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LHENA CalendarLHENA Board and Commit-tee meetings are held at the

Jeerson Community School,

1200 W. 26th St., in the sec-ond-oor media center, un-less otherwise indicated.

Wed., Sept. 7, 6pm

LHENA Fundraising

Committee

Te LHENA FundraisingCommittee has decided tomeet the frst Wednesday oevery month at 6 pm. Tiscommittee ocuses on de-

veloping and implementingundraising strategies orthe organization, includ-ing quarterly Dine Out orLHENA events, direct so-licitation campaigns, grantsand more.

Wed., Sept. 7, 7pm

LHENA Neighborhood

Revitalization Program

(NRP) Steering Committee

Te LHENA-NRP Steering

Committee meets the frstWednesday o every monthat 7 pm. Tis committee o-cuses on implementing theLHENA Neighborhood Re-

vitalization Program PhaseII Action Plan. Te plan isdivided into sections: hous-ing; inrastructure; crime& saety; and youth, arts &commerce. Members serveon a volunteer basis and areelected to one-year terms atthe annual meeting in April.

Sat., Sept. 10,10am-3pm

Walk the Wedge Annual

Home Tour 2011

ickets are $10 per personand available in advanceonline at www.thewedge.org. ickets can also be pur-chased the day o the event

at Mueller Park Pavilion, W.25th St. and Bryant Ave.

Tues., Sept. 13, 10am

Wedge Newspaper

Committee

Meetings are held at Jack-sons Coee and Gelato, NEcorner o Lake St. and Bry-ant Ave. Te Wedge News-paper Committee overseescontent and production othe Wedge newspaper.

Wed., Sept. 14,

6:30pmLHENA Zoning and

Planning (Z&P) Committee

Te Z&P Committee meetsthe second Wednesday oevery month at 6:30 pm.Tis committee reviews anyproject, development orzoning request in the neigh-borhood. Tis is a good ft

or anyone interested in cityplanning, architecture andtransportation.

Sat., Sept. 17,

9am-Noon

LHENA CleanSweep

Tis is a chance or residentsto clear out unusable burn-able items, electronics andappliances. All materialsshould be placed in alleys by8 am (or on the curb, ONLYIF you live north o 24th St.or do not have an alley). Vol-unteers are needed to loaditems onto trucks. ContactLHENA@thewedge.org or612.377.5023 to register.

Wed., Sept. 21,

6:30-8:30pm

LHENA Board of Directors

Te LHENA Board o Di-rectors regularly meets the

third Wednesday o everymonth at 6:30 pm.

LHENAs mission is to rep-resent the interests and val-ues o Lowry Hill East resi-dents, property and businessowners to the larger com-munity and government.Te LHENA Board makesneighborhood buildingand land use recommenda-tions to the City, maintainsfnancial oversight o theorganization, publishes theWedge newspaper, orga-nizes neighborhood socialevents and serves as a orumor neighborhood concerns.Members serve on a volun-teer basis and are elected totwo-year terms at the an-nual meeting in April.

Warning AboutCharitableDonation Pickup

A ew residents living inthe Wedge neighborhoodwere going to donate somehousehold goods, clothing

and accessories to the Dis-abled American Vets. Bagswere marked as such.

Residents were given a dateand time to have the articlesout in ront o their housesor easy pickup. However,a ew hours aer the desig-nated time residents ounda card by their ront doorssaying sorry we missedyou.

From this event, its evident

that someone else decidedto pick up the bags or theiruse or to distribute to theiravorite charity.

I you plan on leaving anyitems outside or a charity,either keep the items closerto your ront door or per-haps rent a pit bull until theplanned pickup time.

Helen WilliamsWedge Resident

Letters

For the third consecutiveyear, the Lowry Hill EastNeighborhood AssociationNeighborhood Revitaliza-tion Program (LHENA-NRP) will host a Neighbor-hood CleanSweep event in

conjunction with the Cityo Minneapolis. rucks willmake their way throughneighborhood alleys andstreets to collect unwant-ed and unusable burnableitems, electronics and ap-pliances. See the ollowinglist o accepted items listedbelow.

Please remember to reuseand recycle items as muchas possible. Building mate-rials can be donated to theReuse Center. For more in-ormation call 651.3791280.Many charitable organiza-tions have drop-o sitesand/or trucks to pick upclothing and householditems. Residents can con-tact Sabathani, Pilot City,Goodwill Industries or lookin the Yellow Pages underSecond-hand stores. Anoth-er option is to use the winCities Free Market at www.twincitiesreemarket.org.

Other recyclable materials

like cans, glass, plastic, pa-per, etc. should be separatedor regular recyclables col-lection.

CleanSweep Event

DetailsTis years event will be heldon Saturday, September17th, rom 9 am to Noon.Unusable burnable items,electronics and appliancesshould be placed in alleys by8 am (or on the curb, ONLYIF you live north o 24thStreet or do not have an al-ley).

Burnable household gar-bage must be bagged, boxed

or wrapped and placed atthe collection point. Gar-bage carts will not be emp-tied on CleanSweep day andhazardous waste will not beaccepted.

Volunteer

Opportunity

Would you like to helpbeautiy the neighborhood?Volunteers are needed toload items onto trucks inone-hour shis:

9:00am-10:00am10:00am-11:00am11:00am-12:00pm

Tis is a un event orgroups. Gloves and snackswill be provided. I you are

interested in participating,please contact the LHENAoce at 612.377.5023 orlhena@thewedge.org.

Find us on Facebook:www.acebook.com/TeWedgeNeighborhood.

