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Uptown Neighborhood News

Uptown Neighborhood News
Covering the Neighborhoods of CARAG and ECCO in the Uptown Area. CARAG is also the acronym for the Calhoun Area Residents Action Group, which is the neighborhood organization representing the area of Minneapolis bounded by Lake St. and W. 36th St to the north and south and Hennepin Ave and Lyndale Ave to the west and east. ECCO is the East calhoun Community Organization.


Hennepin Avenue South and 33rd Street West
Minneapolis, MN
http://www.carag.org/news/unn.htm

Rub elbows . . . and cereal boxes, with professional racers: Bike Festival seeks host families

By Staff, Uptown Neighborhood News

Organizers of the Nature Valley Bicycle Festival are seeking host families who will share their homes with professional cyclists competing in the prestigious Nature Valley Grand Prix, which runs from June 13 to 17. The Uptown Criterium is Friday, June 15, 4:30 pm to 9 pm.MORE »

It's Loco Motion: Pedal Pub debuts in Uptown and considers a "Foodie Tour"

By Bruce Cochran, Uptown Neighborhood News

(When, in the course of human history . . . it becomes necessary for ordinary citizens . . . to have the courage . . . to rise up . . . in the name of civic duty . . . and absolve themselves of personal luxury . . . and make corporeal sacrifices . . . to cover a story in the line of duty . . . those citizens . . . must take a Pedal Pub tour . . . and write about it)MORE »

Super Duper CARAG Sale: One of Uptown's biggest garage sales is May 19

By Bruce Cochran, Uptown Neighborhood News

Spanning eight hours, 48 city blocks and over 50 sales, the CARAG Super Sale is a great way to condense all of your shopping or selling into one day. If you’re simply rotating the clothes in your closet or clearing out your basement, buying or selling – this sale is the new power shopping. De-clutter, reinvent or simply search for essentials. May 19 is the day and CARAG is the place.MORE »

Koo Koo Ka Ch...Kanga Roo: Lyn Lake Street Fest returns with non-stop music, May 20

By Staff, Uptown Neighborhood News

Settling in after returning back to its original location along a two block stretch of Lyndale Avenue between 28th Street and Lake Street, it’ll be the fourth year for the rebirth of a Lyn Lake tradition. It’s time to celebrate spring with biking, music, artists, craft people, art cars and businesses welcoming each other in Lyn Lake style.MORE »

Food Fight! Uptown Cafeteria and Support Group–a restaurant review

By Rich Reeder, Uptown Neighborhood News

Now that the Twins are playing again, it seems appropriate to point to an Uptown bistro that pulls in large crowds for baseball and every other televised sport – people who are typically lively, celebratory, hungry, thirsty and have their game on.MORE »

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