12 Northeaster | November 1, 2017 First Ward : Active race to the finish See page 13 for a list of Northeaster attached to activism. He considers mayoral articles on other political races. candidate Nekima Levy-Pounds a reform- er and a strong voice, and said he would by Gail Olson support her. The incumbent and two challengers will His work in an inner-city school showed face off in November for the First Ward him that the way to help schools and stu- seat. DFL mem- dents is to “stabilize the economy, provide ber Kevin Reich, who took office in 2010, stable housing and workforce training, and is running for his third term against inde- pay people a livable wage.” Problems in pendent candidate John Hayden and DFL the schools, he added “are more a symp- member Jillia Pessenda. Reich and Pes- tom than a disease; it’s what is happening senda unsuccessfully sought endorsement outside the classroom that is the issue. The at the April DFL convention, which ended solution will take hard work and resources.” with a “no endorsement” vote. The First Ward includes the Northeast John Hayden Jillia Pessenda Kevin Reich Pessenda’s platform neighborhoods of Columbia Park, Mar- Pessenda said her issues include afford- shall Terrace, Waite Park, Audubon Park, able housing, police accountability, and the Holland, Logan, Windom Park, Northeast Transportation, the stadium streetcars. “Our property taxes are going environment. Park, Mid City Industrial, and Como. In a discussion that ranged from bike up 31 percent over the next five years,” he “We are facing a housing crisis,” she Hayden grew up in Michigan and holds paths to public transportation, the candi- said. “The choices the city makes are hid- said. “We need sustainable density, stron- a degree in biology from Spring Arbor dates generally viewed the city’s efforts den; when you take a streetcar or build a ger housing rights, and a mixed income University, a liberal arts Christian school. favorably. Hayden, however, said he wants stadium, it takes money away from police, policy. We need more money in the Afford- He worked with a diverse population of more money invested in the city’s safety workforce training, and affordable housing. able Housing Trust Fund.” students on ’s South Side before infrastructure. “Right now there’s a shift We create this dilemma by not spending She believes that police would benefit moving to Minneapolis in 2014. He is the toward bikes. We need safe pedestrian our money correctly.” from “ongoing implicit bias training.” She national training lead for Genesys Works, and bicycle paths. Our streets are poorly Reich said that streetcars are included favors (as does Reich) the current co-re- a company that helps place young people designed for bikes. We need to educate in the Access Minneapolis Plan, which also sponder pilot program, which pairs police in internships at local companies. Hayden people; it’s important that they understand includes bus rapid transit, electrified buses, with mental health professionals. She also serves on the board of No Labels MN, a that their right to drive a car is not greater and light rail. “If we’re going to talk about wants to bring back the Civilian Review group that rejects partisanship. Although than a person’s right to drive a bicycle. We investment in fixed rail, then Central Ave- Authority. “We need to work with the com- he is running as an independent candidate, need to share the roads; the transition [of nue should be in the game. Northeast is munities most impacted by police brutality,” he said he votes for the Democratic party getting more bikes on the road] is confus- the perfect site for it. The question is, does she said. in national elections. Hayden lives in the ing and scary, also it’s frustrating for those that guarantee it’s going to happen? There Pessenda said that residents’ access to Waite Park neighborhood. who do want to ride bikes.” (He added that are a lot of steps; we have to be eligible fresh food is important; the city must look Pessenda, who is from Duluth, moved his cousin had died in a biking accident.) for federal funding and it still needs to be at the low-income communities and com- to Minneapolis in 2000. She graduated Reich expressed enthusiasm for the a partnership. It needs somebody to oper- munities of color that often do not have from the University of as a the- strides the city has made in bike paths, ate it. There is a question about its regional such choices. “In my career, I am working ater arts and dance major. A former actor, moving “phase by phase” in Northeast on significance. The Metropolitan Council is toward providing more food access through dancer, and director, she appeared in “The streets such as Arthur, and 18th and 22nd studying it.” urban agriculture.” Believers” at the Ritz Theater in Northeast. avenues. “I’m not for bikes everywhere,” he Hayden and Pessenda said they entered Her strengths, she added, are her back- She has worked for non-profit organizations said. “I support a network. Bike lanes make the ward race because they opposed the ground as a community organizer and her such as Occupy Homes and OutFront Min- sense east of Central Avenue, where there city’s (and Reich’s) vote on the Vikings perspective as an artist. “I also have the nesota, and is a Homegrown Minneapolis is more room and it is residential.” Other ar- stadium. “I’m not against the stadium,” perspective of being a woman, and a mem- Food Council board member. Since 2016, eas, such as Lowry Avenue, which is a na- Hayden said. “I’m against the deal.” Pes- ber of the LGBT community, where repre- she has worked in development and com- tional truck route and also the “worst street senda said, “The stadium vote cost taxpay- sentation matters.” munications at the Institute for Agriculture for pedestrians,” are less safe. “The street ers over $500 million. I think people should and Trade Policy, a non-profit organization itself dictates the context of what the use have had the opportunity to vote on it.” Reich’s platform that promotes sustainable food. Pessenda should be,” he added. Reich responded that the city and State Reich said he has been working to im- lives in the Windom Park neighborhood. Pessenda, who described herself as a Legislature’s work on funding the Target prove Northeast since his neighborhood Reich grew up in Northeast Minneapolis biker, said that the city has a lot of work Center, the Convention Center, and the Vi- association days. “When I was the HNIA and graduated from Edison High School. to do on transit, particularly in Northeast. kings stadium has allowed Minneapolis to project director, we needed to stabilize He has a bachelor of arts degree from St. She drives her car to work because taking create a “whole new development district our housing and deal with commercial Olaf College in philosophy and Asian stud- a bus to the Whittier neighborhood (near downtown, creating millions of dollars of tax abandonment. We did the basics of de- ies. He was the Holland Neighborhood Im- Uptown) takes 45 minutes. “The bus is not revenue. We were able again to continue velopment