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Last night community members met with representatives from Catalyst Community Partners, the Ackerberg Group, Hennepin County, and the City of Minneapolis to discuss the proposed social services hub at Broadway and Girard/Irving. Other NoMi bloggers who, like me, live in the impact zone Continue Reading
Every once in a while, I wander around just taking photos of what strikes my fancy, hoping to either make a blog post or be able to use the pictures at a later date. I did so one day late in the fall when the Lowry Bridge was being connected. The photos just sat on a camera that I don’t use too often, until now.
At last month’s meeting to discuss possible LRT routes along Penn or Oliver as alternatives to the “D1” route that would go through Theo Wirth to Highway 55, I asked a very specific question of our moderators. How would the various D2 options affect the proposed streetcar alignment along West Broadway?
So the last post was, I admit, really not well-written. Let’s start from a little farther back in regards to northside transit options here.
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Ever since the Banana Blossom suffered tornado damage, I’ve been craving a good place to get pho here in NoMi. After spending a week moving (without taking time off of work), my need for decent pho was at an all-time high. Imagine my delight when I saw that the Bangkok Ma Continue Reading
The Northside Community Reinvestment Coalition met a while back at the Minneapolis Urban League in partnership with Jewish Community Action to learn about and observe Sukkot. We heard calls from religious leaders of many faiths as our community strives for social justice. And then, as is our tradition over north, we put those words i Continue Reading
Sometimes we take certain things in our city for granted. For instance, Minneapolis has been named the number one biking city in America. The Nice Ride bike rental system has been a one-of-a-kind bike sharing project in the country. NoMi has seen the k Continue Reading
