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Posters for Parks, an art show featuring work inspired by the city’s parks, and LoveMplsParks merch sales have made $120,000 over the last 10 years for city parks. Of each poster purchase, 50% goes to the artist and 50% to the Minneapolis Parks Foundation’s People for Parks Fund.
LOVE MPLS PARKS
Nearly 20 years ago, Dan Woychick learned Minneapolis’ perennially acclaimed parks were in a precarious position. Woychick, then a board member for his East Harriet neighborhood’s … more
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Minneapolis Public School bell schedules prevent students from taking CTE classes
Who gets career training in high school?
Minneapolis Public Schools Career and Technical Education (CTE) program aims to match students with real-world skills, but some high schools are restricting access. Even though students register, … more
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They wanted to save the boulevard trees along six blocks of 29th Ave. and they came together to do just that. Then they celebrated together at Arbeiter Brewing. (Photo by submitted)
Motivated by a common goal
Residents along six blocks of 29th Ave. S have banded together to save 40 ash trees. “These are public trees that the whole community benefits from,” observed Loey Colebeck. “Many … more
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“Now is not the time to turn our back on workers, who soon will face an attack from the highest level of government,” said Ward 11 Council Member Emily Koski before she voted to override Frey’s veto. “I stand in solidarity with all those fighting for fair wages, fair working conditions and a better future for themselves and their families.”
City Labor Standards Board derailed
Despite months of research, hours of debate, and a 9-3 city council vote of approval, a new Minneapolis Labor Standards Board will not be established, at least not this year. On Dec 5, the city … more
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“Unholy Communion” leads include (left to right) Laura Robards, Vincent Kartheiser, Adam Bartley, and Irena Flury. Bartley, an Eden Prairie High School graduate, plays Washington County investigator Chris Majek. Bartley is best known for his role as Ferg in the Netflix series “Longmire.” Kartheiser, Minneapolis native who played Pete Campbell in AMC’s “Mad Men” series, also stars as a close friend of the investigator. (Photo submitted)
‘Unholy Communion’ seeks accountability
When Thomas Rumreich was a freshman at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., he was sexually abused by a priest at the men’s college. The year was 1960, but the incident greatly … more
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The Pedestrian Plaza concept for reconstructing 38th and Chicago creates a cul-de-sac on the 3700 block of Chicago Ave. to provide access for businesses there. It would be pedestrian only in the segment between Unity Foods and the Peoples’ Way.
Pedestrian Mall plan for George Floyd Square moves forward
By Jill Boogren On Dec. 5, 2024, the Minneapolis City Council voted to develop a pedestrian plaza at George Floyd Square. It was one of three concepts shared by the Public Works Department, who … more
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The city council is considering outdoor safe spaces like those in other cities (including Duluth and Denver) to be used instead of encampments in Minneapolis.
Encampment concerns continue
The killing of three people last month near 4000 Snelling Ave. has heightened concerns about encampments in Minneapolis, and some city policymakers are pushing for change. A new proposal coming … more
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Roosevelt High School comes together to help fellow families during the annual Operation Holiday Basket. An estimated 15,000 baskets have been given out in 54 years as students compete to raise the most donations. Last year's volunteers are shown above. (Photo submitted)
54 years of giving
What does the term ‘holiday season’ mean to you? To many it means spending time with family; eating a large dinner with inlaws and extended family, watching seasonal movies, sitting … more
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The Minnesota Toy Library is for parents, grandparents, educators, occupational therapists, and mostly, for kids, to come and choose toys that are fun and that help them learn. MTL Executive Director Rebecca Nutter said, “We can’t just keep consuming things. We need to do better.” (Photo submitted)
Minnesota Toy Library opens third metro location
The Minnesota Toy Library (MTL) is a toy lending program for families with children ages birth to five years. Members can check-out up to five toys at a time, and take them home for 2-4 weeks. And … more
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At the Town Hall meeting, neighbor Marcia Howard reminds people who wish to return to normalcy that George Floyd Square is now a historic landmark, and “what was normal was Black folk dying in the middle of the street.”
