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South Minneapolis Quilters group celebrates 25-year anniversary A12
“We have 24 hours to enjoy this, so we’re going to take advantage of it, up until the point where it either flies or sinks,” said Lucas Gangsei, an Armatage resident and member of Spooners’ Revenge, a team that will push a Spoonbridge-and-Cherry-inspired flying machine off a 30-foot high platform into the Mississippi River.
About 40 local and national teams will compete in the Red Bull Flugtag at Harriet Island on Sept. 7. One of Red Bull’s extreme sporting events, Flugtag (or “flying day” in German) is an event where teams build an aircraft, perform a brief skit and attempt a flight. SEE FLUGTAG / PAGE A16
Spooners’ Revenge teammates Luke Stolp, Carl Romstad, Lucas Gangsei and Rob Hagen are creating a flying machine with pilot Chad Arnold (not pictured). Submitted photo
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Why sending a kid to day care costs so much
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Price of infant care is 4th highest in nation
Vacancies pile up at Uptown mall
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Windom residents Maggie Watson and Zach Looker-Vodak spend nearly $3,000 a month on center-based day care for their daughters, 9-month-old Charlie and 2-year-old Hadley. It costs them about the same amount as their student loan and mortgage payments. Or as Watson puts it: “We drive a Honda Civic off a cliff every year.” Watson and Looker-Vodak aren’t alone. At $16,087 annually, the average
cost of full-time, center-based infant care in Minnesota is the fourth highest in the nation, according to a recent study by the Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute. That adds up to over 20% of the average Minnesota family’s income. For many families, the share of their income that goes to child care is much higher. Only Washington D.C., California and Massachusetts have more expensive
When the Famous Dave’s sign came down from Calhoun Square’s facade in July, Jeffrey Gauss couldn’t help but feel a little down. Gauss, an artist and retailer whose colorful shop Magnetic Originals has called the Uptown mall home for 20 years, believes there is a vibrant future for Calhoun Square for the next ownership group even if activity is sparse in the space today.
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Sparrow Cafe seeks community help Since opening in 2013, Sparrow Cafe has done pretty well in its small, 650-square-foot corner space at 50th & Penn, but co-owners Jasper and Sheila Rajendren are asking the public to pitch in to make their vision of expanded offerings from an in-house kitchen a reality.
Sparrow Cafe opened in 2013 at 50th & Penn. Photos by Andrew Hazzard
In July, Sparrow Cafe began soliciting donations on a GoFundMe page. Their goal is to raise $36,800, enough to install compact, TurboChef ovens that will allow them to bake their scones and other goods in-house and offer a larger lunch menu. To accommodate their kitchen dreams, they’ll need to make improvements to their electrical and plumbing systems and buy more coolers, too, Jasper Rajendren said. Right now, the Rajendrens do their baking at City Food Studio in South Minneapolis. “To be able to do everything here would be a lot more efficient,” Jasper Rajendren said. The business is also attempting to recover from a tough winter when snow forced them to close for multiple days and business slowed significantly, he said. At Sparrow Cafe, they honor their name by serving only certified bird-friendly coffee, which must be sourced from approved farmers who go through a longer growing process because they maintain robust tree canopies around their coffee plants. The process makes the coffee more expensive, Jasper Rajendren said, but they try to be competitive with their pricing. As far as he knows, they are the only cafe in Minneapolis that only serves certified bird-friendly coffee. So far, the campaign has raised more than $7,000, with several people giving generously. They’ve been encouraged by the contributions. “Our customers are great,” Jasper Rajendren said.
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Less than a year after opening their healthy, fastcasual restaurant Brim at Lake & Knox, Kate and Patrick Sidoti reached the pinnacle of the Minnesota food scene: the State Fair. Running a trailer at the Great Minnesota Get-Together wasn’t in the plans for the Sidotis, who opened Brim in Uptown in September 2018, but when the fair sent them an application in March, they couldn’t say no, Kate said. The State Fair requires restaurants to offer a dish not on their existing menu and gives applicants 30 days to figure out what that item will be. The Sidotis chose something close to home, the Sota Sandwich, an enhanced version of a PB&J and the first thing Patrick made for Kate when they started dating. “It’s so simple, but you can make it so satisfying and good,” Kate Sidoti said. The Sota Sandwich features cinnamon nut
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Third Haus cofounders Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton inside their new space for retail coworking, networking and education in Linden Hills. Photo by Andrew Hazzard
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Third Haus aims to shape the future of retail In a Linden Hills strip mall, the future of retail is being imagined. Part co-working space, part retail practice field and part content studio, Third Haus is aiming to be a unique venue for collaboration and networking. “It’s ground zero for retail thought leadership in Minneapolis,” said co-founder Chris Walton. Walton and co-founder Anne Mezzenga met while on the Store of the Future project at Target, and while they’ve left the bullseye behind, ideas about the retail industry have never been far from their minds. The pair run Red Archer Retail, a firm that specializes in innovative retail strategy. At Third Haus, they’ve created a physical home for Red Archer and what they hope will become a hub for new retail education, strategies and partnerships. The Mall of America has donated 100 coworking memberships to area retailers, Walton said, in hopes they can learn ways to evolve in the rapidly changing retail industry. “The networking effects are huge,” Mezzenga said. The building also serves as the headquarters for Xenia Retail. Right now, Xenia Retail has laid out a mock store in the “lab” area with displays of clothing and accessories on mannequins. They are demonstrating a “scan and go” retail model, where customers would simply scan a clothing item with a payment application on their phone and leave without going to a register. In a studio, creative director Bill Roden
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and adventure photographer Andy Anderson are recording an episode of their new podcast, “The Tailgate,” which focuses on bridging the divide in marketing between mainstream outdoor retailers like Patagonia and The North Face and their hunting and fishing brand counterparts. “It’s just a creative space,” Roden said. “You get ideas here.” Walton has been writing and talking about retail for years via his blog OmniTalk and in news outlets such as Forbes. He and Mezzenga co-host an OmniTalk podcast, which records in the Third Haus studio. Among the unique features at Third Haus is a Mamava lactation pod — a small, private space where women can pump breast milk on-site. There are three levels of membership at the coworking space: full-access office space during the week for $200 per month; a $60 per month events membership, with access to speakers and demonstrations; and a $15 per month community membership for networking events. Mezzenga is a partial owner of two other businesses in the strip mall at 44th & Drew: CrossFit Linden Hills, which she co-owns with her husband, Logan Bautch, and AQ Fit Lab, an interval training gym she and Bautch own along with Mark and Tim FunkMeyer. (A coworking membership at Third Haus gets people discounts on workouts.)
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Making an effort The deep feeling of helplessness that followed the loss of their son in May 2017 was rekindled three months after his passing when their cat Otis, an 8-year-old Maine Coon, died suddenly of a heart condition. “We wondered if there was such a thing as pet CPR, if it even existed,” Otto said. “When we found out it did, it made so much sense.” Already planning to open a first-aid training business, they decided to expand their offerings to include a course specializing in emergency care for pets. A week after Otto received his pet CPR training certificate in 2018, their cat Reggie — a short-haired tabby they had recently taken in from Rodriguez-Otto’s sister — became unresponsive in their living room. “I was able to at least attempt CPR on the cat — to no avail, we lost him — but at least at that point I knew what to do. I made an effort instead of just being helpless,” Otto said. “Then it all made sense to me. I wanted to make sure that people were prepared because often with our pets we don’t know what to do and are panicking and rushing to the vet. There are things we can be doing in that intermediate time that can make a difference.”
Pet CPR classes Most of Red Cape CPR’s business now comes from pet CPR classes. A four-hour course costs $80, with discounts offered to animal rescue organizations. Participants learn to perform weekly checks of their pets’ breathing rate, pulse and temperaSEE PET CPR / PAGE A21
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A Northeast development company has pitched a third apartment building as part of a proposed housing “campus” two blocks east of Lake & Lyndale. Lupe Development Partners has proposed a seven-story, 92-unit, market-rate building for the northeast corner of Lake & Garfield in Whittier. The company envisions the building rising next to a pair of identical six-story, 111-unit affordable apartments it has in the works. One of those twin buildings is under construction at Lake & Harriet and is scheduled to open in fall 2020. The other, proposed in spring 2018, is under review by the city. The 92-unit building would include firstfloor retail space, a mix of one- and twobedroom and efficiency units, and amenities such as in-unit laundry, bike storage, a dog run and a rooftop deck. Monthly rents would be $2.50 per square foot with no income restrictions, according to Steve Minn, Lupe’s vice president and chief financial manager. He said that’s less than some of the apartment buildings near Bde Maka Ska and Downtown. The affordable building under construction will be open to households with incomes at or below 60% of the area median, which is $100,000 for a family of four. The second affordable building would be open to households with incomes at or below 80% of the area average. Lupe will keep those buildings affordable for 30 years
in exchange for tax-exempt financing and federal tax credits, Minn said. The three buildings would be under shared management and would have approximately 150 parking spots and a car-sharing service, such as Hourcar. All three would be open to pets. The two affordable buildings wouldn’t have in-unit laundry but will otherwise have the same amenities as the 92-unit building, Minn said. City staff have voiced concerns that the three buildings are too big for their lots, though the first affordable building was approved over these objections. Planning commissioners have said they wish the three buildings had more architectural variety. Whittier’s neighborhood group, the Whittier Alliance, has not yet taken a position on either the second affordable building or the market-rate building, said Kaley Brown, the organization’s executive director. She said the organization would knock on the doors of people who live near the proposed projects to get their feedback. Lupe has not yet filed the required landuse applications for the second affordable building or the market-rate building. The company’s general counsel, Brian Flakne, said it hopes to start construction on them around fall 2020 and have them ready for occupancy 18 months later. Minn said his company likes LynLake because of its workforce and proximity to the Midtown Greenway and the future Lake Street bus rapid transit station.
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Love is a wild thing NEW RICHMOND, Wisc. – Around 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 24, revelers gathered around a keg of beer in New Richmond, Wisconsin, for that age-old and exceedingly romantic wedding ritual that is the keg stand, complete with the sound of chanted names filling the starlit night as blissed-out partiers guzzled themselves into even more blissful oblivion. It was around this time that some guests assigned “Best Wedding Ever” status to the festivities, and you’d get no argument from this longtime wedding correspondent, as the entire weekend proved to be a reminder of how love brings us together in a world that’s constantly trying to tear us apart, and how a good love story has the power to heal. “Flowers in the concrete,” as Kasey Musgraves sings. The occasion was the Sonia Utzman-John Suihkonen wedding; she of the HopkinsMinnetonka-New Richmond Utzmans, he of the Suihkonen-Hanson-Giang empire of South Minneapolis. The parents of the groom, Paul Suihkonen (Hibbing/Minneapolis guitar legend and leader of ’80s rockers Out All Night) and Mary Beth Hanson (singer extraordinaire and former singer with ’80s rockers Wen Bodine), teamed up with their youngest son, Joe (of South High School, Oberlin College, Junior Ranger and The Deals fame), to sing to the newlyweds — Musgraves’ “Love Is a Wild Thing” at the ceremony and the Avett Brothers’ “I Wish I Was” for Sonia and John’s first dance as a married couple. Breathtaking. I was the lucky date of Mary Beth, who provided the delicious wedding cake and cookies. I spent much of my time roaming the grounds and taking in stories of new love, old love, redemption and reconciliation from many of the guests, and I was heartened throughout by how the simple joining of two hearts can feel so expansive, so infinite and so supremely joyful to so many. They came from New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Duluth, Hibbing and elsewhere. The happily married and happily single and everyone in between started gathering Friday at the New Richmond Heritage Center, our hearts on the line for these crazy kids. The Heritage Center proved to be an idyllic location, with church, barn, blacksmith shop and town store ringing the grounds, all of which lent a certain old-timey feel to the modern nuptials. Friday’s rehearsal and rehearsal dinner gave way to more pre-gaming at the home of the bride’s parents, Brad and Karen, which sits just off of, yes, Minnesota Avenue. Haircuts and beard trims were administered to scruffy groomsmen as a volleyball game broke out and the families’ two dogs maniacally chased each other around the backyard. Then everyone walked a few blocks to the downtown Champps, where celebratory beers were hoisted, strangers became fast friends, the couple’s parents beamed proudly and young lovers gazed out over the rooftop bar at the downtown lights and American-flag strewn main street, all to the sounds of a real-life Friday night lights high school football game in the distance.
