Podcasts about Lake Street

Heavy wildfire smoke sweeps in; physical altercations roundup; some Republicans oppose the big beautiful bill; report on how deeply Musk’s influence has infiltrated the federal government; concern for our national parks; immigration raid on Lake Street restaurant; Matthew Blake of MinnPost joins Brett this week; robbery spree at cabins; suspicious death near Mankato.

Thousands of people will travel to New Orleans this weekend ahead of Mardi Gras. Also known as Fat Tuesday, it falls on the last Tuesday before the Christian fasting season of Lent. Besides colorful beads and parades, people traditionally spend the day eating rich and fatty foods.  You don't have to go to Bourbon Street in New Orleans to celebrate. A new restaurant brings the cuisine to the Twin Cities. Lagniappe opened just five months ago in the rebuilt Coliseum Building on Lake Street in Minneapolis.  Lagniappe's owner, Chris Montana, and the restaurant's mixology consultant, Daniel Victory, joined Minnesota Now from New Orleans to talk about the festivities.

The latest info from the city was released on Tuesday....what does it call for? Erik Hansen from the City joined Vineeta on The WCCO Morning News with the new details.

The latest info from the city was released on Tuesday....what does it call for? Erik Hansen from the City joined Vineeta on The WCCO Morning News with the new details.

It's Tuesday, Nov. 5 — Election Day. Polls are open between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. A Crow Wing County woman is marking 74 years of service as an election judge.The man accused of killing five young women in a high-speed crash along Lake Street last year rejected a plea deal Monday and will go to trial in February. Derrick Thompson was allegedly driving a rented SUV when he exited Interstate 35W and crashed into a Honda Civic, killing the women inside as they were running errands ahead of a friend's wedding.This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Phil Picardi. Music by Gary Meister.Find these headlines and more at mprnews.org.'I thought it would be fun.' 92-year-old election judge has served voters for 7 decadesRead the latest edition of the Minnesota Today newsletter.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or RSS.

Manuel Comesaña nos descubre al interesante grupo americano Lake Street Drive. Beatles, Motown y más. ¡No te lo pierdas!