and increasing vitality on our provement Association’s (HNIA) executive convenient for me.” She said she would like our commitment to neighborhoods, and own terms. We protected the mom and director and project director from the mid- to see the city implement bus rapid transit we were able to make community groups pop businesses, we got crime down, we 1990s until 2010. Reich chairs the city’s and increase transit accessibility. “We need whole.” (The $1.1 billion stadium, which stabilized neighborhoods with the NRP Transportation and Public Works Commit- more east-west transit options. A number opened in 2016, was financed by team own- program, cleaned up pollution, and slowly tee and the Mississippi Watershed Man- of Edison students live in North Minneap- ers, the state, and the city of Minneapolis.) but surely stabilized our arts district. We’ve agement Organization board. A member olis. We need to make sure that kids can turned the corner. Now people say they’re of the Metropolitan Council Transportation get across the river.” She said she is a “big Hayden’s platform worried that Northeast might turn into an- Advisory Board and Edison Community supporter of light rail,” and would like to see Hayden describes himself as a “highly other Uptown, but Uptown has none of and Sports Foundation board, he is also the city fund more lines. “Transit’s great, ideological” independent candidate who is our granularity, our sense of making stuff. a founding member of the East Side Food let’s do it. More young people are choosing a problem-solver. He said, “I’m not chas- We have local little pubs, small stores and Co-op. He lives in the Windom Park neigh- not to have cars.” ing after the money. There is no special restaurants, the artists. borhood. Hayden criticized Reich’s support for interest group backing me. Our campaign “Northeast has been working on stabiliz- is incredibly unique. I am willing to run on ing our workforce housing; we worked on ideals and defy the status quo without go- that for 15 years,” Reich said. “Now, we’re ing overboard.” one of the great American turnaround sto- He believes that there is a “disconnect” ries. We have the lowest crime rate, a na- between the barriers people face and the tionally-known arts district, the breweries policies politicians propose. He said city and the small businesses. We have great government “moves too slowly” and lacks plans for a vibrant future. I know I’m the transparency. Hayden said that he has only candidate who has direct experience worked with diverse groups without being in delivering that for this area.”

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Prepared for and paid by Nancy for the Village, 3408 31st Ave. NE, St. Anthony, MN 55418 6 Northeaster | October 18, 2017 In Ward 3, it all comes down to housing + by Alex Schlee to be top priority, and he said he hasn’t dearth of apartment buildings. To make up icy changes. As final weeks are approaching in the heard enough people discussing those for this, a bump in new affordable housing, When asked Minneapolis City Council races, the North- roles. or conversions of existing homes into du- what constitutes easter sought to clarify some of the more “When you do those things right, the rest plexes, might be the patch the city needs. “big develop- complex, innovative or controversial stands gets easier to solve,” he said. There is a delicate balance between ers,” Jentzen taken by Third Ward candidates as ex- Bildsoe listed some statistics regarding aging and becoming cheaper. Expenses said the telling pressed in a September 6 forum hosted housing in Minneapolis: 50% of proper- piling up as things break can make an old clues lie with downtown by the Minneapolis Chamber ties in the city are rentals, and over 50% building more expensive than it should be. a business’s of Commerce. Four are running to replace of renters pay over 30% of their income on The city, according to Fletcher, should ex- interests; for , who is running for . rent (he said these stats come from Aeon, amine a way to offer resources to struggling some big devel- Ward 3 encompasses parts of downtown the affordable housing developer). Bildsoe properties, such as locking in tax rates for opers there is from the North Loop to U.S. Bank Stadium, said it’s supply and demand; the city just landlords who lock in their rent values. very little inter- as well as Southeast and Northeast neigh- needs more housing, especially affordable Candidates Samantha Pree-Stinson est in building borhoods along the river between Marcy housing. But the city can’t afford to bite and Tim Bildsoe, when asked, were both affordable hous- Holmes and Bottineau. The Northeaster back at the developers trying to provide it. staunchly against the idea of rent control. ing because profiled candidates who announced earlier “I’m not going to sit here and say let’s Ginger Jentzen is in favor. Fletcher, while Ginger Jentzen it simply isn’t this year but recently sat down with those get rid of this or that regulation, I just think not outwardly in favor of the idea, was hes- profitable for who remain. No candidates were given we need to look at what can be changed,” itant to fully condemn it either. “There’s a them, so they questions ahead of time. To access their he explained. big difference between rent control and bank on people having no other options platforms on other issues not covered here, He would sit down with the city’s top de- rent stabilization,” he said. than to pay for what they can find. Jentzen consult the websites listed at the end of velopers and ask how they and the city can Duplexes and low rises turn into condos wants to base a taxable rate on a develop- each. better work together. It’s popular to snap and high rises, and suddenly the people er’s profit margins, to get taxes from those The interviews are presented in alpha- at big developers and their tall towers, but who lived in that neighborhood can no lon- with the means without putting undue pres- betical order. Bildsoe said he wants to remind people that ger afford to live there: the definition of gen- sure on smaller-scale enterprises. The Northeast Minneapolis Chamber developers have a choice where they build, trification. Fletcher said rent stabilization Jentzen also wants to use bonding to bet- of Commerce cancelled their Third Ward and he doesn’t want to chase them away means putting restrictions on rent increas- ter fund affordable housing. She compared forum that was scheduled for October 11, to greener pastures when Minneapolis is in es meant to push existing residents out to bonding to a low-interest loan, where the due to a venue booking conflict, and they dire need of what they provide. benefit eventual developers or the landlord. city provides money to a building for a re- have no plans to re-schedule. An arts-relat- “Why would a company do business in Regarding public safety, Fletcher said turn on their investment. Bonding was used ed forum was scheduled for Oct. 16 after Minneapolis if they are paying an incredi- he doesn’t think the public safety situation to fund the building of