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November 2011 Volume 7, Number 11

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By Sarah Sponheim

East Calhouns new one-sort recycling pilot program shows solid success:

30% more households are recycling and the neighborhood is recycling35% more stuff.

This one-year pilot program, a collaboration between Minneapolis andHennepin County, allows residents in the East Calhoun and Willard-Hay neighborhoods to commingle their recyclables in a single cart. Inlate August, crews delivered 96-gallon carts with blue lids to every eligi-ble address (single-family to four-plex) in the two neighborhoods. At thesame time, the crews removed the small blue and green bins that usedto hold our pre-sorted recycling. The same materials that have beenaccepted by the City can now be tossed into one cart, greatly simplifying

By Phyllis Stenerson

Nancy Ward just stepped down as Chair of the ECCO Board after twoyears of stellar service in bringing people together to strengthen the EastCalhoun neighborhood and the larger community.

Nancy has been a very effective president, said Monica Smith, ECCOadministrator. She is passionate about making East Calhoun a greatplace to live. She encourages neighbors to get involved with the com-munity and invites suggestions and feedback. She has championed ourmonthly socials as a way to meet neighbors, share ideas and build com-munity. She feels strongly that ECCO is not just a 12 member board,

A Strong Counter-currentBy Shayna Melgaard

People passing by Joyce United Methodist Church on the evening ofTuesday, October 11 may have caught some live music coming from theportico on West 31st Street. The community event, organized by churchstaff and local musician Barbara Meyer, was a candlelit vigil featuringpeace and protest standards and original music, along with speakers call-ing for nonviolent action.

David Booth, a local singer-songwriter-activist, was Barbaras musicalcounterpart at the vigil. Prior to the event, he had never encountered thebuilding or the people who call Joyce their church home, but that nighthe could tell there was something different about the community there.

It was a place where generations came together, Booth said. Peoplewere working to connect the immediate concerns of daily life to a largersense of the meaning of life in general. People focused on, and celebrated,their common humanity and didnt much sweat their social differences.Joyce seems like a strong counter-current, where trust and companion-ship are the guiding spirits.

LetsFace ItTech savvy contractorsstill want a marketto meet in person

By Bruce Cochran

If the the tech world is over-run with connecting devices andways to form and maintain rela-tionships, why would you needan old fashioned business-to-business fair?

Local entrepreneur Blake Bensamsays, You can start and end rela-tionships on the web, but whenbuilding relationships...when youshake someones hand...you reallyget a sense and feel of them.

Thats why instead of selling andbartering goods, Kareem Ahmedand Blake Bensman broughttogether aspiring and establishedentrepreneurs to expose, connect,

inspire and showcase the talents,products and services that areinfused throughout the Twin Cit-ies. Their goal was to connect andinspire.

The October event at Urban Beancoffee shop at 3255 Bryant Avenuewas organized for a variety of con-tractors: designers, copywriters,programmers, developers, applica-

Joce Church: A HomeFor Utown Misfits

One-Sort RecclinComes To East Calhoun

Local fans enjoy an all-ages show at The B eat Coffeehouse. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

Tain CommunitBuildin To A New Level

By Bruce Cochran

It may just be the way music com-municates with our brain that tillsthe soil of our emotions. We cantalways explain why we feel certainways about different music. Butmaybe there is something about itthat communicates directly withour subconscious that spontane-ously generates the emotions wefeel. However it happens, its clearthat we listen to a variety of musicto tap into those emotions. Its nowonder music is so popular withteenagers who are still strugglingto find a way to speak but aresometimes short on words. It givesa dreamlike elocution absent mostadolescent vocabularies.

One of those genres, Rock n Roll,has been popular in the U.S. since

the mid-50s and has never stoppedinspiring with lyric and song. Itssocial issues have provided the

score to a variety of cultural issues:civil rights, dissent, drugs, poverty,

sex, war, lifestyles, as well as themany hopes and fears of youth.

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What a difference one month canmake! Toward the end of Sep-

tember a crowd started to gatheron Wall Street in New York Cityto protest the significant role thefinancial industry played in caus-ing our international economiccrisis. People were expressinganger that major banking andinvestment institutions madehuge profits from risky decisionsbut, when the bubble burst, werebailed out with taxpayer moneyinstead of penalized. Meanwhile,millions of regular Americans lost

their jobs, savings and homes andgot no help.

Occupy Wall Street sprouted upfrom the grassroots and grew rap-idly into a worldwide movementwithin a few weeks. There arenow protests in hundreds of citiesincluding OccupyMN in down-town Minneapolis where about

1,000 people showed up on the firstday, some stayed and many return

frequently.First they ignore you, then theylaugh at you, then they fight you,

then you win.Mohandas Gandhi

While its true that some of themost devoted occupiers might bedescribed as looking a bit differ-ent many are the people that yousee each day in your neighbor-hood. Its a lot easier to march fora few miles in balmy fall weatherthan sleep overnight on cold, hardconcrete so we fair-weather friendsappreciate those who are toughingit out.

Cautious, careful people, alwayscasting about to preserve theirreputation and social standing,never can bring about reform.

Susan B. Anthony

The Occupy movement is mostcertainly a phenomenon! Itsincredible in its size, scope, volume,velocity and unity. Individuals maybe promoting a dizzyingly diversearray of causes but its animatingmessage is abundantly clear: The

banks got bailed out, the peoplegot sold out to quote a frequentlyrepeated slogan.

Deregulation of the financialindustry over the past decades,along with an escalating amount

of money being poured into Con-gressional campaigns and lobby-ing, have had a profound effecton the power balance in America.The top one percent of the popu-lation has amassed an obscenelylarge proportion of the nationalwealth while the middle class isshrinking and poverty is surging.We are the 99% is another mes-sage.

We learned long ago that powerand privilege never give up

anything without a struggle. Moneyfights hard, and it fights dirty.

Bill Moyers

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feelings for shifting power fromthe financial elite to the rest ofus. A recent Time Magazine pollreported the OccupyUSA Move-ment has the support of 54% of theAmerican public, surpassing 27%support for the Tea Party Move-ment.

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Liz Mattingly and Brita Melom brightened the first day of OccupyMN at the Hen-nepin County Government Center on October 7. They gave away roses complimentsof Amelias flower shop in Uptown. Don Portwood, minister of Lyndale United Church ofChrist, was one of the su rprised participants who received a flower. Lyndale UCC is hold-ing services at Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Avenue South , until renovation on theirbuilding at 26th Street and Lyndale Avenue is complete soon. Amelia Flower and GardenShoppe is at 36th Street and Bryant Avenue , 612.825.3019. (Photo by Phyllis Stenerson)

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State Budet Means Hiher proert TaxesBy Minnesota State Legislators, District 60 - Representative Frank Hornstein, Representative Marion Greene and Senator Scott Dibble

If youre a homeowner paying thesecond half of your property tax

bill this month, pay special atten-tion to your statement. Many ofyou should notice a line called theHomestead Credit, a direct prop-erty tax relief program that lowershomeowner property taxes. Anyhome valued under about $414,000automatically receives the credit.The maximum credit is $304 andthe average credit is $202. Ninety-five percent of all homeownersreceive this benefit.

Wed like all residents to takenotice of this special property taxrelief now because next year, theHomestead Credit no longer willexist. The state budget fix that

Republicans insisted on and votedfor during the July special session and which the three of us votedagainst included an irresponsibledecision to eliminate the Home-stead Credit, meaning the propertytax reduction you see on this yearsstatements disappear next year.

