Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Opinion ........................................................... 2
Crime & Safety ....................................... 4
CARAG News................................................ 8
Film Reviews................................................ 9
ECCO News................................................. 10
Events Calendar......................................12
< Valentine’s Burlesque Revue
Theatre Limina presents Miss Kitty’s Sweet Tarts at Bryant
Lake Bowl on Feb. 11. (More events on page 12)
Your Community-Supported News Source • Covering the Uptown Area and the Neighborhoods of CARAG and ECCO February 2011 • Volume 7, Number 1
Donations of food and money come from several sources. One is from
individuals who want to help others. Tax-deductible donations can be
sent to Joyce Uptown Food Shelf, 1219 West 31st Street, Minneapolis,
MN 55408-2703 or through PayPal at http://joycefoodshelf.org. More
information can be obtained at 612.825.4431 or joyce@visi.com.
joyce page 5
FreshBankNotes Penn Ice-Cycle Loppet heats start at 12 noon on Saturday and finals are at 1:30 p.m.
The bike race is held on Lake of the Isles on a short track of ice. (Photo by Bruce Cochran)
Funding For Community Dominium plans the MPS Board as the finalist of
ten proposals to
125 rental units purchase the
Groups In Limbo
for Lehmann property and
was in nego-
By Bruce Cochran tiations for
The July issue of the UNN Super
page 9
hood Revitalization Program) reported that the Minneapolis
By Phyllis Stenerson thing in helping Minneapolis
Public Schools (MPS) would
agrees on right now is that it’s neighborhoods thrive. After almost (Photo by
One thing that almost everyone complicated and frustrating. Most 20 years of coordinated planning, sell its Lehmann Education Bethany
Heemeyer)
involved with NRP (Neighbor- would say it’s been a very good the Minneapolis City Council and Center building at 1006 West
Mayor R. T. Rybak tossed the pro- Lake Street in order
gram into turmoil. to use the funds
for education
commentary
letters the Continuing Saga Of
He chose to include in his Inau-
gural Address that “Government
is not the solution. Government
LyndaLe
Intermedia Arts Susan Hagler (CARAG) 612.825.7780 Lisa Godon 612.673.2005
2822 Lyndale Ave. S. susanhagler@earthlink.net
Minneapolis, MN
Uptown Neighborhood News reserves the right to
Sundays
UNITED CHURCH
refuse publication of articles or advertisements as it
612.825.3019 8:30 am Traditional Worship
MaNaGING BOard sees fit. But we will see fit to publish most things.
Lyndaleucc.org
Appointed/Elected Representatives:
OF CHRIST 10:30 am Jazz Worship Ralph Knox, President (ECCO)
Copyright © 2011 Uptown Neighborhood News.
Greene Starts
Funding from 1 Minnesota State Legislature to use major concern for neighborhood
money generated by new develop- groups. CARAG and ECCO hold
however, have an impact on prop-
ment in the City to fund neighbor- monthly meetings that are open to
erty taxes until at least 2012. Min-
Job As Legislator
hood improvement projects. (It’s the public, plus committee meet-
neapolis real estate taxes for 2011
complicated and no attempt at ings so any community member
will increase by 4.7 percent rather
details is attempted here). can get involved. Minutes of the
than the 6.5 percent originally
monthly meetings are published
green
Leader trainings
garages, attached or unattached.
5th precinct: sectors 1&2: (Uptown)
N
Minneapolis Police Department
3rd Precinct
3000 Minnehaha Ave.
topics to Be Covered
• Introduction to community crime prevention
• How to organize a block/apartment club
• Services of community crime prevention
• Responsibilities of crime prevention block leaders
• How and when to use 911
• How to solve problems effectively
• Meet your Crime Prevention Specialist
Please RSVP if you are planning on attending one of these train-
ings. Call: 612.673.3482 or 612.673.2856
Low-Cost
Immunizations
From the County
Hennepin offers shots for all ages
Vaccines prevent diseases for people of all ages and Hennepin County is
offering low-cost immunizations – including shots to prevent the flu and
whooping cough – to people who lack health insurance or whose health
insurance does not cover vaccines.
“It is not too late to get a flu shot,” said Alisa Johnson of the Human
Services and Public Health Department. “The flu season lasts through
April, so if you or your child hasn’t gotten a flu shot, we recommend that
you come in.”
SCHeduLed CLINICS
bloomington Clinic
Bloomington Division of Health
1900 W. Old Shakopee Road
3 to 5:30 p.m., on Feb. 1 and 15.
brooklyn Center Clinic
Hennepin County’s Brookdale Service Center
6125 Shingle Creek Parkway
9 to 11 a.m., on Feb. 22.
Downtown minneapolis Clinic
Hennepin Health Services Building
525 Portland Ave. S.
8:30 to 11 a.m. on Feb. 4.
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Living together
day. (See page 9 for an explanation
of “periodic leases.”)
Third installment in the UNN’s the landlord may choose to locate At the end of the tenancy, the
series the tenants who had vacated, and landlord must return the deposit
• remit to each individual the divid- to the tenant with interest. Pres-
ed security deposit. ently, the required interest rate is
4. SECURITY DEPOSITS one percent (see the chart below),
Amount of the Deposit which is calculated as simple non-
Landlords have the right to compounded interest. (15) The
The Joyce Uptown Food Shelf is located in the back of a house at 1219 West 31st Street Minnesota law does not limit the
across the street from Joyce United Methodist Church. (Photo by Bruce Cochran) require tenants to pay a security landlord may keep the amount
amount a landlord may
deposit (sometimes necessary to repair any damage
require as a secu-
JOYCe from 1 comes from three other major called a “dam- done to the unit by the tenant
rity deposit.
sources: The Emergency Foodshelf age deposit”). (beyond ordinary wear and tear),
Southwest Minneapolis is like A landlord
Network (EFN), is a coalition of This is money or to pay off other debts related to
most neighborhoods in the United can increase the
26 Hennepin County food shelves paid by the ten- the tenancy, including any unpaid
States. In this land of plenty one in amount of the
which purchases from food sup- ant and held by rent. (l6) (See page 22 for landlord
eight children in Minnesota is at security deposit
pliers at a discounted rate; Second the landlord to and tenant rights in the refund of
risk for hunger. 14% of the children at any time dur-
Harvest Heartland Food Bank, pay for any dam- security deposits.)
served by Minnesota food shelves ing a “periodic
which receives food from major age, beyond ordi-
are forced to skip a meal because tenancy” (a
corporations and commodities nary wear and Interest Rate
there is not enough food at home. rental agree-
from a U.S. government surplus tear, the tenant
47% of their parents skip meals ment in which Time Frame
commodities program. Donated might do to the
as well. 56% of food shelf visitors no final date is Before 7-31-03: 3%
money is used to purchase food rental unit. It can
are families with children. 15% of mentioned), but 8-1-03 to present: 1%
at a discount (less than $.20 per be used to pay for
food shelf clients are seniors. More only if the tenant is
pound). Food occasionally is pur- any unpaid rent or any
than 50 percent of adult food shelf given proper advance writ- •
chased at retail when required for money the tenant owes to the
clients are employed. ten notice. Generally, this notice Next Installment CHAPTER 1-5.
nutritional balance. landlord under the lease or another
period is one rental period plus a TENANT REPORTS
agreement (e.g. water utility bills).
Joyce Uptown Food Shelf provides Because of its Uptown location, (13) The security deposit cannot be
clients with a three-day supply of Joyce Food Shelf receives a wide used by the tenant to pay the rent,
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