‘Neighborhood News’ Archives
Full Circle for May Day Cafe
By MARY ELLEN KALUZA Powderhorn Food Community Co-op, c.1975 Early days of the May Day Cafe, c.1996 The Mala yearsSign painted by Phil Vandervaart The Andy YearsSign painted by Forrest Wozniak I have to disclose that I have a familial connection to May Day Cafe’s early years, before the doors were even open. I babysat my young niece while her mother spent long days at the old Powderhorn Food Co-op deep cleaning, reconfiguring the interior, developing business plans, menus, finding kitchen equipment, tables, seating… It was a huge amount of work transforming 3440 Bloomington into the beloved community treasure that May Day Cafe became after opening in February 1996. Mala, my sister, was one of three original partners in the enterprise; within a couple of years she was the only partner left. Mala really set the tone for the Cafe’s personality. She was very generous with the space, letting community groups use it in the evenings for fundraisers or meetings, or [...]
Harvest Moon Block Party
All Photos Eric Ortiz The Strong Mind Strong Body Foundation’s Youth Community Journalism Institute led an intergenerational community journalism project at the Harvest Moon Block Party at Cedar Field Park on Sat., Sept. 21. Over two dozen community members created Little Earth News, a community newspaper to celebrate community victories, voices, and solutions.