List o Accepted Items

Garbage Packer

(Burnables)

Arm ChairAshes-cold (double bag)Bottles, medicineCartons (milk, 12/24 packdrink)Clothing (unusable rags)Couch, (under 50% metal no hide-a-bed)CarpetDresserEnd tableFood scrapsFurniture partsGlass, broken (double bag,paper, then plastic)

Household garbageLitterMattressPet droppings (doublebagged)Polystyrene oamSaw dust (double bagged)

Storm doors-woodubs (butter, margarine,yogurt)Venetian blindsWood storm windowsWood chairsWood table

Specialty Metal Truck

Air conditionersAppliancesBed springsBicyclesClothes line poles (no con-crete)Computers & MonitorsCouch with hide-a-bedFile cabinetsItems over 50% metalLawn mowersMetal pieces (no concrete)Metal ShelvingPipes under 6 .Snow blowers (drain uids)Swing set (dismantle)elevisionsubs (cast iron)VCRs

Neighborhood CleanSweepSat., Sept. 17: Volunteers Needed!

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By Kathy Kullberg

Minneapolis Moline, BurmaShave, oro, Rapala. Whatdo these world renownMinnesota corporationshave in common? Tey allhad their roots on our LakeStreet, Minneapolis. Sinceits early days as a main com-mercial corridor and paral-lel to the lieline o the east-

west railroad, Lake Streetor over a century has beena major highway. It has beenconnecting St. Paul to Min-neapolis, dividing urbanrom suburban, connectingamilies and businesses, andlinking daily work to week-end pleasure rom one endto the other. It was and still isa vital artery and link or allo those reasons and more.And it is time to recognizeits historic signifcance.

Recognizing that signif-cance, and then acting uponit has been a major ocuso Joyce Wisdom, Execu-tive Director o Te LakeStreet Council, since shecame upon the Museum inthe Streets (MIS) concepta ew years ago while vis-iting in Connecticut. Tetown was populated withpermanent signage depict-ing historical sites and pastevents that were coupled

with a sel-guided walk-ing tour and gave her andher partner a history o theplaces that would have beenmissed otherwise. You candrive through a town andnever really see it. But i walkpast houses and get downto street level, the town be-comes more personal, moreinviting and then you cantake it with you.

A seed was soon plantedand the ideas began whirl-ing through Wisdoms head.Why not our Lake Street?Its a real cosmos o the ear-ly pioneer days o moderntransportation and indus-trialization through todaysmodern high rises and vi-tal businesses. As our agingpopulation and buildingsdie, our history is lost to the

uture. Capturing that his-tory and its importance orthe uture on a simple panelmay not make our buildingslast physically longer but thedocumentation and pho-tos that are shared will in-

vite one to connect to LakeStreet at that personal level.

Stories are told through ourmajor changes that bringpeople together to build andstay in one place: transpor-tation, urban growth, immi-gration and services. Withso many great stories to tell,the best way is to documentthe Lost and the FoundLake Street rom the Missis-sippi to France Avenue 77blocks that represent a veryreal time line o Minneapo-lis history.

MIS will showcase severalsel-guided, bilingual walk-ing tours along the LakeStreet corridor. An area

rom the river to Lake Cal-houn, encompassing greatstories, buildings and busi-nesses that was around inthe 1860s through modernentities o the 1950s. Wehad to stop somewhere,Wisdom said at a recentund raiser, and the 1950sstill exists in someonesmemories today. O course,as time marches on, the po-tential to add current events

to the Lake Street story isalways there, especially withthe advent o the latest incomputer based applica-tions.

Te intent o the MIS willbe to install panels depictinghistoric photos o that loca-tion all along Lake Street.Each panel will highlightsome eature or block or

building with descriptionsin English and Spanish. Oneor two historical photos plusrelevant text will capture thepast in actual commentary.Brochures will also be avail-able at businesses along theway and larger introductorysigns will be positioned atmajor intersections show-ing about a mile o logicalwalking/biking tour o thatsection.

As o today, there are threemajor sections to the proj-ect: Eastern rom theRiver to Hiawatha Avenue,Midtown between Hi-awatha and 35W, and theWestern - rom 35W toLake Calhoun. Conceptu-ally there would be about 20weather and grati resistantpanels, one per block, thatinvite people to discoverLake Streets unique storiesat their own pace, walkingor biking. Tere is potential

to include a phone appplica-tion to enhance the storiesin more depth and tie intothe Lyndale NeighborhoodAssociations (LNA) collec-tion o oral histories.

I you have a memory orstory about Nicollet BallPark, riding the streetcars,dancing the night away atthe many ballrooms, buyingyour frst car at one o theauto dealerships, Wisdomor Mark Hinds o the LNAwould sure love to hear romyou. Perhaps you have a a-

vorite photo tucked away ingrandmas album that shows

a building or business in anhistorical view. Te Councilwould love a copy.

Several teams o volunteerresearchers, or urban ar-cheologists, are hard atwork digging through yel-lowed newspapers, old pho-tos, and asking questions olongtime residents. For theWestern portion, the teamconsists o mysel, Den-nis uthill, Fiona Pradhan,and Sandra Slater. Feel reeto share your history withthem. I can be reached at612.374.4456.

Te plan is to complete the fnal

research o initial sites by the end

o September, print the signs this

winter and begin the roll out in the

spring ollowing a ribbon cutting

ceremony. Te projected total cost

o the project is about $150,000

with businesses large and small

sponsoring some o the panels. I

you want to know more about this

project, call the Lake Street Coun-cil oce at 612.822.0232 or check

out a recent Star ribune article at

www.startribune.com/local/min-

neapolis.

