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Sunday December 21st 2025
EPIC Annual Meeting Recap
By Carol Pass, President
East Phillips Improvement Coalition
Over 100 people attended the EPIC ANNUAL MTG, April 27th  in the rotunda and gym of the East Phillips Park Cultural & Community Center.  It was a huge success with election of 6 new Board members. EPICs commitment of representing the wonderful diversity of East Phillips was continued with the newly elected Board members: Mary Gonsior, Linda Leonard, Earl Simms, Sherdl Kordian, Ali Macali and Aisha Gomez; joining returning Board members, Carol Pass, Rosie Cruz and Jenny Bjorgo.
The Breakfast was Mexican style scrambled eggs (Huevos Rancheros) sausage, tamales, sambusas, fish tortes, fruit, all the accoutrements, and 3 EPIC birthday cakes and cupcakes. Many East Phillips residents helped with everything from set-up, food preparation, serving, providing door prizes and even clean-up. Mark Welna of Welna Hdwe., the best hardware store in the world, donated the door prizes & the traditional grand prize– the Weber Grill.
The Greenway Heights Apartments, a 7-year EPIC project to provide one of the only affordable family rental apartment buildings on the Greenway, received a unanimous but one vote to support contributing $35,000 to the project for balconies to overlook the greenway, providing the safety of eyes on the Greenway plus giving residents the pleasure of an outdoor experience inside their apartment.… Read the rest “EPIC Annual Meeting Recap”
40 Years of Water Ebbing and Flowing
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- “Connecting the Dots” Community meeting on April 24th was a very large assembly of people; many including many, many neighbors, South High School student swimmers and coaches, University of Minnesota coaches (of Olympic swimming winners,), Augsburg Coaches, Mpls. Swim Board members, Park Commissioners, planners, many who used to swim at the pool or belonged to swimming clubs, and many more. Some came to voice their support. Others came to learn more and maybe help to make decisions. It was a great night of “dots-being- connected” by seeing drawings, hearing explanations and having questions and answered. Photos by Bob Albee
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- Hannah Leider, the Executive Director of Mpls. Swims and one of the Eleven Winners of the KARE Eleven TV “Eleven Who Care Award 2013” (for her work on restoring the Pool and initiating Mpls. Swims to operate the Pool) led the evening of presenters following a Welcome and Introduction by Bob Albee, President of Ventura Village Neighborhood.
By Harvey Winje
40 years ago a building was added to the Wendell Phillips Junior High School with a pool and a gym.… Read the rest “40 Years of Water Ebbing and Flowing”
Fire completely destroyed the interior of the Chicago Deli Building at 2500 Chicago Avenue
Fire completely destroyed the interior of the Chicago Deli Building at 2500 Chicago Avenue April 25th leaving only damaged exterior walls including this north wall mural on the 90 foot long building. In the mid 1900”'s it housed Speed”'s Deli, Ben”'s Barber Shop, Supplee”'s Pharmacy (later Chicago Ave. Eat Shop & later yet Rollie”'s Café) and National Tea grocery during which time it was owned by Dr. Olaf A. Olson who lived in the house on a double lot three doors south later purchased by PPL for their main office until sold to a “middleman” readying it for sale to Children”'s MN Hospital for a 700 car parking ramp after moving two houses and demolishing 26 homes including Dr. Olson”'s. Photos by Harvey Winje
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