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A celebration of Kerry Ashmore’s community life will be held Tuesday, Feb. 25, 3-6 p.m. at the Heights Theatre, 3951 Central Ave. NE. Stop in for conversation early, formal program at 5:00. Friends, family, classmates, business and community connections, musicians – all welcome. Parking available aside the theater, behind the DQ, in church lot or free in the ramp behind Northeast Bank.
Kerry Ashmore, co-owner and co-publisher of the Northeaster and NorthNews newspapers, died Monday, Jan. 27 of cancer. He was 59. His ashes will be scattered privately, and celebrations of his life will be announced in the newspapers and on www.NENorthNews.com.A full obituary will appear in the Feb. 19 Northeaster and Feb. Continue Reading
Nicollet Island has some great features that aren’t connected well, are hidden, or don’t feel welcoming, consultants working on a Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park Master plan have concluded.
Edison High School is one that has the most identified homeless youth, up to 150 a year. “That’s a whole grade level,” said Elena Shaw, one of the speakers at Northeast Network Dec. 12. She’s the Minneapolis Public Schools High School Support Liaison.
For an example of consensus at work, attend a meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) for a new master plan for Northeast Park. Actually, those meetings are done; about 600 individuals attended one or more, or filled out an online survey, according to Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) Commissioner Liz Wielinski.Northeast park is a collection of parcels roughly between 14th and 16th Avenues NE, Johnson to Fillmore and west of Fillmore Street NE, one parcel south of 14th between Pierce and Fillmore. Community recommendations for a new master plan for the park will be presented to the MPRB planning committee at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 18, according to a MPRB news release. The presentation includes a public hearing, and the public is encouraged to attend and comment. Continue Reading
Construction cones gone, the slabs of concrete in the middle of Lowry Avenue at Polk now have permanent signage. People are still asking “what are those things and why are they there?” They are part of the traffic calming measures for the “Stone Arch Bridge & Presidents Bicycle Boulevard.”
Imagine the Twin Cities’ best jazz venue, the Capri Theater, somewhat upstaged by a two-story addition that’s mostly windows, facing west. A courtyard, and then a new commercial building further west, with a sit-down restaurant a half block away. In our neighborhood.In two separate sets of actions, the City of Minneapolis and the Capri owner, Plymouth Christian Youth Center, will likely be inching closer to that reality Dec. 12. That’s the day PCYC’s part of the deal comes before the City Council, and the day responses are due to a city request for proposals on the commercial property.For as long as we can remember, the Capri, built in 1927 as a movie theater, has lacked safe and sanitary “green room” space in the logical places. Continue Reading
Golfers and the general public can weigh in on what to do with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s (MPRB) five public courses through an online survey planned to be open on the main page of www.MinneapolisParks.org from Dec. 4-14.
We have former President Jimmy Carter to thank for the rise in craft brewing, and the Venetians for our clear beer glasses.Ryan Petz from Fulton Brewery and Bryan Ethier from FOCI Minnesota Center for Glass Arts came together to present a fact- and fun-filled salon at the American Craft Council Nov. 14. That’s “salon,” not “saloon,” though they treated about 75 attendees to beer tasting. There was also the opportunity to vote for their favorite drinking vessel handcrafted by various FOCI members.Petz told how he and his brewing buddies started in a basement, moved to a garage and then a bigger garage. Finally, in spare time between business class sessions and lacking an internship, he pursued brewing as a business, taking the company to the point of contract brewing through a Wisconsin connection. Continue Reading
Parents of students at Sheridan and Marcy Open School can breathe easier, neighbors near Webster school may see youngsters there again soon, and Edison High School may eventually pick up some new students from its neighborhood and downtown. Minneapolis Public Schools administrators decided to follow one of their core values, to cause the “least disruption,” in deciding the latest version of the five-year enrollment plan to advance.Through many community meetings and small group meetings district officials heard from parents that they didn’t want kids moved like chess pieces to make the numbers work. Some numbers are out of whack because certain programs or school buildings have become too popular, overcrowded. School population is up, population forecasts are up, and the district sees some opportunities to attract even more students to public schools while making education better for those already here.After another round of meetings to explain the plan and gather more feedback, the school board is expected to vote at their Dec. 10 meeting; administrators presented the plan Nov. Continue Reading