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THE WEDGELOWRY HILL EAST

NeighborhoodAssociationNewspaper

Te Wedge is a monthly publicationo the Lowry Hill East NeighborhoodAssociation (LHENA). Distributionis ree to residents and businesses othe Lowry Hill East Neighborhood.Mailed subscriptions are $20 per year.

Te Wedge newspaper exists toaddress neighborhood events,issues, and causes, while providinga public orum or the communityto share inormation and ideas andto voice individual opinions andconcerns within the Lowry Hill Eastneighborhood.

Stories, ideas, opinions, letters,photographs, drawings, and

drawings are always welcome. Call612.377.5023 or assignments or toshare your ideas. Te deadline orsubmitting items is the 17th o themonth prior to publication. Tedisplay ad deadline is the 15th o themonth prior to publication.

EditorBruce CochranWedge.Editor@yahoo.com

Ofce AdministratorCaroline Griepentroglhena@thewedge.org

Advertising RepresentativeSusan Hagler: 612.825.7780susanhagler@earthlink.net

Wedge Committee ChairLinda McHale: 612.823.1270denimdogs@comcast.net

LayoutKelly Newcomerkelly@kellynewcomer.com

Contributing WritersVanessa Moore Ardolino, rilbyBusch, Caroline Griepentrog, KathyKullberg, Kris Prince, Rich Reeder,Gary Taden

Te contents o this publication do notnecessarily reect the views o LHENAor its board members. Te Wedge

reserves the right to exercise discretionin publishing any material submittedand urther reserves the right to reuseany advertisement. Questions aboutTe Wedge may be directed to the editoror to Te Wedge committee chair.2011 LHENA, all rights reserved.

LHENA1200 West 26th StreetMinneapolis, MN 55405612.377.5023Email: lhena@thewedge.org

Lowry Hill East NeighborhoodAssociation Board o DirectorsRyan B ender ...................612.669.3042Susan B ode .....................612.872.4077

Bill Casey ........................612.803.9246Burt Con......................612.310.7707Bryan Friess ....................612.886.2545Daniel Haley ...................612.871.7339Lewis Kuhlman ..............507.381.7749Elise Maxwell .................612.668.3953Linda McHale.................612.823.1270Shae Walker ....................612.730.7013

Neighborhood Revitalization

Program Steering CommitteeJen Beckham .........................................John B ode .......................612.872.4077Mark Greenwald ............612.381.1460Daniel Haley ...................612.871.7339Fiona Pradhan ................612.926.4356Georgia Rubenstein ..............................Dennis uthill ................612.377.3123

Ami Wazlawik ................651.270.7986

Outdoor Museum in the Streets,Lake Street StyleWhere Lake Street Joins the Lakes Where Trafc Never Ceases

-Minneapolis Morning Tribune, July 30, 1916

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By Janelle Doyle

Last year I cal led on the Up-town community to helpbuild shelters in Haiti. Withyour strong support weraised $1200 - enough mon-ey to build a shelter that willhouse a amily o six or upto fve years. Tis year I am

asking or your help in im-

proving living conditions inrelocation camps in Somaliathrough our second annualcommunity rummage sale.Te crisis in the Horn oArica is the worlds worsthumanitarian emergency.Currently 3 million peoplehave been displaced in So-malia and another 12 mil-

lion people are at risk.

Aldrich Church will againprovide a space or the com-munity rummage sale andall money raised will againbe donat-ed to theAmericanR e u g e eC o m m i t -tee. I amhappy toalso wel-

come toour teamONE, who will provide visi-tors with an opportunity touse their voice in support oincreased unding to stopthis crisis.

American Reugee Com-mittee, headquartered righthere in Minneapolis, is cur-rently ocusing on improv-ing living conditions inrelocation camps in Soma-

lia by providing sae wateror drinking and cooking,building latrines to ensurehygienic living conditionsand distributing NFI (non-ood item) kits or amilies.

Each kit costs $60 and in-cludes three tarpaulins,three woolen blankets, asynthetic plastic sleepingmat, two 10 litter jerry cans,one bar (750 gram) o laun-dry soap, six bars o handsoap, two aluminum cook-

ing pots, and fve deep plates

or bowls, cups, spoons, andone kitchen knie (all stain-less steel). I we can raise$1200 again this year, that

money will purchase 20kits.

Please join us in helping.

Aldrich Avenue Presbyte-rian Church will host theCommunity Rummage Saleon Saturday, September24. Tis major rummagesale will eature qualityclothing, housewares, toys,

books, sporting goods, babyitems and more. Tere willbe a special selection o col-lectibles, antiques and workby local artists.

Drop-o events or dona-tions will be held on Turs-day, September 22 rom 5to 8 pm and on Friday, Sep-tember 23 rom 10 am to 2pm. We are unable to acceptheavy urniture and anyelectronics with monitors.

Te Community Rummage

Sale will take place rom10 am to 2 pm on Saturday,September 24 at Aldrich Av-enue Presbyterian Church

at 3501 Al-drich Ave-nue. Admis-sion to theevent is ree.Early admis-sion at 9 amis available

or a $5 do-nation. A

$1 Bag Sale will take placerom 2:30 to 3 pm.

Janelle Doyle is aMinneapolis-basededucator, artist and activist.

visit

thewedge.org

Rummage Sale to Support the Horn o Arica

Aldrich Presbyterian, September 24, 10 am to 2 pm

Currently 3 million people have been

displaced in Somalia and another

12 million people are at risk.

