Thanks for pointing out the report Carol. Gee, I hope
they didn't pay someone a whole lot to do that. I
would have told the Met Council that for free. All
you have to do is live in an inner-city neighborhood
and talk to your neighbors once in awhile. You'd be
surprised at the knowledge people
The jury is still out for me on whether or not I agree
with having to disclose those contributors that give
$100 or less in a non-election year or those that give
$300 or less ($500 for mayor) in an election year.
This amount given by an individual can hardly make or
break an election.
There
Thanks for the post David. I would like to add that
it is more than just elderly persons that have a hard
time getting around when we don't shovel.
Whittier and Lyndale have a high number of blind or
disabled people. When walkways aren't shovelled it
forces many people in wheelchairs to take
I attended last Saturday's endorsement screenings for
Progressive Minnesota. I attended as an observer
although I am a member of Progressive Minnesota and
could have participated if I chose to. As a
candidate, I felt it was more appropriate for me to
observe.
I observed a fair question and
I did not intend for Sheridan to be drawn as an
example of a neighborhood where people who were
ineligible to vote showed up, only an example of a
neighborhood where things got very contentious. Sorry
for the inference.
Barb Lickness
Whittier
Ward 6
I attended the celebration at Sabathani for Neva a
couple weeks ago. When I heard her speak I heard a
women who knows she is new and a woman who shows the
determination to learn what she needs to learn to be
effective. I have every confidence that Neva will
work hard on behalf of her
The MNEWS program is coordinated by the Center for
Urban and Regional Affairs at the U of M. Kris Nelson
would be the contact there at 625-1020.
A portion of the program is funded with NRP funds. I
am the contract manager for the MNEWS program as it
relates to NRP funding neighborhoods are
You are right Fred, my name is missing from the "new"
ratings roster. So are Robert Lilligrens and Walt
Gutzmer. Both are openly gay men who I am assuming
other than for the "loyalty" question, would have
received an acceptable rating.
I would hope that Stonewall would now apply the same
Mr. Stafford, indicated in a previous post that I am a
former republican and intimated that I supported
either George Bush or Pat Buchanan in the last
election. I would like to respond to that here:
When Dean Kallenbach, the 6th ward candidate for who
Rick Stafford is the campaign chair, began
Walt Gutzmer did not attend the convention. Sandra
Miller and Robert Lilligren both stated they would be
running through the primary.
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I would like to correct some of the information that
was contained in the post from Dean Kallenbach's
campaign chair.
I did vote in favor of the obelisk at the official
public meeting which was held at the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts by the Park Board. I examined all of
the information and
My son attends a school that is over 1/3 Somolian.
There are also a lot of Asian families in the public
school system. In the pledge of allegiance it says
"One nation under God". Many Somolians are Muslim and
many Asians are Buddhist. I believe their families
may have a problem with that
Every neighborhood that receives NRP funds from the
city is audited every year by the Minnesota State
Auditors. The financial condition of each corporation
(neighborhood association) is highlighted in the
management letters of each audit. Recommendations are
made to address any and all
The NRP pays for Directors and Officers Insurance for
any neighborhood that has a 501(c)3 organization and
is the recognized MCDA and NRP Citizen Participation
group. NRP negotiated a group rate a couple of
years ago when individual neighborhood groups were
receiving astronomical quotes when
D. Klein has a very good point. It doesn't matter how
much insurance you have and how good your procedures
are, any one can sue you for anything at anytime.
Even though they may not win, a neighborhood
association could potential spend thousands of dollars
on legal fees just defending
As a candidate for city council in the 6th ward, I can
say that this issue probably affects my ward more than
any other.
The emerging immigrant populations (documented or un)
have literally saved my neighborhood. The emergence
of businesses to serve the new communities have added
life and
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There is a new graffiti office for the Mpls. Police.
I believe the man in charge is Sgt.. Duncan and I
I am following the thread about the mixed use
developments with interest. I attended the Urban Land
Institute Conference a couple weeks ago and saw
several presentations from other cities that showed
revitalization of their core city neighborhoods
through a variety of high density, mixed
Greg Luce referred to Neighborhood Associations in his
post as NRP groups. While I have great respect for
Mr. Luce, I would like to clarify some information.
These groups are Neighborhood Associations (NA) which
in most cases are formed as 501(c)3 Corporations in
the State of Minnesota. Many
I normally attend Juneteenth and didn't this year due
to a death in my family.