Exploring the Grateful Dead's LegacyIn this episode of the Deadhead Cannabis Show, Larry Mishkin takes listeners on a nostalgic journey through the Grateful Dead's music, focusing on a concert from September 30, 1993, at the Boston Garden. He discusses various songs, including 'Here Comes Sunshine' and 'Spoonful,' while also touching on the band's history and the contributions of key figures like Vince Wellnick and Candace Brightman. The episode also delves into current music news, including a review of Lake Street Dive's performance and updates on marijuana legislation in Ukraine and the U.S.Chapters00:00 Welcome to the Deadhead Cannabis Show03:39 Here Comes Sunshine: A Grateful Dead Classic09:47 Spoonful: The Blues Influence14:00 Music News: Rich Girl and Lake Street Dive24:09 Candace Brightman: The Unsung Hero of Lighting38:01 Broken Arrow: Phil Lesh's Moment to Shine42:19 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds: A Beatles Classic48:26 Marijuana News: Ukraine's Medical Cannabis Legislation54:32 Bipartisan Support for Clean Slate Act01:00:11 Pennsylvania's Push for Marijuana Legalization01:04:25 CBD as a Natural Insecticide01:10:26 Wave to the Wind: A Phil Lesh Tune01:13:18 The Other One: A Grateful Dead Epic Boston GardenSeptember 30, 1993  (31 years ago)Grateful Dead Live at Boston Garden on 1993-09-30 : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet ArchiveINTRO:                                 Here Comes Sunshine                                                Track #1                                                0:08 – 1:48 Released on Wake of the Flood, October 15, 1973, the first album on the band's own “Grateful Dead Records” label. The song was first performed by the Grateful Dead in February 1973. It was played about 30 times through to February 1974 and then dropped from the repertoire. The song returned to the repertoire in December 1992, at the instigation of Vince Welnick, and was then played a few times each year until 1995. Played:  66 timesFirst:  February 9, 1973 at Maples Pavilion, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USALast:  July 2, 1995 at Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN, USA But here's the thing:                         Played 32 times in 1973                        Played 1 time in 1974                        Not played again until December 6, 1992 at Compton Terrace in Chandler, AZ  - 18 years                        Then played a “few” more times in 1993, 94 and 95, never more than 11 times in any one year. I finally caught one in 1993 at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago with good buddies Marc and Alex. My favorite version is Feb. 15, 1973 at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison, WI SHOW No. 1:                     Spoonful                                                Track #2                                                :50 – 2:35 "Spoonful" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and first recorded in 1960 by Howlin' Wolf. Released in June, 1960 by Chess Records in Chicago.  Called "a stark and haunting work",[1] it is one of Dixon's best known and most interpreted songs.[2]Etta James and Harvey Fuqua had a pop and R&B record chart hit with their duet cover of "Spoonful" in 1961, and it was popularized in the late 1960s by the British rock group Cream. Dixon's "Spoonful" is loosely based on "A Spoonful Blues", a song recorded in 1929 by Charley Patton.[3] Earlier related songs include "All I Want Is a Spoonful" by Papa Charlie Jackson (1925) and "Cocaine Blues" by Luke Jordan (1927).The lyrics relate men's sometimes violent search to satisfy their cravings, with "a spoonful" used mostly as a metaphor for pleasures, which have been interpreted as sex, love, and drugs. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listed Howlin' Wolf's "Spoonful" as one of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll".[9] It is ranked number 154 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2021 list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time",[10] up from number 221 on its 2004 list. In 2010, the song was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame "Classics of Blues Recordings" category.[12] In a statement by the foundation, it was noted that "Otis Rush has stated that Dixon presented 'Spoonful' to him, but the song didn't suit Rush's tastes and so it ended up with Wolf, and soon thereafter with Etta James".[12] James' recording with Harvey Fuqua as "Etta & Harvey" reached number 12 on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B Sides chart and number 78 on its Hot 100 singles chart.[13] However, Wolf's original "was the one that inspired so many blues and rock bands in the years to come". The British rock group Cream recorded "Spoonful" for their 1966 UK debut album, Fresh Cream. They were part of a trend in the mid-1960s by rock artists to record a Willie Dixon song for their debut albums. Sung by Bob Weir, normally followed Truckin' in the second set.  This version is rare because it is the second song of the show and does not have a lead in.  Ended Here Comes Sunshine, stopped, and then went into this.  When it follows Truckin', just flows right into Spoonful. Played:  52 timesFirst:  October 15, 1981 at Melkweg, Amsterdam, NetherlandsLast:  December 8, 1994 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA, USA  MUSIC NEWS:                              Lead In Music                                                Rich Girl                                                Lake Street Dive                                                Lake Street Dive: Rich Girl [4K] 2018-05-09 - College Street Music Hall; New Haven, CT (youtube.com)                                                0:00 – 1:13 "Rich Girl" is a song by Daryl Hall & John Oates. It debuted on the Billboard Top 40 on February 5, 1977, at number 38 and on March 26, 1977, it became their first of six number-one singles on the BillboardHot 100. The single originally appeared on the 1976 album Bigger Than Both of Us. At the end of 1977, Billboard ranked it as the 23rd biggest hit of the year. The song was rumored to be about the then-scandalous newspaper heiress Patty Hearst. In fact, the title character in the song is based on a spoiled heir to a fast-food chain who was an ex-boyfriend of Daryl Hall's girlfriend, Sara Allen. "But you can't write, 'You're a rich boy' in a song, so I changed it to a girl," Hall told Rolling Stone. Hall elaborated on the song in an interview with American Songwriter: "Rich Girl" was written about an old boyfriend of Sara [Allen]'s from college that she was still friends with at the time. His name is Victor Walker. He came to our apartment, and he was acting sort of strange. His father was quite rich. I think he was involved with some kind of a fast-food chain. I said, "This guy is out of his mind, but he doesn't have to worry about it because his father's gonna bail him out of any problems he gets in." So I sat down and wrote that chorus. [Sings] "He can rely on the old man's money/he can rely on the old man's money/he's a rich guy." I thought that didn't sound right, so I changed it to "Rich Girl". He knows the song was written about him.  Lake Street Dive at Salt Shed Lake Street Dive is an American multi-genre band that was formed in 2004 at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.[1] The band's founding members are Rachael Price, Mike "McDuck" Olson, Bridget Kearney, and Mike Calabrese. Keyboardist Akie Bermiss joined the band on tour in 2017 and was first credited on their 2018 album Free Yourself Up; guitarist James Cornelison joined in 2021 after Olson left the band. The band is based in Brooklyn and frequently tours in North America, Australia, and Europe. The group was formed in 2004 as a "free country band"; they intended to play country music in an improvised, avant-garde style.[3] This concept was abandoned in favor of something that "actually sounded good", according to Mike Olson.[4] The band's name was inspired by the Bryant Lake Bowl, a frequent hang out in the band's early years, located on Lake Street in Minneapolis. Great show last Thursday night my wife and I went with good friends JT and Marni and Rick and Ben. Sitting in the back near the top of the bleachers with a killer view of the Chicago Sky line looking west to southeast and right along the north branch of the Chicago River.  Beautiful weather and a great night overall.  My first time seeing the band although good buddies Alex, Andy and Mike had seen the at Redrocks in July and all spoke very highly of the band which is a good enough endorsement for me. I don't know any of their songs, but they were very good and one of their encores was Rich Girl which made me smile because that too is a song from my high school and college days, that's basically 40+ years ago.  Combined with Goose's cover of the 1970's hit “Hollywood Nights” by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band it was a trip down memory lane. I would recommend seeing this band to any fan of fun music.  They were all clearly having a great time. Katie Pruitt opened and came out to sing a song with LSD. In 2017, Pruitt was awarded the Buddy Holly Prize from the Songwriters Hall of Fame[4] and signed with Round Hill Records.[5] Her EP, OurVinyl Live Session EP was released in March 2018.[6] She was named by Rolling Stone as one of 10 new country artists you need to know[7] and by NPR as one of the 20 artists to watch, highlighting Pruitt as someone who "possesses a soaring, nuanced and expressive voice, and writes with devastating honesty".[8] On September 13, 2019, Pruitt released "Expectations", the title track from her full-length debut. Additional singles from this project were subsequently released: "Loving Her" on October 21, 2019,[9] and "Out of the Blue" on November 15, 2019.[10] On February 21, 2020, Pruitt's debut album, Expectations, was released by Rounder Records.[11][12] She earned a nomination for Emerging Act of the Year at the 2020 Americana Music Honors & Awards.[13] In the same year, she duetted with Canadian singer-songwriter Donovan Woods on "She Waits for Me to Come Back Down", a track from his album Without People.[14] In 2021 the artist was inter alia part of the Newport Folk Festival in July. Recommend her as well.  2.     Move Me Brightly: Grateful Dead Lighting Director Candace Brightman Candace Brightman (born 1944)[1] is an American lighting engineer, known for her longtime association with the Grateful Dead. She is the sister of author Carol Brightman. Brightman grew up in Illinois and studied set design at St John's College, Annapolis, Maryland.[1] She began working as a lighting technician in the Anderson Theater, New York City, and was recruited by Bill Graham to operate lighting at the Fillmore East.[3] In 1970, she operated the house lights at the Chicago Coliseum with Norol Tretiv.[4] She has also worked for Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker and Van Morrison. After serving as house lighting engineer for several Grateful Dead shows, including their 1971 residency at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, she was recruited by the band's Jerry Garcia to work for them full-time.[1] She started working regularly for the Dead on their 1972 tour of Europe (which was recorded and released as Europe 72), and remained their in-house lighting engineer for the remainder of their career.[1] One particular challenge that Brightman faced was having to alter lighting setups immediately in response to the Dead's improvisational style. By the band's final tours in the mid-1990s, she was operating a computer-controlled lighting system and managing a team of technicians.[5] Her work inspired Phish's resident lighting engineer Chris Kuroda, who regularly studied techniques in order to keep up with her standards. Brightman continued working in related spin-off projects until 2005.[1][7] She returned to direct the lighting for the Fare Thee Well concerts in 2015, where she used over 500 fixtures. Now facing significant financial and health related issues. 3.    Neil Young and New Band, The Chrome Hearts, Deliver 13-Minute “Down By The River” on Night One at The Capitol Theatre My buddies and I still can't believe Neil with Crazy Horse did not play their Chicago show back in May this year.  Thank god he's ok and still playing but we are bummed out at missing the shared experience opportunity that only comes along when seeing a rock legend like Neil and there aren't many.   SHOW No. 2:                     Broken Arrow                                                Track #5                                                1:10 – 3:00 Written by Robbie Robertson and released on his album Robbie Robertson released on October 27, 1987.  It reached number 29 on the RPM CanCon charts in 1988.[23]Rod Stewart recorded a version of "Broken Arrow" in 1991 for his album Vagabond Heart.[24] Stewart's version of the song was released as a single on August 26, 1991,[25] with an accompanying music video, reaching number 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number two in Canada. This ballad is not to be confused either with Chuck Berry's 1959 single or Buffalo Springfield's 1967 song of the same name, written by Neil Young. "Broken Arrow" was also performed live by the Grateful Dead from 1993 to 1995 with Phil Lesh on vocals.[28] Grateful Dead spinoff groups The Dead, Phil Lesh and Friends, and The Other Ones have also performed the song, each time with Lesh on vocals.[29] Played:  35 timesFirst:  February 23, 1993 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA, USALast:  July 2, 1995 at Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN, USA  SHOW No. 3:         Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds                                    Track #9                                    2:46 – 4:13 "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their May, 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was written primarily by John Lennon with assistance from Paul McCartney, and credited to the Lennon–McCartneysongwriting partnership.[2] Lennon's son Julian inspired the song with a nursery school drawing that he called "Lucy – in the sky with diamonds". Shortly before the album's release, speculation arose that the first letter of each of the nouns in the title intentionally spelled "LSD", the initialism commonly used for the hallucinogenic drug lysergic acid diethylamide.[3] Lennon repeatedly denied that he had intended it as a drug song,[3][4] and attributed the song's fantastical imagery to his reading of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books.[3] The Beatles recorded "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" in March 1967. Adding to the song's ethereal qualities, the musical arrangement includes a Lowrey organ part heavily treated with studio effects, and a drone provided by an Indian tambura. The song has been recognised as a key work in the psychedelic genre. Among its many cover versions, a 1974 recording by Elton John – with a guest appearance by Lennon – was a number 1 hit in the US and Canada. John Lennon said that his inspiration for the song came when his three-year-old son Julian showed him a nursery school drawing that he called "Lucy – in the Sky with Diamonds",[4] depicting his classmate Lucy O'Donnell.[5] Julian later recalled: "I don't know why I called it that or why it stood out from all my other drawings, but I obviously had an affection for Lucy at that age. I used to show Dad everything I'd built or painted at school, and this one sparked off the idea."[5][6][7]Ringo Starr witnessed the moment and said that Julian first uttered the song's title on returning home from nursery school.[4][8][9] Lennon later said, "I thought that's beautiful. I immediately wrote a song about it." According to Lennon, the lyrics were largely derived from the literary style of Lewis Carroll's novel Alice in Wonderland.[3][10] Lennon had read and admired Carroll's works, and the title of Julian's drawing reminded him of the "Which Dreamed It?" chapter of Through the Looking Glass, in which Alice floats in a "boat beneath a sunny sky".[11] Lennon recalled in a 1980 interview: It was Alice in the boat. She is buying an egg and it turns into Humpty-Dumpty. The woman serving in the shop turns into a sheep and the next minute they are rowing in a rowing boat somewhere and I was visualizing that.[3] Paul McCartney remembered of the song's composition, "We did the whole thing like an Alice in Wonderland idea, being in a boat on the river ... Every so often it broke off and you saw Lucy in the sky with diamonds all over the sky. This Lucy was God, the Big Figure, the White Rabbit."[10] He later recalled helping Lennon finish the song at Lennon's Kenwood home, specifically claiming he contributed the "newspaper taxis" and "cellophane flowers" lyrics.[8][12] Lennon's 1968 interview with Rolling Stone magazine confirmed McCartney's contribution.[13] Lucy O'Donnell Vodden, who lived in Surbiton, Surrey, died 28 September 2009 of complications of lupus at the age of 46. Julian had been informed of her illness and renewed their friendship before her death. Rumours of the connection between the title of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and the initialism "LSD" began circulating shortly after the release of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP in June 1967.[24][25] McCartney gave two interviews in June admitting to having taken the drug.[26][27] Lennon later said he was surprised at the idea the title was a hidden reference to LSD,[3] countering that the song "wasn't about that at all,"[4] and it "was purely unconscious that it came out to be LSD. Until someone pointed it out, I never even thought of it. I mean, who would ever bother to look at initials of a title? ... It's not an acid song."[3] McCartney confirmed Lennon's claim on several occasions.[8][12] In 1968 he said: When you write a song and you mean it one way, and someone comes up and says something about it that you didn't think of – you can't deny it. Like "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," people came up and said, cunningly, "Right, I get it. L-S-D," and it was when [news]papers were talking about LSD, but we never thought about it.[10] In a 2004 interview with Uncut magazine, McCartney confirmed it was "pretty obvious" drugs did influence some of the group's compositions at that time, including "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", though he tempered this statement by adding, "[I]t's easy to overestimate the influence of drugs on the Beatles' music." In 2009 Julian with James Scott Cook and Todd Meagher released "Lucy", a song that is a quasi-follow-up to the Beatles song. The cover of the EP showed four-year-old Julian's original drawing, that now is owned by David Gilmour from Pink Floyd.[59] Lennon's original handwritten lyrics sold at auction in 2011 for $230,000. A lot of fun to see this tune live.  Love that Jerry does the singing even though his voice is very rough and he stumble through some of the lyrics.  It is a Beatles tune, a legendary rock tune, and Jerry sings it like he wrote it at his kitchen table. Phil and Friends with the Quintent cover the tune as well and I believe Warren Haynes does the primary singing on that version.  Warren, Jimmy Herring and Phil really rock that tune like the rock veterans they are. The version is fun because it opens the second set, a place of real prominence even after having played it for six months by this point.  Gotta keep the Deadheads guessing. Played:  19 timesFirst:  March 17, 1993 at Capital Centre, Landover, MD, USALast: June 28, 1995 at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI, USA  MJ NEWS: Ukrainian Officials Approve List Of Medical Marijuana Qualifying Conditions Under Country's New Legalization Law2.      Federal Marijuana And Drug Convictions Would Be Automatically Sealed Under New Bipartisan Senate Bill3.      Pennsylvania Police Arrest An Average Of 32 People For Marijuana Possession Every Day, New Data Shows As Lawmakers Weigh Legalization4.      CBD-Rich Hemp Extract Is An Effective Natural Insecticide Against Mosquitoes, New Research Shows   SHOW No. 4:         Wave To The Wind                                    Track #10                                    5:00 – 6:40 Hunter/Lesh tune that was never released.  In fact, the Dead archives say that there is no studio recording of the song.  Not a great song.  I have no real memory of it other than it shows up in song lists for a couple of shows I attended.  Even this version of the tune is really kind of flat and uninspiring but there are not a lot of Phil tunes to feature and you can only discuss Box of Rain so many times.  Just something different to talk about. Played:  21 timesFirst:  February 22, 1992 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA, USALast:  December 9, 1993 at Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA  OUTRO:                   The Other One                                    Track #16                                    2:30 – 4:22 "That's It for the Other One" is a song by American band the Grateful Dead. Released on the band's second studio album Anthem of the Sun (released on July 18, 1968) it is made up of four sections—"Cryptical Envelopment", "Quadlibet for Tenderfeet", "The Faster We Go, the Rounder We Get", and "We Leave the Castle". Like other tracks on the album, is a combination of studio and live performances mixed together to create the final product. While the "We Leave the Castle" portion of the song was never performed live by the band, the first three sections were all featured in concert to differing extents. "Cryptical Envelopment", written and sung by Jerry Garcia, was performed from 1967 to 1971, when it was then dropped aside from a select few performances in 1985. "The Faster We Go, the Rounder We Get", written by Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir and sung by Weir, became one of the band's most frequently performed songs in concert (usually denoted as simply "The Other One"). One of the few Grateful Dead songs to have lyrics written by Weir, "The Faster We Go, the Rounder We Get" became one of the Dead's most-played songs (being performed a known 586 times[2]) and most popular vehicles for improvisation, with some performances reaching 30+ minutes in length. The song's lyrics reference the influence of the Merry Pranksters and in particular Neal Cassady.[2] Additionally, the line "the heat came 'round and busted me for smilin' on a cloudy day"  - one of my favorite Grateful Dead lyrics  - refers to a time Weir was arrested for throwing a water balloon at a cop from the upstairs of 710 Ashbury, the Dead's communal home during the ‘60's and early ‘70's before the band moved its headquarters, and the band members moved, to Marin County just past the Golden Gate Bridge when driving out of the City. In my experience, almost always a second set tune.  Back in the late ‘60's and early ‘70's either a full That's It For The Other One suite or just The Other One, would be jammed out as long as Dark Star and sometimes longer.  During the Europe '72 tour, Dark Star and the full Other One Suite traded off every show as the second set psychedelic rock long jam piece.  Often preceded by a Phil bass bomb to bring the independent noodling into a full and tight jam with an energy all of its own. The Other One got its name because it was being written at the same time as Alligator, one of the Dead's very first tunes.  When discussing the tunes, there was Alligator and this other one. I always loved the Other One and was lucky enough to see the full That's It For The Other One suite twice in 1985 during its too brief comeback to celebrate the Dead's 20th anniversary. Played:  550 timesFirst:  October 31, 1967 at Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA, USALast:  July 8, 1995 at Soldier Field in Chicago Birthday shout out: Nephew, Jacob Mishkin, star collegiate baseball player, turns 21and all I can say is “no effing way!”  Happy birthday dude! And a Happy and healthy New Year to those celebrating Rosh Hashanah which begins this week. .Produced by PodConx Deadhead Cannabis Show - https://podconx.com/podcasts/deadhead-cannabis-showLarry Mishkin - https://podconx.com/guests/larry-mishkinRob Hunt - https://podconx.com/guests/rob-huntJay Blakesberg - https://podconx.com/guests/jay-blakesbergSound Designed by Jamie Humiston - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-humiston-91718b1b3/Recorded on Squadcast