Photo by Eric James, American Reugee Committee

Walk and visit the historic streets o Lowry

Hill East in the ootsteps o Roswell Russell,a city ounding ather. Enter vintage 1900

homes o prominent men and 20th century middleclass entrepreneurs. Discuss remodeling projects withproessional architects and indulge in Coca Cola splen-dor at the only such museum north o Atlanta pre-served by oremost cola collector, Dick McChesney.Tis sel-guided tour is a abulous value at only $10.our residences range rom middle class society to ahigh society home designed by Harry Wild Jones.

Saturday, September 10, 10 am to 3 pm

ickets are $10 per person and available in advanceonline at www.thewedge.org or or purchase the day

o the event at Mueller Park Pavilion, W. 25th St. andBryant Avenue. For more inormation call the LHENAoce at 612.377.5023.

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With literally no knowl-edge o Brazilian cuisine, we

walked into Viva Brazil andwere delighted to learn thatthe country has much moreto oer than the Rio car-nival, beaches, world-classsoccer and lively samba.Tis newly opened bistro istucked away at an ideal loca-tion, 913 West Lake Street.

Oering the taste o Rio,Viva Brazil oers delectablebig dishes at low prices, nowine over $24 and entrees ataround $15 or less. Despitebeing warned, we orderedway too much, and had an-other complete Brazilian din-

ner at home the next night.

Teir resh collard greenswere cooked to perection

none o those were lef totake home, and a heart opalm citrus and avocado sal-ad provided a great starter.

Ready to sample their maindishes, we started withtheir tribute to meat, theChurrasco Misto: tender,grilled pork loin, top sirloinand chicken, served withamazingly good black beansand cilantro rice. Te meatswere not only tender, but hada wonderul grilled avor.Te main treat was a classicseaood stew called Moque-ca, consisting o mixed shell

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vegetables mixed with a redcurry and lime juice. While

this curried, succulent dishwas quite luscious, the cala-mari appetizer was just or-dinary.

A note about the main dish-es. Te meat dish came withheart o palm salad, and theseaood stew with the col-lard greens.

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Mark Lescher and Katherine Himes say goodbye rom theporch o Meg and Dennis uthill's house in late August. Ex-iting LHENA Board President Himes is o to WashingtonD.C. to work or the U.S. Government. Te LHENA Boardand neighborhood wish to thank her or her dedication andinvolvement.

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Photo by Linda McHaleTe Uptown Market is a great place to shop locally or the reshest produce. wo special daysare coming up in September. On September 11th it will be Dog Day at the Market with a dogphoto contest, dog portraits and dog related vendors. Gi Day is scheduled or September2nd when customers can purchase locally craed gis or the holidays. o complete the sea-son their will be a year-end undraiser on October 2nd and announced on Facebook/witter/website.Located on 29th St. between Lyndale and Dupont Avenues, the Market is open every Sunday,11am-4pm, rain or shine, now through September 25 and is completely volunteer-run. Formore ino or to volunteer please visit www.uptownmarket.org.

Photo by Bruce CochranCostumed volleyball teams warmed up or Cowboy Slims Tird Annual Sand & Saddlesvolleyball tournament.

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By Vanessa Moore Ardolino

I made a special trip to In-termedia Arts to view ElMilagro during the height

o the Fringe Festival myown pilgrimage to see themiracles or mysel. Te lob-by was packed with jovialFringe-goers waiting or thetheater doors to open, buttheir noise did not seem totravel into the gallery. It wascool and hushed there, andI elt as i I were standing inthe knave o a church.

Celebrating its eleventh yearo existence, it seems appro-priate that Grupo Soap del

Corazn (art that cleans the

heart) delves into the natureo miracles. Te act thatthis sel-described street-level organization is thriv-ing aer so many years is a

miracle in itsel. Te worko about 30 artists is on dis-play each a testament tothe impact o miracles, evenwhen the circumstancesseem rather ordinary.

An example o this is Ro-gelio Silvas El aquero.Te black and white pho-tographs show a taco ven-dor sitting next to a cooler,surrounded by handwrit-ten signage and a posterdisplaying a prayer or the

undocumented. Te simple

composition o this man putthe entire show into per-spective or me.

Saint Teresa, Jesus, Mary

and other traditional icono-graphic subject matter alsoshare space on the walls.Claudia Billy Bacas paint-ing, El Milagrero de miia shows the tree o lie.Resting in its branches is aheart spouting blood.

Te groups co-ounder,Douglas Padillas 1969,also ocuses on a heart hisown. Te brightly colored,hand-lettered paintings,interspersed with angels,

describe how he survived

heart ailure at the age o 20.

Both graphic and subtle,El Milagro, will have youthinking dierently about

all the good things that hap-pen in your day. Maybe theyare miracles, too.

El Milagro will be on dis-play until September 11.Intermedia Arts is locatedat 2822 Lyndale Avenue.For more inormation go to

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Photo by Bethany HeemeyerTe 2700 block o Colax Ave. celebrated National Night out on August 2nd.

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Congratulations to

5th Precinct Inspector

Matt Clark

At the Minneapolis PoliceDepartment (MPD) Pro-motion Ceremony on July

25th, Inspector Clark wasocially promoted romCaptain to Inspector o theCitys 5th Police Precinct.Te Fih Precinct includesthe southwest section othe City including the 10thward. Inspector Clark beganhis career with the MPD inJuly 1993. He worked as anocer in the First and TirdPrecincts as well as in theForgery/Fraud Unit, SWAeam and the MPD RecruitAcademy. He has also been

a shi lieutenant in the Firstand Fih Precincts. He waspromoted to Captain in2008.

Please help us in congratu-lating Inspector Clark onthis spectacular achieve-ment!

New City Web Name

www.minneapolismn.