U.S. Bank Stadium, this paper went to print. ble tax?” he asked. “Companies provide downtown is as dire as some people think. so Jentzen wants to apply the same idea to a lot of economic value to the Twin Cities, “Some people find political advantage by funding new city-owned housing projects. Tim Bildsoe - No party so why would we risk chasing them out?” making people afraid,” he said. “If we treat “Where are our priorities? Why are He said that car2go left because of the downtown like a crisis, solutions are going we not talking about the same measures affiliation listed steep cost of doing business. Who could to be drastic, and short term.” here?” she asked. “The ‘let the market Tim Bildsoe be next? Fletcher would like to see a variety of decide’ approach is not working. It didn’t had not yet de- The Third Ward is the economic engine spaces built on street level: the kinds of work for wages, and it won’t work for hous- clared as a can- for the city, Bildsoe said, so we should be places that would make hanging out desire- ing.” didate the last encouraging more businesses to set up able rather than problematic. “People want Jentzen used the example of Glendale time The North- shop here. Making downtown safe to work, places to be. There’s a sense of having lost Townhomes for what not to do in city-owned easter reported and beautifying the crumbling infrastruc- one of the main functions of downtown.” A housing. Glendale has drawn criticism for on the Third ture would make the area more attractive lot of shops moved out of downtown to sub- being poorly-maintained and managed, Ward election. to new businesses. The key to keeping the urban malls. Fletcher wants to re-central- and residents there are being pushed out of Bildsoe cur- city afloat is to keep downtown running as ize the city, to bring back the boutique. their homes so that the site can be rebuilt. rently works for strongly as it can, while also being open to These spaces don’t have to be retail. Ca- “It doesn’t have to be like this,” she said, Wells Fargo, adjustment and new ideas. reer and cultural centers, youth programs, that Glendale could have worked if proper in the symmet- He also said Minneapolis needs to do a etc. are also badly-needed resource.s But, resources had been allocated to it. rical buildings better job of communicating with other cit- Fletcher said, he and the council can’t do According to Jentzen, market-rate near the U.S. ies; to take inspiration from others, to ask it alone; there needs to be a deeper con- housing drives up costs of living for the Bank Stadium. for help when needed, and to model our- versation about how to make this transition surrounding area, in addition to being too He was born in selves off of their successes and improve happen. expensive to begin with. Establishing an , but has Tim Bildsoe on their failures. On policing: During the September 6 official form of direct rent control would lived in Min- https://www.timforward3.org/ forum, Fletcher said he envisioned Minne- help mitigate this inflating effect, and the nesota for most of his life, and attended apolis having a “world class de-escalation difference in costs could be made up in tax college at Bemidji State University. After Steve Fletcher - Democrat force.” He wants to start by having police revenue from large scale developers and living out of state, he returned to settle in Steve Fletch- report to the city council, rather than just businesses, including Minneapolis’ high Plymouth, where he was elected to their er was en- the mayor. The council would measure concentration of Fortune 500 companies. city council and served 16 years, during dorsed by the success based on metrics other than ar- Rent control policies would not be rigid, which a new lane on 494 was added and DFL at the Third rests: situations defused, citizens deferred she said, but would adjust as time moves the city expanded through development of Ward conven- to treatment or social services, etc. He is on. While there are challenges to be faced unused farmland. tion in July, win- also interested in examining the racial de- in implementing a robust regulation, she Bildsoe and his wife came to Minneapolis ning out over mographics of who is arrested versus who doesn’t believe it will be as hard as other after his kids moved out, finding a condo in Cordelia Pier- is deferred to treatment. Having those kind candidates are saying, and could be ap- North Loop. He’s been on the North Loop son. Fletcher of metrics open to not only the council, but plied to business leases as well. Neighborhood association board, of which has worked the public at large would encourage a more “We saw a lot of scaremongering around he is currently president, for going on two as a database cooperative police force. the minimum wage. There was a lot of years. designer, and “I’m a big data nerd. Transparency is the screaming about how a one-size-fits-all Bildsoe’s campaign primarily focuses was a found- only way democracy works well,” he said. policy was really bad,” she said, explaining on public safety in downtown, as well as ing member of Fletcher drew attention to starting a con- that the wage campaign employed a lot of affordable housing. Crime downtown has Neighborhoods versation on schedule regulation to make experienced policy writers. She said her been on the rise, according to Bildsoe, Organizing for Steve Fletcher sure that businesses with adequate re- leadership brought together the necessary and he is interested in looking at alterna- Change, a com- sources aren’t abusing their employees to experience to get the task at hand done, tive solutions. He did two ride-alongs with munity advoca- avoid giving out benefits and raises. He and she would bring that kind of strength Minneapolis police, both of which have cy group for under-resourced communities had some ideas on how to make sure small to the city council as well. “There’s a lot of influenced his policy. One was in the first in Minneapolis. companies aren’t being slammed along- lobbying power at city hall.” precinct, and the other in the second. Fletcher said he wants to keep the focus side the larger ones that inspired the need Small businesses often don’t realize what “It’s difficult to talk about crime until you on an open and transparent environment in for such regulations. kind of resources are available to them to see it. It’s a systemic issue,” he said. city government process. “There’s a lot of To Fletcher, the council has to keep a lot help them succeed. The Workplace Advi- His plan starts with education and op- promise to change the way we govern,” he of plates spinning, but their key function is sory Committee, of which Jentzen is a part, portunity: while the force does need more said. to follow through on their promises. The is discussing ways of implementing further officers downtown, he says, cops need to Fletcher wants to use the Third Ward’s council should be vigilant on small issues sick time regulations in the city, and ensur- know that there’s confidence in their abili- leverage as the economic nerve center of just as much, if not