- SKOR North's Phil Mackey lays down the gauntlet and says we all need to have a conversation about just how good this Vikings team is. He chronicles Sam Darnold's career and how he was set up to fail in New York when he was originally drafted and how the Vikings have finally been able to unlock his potential. - KSTP's Chris Egert shares information on a number of stabbings that occurred over the weekend, and a discussion about the construction happening around the Twin Cities and how it has impacted areas like Lake Street. Plus a Wisconsin college official is in hot water over a home movie.- Bob Sansevere talks about how good the Vikings defense has been so far and if it's the best defense since the Purple People Eaters, and how good the team has looked on offense without Jordan Addison or TJ Hockenson so far. Plus Bob shares his thoughts on the atmosphere of US Bank Stadium.- Kristyn Burtt talks about the impact living with P. Diddy had on Justin Bieber and Usher and how both are now under the microscope with everything going on involving Diddy. Along with a chat about how he and Bill Cosby used to talk about their acts openly with no repercussions. Plus some other headlines from the entertainment world.Stream the show LIVE on the Tom Barnard Show app M-F from 8-9:30AM or get the show on-demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

- SKOR North's Phil Mackey lays down the gauntlet and says we all need to have a conversation about just how good this Vikings team is. He chronicles Sam Darnold's career and how he was set up to fail in New York when he was originally drafted and how the Vikings have finally been able to unlock his potential.  - KSTP's Chris Egert shares information on a number of stabbings that occurred over the weekend, and a discussion about the construction happening around the Twin Cities and how it has impacted areas like Lake Street. Plus a Wisconsin college official is in hot water over a home movie. - Bob Sansevere talks about how good the Vikings defense has been so far and if it's the best defense since the Purple People Eaters, and how good the team has looked on offense without Jordan Addison or TJ Hockenson so far. Plus Bob shares his thoughts on the atmosphere of US Bank Stadium. - Kristyn Burtt talks about the impact living with P. Diddy had on Justin Bieber and Usher and how both are now under the microscope with everything going on involving Diddy. Along with a chat about how he and Bill Cosby used to talk about their acts openly with no repercussions. Plus some other headlines from the entertainment world. Stream the show LIVE on the Tom Barnard Show app M-F from 8-9:30AM or get the show on-demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephanie and Steph kick off the second half with their "Top Two of Hour Two" and a Coca-Cola flavored Oreo taste test. Ruth Howell from Visit Lake Street joins to highlight all the amazing spots on Lake Street. Plus, they chat about the buzz around apple orchard season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Steph and Steph kick off the second half with their "Top Two of Hour Two" and a Coca-Cola flavored Oreo taste test. Ruth Howell from Visit Lake Street joins to highlight all the amazing spots on Lake Street. Plus, they chat about the buzz around apple orchard season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ali and Harmony are back and joined by Yusra Mohamud, a Business Advisor from the Lake Street Council, and Leslie Firkins, a Wardrobe Stylist. They wrap up the first half of the show with the classic segment, Whose Look.

Ali and Harmony are back and joined by Yusra Mohamud, a Business Advisor from the Lake Street Council, and Leslie Firkins, a Wardrobe Stylist. They wrap up the first half of the show with the classic segment, Whose Look. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Anyone who has spent time in south Minneapolis over the last 50 years has likely run across the unusual intersection at Lake Street and Nicollet Avenue. These are two of the city's most important thoroughfares. But the city decided in the 1970s to close Nicollet at Lake Street so a Kmart store could extend over a portion of two blocks. Adelie Bergström joins host Eric Roper to discuss what led to this controversial decision. LINKS: Why did Minneapolis close Nicollet Avenue for a Kmart?

A judge's ruling against Barrington Plaza landlord could have wide implications for tenants' rights. Cal State LA president says protesters no longer welcome on campus, after Wednesday's vandalism. How Silver Lake's last 'No Cruising' signs got taken down.  Support The L.A. Report by donating at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.com.    Support the show: https://laist.com

In the week leading up the the anniversary of George Floyd's murder on May 25, Minnesota Now examined DEI efforts, activism and the state of Lake Street, which saw a number of buildings burn during riots. This segment covers the state of policing four years after a Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeled on Floyd's neck on a city street captured on video. His murder set off peaceful demonstrations and violent confrontations locally and across the country. Protestors called for changes to policing. That change has been slow, as expected. We are still seeing reform efforts develop and play out today. MPR News senior reporter Jon Collins joined Minnesota Now to talk about what has changed in policing since Floyd's killing shook the world.

The search for two canoeists who went over a waterfall in the Boundary Waters is still ongoing. We'll talk to a BWCA outfitter about staying safe in one of Minnesota's most beautiful - and perilous - destinations. After last night's heavy rain, we'll hear from MPR's chief meteorologist about what to expect for Memorial Day weekend.We're continuing our series on the different impacts of George Floyd's murder on Minnesotans. Today, we're zooming in on Lake Street's recovery efforts.Is roller skating officially back? We'll talk to the owner of the new rink set to open in Uptown.Plus, we'll hear some words of wisdom from a 99-year-old woman from Minnesota in our Connect the Dot Series.

Saturday is the fourth anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. The civil unrest that followed his death in 2020 left its mark on the Twin Cities, with fire and other damage along parts of University Avenue, West Broadway and Lake Street. The damage, which the state priced at $500 million, was an added challenge for business owners who were already muddling through the strangeness of a new global pandemic.Each day this week on Minnesota Now, we're looking at a different impact of Floyd's murder on Minnesotans. We're zooming in on Lake Street with Allison Sharkey, executive director of Lake Street Council and Alicia Belton, one of three long-term owners who are working to bring the Coliseum Building back to life after it burned in 2020. She's also the architect on the project and owns the firm Urban Design Perspectives.

Hour 2: Jason talks with a pair of winemakers who'll be appearing at this weekend's Wine Fest which benefits the U of M's Masonic Children's Hospital on DeRusha Eats. Then he talks with Star Tribune reporter Dee DePass about her coverage of the restoration of Lake Street.

It was nearly four years ago that businesses and buildings along Lake Street were damaged and burned in the riots that followed the murder of George Floyd. Dee DePass from the Star Tribune joins Jason to talk about the restoration of that area and the work that continues.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, March 5, 2024:We check in on the Common Council as they continue to look for solutions to the city's looming budgetary shortfall,Investigate the giant rat on Lake Street,Get into Greenbush Neighborhood's past, present, and future,Take a closer look at a lesser-known goose,And much more.

