Wiz,
You said:
"Ah ha! Then we look to CPED, the people who are in charge of
vacant/boarded houses. Both Don Samuels and Natalie Johnson-Lee sit on
the board of commissioners of CPED. If the problem is v/bs, then the
answer lies at CPED. According to sources at CPED the city no longer
takes
The Minneapolis Public Schools is requesting community participation
in determining the future re-use of schools they've recently closed.
http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us/Facility_Reuse_Plan_Information.html
Members of the facility reuse planning team will seek names from neighborhood
associations and c
So what's wrong with asking the proposers of the new system to give the
system to the city with a consideration for future gains in areas that
they specify. This new wifi world is big enough to allow for that kind
of relationship. If we don't ask them they sure aren't going to offer
it. Ask Goo
Just passing this information along from the forum...
A RESOURCE FAIR for Iraq and Afghanistan Vets
and Their Families
Saturday, November 12, 2005
10 am to 1 pm at
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church
24th St and Chicago Ave.
Minneapolis
oursavioursmpls.org
//
If anyone has some free time this afternoon, there's going to be a
hurricane victims benefit at Tillie's Bean on the corner of 38th St and
28th Av S. I know there's going to be live music since my son,
Jeremiah, is one of the musicians donating their time to play. Besides
having another way t
While I agree with what Wizardmarks is saying - there are problems at the
Citywide level on how vacant-boarded housing is addressed and dealt with, I
also see it is a somewhat separate issue from what Megan was addressing.
In Jordan, it is not only the V/B that are a symptom of the real problem
megan goodmundson wrote:
<>the made-up person "Michelle Hill" is trying to spin Don's answer by
saying he thinks low-income people should move-out so middle class
people can move-in. He didn't say or imply that. ... Jordan has a
documented 30% vacancy rate! Empty houses, for rent houses, for s
Eva Young wrote:
A May 6 Star Tribune editorial ("This is a Republic - Leave off with
the Referendum Talk") implied that referendums aren't appropriate for
this taxation proposal. Not true. State statute requires a referendum.
I think you misread that editorial. The Strib disagrees with the n
We can talk about gentrification, middle class, etc.. but it doesn't have
anything to do with the 5th ward debate or how Don Samuels answered the
question regarding concentration of poverty or how the made-up person "Michelle
Hill" is trying to spin Don's answer by saying he thinks low-income p
Even though I like to fight with Wizard, I must admit that I sure do agree
with her on this one.
A few years ago I attended a "party" at the park pavilion near the river
downtown. Sharon was having it to celebrate the "Salvaggio Housing
Initiative" in South Minneapolis. I was not invited but
From City Pages:
That same evening, a meeting on the ballpark issue was scheduled for 5:30
p.m. at the downtown headquarters of the Minneapolis Community Development
Agency (MCDA). For more than a year, Minneapolis citizens, local
businesspeople, and city officials had been crafting their own
Becca writes: <>
We met with these folks in June, and continue to coordinate our efforts here
in Mpls in light of some of their work, as well as other projects
nationwide. We¹re all about community WIFI networks. Heck, we¹ve been
running a mobile WIFI demonstration project right here in Minnea
The posts in response to my longterm frustration with the local antiwar
sector of Minneapolis have been thought-provoking for me.
I have spent many a conversation discussing what stops "regular folks", folks
who are not activists from raising a hue and cry about the conditions of
poverty and ho
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