more so than the large. ing resources are provided to businesses ty. Choosing a new police chief was a big Minneapolis to get more resources from the https://www.stevefletcher.org/ making less than $500,000 annually. first step in rebuilding that confidence. “He state, which has been cutting funding to the A key part of keeping housing affordable needs to be allowed to do his work in the city. He wants mass transit improved espe- Ginger Jentzen - is empowering renters to know their rights PD,” said Bildsoe. “The person at the top cially, expanding more intricate coverage and what they are entitled to. Jentzen be- sets the tone, like in any organization.” to underserved neighborhoods, and the Alternative Socialist lieves tenant organizations are the best Bildsoe said he wants to create a part- recent fare increase (due to state budget Ginger Jentzen was one of the leaders in way to enforce regulation on landlords to nership with local nonprofits like Youth Link cuts) to be reversed, though he admitted the movement to make minimum wage $15 get fair rental rates, enforce repairs, and or MAD DADS, who both provide resourc- that would not be within the power of his an hour in Minneapolis. She is in the Alter- demand safe living conditions. Drafting a es and opportunities to disenfranchised office. native Socialist party, and said she’s mod- renters’ bill of rights would be a bold first youths. He would build a homeless shelter On affordable housing, inclusionary zon- eling her campaign after Bernie Sanders’. step. She used the example of a Minneap- downtown to get people off of the streets. ing and rent control: Inclusionary zoning Like Sanders, Jentzen will accept no cam- olis landlord facing legal action for over 40 He said the city needs to start investing in prioritizes zoning to ensure that roughly paign donations from corporate interests. poorly maintained properties. When asked its homeless youth, and that “whoever is 10-15% of the city’s housing is affordable, “You can’t serve two bosses,” she said. if she felt there were any similar situations willing and able to participate downtown is and Fletcher thinks Minneapolis needs The key aspects of Jentzen’s campaign in the Third Ward, Jentzen said she didn’t welcome.” more than that. The city doesn’t have as are affordable housing, rent control, and want to endanger any tenants who were Bildsoe wants to get back to small gov- much naturally-occurring affordable hous- taxation of big developers that can afford trying to organize but aren’t ready to stand ernment. The majority of the time used in ing (units that are older and worth less than to chip in more for the greater good. She up yet. the city council should be spent on local is- new, market-rate housing) due to a lull in used her experience with minimum wage sues. Fire, police, and infrastructure have building around 30 years ago that left a as an example of her ability to lobby for pol- WARD 3 ELECTION47 October 18, 2017 | Northeaster 7 Candidates discuss policing, rent, and transparency 63WARD 3 ELECTION people who live here. right tools,” Pree-Stinson stated plainly, paign. Pree-Stinson said affordable hous- Her campaign has three top priorities: explaining that she doesn’t think that the ing will not be affordable forever. Most new Fundamentally, the city council should re-establishing trust between constituents police force needs more funding until they affordable units are set up with a 10-year be a very big-picture oriented office, but and the government by maintaining trans- have shown a change in practices. plan. Within that plan, the developer cov- should still be held accountable for day-to- parency, supporting local businesses on a In addition, she thinks the process of ers any repairs and maintenance needed in day tasks. Neighborhood associations are a case-to-case basis, and supporting afford- holding police accountable should be in the a building for 10 years: a daunting up-front good tool for the community to reach out to able housing. Most importantly, she said, hands of a citizen-based committee com- cost that is offset by city funding set aside the government, and a good way to remind the council needs to keep an eye for detail pletely external and impartial from the po- to keep certain buildings under a certain them that the community doesn’t stop car- to ensure that new regulations aren’t step- lice force, and that oversight of the force as price for tenants. After that 10-year plan ing after the campaign is over, Jentzen said. ping on too many toes, though sometimes, a whole should be in the hands of the whole is up, tenants are left high and dry as rents https://gingerjentzen.org/ it may be unavoidable. council, and not just the mayor. begin rising to cover costs. The city needs “It’s really easy to think that you’re do- Expanding further on transparency, to look at that 10-year model and evaluate Samantha Pree-Stinson - ing the right thing,” she said, explaining Pree-Stinson wants to see the city coun- how to keep affordable housing going past that sometimes, regulation and policy can cil evaluated for their performance by the a certain point. Green Party come from the best of intentions, but end public more often. A bi-annual evaluation “We’re requiring more and more from our Samantha up alienating the very people it was trying could be administered so council members citizens in taxes but they are getting less and Pree-Stinson to protect. could get a more reliable form of regular less service in return,” she said, explaining used to identify A big part of establishing trust is about feedback from the public. that at the end of the day, housing needs as a Democrat, rebuilding some of the weakest parts of the Pree-Stinson spoke a lot about keeping to be funded, plain and simple, and that the but in the in- city’s current situation. It’s unavoidable regulations from becoming overly broad. city needs to be prepared to make an invest- terest of pro- to say that public trust in the police force A lot of small businesses get swept under ment in providing for people who are strug- moting more has been shaken by recent events, and the rug by broad regulations and license re- gling to keep a roof over their heads. political parties Pree-Stinson wants to address that. quirements (she used the restriction of men- Pree-Stinson has teamed up with First to get away Pree-Stinson said that mental health cri- thol cigarettes, which many small stores Ward candidate John Hayden to promote a from America’s ses should have a separate response team draw a great deal of income from, as an ex- “People’s Fund” for neighborhood econom- two-party sys- than crimes to help lift yet another burden ample). Many small time shops have to get ic development, workforce training, arts tem, she went off of the police force, who are forced to a plethora of licenses just to keep the door and affordable housing, in part using mon- to the Green keep a lot of plates spinning. Police should open, and each license is a massive finan- ey now set aside for streetcars, and other Party last win- focus on de-escalation of