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Saturday July 27th 2024
Kudos: Little Earth Urban Farm
Little Earth Urban Farm
By Harvey Winje
The May 2010 KUDOS is the Little Earth of United Tribe Urban Farm Project for its ambitious conversion of vacant land into many raised beds for growing food locally.
Last year a busload of people went to Milwaukee to see Will Allen”'s farm project. The group came back excited about the possibilities for growing food, developing jobs and even preserving traditional culture.
Last year 40 residents of Little Earth of United Tribes signed up as did 25 people from other organizations. This year on Earth Day the Little Earth Urban Farm project began the growing season by clearing stones and unwanted objects from the very large plot between the Hiawatha sound wall and the road east of Little Earth. People of all ages hauled wood chips, mixed in compost, and thus made rich one-foot beds of soil. They also planted lilacs along the wall and other plants and seeds in the beds.
A sign of pure enthusiasm and optimism was carried in on the shoulders of several adults; a wooden picnic table brightly painted by pre-school students and placed beneath a nearby tree ready for the first harvest picnic.
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2010 Minnesota American Indian Month Kickoff Parade and Celebration Friday, April 30th 9 AM
Minnesota American Indian month began as American Indian week in 1969 as a way to educate the broader community about American Indian people and cultures. More than 40 years later, south Minneapolis continues to be an important neighborhood in the urban American Indian community.
The 2010 Minnesota American Indian Month Kickoff celebrates the special role American Indians have played in south Minneapolis and throughout Minnesota.
Over 1,000 participants will be involved from around the metro, state, and region in the largest Indian Month celebration in the state.
The Banner Unveiling is of newly designed banners to be installed from Chicago Avenue to 16th Ave. The banners were a joint project between Native American Community Development Institute, Ventura Village, and Franklin Avenue Business Association.
9:00 AM Gather/Opening Ceremony
Cedar Field ”“ Little Earth of United Tribes, Cedar Ave. and 25th St.
10:00 AM Parade of Nations Community Walk
Cedar Field to Minneapolis American Indian Center/Wakiagun Lawn
11:00 AM American Indian Cultural Corridor Banner Unveiling
E. Franklin Ave. and 11th St.
11:30 AM Veterans and Warriors Dedication
Minneapolis American Indian Center/Wakiagun Lawn
12:00 PM Community Photo
Minneapolis American Indian Center/Wakiagun Lawn
12:30 PM Feast/Live Music
Minneapolis American Indian Center/Wakiagun Lawn
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Phillips Unites on Pool and Gym Use & Defeat of MPRB Burying Pool under Concrete
Olympic size pool built with Model City money in 1974 that”'s future is in the throes of budgetary/politico squalor. The question remains; “Will it all be money down the drain?”.
A Commentary by Robert Albee
Two words went out over the internet the evening of March 25th: “We won!” The truth of the matter is that the Phillips Community has only secured a delay in the destruction of the swimming pool at the Phillips Community Center. The April 1st “destruction day” was announced earlier in a telephone call from Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board (MPRB) Commissioner Scott Vreeland. He confirmed a March 11th email sent from Park Board staff member Andrew Lesch to a Mid Town Phillips resident and neighborhood association board member.
In that email, Lesch wrote: “I”'m the project manager for the current renovations at Phillips Community Center. This phase involves replacement of the heating, cooling and ventilation system with new roof top units, roof replacement of the upper roof and in fill of the former pool shell for re-use in the future.”
Those were the words that began a cascade of emails and telephone calls to the MPRB from Phillips Community residents and others upset with that decision.… Read the rest “Phillips Unites on Pool and Gym Use & Defeat of MPRB Burying Pool under Concrete”
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