[Mpls] Why Would Anyone Settle In Minneapolis?

[JOAN BERTHIAUME]

I so agree with you.  You can get a good education from the variety of
colleges, you can get a good job from the variety of indrustry and the arts,
you can absorb culture from the variety of theaters and art museums, and the
beauty of the city is beyond compare because nearly 20% is park property.
Beautiful public spaces, protected by an independant Park Board.  It up to
those of us to live here to preserve, protect and improve what we have, and
what we have is an excellent foundation to build on.
Joan Berthiaume
Linden Hills
(Minneapolis Parks Legacy Society)

----- Original Message -----
From: "WizardMarks" <wizardmarks at earthlink.net>
To: "Minneapolis Issues Forum" <mpls at mnforum.org>
Cc: "Mark Snyder" <snyde043 at tc.umn.edu>
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Why Would Anyone Settle In Minneapolis?


> Mark Snyder wrote:
>
> >The question about why would anyone settle in Minneapolis could lead to a
> >good discussion. ...Dennis Plante, Wizard Marks or Barbara Lickness
> >that caused them to make a difference in their neighborhoods, other than
> >that they were willing to try.
> >
> WM: Thanks for the compliment. When I arrived in Mpls. on an airplane in
> what I came to know as a blizzard (something I'd never seen before), it
> was to visit friends. I came back six months later, it was summer, I was
> hooked. I saw the Northshore up at Grand Marais and thought I'd found
> heaven and they were letting me in. Kewl! I settled here in Minneapolis
> because, in my terms, it is semi-arid so breathing is much better.
> Personally, I really like Minneapolis, I love my neighborhood, rough and
> ready though it be, and many of my neighbors have been long time friends
> by this juncture. Before I came here I had been a stage hand and even
> though I didn't want to hump scenery any more or fiddle with any of the
> other stuff that goes with theaters, I like having theater opportunities
> in varied settings and venues. Then there's the Powderhorn Puppet parade
> on May Day. There are enough Irish so I don't have to become weepy
> nostalgic over my heritage, but can keep it clearly in focus. It's neat
> to have a lake every little whip stitch, it calms the mind to look out
> across the lakes.
> The friends I've made here are treasures which bless my life. I have a
> big old barn of a house on a major commercial corridor, so there is a
> panoply of life right out the dining room window. My housemates are very
> dear. I can put food on the table and afford to feed the cat, there's a
> library 8 blocks away. What more could I ask?
> I keep doing stuff in the neighborhood cause it makes everyone feel
> better to have some dangerous stuff move along and because I'm still
> angry that my neighborhood had been red-lined for so long and so
> ignorantly. Thirty years ago Central was a totally cool neighborhood.
> Then the city, banks, insurance companies began to deliberately open it
> up to degradation.
> I also stayed because Minnesota doesn't have a death penalty which
> signals to me that it is a progressive place at the heart of all matters
> human.
>
> WizardMarks, Central
>
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