crimes in progress cial requirement. There’s a lot of language funds that would not require new taxes. ter. She is cur- and receive standardized state training so about taxing big business, but often times, http://preefor3.ruck.us/ rently in medi- all officers are equally prepared to handle small-timers get thrown into that definition cal education, Samantha Pree-Stinson encounters. Other situations can be han- by accident or technicality. She explained Election Day and served as a dled by supplementary forces specialized that the city needs to stop using labels and The election will take place November combat medic in different kinds of emergency training, like look at individual situations to make da- 7. Early voting has begun downtown, and in Afghanistan. dealing with a mental breakdown or a hand- ta-driven solutions and decisions. Data is un-registered voters can take care of reg- Pree-Stinson’s platform revolves around icapped person in a personal crisis, much often sorely overlooked in city policy writing. istering to save time on election day. The keeping her issues local. Focus should be like firefighters specialize in their own field Affordable housing has been the key as- Northeaster plans to spotlight the Minne- placed on supporting local business and of emergency response. pect of city governance that has been on apolis First Ward race in the November 1 maintaining the identity of Ward 3 while “They work for us, they just need the every candidate’s mind for most of the cam- edition. also being inclusive to the whole variety of Fire Station 15 is getting a makeover by Mark Peterson Ladder company 7 is at Station 2, at 143 Minneapolis Fire Department’s Station 13th Ave. NE. Fire Chief John Fruetel said, 15, a 72-year resident of Northeast John- “Station 15 is in a great location in a good son Street, is getting a serious renovation. community, the building has good ‘bones’, The modifications are so extensive that the and we think it’s money well spent.” He station’s two fire companies have been added that there has been no disruption of moved out during the construction. Build- services, and noted that Hennepin County ing upgrades including a tear-out and re- ambulances still serve Station 15’s area. build of the “apparatus floor,” where the The work is expected to be completed by trucks are parked, redoing the basement, December 1. replacing the HVAC and other utilities, and repairing the communications areas. A common scene at Station 15. At the Engine company 15 has been moved end of the day, the temporary doors to Station 19, at 200 SE Ontario St., and close. (Photo by Mark Peterson)

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It costs three times as much to keep a ganizations concerned about balancing de- person homeless, than it does to give them velopment, density and preservation held a a home; this would require up front capital confab on those topics June 15, only three investment but pay off in other costs saved. Minneapolis mayoral candidates appeared. Two, small scale retail. There’s nostalgia The organizers apparently jumped at the for Dayton’s but that model is dead. The chance when the venue was made avail- streets we love to walk have 5-6-8 differ- able (Minneapolis Event Center), invited all ent businesses, we’re creating that atmo- and went ahead with who showed up. We sphere. will do the same in reporting some of what Hoch: Like other major cities, we need a was said. prosperity plan. We have Fortune 500 com- Sponsors included Preserve Minneapo- panies, but what if one of them leaves? “We lis, Neighbors for East Bank Livability, and should be focusing on food. We could be Great River Coalition. Prolific author and the breadbasket, and that would help with political science and (Hamline and U of M) the urban/rural divide. Health and wellness, law professor David Schulz moderated, and medical tourism, arts and culture. “The cost there was a discreetly placed time keeper. is in NOT doing anything. We haven’t cre- Tom Hoch, Raymond Dehn and ated a Fortune 500 company in 40 years.” Jacob Frey answered questions in an order Dehn: Two big ideas. “Make this a Net pre-determined by drawing lots, until later Zero Energy city. We will have to re-think in the program they changed it up. Frey, how we generate and use energy. In Lon- arriving late, missed making an opening don, it costs so much to drive a car,” so statement though he made his platform people don’t have cars or use them less. clear through other answers: Build density, And technology: Kids are brilliant, let’s get listen to and try to incorporate the concerns them writing code. Dehn said the Net Zero of those affected, but build. Energy idea would require making sure Hoch reminisced about living in a house Only three of the seven mayoral candidates appeared at the forum on density vs. transit works, and making parking more ex- he rehabbed in Northeast, then living at 7 historic preservation: Raymond Dehn, Jacob Frey, and Tom Hoch. The forum was pensive, but he thinks the mindset would SE Second St., walking his dog here. “We hosted in the air-conditioned comfort of the Minneapolis Event Center and attend- pay for itself in five years. have no long term economic prosperity ees could buy adult beverages. (Photo by Alex Schlee) plan,” he said, and need safe neighbor- Asked “what can be done to protect the hoods. “I’m the only candidate who has thing was kept like 1910, we wouldn’t have proximity.” Light Rail Transit nodes are natural habitat” of pollinators and bird fly- created some affordable housing,” as dep- trees!” The Hennepin/Central “wedge” opportunities for higher density, and light ways, all three agree that bird-safe glass uty executive director of the Minneapolis has an “undulating character” of different industrial areas where businesses want to at the new U.S. Bank Stadium would have Public Housing Authority making the high building heights. “I’m pro-growth, I believe get out. The corridor between 94 and the been a no-brainer, and “count me in” on rises senior-specific. neighborhoods thrive when they’re not Mississippi River has “amazing potential for supporting “lights out” in buildings at night Dehn is in his third term as State Rep- stagnant. We preserved , the mixed use.” during migrations to avoid confusing the resentative for most of downtown and for growth there is where there’s now surface Frey: 1319 4th St. SE (a battle with Dor- birds. North Minneapolis, areas that “could mirror parking and underused properties.” He an Companies over their intent to tear down All waxed poetic about the beauty of the what is the rest of the city” with the wide said homes with beautiful character should commercial buildings). “We can incentivize river, perhaps anxious to go out and watch range of constituents. He said the city is be preserved. “As mayor I would make sure affordable housing; like if you want to build the sun set over it on one of the longest at a point where we need a different kind everyone has a voice.” beyond 3-4 stories require affordability.” days of the year. Only in their closing state- of