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Ward 6
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I just want to touch on a thread here about the
power of Neighborhood Associations (NA's).
The volunteers on the Neighborhood Association Boards
were elected to those seats. They are elected by
stakeholders in the neighborhood at the annual
meeting.
Neighborhood Associations have
I too was at the Lavender protest today. I took my
lunch break and ran down there.
When I heard the various stories about mistreatment of
employees, it reminded me of the stuff that used to go
on in the 60's and 70's when office workers were
trying to organize, or for that matter when women
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And while you're at it David, feel free to stop in the
Somolian Market on 29th and Pillsbury. Eat at Zytos,
Sindbad's, It's Greek to Me, Christos, Tariq Cafe,
Emily's Lebonese Deli, Gardens of Solonika, Holy
I would like to invite you to our primary night
festivities.
Old Arizona Studios - Nicollet and Cecil Newman (29th)
8:00 p.m.
great food and beverages provided.
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Congratulations to all the candidates who ran for City
Council in the 6th ward. The voters have decided and
Dean Kallenbach and Dean Zimmerman will proceed to the
general election. Congratulations to both of them and
good luck.
Congratulations to Sharon and R.T. and I wish them
both good
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I agree that St. Paul has a lot to offer. After all,
we are the Twin Cities. I like to refer to St. Paul
as the last city of the East and Minneapolis as the
first city of the West but that's just my
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Sorry Jordan, this could get boring.
I have had an on-going love hate relationship with the
squirrels in my yard. They mostly live in my
neighbors attic. I feed them which grates my
neighbor. I am learning
On coops-
I have been a member of the Wedge for years. I love
the place. I have never gone there because I thought
it was cheaper. Although it is on many bulk items, I
would say overall it is probably more expensive than
say a Rainbow or Cub.
I go to the Wedge because I know the produce I am
Greg Luce:
One idea (and it is a very early germinating idea and
probably not very well thought out)is possibly to
allow neighborhoods to trade supportive housing
credits, financed by NRP or MCDA or some other
financing mechanism. That is, Whittier, Stevens
Square, and Phillips would be given
Eva-
Teen pregnancy occurs most often between the hours of
2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. That is one of the reasons
the state appropriated funding to communities to offer
after school and summer break programming.
The answers to this are not hard or so it should seem.
Keeping children engaged in
Several businesses on Eat Street (Nicollet Avenue)
are hosting a fundraiser for the American Red Cross;
When: Saturday November 27th, 2001
Where: 2650 Nicollet Avenue South (in the Touches of
the Orient Building)
What Time: 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
There will be free food sampling from many of
Drawing a negative inference about Basim's involvement
in the Ventura Village project was not my intention
Greg. In my off list e-mail to you yesterday I told
you that I received my information regarding Basim
Sabri's involvement in the project directly from Basim
himself in addition to friends
I attended a lunch with Lisa event at Acadia Cafe'
in August I believe it was. At that luncheon Lisa
Goodman stated that she believed the good people of
Kenwood and Cedar Isles Dean would be more than happy
to have a project like this in their neighborhood, but
it would just be too cost
In and effort to get the sixth ward race contenders
into a mode of talking about serious and real issues
rather than attacks on each other, I have come up with
a few questions for both Dean's to answer based on
real issues facing the ward as I see them.
A disclaimer here: These are my
Just a reminder that today is the American Red Cross
fundraiser on Nicollet Avenue.
The main events will be held at 2650 Nicollet Avenue
in the Touches of the Orient Asian Mall from 11-7.
There will be dragon dances, face-painting, fortune
telling, free Eat Street food to sample, and a lot
of
I read my Whittier Globe this weekend and found nearly
a page dedicated to he said she said over the
prostitution issue. What a waste of paper.
My views on this issue are that the profession has
been around for at least 2,001 years if not more. No
matter how we huff and puff we have neither
I got my mail today and was surprised (well, I guess I
really wasn't) to see an attack piece put out by the
Dean Kallenbach campaign about Dean Zimmerman today.
It appears to have been mailed to all the voters and
was prepared and paid for by the DFL.
The continuous negative campaign tactics
The merger issue of North Longfellow has been afloat
for quite some time. I would like to provide some
information to clarify the decisions to be made with
regards to this issue.
