Cedar-Isles-Dean Neighborhood News and Events
"We're all stakeholders": Citizens League and Bush Foundation convene "ordinary Minnesotans" to share their views on health care
“The best solutions to tough problems come through engaging citizens,” says C. Scott Cooper, director of engagement and communication at the Bush Foundation. Sean Kershaw, executive director of the Citizens League, adds, “Hardly anything has a bigger impact on people’s lives than health care. The public wants to have this conversation, but needs the invitation.”MORE »
Farming in the city
You might easily confuse the sound of a farm-tiller with that of a lawn-mower this spring season. That's because more urban farmers in Minneapolis can use their own land to sell self-grown produce.MORE »
The Tin Fish lives! A short, true fish story with a happy ending
Lest one doubt the passion and power of neighbors working together for the common good, read on.MORE »
Kenwood fifth graders immersed in the great outdoors
In late February, Kenwood fifth graders spent four days and three nights at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center near Lanesboro, MN. Darwin Lee, one of Kenwood’s two fifth grade teachers, brought the trip to the school’s curriculum when he joined the staff last year. This popular trip has already become an academic highlight for Kenwood’s 5th graders.MORE »
Catalyst cut staff, will focus on properties in portfolio
Sue Wollan Fan promptly returned a call to her cell phone, and talked frankly about Catalyst Community Partners’ recent eye-opening “pilot” that didn’t work, in North Minneapolis. After about seven years of developing real estate projects using volunteer professionals, Catalyst, of which Wollan Fan is president, had taken on three paid staff and a larger, local office this past June.MORE »