leadership. As an architect, “I have de- Examples of “things I’ve promised have ments did any references to the Trump ad- signed affordable housing. We have to Who are the primary stewards of happened:” housing for former felons, in ministration surface, and as a group they think about the impact of what we build.” historic resources? North Loop, and senior housing in the cen- expressed optimism for Minneapolis. They all answered basically “we all are.” tral riverfront. What is the value – in terms of econom- Hoch used the metaphor of mayor as “the ics, social fabric, and livability conductor” of an orchestra. Dehn said, “the – of protecting historic structures? worst, failed, negotiation is to get to the Hoch gave the example of saving down- middle.” When voices are valued, [those town theater buildings as a projects man- opposed] may get more than they might ager for the city. “We said if you don’t keep have expected, Dehn added. Frey said, the theater, you can’t do the deal…in the “You don’t make decisions in a vacuum, end, the developer became a donor to it’s about being accessible, to take the time Hennepin Theater Trust,” which Hoch then to call and discuss. But in the end I have to headed. Reminded of the question, Hoch make the decisions I think are right.” said, “does anyone doubt the value of the four theaters? It is a leap of faith.” How do you balance housing demand Dehn echoed, “Value is sometimes not and city density versus livable, afford- measurable. In the 60s and 70s we re- able neighborhoods, and give at least moved a lot of buildings and we need to two concrete examples: think about how we can repair that. First Hoch: Gentrification is defined as push- Avenue has a totally different feel from Hen- ing people out – that it isn’t their home any- nepin Avenue,” mentioning Butler Square. more. “Development density is part of sus- “Most cities in the U.S. and Europe have tainability. 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Mayoral candidates gathered Within the arts district, affordable arts Hodges: Let’s do a land trust for com- at the Ritz Theater Oct. 17 to discuss the im- work space is a top priority. How would mercial properties the way we do land Political content portance and future of the arts in Minneap- you balance the push for density with trusts for housing properties so they can pages 11-14 olis. Approximately 70 people attended. For keeping work space affordable in Min- remain affordable over time. a full-length video of the event by The Up- neapolis? Levy-Pounds: We don’t have art exper- take, go to http://theuptake.org/2017/10/17/ tise at City Hall. We don’t focus on our arts future-of-minneapolis-arts-mayoral-candi- Frey: The topics of density and preserv- economy, our cultural economy. dates-forum/ ing work space are not mutually exclusive. Rahman: Zoning needs to change. Raymond Dehn, Jacob Frey, Tom Hoch, In the Third Ward, we’ve built on surface Dehn: Artists have ideas. They need to incumbent , and Nekima parking lots, Superfund sites, polluted ar- be at the table when we’re talking about Levy-Pounds prepared to answer ques- eas and places that would not affect current re-zoning so that commercial space stays 2017 tions, waiting 20 minutes for Aswar Rah- art space. That takes some of the pressure reasonably priced. It might mean rent sta- man to slide into his seat at the last minute; off the work spaces. bilization for some commercial properties. Al Flowers was invited but did not attend. Hoch: We need some specific financing Each of the candidates told why they are tools that are available to artists, low-inter- There are cultural corridors develop- running for mayor, and about their personal est loans, loans that can be forgiven, or a ing across the city. How can the city connection to the arts. Then Preston began change in tax structure for properties that leverage arts districts to help them reach This district was established under the posing questions supplied by the leaders are used by artists for work space. We their fullest potential? aegis of the city’s 2003 action plan, and Hoch: I worked on the cultural district there is another action plan being devel- plan on . There are 57 oped. What ways would you suggest to arts organizations on Hennepin from the develop the ? to the Mississippi river- Hodges: The Creative City Making proj- front. When you bring it all together, you ect pairs artists with various departments can name it, map it, [encourage people to of the city; they’re embedded in the work visit] and walk the area. we’re doing. Hodges: Our cultural corridors are the Levy-Pounds: If you ask the average best way to showcase the best of Minneap- artist if they felt included at City Hall, they olis. We have a business technical advisory would say no. We are literally sitting on a program (BTAP) and a cooperative adviso- gold mine in terms of what’s happening in ry program and we can connect the cre- the arts. We’re the fifth most culturally vi- ative economy. A part of our tourism master tal area in the country. This has been done plan is to highlight these cultural corridors. through the hard work of individuals, not Levy-Pounds: We too often allow de- high levels of city investment. This is one velopers to drive what’s happening in the of the industries that is actually growing. St. city, whether it’s residential or commercial Paul’s STAR program takes 50 percent of space. We need to put people over profits. the sales tax revenue and allows neighbor- Rahman: [The arts] have been a big eco- hoods and community businesses to apply nomic generator for Minneapolis. But we for funding. Sixty percent of the funds go need to address inequalities. MCTC is an toward loans and 40 percent toward grants. example. Every year, 1,700 students ap- Rahman:There’s a tendency to treat arts ply for the school, 1,500 are turned down. as though it is a garnish on the city. We DFL Endorsed! Vote Nov. 7 They could have gone into MCTC’s pho- bring it in for ideas, then move it aside and Prepared and Paid for by Neighbors for Fletcher tography course, the fine arts program. get on with other business. Treat the arts 156 14th Ave NE Minneapolis, MN 55413 The elements of our creative economy are as a genuine investment, as a good use for not being strengthened. Our city has a 40 public resources. percent minority population. Young people Dehn: The role of the city should be as need to be encouraged to get into the cre- facilitator, and making sure all voices are ative industry. heard. Dehn: The Arts District wasn’t created Frey: We need to be highlighting not just by the city. It was created by the artists, beer tours, but arts tours in south Minneap- the businesses. The city can assist, but the olis and in the Arts District here. people in the cultural corridors should be Hoch: The best way to lead a planning the ones driving the conversation. process is to have artists lead it. The plan- Frey: The city needs to get out of the ning process is a creative process and we way. If you were to go to an art opening in need to have the best creatives leading it Paris, the artist