And they’re off! Sonia and John Suihkonen stroll off the New Richmond Heritage Center pavilion and into their new lives on Aug. 24, 2019. Photo by Jim Walsh
The next day, the wedding started with a sublime reading of the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” from the groom’s father and brother. The bride’s brother Charlie officiated, telling the congregation that the couple met via an online dating service and were unimpressed with one another on their first date, but fell in love in part via teasing and putdowns as words of love. The groom’s sister Viivi read a poem that choked up all concerned, as did Mary Beth’s gorgeous rendition of “Love Is a Wild Thing,” which brought to my mind many more testaments to wild and free love, especially when I picked up another guest’s book, Peter Wohlleben’s “The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate,” which dovetailed perfectly with my own weekend companion, Henry David Thoreau’s “Faith in a Seed.” Both celebrate nature, wildlife and new beginnings, and gathered as we were amidst all the trees, fauna and flora of Wisconsin, hell if you couldn’t literally feel the love — as an energy that keeps growing with the seasons, a cure-all for what ails the human condition and a reason for hope in the future. Vows were exchanged. Kisses were planted. Hoots and hollers filled the muggy Wisconsin evening as the couple jaunted up the hill/aisle to The Monkees’ “I’m a Believer.” Then it was off to the giddy receiving line and into the dinner tent, where 17 tables festooned with sunflowers and Mason jars awaited. Speeches about good love and partnership were made, toasts were toasted, bread was broken, and then the party moved into the barn for the magical first dance, the cake-cutting and some of the most ecstatic dancing to a DJ mix the building has ever witnessed.
As the sun went down and the crowd started to say their goodbyes and good lucks, some of the old folks slow-danced inside the barn, while outside, the keg stands got underway in earnest under the rising crescent moon. The next day, gifts were opened, dishes were washed, the barn was cleaned up and we the lucky revelers headed back to our lives, happy in the knowledge that we’d all been part of something so purely heartfelt and promising, with the words of Kasey/Mary Beth’s voice ringing in our ears: Running like a river trying to find the ocean Flowers in the concrete Climbing over fences blooming in the shadows Places that you can’t see Coming through the melody when the night bird sings Love is a wild thing Love is a wild thing Love is a wild thing Jim Walsh lives and grew up in South Minneapolis. He can be reached at jimwalsh086@gmail.com.
CORRECTION A story about the Lake & Excelsior interchange overhaul on page A10 of the Aug. 22 issue misstated the height of the eight-story LakeHaus apartment building under construction just north of the intersection.
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A frustrated former Annunciation parent My irritation split evenly between Annunciation parents and Father Brian Park after I finished reading Nate Gotlieb’s story “Annunciation’s response to video frustrates parents” in the paper’s Aug. 22 issue. Had the grown-ups forgotten how their former archbishop, John Nienstedt, wanted to deny state recognition of civil marriage between same-sex couples? Did they forget that Annunciation read Nienstedt’s letter endorsing that marriage amendment at a special children’s mass packed with parents and grandparents? I remember I stopped volunteering at Annunciation to raise money and awareness to defeat the measure. And although Minnesota voters soundly rejected it, the campaign exposed a gaping fault line among parishioners. My wife and I contemplated pulling our children from the school that year. It helped that the faculty appeared insulated from the partisanship and that our kids roughly grasped the contempt behind the amendment. So we kept them enrolled, but as full participants, we were done. Park’s predecessor, Father James Himmelsbach, appeared at school for scheduled events only. Beyond that he kept busy at the church. Before he entered the St. Paul Seminary in 2007, Park spent four years at NET Ministries, an organization dedicated to evangelization. By the time he arrived at Annunciation in 2015, Park had twice the experience preaching the gospel to youth than he did working as a parish priest.
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WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU In his second year, he started to involve himself more with the school administration. He gave no heads-up to parents before he doubled the number of all-school masses on the academic calendar. My kids needed more time for academics, lunch and recess, not mass. When I talked to him on the phone and explained this was an academic matter and that I was already in touch with the principal, he cut me off and replied, “I’m in charge of the school.” It wasn’t a surprise that some parishioners welcomed his involvement and evangelization. But many parents gently pushed back. His ministry style was forced and out of sync with the greater school community. He ignored social cues and continued shaking the fault line. It’s tempting to conclude that his most recent enforcement of the Justice in Employment Policy was retaliation for pushback. Park now gets to approve the replacements for every Annunciation educator he forces out. Are there other teachers who feel the clock ticking? Will fashioning a school in the likeness of NET Ministries take precedence over things like open-mindedness, curiosity and academics? It’s starting to look that way. Our older children graduated from Annunciation. But two years ago, we enrolled our youngest daughter at our neighborhood school for a bunch of reasons, not the least of which was the constant state of alert I was in since Park arrived. If you’re a frustrated Annunciation parent, you’ve got excellent public and private alternatives nearby. Stop supporting Annunciation’s backwater policies that harm women, people of color and the LGBTQ people in your community. Joe McLean Kenny
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The 170,521-square-foot mall is currently owned by The Ackerberg Group and J.P. Morgan Chase, but it has been on the market since February. Famous Dave’s, which had a location with regular live music in the mall since 1996, closed in July. Today, the three suites in the row next to Magnetic Originals are barren. Currently 10 store and restaurant suites inside the mall are vacant and an 11th, the current Arc’teryx store, will empty on Sept. 22. “There’s space available and they should get creative with it,” Gauss said. Kitchen Window has been in Calhoun Square since the mall opened in 1984. Doug Huemoeller, president of Kitchen Window, has been with the company since 1991 and has seen several ownership groups come and go over the years. He believes the current ownership group is not pursuing new leases for vacant space so whoever buys the property can start fresh. “You don’t want to mess up anyone’s future development,” he said. Huemoeller isn’t sure what went awry under Ackerberg Group management but said the lack of success wasn’t due to a lack of knowledge of the local market or poor relationships with mall retailers. “They’ve been a great partner from my perspective,” he said. The Ackerberg Group did not respond to requests for comment for this article. The local firm acquired the mall for $67 million in 2014, according to Hennepin County property records. In recent years, the mall has tried to lure customers with non-shopping offerings. Last summer, they opened the building to dogs. In 2016, they lowered weekday lunchtime parking rates to $2 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Right now, longtime retailers like Kitchen Window and Magnetic Originals are just waiting to see who that new ownership group will be.
“Retail still does really well if it’s the right type of retail,” he said. A devoted Prince fan, Gauss can envision a world where fans of the deceased music icon would chip in to save the mall that inspired a song on 1998’s Crystal Ball album and transform it into a center for arts and culture. No matter who buys it, he’d like to see more space for artists, or office space for community-based nonprofits to help the local homeless population. He believes a concept like the Keg and Case market in St. Paul, which has multiple food vendors and local retailers, could also be successful. “There’s only room for growth in Uptown,” Gauss said. Huemoeller agrees, noting that Uptown is still a vibrant area with many choices for dining, shopping and activities. Kitchen Window has worked to change its store experience over the years by adding more classes and events to get people in the door, Huemoeller said. “You need things that are more unique and activity-based,” he said. Once home to Comedy Sports and regular live music at Famous Dave’s, the closest thing the mall has to entertainment today are the cooking classes at Kitchen Window and the variety of bar games at Libertine. To maximize potential success in the space, any large equity firm should look to partner with a local operator, Budish believes. With the mall being such a large central location in Uptown, he thinks the city should also look to work with developers to get the most out of the space. “I think there’s a huge opportunity there,” Budish said.
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Jeff Budish, a Twin Cities-based senior vice president with Colliers International who specializes in retail commercial real estate, said indoor malls in the U.S. are trying to reinvent themselves but are struggling. “The success plan for [Calhoun Square], in my opinion, is to bring people in from an entertainment perspective,” Budish said. The area’s demographics trend toward relatively young professionals who typically spend money on having fun, Budish said. Businesses that meet those interests will be rewarded.
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Firetrucks can navigate Kenilworth corridor, chief says Residents reassured about emergency service during light-rail construction By Zac Farber / zfarber@swjournal.com
With work on the Southwest light rail beginning to close some roads between the lakes, Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel took a drive through the Kenilworth corridor construction zone on Aug. 27 to make sure it was navigable for emergency vehicles. “I know there are going to be challenges,” he said. “I talked to some of the construction workers out there. I saw what’s going on, I saw the trees, I saw the room. We can get a fire apparatus down that corridor.” A few hours after surveying the corridor, Fruetel came to a joint meeting of the Kenwood and Cedar-Isles-Dean neighborhood associations and tried to reassure residents that his department was prepared to respond quickly to emergencies in the area despite the difficulty posed by construction and road closures. “You folks don’t demand a lot of our service, and I love you to death for that,” he told the two dozen local residents in attendance. “I feel confident that our response times aren’t going to be impacted too badly.” A three-week closure of Burnham Road just south of the Cedar Lake Channel began on Aug. 26. Cedar Lake Parkway is scheduled for a six-day closure starting Sept. 9, with a longer, six-month closure coming later this year. Residents at the Aug. 27 meeting voiced concerns about the speed and vibrations of light rail and freight rail trains in the corridor, about officials’ preparedness for disaster scenarios and about the ability of firefighters to answer calls for help during construction. Fruetel said he understood people’s frustrations, describing the challenges posed by road closures as “routine daily stuff” for his department, comparable to how Interstate 35W traffic, winter snow storms and planter boxes installed in bike lanes all present navigational difficulties for large, unwieldy firetrucks. “Traffic patterns through the neighborhood also impact us because, all of a sudden, a big red truck has to go through that same street,” he said. “We will get very creative in doing what we need to do.” The city of Minneapolis has 19 fire stations
in total, and engines from five of those stations are regularly deployed to the neighborhoods between Cedar Lake and Lake of the Isles. Those stations are located to the north, south and east of the Kenilworth corridor: at Lake & Excelsior in West Calhoun; at 28th & Blaisdell in Whittier; on Glenwood Avenue in Harrison; at 15th Street and 1st Avenue by the Minneapolis Convention Center; and near Interstate 94 in the North Loop. “The computer will automatically select the closest rig,” Fruetel said. If delays are expected, multiple trucks are sent simultaneously from different directions. The St. Louis Park Fire Department pitches in on larger incidents. A four-person ladder company, usually stationed in the North Loop, will be moved to the Harrison station in the late fall or early winter, in part to provide additional support to the Kenilworth corridor during construction. Crews from the Harrison station reach the lake neighborhoods by crossing Interstate 394 on the Penn Avenue bridge; they can use the bridge even when it’s closed to motorists. Fruetel said he’s directed crews at Station 22 at Lake & Excelsior to do “streets and routes” work in the coming months, making sure they know the best ways to reach homes in an emergency. “You’ll see Engine 22 driving around more than you probably ever have,” he said. “We’ll have them go down Burnham Road, go down 21st Street — see what the access points are, how have they changed.” In the longer term, Fruetel said, he’s looking to keep his staff prepared for hazmat or catastrophic emergencies once trains begin to run in 2023. He said he wants to order newer rebreathers so rescuers can reach people caught in the 2,236-foot Kenilworth Tunnel. And he hopes to stow a cache of rescue equipment, like medical backboards and extrication tools, at the Lake & Excelsior station. “If something happened, god forbid, we’d have extra equipment right at Station 22,” he said. “We have to do our due diligence.”
Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel reassures residents of the Kenwood and Cedar-Isles-Dean neighborhoods of his department’s ability to respond quickly to emergencies in the area despite the difficulty posed by light-rail construction and road closures. Photo by Zac Farber
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A quarter century of quilting in Kenny South Minneapolis Quilters are looking for younger members By Zac Farber / zfarber@swjournal.com
A founding member of the South Minneapolis Quilters, Bonnie Morris has been swapping sewing stories, flaunting her finished patchworks and studying new quilting techniques since the organization was founded a quarter century ago in the basement of a Kenny neighborhood church. “This strange thing happened,” she said. “We’ve gotten 25 years older since we started. I just don’t know how it happened.” Morris, 68 and “on the younger side,” has lately been working on a pitch to attract new people to the group, which meets at City Church. “It’s kind of your original recycling group because nothing goes to waste,” she said. “It’s a green craft.” An impulse to repurpose fabric lies at the heart of quilting. “In the 1930s, they would take feed sacks in which oats and wheat and flour and sugar were packaged, and turn them into clothing and quilts,” Morris said. The South Minneapolis Quilters have used scraps of fabric and batting to make dog beds for the Animal Humane Society and to sew quilted Christmas stockings for families affected by flooding on the Red River. The group has also sold full-size quilts at art fairs in Pershing, Loring and Powderhorn parks and donated the proceeds — a total of $85,000 — to organizations like the Harriet Tubman Center, Urban Ventures and
Midwest Community Hospice. The group continues to donate completed quilts to nonprofits like Avivo and Breaking Free, but no longer chooses to sell them. (The South Minneapolis Quilters were kicked out of the Powderhorn Art Fair around 2005 for undercutting the prices of for-profit vendors.) “We decided we were getting too old to be able to handle putting up tents and taking them down,” Pat Hastings said. “We’re now making quilts because we love to make quilts.” At its most basic, a quilt is three layers bound together with stitches: the backing (usually a solid pattern), the top (the decorative, piecemeal eye-catcher) and the batting (the foamy stuffing providing warmth and fluffiness). A simple utility quilt can be completed in as few as 40 hours, but more ornate quilts — using intricate patterns, complicated appliqués or highly detailed paper piecing — can require 600 hours or more. Longtime quilters say the attraction the pastime holds can be hard for outsiders to grasp. “You take fabric, you cut it into little pieces and then you sew it all back together,” Wisland said. “My father could see no rhyme nor reason to this.” Different quilters are drawn to different elements of the needlework tradition. Wisland loves choosing patterns, while
This photo of the founding members of South Minneapolis Quilters ran in the Jan. 10, 1996, edition of the Southwest Journal. Ann Croaston and Maria Anderson are in front; Barb Melon, Eydie Campbell, Bonnie Morris and Sheryl Schwyhart are in back.
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Bonnie Morris says quilting is “kind of your original recycling group because nothing goes to waste.” Photos by Zac Farber
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Andy Ramcharan, a newer member of the group, enjoys dyeing. “People take to different things, and for me it was fabric,” Rebecca Anderson said. “I love the feel. A good fabric feels luscious in your hands.” Members of South Minneapolis Quilters say their favorite aspect of the organization is its focus on relationships and community. Members can find their niche in the organization’s many subgroups: the UFO Group (for “unfinished objects”), the Strip Club (which uses long strips of fabrics), the Material Girls (it’s “a play on that song”) and the Civil War Group (which reproduces the muted brownish-reddish-green colors of the antebellum era). While most meetings of the group are dedicated to lectures, show-and-tells and
Faith Wisland hand ties a quilt during an Aug. 13 work bee hosted by the South Minneapolis Quilters at City Church in Kenny.
organizational business, the 40 or so current South Minneapolis Quilters gather twice a year for a “work bee,” where they bring in their sewing machines, fabric swatches and half-completed quilts and labor together for the duration of an evening. At the latest work bee in mid-August, the South Minneapolis Quilters got to talking about the past several decades of their hobby,
speaking wistfully about quilt shops that have gone out of business. Eydie’s Country Quilting at 53rd & Vincent closed up shop years ago, while Glad Creations shut its doors at 34th & Bloomington this past January. Minneapolis quilters now have to drive to Shakopee or Apple Valley to buy material. “When I first started quilting, we were using templates and sewing by hand, and
now you use rotary cutters and digital cutters and can go on YouTube and can find just about anything you want to know how to do,” Wisland said. “The fabrics have changed and become much more bright and splashy colors, rather than the pinks and blues and homespuns.” “It’s a lot of changes,” Morris said. “Machine quilting is way too much and the quilts get too heavy,” Wisland said. “They’re not puffy and light. People are hanging them rather than using them.” A few tables over, Anderson shared why she loves the slow process of hand quilting. “It isn’t done as much because it takes longer,” she said, “but it’s very soothing and very calming, and when the news is terrible, you sit down and you quilt and then you have hope in the world.”
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A fair outing at Mount Olivet Senior facility brings Great Minnesota Get-Together to residents By Nate Gotlieb / ngotlieb@swjournal.com
Mount Olivet Home resident Shirley Oquist watched on Aug. 28 as Kevin Bender took a turn inside a dunk tank outside of the Windom senior home. “Sign him up for a bonus,” she quipped. Oquist was among the dozens of Mount Olivet residents who participated in the facility’s first-ever “state fair” celebration. The two-hour-long event, which coincided with the actual Minnesota State Fair, featured fair-style food, games and entertainment, including a classic car show and a stilt walker. The goal was to give residents an afternoon of fun and a chance to reminisce about past experiences at the Great Minnesota Get-Together, said Brenda Howard-Larson, Mount Olivet’s director of therapeutic recreation. “The more we can get them an outing, the more we can bring to them, the more we can foster relationships and bring their memories to life,” she said. Mount Olivet, located at 55th & Lyndale, includes a 155-bed nursing home and a 92-room retirement home. Tom Litceky, Mount Olivet’s director of community relations, said the facility’s therapeutic recreation staff has traditionally taken residents to the State Fair, which concluded Sept. 2. He said that has become more difficult over the years as residents’ health needs have changed. Howard-Larson said she thought it would be fun to bring the fair to residents. Staff worked for two months on the event, she said, decorating the facility and creating their version of a grandstand and an arts-and-crafts building. During the event, residents walked around with foods like soft serve ice cream and cotton candy, checking out the classic cars and laughing as staff fell into the dunk tank. Many had family or volunteers with them. Resident Martha Scarver led a version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and then joined the Mount Olivet choir for songs like “America the Beautiful” and “When the Saints Go Marching In.” Her son James recorded her singing on his phone.
Mount Olivet Careview resident Herb Olson takes aim at a dunk tank, as his daughter Terri looks on, during the facility’s first-ever state fair on Aug. 28. The event aimed to give residents of the nursing and retirement home a chance to experience the Great Minnesota Get-Together. Photos by Nate Gotlieb
Kids in Mount Olivet’s day services program get splashed as a staffer falls into the dunk tank.
Mount Olivet Careview resident Kenneth Tomlinson and niece Lisa watch staff take a dip in the dunk tank.
Stilt walker Tom Youngquist talks with Olson and his daughter Terri.
“To hear her sing [means] the mind is working good,” he said. Bryan Barth, a volunteer of 19 years who manned a carnival game, said he thought the event had a true “fair feel.” “It’s fun to see [the residents] get excited about it,” he said. Resident Mary Brown said her favorite part of the event was the singing and the popcorn, which was fresh from an old-fashioned popcorn cart.
Resident Jack Wiborg, who had attended the actual State Fair the day before, said he was grateful to the Mount Olivet staff for hosting the event. “It’s beautiful,” resident Beth Jones added. John Allen Bolder, who also sang in the choir, said he enjoys the cotton candy and the merry-go-round at the Falcon Heights fairgrounds, though he said he also loved Mount Olivet’s version.
Howard-Larson said residents at the facility still have a lot of living left to do but that staff has to “create the magic.” She said many of the residents’ lives become focused on what’s happening at the facility and events like these give them something to look forward to. “I love seeing staff and families and friends find one another,” she said. “There’s such joy in this work.”
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Hassan wants radical changes for renters
“I’m from a very progressive district and also a very poor district,” Rep. Hodan Hassan says. Submitted photo
Whittier representative reviews her first session in office By Zac Farber / zfarber@swjournal.com
As first-term state Rep. Hodan Hassan (DFL62A) sees it, her most important job is to fight on behalf of tenants against landlords who exploit them. Her district is about 83% renters and when she campaigned for office in 2018, she heard from future constituents that they were worried about their cost of rent, their lack of rights and the frequency of evictions in their neighborhoods. A mental health clinician, Hassan has worked as an affordable housing advocate for Project for Pride in Living and founded Pathways 2 Prosperity, a Ventura Village organization that aims to close systemic gaps in mental health services for immigrant communities by educating community members and training providers. When Hassan arrived in St. Paul, one of the first things she did was reach out to the tenant advocacy nonprofit HOME Line and ask for the organization’s list of legislative priorities. “I said, ‘Give me the most radical ones, because that’s what my district needs,’” Hassan said. “I’m from a very progressive district and also a very poor district.” This session she carried a bill to automatically expunge evictions after three years and a bill requiring landlords to give tenants a two-week written notice before eviction. Neither bill gained traction in the GOPcontrolled Senate. She said she wanted to propose a bill banning of evictions of families during the school year but was advised against it. “You can’t pass a law that says people don’t have to pay rent because landlords will take it to court and fight about this,” she said. “I’m still trying to find a way to ensure that at least you try every option before you evict a family with a child in school.” Hassan, who served as an assistant majority leader in the House, reflected on her first session and discussed plans for the 2020 session during an interview with the Southwest Journal. It has been condensed and edited for clarity.
What are you proud of from your first session? I’m super proud of the legislation I carried to educate people about skin lightening. There is a lot of extensive research about people from communities of color — women specifically — who are using these creams to lighten their skin. These creams have high mercury levels — higher than what’s safe for the U.S. — and most of these creams are imported from different parts of the world like Asia and Africa. Women will use these creams while they’re pregnant and while they’re nursing babies. Hopefully, we’ll see billboards and signs that talk about this issue somewhere soon. What have been your priorities besides housing? Economic development and jobs are a big priority. We have a very low unemployment rate as a state, but when you look at different communities, that breakdown looks different. I was a co-author on an equity bill, trying to boost funding for communities of color and indigenous communities. I also carried a funding bill for Avivo, an organization that does job training for people with chemical health and medical struggles. Another priority was education. Minnesota has one of the worst education systems for black, brown and indigenous kids. We need to be trauma-informed and we need to train more teachers to learn about implicit bias and explicit bias. We need to address systemic racism and remove barriers to make sure kids are achieving at their own capacity. I plan to look at how we connect housing and education because the two are interconnected. Your bill to expunge eviction judgments from court records after three years passed the House but stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate. What is your plan for addressing the issue next session? We had people who came and testified that they were battling in court an eviction from
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You’re a member of a statewide working group on police use of deadly force. Why is such a group necessary and what do you hope it will accomplish? There has been a lot of pushback from activist groups saying that they don’t think there
are enough community voices in this group, and I’m trying to connect the leaders of this group to the activist groups to be sure we add more community representation. One of the reasons I chose to be in the group is that I represent a district where police and community relations are not so great. It’s predominantly communities of color and the indigenous community. Many people won’t even call the police because they don’t believe the police will help or they’re afraid they’ll get shot. How do we bring back the model of community policing, where police aren’t the bad guys but a partner in the community? How can we avoid the next shooting, and what are the steps for how that can be accomplished?