The Republicans replaced theHomestead Credit with a newscheme that will require cities andcounties to factor a lower percent-age of homeowners total marketvalue when applying levies. Thisnew program provides $0 inproperty tax relief, eliminating aprogram that provided $538 mil-lion in relief; it only shifts which

property tax payers bear the bur-den expected to be homes that

have increased or maintained theirvalues, residential rental proper-ties and commercial spaces that areincreasing in value.

Probably most upsetting is thatunlike the old system, there is noguarantee that this new so-calledHomestead Market Value Exclu-sion will result in lower propertytaxes for even one homeownerbecause the deduction no longer isapplied directly to individual taxbills. Instead, many homeowners and business owners, commercialproperty owners, renters and own-ers of highly valued homes willsee an increase in their tax billsnext year as cities and counties areforced to spread their levies acrossmore properties to make up for theartificially lowered tax base.

This is nothing but a bait andswitch by Republicans tryingto appear as though theyre keep-ing property taxes flat, but actu-ally forcing them up by theirvery action. Its a sneaky way to

once again push the states budgettroubles onto property taxpayers.

Minneapolis is just one of manycities proposing a zero percentlevy increase for 2012, but thecitys hard work at maintainingcosts is for naught because of theRepublican legislatures changes.Minneapolis is predicting at least35 percent of residential homesin the city will see a city propertytax increase of up to five percentin 2012, even though those homeshave not changed homestead sta-tus, have not had any improve-ments, and fall under the citys 0percent levy increase.

We are especially dismayed thatthe tremendous property tax relief

delivered from the hard wonreforms on the Citys Police andFire pension obligations will beeroded by this action.

Property taxes in cities and coun-ties across the state will be increas-ing in the same manner even iflocal governments dont spendone additional dime next year,but simply maintain the currentlevel of basic services. Its a simplearithmetic fact: raising the exactsame amount from an artificiallyreduced base, absent the offset-ting reimbursement from thestate, means property taxes have toincrease. And. as is always the casewhen property taxes go up, some

properties have to carry more ofthe freight if they have maintainedtheir value better than others inthe same jurisdiction. With a cutto the renters property tax creditof 13%, renters are hit twice.

The three of us stood with our DFLcolleagues to oppose this change in

the first place. We fought for long-term solutions that wouldnt shove

the states problems onto propertytax payers once again, and wereprepared to launch a similar fightin 2012. Democrats have proposedlegislation for 2012 that wouldreverse this years decision andrestore the Homestead Credit.Minnesota property taxpayersalready are on the hook for morethan $3 billion of former Gover-

nor Pawlentys budget problemsover the past decade. Theres abso-lutely no excuse for them to payeven more.

State Senator D. Scott Dibble, Dis- trict 60 651.296.4191, sen.scott.

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State Representative Frank Horn- stein, District 60A 651.296.9281,[email protected]

State Representative Marion Greene, District 60B 651.296.0171, [email protected]

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Signs have emerged recently thatsay Pardon the inconvenience.We are changing the world.

Time doesnt change things.People change things.

Andy Warhol

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Bus Fall At kenwoodElementar SchoolBy Nicole Valentine

Beautiful weather was awelcome player in Ken-wood Community Schools15th annual KenwoodCrawl September 10.Almost 500 kids, teach-ers and family memberscrawled, or more accu-rately, walked, by gradearound Kenwood Parkas part of the schoolsfirst community buildingevent of the school year.Students collected over$11,200 in pledges for thewalk with the funds goingto support arts residencies

and field trip expenses. Event co-chair and ECCO resident Brad Ehaltsaid, Our community is so lucky to have this beautiful park available tous. Were pleased that we can utilize it for one of the schools most lovedcommunity building events.

Related activities at the Crawl included a treasure hunt for younger kids,a community mural project, and an acorn collection effort. In addition,a group of parents brought musical instruments and jammed, provid-ing a musical backdrop. Kenwood alums from middle schools includingAnwatin and Anthony acted as safety monitors at park corners. Refresh-ments were provided by Isles Bun & Coffee, Lunds, and Kowalskis.

For the first time Kenwood hosted a curriculum night for parents aspart of its fall PTA meeting. On September 27, classroom and specialistteachers presented overviews of their curriculum and goals and expecta-tions for the school year. Parents with more than one child at the schoolwere able to rotate through different classrooms as the presentationswere made twice. This new event, which resulted from parent input tothe schools Site Council, brought in over 165 interested parents and fam-

ily members. Principal Martin said she has received numerous positivecomments about the evening.

Shortly after the school year began, the Site Council and PTA Boardteamed up to support the schools current middle school pathway in aletter to the School Board. As part of its boundary changes in 2009, theDistrict changed the schools pathway from Anwatin Middle School toSusan B. Anthony Middle School at 57th and Irving.

In their letter, the Site Council and PTA Board praised the current path-way, noting that it has fostered more unity at Kenwood as a vast majorityof families are choosing to follow it. Last year, for the first time in atleast seven years, 90% of fifth graders at Kenwood continued onto Mid-dle School together because Anthony Middle School was the pathway.The letter continues that parents are delighted in the path that has beenset out by the District. A proposal for the District to address increases inenrollment was released since the September letter to the School Board,and it does not include any changes to Kenwoods pathway. A seriesof community meetings to discuss the proposal has been scheduled for

October and the proposal is to be formally presented to the School BoardNovember 1. For more information visit www.mpls.k12.mn.us.

Nicole Valentine is the parent of a Kenwood student and a PTA Board member.

Kenwood Elementary School Principal CherylMartin is holding the Kenwood Walking Stickwhich is awarded to the class that raises the mostmoney for the schools PTA through pledges forwalking around the park at the annual KenwoodCrawl. With Martin are students Abby, Ann, and EastCalhoun resident, Julia. (Photo by Leslie Nall)


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10th Ward NewsFrom Council Member Meg Tuthill

Contact Meg at 612.673.2210, [email protected], OfficeHours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit us at www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/ward10

the household task of recycling.

The program will enable Minne-apolis and Hennepin County toevaluate whether the mixed sys-tem leads to a significant increasein recycling and a decrease in theamount of recyclables that wethrow into the trash. Waste sortsconducted at the beginning, mid-

dle and end of the program willprovide exact measurements ofhow our habits change over thecourse of the year. There will alsobe a financial analysis to projectthe cost of expanding this recyclingsystem city-wide. The outcome ofthe pilot will inform the Mayorand City Council as they developstrategies for reducing Minneapo-lis waste.

the sorting are 98% accurate. Wesaw fewer than a dozen workersmanually sorting the remaining2%.

Initially, fans and vacuums sepa-rate fibers (mixed paper) fromcontainers (glass, plastic and cans).Paper diverges further into corru-gated cardboard, newsprint, officepaper and magazines. Machinesuse magnets, gravity and scanners

to sort the containers according tomaterial - aluminum, steel, glassand plastic. Each material streameventually falls through a chuteto a chamber on the floor below,where bobcats transport the mate-rial to a baling station. Glass getstrucked to one of two local plantsthat utilize optical scanners tosort it by color clear, green andbrown.

Wagner walked us to one end ofthe building to show off neatly-stacked bales of crushed cans, flat-tened white plastic bottles, clearand colored plastic, newspapers,cardboard and office paper. Eachmaterial is sold to brokers. Alu-

minum brings the highest price: a900-pound bale sells for as much as$700.

As it arrives at the MRF, East Cal-houns mixed recycling gets blend-ed with recycling collected fromschools, businesses and suburbs.Minneapolis pre-sorted recycling,which also comes to this facility,can bypass the conveyor belts andproceed directly to the baling area.