Health before aesthetics
Neighbors packed the house at Belfry Community Space (3901 Chicago Ave.) on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, for a Town Hall “In Defense of Black Lives.” The meeting was held in response to the … more
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Paul Bauknight of the Center for Transformative Urban Design speaks on Sept. 24, one of the 3000 Minnehaha Coalition partners supporting redevelopment of the former 3rd precinct site "with a measure of care dramatically different than how we've addressed it, or any social issue, in South Minneapolis' past. ... The history and meaning of this site is too potent and important to dismiss." (Photo courtesy of Confluence Studio Instagram)
What should be at ‘gateway to Downtown Longfellow’?
Despite serious community concerns, Mayor Jacob Frey and the Minneapolis City Council appear to be moving forward with a plan to use the former 3rd precinct police station at Minnehaha Ave. and E … more
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Participants at the fifth city visioning workshop on Sept. 24, 2024, review materials in a breakout room addressing reconstruction of the right of way at 38th St. and Chicago Ave., George Perry Floyd Square.
Tensions rise at city workshop amid calls for police reform
More than 100 people packed The Square event center (3737 Chicago Ave.) on Sept. 24, 2024, for the city of Minneapolis’ fifth and final visioning workshop for George Perry Floyd Square (GFS). … more
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Lead artist Thomasina TopBear said, "Working on this project has been a great experience for all of us. We spray-painted straight through from Friday to Sunday without stopping. We had a few experienced folks from City Mischief Murals, and some community members who weren’t experienced at all." The murals transformed the Greenway Overpass/Railroad bridge on 36th Ave., and are rooted in the Longfellow/Seward neighborhoods.
Neighborhood bridge transformed
The Seward and Longfellow neighborhoods threw a one-of-a-kind party on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. Following a weekend long paint-a-thon, the second stage of a two-year project was unveiled in the late … more
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Left to right: Ward 1 Council Member and Council President Elliot Payne, Ward 9 Council Member Jason Chavez and Ward 2 Council Member Robin Wonsley are pushing for the adoption of the Safety Beyond Policing plan. (Photo submitted)
Council members call for adoption of Safety Beyond Policing plan
The Minneapolis city council has set the stage to approve a comprehensive Safety Beyond Policing Action Plan early next year that could drive change for years to come. The chair and vice chair of the … more
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Claudia Peppey is one of several volunteer servers. More servers and more soup makers are needed in the new location at Holy Trinity.
Food equals love
The first Monday in June, Soup for You! Café reopened in its new location in the basement of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. To hear Chef Judah Nataf tell it, he and the volunteers were nervous … more
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Attendees review materials at the city’s third visioning workshop held at The Square event center on July 23. (Photo by Jill Boogren)
No consensus on vision for GF Square
Two groups held separate meetings in July to discuss the future of George Floyd Square. The Community Visioning Council (CVC) is a community-led group, and there was a visioning workshop led by … more
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Mayor proposes 8.1% property tax increase
Reactions to Mayor Jacob Frey’s recommended 2025 budget for Minneapolis may be varied but concerns about costs and taxes are rising to the top. His proposal, which was released on Aug. 14, … more
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Ericsson resident Jessica Wyn Miller (right), an entomologist, leads a Bug Club adventure into the world of bugs near her Minnehaha Creek-side home. She has found that her work as an artist intersects with insects.“I got excited for aquatic insects when I found out they reflect the health of a water," she recalled.
She hated bugs – so she decided to become an entomologist
Jessica Miller still shrieks sometimes when a spider jumps on her, but the south Minneapolis environmental entomologist has found that makes her more approachable when she’s teaching classes on … more
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90 years after the strike that made Minneapolis a union town
The 90th commemoration of the landmark 1934 truckers strike that made Minneapolis a union city hits high gear in July with a culminating picnic featuring striker descendants and labor activists, the … more
Longfellow resident Eliza Washington said that Red Lake Nation College “gave me a place to find myself and learn about myself, my history and where I come from. They don’t teach you that stuff in mainstream schools.”
First tribal college opens in Twin Cities
The newly open Red Lake Nation College in downtown Minneapolis is one of the first tribal colleges in a major U.S. city and is reaching a “never-served” community,” according to Dan … more
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