would come down from his to get the most robust ideas. Listen to the second-story flat, throw down a card table, artists, have them at the table, follow their put a little stereo on it, maybe a bottle of lead. wine, throw some art up on the wall and make enough money to pay his rent. In Northeast Minneapolis Arts District was Minneapolis, you’d need a liquor license, a officially designated by the city. The area sound permit, and a sign variance. By the extends from Broadway Street NE to 26th time you finished your art opening, you’d Avenue NE, Central Avenue to the Missis- have been tagged more money than you’ve sippi River. Northeast A.D. is a non-profit made and you don’t make the rent. organization separate from the city. Vote early Oct. 31-Nov. 6 Voters can place ballots directly into counting machines one week before election You can vote early at several places around Hennepin County. Voters who cast their ballot before Oct. 31 placed their ballots into a series of envelopes that will be emptied and fed into ballot counters on Election Day. Eligible voters who vote in person Oct. 31-Nov. 6 will place their ballots directly into a ballot counter. 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While we were on our behind in the two suburbs extra-week break between we serve. Participation by publications, the Minnesota advertisers is on the rise. Newspaper Association We appreciate the news- organized a “whiteout” paper industry’s sentiment, campaign in which many but also believe our com- newspapers left their front munity members, even the pages blank or partly blank, folks who are younger than with slogans like, “Without those in the cartoon at right, you, there’s no newspaper.” DO understand the value of It might be said that we newspapers. sent the ultimate message Thank you! by withholding the entire We’ve been encouraged paper, but hey, we planned to ask for testimonials and the break long before we statements from people knew about “whiteout.” about why they read news- An occasional break is one papers, and why ours… way to keep up a quality if the spirit moves, please product with a small staff. write us. And/or go to our Our recent circulation Facebook page and post a audit shows 76.7 percent of review. our possible readers actu- —Northeaster Publisher ally reading the Northeaster Margo Ashmore in Northeast Minneapolis, Read on, inside… and statistics are not far EDITORIAL42 University Ave. to close in 2018 by Margo Ashmore residents who would be incon- Another resident, a nurse on Minnesota Department of venienced by Metro Transit call essentially said her job and Transportation (MNDOT) plans re-routing and who suggested an people’s lives depend on her be- to resurface University Avenue apparently feasible alternative. ing able to get to work quickly, no between 27th Avenue NE in Min- Commissioner Liz Wielinski, rep- detour is really acceptable. neapolis, and 40th Avenue NE in resenting the Minneapolis park Seemed like everyone men- Columbia Heights next summer. board, offered information on tioned the trucks that stack up They’ve been meeting with the dimensions and needs of the along University Avenue near the some of the businesses that side-dumper log trucks that use St. Anthony Parkway bridge…and would be affected, in particular their tree processing site. it was confirmed that the parkway CP Rail and Cbase Depot and A man representing a business bridge replacement project would Transportation at 132 31st Ave. that had not yet been contacted be done later this year, providing NE, to work out access during gave his information. There was some circulation relief. what would be 3.5 months’ clo- discussion about notifying busi- sure. July 17, 2017, they and Met- nesses that receive shipments Overview ro Transit held a meeting at the through out-of-town truckers who Backing up the story here, Columbia Heights Public Library could get confused by the con- the meeting started with a proj- for the general public, well attend- struction zone and get physically ect overview and explanation ed by concerned neighbors and stuck out in the neighborhoods. why MNDOT wants to do a total public officials, to see what plan- Someone told a story about a road closure for one summer, ners may have missed. frustrated resident who deliber- May through August 2018. Eight MNDOT Project Manager Je- ately placed her car to block such inches of road surface would be rome Adams conducted most a truck, yelling and cursing out ground off in an aggressive milling of the meeting. He heard from the driver. UNIVERSITY AVE413 Three newbies running for parks by Gail Olson ki, former board president who and herbicides in the parks. Menz, The three contenders for the served two terms, decided not to an elementary school teacher and District 1 Minneapolis Park and run again. soccer and baseball coach, sup- Recreation Board seat include Meyer and Menz both have a ports organics recycling and youth DFL-endorsed Chris Meyer, Green strong environmental focus. Mey- sports. Barre works for Hennepin Party candidate Billy Menz, and er, who works on election and County and has six children. His independent candidate Mohamed advocacy campaigns for a living, focus is on increasing park pro- A juvenile Cooper’s hawk meets a squirrel in St. Anthony Park. Issa Barre. rides a bicycle and does not have gramming and providing better Moments before, the squirrel sauntered by, then climbed onto the The race has no incumbent, a car. He advocates clean energy, working conditions for park staff. bench on which the hawk was perched. The squirrel survived. after Commissioner Liz Wielins- recycling, and outlawing pesticides (Photo by Karen Kraco) PARK BOARD46

New water St. Anthony Open Streets Editorial, Letters…..…...... 2 treatment facility VillageFest...... 7 festival….…...... 9 Worship Directory..5 / Food & Fun…...10,11 unveiled...... …..….3 Local playground Public Art Tour- Items of Note/ In Business..………...... 10 Edison class of ’48 seeks volunteers finding website The Northeast Experience…...... 12-13 will reunite....……..4 for finishing ………8 debuts..……...... 