According to Paul Wagner, Alliedis focused on the bottom line:Theres money to be made fromour recycling, which comprisesvaluable commodities. If we do

our part at home to get recyclablesout of the trash and into the recy-cling cart, Allied will no doubthold up its end of the bargain.

Sarah Sponheim lives in the EastCalhoun neighborhood with her

family, serves on the ECCO Boardand is Chair of Waste Watchers.

Battle Of The BandsFree Concert at First Universalist ChurchThe Macalester College Jazz Band and Universal Jazz will play their

13th annual free concert on Friday, November 5 at 7:30 pm. UniversalJazz is the jazz sound of First Universalist Church, 3400 Dupont Ave-nue, where the concert will be held.

Universal Jazz, the jazz sound of First Universalist, is led by John Jen-sen. Music Director and pianist. He is well-known as a solo performer,ensemble player, accompanist and recording artist. John is equally athome with the classical repertoire and modern jazz. The Battle of theBands will be conducted by Joan Griffiths. For more information go towww.firstuniv.org or call 612.825.1701.

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Fall Street Sweein beins

Fall street sweeping began Monday, October 24 and will take the usual

four weeks. Watch for temporary No Parking signs so you dont gettowed.

Cit Council beins 2012 Cit budet considerationThe Minneapolis City Council has begun the process to consider MayorR.T. Rybaks proposed 2012 Budget. The City Councils Ways & Means/Budget Committee began budget hearings on September 22. Budgethearings will continue through mid-November, with final approval ofthe 2012 budget scheduled for December 14. Two public hearings willbe held before the budgets approval, offering you a chance to comment.The Mayors proposed budget calls for no property tax levy increase in2012.

For a schedule of all departmental budget hearings, please visit www.minneapolismn.gov/city-budget. All budget hearings will be broadcastlive (and rebroadcast) on the Citys cable channel 79. You can find therebroadcast schedule and view the hearings online at www.minneapolis-mn.gov/webcasts.

Public hearings on tax levy and 2012 City budget at City Hall, 350 South5th Street, Council Chambers (Room 317) on Wednesday, November 30,6:05 p.m and Wednesday, December 14, 6:05 p.m.

For more information on the Mayors proposed 2012 Budget, visit www.minneapolismn.gov/mayor.

pension Merer prevents $20 million in Added Cit Costsin 2012Minneapolis taxpayers will avoid more than $20 million in costs in 2012now that plans have been approved to merge the Citys two remain-ing closed pension funds the Minneapolis Police Relief Association(MPRA) and the Minneapolis Fire Relief Association (MFRA) withthe States PERA pension system. The merger is a result of years of workby City leaders, staff and partners to reduce huge increases in pensionobligations that have posed significant financial challenges for the City.This merger protects taxpayers and offers pensioners benefit increasesand stability into the future. With the PERA boards approval on Octo-

ber 13, all parties have now approved the plan.

The approval of the merger helped Mayor R.T. Rybak to propose noincrease in the property tax levy for 2012 when coupled with cuts to Citydepartments. Without the merger, the Citys obligations to these twofunds would be $23.1 million in 2012. With the merger, the Citys pen-sion levy obligation for these two funds is $2.6 million.

Its Ash Tree prunin SeasonAs fall puts an end to the growing season, a beetle that attacks and killsash trees is going dormant until spring. The emerald ash borer is presentin Minneapolis and is inactive between Labor Day and May 1 most years.If you have an ash tree in your yard that needs pruning or if you wouldlike to take it down, now through May 1 is the best time.

The emerald ash borer is a major concern because it has caused the deathsof millions of ash trees in 15 states, and approximately 20 percent of thetree canopy in Minneapolis consists of ash trees. The Minnesota Depart-

ment of Agriculture has issued a state quarantine on firewood, ash trees,and ash tree products in Hennepin, Ramsey, Houston and Winona coun-ties to slow the spread of emerald ash borer.

To learn more, visit the Minnesota Department of Agriculture SaveOur Ash at www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/pestmanagement/saveo-urash/saveourashsurvey2.aspx or their Pest Management-Emerald AshBorer webpage at www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/pestmanagement/eab.aspx. You can also visit the Minneapolis Park and Recreation BoardsEmerald Ash Borer webpage at www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=1059.

In early October, four curious EastCalhoun Waste Watchers followedthe recycling trucks to AlliedWastes Materials Recovery Facil-ity (MRF, pronounced murf) inNorth Minneapolis. We wantedto see what happens to our recy-cling after its picked up.

This particular MRF (Allied oper-ates a second local facility in InverGrove Heights) has been running

since 2005. It now operates at orabove capacity, processing 18.5tons of material per hour. Outsidethe building, in-coming truckstip their loads of mixed recyclinginto large bays, while inside thevast warehouse, elevated conveyorbelts carry swiftly-moving riversof materials in all directions. Thedin of motors and breaking glass isengulfing. According to managerPaul Wagner, the machines doing

Bales at the recycling facility. (Photo by Anja Curiskis)

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St. Marys Greek Orthodox Church hosted the 5th annual Youth Connect: a one-stop shop youth event that connects youth to services. Above is Angel Sandro, atleft, networking with other services providers as youth and family counselorwith The Bridge For Youth. The Bridge is a non-profit located in Uptown at 1111W. 22nd St. It provides emergency shelter for youth, counseling, street outreach, cri-sis intervention, homeless youth services, case management and transitional livingprograms. More info at www.bridgeforyouth.org. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

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Standing in front of Joyce Church,youd have no idea theres a beau-tiful sanctuary lined with stainedglass windows and stunningarchitecture inside. Joyces whitestucco exterior tends to blend intothe background but the peopleof Joyce decidedly do not. Theyrefer to themselves as a commu-

nity of misfits, a phrase they saywas coined by pastor emeritus BillMorton. Its a namesake the con-gregation has embraced.

Meet the MisfitsMary Cravens has been a memberof Joyce since 1988 when she livedin the neighborhood. Now a Rich-field resident, Cravens still makes

her way to Uptown on Sundays,despite the churchs lack of park-ing, because Joyce misfits are verygood friends.

Part of becoming better peoplefor Joyce members, it seems, isnot only embracing the LGBTcommunity, but fighting for itsinclusion in the church marriagecovenant, even if it means theirchurch is going rogue. Joyce pastor

John Darlington explains:Joyce is a Reconciling Congre-gation. That status within our par-ent denomination means that wevehemently protestMethodist policy andofficial language thatdiscriminates againstand marginalizes thelesbian, gay, bisexualand transgender com-munity, Darlingtonsaid. We also protestand are working todefeat the proposedmarriage amendmentin Minnesota thatwould enshrine dis-

crimination againstgay couples in ourstate constitution. AtJoyce we are unabash-edly devoted to mar-riage equality andthe inclusion of theLGBT communityin all facets of society. We believethat our compassion and inclusiveways do not go against the biblebut honor its basic intent.

Meredith and Matt Pfister, ayoung couple who live in NorthMinneapolis, drive to Uptown onSundays because the church andPastor Darlington do not shy away

from difficult and sometimes con-troversial topics. He could avoidthose topics, but he doesnt, andI appreciate that. We might notalways agree, but at Joyce its o.k.to have different points of view,said Meredith, a science teacher.

As a Joyce Church member of 23years, Susan Marsh has seen the

congregation ebb and flow withthe years and changing culturalclimates.

My story has changed overthe years, said Marsh, a juniorhigh teacher. I am currentlythe wife of a nursing home resi-dent who has dementia. My hus-band was an active member [atJoyce] until he became too dis-abled to attend. You can imagine

that I have had some strugglesover the past few years with myhusband. But my church fam-ily has always been there for me.