Puppetry artist Sandy Spieler plans to attend Minneapolis author Patrick Cabello Hansel's book launch Thursday night for his poetry collection, “Breathing in Minneapolis.”The collection arises from the tumultuous events of 2020: the COVID pandemic, the murder of George Floyd, the destruction along Lake Street and the challenges immigrant communities faced.It's Cabello Hansel's third collection, and he draws in part from his work as pastor of a bilingual Spanish-English speaking church in south Minneapolis, from which he recently retired.“These are poems of immediate relevance. Here are poems of hiding, of being torn apart, of mourning, of marching, of anger and ultimately of reverent adoration,” says Spieler, “true to the calling of his holy office.” Poets Joyce Sutphen, Walter Cannon and Dralandra Larkins will also participate in Thursday's reading, along with Chilean musician Ina-Yukka. The event is at 7 p.m. at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, which Spieler says feels fitting since it served as a medic station during the uprising following George Floyd's murder.  Art lover Colette Hyman of Winona attended the opening weekend of the exhibit “Aabijijiwan / Ukeyat yanalleh, It Flows Continuously” at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum.The show, which first appeared at All My Relations Gallery in Minneapolis, pairs the textiles of Ojibwe artist Karen Goulet and the photography and collage of Houma artist Monique Verdin. The two artists live at opposite ends of the Mississippi River, and their work explores the health of the water that connects us all.The exhibit includes several collaborations that tie deeply to land and water. There are a series of weavings that the artist buried and later retrieved from various locations along the river, allowing the natural colors of the soil to permeate the work.Hyman also appreciated a “stunning, understated” star quilt Goulet created from cotton dyed by medicine plants grown by Verdin. The light fabric flows and ripples as visitors walk by.The exhibit is on view now through July 7 at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona.Actor and theatermaker Greta Grosch of St. Paul is looking forward to Theatre 55's production of “Cabaret,” opening Friday night.Grosch appreciates Theatre 55's role in the Twin Cities arts scene, mounting iconic musicals with talented actors who have aged out of the roles they previously might have played. Grosch enjoys how they push the envelope of the expected, including “Rent,” “Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “Hair.”  All actors are 55 and older, and the show includes a mix of veteran and amateur performers. She's looking forward to seeing the role of Sally played by Prudence Johnson, whose long career includes appearances on “A Prairie Home Companion.”“Cabaret” runs Feb. 2 – 10 at Mixed Blood Theater in Minneapolis.

Foam Brewers has become one of Vermont's favorite breweries, since they opened their doors on Burlington's Lake Street in 2016. Since then, they've expanded to offer a full-service restaurant called Deep City, and they work with a variety of local farm partners to not only source food for the restaurant, but also source hops and grain for the beers brewed at foam. VFN's executive director Tara Pereira talks with Bob Grim of Foam Brewers, Zach Toensing of Deep City, and Kevin Broderick of Whitefield Hop Yard about the relationships their businesses have, and how they've built a sustainable cycle from the farm, to the glass, to the table.  Note: shortly after this episode was recorded, Deep City announced that they'll be closing indefinitely for normal service, due to a variety of challenges facing the restaurant and hospitality industry. Foam Brewers remains open and thriving, and they continue to have a strong relationship with Whitefield Hop Yard. We look forward to Deep City's reopening in the future!

The Electrical Association has collaborated with Lake Street Works well before the creation of their workforce development program. Jess and Mike sit down for a discussion, delving into what the program is, the students, and so much more!    After listening to the podcast you can go directly to the Lake Street Works website to learn more:  https://www.lakestreetworks.org/

A fire broke out early Friday morning in the former Kmart building on Lake Street in Minneapolis. Minnesota public defenders are banding together against a challenge to voting rights. This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

This episode is a recording of our September 19th live show, which was filmed at the Union Hmong Kitchen on Lake Street in partnership with SPAM.We are so grateful to everyone at SPAM and Hormel who supported this event.  Everyone in attendance was treated to goodie bags and delicious appetizers, which came in the form of spam fried rice and spam musubi. both of which were made with their new maple flavor.Our host, Chef Yia Vang, spoke with Los Angeles-based writer Phillipe Thao about his experiences growing up as a Hmong kid and how queerness plays a role in Hmong culture. Phillipe works at Netflix and is very much immersed in the world of media. But how does he retain his Hmongness? How does he value his heritage? Trust me, you'll want to hear the whole thing. It's a fascinating conversation.Thanks as always for listening. Be sure to follow the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or whenever you get your shows. If you like what you hear, give us a five-star review! Also, be sure to find us on YouTube, and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @hmonglishpod

This week, Migizi Communications celebrated the grand opening of its new building.  Minnesota Native News had the opportunity to visit the new location. Deanna Standing Cloud has the story of what goes on there and what it took to get Migizi back on Lake Street.

Affectionately known as The Biggest Little City in the World, the downtown Reno Arch bears the moniker that first greeted visitors in 1926. It was erected to promote the upcoming Transcontinental Highways Exposition the following year and visitors today can walk under it on Lake Street near the Renaissance Reno Downtown Hotel & Spa and National Automobile Museum. Be sure your smart device is charged as it makes for the perfect selfie.Enjoy a True Reno Experience: No Luck Required Was written By Rick Stedman and presented by Perry Mack Located in the western portion of Nevada and 740 km north of Las Vegas, Reno is surrounded by the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and with more than 300 days of sunshine a year, the region is a four-season destination for outdoor recreation.In the late 1840s and early 1850s, Reno was a popular stopover for those seeking fortune during the California Gold Rush. Fast forward a little less than a hundred years, and a similar fortune was to be found here in 1931, when Nevada became the first and only state to legalize gambling.

It's been more than three years since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the civil unrest that followed. Now several Black entrepreneurs aim to bring business owners of color back to a hard-hit part of the city. They're revitalizing an historic retail building that was nearly lost to arson, with the hope that their success will encourage others to follow suit. In the days after a white policeman kneeled on George Floyd's neck, killing the 46-year-old Black man, protests and civil disobedience gave way to three nights of rioting. Buildings along the commercial corridor of Lake Street, including the Third Precinct police station where former officer Derek Chauvin worked, were the arsonists' first targets. While they reduced many buildings to rubble, one century-old landmark still stands. Taylor Smrikárova, real estate development director with the Minneapolis nonprofit Redesign Inc., is among several Black entrepreneurs who saved the Coliseum Building from the wrecking ball.“Its location on Lake in proximity to all the activity in 2020 and the size of the building meant the opportunity to come back and reclaim it and fill it with new uses just could not be missed,” Smrikárova said during a recent tour of the project site. Inside, the smell of soot and mold is fading as workers clean up debris, repair extensive smoke and water damage, and replace melted metal window frames.Built in 1917 to house Freeman's Department store, the building originally included a ballroom on its third floor. Its most recent tenants included a Denny's restaurant, a health clinic and a law office. Janice Downing, an investor in the project, plans to move her management consultancy to the second floor once renovations are finished. Downing said the project's overall purpose is to provide affordable retail, office, and restaurant space to business owners of color and Indigenous entrepreneurs who were forced out of the neighborhood. “This can be the place where people come and hang out, meet, work, gather,” Downing said. “It is a place where people can say that didn't get taken away. It's restored, and it's ours.” While Target, Cub Foods and other deep-pocketed chain retailers on Lake Street bounced back quickly, many small businesses left altogether.   Mama Safia's, a Somali-American restaurant, is moving back to the Coliseum Building's ground floor after three years in temporary space it leased with the help of a crowdfunding campaign. Its neighbor will be Du Nord Social Spirits, a Minneapolis-based Black-owned distillery. Other tenants are expected to include a barber shop and a nail salon. Downing said it was tricky to pull together the $29 million in financing for the project, in part because some lenders were skeptical that leasing out low-cost, move-in ready space to small businesses would prove financially viable. Loans and grants are part of the funding mix, as are historic preservation tax credits. Last year the Coliseum Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.Project architect Alicia Belton said that means they can't simply gut the building and start over from scratch. They must save original details, including the terrazzo floors and marble staircases. Unlike in many renovations, exposed ductwork and pipes are not allowed, and ceilings may not be lowered to conceal mechanical systems. NSJ Live The Lake Street recovery: Stories behind the storefront “From an architectural standpoint, this is the most difficult project I've ever worked on,” Belton said. “Everything I thought I knew working with the historic tax credit rules has been really challenging. But I think that the end result will be beautiful.” The women leading this project are finding that beauty in unexpected places, including a plaster wall that the fire sprinklers streaked with a pattern of soot. While others may have painted it over, Smrikárova said that when the Coliseum Building reopens in 2024, that wall will remain as a permanent reminder of the latest chapter in the building's history, one marked by the pain of violence and the promise of a new beginning.

A summer slow down in financings means that Troy, Danny, and Alex get to spend more time on acquisitions and the public markets this episode. Two acquisitions are up for discussion: SLM Solutions purchase of Adira Addcreative, and that of Xerox's Elem Additive by ADDiTEC. Next, the public markets have just completed Q2 reporting, so Troy Jensen, Senior Research Analyst from Lake Street Capital gives his market roundup. Together, Troy, Danny, and Alex continue the discussion on the Stratasys-3D Systems-Desktop Metal-Nano Dimension merger fest, and also consider the positions of Markforged and Velo3D. Then the trio discuss the 3D printing service bureaus, both publicly listed and also non-public, and how private equity is moving in the 3D printing industry. 0.48: Summer slowdown in financings 1.42: SLM Solutions acquires Adira Addcreative 6.25: ADDiTEC acquires Elem Additive 11.05: OEM public companies general commentary 12.27: Velo3D Q2 results and $70 million convertible offering 13.28: Markforged Q2 results, rumors of new machine and share price movement 16.10: Nano Dimension, Markforged, Velo3D results and merger discussion 20.22: Desktop Metal has a healthy Q2 21.08: 3D Systems faces challenging conditions in dental and industrial  22.13: Stratasys Q2 and negotiation tactics with 3D Systems 27.40: Consolidation in the industry and need for scale 29.23: Service bureau public companies general commentary: Fathom, Protolabs, Xometry, Shapeways 33.41: Market dynamics for 3d printing service bureaus, both public and private 41.07: Data disclaimer This content is for informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Nothing stated on this podcast constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by the hosts, the organizer or any third-party service provider to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments in this or in any other jurisdiction in which such solicitation or offer would be unlawful under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.  The information on this podcast is of a general nature that does not address the circumstances and risk profile of any individual or entity and should not constitute professional and/or financial advice.   

Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss WA innovators looking to use seaweed to reduce methane emissions. Plus: Cultural heritage backflip; Willing gets Lake Street green light, and Woodside to sell Scarborough stake.

