January 2009

Minneapolis Public Schools Information Fair, Saturday, Jan. 10

School request cards due Friday, Feb. 28 for grades PreK–8
by Jeremy Stratton (January 7, 2009)

Transformed Metro Petro reopens on University Avenue in Prospect Park

Space, staff, facilities expanded and improved at former Citgo station
by Jeremy Stratton (January 7, 2009)

Minnesota Center for Book Art’s winter book caps a year of work

Open Book literary organizations host January events
by Tara Bannow and jeremy Stratton (January 7, 2009)

Legislators’ town hall meetings, Saturday Jan. 10 and Tuesday, Jan. 13

TIME CHANGE for Saturday meeting: 12:30–2 p.m.
(January 7, 2009)

15th Avenue Southeast plan public review ends Feb. 1

by Jeremy Stratton (January 9, 2009)

Southeast Como Improvement Association (SECIA) Jan. 6 board meeting

Van Cleve development update; SEMCOL reps; University District Alliance report; crime and safety; student interns and liaisons; Neighborhood and Community Engagement Commission reps
by Roxanne Bergeron (January 9, 2009)

Diamond Willow gets the body rolling

Community education catalogs out; courses begin Jan. 26
by Jeremy Stratton (January 12, 2009)

Revolving loan programs help residents improve their homes

2009 Minneapolis and Saint Paul Home Tour nomination deadline is Jan. 23
by Anna Pratt (January 12, 2009)

Bridgeland Angler, January 2009

by Linda Lincoln (January 13, 2009)

Nicollet Island/East Bank Neighborhood Association (NIEBNA) Jan. 13 board meeting

Lunds windows against code; Chute Square park vision; B.F. Nelson/Boom Island parks; Mississippi Watershed grants; deficit means cuts at city level
by Roxanne Bergeron (January 14, 2009)

A month of tributes at The Cabooze

Cash, Joplin, Band, Marley featured starting Jan. 16
by Jeremy Stratton (January 14, 2009)

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Bluff Street Park moves closer to reality on West Bank

Park Board staff to study proposal to restore and clean up Mississippi overlook
by Anna Pratt (January 19, 2009)

Critter-free cooking

Seward resident brings vegan show to the web
by Tara Bannow (January 21, 2009)

Eye on U, January 2009

by Liz Riggs and Jeremy Stratton (January 21, 2009)

Miyagi brings Aveda stylists to Hennepin Avenue salon

by Tara Bannow (January 21, 2009)

Prospect Park to develop ‘master plan’

Informal vision will help guide development, neighborhood in the future
by Liz Riggs (January 26, 2009)

SNG newsletter, Jan. 15 2009

(January 26, 2009)

Prospect Park East River Road Improvement Association, Jan. 26 meeting

Treasurer position will open in April; Wi-Fi expected in Prospect Park by end of March; Luxton Book Exchange becomes formal committee
by Liz Riggs (January 28, 2009)

Seward Neighborhood Group, Jan. 28 meeting

New officers elected; 2009 budget unveiled--deficit anticipated; Curbside compost collection could come to Seward; Peace Garden lacks funding
by Liz Riggs (January 28, 2009)

West Bank Community Coalition Jan. 21 board meeting

Augsburg liquor license; Coyle Center program funding; Central Corridor substation locations; new board members; new layout, process for board meetings
by Roxanne Bergeron (February 25, 2009)

Dear reader: be The Bridge

A note from the publisher
by Becky Clawson (February 5, 2009)