‘Miscellany’ Archives
EVERYBODY INTO THE POOLS
Looking back at first year of Phillips Aquatics Center Submitted by MPRB staff Lifegaurds take a MPRB certification class at Phillips Aquatic Center Lifegaurds take a MPRB certification class at Phillips Aquatic Center MPRB lifegaurds hold youth swim lessons at the Phillips Aquatic Center MPRB lifegaurds hold youth swim lessons at the Phillips Aquatic Center Swimmers participate in the first ever Thanks-Swimming, a 5K swim at Phillips Aquatic Center Swimmers participate in the first ever Thanks-Swimming, a 5K swim at Phillips Aquatic Center MPRB lifegaurds hold youth swim lessons at the Phillips Aquatic Center MPRB lifegaurds hold youth swim lessons at the Phillips Aquatic Center “Friday night is a great time to be at the Phillips Aquatics Center: It”'s really bustling with young people,” says Sarah Chillo, Aquatics Manager for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB).  “Some of them are at the weekly [...]
Residents fighting for future entrepreneurs
Indoor urban farm supporters question why city is ignoring engaged community members who don”'t want public works at Roof Depot TESHA M. CHRISTENSENEast Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) members (left to right) Steve Sandberg, Dean Dovolis and Karen Clark discuss the way their proposed indoor urban farm site will benefit local residents. by Tesha M. Christensen You don”'t get a second chance after a building is torn down, and that”'s why the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) says it is working so hard to save the 230,000-square-foot Roof Depot structure from the wrecking ball. Architect Dean Dovolis doesn”'t want to look back and say, “It could have been a community development.” Instead, he firmly believes, “This is the right place to provide a future for the community.” Dovolis designed the first rendition of the East Phillips Indoor Urban Farm (EPIUF) in 2014 that would have used all 7.5 acres at the [...]
Grant supports Native homelessness
By Lee Egerstrom THE CIRCLeAn experimental homeless shelter along Franklin and Hiawatha avenues, known as the “navigation center,” soon after construction in December 2018. Editor”'s note: The article was reprinted courtesy of The Circle. The Bush Foundation has awarded the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) a two-year, $207,000 grant to explore community-based solutions to the chronic homelessness problems for Native Americans in Minneapolis. Minneapolis-based NACDI is leading the effort but is working in tandem with the Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors (MUID) umbrella organization for Native groups. It also has enlisted outside consultants on the project, the Lakewood, Colo.-based Indigenous Collaboration Inc. This came about late in the past year when Native groups in Minneapolis, working with the city and with various state and local agencies and nonprofits, struggled with finding emergency shelter and services for the [...]
