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Farmers market season arrives
UPDATED April 23, 2009, 2:08pm
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By Moira Kenny
Expect to see a lot more color on Nicollet Mall and East Lyndale once again. The Minneapolis Farmer’s Market opened on Nicollet Mall between 5th and 12th Streets today, and on Saturday, the main market opens at 312 East Lyndale Avenue North.
Springtime promises various produce, including asparagus, green onions, herbs and cucumbers. There will also be plenty of flowering and bedding plants at the Farmer’s Market. New products this year include hydroponic tomatoes (grown with nutrient solutions rather than soil), artichokes, Concord grapes, and figs.
There are about 230 members at the Farmer’s Market, and of those about 25 will be at each location throughout the day. The produce you see depends on when the harvest time is for each vendor. Products available right away in April include bedding plants, cheese, eggs, fresh flowers, maple syrup, poultry and rhubarb.
“In a tough economy, we offer good value for the customer, and nutritious, local, fresh produce,” said Larry Cermak, manager of the Farmer’s Market.
There are a few new local growers and producers this year, Cermak said. These include Castle Rock Organic Dairy, Dena’s Gourmet Hummus, Bar 5 Meat and Poultry and Bulldog Nursery.
Castle Rock Organic Dairy, located in Osseo, Wisconsin, is returning to the Farmer’s Market for their second year. “There’s a good clientele in Minnesota,” Carla Kostka, manager of the organization, said. “We are looking forward to coming again this year.” Castle Rock Organic Dairy bottles their own milk, and makes their own cheese and ice cream sandwiches. For an added kick this year they will have flavored cheeses.
The Bulldog Nursery, which will be at the East Lyndale location on May 9th, 23rd, and 30th, sells annual garden plants in a variety of colors. They can even customize plant types and colors for you if you call in an order.
Bar 5 Meat and Poultry offers free-range poultry products processed on a farm. They smoke game, such as pheasants, geese and rabbits, in their own smokehouse, or offer them fresh/frozen.
Long-standing members of the Farmer’s Market like Fireside Orchard & Gardens and Scenic Waters Wild Rice Company will also be on the streets this year. The market has been in Minneapolis and the Lyndale location since 1937, and at the Nicollet Mall location since 1988.
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Carmichael Lynch drops Harley account
UPDATED August 30, 2010, 2:29pm
By Gregory J. Scott
When it comes to selling muscle bikes, three decades is enough. Downtown advertising agency Carmichael Lynch announced August 23 that it was resigning from its Harley-Davidson account, ending a relationship of 31 years with the iconic motorcycle brand. In a prepared statement, Doug Spong, president of Carmichael Lynch, said, "Our agency leadership came to the consensus that we've taken the Harley-Davidson brand as far as we can. It's in our best interest to part ways." Mark-Hans Richer, Harley’s CMO, said, "Our strategies have been moving away from a singular consumer target and a one-size-fits-all agency solution. Rather than accept this new reality, Carmichael Lynch chose a different path and we respect that." The
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Community notebook :: Florence Court apartments
By Gregory J. Scott
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At Florence Court, new apartments up, courtyard staysThe mid-August groundbreaking came and went quietly for the FloCo Fusion Apartments, a chic rebranding of a ramshackle cluster of student housing near the University of Minnesota’s East Bank campus. Despite years of resistance from current residents, the new building is officially going up, fanfare or no. Florence Court, as the community used to be called, is one of the oldest apartment buildings in the Midwest, dating back to 1886. The L-shaped structure sits at the intersection of 10th Avenue SE and University Avenue, but is tucked back from the street, hidden until recently behind a BP gas station. The 33-unit complex surrounds a leafy courtyard, which its residents — a colorful
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Watching out for the homeless
By Sarah McKenzie
// Volunteer outreach worker Jerry Fleischaker honored with prestigious McKnight award //After Jerry Fleischaker’s wife died of Alzheimer’s disease, he came across a newspaper article about St. Stephen’s Human Services’ work reaching out to homeless people with mental health issues. The story inspired him to start volunteering for St. Stephen’s. Now the 79-year-old retired pharmaceutical sales representative volunteers full time for the Downtown-based organization. “My wife died of Alzheimer’s in 2002. I saw the care she needed,” Fleischaker told Monica Nilsson, director of street outreach and community education for St. Stephen’s. “I was haunted by the thought that people might be
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Downtown visioning session looks to 2025
By jake weyer
// Whether to add a park north of Central Library will be part of the discussion, meant to produce a 15-year plan for Downtown //It’s been nearly 15 years since Downtown business leaders got together with city staff and elected officials to hash out a long-term plan for the area. Back in 1996, those stakeholders came up with Downtown 2010, a vision that included such grandiose plans as a new ballpark for the Minnesota Twins, a light rail line along Hiawatha Avenue, a new Central Library, completion of the Target Center and the development of the Downtown Improvement District — all realities today. “We’re standing now, planless,” said Sam Grabarski, president of the Downtown Council. “And a lot of good
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A mountain out of a bronze molehill?
By Gregory J. Scott
// The Sid Hartman statue stirs debate about public memorials Downtown //
OK, no one disputes that the guy deserves a statue. Sid Hartman, the nonagenarian sportswriter who has spent the last 65 years reporting for the Star Tribune and WCCO, is probably getting bronzed. The Department of Public Works is ironing out technical details for installing a metallic Sid replica, complete with TV reporter microphone and newspaper tucked under the arm, right outside of Target Center and a block from the Twins stadium, at the corner of 6th Street and 1st Avenue. The Public Works assessment is the final stage in a roughly six-week approval process to get the statue out into the public. No one’s upset about that. As Nick Legeros, the artist who designed
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Biz buzz :: Construction costing Elliot Park businesses
By Gregory J. Scott
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For Elliot Park businesses, street improvements come with a price
True to its motto, Band Box Diner can turn “grease into a feast.” But the Elliot Park gem can’t make much out of the road construction that’s transformed its streetscape into a scarred industrial zone.
The throw-back diner is one of the businesses standing to benefit from a sweeping, 15-block reconstruction of Chicago Avenue South — if only it can survive through to the project’s completion.
“It’s kind of like, if you have a half hour for lunch, and then you get lost for 45 minutes, what are you gonna do?” says Brad Ptacek, who has operated the diner for the last 13 years.
Ptacek’s breakfast
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