The planning department adopted a new policy regarding
neighborhood boundaries sometime this past summer. In
short,
Charlie's Cafe' Exceptionale
Uncle Sam's
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I can't say that I support the theory that rental
property licensing is working. To me the process is
much like the duct cleaning process that was on the
news the other night. You pay for the permit or in
this case the license and then that's it. There's no
inspection. In the case of the
The Holidazzle parade (I suggest everyone go at least
once even if TCF does sponsor the whole thing
themselves. Your kids don't care, they just like the
lights.)
The Vietnamese Restaurants
The REAL Mexican Restaurants
Simon Delivers (I don't care what the political
persuasion is of the owner,
Forgot:
Giorgio's
Chino Latino
Jungle Theater
Bryant Lake Bowl
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I have to disagree with the posters that feel that
Barb Johnson's bid for City Council President somehow
takes precedent over the needs of her ward.
The City Council President is a very powerful position
in this city. This position names the committee
chairs for all the City Council Committee
I would like to provide some clarifying information in
reference to Tim's post.
The redirection of NRP funds that are being proposed
by the Whittier Alliance is done on a regular basis by
ALL NRP neighborhoods.
Powderhorn completed a like redirection as did the
Corcoran neighborhood. I am
Tim- I meant no ill will toward you with the words I
used in my post. I am sorry if you took it that way. I
am always open and willing to answer questions as an
NRP employee. I don't mind answering any questions I
am asked. So please, ask more if you want to. I will
try to answer those as well
Can anyone detail what is contained in the culture
and recreation line of Victoria's budget report?
More importantly, why is it so much higher than
economic development and housing?
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A little correction Greg. I am assuming that by
Southcentric you meant the reps were all from the
South side.
Holland and Shingle Creek are northside neighborhoods.
East Phillips and Hale are Southside neighborhoods. 2
from each side seems equally weighted to me.
The only weighting problem I
I work with the Elliot Park neighborhood and their
geographic boundaries contain 25% surface parking.
Filled during the day or during games at the dome and
empty and desolate the rest of the time, particularly
at night.
I fully understand the need to provide adequate
amounts of downtown
Greg Luce said:
Here's an asked and as yet unanswered question: what
are opponents to the projects (and/or opponents to the
placement of the projects) doing to engage other
neighborhoods to take their so-called fair share of
supportive housing? I'd really like to know if anyone
is working on
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The neighbors who live and work near 1920 LaSalle
prepared an
The Nicollet Lake Development has already been
reconfigured WITHOUT the K-Mart as part of it. It will
all work out fine. If you look at the current
configuration of the design, it shows the big box
buildings flanked with micro commercial spaces on both
the Lake Street and the Nicollet Avenue
So...the meetings over and some of the members of the
council don't want to hold hands and sing Kumbaya.
(however you spell it) The vote has been taken, it's
time to move on. Disappointment is natural, bitterness
is ugly.
I was very encouraged by the events of January 2nd in
the council
This was my first attendence to a political ball for
city politics. I went to Jesse's inauguration but
that was a rock concert and I didn't get to flash any
velvet or rhinestones.
Annie Young was right. Black seemed to be the color of
choice for many women including me.
I thought it was
Like Cara, I hate to have to go here, but, I will go
on my soapbox one more time so bear with me:
The CVI project once again speaks to the continuing 30
year racist, classist policy of the city and county to
concentrate poverty and social services in selected
inner city neighborhoods of
I got my mail today and was surprised (well, I guess I
really wasn't) to see an attack piece put out by the
Dean Kallenbach campaign about Dean Zimmerman today.
It appears to have been mailed to all the voters and
was prepared and paid for by the DFL.
The continuous negative campaign tactics
An old campaign related e-mail was inadvertantly sent
to mpls issues and the Whittier 1 list again in error.
It's old news so please ignore it.
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I received a report that list both project-based and
tenant-based Section 8 housing in the city by ward.
Project based means a building or property is a
section 8 property and is either owned by a private
owner or MPHA. Tenant-based means the renter has a
certificate to live where they want as
Joe brought up an excellent point as have many others
that posted to me off-list. I thank him for it because
it provides a clear example of one of the issues we
face regularly when dealing with the saturation
problem.
The list I posted contained only section 8 units. (as
I knew them to be
Tim-
I agree with what you are saying. Equal access for
EVERYONE. Is it truly equal access when the only
place for people with special needs can be serviced is
in a one square mile area of the city. Shouldn't they
be able to chose from a variety of areas to live, like
perhaps by a Lake, a
Terrell Brown wrote:
BTW, wasn't this a 13-zip vote on the council? Was
the Councilmember representing Stevens Square and
Whittier napping when he cast his vote?