I am the mother of a wonderfulyoung man who is not a Christian,but a humanist, and in many waysmore moral than many churchedpeople I have known, she said.You dont have to believe to be [atJoyce]. We have many people whoare seekers.

Joyce Choir member Sharon Mon-

thei says the thing she loves mostabout her church is that peopleactually sit down and talk abouttheir lives with each other after theservice. Joyce has the distinction oflasting for 125 years so far. It wasslated for closure as long ago as the1980s but were still here, growingand changing with the times and

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Sometimes people dont like to

go to church because they feel like

everyone who goes to church thinks

theyre saintly. Well, let me tell

you, I dont know anyone at Joyce

who thinks that way. We all know

we are imperfect, and we just want

to become better people.

- MARY CRAVENS, CHOIR MEMBER

the needs of our community.

Dental student Allison Zank, aCARAG resident, stopped in atJoyce one Easter Sunday eightyears ago and has been there eversince. For the first time in my life,I felt that I had come home, Zanksaid.

Joce Church Is MOther Famil

The church operates the JoyceUptown Food Shelf across thestreet from the church that serves1,400 people each month in the

Uptown area. Ithouses Joyce Pre-school, a two-waySpan i sh -En gl i shimmersion institu-tion (one of only twoin the nation).

But, can being hipto the culture andlocated smack dabin the middle of aresidential neighbor-hood compete with

Minneapolis otheroptions for commu-nity and spiritualexploration?

We have all walksof life in our congre-gation, Marsh said.The poor, the poor-

er, the comfortable and a few whoare more than comfortable. Wehave gay and straight. We havefolks with physical and mental dis-abilities. We make no distinctionabout whom God chooses to love.We are multi-generational. I lovethat some of our newer youngermembers are joining because theywant that multi-generation piece

in their life. Perhaps its becauseour birth families have all movedso far away. Joyce Church is myother family.

For details about Joyce Church, itsmission, and programs, visit www.joycechurch.org.

Geetanjoli Sari Fashion has opened its sister store, India Home Dcor & Gifts byGeetanjoli on the second floor. They will offer a diverse line of North Indian homedcor and gifts. The chair shown above is an Indian royalty chair.

Hart & Soul is a new kiosk on the first floor that creates and produces organic skincare, hydrotherapy and aromatherapy products.

MyStudio Demo allows you to create a professional demo tape at their recordingstudio to share with your friends. Located on the second floor, the studio is capableof recording stills and video footage as well as audio tracks. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

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Inside the music hall of The Beat, Pastor/owner Joel Gross describes how his jour-ney led him to Uptown and the forming of Church in Uptown. Gross has never shiedfrom contrast. Before Uptown, Gross led a fellowship of 1200 adults and 200 kids in Lin-coln, Nebraska. He held No Temptation Night discussion nights inside a late night dancebar called Temptation during their off nights. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

Hoping to tap into this language is Pastor Joel Gross of The Beat Cof-feehouse. His business at 1414 West 24th Street is a coffee shop, cabaret,live music house and home to Church in Uptown. He rents the adjoiningperformance space out to groups for a flat fee. In return they get a very

basic sound and light operator and modest performance space. Groupsare entirely responsible for promotion, ticket sales and watching thedoor. In return they get 100 percent of the profits from their show.

The front of the venue is a modest coffeehouse with a few seats and barstools. The adjoining performance space is a simple black box space butperfect for local all-ages bands looking to get their first taste of a livecrowd. Finding a late-night all-ages venue to play or spectate can betough for the under-age crowd so this place provides at least one optionfor those late night hormones.

But perhaps the most revealingcharacteristic of The Beat is thatit is conspicuously absent any ref-erence to religion: no art, icons,crosses or symbols. The only artyoull see will be part of artistsofficial shows but noth-ing is permanent. Grosssays he allows all art inthe door as long as thereis no nudityWe are anall-ages venue after all.

People get mad at mebecause we dont haveanything up (religiousart, symbols or messag-es) on the wall but wehave Lavender Maga-zine available.

And then with almostVoltaire-like execution,Gross has decided that he will alsolet anyone play his place. Anyone he doesnt care what the bandname is or what the lyrics say. Hesays hes had groups with satanic oreven anti-Christian names and lyr-ics play. So, similar to French Rev-olutionary philosopher Voltaire,

Gross recognizes the free speech ofartists even though he has strongdisagreement about what some ofthem stand for or what they play.

He recognizes the metropolitannature of Uptown and to wit hischurch brochure describes a rec-ognition of the challenges faced byhis church to connect with peoplethere.

Uptown represents a culture asmuch as a neighborhood. Thehome of creatives, inventors, heal-ers and artists Uptown is spiri-tually alive. It is the epicenter formany religions and philosophies.

The community is both skepticaland open to talk of God. But forvaried reasons, they do not explorespirituality inside the church.

Gross explains his motiva-tion. The Church has behavedextremely un-Christ like. TheChurch has a mechanism and itdoes something...but there are a

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whole lot of people who arentcoming. How do we get the dia-logue started? Whenever you areat this place you are welcome. Weall come with baggage. We want toprovide a safe place for people to

ask questions and what-ifs? Myjob as pastor is not to give peoplea list of sins. God has called pastorsto be good news proclaimers.

This month Gross will be taking

a new job in Rapid City, SouthDakota at WestGate CommunityChurch. But the vision of Churchin Uptown and The Beat Coffee-house will continue along the linesof the next pastors personal style.

Grosss daughter Tay-lor, a barista and musicorganizer is staying onwhile she finishes col-lege.

The Beat has had lyric& song writing work-shops, plays, comedyand variety of musicalstyles perform: coun-try, rock, blue grassand hard core. Perfor-mances dates will beupdated frequently ona new calendar comingin December. For more

information please see www.the-beatcoffee.com.

Bruce Cochran is Art Director andin charge of Production for theUptown Neighborhood News andlives in CARAG.

take the spokes from your wheelchair

and a magpies wings

and tie em to your shoulders and your feet

ill steal a hacksaw from my dadand cut the braces off your legs

and well bury them tonight in the cornfield

put a church key in your pocket

well hop that freight train in the hall

and well slide down the drain all the way

to new orleans in the fall

-Tom Waits Kentucky Avenue

Taylor Gross and Julian Flores rehearse before the Sunday ser-vice. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)


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Uptown neighborhood news .caa. NOVEMBER 2011

Calhoun Area Residents Action GroupCARAG reportLake St.

36th St.

H

ennepinAve.

LyndaleAve.

The CARAG Boardmeets the thirdTuesday of eachmonth, 7 p.m.at Bryant ParkCommunity Center,31st and Bryant.All CARAG residents

are welcome andurged to attend.

The newly elected 2011-12 CARAG Board of Directors from left to right: DanJenney, Executive Coordinator Scott Engel, Carol Bouska (Secretary), Erick Peterson,Diana Boegemann (President), Nancy Riestenberg (V.P.), Samantha Strong (Treasur-er), Jason Lord, Melissa Davidson and Steve Green. (Photo by Kay Nygaard-Graham)

The New Crew

CARAGNeighborhood

Meeting

CARAG | 3612 Bryant Avenue S | Minneapolis, MN 55409www.carag.org | [email protected] | 612.823.2520

Join the CARAG E-update at www.carag.org to receive emails about CARAG activities and events.

On theagenda

CARAG NRP Year 1 Town Hall

Council Member Meg Tuthill

Zoning & Development Updates

And More

Tuesday, November 15, 7pmBryant Square Park (3101 Bryant Ave)

Hennepin LakeCommunity Wine Tasting

Thank you to all the volunteers who made

the wine tasting event another great

success-especially Pat Fleetham whocoordinates the entire event and Cindy

Christian who organizes CARAG ticket

sales and volunteers. Thanks also toevent sponsors Hennepin Lake Liquors,

Calhoun Square, Great Clips, and Il Gatto

for their support. Finally, thank you toUptown Association for supporting the

Zero Waste initiative during the event.