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At the 2010 competition in St. Paul, The Spooners, the forerunner to Spooners’ Revenge, took second place before a crowd of 90,000 people, losing to a then-world record 207-foot flight. (The current record is 258 feet, set in 2013.) Teammate Rob Hagen said it was both thrilling and terrifying to stand in front of the crowd, see himself on the big screen, run as fast as he could, push the cart with all his might and then jump into the cold water, taking care to avoid debris below. “That day we all agreed, if it ever came back, we were signing up,” Hagen said. “We had to wait nine years, but it’s happening.” Back then, the team didn’t expect to fly a long distance — judges also consider the craft’s creativity and the team’s showmanship. “We thought it was just going to go straight down, but it kind of glided down like a leaf in the wind,” Gangsei said. “This time around, we’re going to win,” said Hagen, who designs fitness equipment and is enjoying the aeronautical design challenge. Red Bull has staged more than 150 competitions since 1992, so there are plenty of flight videos to watch, and several teams have documented their builds. Hagen is looking for ways to maximize the wing within the contest parameters, but he said a more important restriction is the size of his garage. “I can barely close the door at night,” he said. At another garage in the East Harriet neighborhood, dads on the team S’more Problems are building a flying machine with the s’more as inspiration. (The pilot will be the marshmallow.) On a recent weeknight, the team reviewed the design while Peter Allen’s son chanted, “My daddy’s gonna be famous.” “It’s more difficult than we imagined, but it’s been fun,” Allen said. “It’s a reason to get together,” said Ben Rasmussen. “To do something with our lives,” joked Nigel Mendez. “Let our kids think we’re cool for one flying moment,” said Allen. “It might not be a flying moment,” Mendez said. “We have minimal hope of it flying; we just want to look good doing it,” Allen said. Other competitors include the teams Steel Diamond, Buzzy the Mosquito and Ode to Grumpy Cat. Flying POS is a “group who works on airplanes all day and night and have seen some interesting and crazy things while doing so.” A fighter pilot from the Minneapolis team L’etoile Du Nord is building a giant loon with the help of an art director, two rocket scientists, a U.S. Bank stadium light designer and a winner of the Red Bull Candola (a homemade gondola race). The Tater Tot Titans’ aircraft will include an oven mitt and pan of hot dish. Another competitor is Jack Link’s Minneapolis-based experiential marketing team, which typically represents the Wisconsin beef jerky brand’s mantra to “feed your wild
A view of the 2010 Flugtag competition in St. Paul, which returns to Harriet Island Sept. 7. Photo courtesy of Red Bull
An estimated 90,000 people attended the St. Paul Flugtag in 2010. Photo courtesy of Red Bull
side” through antics like bringing golf ball cannon launchers to charity golf tournaments. Team Sasquatch has clear ideas for a skit focused on the brand’s mascot. But the challenge to find the right gauge of PVC pipe is not a typical day at the office. “None of us are aviation engineers, so it’s not as seamless as we thought it would be,” said Hunter Qualls, event marketing manager. “We felt like we had a really solid plan until we started putting it together and realized it was so incredibly heavy.” Participants interviewed for this story didn’t express serious worry of injury, although most preferred not to be the pilot. “We’re all pretty stoked about it,” Qualls said. Team members said Red Bull hosted multiple conference calls to discuss safety. The competition requires life jackets and helmets, and a pilot can’t be strapped in or enclosed in any way. Participants must acknowledge the risk of injury. Nine years ago, there weren’t as many rules, Gangsei said. Now the maximum craft height is reduced and it must weigh no more than 400 pounds. It must be selfpropelled with no engines or flammable liquids or batteries or catapults. The contest also requires nontoxic materials, and staff with jet skis and scuba gear work to quickly remove material from the water. Hagen said he’s not too worried. He remembers a jet skier pulling him out of the water immediately as he surfaced. “Doing something that scares you — it’s important to do that once in a while,” Hagen said. “Push your limits as far as your creative ability, your ability to build and your ability to stand in front of 100,000 people.”
Left to right: S’more Problems teammates Nic Johnson, Ben Rasmussen, Tom Parent, Peter Allen and Nigel Mendez. (Team member Andrew Carter is not pictured.) Photo by Michelle Bruch
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There is no additional cost to participate beyond the city garbage and recycling fees residents already pay. The city empties the organics bins once a week, as it does trash. (Residents of five-plus-unit buildings can use eight drop-off sites across the city, including four in Southwest Minneapolis, if they want to recycle organics.) About 47.6% of the city’s 107,000-plus eligible households participate in Minneapolis’ curbside organics-recycling program, according to Kellie Kish, the city’s recycling coordinator. That’s up about 2 percentage points from last year. She said it’s become more difficult to sign up new households than in previous years. “We’re kind of hitting the critical mass,” she said. In Tangletown, 60% of eligible households participate, according to Siegel. She said TNA has persuaded 23 new households to sign up for the program through its
time, you start to notice what you’re throwing out a lot,” she said. Kyle Samejima, executive director of Minneapolis Climate Action, which received a grant in partnership with the Kingfield Neighborhood Association, said rotting food waste releases methane, a potent greenhouse gas. With their grant funding, Minneapolis Climate Action and the Kingfield Neighborhood Association have provided organicsrecycling education to English-as-a-secondlanguage classes and have worked with a couple Latinx churches to raise awareness, Samejima said. They also have been at community events and collaborated on a zero-waste trivia night, an event they hope to replicate in October. With regard to bugs, Samejima said a potential solution is for people to spray white vinegar around the edge of their bin. Another is to put a piece of fruit, such as an apple, in a jar next to a counter bin, which will attract fruit flies. She said draining off liquids from the organic waste and storing dry organics separately are two ways to control odors. She also pointed to the county’s website for other organics troubleshooting tips (more at tinyurl.com/HCorganics). “Every step that we take to reduce waste and have a positive environmental impact truly adds up,” she said. “Individual action equals collection when more of us do it.”
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Futsal finds a home in Southwest Stevens Square resident Caleb Crossley always had a passion for soccer, but when a college trip to Brazil introduced him to futsal, he learned a whole new aspect of the game’s culture and he’s been working to share it with his community. Futsal has all the basic components of soccer: It’s played between teams trying to put a ball into a net without using their hands. But the game is smaller, played traditionally on a hard surface slightly larger than a basketball court between teams of five players using a slightly smaller ball. The game is common across Europe and Latin America and is starting to flourish stateside. In the Twin Cities, Southwest Minneapolis has become a bit of a hub for the game, in part thanks to Crossley’s nonprofit organization Futsal Society and the regular pick-up futsal nights it hosts at the Whittier Recreation Center. Unlike field soccer, which in the United States tends to be an expensive sport relying on private youth clubs and field access, futsal is cheap and casual. No formal commitments, no massive registration fees. People just show up and play. “I view it as accessible soccer,” Crossley said. On Thursdays, crowds of players of all ages, races, genders and skill levels come to test their mettle on the hardwood gym floor. Local teens and high school players take on grown adults. Players pitch in $5, of which $4 goes to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and $1 goes to Futsal Society. “There’s a huge interest in futsal; it really seems to be growing,” said Becky Lewis, a recreation facility specialist with the MPRB who oversees the Whittier rec center. The Thursday night drop-in league draws about 40 players each week, and its popularity has led to the introduction of Family Futsal Nights on Wednesdays at Whittier, which allows younger children to play, too. (The Thursday pick-up sessions require players to be in high school or older.) The games are fast, played for seven minutes or the first to two goals, allowing lots of players to get in on the game.
A group of participants from the Futsal Society’s Wednesday Family Futsal night at Whittier rec center. Submitted photo
The last two years they’ve held “Futsal is Female” tournaments exclusively for schoolage girls, who are paired with female adult coaches, many of whom are former college players, Lewis said. While pick-up games are co-ed, they wanted to find a way for women to have their own dedicated time to play. They also added weekend drop-in sessions on Saturdays and Sundays last winter and would like to offer them again, Lewis said. One barrier to that is cost. While $5 to come by and play pick-up is fairly affordable, it can still be a cost barrier, especially for younger children, she said. So Futsal Society and the MPRB are on the lookout for grant funding to cover the cost of hosting weekend play. Futsal at Whittier draws heavily from local east African and Hispanic residents, Lewis said. As a result, they’ve tried to facilitate ways for people to share food and culture with each other at the gatherings.
“I view futsal and soccer as a vehicle for social change,” Crossley said. In addition to drawing large, diverse crowds for exercise, futsal is seen by many as a way to develop better foot skills because the smaller playing area requires players to maintain tighter control of the ball. “In a smaller space, you have to think quicker,” Crossley said. Futsal Society is in a brief break currently, due to the start of school, but plans to start hosting Thursday night pick-up again on Oct. 10. They’ll also be hosting a 3-on-3 tournament on Sept. 15 during the Eat Street Festival at 27th & Nicollet.
Plans for the future The Southwest Service Area Master Plan, which is currently going through a community advisory committee process, calls for a permanent outdoor multi-use court striped for futsal at Whittier Park. Two multi-use
sport courts that can serve as futsal pitches are also planned at Clinton Field Park in Whittier. A planned outdoor ice rink at Armatage Park would have two sport courts lined for futsal. Another planned multi-use court at Pershing Field Park could be used as a futsal surface. Lewis, who also oversees Clinton Field Park, said people are excited about the plans to get dedicated spaces for futsal in Whittier. Futsal Society has tried to lobby the Park Board to add spaces for the game in Minneapolis and has also been in talks with the U.S. Soccer Foundation about potential grants. This summer the USSF partnered with Minnesota United FC to put a futsal pitch on a tennis court that had fallen into disrepair at St. Paul’s St. Clair Park. Futsal Society would like to see one come to Minneapolis. “I think it’s going to be incredibly successful and they’ll have to drag kids out of it,” Crossley said.
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High standards of care Center-based child care across America isn’t cheap, with the average annual cost for an infant exceeding $10,000 in 29 states, according to the Economic Policy Institute study.
CHILD CARE COSTS The average cost of full-time, centerbased infant care in the United States.