By now you've probably heard of Chef Sean Sherman. Maybe you've eaten at his award-winning restaurant Owanmni, overlooking the river in downtown Minneapolis. Owamni is the Sioux-Chef's for-profit business. The nonprofit he started is flourishing too. It's called Natifs. And you can find it at the Midtown Global Market on Lake Street in Minneapolis

The City of Minneapolis is scrapping proposals to return the 3rd Police Precinct station to its former place on Lake Street or find the precinct a new home near 26th and Minnehaha avenues. This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

Dane Neal is in for Bob Sirott on a Fourth of July show full of fabulous food and special events. ‘Famous’ Dave Anderson talks about the upcoming Famous Dave’s BBQ All-Star BBQ Series on Saturday, July 8th taking place at 1631 W. Lake Street in Addison. Then, Food Network personality Sunny Anderson joins the program […]

Anastasia Hopkins Folpe of Rochester, Minn., first encountered the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona several years ago.“I would describe it as a hidden gem,” Folpe said. “It's on the river in Winona, kind of behind the downtown. You have to hunt for it a little bit.” She credited the museum's director Scott Pollock for investing in spaces devoted to younger visitors.  “It's just a very welcoming and mellow place. I just like to go there and hang out. I think people just don't know about it. So I hope everyone learns and goes there.”Peg Guilfoyle is a writer living in downtown St. Paul and a longtime arts enthusiast. She's also a fan of sea shanties.“There is something about coming off the street into a room filled with singing,” she explained. “I'm here to testify to the flat fun of the sea shanty sing-along held monthly at the Dubliner Pub on University Avenue in St. Paul, and also in Minneapolis at Merlin's Rest on Lake Street.”“No band, no sheet music or lyrics and all volunteer singers,” Guilfoyle enthused. “Who knew there were so many people who love sea shanties?”The next sea shanty sing-along will be July 10 at the Dubliner.Katrina Knutson of Minneapolis is a teaching artist and muralist. “You should definitely go check out the Chroma Zone Mural and Art Festival,” she said. The event will feature new murals painted by six artists.“I'm really excited to see work by Sydney James, who is an artist who's visiting from Detroit,” Knutson added, “and Leslie Barlow, one of my very favorite Minnesota painters, will also be painting a mural.”She pointed out additional pleasures of the festival, its location in St. Paul's Creative Enterprise Zone, between the two downtowns: “It's a great neighborhood to go around because there are dozens of murals within a few blocks of each other,” Knutson said, who takes friends and out of town visitors on a tour of the murals.Events related to the festival are scheduled through Sept. 16, including a talk by artist Sydney G. James at Urban Growler in St. Paul on July 14.

Minneapolis police said the victims were all in a vehicle that was hit. An initial account from police said a suspect vehicle had been “observed” by a state trooper on the freeway, but said the crash happened before that trooper attempted a traffic stop. This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

Three years ago, the world watched as Lake Street in Minneapolis sustained significant damage during the protests that followed the murder of George Floyd. Some business owners lost everything. But with the help of their neighbors, many of those businesses cleaned up, came back and insisted that justice be both a part and a goal of the process. In Focus BIPOC businesses' inclusion in Minnesota's economy Hear an In Focus conversation hosted by MPR News host Angela Davis, recorded live on June 6 in front of a live audience at the Hook and Ladder Theater and Lounge in Minneapolis, where business owners and community leaders talked about what Lake Street's rebirth can teach us about making sure recovery is equitable and accessible to all. Guests: Manny Gonzalez, co-owner of Manny's Tortas. Gonzalez, a Mexican immigrant who opened the first Mexican market in south Minneapolis in 1999, explained how 2020 was one of the most difficult years for his three businesses on Lake Street due to the pandemic and the protests. His resilience and service to the community, even when his businesses were closed, helped him succeed today. Elias Usso, owner of Seward Pharmacy. Usso talked about moving his family from Sacramento, Calif. to Minneapolis, how they lost almost everything due to the 2020 protests and how his neighbors on Lake Street kept him going. Andy Hestness, executive director of Redesign, a nonprofit community development corporation that took part in the restoration of the Coliseum building, a beacon for local businesses and BIPOC entrepreneurs along East Lake Street. Hestness detailed the damage the Coliseum suffered during the unrest and how Redesign found an opportunity to save it after the property owners wanted to tear it down. Yusra Mohamud, business advisor at Lake Street Council. Mohamud told the story of how Lake Street started off, how the “We Love Lake Street” initiative raised $12 million for the community and what equitable efforts were made to make sure the recovery would happen. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS. What drove you as a business owner to rebuild and reopen? Usso: We lost almost everything … everything that we built. … It's Minneapolis, you know, we'll be back. This is the city I believe in. This is Lake Street, where immigrants come and thrive, where you feel welcomed, where you feel [at] home. And and even if you lose everything, there are people in Minneapolis that keep you up. The silver lining … our neighbors that came to bring us up and uplift us to where we are right now. And they keep on supporting us. So it was the most difficult time for all of us, you know? … The City of Minneapolis, the people, the force in Minneapolis, are the most amazing people. And that's what keeps us going … where you feel welcome as an immigrant, where you feel home. Am I going to come back and reopen this business, and then go through this again? And I said, “if I don't do it, who will come back and do it?” Because it's incumbent on us, all of us, to just come back and reopen and keep this going as a society. That is what I believe. And Lake Street is very, very important … as an immigrant, as a minority, and as the most vibrant street that you can find in Minneapolis. The world is watching us. Gonzalez: I live in Eagan. And people around there, you know, I tell them when my businesses and they say, “oh, Lake Street?” And I say “come on, you know, it is the best avenue in Minneapolis.” A lot of people don't feel safe to come to south Minneapolis, but I think it's the misconception about the area. I'll tell you, I've been here for so many years and I think it's it's a beautiful avenue, a lot of diversity. And that's the beauty about it. That you can see all kinds of people from all over the world. I was talking when we opened up Midtown Global Market, I said we have to make this avenue a tourist destination. And I think is getting there because I got a lot of customers and they come visit and I say “where do you come from?” And it's Colorado, Los Angeles … they come to Lake Street because it's so diverse and all kinds of opportunities. The food is unbelievable. There's a lot of misconception about Lake Street. Stories behind the storefront Baarla's Boutique is a women's fashion shop that offers modern Islamic clothing. “I like Lake Street. Honestly, as long as we get more safe I think it's the best place to be.” Video: Baarla's Boutique Mostafa, owner of Dar Medina in Midtown Global Market, sells handcrafted Moroccan rugs, cloth and jewelry. “For me, the big support I need is for customers to come. Lake Street, it's a very wonderful neighborhood. Everywhere in the world there is places good and not sometimes … people, they are trying to make it nicer. And I don't know why people get scared down here.” Video: Dar Medina Tedi Grey Owl, academic intern specialist for MIGIZI a Native American non-profit organization, and Hope Flanagan, community outreach and culture teacher for Dream of Wild Health, an intertribal nonprofit that serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul Native American community are partnering to reach their goal of helping Native American students be successful. Video: Migizi

Three years ago, the world watched as Lake Street in Minneapolis sustained significant damage during the protests that followed the murder of George Floyd. Some business owners lost everything.But with the help of their neighbors, many of those businesses cleaned up, came back and insisted that justice be both a part and a goal of the process. In Focus BIPOC businesses' inclusion in Minnesota's economy Hear an In Focus conversation hosted by MPR News host Angela Davis, recorded live on June 6 in front of a live audience at the Hook and Ladder Theater and Lounge in Minneapolis, where business owners and community leaders talked about what Lake Street's rebirth can teach us about making sure recovery is equitable and accessible to all.Guests: Manny Gonzalez, co-owner of Manny's Tortas. Gonzalez, a Mexican immigrant who opened the first Mexican market in south Minneapolis in 1999, explained how 2020 was one of the most difficult years for his three businesses on Lake Street due to the pandemic and the protests. His resilience and service to the community, even when his businesses were closed, helped him succeed today.Elias Usso, owner of Seward Pharmacy. Usso talked about moving his family from Sacramento, Calif. to Minneapolis, how they lost almost everything due to the 2020 protests and how his neighbors on Lake Street kept him going.Andy Hestness, executive director of Redesign, a nonprofit community development corporation that took part in the restoration of the Coliseum building, a beacon for local businesses and BIPOC entrepreneurs along East Lake Street. Hestness detailed the damage the Coliseum suffered during the unrest and how Redesign found an opportunity to save it after the property owners wanted to tear it down.Yusra Mohamud, business advisor at Lake Street Council. Mohamud told the story of how Lake Street started off, how the “We Love Lake Street” initiative raised $12 million for the community and what equitable efforts were made to make sure the recovery would happen.Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.What drove you as a business owner to rebuild and reopen?Usso: We lost almost everything … everything that we built. … It's Minneapolis, you know, we'll be back. This is the city I believe in. This is Lake Street, where immigrants come and thrive, where you feel welcomed, where you feel [at] home. And and even if you lose everything, there are people in Minneapolis that keep you up. The silver lining … our neighbors that came to bring us up and uplift us to where we are right now. And they keep on supporting us. So it was the most difficult time for all of us, you know? … The City of Minneapolis, the people, the force in Minneapolis, are the most amazing people. And that's what keeps us going … where you feel welcome as an immigrant, where you feel home.Am I going to come back and reopen this business, and then go through this again? And I said, “if I don't do it, who will come back and do it?” Because it's incumbent on us, all of us, to just come back and reopen and keep this going as a society. That is what I believe. And Lake Street is very, very important … as an immigrant, as a minority, and as the most vibrant street that you can find in Minneapolis. The world is watching us. Gonzalez: I live in Eagan. And people around there, you know, I tell them when my businesses and they say, “oh, Lake Street?” And I say “come on, you know, it is the best avenue in Minneapolis.”A lot of people don't feel safe to come to south Minneapolis, but I think it's the misconception about the area. I'll tell you, I've been here for so many years and I think it's it's a beautiful avenue, a lot of diversity. And that's the beauty about it. That you can see all kinds of people from all over the world. I was talking when we opened up Midtown Global Market, I said we have to make this avenue a tourist destination. And I think is getting there because I got a lot of customers and they come visit and I say “where do you come from?” And it's Colorado, Los Angeles … they come to Lake Street because it's so diverse and all kinds of opportunities. The food is unbelievable. There's a lot of misconception about Lake Street.Stories behind the storefrontBaarla's Boutique is a women's fashion shop that offers modern Islamic clothing. “I like Lake Street. Honestly, as long as we get more safe I think it's the best place to be.” Video: Baarla's Boutique Mostafa, owner of Dar Medina in Midtown Global Market, sells handcrafted Moroccan rugs, cloth and jewelry.“For me, the big support I need is for customers to come. Lake Street, it's a very wonderful neighborhood. Everywhere in the world there is places good and not sometimes … people, they are trying to make it nicer. And I don't know why people get scared down here.” Video: Dar Medina Tedi Grey Owl, academic intern specialist for MIGIZI a Native American non-profit organization, and Hope Flanagan, community outreach and culture teacher for Dream of Wild Health, an intertribal nonprofit that serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul Native American community are partnering to reach their goal of helping Native American students be successful. Video: Migizi