BL:
No, he wasn't napping, in fact he was the author of
the quarter mile spacing requirement that got so
blatantly ignored for
I agree with Robert about growth planning and equal
distribution.
I am concerned that the first order of business with
the new council and Mayor seems to be rewriting the
zoning and regulatory code. We just re-wrote the
zoning code a couple of years ago. How can we rewrite
the codes without
I want to point out that my suggestion to quantify the
amount of housing we need to build was not made in an
attempt to delay anything. Projects are moving
forward as we speak on both Nicollet and Lake and
Franklin and Portland to add a substantial number of
both market rate and affordable
Connie said:
At the risk of speaking for Barb Lickness, I don't
think her comments were a result of animosity toward
Target.
B.L:
Thanks Connie. You are right on in your assessment. I
don't have anything against Target. I shop at both
the Lake Street and the Downtown store in addition to
The NRP link is in the mail. The front page announces
that the NRP Policy released the $4 million for the
Phase II NRP Affordable Housing Initiative. The fund
was frozen last year because of questions about the
program's financial future.
For those of you who don't recieve the link, here is a
We seem to have a lot of planning and or development
guru's on this list so I can't think of a better place
to launch this discussion.
I would like to see the list engage in a discussion
regarding how they define the phrase Community
Development.
What does it mean? What is the text book
Several neighborhoods I work in have done neighborhood
identification signage projects. The purpose is to
identify the neighborhood boundaries or gateways.
The role of the neighborhood association(which in most
cases is a private non-profit corporation) was to
design the signs and have them
Doug Grow said:
The Neighborhood Revitalization Program in
Minneapolis has turned the city into a maze of little
neighborhood fiefdoms, each clamoring for dollars for
local projects. Seldom do the activists in these
organizations see the city as a whole
Greg Luce said:
Although Grow
I would like to clarify some of the discussion
regarding about the fiefdom. Here are some facts
about the relationship between the NRP office and
neighborhood associations with reference to the
financial management function.
When the NRP program began several years ago, the city
began by
Man, I wish people on this list had given my post
asking for opinions on What is Community Development
this much attention.
But, I will throw my two cents worth in here too. I
like the idea of Dairy Queen. Of all of the ice cream
places suggested here, it can definitely be considered
the low
I went to the link Bruce suggested. It pretty much
confirmed my thoughts regarding this issue. The
commercial check cashing facilities provide a service
to people that banks do not with a lot less hassle.
In my neighborhood there is a huge Mexican/Latino
population. For whatever reason, they
David has brought up an area of concern I have
experienced for many years with respect to Zoning and
Planning issues and community input. This gets a
little long but is informative so bear with me.
MCDA uses the Citizen Participation program to gather
community input on issues that affect MCDA
I would hope the redistricting committee would welcome
David Brauer's help in creating a redistricting
web-site. I would also hope that they might use his
web-site to put info. out to the masses. Then David
can direct us for a looksee as needed.
I for one am thankful for all the techno-geeks
I think the thing that I find most appealing about
this list is that the opinions go to this list
un-edited and un-filtered.
The strib has significant filters at work in what gets
printed and the story that gets told is from that of
the reporter or editors point of view. I have often
times
Lynne says:
How about liberated zones wherein block clubs pay
residents $10 hour to walk the streets in pairs for
13 hour shifts. Anyone who wants to walk can. They
just get to know the community, talk with people.
Everyone will get to know everyone better, low income
people will have a way
I am proud to wear the title of neighborhood
activist. I wasn't hired, I was self-appointed to
the job. I can promote myself anytime I want. I can
change my job description and absorb any new function
I feel like taking on. I can also refuse to do
anything I don't want to do in this capacity.
The issue is very pertinent to many of us in the city
and on this list. A couple of months ago, City Pages
did an article on a murder that occured on 26th and
13th Av. in the Phillips neighborhood. While I won't
talk about the gruesome nature of this murder, I will
talk about the thread in the
Quite frankly folks Eat Street is a marketing
campaign. This campaign was designed to market
Nicollet Avenue as a unique commercial corridor in
Minneapolis and set us apart from the Uptowns etc. as
a different kind of destination location. It worked!