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The study did not include toddler, preschool or school-aged care. Nor did it include home-based providers, who charge about 30%–50% less than day care centers in Minnesota, according to the nonprofit Child Care Aware of Minnesota. New Horizon Academy CEO Chad Dunkley compared child care centers to educational institutions, saying his costs are higher because his centers keep their doors open for longer. His 70-plus centers, which include two in Southwest Minneapolis and another in Edina, are open 12 hours a day. He said Minnesota has some of the highest standards in the country when it comes to day care centers, which also drives up cost. In Minnesota, every center-based room must have at least one teacher who meets the state’s educational and experiential requirements. Typically, that includes some sort of postsecondary study in a child care-related field, plus at least 1,000 hours of experience as an assistant teacher. State law requires that center-based providers have one staff person for every four children 6 weeks–16 months, for every seven children 16–33 months and for every 10 children 33 months–kindergarten age. In addition it limits how many children can be in a room together at a given time. Lynn Hoskins, director of the 126-seat Community Child Care Center in Windom, said the 1-to-4 staff-to-infant ratio is demanding. Hoskins operates a 10-seat infant program, which, like the rest of the center, is open 6 a.m.– 6:30 p.m. Monday–Friday. She said the program’s biggest expense is its five full-time staffers but that other costs, like cribs and formula, also add up. “We can’t recoup our costs in [the infant] room by adding more children,” she said, noting the state’s capacity limits. Hoskins said she has considered dropping the program, which isn’t profitable, but that offering hard-to-find infant care helps the center build relationships with families. “We feel like we’re doing a service,” she said.
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Staying relevant at work Diane Benjamin, communications director for Child Care Aware of Minnesota, said the Economic Policy Institute study isn’t necessarily indicative of what the typical Minnesota family pays for child care, because many use in-home providers. Such providers account for 40% of the state’s 222,000-plus licensed child care seats, according to the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Still, she said the cost of care often forces families to make sacrifices, such as working opposite shifts, using providers they don’t feel good about or eschewing work altogether. Leaving the workforce to become a caregiver can permanently impact careers, Dunkley said. “We need some model that says, ‘As a society, we’re supporting these parents more,’” he said. “We don’t want people leaving their jobs because of a lack of affordable child care.” Edina parents Nicole and Joseph Kirk, who
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Community Child Care Center, where she sends Charlie and Hadley, have been there a long time. The price isn’t cheap, but Watson, an information privacy attorney, said she never considered taking time off, both for financial and professional reasons. “If I took five years off to get [the kids] through kindergarten, I would be totally irrelevant [in my profession],” she said.
Advocating for more support For Dunkley, making the system more sustainable would mean increasing tax deductions and child care assistance for families. Dunkley said a $5,000 federal tax deduction for married couples who send kids to day care hasn’t increased in 20 years. He added that Minnesota’s child care assistance program “hasn’t recovered” since 2003, when Minnesota leaders cut $86 million in child care assistance funds because of a budget deficit. That forced counties, who distribute the funding, to tighten eligibility requirements. Today, Hennepin County provides about 6,000 families with child care assistance, according to a county spokesman. There were 458 families on the program’s waitlist as of July 31. For low-income families, another option is Minneapolis Public Schools’ early-learning programs, though the district doesn’t offer fulltime programming until kids turn 4. Families in that program, called High Five, pay on a sliding-fee scale. At the most, they pay $360 a month. High Five serves about 1,200 students in over 44 classrooms, said Maureen Seiwert, the district’s executive director of early childhood education. Most of those classrooms are in lower-income parts of the city.
Seiwert said the district had just 80 full-time High Five slots five years ago but now has 580 half-day and 580 full-day slots. She said experiences like High Five help kids be successful in kindergarten and beyond. Pinto noted that parents of young kids are in the worst financial positions of their lives and said society would benefit from greater investment. He noted that the first bill introduced this past session in the state House would have increased investment in early childhood initiatives, such as home visits and education aid. The bill did not pass, though parts of it were included in other legislation. Both Pinto and Dunkley advocated for a sliding-fee system where parents would only pay a certain percentage of their income to child care. Ann Edgerton, director of the University of Minnesota Child Development Center, said another problem is the low pay that child care workers receive. According to the federal government, the median preschool teacher salary in Minnesota is about $32,100, which is about 55% of the state’s median elementary school teacher salary. Edgerton said there’s a different mentality in Europe, where early childhood workers are regarded as teachers, not babysitters. She said having professionals trained in child development is critical, especially because so much of a person’s brain development happens in the early years. “It’s easy to say, ‘Children are the future,’ but how do you show that systematically?” she asked. Pinto said that it starts with the societal recognition that young families shouldn’t be entirely responsible for early childhood education. He added that having a strong early childhood education system is also critical for closing gaps that exist between different groups of students. “We all would benefit if there was much greater investment in little kids,” he said.
Maggie Watson holds her daughter Charlie after picking her up from Community Child Care Center. Watson, an attorney, said the center staff’s longevity was a draw. Photo by Nate Gotlieb
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By 1917, each was doing well enough to move into a new house. Olson lived at 2215 Newton Ave., one street off Lake of the Isles, and Barney Japs lived at 4317 Aldrich Ave., a few blocks from Lake Harriet. The same contractor built both houses. Perhaps that is not a coincidence. Both of these men would live in Southwest Minneapolis for the rest of their lives. In 1919, they combined their businesses into the Japs-Olson Company. Japs had invented a loose-leaf binder for business ledger pages, and Olson had invented an accounting system for rural grain elevator operators. These and other sorts of business record keeping materials were in great demand. The business kept expanding. Japs sold his share to Olson 10 years later and went on to form other printing companies and other partnerships. Olson ran the Japs-Olson Company until his death in the 1940s. He was justifiably proud of his
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inneapolis homeowners Mike Lee and Lori Johnson wanted to make a statement with their new-construction home in Kenny, a stone’s throw from Grass Lake. Specifically, they wanted a flatroofed home that minimized runoff into the nearby lake while adding usable outdoor space to the property. So, in the fall of 2017, they hired Roger Grothe, owner of Mendota Heights-based Aloha Landscaping, to add a 900-square-foot green roof to the main residence — about half the structure’s total roof area. The remainder is given over to a seating area with lake views over the greenery. The entire roof’s drainage system runs into a rain garden, leaving the driveway as the property’s only runoff source. The project lived up to its potential. Two years on, Lee and Johnson enjoy a peaceful rooftop green space with great views, environmental benefits and noise-dampening properties. “We consider the green roof to be a positive attribute of the house,” Johnson said. SEE GREEN ROOFS / PAGE B3
Top: Kenny residents Mike Lee and Lori Johnson stand with their dog Casey, a 12-year-old Yorkie-poo, outside their home near Grass Lake. They added a 900-square-foot green roof in 2017. Above: Their roof has great views, environmental benefits and noise-dampening properties. Photos by Chris Juhn
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But Lee and Johnson are iconoclasts, even in their upscale neighborhood. Residential green roofs remain relatively uncommon in Minneapolis, despite clear environmental and aesthetic benefits. Homeowners considering the project may need to look beyond their block or immediate neighborhood for comparisons. And the twin elephants in the room — project cost and feasibility — weigh heavily. That’s not to say adding a green roof is impossible, or even that difficult, for homeowners with ample budgets and suitable onsite infrastructure. It’s just important to know what’s involved before work begins.
Worth the cost? When Debbie Petschl, the owner of Twin City Landscape, installed a green roof over her garage in the Hale neighborhood of Minneapolis, the endeavor was basically a really expensive research project. “We undertook the project mostly to see how much it cost, what sort of practical benefits it had and to see if maybe we could install in other places,” she said. In the 15 years since, Petschl hasn’t installed another green roof, on her property or on any other — not because she isn’t satisfied with how things turned out at her Elliot Avenue home, but because designing and installing residential green roofs is not really worth her company’s time. “You have to work in conjunction with a garage builder,” she said — or a homebuilder, if you’re installing a green roof on the property’s primary structure, as did Johnson and Lee. “That takes time. We’re a landscape company, and we’re super busy.” Still, Petschl would “definitely recommend” green roofing to environmentally conscious homeowners able to absorb the project’s substantial cost. Green roof installation costs range from
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$10 per square foot or less to around $25 per square foot, Grothe said. These figures include the roof itself, plus a drain mat, filter fabric, organic substrate and plants. They don’t include waterproofing — an essential, and potentially costly, element of any roof. So for a typical 500-square-foot Minneapolis garage, homeowners should expect to pay roughly $5,000 to $12,500 on just the green roof. Since green roof retrofits are less common than new builds, the actual project — building a new garage from the ground up
with a green roof — is likely to cost far more. The actual cost of a finished green roof turns on several factors, according to Petschl and Grothe. Some costs are baked into any green roof project. For instance, a small crane or lift is always necessary to hoist materials up to the roof. Grothe said that alone accounts for “several dollars per square foot.” The most effective way to reduce green roofing costs is to babysit sprouted plants for a season or two before putting them
on your roof, said Grothe. The alternative, ready-to-install tray systems like those sold by LiveRoof, roughly double project costs – $20 to $25 per finished square foot, compared with $10 to $15 for plants grown from sprout. The roof ’s thickness matters, too. Thinner roofs — 3 to 4 inches of growing media, the threshold for viability in Minnesota — cost less than 6- to 8-inch roofs, which are more common in commercial construction. But plant choice decreases as roof thickness rises. SEE GREEN ROOFS / PAGE B5
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GREEN ROOF DOS AND DON’TS Debbie Petschl, the owner of Twin City Landscape; Mike Lee, an architect who’s installed a green roof on his Kenny home; and Roger Grothe, the owner of Aloha Landscaping, shared their advice for those looking to add a green roof to their houses or garages: Should you do it? Perhaps most importantly, homeowners should think very carefully before adding greenery to an existing roof. Lee recommends hiring a structural engineer before doing anything else. “You’re potentially putting a lot of weight on your house,” he said. “Better to see if the project is possible than to put a lot of money into it, then have the ceiling coming down after it’s done.” Retrofitting an existing roof to hold more weight may not be cost-effective, if it’s possible at all. Even when a house can physically support a green roof, pitch presents another challenge. Most older Southwest Minneapolis homes have largely or wholly pitched roofs. Though green roofs are generally “off-flat,” said Petschl — subtly pitched to facilitate drainage — gravity and runoff make it difficult to keep growing media in place on even a modestly pitched traditional roof. Though costly, retrofitting a sloped roof to support relatively lightweight green infrastructure is not impossible, said Grothe. Designing a green roof to support the additional weight of an adult human is another story, he added. Homeowners fortunate enough to have flat-roofed additions or sun porches shouldn’t assume that they’re built to hold modern green roofs. Older homes’ porches aren’t built to contemporary codes, said Lee. Professionally, he’s seen “a fair number of shakeout porches fall down” due to overcrowding. The danger of DIY In Lee’s opinion, at least, the physical task of installing a green roof is within the capabilities of a committed DIYer. It’s what comes between the engineer’s OK and the roof’s first nails that can trip up amateurs. Experts like Grothe are better positioned than the average home gardener to assess the specific growing media, plant species and roof infrastructure appropriate for a particular roof, based on sun exposure, roof type and other factors. In many cases, the ideal inventory list can’t be assembled from in-stock items at the nearest home improvement store. “We certainly would not have chosen the correct growing media if we’d tried to make our roof out of stuff available at the Home Depot,” said Lee. Carbon footprint Grothe advises eco-conscious clients to pay attention to their growing media’s carbon footprint. Some contractors use expanded shale, a relatively inexpensive product that works well on roofs. But the carbon inputs required to produce expanded shale nearly outweigh the roof’s climate benefits. Grothe prefers a lower-carbon pumice medium. Risk of water damage All roofs carry an expiration date. A decade and a half on, Petschl’s green roof is holding up well, but her experience may not be typical. Johnson is already watching hers for signs of moisture damage. Since her roof covers part of her home’s living area, not just an uninsulated garage, water intrusion is a serious concern.
