I'm delighted to see the Star Tribune editorial page achieve enlightenment and recognize Annie Young for her years of service and her strategic grasp of the Park Board's responsibilities and the region's environmental challenges and opportunities. The three at-large endorsees think large thoughts, bless 'em, and Annie in particular has the opportunity to give credence and direction to an environmental movement that is finding its way into the political mainstream both locally and in larger venues. There's a lot of smart environmental practice in Annie's portfolio: the Green Institute's innovative building design, the Re-use Center, community gardening, movement away from nasty chemicals and dependence on petrochemical products, restoring native prairie elements - good ecological practice and strong contributions to Minneapolis' heritage as a European garden city and as homeland of the Anishinabe and Lakota cultures.
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