Calhoun Area Residents ActionGroup (CARAG), MonthlyNeighborhood Meeting Minutes,October 18, 2011. DRAFT: Subject

to approval at the November 2011CARAG Meeting. Minutes recorded

and submitted by Carol Bouska.

AttendanceDiana Boegemann, Carol Bouska,Melissa Davidson, Steve Green,Dan Jenney, Jason Lord, ErickPeterson, Nancy Riestenberg, andSamantha Strong

Introductions: DianaBoeemann The meeting was called to order

at 7:04pm

Board Officers were introduced.Diana Boegemann, President.Nancy Riestenberg, Vice Presi-dent. Carol Bouska, Secretary.Samantha Strong, Treasurer.

Board Committee Assignments

were announced. Livability &Community Engagement, DianaBoegemann and Melissa David-son. Personnel, Carol Bouska,Nancy Riestenberg and SamanthaStrong. NRP, Carol Bouska JasonLord, Samantha Strong, DianaBoegemann and Steve Green.Zoning, Dan Jenney, Jason Lord,Erick Peterson, Steve Green andMelissa Davidson. Note: MostCommittees will have non-Boardmembers who will be re-commit-ting this year.

Board and non-Board Organi-zation Assignments were alsoannounced. Midtown Green-way Coalition, Holly Buchanan.

Lyn-Lake Business association,Samantha Strong. Uptown Busi-ness Association, Nancy Sjoquist.Uptown Market, Dan Jenney.

Uptown Neighborhood News,Samantha Strong and ElizabethWalke.

Aenda & Minutes: DianaBoeemann Motion, Seconded to approve the

meeting agenda. Approved. Motion, Seconded to approve

the August 16 and September 20CARAG Neighborhood Meetingminutes. Approved.

Brant Square par:Julie Sandin BSP soccer started in September

with tournaments this week atParade Stadium.

MEA trips planned to an orchardand the Mill City Museum.

Halloween Party on October 31,6-8pm at the park.

The summer lunch program wasa partnership with MPS providing

free lunch & snack to kids under18. BSP served 750 lunches and1,000 snacks over the summer.

Council Member MeTuthill, Leslie Foreman Recreational fire issue is not CM

Tuthills initiative, but she hasbeen interviewed. Tuthill believesit is a health and safety issue, how-ever. Current recreational firerules: 25 feet from burnable struc-ture. Max 3 ft in diameter, 2 ft offthe ground. An outright ban maybe considered by the City Council.They are also considering a freepermit. No ordinance or policychanges are currently proposed at

this time Dupont and Emerson Avenues

south of Lake Street have beengetting poor removal service dur-ing snow emergencies. November1 both streets will change fromSnow Emergency Routes to regu-lar residential parking streets.

Liquor stores on Hennepin. Kow-

alskis has applied first. UptownSpirits applied afterwards. Onlyone can move forward.

Brant Avenue Biewa:Shaun Murh,Minneaolis public Wors

The new pavement markingson Bryant Avenue have recentlymade TV news and a Star Tri-bune article.

In 2007 City received Federalfunds to improve biking fromnorth of Franklin Avenue to 60thStreet.

North of Lake Street bump outsand a median at Franklin. Greenshared lane south of Lake Street inCARAG because traffic is heavierand the bus runs through the area.Bike Boulevard sections are nar-rower and parking removal was anon-starter.

Public Works looked at manyoptions for the section south ofLake Street.

Green lanes are intermittent tosave on cost and are located awayfrom the door zone. PublicWorks wanted bikes to be visibleat intersections closer to middleof the driving lane. At 14ft fewertires will run over lanes and helpwith maintenance.

Public Works is monitoring howpeople will use lanes and driversreact to it. Educational info willgo into place this winter.

The City will consider bikeboxes at intersections - possibly atBryant and Lake- to make bikesmore visible.

The green color paint is too darkand isnt visible at night. The Citywill consider moving to a reflec-tive thermal plastic material.Bikes May Use Full Lane signsare being considered.

Bikes are allowed and encouragedto ride in the green lane. Howev-er, bikes can ride to the right.

Metro Transit drivers weretrained about new markings. CallMT if buses dont pass with 4 feetbetween the bus and the bike.

Call 311 and City Bike Web Sitefor Shaun Murphys contact info.

Waler Librar, AaronRubenstein Hennepin County has a process

to rebuild Walker Library. It willclose in Spring 2012 and the newlibrary will open in 2014.

MPRB has started a series of meet-ings to discuss how the mall

connects to a new library and theUptown area

VJAA Architects created a con-cept design and it goes to Coun-ty Board in November. Budgetissues will affect exterior. Designwill evolve.

Close Landscape Architecturewill try to design connection tothe Mall. Most important to con-nect Hennepin Avenue down tothe Mall. Need to connect a bikepath down to Humboldt.

Hennepin County needs to deter-mine spot for future transit ser-vice. Greenway was off limitsbecause Hennepin County has notdecided what to do yet.

The Walker Community Adviso-ry Committee will meet next afterJanuary 1, 2012.

NRp Imlementation:Carol Bousa

November 19 at 10am is the Bry-ant Avenue Market mosaic unveil-ing at Bryant Square Park.

CARAG volunteers will helpclean up windows and graffiti atBryant Market prior to the unveil-ing-likely early November.

CARAG Safety Coordinator PaulBuchel discussed his efforts to getCARAG neighbors to help imple-ment the Safety Action Plan. Sofar, he has received a light responsefrom folks who previously saidthey want to help improve safety.The group discussed ways otherthan the internet to connect withCARAG neighbors including

using existing flyers from CCP/Safe.

Treasurers Reort:Samantha Stron Financial reports were avail-

able including balance sheet, lastmonths register report and en ofthe year budget reports.

Motion, Seconded to approve theProposed 2012 CARAG Account-ing Procedures. Approved.

Motion, Seconded to approveDiana Boegemann, NancyRiestenberg, and SamanthaStrong as account signatoriesfor the CARAG Operations andNRP accounts at Bremer Bank.Approved.

Motion Seconded to approve theProposed 2012 Conflict of InterestPolicy. Approved.

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Lae StreetCouncil Fundraiser

On November 17The Lake Street Council will hold its 15th Annual Wine Tast-ing and Silent Auction on Thursday, November 17, at El NuevoRodeo, 3003 27th Avenue South, from 5:30 pm to 8 pm. Guestscan bid on auction items while enjoying music and samplingtasty south-of-the-border treats plus wine, beer and soft drinks.

Tickets are $25 for members and $30 for non-members. To pur-chase online go to www.lakestreetcouncil.org or call 612.822.1912.Parking is available at the US Bank lot across Lake Street.

The Lake Street Council is the business association for LakeStreet from France Avenue to the Mississippi River. The annu-al fundraiser helps support our local small business communitywith services, programs, marketing and more. For more infor-mation contact ZoeAna Martinez, 612.822.1912 or 612.821.6219,[email protected], www.lakestreetcouncil.org


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Sorts And All That JazzUptown resident writes Percy Hughes Storyby Phyllis Stenerson

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Grand OpeningOctober 28th

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CARAGs Hennepin Lake Com-munity Wine Tasting ticket salesand volunteers. She urged neigh-bors to buy tickets since all pro-ceeds from tickets purchased fromCARAG go directly to the organi-zation. Christian is also coordinat-

tion makers, idea creators, hand-shakers, illustrators, media moguls,content creators, public relationspeople, marketers, social mediafolk, SEO people, producers, videopeople, musicians, artists, fashioni-stas, bloggers and virtually anyoneelse who was interested in meetingother entrepreneurs, discussingstart-ups and possibly working onprojects together. And nine-to-fiv-ers were more than welcome.