The neighborhoods decided to build on what
I had mixed feelings about the stricter legislation
that was passed some time ago and the effect it would
have on the real estate market. But, the same type of
legislation exists in suburbs next to us and it
doesn't seem to have had an impact on housing sales
there. And since its inception in
Is there a way for the list to see this plan?
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The redistricting plan received quite a bit of
attention tonight at the Whittier Alliance Annual
Meeting. Many found it interesting to say the least
that the commission would recommend that such a small
fraction of the neighborhood be chopped out and placed
in another political ward.
What I
I think the city supports affordable housing projects
just fine as long as they are clustered into the
chosen neighborhoods in the city where they have
been concentrated for 30 years. Neighborhoods like
Whittier, Phillips, Stevens Square, Elliot Park,
Central, Powderhorn Park and a handful of
One block down from Intermedia Arts is Minnapolis' VFW
Post. The Auxiliary has asked help in publicizing this
benefit to be held on Sat., April 13.
James Ballentine VFW Auxiliary's Spring Luncheon for
cancer aid and research will be held on Saturday,
April 13th, 12:00 noon. Tickets are $7 and
I think its important to note here that Chief Robert
Olsons contract was approved in 2001 under the old
city council. Many of those council members who
approved that contract in 2001 against the wishes of
many Minneapolis citizens are still on the council
today.
Perhaps people should be asking
The new 6th ward boundaries have Ventura Village and
West Phillips in the ward in their entirety. East
Phillips and Midtown are in the 9th ward in their
entirety. Sorry to those who object, but, the days of
one Phillips neighborhood are about to be over.
Ventura Village applied for independent
The residency requirement was repealed by the State
legislature a couple years ago.
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Marissa's is wonderful. I can't go in there because I
am addicted to the Churro's. They make the Tres Leche
(3 milk) cake there too among a lot of other nummy
treats.
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It seems that the League of Women Voters is having a
bit of a volunteer crunch at this time. Generally,
neighborhoods have called on them in the past to
assist with elections. While they are still providing
that service, they can use some more assistance.
If any neighborhoods out there are
The border between Seward and Phillips has been a
source of confusion back to 1954 or so if you watched
the last Zoning and Planning Committee meeting on TV
and the presentation made by Fred Neet of the planning
department. It affects more neighborhoods than just
Seward and North Phillips
Gary-
The border issue surrounding Hiawatha Avenue versus
the Soo Line Rail lines impacts far more neighborhoods
than just Seward and Ventura Village. It impacts, East
Phillips, Longfellow, Corcoran, Howe, Hiawatha,
Standish, Ericcson, and Minnehaha.
As I stated in my earlier post, the border
I am in full agreement that the city needs to change
the zoning code to allow for more density. In
neighborhoods like Whittier, Stevens Square, and
Phillips this happened years ago. Hence, I live on a
block with 6 2 1/2 story walk-ups. I have 136 housing
units on my street when the city average
The income statistics from the 2000 are expected to be
available some time this summer.
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First Tom, me and my family would be happy to join you
in your walks along Franklin. I am hoping Ventura
Village, East Phillips, and Midtown will join together
to host a crime summit and invite every power there is
to come and respond to the people in your neighborhood
regarding their plans to
The city council passed a motion today supporting the
Ventura Village request for independent neighborhood
status.
Congratulations to the 82nd neighborhood in
Minneapolis and to all the volunteers.
The volunteers in Ventura Village worked since late
1999 to move this application forward. When
Mark is absolutely right on!!! In Whittier it's not
called gentrification, it's called stabilization and
balance.
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Codefor is not the end all program for ridding the
streets of drug dealers and prostitutes. It's barely a
start-all. Do you honestly believe a few cops pulling
people over for broken tail lights and J-walking is
going to magicly cure the drug dealing problem?
I sat in a Ventura Village meeting
What a great story! What happened to the affordable
housing crisis? That would have made a great place for
a large low-income family. Guess it's in the wrong
neighborhood though huh?
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If Moe wins will Ventura Village change their name to
Moe Town?
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Jim, I threw out a tongue in cheek comment regarding
the Moe town thing. Just a little humor at VV expense.
I hope you're not too offended by it. You know that I
am supportive of Ventura Village and no one downtown
fought harder for you to get independent neighborood
status than I did.
In
Congratulations! I can't think of a finer person for
the job. You are already very well trained and ready
to hit the ground running. Good for you. Great for us!
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