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At 3 to 4 inches, your best bet is a handful of cold-hardy sedum varieties, Grothe said. “People envision green roofs with all sorts of natives, but that’s not really practical at 3 or 4 inches,” said Grothe. Bluestem, prairie Junegrass and other sought-after natives survive at 6 inches, but many garages can’t support 6 inches of substrate anyway, Grothe added. On the other side of the ledger, green roofs have longer replacement lifecycles and may reduce other common homeownership expenses, Grothe said. For starters, about 70% of the water that hits a typical green roof is absorbed — potentially reducing the need for drainage infrastructure elsewhere on the property. Due to the natural temperature and radiation shielding afforded by the plants and substrate, properly installed green roofs may extend roof lifespans by 30% or more. Petschl has experienced this second benefit firsthand. Since installing the green roof on her garage, she’s had to re-shingle the roof on her main house, but the garage roof is chugging along “with no signs of aging,” she said. Green roofs are also formidable insulators; Petschl’s garage is easily 10 degrees cooler in summer and 10 degrees warmer in winter. Such insulating power may not matter much in an unheated garage, but it makes a big difference in a primary residence.
Beyond the garage Because it’s very expensive to safely retrofit older homes’ roofs to support the added weight, garages are the most commonly green-roofed residential structures in Southwest Minneapolis. New builds are better green roof candidates, Johnson and Lee learned. They’re both architects, so they felt confident designing a flat-roofed structure capable of supporting plants and soil. But they knew their limits, and that’s where they stopped.
Lee and Johnson’s 900-square-foot green roof anchors a rooftop amenity space with comfortable seating and a view that changes by the season. Photo by Chris Juhn
“We can handle everything under the roof, but we left decisions about drainage media and plantings up to Roger,” said Lee. Though their roof is still in its early days, they’re satisfied with their choice. The 900-square-foot green roof anchors a rooftop amenity space with comfortable seating and a view that changes by the season. “It looks really nice as the flowers and foliage change throughout the summer,” said Johnson. Later in the year, the rooftop is a great vantage point to observe autumn colors around the lake. This sort of private amenity is increasingly popular with homeowners in Southwest
Minneapolis, Grothe said. “They get a kind of bonus entertainment space plus the green space,” Grothe said. “A lot of homeowners are headed in that direction.” This summer, Grothe led a similar green roof project on a home near Lake Harriet, complete with a rooftop seating area overlooking the green roof and the neighborhood beyond. Besides leafy solitude and aesthetic appeal, Lee and Johnson enjoy the roof ’s noisedampening properties. “It is quieter under that portion of the house,” Johnson said. Like Petschl, they’ve been pleasantly surprised by the maintenance requirements.
Through late July, Johnson weeded the roof just one time, and expects weedings to become even less common as the roof ’s plants fill in. The only hiccup thus far came when a significant share of the plants died in a particularly vicious late-winter freeze-thaw cycle. Grothe replaced the casualties with even hardier strains, and things have gone well since. Nothing manmade lasts forever, certainly not in Minnesota’s harsh, changing climate. While they last, though, green roofs do their part to lessen the destruction wrought by everything else we’ve built.
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Aging in place Hardy Minnesotan seniors stay put
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ome is where the heart is, and aging in place is strongly linked to greater health and happiness. Scientific studies prove that happy hearts promote long-term well-being. Literally. Once elders are uprooted from their own homes a cascade of serious problems can occur, including social isolation. So it is not surprising that the majority of individuals want to stay in a home filled with a lifetime of memories, surrounded by familiar objects, routine and community. The issue of being able to age in place is critical. Senior citizens are the fastest-growing population, and by 2050, the total number of U.S. residents over 65 is set to double. And Minnesota is a special case. According to St. Paul’s Wilder Research, Minnesota’s 65-and-older adult population will more than double between 2010 and 2030 as the state’s 1.3 million baby boomers head into retirement. During the present decade alone, our hearty senior population is on track to increase by 41%, more than the national average. Why? Residents here in the True North tend not to retire to other regions. Hearty and hale, greatly attached to their families and social networks, Minnesotans stay put. With health and social services for seniors already overtaxed, committees and departments on aging are popping up nationwide,
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many with specific mandates to keep seniors safe, healthy and happy in their own homes. Notable in this effort is the design community, members of which often join forces with policy makers to offer ideas and services that improve and extend the lives of seniors who choose to live out their years in their own homes.
Seek certified experts When considering upgrades to an existing home, or building a new one, envisioning a future with full mobility in mind is wise. Although it is difficult to imagine while enjoying robust health, almost 50% of Americans over 65 will have major joint replacement. And that is only one of a multitude of misfortunes that can quash mobility. Architects, designers, remodelers, custom homebuilders and even occupational therapists have teamed up with other experts to design solutions and products that can help overcome obstacles incurred once mobility is impaired. Their goal is to facilitate lifelong residency. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), in collaboration with AARP and other experts, has developed the Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) designation, which is earned through SEE AGING IN PLACE / PAGE B8
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training and testing during a multicourse educational program. CAPS professionals focus on the unique needs of the older adult population, examining common barriers and the appropriate aging-in-place home modifications to solve them. According to NAHB, a CAPS professional can: • Recommend updates that will help a person live independently in his or her own home. • Work with an occupational therapist to develop a home modification or build plan based on the safety and functional needs of an individual or household. • Collaborate with a licensed contractor or interior designer about building and design strategies and techniques for creating attractive, barrier-free living spaces. • Provide information about building codes and standards, useful products and resources, and the costs and time required for common remodeling projects.
CAPS remodelers and design-build professionals are not medical or health care professionals, and generally consult by charging an hourly or flat fee. To find a CAPS professional in the Southwest Minneapolis area, visit the NAHB directory page at nahb.org.
Southwest savvy Sylvestre Remodeling & Design’s owner and chief architect, John Sylvestre, has a lifetime of experience providing ways to make home modifications that allow people to stay in the homes they love, maneuvering not only safely but also in style. A self-confessed “baby boomer,” Sylvestre takes seriously individuals’ desires to remain in their own homes as long as possible. His Richfield-based firm is CAPS certified and his portfolio abounds with stylish remodeling examples of work with typical Minneapolis housing stock. For example, they installed an elevator in a 1920s home for one client, matching its door to the existing hallway doors to seamlessly integrate the design into the character of the home.
Following well-established aging-in-place guidelines, Sylvestre emphasizes basic categories for consideration: • One-level living is a primary factor once mobility is impacted. Sylvestre explains: “We have done a number of projects that make sure there is a full bathroom on the first floor, a possible sleeping room and a laundry.” • Logically, the bathroom is another critical area. It must be able to accommodate mobility aids, such as canes, walkers or wheelchairs. Options include widening doors, replacing tubs with showers, investing in wall-hung toilets with adjustable heights, positioning shower controls in a practical location, or removing curbs or step-ups into showers, which also creates a more modern look. • Kitchens are another essential mobilityfriendly frontier. Sylvestre suggests “taking a look at cabinets, doorways and islands, ensuring adequate room for tasks.” Fully mobile individuals take for
granted clearance space needed to open doors and drawers that would be greatly impacted when using a mobility aid like a walker or wheelchair.
Tick list of questions There are many resources for folks contemplating an aging-in-place adaptable remodel. One of the most popular is AARP’s “HomeFit Guide” (tinyurl.com/aarp-homefit-guide), which begins with a checklist of questions designed to help seniors to think wisely about how to live independently for longer. Here are a dozen of their considerations: 1. Is there a step-free entrance into your home? 2. Is there a bedroom, a full bath or a kitchen on the main level? 3. Are the interior doorways at least 36 inches wide? 4. Does the kitchen have a work surface you can use while seated? SEE AGING IN PLACE / PAGE B9
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5. Are the kitchen cabinets and shelves easy for you to reach? 6. Are your exterior walkways and entrances well lit? 7. Do all of your area rugs have non-slip grips to prevent tripping or slipping? 8. Are stairway light fixtures located at both the top and bottom of the stairs? 9. Do you have a shower with a step-free entry? 10. Are the bathroom cabinets and shelves easy for you to reach? 11. Does your bathroom have a lever-, touch- or sensor-style faucet? 12. Are there non-slip strips or non-slip mats in the bathtub and/or shower?
Inside/outside A cold-weather city like Minneapolis must mind its walkways, skyways and highways to ensure the safety of Minnesotans who are staying put. So, along with the inside of homes, urban cityscapes and resources are important to the aging-in-place debate. A few years back, Jessica Finlay conducted extensive studies at the University of Minnesota in her field of environmental gerontology. She reported that older residents need small amenities like benches, shady spots, nearby shopping and longer-timed traffic lights to help them cross the street. In Minneapolis, agencies like the city’s Advisory Committee on Aging work with researchers like Finlay and with non-profits like the Wilder Foundation to ensure that mobility considerations are factored into the city’s urban plan. Minneapolis, it seems, is a good spot to age in place, inside and out!
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Solutions for leaky basements Wettening climate requires homeowners to take action
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efore buying a vintage home near Lake Nokomis, California transplant Jen Schneider had as much experience with wet basements as lifelong Minnesotans have with earthquakes. By 2017, she’d seen enough. Schneider hired SafeBasements of Minnesota, a Litchfield-based outfit that does basement waterproofing and water mitigation work throughout the Twin Cities Metro, to install drain tile and a sump pump in her circa1905 home’s partially finished basement. The SafeBasements crew cut a narrow sand-and-rock-lined trench along her foundation walls, tunneling under an interior staircase and mortar wall and then added a drain pipe and laid concrete over the cover. The apparatus “works like a rain gutter inside the house,” said Schneider — diverting foundation seepage toward a powerful pump that blasts water away from the foundation during heavy rains and melts. Today, Schneider’s basement isn’t truly waterproof. Water still seeps down the walls at times. But SafeBasements’ solution virtually eliminated the water-related threats that many Southwest Minneapolis residents know all too well: mold, mildew, wet flooring, foundation damage. Schneider was ahead of the curve. Earlier SEE WET BASEMENTS / PAGE B11
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this year, below-grade water mitigation took on new urgency amid record late-winter snowfall followed by a rapid, early thaw and an unusually cold, wet spring. March brought serious drainage woes in normally dry neighborhoods, leading to widespread basement water intrusion and garage flooding. Sam Rosch, co-owner of Ace Nicollet Hardware in Kingfield, said the year’s first half brought a crush of customers who’d never before dealt with water in the basement. “This is a bad year for water intrusion,” he said. As Minnesota’s climate warms and wettens, sodden springs could become the norm. That’s bad news not only for homeowners like Schneider, whose leaky basement is the price of admission to the vintage home club, but for owners of newer, ostensibly sound houses, too. And it portends busy seasons ahead for water mitigation outfits like SafeBasements of Minnesota.
four pre-project quotes, only SafeBasements’ omitted a costly, unnecessary new wall. One contractor went so far as to ask Schneider, patronizingly, “what color I wanted my new wall to be,” she recalled. Prospective water mitigation customers can avoid succumbing to overselling by learning about the work ahead of time, said Schneider. Homeowners with a basic understanding of their options are better placed to politely say “no” to work they don’t need. Drain tile customers should also think ahead to post-project cosmetics, said Schneider. Sump pumps generally sit in the concrete slab, with only a pole and some wiring visible above grade, so they’re easy to conceal. Because it’s usually a different color than the rest of the slab, the concrete trench covering is more of a challenge. In the unfinished portion of Schneider’s basement, hers is plain as day. Carpeting or water-resistant hard flooring does the job in finished areas; solid-color basement paint ties unfinished floors together.