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Minneapolis has a new do-main name, Te new namewww.minneapolismn.gov,is shorter and easier to re-member, and more securethan the previous domainname. Our email addresseswill also change. Our newemail addresses are as ol-lows:

Council Member Meguthill meg.tuthill@minneapolismn.gov

Policy Aide Leslie Foreman leslie.oreman@minneapolismn.gov

Associate Breanna Patsch breanna.patsch@minneapolismn.gov

Please note that both thewebsite and email with theprevious domain name,www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us,will continue to work in-defnitely.

ECCO Labor Day

Parade and Festivities

East Calhoun CommunityOrganization will be hav-ing their annual Labor DayParade on Monday, Sep-tember 5th rom 3 to 6pmat St. Marys Greek Ortho-dox Church, 35th Street andIrving Avenue). Kids can

show up around 2:30 pm todecorate their bikes. Te pa-rade will start promptly at 3pm. Stop by aer the paradeor kids games, a potluckdinner and bingo.

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Minneapolis Public Schoolsand Minneapolis Youth

Coordinating Board have joined orces or the 2ndannual We Want You BackDay o Action taking placeon Saturday, September10th rom 11:30 am to 4 pm.It will be at the MinneapolisParks and Recreation Head-quarters at 2117 West RiverRoad North.

We Want You Back is aday o city-wide action toreach young people andraise public awareness about

the dropout crisis and grad-uation gap in Minneapolis and to enlist the entire com-

munitys help to resolve it.We Want You Back invitesun-enrolled young people tocome back to school, com-plete their credits and gettheir high school diploma.Superintendent BernadeiaJohnson, Mayor R.. Rybakand Hennepin County At-torney Mike Freeman joint-ly chair the We Want YouBack Campaign. o signup, help or learn more visitwww.ycb.org/initiatives/we_want_you_back.

New Enhancements

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o coincide with the Citysshi to a new Web address,

Minneapolis governmenttelevision channel has beenrevamped. Graphic en-hancements are making iteasier or Channel 79 view-ers to know when they are

viewing live meetings andwhat agenda item is beingdiscussed. Te programschedule will also includemore rebroadcasts o gov-ernment meetings. Te sta-tion will also be airing newinormational videos. In

addition to airing live andrebroadcast City Councilmeetings on Minneapolis79, the City o Minneapo-lis oers live and archivedmeetings on its website.

Nicollet Avenue

Update

Te fnal layout or the re-construction o NicolletAvenue rom Lake Street to40th Street is proposed tobe 44 eet wide. Te block

rom Lake Street to 31stStreet will be a little wider,as will the intersections at36th and 38th Streets to ac-commodate le turn lanes.Most o Nicollet Avenue iscurrently 50 eet wide. Teproposed design includesa six oot wide sidewalkand a fve oot wide boule-

vard. Te boulevard will belarge enough to hold busbenches and shelters, trees,utility poles, trash cans andother items. Te layout went

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August 23rd and is targetedto the ull council on Sep-tember 2nd.

Record your Bike

Serial Number, Make

and Model

5th Precinct Crime Preven-tion Specialists Amy Lav-ender and Chelsea Adamsrecommend recording yourbike serial number, makeand model. In case o the

this increases the odds o astolen bike being returned.A picture is also a good idea.For more ino and help-ul tips, check out this yeron preventing bike the atwww.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/crime-prevention/docs/BikeTe.pd.

Taxi Stand Update

Te taxi stand pilot projectin Uptown has been a bighit. Te locations and num-

ber o taxi stands is current-ly being assessed. Tere maybe urther tweaks to thisproject. Please be aware otaxi stand signage i you areparking on a street aer 10pm in Uptown.

One Minneapolis, One

Read aims to bring

people together

Later this year, people allover Minneapolis will have

something in common: abook. One Minneapolis,One Read aims to bringpeople together and sparkconversations by havingeveryone read Te Graceo Silence by Minneapolisnative and National PublicRadio host Michele Nor-ris. Her memoir describesthe experience o the Nor-ris as the frst black am-ily on their block in a southMinneapolis neighbor-hood. Read more at www.

ci.minneapolis.mn.us/communications/20110803OneRead_news-letter.asp.

LGA Cuts Trigger

Additional Cuts to the

2011 City Budget

Due to the State o Min-nesotas budget agreementthat cuts $23 million in Lo-cal Government Aid (LGA)to Minneapolis or 2011,

the City must begin mak-

ing additional cuts to thisyears budget. Instead o the

87.5 million initially com-mitted to Minneapolis, theState will be returning only$64 million in LGA to theCity. For more inorma-tion on how the city willhandle the cuts, visit www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/communications/20110803BudgetCuts_newsletter.asp.

Mayors 2012 Budget

Address

Mayor Rybak will deliverhis 2012 budget address onMonday, September 12th atNoon.

Nows the Time to

Clean Your Garage

Remember the past twowinters? We dont want torush winter. Hopeully therewill not be a one side o thestreet parking ban this win-ter. But just in case i youare lucky to have a garage,

take advantage o the niceweather to clean it out soyoure able to park o thestreet this winter.

Meet with Meg

Join us or Meet with Megor lunch on uesday, Au-gust 9 rom Noon to 1 pmat the Fih Precincts Com-munity Room, 3101 Nicol-let Avenue. Meet with Megis a time or you to talk withher, ask questions and voice

concerns. Bring your sacklunch. Cookies and lem-onade are provided. Meetwith Meg is held the seconduesday o every month.

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Tis illustration o a Central Lawn design represents one oour ideas being considered or Te Mall park space just northo the library property.