This event was created becauseAhmed and Bensman heard

too many people say I havethis great idea for an app but Ijust dont know how to find aprogrammer, or I have this greatidea for a product I want to man-ufacture, but I just dont knowanyone who can help me create aprototype, or I want to shoot thisreally cool video thing, but I dontreally know how to shoot video.

At the event they took the oppor-tunity to discuss and figure outwhat the next Flea Markets wouldlook like. Ahmed and Bensamare planning on holding anotherevent on November 16 at UrbanBean. They like the space, coffee

and their relationship they havewith Urban Bean. For currentinformation on the next contrac-tor Flea Market see their websiteat http://letoilemagazine.blogspot.com/2011/10/le-talk-kareem-ahmed-and-blake-bensman.htmlor http://entrepreneursfleamarket.eventbrite.com.

the Kashmiri Room at the Ambas-sador Motor Lodge on WayzataBoulevard and the Emporium ofJazz.

The book sells for $19.95 andincludes a CD with music samplesof Hughes with the Red WolfeQuartet. It is available at Barnesand Noble, Amazon.com or bycontacting Jim at [email protected].

East Calhoun resident Jim Swan-son has written a book about PercyHughes, a leader in the Twin Cit-ies music scene for more than 70years. Sports and All That Jazz

is an inspiring story about a trulyremarkable man of many diversetalents plusrock solid char-acter.

Percy hasbeen a leaderin the TwinCities musicscene since the1940s when hereturned fromserving in theU. S. Army.At the age of89, Percy isstill playingmusic with

the Norman-dale Commu-nity Band andteaching tennisto seniors andinner city kids. For many yearsPercy Hughes and his Orches-tra performed at a wide range ofvenues and often included bignames in the music business. Allthis while he worked a full timejob as a letter carrier for the U. S.Postal Service and occasional gigsas a model with the citys leadingagency.

Jim and his wife, Vonnie, are hav-ing an open house book signing

from 3 pm to 5 pm on Saturday,November 5 in their home at 3337Irving Avenue. All are welcome.An RSVP to [email protected] is appreciated.

Percy grew up in South Minne-apolis with a father who had a fulltime job even during the depres-sion, a mother who was devotedto the Christian church, her family

and jazz and a brother, Clayton,with whom he played baseball andmusic. He wasnot confrontedwith the worstof racism untilhe was sta-tioned withthe segregatedArmy in theDeep South.

Leigh Kam-man, the lead-ing voice ofjazz in theTwin Cities,wrote the fore-word where

he describedPercy as oneof the bestband leadersand innovators

of jazz music in the Twin Cities.

Kamman says the book tells of theblack music scene that prosperedin the Twin Cities after WorldWar II and up to the present day[and] describes the struggles ofblack musicians to break the socialbarriers that divided the profes-sional music scene

Long time Minnesotans mayremember venues where Percy

played that were once part of themusic scene but are long gone The Point Supper Club in GoldenValley, the Flame Caf at NicolletAvenue and 16th Street, Bar Har-bor on Gull Lake near Brainerd,

ing the effort to make the eventzero waste with most items beingcomposted or recycled. Thankyou to the Uptown Associationfor their financial support of thezero waste initiative.

Motion, Seconded to select NancyRiestenberg and Elizabeth Walketo fill 2-year terms on the UNNManaging Board. Approved.

Meeting Adjourned: 8:45pm

Bassclef

On bass is Ron Fosse, center. He leads the Jazz By Fosse quartet at Dunn Bros. onHennepin and 34th Street every other Thurday night at 7pm. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)

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East Calhoun Community OrganizationECCO reportECCO meets the

first Thursday

of each month,

7 p.m. at St.

Marys Greek

Orthodox Church,

34th & Irving. All

ECCO residentsare welcome and

urged to attend.

LAKECALHOUN

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36th St.

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EAST CALHOUN NEWS AND EVENTS

One-sort Recycling pilot program underway in East Calhoun!

Compost with a Green Cart! Sign up for this free service by

emailing [email protected] or calling Minneapolis

Solid Waste & Recycling at 612-673-2917.

Save space and money: downsize from a large trash cart

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Its all free & fun!For more information, visitwww.eastcalhoun.org or contact us

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ECCO

www.eastcalhoun.org

Sign up for our monthly e-newsletter to learn more about ourevents. Send a request to [email protected] or call MonicaSmith at 612-821-0131.

Calhoun Square, il Gatto (Parasole),Great Clips and Hennepin Lake Liquorthe fundraiser sponsors.

Pat Fleetham, event director andPhil Colich, owner of Hennepin Lake Liquorfor all their effort to make this fundraiser happen.

Uptown Business Association andEcoLitin the zero waste sponsors.

And all of the volunteers who

helped make this a wonderful event.

Thank you all, and we are alreadylooking forward to next year!

Sincerely,

The ECCO Board

The East Calhoun Community Organization greatly

appreciates and would like to thank the following

for making the 29th Annual Wine Tasting Fundrais-

er another great and successful event:

Thank you! NOVEMBER EVENTSTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3ECCO Board and Neighborhood Meeting7:00 -9:00 p.m.St. Marys Greek Orthodox Church, 3450 Irving Ave SMeet new ECCO Board members and learn more aboutyour neighborhood.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10

Candle Light Dessert Social6:00 - 7:00 p.m.Meet at 34th Street entrance tothe Loon Lake Trolley PathBring a candle or lantern and socializewith neighbors. Hot cocoa provided.Bring cookies to share.

ECCO Meeting Minutes for Octo-ber 6, 2011. (East Calhoun Neigh-borhood Monthly Meeting)Minutes

recorded and submitted by MonicaSmith.

AttendanceApproximately 50 residents attend-ed the Annual Meeting includingBoard members: Nancy Ward(President), Sarah Sponheim (VicePresident), Brad and Kaitryne

Durham, Gael Ellis, Tim Nor-kus-Crampton, Judy Shields, JimSmith, Linda Todd and HeatherWulfsberg.

The event began with a free pizzadinner compliments of Mesa Pizzaand a social hour with elected offi-cials.

ECCO Board President NancyWard called the meeting to orderat 6:50 p.m.

Midtown greenwaCoalition: Soren Jensen,Executive DirectorSoren Jensen is the new Execu-tive Director of the Midtown Gre-enway Coalition. He encourageseveryone to become a member ofthe non-profit coalition becausemore members mean a strongervoice for the organization.

The Coalition is looking for volun-teers to tend green spaces along theGreenway. Please send an email [email protected] tohelp.

Minneaolis policeChelsea Adams, Crime Preven-tion Specialist, Lt Jack Kelly andOfficer Chard (Uptown beat cop)attended the meeting to give acrime update.

Bike thefts have increased. Use aU-lock (80% of stolen bikes werelocked with cable locks). Recordyour serial number and make/model of bike for better chance ofgetting your property returned.Burglaries have increased; manyhave been crimes of opportunityin unlocked garages. Keep garageservice doors locked. Removeitems from vehicles, or place itemsin your trunk before arriving atyour destination. Call 911 to reportsuspicious activity.

The police offered this advice

for a question about loud parties.Call 911; phone calls from morethan one neighbor are helpful. Ifit is an ongoing problem, send anemail to [email protected] with dates and timesof the loud parties and she can see

if it meets the criteria for furtheraction.