Abe Gebeyehu, a school-based mental health practitioner, started noticing things were not going well for his students in 2020. When Minnesota schools closed their doors to in-person learning, the time they spent on computers and other screens skyrrocketed. Their interactions with friends and teachers plummeted. They began, in the online meetings he had with them, describing symptoms of anxiety and depression.“I have seen, those emotional distress, emotional struggles in the students' life, because that's the impact of the COVID. That isolation, that separation from the real, from the natural socialization — it's really impacting their emotional stability,” he said.Gebeyehu is a school-based mental-health practitioner. In 2021 he began working with the Wilder Foundation's Kofi Project, a culturally-specific, school-based mental health program for African American youth. A statewide survey conducted at the beginning of 2022 found that nearly a third of Minnesota students are struggling with long-term mental health problems, including anxiety and depression. That's more than at any other time in the history of the survey, and it's an issue state and national health officials describe as a crisis. But there's something Gebeyehu sees in the Black students he counsels that is less widespread among Minnesota students. “What they're facing is, you know, especially African American boys ... they do have this fear of their future … they have feelings of like, ‘Does anyone accept me in my future? Do I have a space in my future?'”‘We want them to know who they are, as African American'Gebeyehu, who is originally from Ethiopia and is Black says he is uniquely positioned to address the challenges his students face. He does all the typical work anyone else in his position might do: he meets with students in his offices at two different St. Paul public school buildings, talks them through difficulties, teaches them about their emotions and helps them with regulation and coping skills. But he's also intentional about teaching them about the rich heritage of African American leaders in their community, and introducing them to historical figures like Martin Luther King, Barack Obama and others.  “We want them to know who they are, as African Americans to become more productive and more equipped and empowered citizens of their communities,” Gebeyehu said. He introduces culturally specific books to his students, meets their families, and arranges for group trips to introduce his kids to African American artists, chefs and community leaders. He's specific about asking them about their plans and hopes for the future. For Benita Amedee, who manages the Wilder Foundations School Based Mental Health work, the cultural component of Gebeyehu's work with the Kofi Program is key. “The idea is for the kids to understand, for the families to understand that you can heal through cultural knowledge; that culture does heal,” she said. “Our cultures all have this in common — this ability to heal the pain that these cultures have gone through.”In addition to the African-American-focused Kofi program, there's also a program centered on Hmong culture, Latino culture, Somali and Karen culture. Providers in these programs say not every student has been affected in the same way by the events of the last several years. Nor does every student manifest their struggles in identical ways. ‘With Hmong students, the issues are invisible'Mai Lor Moua is a mental health practitioner and clinical supervisor who's part of Hlub Zoo - Wilder's Hmong-focused program. She's not based at a particular school and spends much of her time commuting to different locations to work primarily with Hmong students. A big part of her work is helping teachers understand when a student might be struggling. “With Asian students or Hmong students, we tell [teachers] there are these externalized behaviors, but there's also those on the other continuum — students who are struggling quietly are often called invisible. They're withdrawn, so they don't engage with large groups or small groups. They're often really quiet, some have attendance issues or they're not engaging with their peers,” Moua said.  During the pandemic, Moua saw Hmong families struggle to communicate with schools and access online classes because of language barriers. She also saw tight-knit communities flounder because of the required isolation. And the students she worked with became increasingly withdrawn and anxious. They struggled to engage with their school work, maintain a daily routine and attend classes.  “Pre-pandemic it was already really hard for parents to connect with the school because of the language barrier or transportation or they're busy providing for the family. And with the pandemic that has increased — that loss of connection,” Moua said. “There was a lot of isolation.”Now that students are back in in-person classes, Moua says she's focused on building one-on-one relationships with students, and encouraging them to turn to their community for help. In individual meetings with families, she's also careful in how she speaks about mental health issues. There can be a stigma in Hmong communities around mental health struggles.“A lot of times we want to keep things in the family and deal with it in the immediate family and the elders,” Moua said. “But once the parents and the guardians understand what is mental health, what is the thing that their child is going through and understand that … having mental health issues doesn't mean that there's something bad about you or something wrong with you — you're going through something that's really hard.  Once we build that trust, families can open up with us.” For Moua, addressing her students' needs includes drawing in their families and encouraging students to connect with their wider community, friends, extended family and build relationships with school staff.‘They tried to bury us but they didn't know that we were seeds'Maria Rios, who's based at Academia Cesar Chavez, a dual-language charter school in St. Paul, founded Sembrando to support Latino students. “I had this idea and this vision of like, how do we serve the Latino community … it's really about providing that mental health support to the community in their language, whether that's Spanish or English,” said Rios, “And also in a culturally appropriate way, taking into consideration the values, the customs, the history, how we work as a community, and how do we do that work together.”Rios was not as connected to Minnesota's Latino community as she wanted to be when she was growing up in Minnesota, after immigrating here with her family from Mexico. And she's also seen the outsized difficulties her students and families have faced during COVID. Many had extra barriers because of their immigration status that made it difficult to get the food and support they needed. So for her, the success of her Sembrando program is about giving her students the community and support they need to overcome difficulties. “That's my dream, my goal for them,” said Rios. “And again, that comes from a personal part. But for them to just feel confident in who they are and to shine. I think that's the biggest thing. That's really beautiful.”When Rios teaches her students how to handle stress, or takes them to Mercado Central or tells them about the history and community of Westside and Lake Street, she wants them to learn who their community is, who they are.Sembrando, said Rios, means ‘to grow' or ‘to plant.' And it is derived from the saying “they tried to bury us, but they didn't know that we were seeds.”“It's this idea of how do we plant seeds in our students to have that cultural identity and that confidence?” she said “We're just planting seeds. That's what the program is about.”

Special guest Troy Jensen, Senior Research Analyst with Lake Street Capital Markets, joins Alex and Danny for a closer look at some of the biggest publicly listed 3d printing companies. In this episode Alex, Danny, and Troy discuss the hostile takeover attempt of Stratasys by Nano Dimension, 3D Systems' performance and valuation, Desktop Metal versus Markforged, Velo3D's point of difference. They then take a look at the services companies such as Protolabs, Xometry, and Fathom. A recent VC financing for Makerverse is also covered, as well as notable acquisitions by Stratasys and Nexa3D. With the recent release of numerous additive manufacturing market reports, Alex, Danny and Troy reflect on this fresh dataset as it relates to investor appetite within the 3D printing industry. This content is for informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Nothing stated on this podcast constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by the hosts, the organizer or any third-party service provider to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments in this or in any other jurisdiction in which such solicitation or offer would be unlawful under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.  The information on this podcast is of a general nature that does not address the circumstances and risk profile of any individual or entity and should not constitute professional and/or financial advice. 

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One of four men convicted in the shooting death of a Minneapolis police office back in 1992 will have a hearing today that could open the door for his release from prison. The murder of officer Jerry Haaf was a shocking case that made big headlines back in 1992. Officer Haaf was shot in the back while taking a break on his overnight shift in a Lake Street pizza restaurant. Amwati Peppi McKenzie, one of four convicted in Haaf's death, was 19 years old at the time. He's now 49 years old. He never testified at trial. He was convicted of aiding and abetting first degree murder. His attorneys are now advocating for his release, a move that's opposed by Haaf's family, former MPD leaders, and police advocates. Today McKenzie will appear before the one person who will decide his fate, Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell. Tee Ananzi Wilson is a lawyer and the founding director of the center for the study of black life and the law and the Hamline Mitchell school of law. He talked about the process with host Cathy Wurzer.