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problem and basement function, among other variables. For instance, lower-profile wall edging is appropriate in finished areas, where minimizing the system’s visual impact is important. In unfinished, little-used basements, heavier-duty edging may be appropriate. Still, high-volume installers have the process down to a science. The team begins by jackhammering out the trench and
draining all adjacent block cores, said Randy Kragenbring, production manager for SafeBasements of Minnesota. Next, they install the edging, trench lining and drain tile. They then place the sump pump, usually in an unfinished area near a power source. Finally, they cover the trench with a smooth layer of concrete. SEE WET BASEMENTS / PAGE B12
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Most residential projects take a day or two. Schneider’s 2017 job took a day and a half, she said, with a 2019 follow-up taking less than a full day. Although cost per linear foot drops as the system grows, the all-in cost is still highly dependent on the length of tile needed, said Kragenbring. Installing a sump pump without drain tile typically costs less than $2,000, according to HomeAdvisor, but a full-perimeter drain tile system like Schneider’s runs $10,000 or more. At approximately $6,000, Schneider’s was a relative bargain. Few homeowners’ insurance policies cover basement water intrusion; homeowners without flood insurance may need to pay out of pocket or tap their home equity to defray project costs. Properly installed drain tile systems don’t just mitigate standing water. They also hinder another subterranean threat: radon, the bane of many a finished basement. “Our product is radon-ready, if needed,” said Kragenbring. SafeBasements’ solution is semi-sealed, meaning it “allows water to pass through while keeping gases out of the home,” he said. Drain tile isn’t an alternative to a professionally installed radon mitigation system, of course — it just doesn’t exacerbate any existing radon issues. Kragenbring advises homeowners who notice foundation cracks to check their basement radon levels, even if their neighbors have no known issues.
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What happens when water mitigation comes too late? For serious water intrusion events during heavy rains and melts, Rosch said, homeowners should use a Quick Dam flood barrier, a relatively inexpensive sandbag-like product that sops up exterior water before it seeps into the foundation. Once the exterior is dry, apply outdoor caulking or polyurethane sealant to cracks between the foundation and concrete aprons or flush sidewalks — common features in many older Southwest Minneapolis homes. Inside a finished space, time is of the essence, Rosch said. Use towels to soak up
Attacking the root causes of wet basements Of course, without professional mitigation, it’s only a matter of time before you’re back where you started. Even Kragenbring, who makes his living selling professional basement water mitigation solutions, stresses the importance of prevention. “Exterior grading, insulation and cleaning gutters [are all] very important,” he said. Homeowners should also patch cracked or crumbling foundation walls with wet-set mortar, Rosch said. Wet-set mortar is common, inexpensive and easy to use, typically drying in less than five minutes. Just don’t expect that to permanently solve the problem, Rosch said. “A lot of people thinking patching or applying DryLok [a waterproof paint] inside is all they need to do, but that’s really a temporary solution,” said Rosch. “It’s really important to take care of the problem on the outside.” Often, that’s as simple as cleaning your gutters or extending their downspouts away from your foundation. SafeBasements’ Kragenbring recommends at least 6 feet of clearance. Confident DIYers can mitigate minor grading issues on their own by adding soil around the foundation walls and leveling to a slight, uniform positive grade away from the structure. More serious grading issues generally require professional mitigation, which can be costly. “We don’t see many homeowners trying to build their own exterior French drains,” said Rosch.
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In Jen Schneider, Kragenbring and SafeBasements of Minnesota have at least one satisfied customer near Southwest Minneapolis. As snowy late winters and soggy springs become more common, they’ll no doubt add more. With all the work they can handle, Kragenbring asks Southwest Minneapolis homeowners not to call SafeBasements until after they’ve attempted to treat the root cause of the intrusion. “If, after you got the property professionally graded, you still get water in your basement, call a foundation professional to look it over,” he said. They’ll be waiting.
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Gardening Q & A when they really start to get ugly. And I’ve learned to plant hostas, astilbe, ligularia and lungwort nearby to fill in the space once the bleeding hearts are gone. Whatever perennial you choose, pick something that won’t really get going until the bleeding heart is on the way out. (One thing to note: Our dog Lily recently started chomping on our bleeding heart plants, so I looked it up and found that bleeding heart can be extremely toxic to dogs and cats. So if you have a garden, be sure to watch what your beloved creatures are munching on. Some plants can be very dangerous.)
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What can I plant near bleeding hearts to fill in the space once they die back? Good question. People ask this a lot because bleeding hearts are gorgeous for a while, and then they turn yellow, go dormant and look dead. Keeping them watered well will prolong their season a bit. I cut mine back to the ground
that bloom late in the season. I’ve got mine planted in partial sun and I’ve had it for three years, so it must be winter hardy. I don’t see these in many garden centers, but I know Tangletown Gardens carries a few different varieties.
What’s that twining vine that is actually a weed? That’s probably bindweed. Gardeners get tricked into leaving bindweed alone, thinking that it’s morning glory because the leaves do look similar. This nasty weed spreads by roots and even a tiny piece that you miss will turn into a new one. Capable of growing more than 20 feet long, bindweed is hard to get rid of, but you can do it by being diligent about pulling them out whenever you see them. Eventually all that pulling will deprive the roots of the food they need to survive.
Name a couple of plants that you love that are not often found in garden centers. I love yellow wax-bells (Kirengeshoma palmata). A neighbor gave me a seedling from one of her plants a couple of years ago, and it’s grown to be quite a beauty in the backyard. A late-blooming shade perennial, yellow wax-bells are hardy to USDA Zone 5, so a harsh winter may kill them, but so far so good at my house. Plants grow to about 3 feet tall and wide with maple-like leaves and pretty yellow flowers that start blooming in August. I’m also very fond of bush clematis. Yes, there are bush forms of clematis! I’m not sure what kind I have since it was given to me by a fellow gardener and she didn’t know either. But this shrub-like perennial has a very nice compact form with deep green foliage and purple flowers
Why are there fewer Japanese beetles this year? I’m not sure, but the prevailing theory among local entomologists seems to be that the ground froze deeply enough to kill much of the larvae last winter. Whatever the case, it’s been great to not have to deal with gross Japanese beetle orgies all over my plants this summer. Meleah Maynard is a Minneapolis-based writer and editor who blogs at Livin’ Thing. If you have a question you’d like her to attempt to answer, send her a message at livinthing.com/contact.
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Is a pool worth the work in Minnesota? The attractive amenity has its costs
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magine being able to walk out into your backyard on a hot August day and jump right into a swimming pool to cool off. You wouldn’t have to worry about E. coli outbreaks or algae blooms that can spoil the joy of city lakes. You wouldn’t even have to leave your backyard to float on your back and look at the clouds. The chance for a daily swim was part of the allure that persuaded writer Annette Schiebout to purchase a house with a pool two years ago. “I’m a mermaid myself,” she said. “I’d like to swim every day.” In the past, Schiebout had enjoyed living in a condo that had a pool as one of its amenities and going for a swim became part of her regular routine. So, when she came across a gorgeous Colonial Revival home designed by Harry Wild Jones in the Whittier neighborhood, the pool stood out as an attractive amenity. Little did she know what she was signing up for. “I didn’t actually know how expensive it would be to maintain,” Schiebout said. “I figured I would figure it out.” The house had sat on the market for two years without being winterized when Schiebout moved into it in September 2017.
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When she got a pool inspection before she closed on the house, the pool inspector initially thought the pump wasn’t working and would cost $10,000 to fix. “Turns out the pump was fine — it was just so stuffed with debris that it wasn’t working,” Schiebout said. Which was great, except she had to spend hours and hours with a mini-vacuum cleaning the filter at the bottom of the pool. “I just felt like a crazy person almost,” she said. “I remember Memorial Day weekend last year, I spent 200 trips with this vacuum thing.” Once she finally got the filter clean, Schiebout had to pay a pool company, called Poolside, about $300 a month to visit the house every other week, vacuum the filter and help maintain the chemicals. She also had to drive out to Roseville to get her water tested regularly. Add to that skimming the pool’s surface, which could take up to 3–4 times a day, plus vacuuming the bottom of it. Oh, and replacing the lights, and the pool heater, which died last August. “It was a lot of work,” she said. All told, she spent about $2,500 to get the pool up and running in the first year, and $1,000 to maintain it the second.
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Costs and maintenance Joe Kelley, who owns Brooklyn Park-based Shamrock Pools, said that like owning a car, good maintenance is key to pool ownership. “What car is going to last longer? It all depends on how it’s maintained,” he said. Among the costs involved in owning a pool include opening and closing, which costs about $250–$300, plus additional cleanup if necessary, Kelley said. Add to that the cost of electricity, which he tells people is usually about $50 per month, and gas for heating, which can vary widely. “I’ve seen people spend $100 a month in gas; I’ve seen people spend $1,000 a month in gas,” he said. It all depends on how warm you like the water and what the temperature is outside. Other costs depend on factors such as what type of pump you have, and if there are trees around the pool. A key part of maintenance is making sure the chemicals are balanced. “The better you maintain your chemicals, the less problems you are going to have,” Kelley said. Cleaning filters is also a necessary evil, he said, as is vacuuming your pool floor. The number one mistake he sees pool owners make happens in the fall. “The kids go back to school, and people ignore their pool,” Kelley said. “So then, they get ready to winterize it, and it’s gone into a swamp because it wasn’t a priority in their life.” An automatic pool cover can help with this problem, though that bears an additional upfront cost. With automatic pool covers, debris from trees lands on them, rather than in the water. “You don’t get the photosynthesis in the water, which causes the algae to grow,” Kelley said. Meanwhile, different liners have different age spans. According to Kelley, a vinyl liner will last 8–12 years, while a plaster pool can last closer to 15 years. But, if the pH is low, the gases in the water can eat the concrete. “Like anything, good maintenance adds to longevity,” Kelley said.
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Kelley encourages pool owners to ask questions if they aren’t sure of something. He said, “The only dumb question is, ‘Why do I have to pay so much money because I was afraid to ask a question?’” Ultimately for Schiebout, all of the pool costs and maintenance were a bit too much. She put her house on the market (because of the pool, as well as other personal factors) this summer through Lakes Sotheby’s International Realty and found a buyer quickly. Schiebout was able to share all the little tricks and quirks of how to maintain the pool properly with the new owners. She said they seemed grateful for her tips and excited to share the pool with their family. For herself, Schiebout did enjoy the pool, at least for a time. “There was nothing better than having a cup of coffee in the morning and jumping in the pool. Or night swimming, looking at the skyline,” she said. “It’s been great, but I’m glad to be done.”
The ‘pro-pool person’ prevails Owning a pool is a bit of a luxury, especially in Minnesota, where there are only a few months out of the year when you can use it. Minnesota has more than 30,000 in-ground pools, according to PK Data, though a 2014 study tracking pool companies per capita found it to be the least “pool-loving state” in the nation. Kelley has an answer for pool-averse Minnesotans. “Most people say, ‘Jeez, we have such a short swimming season,’” he said. “The reality is we have almost the same swimming season as 90% of the country plus or minus maybe a month.” James and Suzanne Greenawalt have had a pool since they moved into their home near Lake Harriet 23 years ago. At that point, the couple’s children were young, so the pool was a selling point. Now their grandchildren
The Colonial Revival house and its stand-alone pool room were designed by architect Harry Wild Jones. Photo courtesy of Seth Hannula
enjoy the pool when they visit, which is another plus. But after so many years of use, the pool had been falling apart. “Last year was tough, because of the condition of the pool,” James Greenawalt said. “The liner had gotten so bad it kept losing water at the end of the day.” He said the pool ended up having 19 leaks in the liner, which shut down the pool for a while. Greenawalt said they were faced with the decision about whether to get rid of the pool or fix it up. Greenawalt characterized himself as generally anti-pool and his wife
as pro. “The pro-person prevailed,” he said. “We fixed it up.” They installed a new liner and heater and repaired the steps that lead into the pool. In the end, Greenawalt said, he’s happy with how the renovation turned out. Among the annual tasks pool owners should expect, he said, include opening the pool (usually after Memorial Day) and running the filter so the water gets to the right pH level. Depending on how much you use it, you also should do a process called backwashing, which cleans up your pipes. And
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then, at the end of the year, you need to drain the pool and add more chemicals. The Greenawalts’ repairs cost between $12,000 and $13,000 last year. Normally, the annual maintenance adds up to a little over $1,000. In addition, they pay a bit more for home insurance to have the pool covered. Despite all this, Greenawalt acknowledges that the pool brings his family happiness, even if it is unwise to consider the cost per swim. “My wife does enjoy the pool; she’ll go every day if she can,” he said. “And my grandchildren will come 2–3 days a week in the summer. That’s what makes it good.”
