This morning's Strib story about the legislature's adjournment was confusing
about which Minneapolis bonding projects passed:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/3909449.html
"The bill gives many other state entities a sizable piece of the pie.
"The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities S
win in Minneapolis. We turn our MASSIVELY to vote,
. . .
Jim Mork
Well, no, actually we don't.
Minneapolis voter turnout was about the lowest in the state last election.
If Minneapolis voters turned out in the same proportion as the suburbs, we
would have Sen.Walter Mondale and Gov. Roge
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 th
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
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) co
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 down
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
I called the 5th precinct community response team a couple days ago to report the drug dealing activity from the rental property on our corner. The dealers took a little time off for Memorial day weekend but were back in business this week.
Since the time I made the call, the street patrol offi
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 cho
> ... 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 a
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
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 l
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 d
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 K
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
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
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 succ
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 commun
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 resp
The K-Mart on Lake has been tauted as one of the 10
most profitable K-Marts in Minnesota.
Barb Lickness
Whittier
=
"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
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 1
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 year
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? Per
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 wo
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:
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 Non-
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
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!
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 reaso
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
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 b
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 business,
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 se
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 talk
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