Paul Pettinelli has 20 years of experience in investment real estate and development, including SFR portfolio growth, commercial real estate, multi-family, & hotels. His experience and achievements have been in corporate leadership, real estate capital markets, business development, financial modeling, asset management, operations, & investment strategies designed to maximize values & returns. Paul's primary focus for the past 13 years has been in the institutional Buy-to-Rent space where he has acquired, developed, operated, consulted, or provided services for approximately 2.1 billion in SFR assets.   In this episode, we talk about everything you need to know about build-for-rent: from maintenance to finding tenants. Paul also gives his advice on how to enter that market and what are the challenges and rewards in the space.  [00:00 - 04:27]  The Real Estate Opportunities Other People Do Not See Paul talks about his transition from the hotel industry to real estate The increasing rate slowed down the economy making the prices affordable for investment There's more available inventory and demand for single-family [04:28 - 10:06] How to Select a Market for Build-for-Rent Community There's got to be a good amount of land Understand the location's data, zoning, and permitting  How to spot a good tenant Household formation and household income An educated tenant that understands the cost of buying a house Paul talks about the risks and the business plan for build-for-rent [10:07 - 15:58] Balancing Risks and Opportunity The lessons Paul has learned the hard way The biggest expense is tenant turnover Don't increase rent too much The average tenancy period is three years The disposition strategy Raise capital and deploy for two years Exit out on a special purpose in five years With build-for-rent, you have decreased maintenance costs The importance of tenant screening [15:59 - 17:27] Closing Segment Reach out to Paul! Links Below Tweetable Quotes:   “Mitigate rent control. You don't want to increase rent too much. You don't want to price out of your target market.”  - Paul Pettinelli    “When you're managing a large portfolio, you have to have the best practices in place, which is screening. There's a lot of technologies out there now, which is good for screening, where it automates.” - Paul Pettinelli  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Connect with Paul Pettinelli on his mobile at  843-819-2691 or email at paul@nautic.homes. Find him on LinkedIn and visit their website nautic.homes.Connect with me:   I love helping others place money outside of traditional investments that both diversify a strategy and provide solid predictable returns.     Facebook   LinkedIn   Like, subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or whatever platform you listen on.  Thank you for tuning in!   Email me → sam@brickeninvestmentgroup.com Want to read the full show notes of the episode? Check it out below: [00:00:00] Paul Pettinelli  There is a lot of housing right now that is owned by Mom and Pop landlords so to speak. You know, we've already seen a lot of those investors start to sell, they'll continue to sell their inventory, even with what institutional investors right now in the market, which is probably 4% or 5% now, and we're talking about the big Blackstone's market home sprintt, just plenty of opportunity.   [00:00:35] Sam Wilson  Paul Bettinelli is an experienced real estate developer and asset manager. After years as a corporate director and executive growing the business, he decided to launch his own company at the age of 39. Paul, welcome to the show.    [00:00:48] Paul Pettinelli Thank you for having me.    [00:00:49] Sam Wilson  The pleasure is mine. Paul, there are three questions I ask every guest who comes on the show in 90 seconds or less. Can you tell me where did you start? Where are you now? And how did you get there?   [00:00:57] Paul Pettinelli Started off in Hotel Management right out of college and worked in hotel operations for several years, first of all, when I was 22, so when I left the hotel industry, I decided to do it full-time. So I started a company, ran it for three years, joined a company called Parallel Real Estate, which led into working as a director for a startup SFR institutional fund. And then that segued into me running Nautic. So basically, I've been very much in SFR, but I have also worked in multifamily and commercial. And, yep, so really, the hunger that I learned in hotels, and watching the corporate guys talk about CAPEX improvements, really launched my interest in that next level of real estate.   [00:01:45] Sam Wilson  Got it? And so today you guys are focused on the single-family residence build-for-rent communities, like you're developing entire BFR communities. Is that right?   [00:01:57] Paul Pettinelli Well, that's a part of it. SFR and multifamily, we talk we will do consulting in both, but the investment strategy is primarily single family and built for rent. Camellia houses founded by Jimmy Moore and Jim Isaminger, I'm a partner in that company. And we're building in the Birmingham area. And we're also with Nautic, which is a partner in that we're doing the infill products property flips, and then also doing buying holds.   [00:02:28] Sam Wilson  That's okay, that's a lot, so you got buy and hold, you got infill, you got property flips, and then…   [00:02:34] Paul Pettinelli It's all single-family though, single-family investments.   [00:02:37] Sam Wilson  Right? Tell me I guess, you know, with all these, you know, various pieces of the puzzle, where do you fit into this?   [00:02:45] Paul Pettinelli Sure, I mean, my core competency has always been on the asset management strategic investment side, there's a lot better operations manager than I am, I'm very good at looking at a plan the financials of it, assessing risk. Looking at the macro economy, I consider myself fairly well-read in investments in what's going on in the world. And I've used that knowledge to set the course on where, where that investment portfolio will be in real estate. And I think, you know, it's, it's been successful, it's been me focusing on my core competencies always made me an attribute to the companies.   [00:03:26] Sam Wilson  And it sounds like you see some good things, obviously, in the future for what it is you guys are building and investing in today? What's the opportunity that you see maybe that other people aren't seeing?    [00:03:40] Paul Pettinelli Well, like anything, just manage around risk and you manage around the obstacles, but the good thing is that, you know, the heightening that increasing rates, slowed down the economy, which in a way there, it was good, the advantages will be that prices will be more affordable for investments that prices will come down. The interest for in single-family, interest rates are going to soften the market and there'll be more inventory available, there will be 10 people fighting for 10 investors fighting for one home, and then there also be a demand in the thick of demand for single-family matters. We already saw that demand with the new consumer coming into the single-family rental space. This will just exacerbate it.   [00:04:27] Sam Wilson  How do you guys select a market to do a build-for-rent community?    [00:04:33] Paul Pettinelli There's got to be a good amount of land there's been there's a few things the land has got to be there. And but there if you can find enough information to see how much of that has already been entitled, how much you know what is the average time from entitlement to getting the right zoning permitting. Luckily, you can see that information through companies that are already building not for rent but building just regular can Unity's and then you know, really the influx of people moving into that market. So a lot of the primary and secondary markets are a little bit tougher, because you have to really expand outside of that city center. But if there's good growth, then that expansion outside of that, that main city, those surrounding areas will if you build the communities, there'll be plenty of demand. But sailboats hassles. So Kansas City is a good example, using that as a Midwest market, because Midwest is a great market and built for it. Kansas City has a lot of opportunity on those outskirts as well as Birmingham. So variant has that perimeter, that is expanding out to see build those communities. The house was available in Birmingham, maybe over prides not seeing it as she's known. But as long as the demand keeps coming in the average income of that tenant household keeps coming into that market, you know, that can be absorbed before.   [00:06:00] Sam Wilson  Right, right now, that makes a lot of sense. And you'd mentioned that there's some tenant demographics, that you guys are seeing that you said, Hey, this, this is going to be here for a while, if that tenant pool isn't is not gonna be there for a while, but also going to grow? What are some of those? What are those some of those demographics that you guys are seeing, he say, Hey, this is what we're looking at. And this is why we think that this, you know, will continue to be a needed product.   [00:06:23] Paul Pettinelli It's basically household formation, household formation, and the household income. So, you know, that's a stat that you can look at, but then you can look at the millennial generation as a sub the average age right now of the household formations. And, and households that are purchasing homes, getting mortgages or getting mortgages, those same, that same age range is the same tenant demographic that wants to rent, the house may not want to be in the apartment, because we want the lawn, that separated walls. So it's anywhere from 35 to 40. And then again, later on in life. So we see that a lot. It's kind of it's kind of like that barbell, maybe hope I know, my parents are an example. They sold their house, and they now rent, because they looked at the opportunity of reinvesting that cash into a house, as opposed to putting it in the markets, you know, whatever their investment strategy is, and, you know, the return, the opportunity cost wasn't worth it. So we find a very educated tenant that ends up once they educated, maybe not paper, but they understand the cost of owning the home. Right? And, you know, on and on was a great thing. But there's, you have to look at it differently than it being an investment because it can be and it can't be, just depends.   [00:07:47] Sam Wilson  Right? Right. Yeah. And there's a lot of different ways that you could slice and dice that, that comment and have a whole conversation about whether or not owning a home is an investment, which we won't get into here today. But do tell me this, like what's the total total business plan for you guys? So you're gonna do a build for rent community? You bring in tenants, how long do you hold it? What are the risks? What are the upsides? I mean? What's the whole business plan look like for you?  [00:08:16] Paul Pettinelli Sure, well, as we scale the focus on the Lake Street fund, because that is basically what's absorbing everything, even the build for it. So we have a, you know, about a seven-year window, maybe 10 years to raise, deploy, and stabilize and then exit. Well, there is a lot of housing right now, that is owned by Mom and Pop landlords so to speak. You know, we've already seen a lot of those investors start to sell, they'll continue to sell their inventory, even with what institutional investors right now owe in the market, which is probably four or 5%. Now, and we're talking about the big Blackstone's American homes grant, just plenty of opportunity to purchase that inventory. And Bill as well, because there's a housing shortage. So the housing shortage, along with the opportunity to be able to take those renters in that want that home is betting and the risk is jumping into the space honestly, and not understanding the investment strategy. That's the risk. That's the housing new stuff. So now if you look back years, you have enough data to know how housing will go. You know, twould say it's the safest IRR at that level that you'll get because even multifamily is a great investment over wrong but you can't diversify your risk so you can be in many markets. And that's a great investment strategy because you can be in an area of town you can have 100 units over several zip codes, and have your assets protected. Even if it's 50 basis points of a drop in value. Now the first 10 years, we had to figure out how to operate that, now that there's best practices on how to operate single-family and scale. We're able to capitalize on that.   [00:10:06] Sam Wilson  What do you feel like some of those best practices are some lessons, maybe you guys have learned the hard way?   [00:10:12] Paul Pettinelli It's really keeping a good product, maintaining it. I work for a company that when I was overseeing asset management and the management section of it, a lot of the fault landlords were the primary business. So they had just come out of 2008, 2009. And they were very cost-conscious, essentially, every single maintenance item, they have decide on, you know, we have our budgets, we know the mouth operate the whole, but the biggest cost in operating a home is a cost of losing a tenant. So if we maintain a home Well, every turnover we're putting are making sure their useful life on the carpet, the paint, everything is crisp, and new, because that's the only thing that sets us aside from not every mom and pop landlord, we just walk great small operators out there. Let's say mom and pop shop, anyone under 100 homes. So yeah, just making sure that every full American home is right is a great example and invitation home, they have really good products that they roll over. And they don't short, the quality of those houses, they move into a house freshly painted new carpet, maybe not hardwood the lbpd floor to feel like you're moving into something fresh, a lot of times it's nicer than homey. So that is the key point is tenant moves in that experience is what's it's going to be that first impression. If you can keep those retention rates up, you're gonna have retention rates up, occupancy cost down, the costs, you'll spend a lot more maintenance even more than you budgeted? You'll end up better off a long. [00:11:53] Sam Wilson  I like what you said there that the biggest expense is tenant turnover, occupancy, you know. You lose it, you lose a tenant for a month or two. And that's an enormous expense.    [00:12:03] Paul Pettinelli But mitigate rent control, too. We don't want to increase rents too much. You want to price out your target market. And so if your costs are high, because you're not offering a portfolio, and you make and let's say every operator made up for it by driving rents, well, that's not a good thing. Becauyou don't want to drive the rent pass a certain threshold affordability, if you manage when read, natural rent increases are needed. But if you operate the retention piece, you can keep their rents reasonably lower, or direct raise reasonably lower, and you don't have to price at your market.    [00:12:46] Sam Wilson  What's the average tenancy period?   [00:12:50] Paul Pettinelli It's approaching three years. Yeah, I'm gonna say it's about a 70% retention rate. So I'm looking at a five-year window. So let's say your average hold time on that asset is five years, you if you're operating it reasonably well should keep a tenant two and a half or two years.   [00:13:09] Sam Wilson  Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. And I think that's longer than probably than what the average would be, say, in an apartment, you know, and also, again, it goes back to the fact that people want to live in a home these aren't people that want to live there in an apartment, the end of that five year period. Are you guys selling off those properties? Are you, what's the disposition strategy? [00:13:29] Paul Pettinelli That's I mean, essentially, you know, you spend the first two years raising and deploying the capital, right, leverage it up. And yeah, five years is generally the point at which you, you want to exit out of that, that special purpose vehicle, meaning the best strategy is to sell that portfolio at a lower cap rate to another institutional investor. But we can extend you know, if you're offering memorandums are written, well, you can have that extension because maybe five years, maybe you want to extend it out a couple of years. There's 10 years fund out there, there's evergreen funds, but five years tends to be the sweet spot. [00:14:07] Sam Wilson  That's the sweet spot for you guys. That's really, really cool. And I guess the other thing you probably get on brand new build for rent is decreased maintenance costs overall.   [00:14:18] Paul Pettinelli That's definitely a plus. You know, I would say rental home is about 58 to 60%. And the y margin didn't get up as high for the first two year 70%. Maybe higher. They got warranties. So yes, absolutely.   [00:14:35] Sam Wilson  That really, really cool. And I guess maybe the last thing I guess as it pertains to maintenance when you have entire families moving into a home, you know how Are you preventing those from just getting, you know, just torn to pieces? I mean, it gets somewhat, you'd have an apartment complex, but I would think a home might even take more wear and tear than an apartment. I don't know. Is that…   [00:14:54] Paul Pettinelli  Yeah. Well, when you're, you know, when you're managing a large portfolio, yeah, you have to have the best practices in place, which is screening. I mean, you have a lot of times, I mean, there's a lot of technologies out there now, which is good for screening where it automates it, you know, it was companies will grant me, for example, has an application as the lockbox company that has the screening on the back end. If you keep that screening to a level and you're and you're, you're pretty stern on abiding by that you'll have a bit tan, not just credit of that about, you know, landlord referrals, or if you can't catch everything, but for the most part, if they've been a good tenant, or they've been a, you know, they're they don't have a huge blemish on your record. It's usually a good sign. I mean, if you're just getting heads in beds, and you're recruiting everyone, that's when your turnover becomes an issue. And I'm not saying that, I'm not saying that they're going to get the homeless. I'm not saying that. I'm just saying as a rule of thumb, you know, people who have looked after their trade line and their credit will look after your own.   [00:15:59] Sam Wilson  Right, no, that's a fair baseline analysis there. So that's really really cool. I love what you guys are doing certainly the build-for-rent industry is exploding I don't see it going anywhere, anytime soon. You've shed a lot of light on you know, everything from maintenance down to finding tenants to you know, just the way you guys are finding opportunity here in the country, how you're, how you're picking your markets and things like that. So certainly have enjoyed having you come on the show today, Paul, appreciate all your insight here. If our listeners are in touch with you and learn more about you what is the best way to do that? [00:16:34] Paul Pettinelli You can contact me on my cell 843-819-2691 or my email address paul@nautic.homes, without a .com. Or just reach out to me on LinkedIn.   [00:16:48] Sam Wilson  Awesome. We'll make sure we put all of that contact there. But tell me nautic.homes, that's N A U T I C .  H O M E S, just for those of you who are listening.   [00:16:56] Paul Pettinelli Correct.   [00:16:57] Sam Wilson nautic.homes, Paul, thank you again for coming on the show today. I do appreciate it.   [00:17:01] Paul Pettinelli Thank you.