By Vanessa Moore Ardolino

I only Congress couldwatch the Brave New Work-shops (BNW) latest show,Obama Mia! Or the Real

Housewives o Abbottabad.Aer seeing both sideslampooned so succinctly,they might be able to shakehands over their dierencesand just get back to govern-ing the country.

As the title suggests, themain ocus o the show isthe President o the UnitedStates (POUS), played byAndy Hilbrands. As thenewest cast member, Hil-brands has a lot o expecta-

tions riding on his peror-mance. Luckily, his comedicinstincts are resh, makingthe most o every possibleawkward moment and get-ting the laughs. Also, heappears to have a talent orsinging. I hope there will beduets with Bobby Gardnerin the uture.

Along with the POUS,several other politicians gottheir send-ups in this gov-ernment-ocused show. El-lie Hinos Palin/Bachmann/Golem (rom Lord o theRings) mash-up practi-cally made me dizzy as shebounced rom one voice tothe next.

As the ip side o gay mar-riage, divorce, was explored,as well as the upside o un-employment ree time.

All around, this is BraveNew Workshop at its best.Te skits dont pull anypunches, so no matter whatyour own politics are, you

will fnd yoursel laughing.

Even though September is abusy month, take the time tosee this show because it willgo down in history. OnceObama Mia! closes, the

comedy theater will moveto a new location down-town. Did you see MamaMia! during its long run atHey City Teater? Ten youknow where BNW is mov-ing.

Te new location at 824Hennepin Avenue will hold

the theater as well as anevent center. Te Uptownlocation will continue tohouse the Student Union,the BNWs school o impro-

visation,

Obama Mia! runs throughOctober 1. Te Brave NewWorkshop is located at 2605Hennepin Avenue. For more

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Te HCL and the MPRBheld a combined open housein late August at Walker Li-

brary. Design concepts orthe MPRBs land adjacentto the Walker Library andHCLs new Walker Librarywere presented.

A very rough timeline o theproject is a fnal design bythe end o 2011, with con-struction starting in Sep-tember 2012 or an opening

date o Fall 2013.

Te next CAC meeting on

the project is Tursday, Sep-

tember 8, at the Walker Li-brary rom 6:30 pm to 8 pm.A combined Open Housewill occur on September 27,at Walker Library rom 6:30

pm to 8 pm.

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will connect to our existingbicycle routes including theMidtown Greenway, LoringBikeway, RiverLake Green-way and Minnehaha Creek.

In 2009, Public Works sta

hosted a tour or the bicy-cling public to listen to theirideas on how to improvethe street. Te 25 peoplewho attended the ride werealso asked to prioritize theirideas and keep them withina limited project budget inorder to keep the discussionrealistic. Aer riding the en-tire length o the project, theoverwhelming priority wasto improve the crossings obusy streets such as Franklin

Avenue, 26

th

Street, and 28

th

Street. Tis summer con-struction crews began in-stalling a median at FranklinAvenue and curb bump outsat 26th and 28th Streets.

Public Works sta, Coun-cil Member uthill and theLowry Hill East neighbor-hood group partnered tocreate a median on FranklinAvenue that would work ormany constituencies. Temedian creates a physical

and visual reuge or bicy-clists and pedestrians, al-lows motorists to make leturns at Bryant and Frank-lin Avenues, retains park-ing and minimizes lon-ger queues or westboundFranklin Avenue trac.Tanks to several neighbor-hood volunteers, the newmedian will also have land-scaping beginning this all.

At 26th and 28th Streets, curbbump outs have been built

on one corner at each in-tersection. Te bump outsmake it easier or bicyclistsand pedestrians to see tra-fc on 26th and 28th Streets.Tey also prevent peoplerom parking their vehiclestoo close to Bryant Avenue,which enhances visibilityor all roadway users.

Another player in this proj-ect has been the Lyn LakeBusiness Association. Mem-

bers o this group advocated

or trac calming on Bry-ant Avenue between 28th andLake Street where speedingmotorists were a concern. Asa result Bryant Avenue hasbeen narrowed and calmedat 29th Street with the addi-tion o curb bump outs anda combination speed bump/pedestrian crossing.

Tis all Bryant Avenue willhave large bicycle symbolspainted on the pavement atthe beginning o each block.Tese symbols will indicatethe street is a bicycle bou-levard, which is a ancy wayo saying a nice street orbicycling. Bike boulevardsare placed on quieter resi-dential streets as an alterna-tive to riding on busy streets

such as Lyndale Avenue. Tecitys frst bicycle boulevardopened this spring on theRiverLake Greenway (40thSt. E.), east o I-35W. Bry-ant Avenue will be the frstbike boulevard in SouthwestMinneapolis. Tis new typeo bikeway caters toward theall ages crowd. Tis meansthat almost anyone will eelcomortable biking on astreet like Bryant Avenue.

Further south o Lake Street

where Bryant Avenue turnsinto a bus route, the proj-ect will add what will looklike green bike lanes. How-ever these green lanes willbe placed in the middle othe travel lanes to indicateto motorists that the exist-ing travel lanes are sharedwith bicycles. Parking willnot be removed. Just as theydo today, motorists will beurther encouraged by thegreen lanes to expect bicy-cling on the street.

Public Works sta would like to

thank community members or

their input and support during

the development o this new

bicycle route, including the sixty

people who attended a public

meeting about the project in

2010. An opening celebration

or the Bryant Avenue bikeway

will take place in late September.

Visit www.minneapolismn.gov/

bicycles to stay tuned or a frm

date and location somewhere

along Bryant Avenue.

