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Friday December 26th 2025
Making a BIG difference through small “p” policy changes”¦
ReTHINK Your Drink!
Through the efforts of the Backyard Initiative (BYI), implemented by staff members of the BYI Resource Center, the second City of Minneapolis ReTHINK Your Drink campaign is coming to a successful close at the Midtown Global Market. The campaign effectively established a relationship-building model for working with small business owners from ethnically diverse backgrounds to improve their beverage environment. All three MGM vendors interviewed for this article have made practice or policy changes to their beverage offerings as a result of the ReTHINK Your Drink campaign.
Pol-i-cy”¦”¦”¦”¦definition by Merriam Webster Dictionary
1a: prudence or wisdom in the management of affairs
2a: a definite course or method of action selected from among alternatives and in light of given conditions to guide and determine present and future decisions
BYI Resource Center staff members Rose Lobley, Carl Lobley, and Roberta Barnes
The Backyard Initiative wanted to learn more about the experiences of some of the Midtown Global Market vendors who participated in the ReTHINK Your Drink campaign. A BYI Communications Community Health Action Team member and several staff members of the BYI Resource Center conducted the following interviews with three MGM vendors and asked the following questions:
1. What were your hesitations of concerns about participating in the Rethink Your Drink Project with the Backyard Initiative?… Read the rest “Making a BIG difference through small “p” policy changes”¦”
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre: Update to Our Community August 2017
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre (HOBT) recently received a $275,000 gift from the Sarah Bowman Trust.
BY CORRIE ZOLL
HOBT”'s Vision: 3 Years 3 Goals
Over the past three years, HOBT has been working toward a transformational plan to build a more resilient organization, to address the issues of owning an aging and distressed building, and to better serve its neighbors.
The Avalon Theatre: HOBT Says! & Welcomes Renters
The plan centers on a rebranding of HOBT”'s Avalon Theater at the corner of 15th Avenue South and East Lake Street as a neighborhood art center. HOBT will continue to own and operate the building, and will continue to use it to present programming.
Nearly all of HOBT”'s programming can be condensed so that it relies on the Avalon Theater stage 20 weeks of the year. This leaves 30 weeks each year to fill the space with arts programming and events that represent the cultures present in the neighborhoods served by HOBT. Imagine live music, dance, theater, film, birthday parties, weddings and more. The additional income will strengthen HOBT”'s ability to work toward its mission to bring people together for the common good. Making an updated facility more accessible to more users serves a deep need for rehearsal and performance space in the Twin Cities.… Read the rest “In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre: Update to Our Community August 2017”
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