July 2008
Friends, family mourn Joseph Sodd III
Fatal stabbing is second Cedar-Riverside homicide
150 years ago...
'A look back at Bridgeland in 1858'
Family style
Gandhi Mahal brings generations of experience to East Lake dining
The new Pratt
Budget cut, staff changes follow year of transition
The kindness of neighbors
Marcy residents return to rehabbed home after 2007 fire
Bicycle Film Festival, July 9–13
Local vennues host screenings, events, exhibit
Textile Center cuts loose
Shibori exhibit highlights centuries-old fabric art
Second Ward newsletter, July 2008
NRP Framework for the Future; 20th Ave. resurfacing; Dinkydome project; East Lake Special Services District; more
Art ‘Coffee Crawl’ July 26
One-day, multi-city event features Bridgeland venues
Southeast Como Improvement Association July 1 meeting
Good Neighbor Fund grant; Grand Rounds update; Manning Service station purchase; Mid-city Industrial expansion; no August meeting
Art on the Southeast Como block
Art-A-Whirl demos, exhibits show off artists’ year-round work
Sportsman’s sports new look as Sporty’s
Renovation brings new seating, windows, menu items
July 2008 letters, correction
High-density housing in Cedar-Riverside; written apologies lack sincerity, clarity; LRT good and bad for University area; Muehlbauer correction, take two
July 2008 news briefs
Citgo closes to become Metro Petro; poles to be replaced for wi-fi; Seward Redesign gets new digs, SNG nerw office mates; Resource Center of Americas building to reopen
Gather at Como community gardens, July 16, 19 and 20
Bi-weekly open garden hours at three Southeast Como community gardens
Aquatennial, sesquicentennial events, July 18–27
Summertime celebration marks 150 years of Minneapolis
Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association, July 15 board meeting
Florence Court development opposed; 1120 SE Eighth St. duplex 'defeated'; 15th Avenue Plan posting; Metal-Matic parking;
West Bank Community Coalition board meeting, July 16
Bohemian Flats Day; schools referendum; online forum; murders still unsolved; youth mural project
Longfellow Community Council board meeting, July 17
Save NRP update; Hennepin County Community Works project; Center for Energy and Environment
Aquatennial, sesquicentennial events this weekend
Fireworks, live concerts, river walks and more as Aquatennial hits finale
Seward Neighborhood Group board meeting, July 23
Schools referendum; Assets, liabilites and NRP payback; yard-art proposal; chemical-coated Xcel poles; tenants for Seward Co-op building; Seward history project
Nicollet Island/East Bank Neighborhood Association annual meeting
Board members selected; legislators’ reports; riverfront development corporation, National Night Out; Pedal opens
Prospect Park East River Road Improvement Association, July 28 meeting
Campus Crossroads development; home improvement loans; Granary Road into St. Paul; temporary historic protection; ‘mini-dorms’ and possible residential housing moratorium; Rapson memorial