Dog Park detective: Egan Park in Plymouth
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The Day: May 13, a blustery grey 52 degrees
The Dog: Enzo, a Nova Scotian Duck Tolling Retriever (“Toller” for short) Continue Reading
Dog Park detective: Minnehaha Park
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The Day: May 3, a gorgeous sunny morning, following five days of rain
The Dogs: Rosie and Brick, English bulldogs
The Park: Minnehaha Off-Leash Dog Park, off Hiawatha and 54th in Minneapolis
The Amenities: Paved parking lot (payment required), outhouse at entrance, garbage cans available. Continue Reading
COMMUNITY VOICES | Minneapolis’ Farview Park hosts inaugural Hmong Flag Football Tournament
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On May 3, Minneapolis’ Farview Park hosted its inaugural Hmong flag football tournament.Eight teams vied to win the inaugural Farview Park Hmong Flag Football tournamentEight teams participated, and 300 people came to the tournament. Last fall, a brand new turf football field was built at Farview Park, with support from the Cal Ripken foundation. Farview staff wanted to increase and diversify the people coming to Farview Park. A number of Hmong flag football teams play and practice in north Minneapolis, and Farview staff asked players if they would be interested in having an inaugural flag football tournament to officially open the new field. The players gave an enthusiastic thumbs up, and members of team Termination X helped Farview staff plan the details of the tournament and invite teams to participate.On tournament day, five teams came from Minneapolis: Termination X, DOD, New Era, Outlaws, and Avengers. Three came from Saint Paul: Family, Team Central, and EliteThe flag football tournament was geared towards high school aged players.Minneapolis’ newly elected councilmember Blong Yang gave words of support to the players, and threw out the ceremonial first football. Before being elected councilmember, Blong Yang was a championship winning soccer coach for Farview Park.MPD officers Blake Moua, Kou Vang talk strategy with Termination X flag football teamMany people working with Minneapolis’ Hmong community came out for the event. MPD Hmong outreach officers Blake Moua and Kou Vang walked the spaces between the games, shaking players hands and yelling words of encouragement. Minneapolis Parks police officer Sam Xiong joined them in the afternoon.Tastiest Hmong Eggrolls this side of the PacificWhen they were not in action, players and fans enjoyed a cookout of hotdogs, Hmong eggrolls, and chips. The Hmong football players quickly proved that this was not your grandmother’s genteel flag football tournament. For six hours the players weaved and swerved, crashed into each other, and threw spectacular passes.When the dust settled, the Saint Paul Family team walked away with the first Farview Park flag football trophy, edging the gutsy and nimble Minneapolis New Era team 3 to 1Saint Paul Family, winners of 2014 Farview Park Hmong Flag Football tournamentMinneapolis New Era, runners-up in 2014 Farview Hmong Flag Football tournamentMinneapolis Termination X, who helped plan and host the tournamentMany players urged that the tournament become an annual event. And Farview staff said they were ready to continue supporting the flag footballers.Farview Park is located in North Minneapolis. Councilmember blong Yang thanks MPD officer Blake Moua for helping at tournament Congratulations to the winners Continue Reading
Dog Park detective: Carver Park Reserve
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The Day: April 11, a gorgeous 60 degrees
The Dog: PJ, a pointer/husky mix
The Park: Carver Park Reserve, off Highway 5 in Victoria Continue Reading
Dog Park detective: Battle Creek
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The Day:April 4, a sunny 50 degrees
The Dog: PJ, a pointer/husky mix
The Park: Battle Creek, off I-94 and McKnight Road in Maplewood Continue Reading
Serious discussion on a new Webber Library underway, public meetings set for April 15, May 10
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Plans to build a new Webber Park Library are moving ahead and it couldn’t be too soon. There was a celebration for the opening of the temporary Webber Library on Lyndale and 42nd on March 11, and the old library is scheduled to be torn down in April. In a show of good faith to move this project forward Hennepin County Commissioner Linda Higgins and county staff from library and property services held a meeting at Folwell Park on Saturday March 8. It was the first of a series of meetings intended to collect information regarding our community’s needs in a library.
City to redefine Mississippi area, 5.5-mile stretch of riverfront will be home to ‘a park for all of Minneapolis’
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The Mississippi River defines the Twin Cities, winding alongside downtown Minneapolis and cutting through the University of Minnesota campus.
Annie Young’s life story like a history of the civil rights movement
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After a lifetime of community organizing, Annie Young said it’s time she slowed down. A little bit.
Minneapolis should get out of the golf game
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Golf is a game. It’s entertainment. “It’s a good walk spoiled,” Mark Twain said, apocryphally. Could government provide a service that’s less essential? It’s hard to imagine. Continue Reading
New fields, artificial turf planned at “NSP Park”
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Northeast might get its first softball field with artificial turf this summer, if the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s plan for NSP Park goes through.