Anita Tabb: Minneaolispar and Recreation BoardCommissionerThe Park Board hosted four com-munity meeting to review designpossibilities for the Park Boardowned land just north of theWalker Library (on The Mall)to enhance the area once the newlibrary is built. Citizen feedback isencouraged but the comment peri-od will be ending soon. For detailsgo to www.minneapolisparks.org,click on Design and Planning, then

Current Projects, and then selectThe Mall and Walker Library.The funding for the redesign hasnot yet been determined.

gail Dorfman: HenneinCount CommissionerCommissioner Dorfman gave anupdate on the Walker Library. TheCommunity Advisory Committee(CAC) created a vision statementfor the design of the new library.Vincent James Associates Archi-tects has been selected to designthe building. The design featuresa one-story building with a two-story presence scheduled to openin the first quarter of 2014. It has

not been determined if the collec-

tion and service will be relocatedor closed during construction.

Dorfman also reported that thefederal government gave approvalfor the preliminary engineeringto move forward with the South-

west LRT. Issues involving thelocation of freight trains remainunresolved. The County remainscommitted to transit along theGreenway to connect SouthwestLRT with the Hiawatha line.

Sarah Sonheim:green TeamSarah Sponheim, on behalf of theECCO Board and the neighbor-hood, thanked Nancy Ward forher service as ECCOs president.

Remember to water trees in youryard and on the boulevards duringthis dry period.

The Green Team is working ontwo projects:

Composting pilot (one of threesites in the City of Minneapolis).40% of eligible households areparticipating in the pilot program.The goal is to increase participa-tion. Curbside composting is easyand free. Thanks to a grant fromHennepin County the GreenTeam is promoting waste reduc-tion through a program calledWaste Watchers. Contact [email protected] to sign upand receive free goodies such askitchen compost pale, cloth shop-ping bag, lawn sign and com-postable bags.

Leslie Foreman and Martha Bolinger at the October 6 ECCO Annual Meeting at St.Marys Greek Orthodox Church. (Photo by Phyllis Stenerson) ECCO page11


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One sort recycling pilot (one oftwo sites in the City). New blue-topped recycling bins were deliv-ered to eligible households. Thelist of recyclable material remainsthe same but you no longer haveto sort the items. So easy! Thefirst pick-up with the new sys-tem showed a 30% increase inparticipation and 60% increase inweight.

The Green Team is looking fornew members and ideas. Con-tact [email protected] Ward thanked Sarah andthe Green Team for their work.

Financial ReortNancy Ward reported thatECCOs finances are in good order,however, NRP will be phasing outand future funding from the Cityremains uncertain.

Heather Wulfsber:Zonin CommitteeNew developments in the areainclude CB2 at 31st and Henne-

pin; a mixed-use development atKnox and Lake; Mosaic; WalkerLibrary; and a new single fam-ily home will be built on the 3300block of Irving. Mesa Pizza gener-ously donated pizza for tonightsmeeting and will be opening alocation at 1440 W. Lake Street.

Monica Smith: NRp ReortECCO received notification fromthe City that NRP as a separateentity will conclude on December31, 2011. The administrative ofNRP will be transferred to Neigh-borhood Community Relationsdepartment.

The current Community Par-ticipation Program contract has

been extended until June 30, 2012.ECCO will receive 50% morefunding for the program. Theguidelines for the 2012 programwill be published in February withapplications due by June 30, 2012.

The following grant and loan pro-grams are available to East Cal-houn residents through our NRPprogram (details at www.eastcal-houn.org, NRP tab):

Community Energy Services(CES): Energy workshop andhome energy visit. Free to first150 households. Up to $400 of ser-vices and installed goods.

Home Improvement Grants: 25%NRP funds to 75% homeown-er funds, $3,000 max grant, noincome limits

Home Improvement Loans: 4%interest rate loans with flexibleterms, $7,500 max loan. House-hold limits apply

Home Security Grant: Grant ofup to $250 per household for secu-rity upgrades

Rain barrel and/or compost bin

grant: One time grant of up to$100 per property

Tree Treatment Grant: Grant ofup to $250 per property/per yearto treat diseased trees.

Coming soon: new neighborhoodboundary signs

Residents are encouraged to applyfor these programs and share theinformation with neighbors.

Social CommitteeThe ECCO Social Committeehas been hosting monthly socials.The next event will be candlelightsocial in November.

Board ElectionsFour seats on the ECCO Board

were open for election (NancyWard, Tim Norkus-Crampton,Glen Christianson and KatherineSt. Martin). Elected to fill thesepositions were: Anja Curiskis,Harry Savage, Kate Davenportand Glen Christianson (re-elect-ed). Tim Norkus-Crampton willserve as alternate.

Tree Committee

The ECCO Board is starting a

task force for a healthy tree canopyin East Calhoun. The group willstudy conditions and work on aproposal for the neighborhood.Residents are encouraged to par-ticipate on the task force. The firstmeeting will be set up soon. Con-tact [email protected] formore details.

Communit Suestions

Attendees offered the follow-ing suggestions for neighborhoodimprovements:

Pavement painting for trafficcalming

Welcome committee for new resi-

dents Repairing potholes

Organizing around property taxconcerns

Networking with Uptown Asso-ciation and retailers

Increasing employment in theneighborhood

Pedestrian safety

Community garden

Restricting cell phone use formotorists

Meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m.

Next meeting: Thursday, Novem-ber 3, 7 p.m. at St. Marys Greek

Orthodox Church.

rather is it is the community at large who have a have a say in what hap-pens in the neighborhood. Ive enjoyed working with Nancy and willmiss her energy and commitment.

The feeling is mutual. Nancy gives high praise to Monica for helpingto make her job as President fun and fulfilling. Nancy emphasizes thatcollaboration is the key ingredient for community success and that theindividual hero archetype is fading away.

Having lived most of her life in Wisconsin, Nancy moved to Minneapo-lis five years ago. She intended to rent for awhile, but instead found her-

self drawn to For Sale signs on houses near the Chain of Lakes. Whena realtor showed her a house in the East Calhoun neighborhood Nancysaid, I knew I was home.

In learning about the neighborhood and getting to know people, Nancyconnected with long time resident, Ruth Cain. Ruth invited her to theECCO Annual Meeting where she was recruited to serve on the ECCOBoard. The next year she was elected President. Nancy thinks of Ruth asa role model for civic involvement and seeks to emulate that way of liv-ing in community.

Next steps for Nancy include doing more of what shes always done working with plants and people.

She is involved in numerous urban gardening projects. A priority isGardening Matters, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting and preservingcommunity gardening across the Twin Cities by connecting gardeners toeach other and to the communities in which they reside. The organiza-tion also provides training and resources to support community garden-

ers in achieving community gardens that are successful and sustainable.Nancy is involved in fostering healthy local food systems which drawout the knowledge and experience that exist in many communities inthe metro area. She is especially interested in worm composting to createurban scale systems that produce clean soil and healthy food. I get tolive into my values, says Nancy. I feel very blessed.

A Home Of your OwnBy Judy Shields, Guest Columnist

First time homebuyers are keeping realtors busy these days. They con-tinue to be the majority of the markets buyers. The good news is thatthere are buyers The other side of good news for the sellers is that Gold-ilocks is in the house and they want it JUST RIGHT! They dont wanta fixer upper. The overwhelming majority of first time homeowners

dont have the time or the desire to finish the basement, update the kitch-en, or make the attic a master suite. They want it finished and ready tomove in. They are buying at a great time and they understand that. Themarket allows you to get more for your money in the neighborhood youwanted and at an interest rate most can afford. This adds up to veryhappy buyers!