Bikes rom page 1

THE GREENWAY

CHALLENGE

September 24, 2pm,

www.midtowngreenway.org

Wedge resident Eric Muel-

ler lives right on the Midtown

Greenway and he is leading the

charge to help keep it sae and

clean. Mueller is working with

the Midtown Greenway Co-

alition to coordinate the 2011

Greenway Challenge, a 33-mile

bike-a-thon in which riders raise

unds and compete or prizes.

Te top pledge-getters will win

cycling trips to Vail, Colorado

and Lanesboro, Minnesota.

Last years Greenway Challenge

raised over $25,000, and Muel-

ler won the grand prize by col-

lecting over $5,000 in pledges,

more than any other rider. It

was much easier than I thought

it would be, he said o his und-

raising eorts. I had a network

o neighbors helping me raise

money, and I reached out to

amily and riends. I ound that

i I had a chance to explain what

the Challenge was all about, and

how it would beneft the Green-way, that people just opened up

their wallets to help out. People

are very passionate about the

Midtown Greenway.

Mueller had so much un at last

years event that he has been

working since February to help

organize this years event. Weve

got some great stu planned or

the event day. Tere will be art

bikes, music, ood and people

riding in costumes. Itll make

the miles go by quickly.

Riders can cycle individually or

they orm a team with three oth-

er riends. Were very excited

to introduce the team challenge

this year, said Soren Jensen,

Midtown Greenway Coalitions

new Executive Director. Each

rider agrees to raise a minimum

o $250 in pledges, and some

riders might fnd that easier i

theyre raising money alongside

their riends. Plus, its a great

way or a team to bond through

the experience o undraisingand riding. We already have ten

teams committed to sign up!

enthused Jensen.

Te ride is a social one, not a

race. Tere are cyclists o all

abilities that participate in the

Greenway Challenge, said Te-

resa Nelson, Midtown Green-

ways Programs Manager. Last

year there were people who rode

in costumes on one-speed bikes

as well as Lycra-clad racers on

ancy road bikes. Te riders re-

ect the people that use the Gre-

enway every day or exercise,

commuting and recreation.

As an incentive to riders the Gre-

enway Challenge eatures prizes

or the top individual and team

undraisers. Te person that

raises the most money will win a

trip or two to Vail, Colorado or

a week o cycling and relaxation.

Te top team will win two nights

or eight people at the Scandina-

vian Inn, a bed and breakast in

Lanesboro, Minnesota, which is

on the Root River trail, a popu-

lar cycling route.

All proceeds rom the bike-a-thon beneft the Midtown Gre-

enway Coalition, the nonproft

organization that advocated or

the creation o the Midtown

Greenway. Te Coalition works

to improve the Greenway and

keep it sae through the rail

Watch program in which volun-

teers patrol the Greenway night-

ly, sweeping up debris and pro-

viding extra sets o eyes along

the corridor.

I had a great time doing the

Greenway Challenge last year,

and am so happy to help plan

this years event, said Mueller.

Its great to see the community

come together and support this

wonderul asset to our commu-

nity.

Registration or the event is $25.

Te Midtown Greenway is a 5.5-

mile long ormer railroad corri-

dor just north o 29th Street with

bicycling and walking trails. It is

owned by the Hennepin CountyRegional Railroad Authority and

the trails are maintained by the

City o Minneapolis. Te Mid-

town Greenway Coalition is the

grassroots organization that suc-

cessully advocated or installa-

tion o the Midtown Greenway

by public agencies. Te Coalition

continues to engage our commu-

nity in protecting, improving and

using the Greenway.

THE CALHOUNCYCLE RIDE AND

CONCERT

September 8,

4:30pm-8pm,

www.calhouncycle.com

Enjoy a leisurely all ride around

the chain o lakes and then come

back to Calhoun Cycle at 3342

Hennepin Avenue or pizza or

purchase, bikes, music, and ree

ice cream. Te Banjo Brothers

bike bag company is teaming up

with the crew at Calhoun Cycle

or a post Labor Day concert.

Te event will eature the mu-sic o singer-songwriter Ann

Reed and pianist, accordionist

and occasional storyteller Dan

Chouinard, both o Minnesota.

Ann Reed, known or her rich

alto voice, smooth guitar licks

and sly wit, has spent more than

25 years writing songs and mak-

ing music. She has perormed

on Good Morning America, A

Prairie Home Companion and

Minnesota Public Radios Morn-

ing Show. Dan Chouinard grew

up in a musical amily in Lind-

strom. He tours and records reg-ularly with an ever-expanding

roster o musicians and writers.

Banjo Brothers, Civia and O2

Rainwear will also be on hand

to display their brand name gear

and answer questions.

THE MINNEAPOLIS

BIKE TOUR

September 18,

7:30am-2:30pm,www.minneapolisbiketour.com

Hop on your bike and take a

tour o Minneapolis. Enjoy the

scenic Grand Rounds Byway

System at your own pace. All

ages and abilities are welcome.

Parkways are closed to motor-

ized trac or both a short (14

mile) and a long (36 mile) route

through Minneapolis. Te long

course spans the entire scenic

Grand Rounds Byway System

showcasing several Minneapo-

lis lakes and traveling along the

Mississippi River and Minneha-

ha Creek. Te short course o-

ers a circuit around Lake o the

Isles, Lake Calhoun and Lake

Harriet. Both routes include

rest stops with rereshments and

bike mechanics. Stick around

aer the ride to enjoy live mu-

sic, vendor booths, post-ride

ood, and ree beer.

Inaugurated in 2007, the Min-

neapolis Bike our has become

a tradition or cyclists o all ages.Te tour provides individuals

and amilies the opportunity to

enjoy Minneapolis spectacular

park and byway systems at their

own pace, unhindered by motor-

ized trac. Co-sponsored by the

Minneapolis Parks Foundation

and Minneapolis Parks and Rec-

reation Board, the proceeds rom

the event beneft the Minneapolis

parks system.