Episode 335: Fantastic Client News and How to Sustain Your Focus Fantastic Client News! Mohamud Ali and Saido Jama founded Midwest Bakery & Café in 2019. I have been working with them to get their Halal whole wheat and white loaves of bread and whole wheat hoagie buns into Cub Foods on 28th and Lake Street in Minneapolis to test the market. Guess what? We did it! Midwest Bakery & Café is now in its first Cub Foods grocery store. (For those of you outside of the midwest. Cub Foods is a supermarket chain of 45 stores.) Congratulations to Mohamud and Saido and their family! On the first day, we sold out and rushed to refill the order. The two bottom shelves are now bread. The detergent was replaced. We moved so fast that I didn't get a picture of Saido and their adult children working to fill the orders. They have expanded their customer base from restaurants and daycare centers to Cub Foods customers. The demand for their loaves of bread and hoagie buns is growing. I am thrilled to collaborate with them to expand their bakery and evolve their businesses. They also own Midwest Auto Repairs. I'll have them on the podcast soon so you can hear them describe their multi-venture entrepreneurial journey. Among the many things I appreciate about Mohamud and Saido is that they reached out for mentoring so I could help them cross this particular finish line and set the next big goal. They knew they needed help getting their six types of loaves of bread and hoagies buns on the shelves at Cub Foods. I knew I could deliver. In under a week, they have passed the market test. Now, we can work steadily to evolve with the needs of their customers and set new processes and systems in place to maintain efficiency as the demand continues to grow and the offerings expand to other locations.  You can purchase their loaves of bread and hoagie buns at 28th and Lake Street. I just had one for lunch after helping them fill orders; it was so good. The picture is Mohamud delivering their first order last week. With fast growth, sustaining focus under pressure is critical. Today's podcast meditation will help you sustain your focus with the pressures you are under. How to Sustain Your Focus Can you focus on the right things at the right time, most of the time? If so, you are practicing the first of four aspects connected with one mind skill: FOCUS. To start focusing, we need to direct our attention to what we want to think about. We then sustain attention as long as we need and want to, controlling impulses and noticing when our attention wanders and redirecting our mind back to its focal point. Once the task is complete, we can relax our attention, resting our minds for a few minutes before directing our attention to a new task. Sounds easy, right? We resist so often what is good for us, especially when it comes to our minds. Sitting down for a few minutes to calm our thoughts and let go is difficult. Sometimes, I find it challenging to sit with myself, especially if I feel anxious or have nervous energy. This means something big lurks underneath all that nervousness, and I don't know if I want to know what it is just yet. Giving myself permission to sit and see what happens takes the pressure off. Last week we practiced Directing Focus. Today is the complimentary 6-minute meditation; How to Sustain Your Focus. I first aired this episode on March 7, 2022. Both meditations give your mind something to do while you sit. You can return to your focal point whenever you get distracted, or your thoughts drift. Where does focus fit in the grand scheme of building a healthy mind? According to The Center for Healthy Minds, it is connected to awareness. The first place we start when we make a behavior change, we become self-aware and shift our focus. The four areas below are what a regular meditation practice helps us do after we open our eyes. Awareness: means practicing presence, focus, and self-awareness. Connection: means practicing appreciation,

Former USTA Northern Section president Roshan Rajkumar talks about Serena Williams' run at this year's U.S. Open. Russ Adams from the Lake Street Council joins the program to discuss how the business corridor is rebuilding after the struggles of 2020.

Latasha Jennings is the Project Lead at Let Everyone Advance with Dignity (LEAD) which "provides harm reduction-based, intensive case management to individuals who come into repeated contact with law enforcement due to unmet behavioral health needs, homelessness, and/or extreme poverty." LEAD practices have evolved in other cities, and are being brought in a new partnership to the Lake Street corridor in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Latasha joins host Steve Boland to talk about nonprofit organizations work in collaboration in a space which has often been relegated to public safety/civil service employees, how a movement builds trust in a community, and how to measure change. Listen now by clicking the player above, download the file for later here, or subscribe to the podcast on your phone for automatic updates. Get more details on how to subscribe on our podcast page.

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Two years ago, important business corridors in the Twin Cities were damaged by civil unrest that followed the police killing of George Floyd — most notably, Lake Street in Minneapolis.  Many of these businesses were owned by immigrants and people of color. Some of them were completely burned to the ground. Today, many businesses have reopened, and Lake Street is on its way to recovery from the damage and the setbacks from the COVID-19 pandemic.  MPR News host Angela Davis spoke with nonprofit leaders and business owners about the efforts to rebuild and revitalize businesses on Lake Street. Guests:  Allison Sharkey is the executive director of Lake Street Council.  David Nicholson is the Vibrant and Equitable Communities program director at the McKnight Foundation.

NEW: Supes, mayor reach $28 billion budget deal; $4M estimate for abortion services; victory for safe consumption; call for city overdose plan; no more slow Lake Street; school board suspends meetings; two controversial housing bills pass; questions over monkeypox. NEXT: nixing new street cleaning department; potential vacant home tax; cost-of-living adjustment for elder city pensioners; shifting the election cycle; abortion rights protests.

In this episode, we're joined with Mandu from NATIFS, North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems, to discuss food sovereignty and the future of indigenous foodways and the concept of culture and food as dynamic and evolving. North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NāTIFS), founded by James Beard award winners The Sioux Chef, is dedicated to addressing the economic and health crises affecting Native communities by re-establishing Native foodways. We imagine a new North American food system that generates wealth and improves health in Native communities through food-related enterprises. NāTIFS has opened the Indigenous Food Lab in the Midtown Global Market on historic Lake Street in Minneapolis. The Indigenous Food Lab is a professional Indigenous kitchen and training center covering all aspects of food service; research and development; Indigenous food identification, gathering, cultivation, and preparation; and all components of starting and running a successful culinary business based around Native traditions and Indigenous foods. Reclamation of ancestral education is a critical part of reversing the damage of colonialism and forced assimilation, and food is at the heart of this reclamation. NāTIFS will drive sustainable economic empowerment and prosperity into tribal areas through a reimagined North American food system that also addresses the health impacts of injustice.   Check out NATIFS at NATIFS.org or @Natives_org on Instagram