There is a healthy supply of homes on the market and there is a steadystream of new ones coming on the market. Buyers are taking theirtime and looking at a lot of homes before they make a decision. Sellersshould consider updating the kitchens and baths first. These are the twomost important spaces the buyers are concerned about. New/updatedmechanicals are also a consideration especially with the first time buyers.So sellers, make your house shine so that you stay on the buyers shortlist.

There are 16 single family homes in the CARAG/ECCO neighborhoodswith an average sales price of $645,000. The other good point to make isthat we are in a highly desirable area based on livability and walkability.

Judy Shields lives in the East Calhoun neighborhood and serves on the ECCOBoard. She is aRealtor with Coldwell Banker Burnet - [email protected] or 952.221.1723.

Editors note: Real estate experts are invited to send suggestions for columnistsand topics to [email protected].

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conit eents calenar10ThuRSdAySeLF-DeFeNSe: ItS Not JUStKICKS AND pUNCHeSBryant Square Park - 6-7:30pm3101 Bryant Ave 952-926-4205

Attend this FREE workshop hosted by theUptown Association and the 5th PrecinctPolice Department to learn: how mostreal-life attacks start and techniques tode-escalate an assault; how to use dis-tance, body language, and tone of voiceto avert an attack; practical and easy-to-remember options if you have no choicebut to physically defend yourself. Reserva-tions are suggested at www.uptownasso-ciation.com.

ThRu NOv. 13HUmor From my peNRegla De Oro Gallery3007 Lyndale Avenue 612.886.1247www.regladeoro.com

An exhibit of political cartoons by GerardoHernndez. The exhibit will run November1-13. The opening reception and benefitfor the Minnesota Cuba Committee, will

be held on Sunday November 6, from2-5pm. Food and drinks will be served.Gerardo Hernandez, one of the Cuban Fiveimprisoned in the U.S., is serving a doublelife sentence plus 15 years at the Victorvillefederal prison in southern California.

13SuNdAyDANCeS: GINGer KrebS& ANDy brADDoCKBryant Lake Bowl - 7pm810 W. Lake St. 612.825.8949www.bryantlakebowl.com

Dances: Ginger Krebs & Andy Braddock(Chicago) + Anna Marie Shogren (Brook-lyn). Portable Heirloom is a butoh duetaddressing the partial, faltering and occa-sionally miraculous meetings betweentwo beings who nevertheless generallyfail to be in sync. Their attempts to con-nect are both served and thwarted by

(Editors Note: We will run community eventlistings every month on this page. [email protected] to submit yourevent information by the 15th of each monthto be included in the next issue.)

TuESdAySSoCrAteS CAFeDunn Brothers - 7:30pm3348 Hennepin Ave. 612.822.3292

The Socrates Cafe is an open meeting. The evening is spent discussing a shortlist of questions of philosophy that range

all over the map from self identity, capi-tal punishment, perception and anythingelse in between. Bring your questions andprepare to engage your mind.

3ThuRSdAyrISe Up SINGING

First Universalist Church - 7pm3400 Dupont Ave. 612.825.1701www.firstuniv.org

Rise Up Singing: Community Song Circleon the first Thursday of each month. Allsingers and instruments are welcome.Contact group leader Allan Steinhauer,612.309.5632 or [email protected] more information.

3, 10, 17ThuRSdAySASK tHe QUeStIoNBryant Lake Bowl - 7pm810 W. Lake St. 612.825.8949www.bryantlakebowl.com

Ghostbridge Theatre, a new Minneapolisbased theatre company, will be present-ing Ask the Question, written and direc tedby Jeff Nichols, the Artistic Director ofGhostbridge. A series of character mono-logues, spoken word, movement, andlive music, Ask the Question exploresfaith, ideology, and loss of certainty incontemporary America. Can the Pakistaniengineer accused of terrorist ties con-vince you hes innocent? Will you drinkthe Elixir of Enlightenment offered byLoreleiis radical free-market Leader? Isthe Iraq vet suffering from post-traumaticstress disorder or completely insane? Anddid that poet make the whole show upor is she just a creation herself? Answersare impossible to pin down, but thestruggle to find them makes for a fasci-nating journey. Tickets: $12 at door/$10with student I.D. or Fringe button.

6-SuNdAyJAZZ At tHe JUNGLe FeAtUrINGCoNNIe evINGSoN

JUNGLE THEATER - 4:00 and 7:30pm2951 Lyndale Ave. 612.822.7063www.jungletheater.com

Jazz 3GThree Generations celebratesthe ageless aspect of jazz with a concertfeaturing vocalist Connie Evingson and astellar band spanning three generations.Equal parts tradition and innovation, jazz is an art form without age boundar-ies. When musicians of different agescombine forces on the bandstand, gen-erational differences melt away. FeaturingConnie Evingson (vocals), Tanner Taylor(piano), Gordy Johnson (bass), Dave Karr(saxophone) and Trevor Haining (drums)and with nearly 60 years age differencebetween themthe band will explore theirmusical influences and their mutual love

of the music that unites them.

desire and fantasy, social awkwardness,top-down management, old age, wait-ing, and being of service. A lonely excerptof an evening length performance workthat was made from the material of tak ingmany walks, always while carrying a book,probably a book about place, containingof lengthy visual descriptions; Here, whenthe skywriters write includes lines takenfrom northern Iceland, Brooklyn, and Min-neapolis. August 19, 2011, a video piece,was made after being asked the questions,When/how are things living together?Can you commit to non-fixed situations?and When is stupid compelling? Ticketsaret $10-$15 pay what you can.

21mONdAyINtroDUCtIoN to SACreDGeometryFirst Unitarian Society - 7pm900 Mt. Curve Ave. 651.414.0545

The Theosophical Society hosts a freepublic screening of the documentary,Introduction to Sacred Geometry in theDietrich Room. The program covers TheGolden Ratio, Phi, The Fibonacci Series,sacred geometry in music, The 5 Platonic

Solids, and the 13 Archimedean Solids.The once esoteric study of sacred geom-etry today is showing science proof ofintelligent design of our universe.

24ThuRSdAy5tH ANNUAL DrUmStICKDASH 10KRunning Ventures - 8amLake Harriet Pkwy. 612.644.8185www.drumstickdash10k.com

The Drumstick Dash 10K is fast becom-ing a Thanksgiving Day tradition formany runners. Join in and start yourown tradition. The Drumstick Dash is anindividually chip timed run on a USATFcertified course around Lake Harriet inMinneapolis. The 10K course requirestwo laps around the lake. New thisyear we will be recording 5K splits so

everyone will also know their 5K time.

Thecommitmentissmallandthereturnisgreat.

WORKING TOWARDS A CLEANER, SAFER UPTOWN

PRESENTED BY:

By doing regular clean up and being a watch dog

against graffiti, you are ACTIVELY shaping POSITIVE

PERCEPTIONS of your business and your community, while

showing neighbors your willingness to give back.

BYPARTICIPATINGIN

ADOPT-A-BLOCK,YOU

SHOWYOURNEIGHBORS,

BOTHRESIDENTIALAND

COMMERCIAL,YOUR

COMMITMENTTOUPTOWN

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Join the Uptown Association in our effort to collaboratively

combat graffiti and other instances of vandalism in Uptown.

The program is committed to infrastructure maintenance,

beautification efforts and community building.

FREE graffiti clean-up materials available through the

Uptown Association. Your out-of-pocket expense = $0

1406 West Lake St., Lower Level C., Mpls, MN 55408612.823.4581 or [email protected]

CONTACT:

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