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The latest in home automation Systems link small tasks into a central application
By Joey Peters
Locking the front door, dimming the lights, turning on the fireplace and switching on the TV set — with home automation, all of these can be done with the push of a button or mention of a few words. Photos courtesy of Lelch Audio Video and Spacecrafting
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f Alex Lelchuk wants to watch an episode of Breaking Bad in his home in the Armatage neighborhood, he only needs to say so. Lelchuk’s home automation system, which uses Josh.ai voice control, won’t stop at just finding the episode Lelchuck verbally requests. If Lelchuk calls for the episode during a dark winter evening, his system will
also automatically turn on his living room lights to a setting reserved for watching TV at night. If he makes the request during the middle of the day, his system will keep the lights off. This is an example of how home automation systems tie different components of a living space together into one central appli-
cation. Locking the front door, dimming the lights, turning on the fireplace and switching on the TV set — all of these small tasks can be done with the push of a button or mention of a few words. Is home automation a necessity? No, Lelchuk said, but neither are dishwashers or washing machines. “It’s just something
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homeowners and renters. On top of systems that can lock the doors, turn on the TV and dim the lights by voice, the technology his company sells can also close the curtains, play music in speakers concealed in the walls and turn on the security cameras installed throughout the house. Convincing people who’ve never been exposed to this type of technology of its benefits can be challenging. “They’re like, ‘It’s a light switch, I know how to use a light switch, I’ve used it my whole life, I don’t need to make it better,’” Lelchuk said. “But that’s actually a big reason why it’s so impactful. Because you use it so much, so if you make it better, it’s like, ‘Wow, this impacts my life a lot.’” Once a person gets used to home automation, in other words, it’s hard to go back. Lelch typically works with clients building new homes or in big remodeling stages of old homes. This makes it easier to blend the technology into the home’s design so that it’s nearly invisible to the naked eye. A 4K highdefinition TV built into the wall, for example, SEE AUTOMATION / PAGE B19
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may blend into the home’s artwork when it’s turned off. Sound from speakers built behind the drywall will come out of small apertures punctured into the wall. This high level of technology, of course, comes with a price tag. Lelchuk estimated that installing a full, robust automation system in a new home in a wealthy neighborhood like Linden Hills would cost between $18,000 and $80,000.
Building your own system At The Miles Apartments in Uptown, basic automation is already built into units for rent. Residents have access to a video intercom system and can control lights, locks and power outlets with their smartphones. But for tenant Valdis Gravis, the standard system wasn’t good enough. “It’s a great thing that they’re offering this capability,” Gravis said of the Miles, but he compared the user-friendliness of the system in his apartment to a “poorly made website.” So Gravis, who has a degree in electronic engineering and experience installing similar systems, decided to build his own system. “I have a techie side of me that likes to put it all together,” he said. He installed his own smart light bulbs, changed the thermostat and set up his own security system and entertainment system. He uses Amazon’s Alexa to voice-control the vast majority of his apartment. Gravis also installed four security cameras around his apartment, which he said comes from paranoia leftover from living and working in security and public safety in his hometown of Caracas, Venezuela, one of the most violent cities in the Americas. The result, he acknowledged, is a system that’s not quite as robust as what a professional company would install. Consumer-grade cameras, he said, are susceptible to hacking, so people with lots of valuable things in their homes may not want to use them. And without his experience setting up home automation systems, it would have been a lot harder to do.
There is a kind of cool factor when you sit on the couch and say one word. — Valdis Gravis
But he estimates he spent just a few thousand dollars on his setup. And it still affords plenty of convenience to his routines. When he wakes up in the morning, the bathroom light is set to automatically turn on. His speaker system plays a song and then jumps into public radio news. His Roomba vacuum is programmed to clean his apartment at certain times. What’s the benefit to having all this? “Laziness,” Gravis said. “There is a kind of cool factor when you sit on the couch and say one word.”
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open spaces and brought playgrounds into the hearts of parks throughout the city. As Minneapolis grew, Wirth directed its expansion to strategically feature parks. During his 30-year tenure, Wirth nearly tripled the size of the park system while ensuring every home would be within an approximately six-block walk of a playground. His planning influenced everything from maintenance (he tasked a herd of sheep to “mow” the grass) to the Chain of Lakes (transforming swampland into a public amenity) to the airport (acquiring land before aviation became a popular form of transportation). Wirth and his staff carried out all of this planning in the basement studio of his house at 3954 Bryant Ave. S. The home — officially an “administration building” — was intentionally built in the middle of Lyndale Farmstead, so that he could be more connected to the landscape as he designed the surrounding farm into parkland; in the early 1900s the area was truly a farmstead, complete with fields and barns. The drawings produced in this setting — a drafting room the
size of a studio apartment built into the park’s hillside — were extremely thoughtful yet not overbearing. His designs firmly placed primary elements, such as buildings, water features and playgrounds, but pathways were often drawn as dashed lines — indicating where people might go rather than prescribing where they should go. He’d then observe how people used the space once those elements were installed and then had paths built according to user patterns. Extraordinary designers plan beyond their own life span, envisioning the future for generations to come. Wirth designed with a deep understanding of how vegetation would transform the landscape a century after being planted, and we are still enjoying the fruition of his vision. The next time you find yourself sledding down the hill at Lyndale Farmstead you might look over at the historic home and imagine Wirth alongside a half dozen draftspeople designing the city to be a better place for all. This spirit lives on as the next era of park planning is underway. To share your favorite park experience or memories, email Adam Jonas at adam@locusarchitecture.com.
Wirth carried out the planning of the Chain of Lakes park system in the basement studio of the house.
TOUR THE WIRTH HOME The Minneapolis Parks Legacy Society is providing free guided tours (noon–4 p.m.) on Sept. 22, Oct. 20, Nov. 24 and Dec. 8. Weekday tours may be scheduled by calling 612-275-8884 or emailing JoanBerthiaume@msn.com.
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When: Sept. 11–Oct. 20 Where: Jungle Theater, 2951 Lyndale Ave. S. Cost: $40–$50 Info: jungletheater.org
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Come for a bike parade with the Southwest High School Marching Band at 11 a.m., live music, food, a petting zoo, inflatables, a silent auction, carnival games, a marketplace, a used book sale and much more.
When: 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 Where: Pershing Field Park, 3523 W. 48th St. Cost: Free Info: minneapolisparks.org
FULLER FALL FUN Families and people of all ages are invited to play outside games and activities including pickleball, badminton, cornhole and more.
When: 1 p.m.–3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 Where: Fuller Recreation Center, 4802 Grand Ave. S. Cost: Free Info: minneapolisparks.org
EAT STREET FOOD, MUSIC, & ARTS FESTIVAL After attracting more than 6,500 attendees in 2018, this celebration of the Whittier neighborhood is back with live music, performances, international fare, and activities from the neighborhood’s many arts and cultural organizations.
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When: 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 Where: West 43rd Street between Upton and Sheridan avenues
BENT During the Night of the Long Knives, a brutal purge in 1934 Nazi Germany, a group of gay men struggle to survive. The BAND Group partnered with Out Front on this production.
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RIDE THE CYCLONE After the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short, a mechanical fortune teller
When: 1 p.m.–8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15 Where: Nicollet Avenue, between 26th and 28th streets Cost: Free Info: eatstreetfest.com
CAFE SCIENTIFIQUE: CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS — A TRILLION TREES Professor Lee E. Frelich will discuss the possibility of curbing climate change with a global Trillion Tree Movement. Learn more about the underlying science and how Minnesota’s forests are already impacted by our warming climate.
When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17 Where: Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater, 810 W. Lake St. Cost: $6–$15, sliding scale Info: bryantlakebowl.com/cabaret-theater
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When: Friday–Sunday, Sept. 6–Sept. 8 Where: St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church, 3450 Irving Ave. S. Cost: Free Info: mplsgreekfest.org
MUSIC IN THE CHAPEL: NIRMALA RAJASEKAR AND FRIENDS Nirmala is known for her talents in exploring South Indian classical (a.k.a. Carnatic) music to create collaborative projects with other music traditions, including western classical and jazz.
When: 3 p.m.–4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 Where: Lakewood Cemetery, 3600 Hennepin Ave. Cost: $15 in advance, $20 at the door Info: lakewoodcemetery.org/upcoming-events
BUILDING BRIDGES & BREAKING BREAD: EAST 38TH STREET BRIDGE POP UP FEAST This second annual community dinner on the bridge is an opportunity for neighbors to meet and have intentional conversation around their unique stories and shared future. Local businesses will provide food for any dietary preference, and there will be kids’ activities.
THEASTER GATES: ASSEMBLY HALL Theaster Gates’ multifaceted practice includes sculpture, installation, performance and architectural interventions. “Assembly Hall” brings a number of the artist’s collections into a museum context for the first time. The Walker’s galleries are transformed into a total work of art, transposing his collections and studio environment into four immersive rooms. A free opening day discussion between Gates and LAXART director Hamza Walker will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5.
When: Exhibit runs Sept. 5–Jan. 12 Where: Walker Art Center
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PUPPET SHOW SERIES: WAY OF THE MONARCH
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Laurie Witzkowski’s puppet production “The Way of the Monarch” follows the monarch’s transformation through its iterations as egg, larva, caterpillar, chrysalis and, finally, butterfly, and then follows it on its miraculous path south in this beautiful story told through artfully created hand-and-rod puppets made of recycled materials.
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When: 10:30 a.m.–11:15 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 Where: Bloomington Education and Visitor Center Auditorium, 3815 American Blvd. E., Bloomington Cost: Free Info: tinyurl.com/puppet-monarch
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FALL MIGRATION GUIDED BIRD WALKS The Friends of the Roberts Bird Sanctuary invites visitors to watch migrating birds on this meditative nature walk.
When: 8 a.m.–10 a.m. Saturdays through Sept. 21 Where: 4124 Roseway Road Cost: Free Info: tinyurl.com/roberts-book-walk
This annual event is a joyful party of all things monarch and includes a parade, arts activities, sales of plants that monarchs like to munch on, games and lots of food. Many artists will be on hand, offering opportunities to make your own screen or linocut block print, textile arts or even paper planes and other paper-folding creations. There’s also a four-acre butterfly and pollinator-friendly area called the Naturescape to explore and discover. Games include bingo, Jeopardy and a monarch migration game. For food, there will be tacos, tamales, ice cream, mini-donuts, burritos, paella and more.
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By Laura Cogswell and Melinda Ludwiczak
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