Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
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For a second there I thought you meant bids for the purchase of real property from the MPRB. And then I read the article, and we're still going to operate a golf course far outside the municipal boundaries. Great.
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FEMA is demanding $5.3M is disaster aid returned to the Feds because family to follow federal procurement guidelines.
http://www.startribune.com/federal-gove ... 416886804/
That's a lot of dough. Quite a few employees raises to put on hold again, or maybe by selling off a suburban golf course, to cover this error. My cynicism is showing, but are there easy ways to fill this gap without sending projected maintenance to be delayed again?
http://www.startribune.com/federal-gove ... 416886804/
That's a lot of dough. Quite a few employees raises to put on hold again, or maybe by selling off a suburban golf course, to cover this error. My cynicism is showing, but are there easy ways to fill this gap without sending projected maintenance to be delayed again?
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This came across the wire from Russ Henry:
Anyone know anything about this? This is the first I've heard about the project. Sounds like a good one.Breaking News: Minneapolis park commissioners have just killed a planned fruit tree planting that was set to occur on Arbor Day this April. In a politically motivated maneuver the board of commissioners have just announced that they won't allow the planned planting of more than 50 fruit trees in Hiawatha Park.
This community orchard was being organized by park staff in conjunction with community members and the Arbor Foundation. The free trees were on track to be donated to the Minneapolis Park Board by the Arbor Foundation and plans had been made together with staff and neighbors for a planting festival on April 28th.
Instead of allowing and supporting this amazing, innovative fruit tree planting, the board of commissioners has axed these trees before they ever had a chance to grow.
After last week's Local Parks, Local Food Innovation Lab, it's clear as day, the people of Minneapolis want to be able to pick free fruit in parks. Apparently commissioners care more about sending a political message than they care about growing health in Minneapolis.
This is our current elected park board. It's time for change.
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There seems to be something missing. Why would the park board prevent this? What is the political motivation to do so?
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I am also confused by the vagueness. What "political message"?
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That's what I'm trying to understand.
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There's also lots of drama floating around social media about the Our Revolution endorsements in the MPRB races. John Erwin, a male incumbent in an at-large seat, seems concerned that they did not endorse women...
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Everything I've heard about the Our Revolution endorsement process seemed extremely dysfunctional.
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Re: Fruit Trees
1. Fruit trees don't develop tall shade canopies, and therefore aren't particularly good in a park setting.
2. Fruit trees require more maintenance and pruning than typical trees, and dropped fruit will be messy.
3. Fruit trees are more susceptible to disease than typical shade trees, and often require more pesticides and fungicides than the public probably wants.
4. An orchard isn't a particularly good use of valuable public open space.
5. The Park Board is just trying to piss off a bunch of crunchy activists.
I haven't heard anything about this, aside from some references to turning the Hiawatha Golf Course into an urban fruit farm, but here are some theories:There seems to be something missing. Why would the park board prevent this? What is the political motivation to do so?
1. Fruit trees don't develop tall shade canopies, and therefore aren't particularly good in a park setting.
2. Fruit trees require more maintenance and pruning than typical trees, and dropped fruit will be messy.
3. Fruit trees are more susceptible to disease than typical shade trees, and often require more pesticides and fungicides than the public probably wants.
4. An orchard isn't a particularly good use of valuable public open space.
5. The Park Board is just trying to piss off a bunch of crunchy activists.
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Having recently been endorsed by Our Revolution:
20 men, 1 nonbinary dude (me), and 5 women (3 of whom are incumbents) are running for 9 seats. Only one woman (Liz Welinski) applied for the endorsement. She didn't get it.
I personally tried to recruit 2 women to run in districts this year but they did not. Womenwinning says it takes 7-8 asks before women run for office. At least the city council races are a lot more balanced.
20 men, 1 nonbinary dude (me), and 5 women (3 of whom are incumbents) are running for 9 seats. Only one woman (Liz Welinski) applied for the endorsement. She didn't get it.
I personally tried to recruit 2 women to run in districts this year but they did not. Womenwinning says it takes 7-8 asks before women run for office. At least the city council races are a lot more balanced.
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So are Erwin's statements on the whole thing. Disgusting. Though I'm not real thrilled about Russ Henry throwing around the racism charge either.Everything I've heard about the Our Revolution endorsement process seemed extremely dysfunctional.
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I don't know where to post this, but thought people may see it here. Whow are some good people to follow on Facebook about minneapolis topics? I currently follow Fray and Hodges.
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Wedge LIVE is all you need. They're on Facebook, but the real action is on Twitter.
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http://www.journalmpls.com/news/parks/2 ... back-5-3m/The federal government is asking the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to repay more than $5.3 million in disaster relief grants for not following all federal procurement standards when it awarded contracts for the work [on the repaired West River Road slope].
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Didier... that was posted by Anondson » March 22nd, 2017, 10:40 pm. Up on this page...
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My bad. The headline was presented on Twitter as if it was new.
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Park Board planning committee approved the Calhoun/Harriet master plan, which includes fully restoring the name Bde Maka Ska and directs the park board to work with the county and state DNR to scrub the Calhoun name wherever possible.
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My one and only issue with the name change is that it's our most notorious and popular lake for tourists and nobody is going to know how to pronounce it or spell it if they're trying to look it up.
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I feel like those people will probably just search "lake by Uptown" on Google.
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