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h juServing Downtown & ortheast Minneapolispril 22May 5, 2013
B S M c K z
Mark Andrew believes
he has a natural gift that
is essential for a modern
mayor.
The single most
important quality that
I have is also the most
important quality that
a mayor has to have
Im a natural uniter.
Im a collaborator. Its
my gift, he said during
a recent interview.
The next mayor of
Minneapolis will have
to be adept at bringing
people together and
working with different
layers of government,
whether its the county,
School Board or Park
Board, he said.
Andrew, a resident
of the Lynnhurst
neighborhood, has a
diverse background in
public service and the
private sector. Most
recently hes been an
environmental entrepre-
neur with GreenMark
Enterprises, a company
he founded in 2007.
GreenMark helps build-
ings and public venues
become more environ-
mentally sustainable.
One of Andrews most
significant accomplish-
ments with GreenMark
has been helping Target
Field secure LEED certi-
fication and create a
partnership with Pentair
to install a rainwater
recycling system at the
ballpark.
Twins President Dave
St. Peter had high praise
for Andrew for his workon Target Field.
He played a signifi-
cant role in helping the
Minnesota Twins under-
stand the opportunities
and the responsibilities
that go with environ-
mental stewardship, and
I was personally very
appreciative of having
Marks knowledge and
talents and his vision
that played an important
role in making Target
Field what we think
Mark ndrew prides himself onability to bring people together
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B D T M S
Before the city locks into
new franchise agreements
with its gas and electricity
suppliers, Minneapolis
will first explore the
possibility of setting up
its own municipal utility.
Twenty-year agree-
ments with Xcel Energy
and CenterPoint Energy
are set to expire in
late 2014. By then, city
leaders aim to refine
their goals for a cleaner,
more sustainable energy
system and examine all
the potential routes for
reaching those goals.
One option is for
Minneapolis to take
charge of providing gas
and electricity to its resi-
dents. Proponents argue
Minneapolis tostudy city-runutilities//Study planned as franchise agreements
with Xcel and CenterPoint set to expire//
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Take a tour o the
Firefghters Hall
and Museum
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Its Main Street for Minneapolis, a place where 140,000 downtown
employees go to eat lunch, grab a drink or do some shopping when
they come down from their office towers. Another 35,000 downtown
residents use it almost daily.
City and business leaders are preparing to redesign Nicollet Mall,
opening up a competition among architects to come up with the best
vision for the one-mi le stretch through the core of downtown.
Redesigning Nicollet Mall has been a top priority for the City
Council and Minneapolis Downtown Council for two years. Its part of
the Downtown Councils 2025 vision.
Minneapolis, with this Nicollet Mall design, I believe, should set the
standard for the great new urban street, said Mayor R.T. Rybak.
Rybak and Minneapolis Downtown Council President and CEO
Mark Stenglein agree that whatever the new Nicollet Mall looks like, it
should be greener, more pedestrian friendly, have more sidewalk cafes
and connect to other city amenities.
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//Design teams will be selected to compete for a chance to redesign the mall//
B c K T
P H T b y y T H M S