeway access,
the Target store in north Minneapolis isn't generating
enough traffic to remain viable. Meanwhile, K Mart on
Lake Street, which has suffered poor freeway access
since it was built, has survived several rounds of K
Mart
Listmembers interested in the origins of the 35W
Excess Project should peruse the following issue of a
Phillips Partnership newsletter from 1998. Scroll
down to about the third page under infrastructure.
http://www.phillipspartnership.org/pdf/Newsletter11_98.pdf
To quote:
(Access Project)
People,
What Venessa is talking about is a deffered loan program that Hawthorne did
as part of our NRP Full Step Plan. This money was available to all
Homeowners, in Hawthorne. There were several different ways of qualifing to
get the loans. One was a dollar for dollar matching grant. We also have
The more stores Target and other retail chains build, the more local their
clientele and customer bases become, and in a depressed economy, local
stores patronized by higher than average unemployed and underemployed
neighbors, the less viable that store can remain.
What's not being said here is
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