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On Saturday I joined a legion of 2,000 volunteers as people from all around the Twin Cities continued to clean up NoMi after the tornado. My group spent the bulk of our time around 29th Avenue and Morgan Avenue North, cleaning up the yard of an immigrant couple. Most of the heavier branches had already been cleared up, but plenty of other debris remained. When they found Continue Reading
The tornado and the aftermath were tough enough on NoMi, but once again we weren’t helped out by at least one media entity. Fox 9 initially reported gunshots and looting in North Minneapolis in conjunction with the tornado. (Warning: do not read the comment section of that a Continue Reading
My inaugural post about 15-minute bike rides in NoMi got me from my home to the Guthrie in the time allowed. One thing the RunKeeper app does is that it uses GPS to track elevation. Needless to say, when I bike on the street by the Holiday gas station, Continue Reading
Last fall, members of River of Life Lutheran Church at 22nd and Fremont wanted to maximize the use of our space. (I attend and am the Vice President of the congregation.) We bega Continue Reading
Earlier this month at the Hawthorne Huddle, we had three excellent speakers. The first presentation was on recycling, the second was a Hennepin County employee discussing their lead abatement programs, and the third was a representative trying to increase more biking and walking in NoMi. I’ve been vocal in my own ways on all three issues, but for now we’ll focus on windows. Continue Reading
Over on the Deets, Ed Kohler often maps out his running routes, whether it’s in NoMi or across the bridge. That practice, and the RunKeeper app on my smartphone got me thinking: how can we use Continue Reading
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