14 Legal Notices……14 / Classified Ads……15 6 Northeaster | August 23, 2017 Candidates talk sports, maintenance, equity 13PARK BOARD Mohamed Issa Barre Barre is a Somalian immigrant who has lived in Northeast’s Bottineau neigh- borhood since 2003. He has a master’s degree in health and human services ad- ministration from St. Mary’s University. His wife, Naema Ali, is an Edison High School graduate. Barre said he left his home country in a time of violent civil war, immigrating to the United States in 1995. He is a writer and a photographer who recently created a book, The Legacy of the Somali Community. It in- cludes, he said, “photographs of the way Mohamed Issa Barre Billy Menz Chris Meyer the community looks right now.” He frequently visits local parks with his enough communication,” Barre said. “I am a a math specialist at Lyndale Elementary are going there, I’m coaching there. Kids children, and hopes that his background of parent involved in the community. I see what School in South Minneapolis, he said he are going there; how do I get them and my diversity will motivate kids to become more we need and what younger parents need. supports teachers in math and also works Somali friends to try baseball? We have to involved with their community. It bothers We have more young people moving into with students. get everybody comfortable with trying new him, he added, to see kids just hanging Northeast. We need to ask questions about He said his teaching experience would things. There are a lot of good things hap- around idly. “We blame youth for their be- where the money for the parks is going. be a strength in the park commissioner job, pening in the parks, but we need to improve havior, but when they hit 16 there are no He said he does not think that park em- because he is able to organize and work the systemic failures. Parks are accessible programs for them. I believe the problem is ployees get enough money. “They don’t with different groups of people. “We need to everyone, but the system is not.” in the system.” work very many hours. These are part-time to look at park issues differently. We need He said he would like to see more park jobs. If I worked for the parks, I could not coordination between the school board and money going to sports and other types of support my family. I want my children to be the park board. We need to keep the kids in Chris Meyer recreation. “At the end of the day, we want senators. I want them to be good citizens. Minneapolis engaged. When I was coach- Meyer lives in the Marcy Holmes neigh- our children to transition what they have We need to create a system where we have ing this year, we had some free baseball borhood. In addition to his DFL endorse- learned at our parks into the rest of their healthy, empowered employees. clinics for Northeast kids. I had a couple of ment, he is also endorsed by Revolution lives. We need all kinds of programs, any- “I can be proactive and I can send a kids come to me from North Minneapolis MN, a Bernie Sanders-inspired non-profit thing that can make a child busy and pro- message,” he added. “Maybe I will be the because they couldn’t find a place to play organization. Originally from Sturgis, he said ductive. My daughters took cooking and first immigrant newcomer to be elected in baseball. he came to Minnesota to attend Macalester, sewing classes at the park; now they are this neighborhood. I will be on every play- “We are losing kids and talent in our because it has a reputation as a gay-friendly thinking about designing clothes.” ground and at every meeting. The [park city because we are not providing quality college. He also attended the University of Barre called the current park program- commissioner] salary is not what motivates sports programs,” he added. “People move Minnesota, majoring in political science and ming “dry,” as in sparse and lacking in in- me; if I win, I plan to donate half of it to or- because they feel their kids are not getting history. He is a former member of the Marcy terest. “There should be programs for kids ganizations that improve children’s lives.” what they need.” Holmes Neighborhood Association board. on Fridays and weekends. If I get elected, Menz said he would like to improve youth According to his campaign literature, he is kids won’t be home playing games. Also, sports, simplify registrations, and improve pro-labor and encourages people to resist we see many unattended kids running Billy Menz coordination between program directors White House policies on sanctuary cities. around in the parks, without parental su- Menz lives with his wife and two children and players. “The park board has customer Meyer said he works on election cam- pervision. I would recommend that a part- in the Windom Park neighborhood. He service issues. When people register their paigns and frequently travels to different PARK BOARD48 time person walks around keeping an eye graduated from the University of Texas in kids for a program, somebody will call three states doorknocking. He worked for Clean on things.” Austin and spent 10 years with AmeriCorps weeks later to say the program is cancelled, Water Action, AFSCME, was the field man- At the park board level, “there is not Vista working with homeless people. Now or that they are moving a team to another ager for Working America, and worked in park. Communication is not good. There Wisconsin for Democracy for America cam- are great park programs, but we don’t even paigning for Howard Dean. He was a Sand- know about half of them.” ers delegate at the Democratic National Con- He said that some parks need mainte- vention and ran against Kari Dziedzic for the nance. “I think that every park has some Minnesota Senate District 60 seat in 2016. issues going on. Audubon’s tennis courts He serves on the board of the DFL’s en- need work, Logan Park’s roof leaks. We vironmental caucus and advocates that the need to invest in our parks and also in our park board move to electric vehicles and park’s human resources. We have to make install electric charging stations for them sure that the people who work in the build- throughout the parks. He favors solar pan- ings are talking to the park board, and the els and said he persuaded the parks not to board needs to listen to them. The workers spray glyphosate, a toxic pesticide, in neigh- are the most valuable resources and we borhood parks. (They still use it to eradicate need to treat them like it. You can’t treat dandelions on golf courses.) their positions as disposable. We have to As a bike rider, he said he wants to see ask them what they think, ask them, for the parks working harder to shovel sidewalks example, how Bottineau could be a better and maintain bike trails in the winter. He also park for this community.” is concerned about the condition of some Menz said, “People are concerned with parks such as Boom Island, which he says equity. Park programming is not equita- “has a lot of facilties in disrepair, with rotting ble, from athletics to skateboarding to arts wood,” and Van Cleve Park in Southeast, programs. Programs are not attended eq- which has a leaking roof. uitably. Programming is valuable; there Meyer said he would like to see parks is value in competing and learning to fail rezoned to allow urban agriculture. “There and pick yourself up. In this race, I’m the are a lot of volunteers who ask for space for only person invested in the parks. My kids community gardens; 95 percent of the parks aren’t zoned for it. I want it rezoned for fruit and nut trees. The parks could hire people to harvest them. We need to hire more young See you at the people, especially at-risk youth, to get kids off the streets and working.” 11th annual Eastside He said youth sports have declined over BBQ at Edison! the last decade as parks have cut funds and Aug. 24 the park board is not using its reserve funds. “I am pro-goat; goats are great at remov- ing buckthorn,” he said. “I’d also like to see State Senator more rain gardens, clover, and natural grass- Kari Dziedzic es. 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