Warm Up or FallTree bicycle events in September

Tis is a view o bump outs and street arrows looking southdown Bryant Avenue rom 29th Street.

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Photo by Bruce CochranEvery year local neighborhood organizations volunteer their time at Uptown Art Fair booths,organized by the Uptown Association. Te groups sell beverages in order to raise money oreach o their neighborhood organizations. Lowry Hill East residents Jane Gingrich and KathyKulberg, local historian, help a lost art patron fnd a booth.

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Most Minneapolis businesses

already recycle, but a new ordi-

nance taking eect September 1

will require all businesses in Min-

neapolis to oer recycling. Tis

expands the same recycling re-

quirement that is already in place

or all residential property. For

businesses that dont already oer

recycling, resources are available

to help them set up a new system.

Te ordinance puts in place the

requirement that all nonresiden-

tial properties in Minneapolisthat have garbage service will also

have recycling service. Trowing

away trash is expensive. Recy-

cling takes two expensive prob-

lems managing garbage and

generating new material and

turns them into each others solu-

tions.

Soon, wherever you live, work,

learn, worship, play or do busi-

ness in Minneapolis, you will be

able to recycle, said Mayor R..

Rybak. Tis ordinance gives re-

cycling the normal, routine status

it deserves. Now its up to all o us

to do our part to recycle.

Te new ordinance supports our

City goal around a healthy envi-

ronment and sustainable uture,

said Council Member Elizabeth

Glidden, chair o the Regulatory,

Energy and Environment Com-mittee. It also helps us move

toward our target to increase re-

cycling and composting o dis-

carded waste to 50 percent by

2013.

We want everyone to know that

recycling is simply the way we

deal with waste in Minneapo-

lis, said Council Member Cam

Gordon, vice chair o the City

Councils Regulatory, Energy and

Environment Committee and

chie author o the ordinance.

Te broad-based support or

this, rom residents and business

owners alike, demonstrates that

the consensus we have is that we

need to recycle more and send

less trash to garbage burners and

landflls. It is my hope that this

will push us to do more to make

this a greener, cleaner city.

o help ensure that every proper-

ty owner is able to oer recycling

and comply with the new ordi-

nance, Minneapolis is working

with Hennepin County to provide

inormation and technical assis-

tance to those who need it.

Businesses are required to pro-

vide the ollowing

Regular recycling collection (at

least twice a month) or all mate-

rials generated onsite deemed re-

cyclable in Minneapolis, includ-

ing paper, cardboard, metal cans,

plastic bottles, and glass bottles

and jars.

Recycling containers.

Recycling collection and storage

areas.

Written recycling information

and instructions sent to tenants

and/or employees annually or

posted.

A written recycling plan.

Which businesses are aected?

Te ordinance requires all com-

mercial and business properties to

oer recycling. (Apartment build-

ings already participate separately

under residential laws.)

Property owners can fnd a sim-

ple, step-by-step guide to set-

ting up a new recycling system

at www.RethinkRecycling.com/

business. Hennepin County also

provides technical assistance and

education resources at www.hen-

nepin.us/businesswaste.

Te complete ordinance 174.435

is online at www.minneapolismn.

gov/government/laws.asp.

Property owners with questions about

this new recycling requirement can

call the City o Minneapolis at 311 or

612.673.3000.

Minneapolis Business RecyclingNew ordinance requires businesses to offer recycling

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Photo by Quincy StroeingConstruction cranes are a daily reminder o new changes to the Wedge neighborhood. Tisis a view looking west down the Midtown Greenway just north o 29th St. W.

Our Ever Changing Skyline

Te Minneapolis PublicSchools (MPS), MinneapolisYouth Coordinating Board(YCB) and City o Minne-

apolis have joined orcesagain or the We Want You

Back campaign to get un-enrolled students back inschool. Saturday, September10 is the second annual Day

o Action that enlists thecommunitys help in reach-

ing young people and rais-ing public awareness aboutthe dropout crisis and grad-uation gap in Minneapolis.

We Want You Back invitesun-enrolled young people to

We Want You BackCity, public schools partner to get dropouts back in school, Sept. 10

come back to school, com-plete their credits and gettheir diploma.

Te YCB is mobilizing andtraining hundreds o vol-unteers to connect withthose who want to returnto school. Te campaignsstrategy includes outreachat parks, libraries, and com-munity events to generateawareness, culminating ina citywide door-knockingevent on Saturday, Septem-ber 10. MPS sta will beavailable that day to helpstudents with the re-enroll-ment process.

Volunteers needed

Volunteers are needed orthe September 10 Day oAction to help reach youngpeople who did not fnishhigh school. o sign up to

volunteer, or i you know ayoung person who wouldlike to re-enroll, contact JoHaberman with the Min-neapolis YCB via emailat wwyb@ycb.org or at612.673.2720. For more in-

ormation, visit the WeWant You Back website:www.ycb.org/initiatives/we_want_you_back.

On September 10, hundredso volunteers will be walk-ing together throughout thecity, distributing inorma-tion, and talking with youngpeople about re-enrolling ina program or school that ftsbest or them. Last year, 100signed up on the spot to talkwith Minneapolis schoolsta about getting on a pathto fnish their diploma and14 students have since grad-uated.

Superintendent o SchoolsBernadeia Johnson, MayorR.. Rybak and Henne-pin County Attorney MikeFreeman jointly chair theWe Want You Back Cam-paign. We Want You Backis based on a successulmodel that is working incities such as Houston andPhiladelphia.