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juServing Downtown & ortheast MinneapolisMay 619, 2013
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Jackie Cherryhomes
said she has learned
some lessons since her
time in City Hall.
For one, she said
shes become a better
listener.
They way I look at
things is Im not the same
person I was when I left
office 11 years ago I
should hope not, she
said during a recent inter-
view. I hope weve all
grown in that period of
time. I want to take whatIve learned both person-
ally and professionally
back to City Hall.
Cherryhomes, 58,
served on the Council
from 1990 to 2002,
representing the 5th
Ward, which includes
neighborhoods in North
Minneapolis. She was
elected president of
the Council her second
term and held that post
until she was defeated
by Natalie Johnson Lee
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The development boom in
the North Loop shows no
signs of slowing down as
two new office building
projects and another
apartment development
have been proposed for the
neighborhood.
The area around Target
Field and the Interchange, a
transit hub under construc-
tion next to the ballpark, in
particular, is set to undergo
a dramatic transformation
in coming months.
United Properties has
proposed demolishing the
Shapco Printing building
near Target Field to make
way for a new $57 million
eight-story office building.
The developer is negoti-
ating with the Northeast-
based National Marrow
Donor Program to build a
new home for the organiza-
tion, said Brandon Cham-
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Mayoral candidate Jackie Cherryhomes at a campaign event.
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Whether you greet it with a primal scream or an affirma-
tive murmur, spring is belatedly back in Minneapolis,
and its time to get out and meet the city onc e more: Its
a good thing Art-A-Whirl is right around the corner.
Now in its 18th year, the Northeast arts event is all grown up,
expecting more than 30,000 people in attendance, featuring art instal-
lations, demonstrations, live music, food and drink and more.
Once again held on the third weekend in May, Art-A-Whirl will take place
May 17, 18 and 19 throughout the Northeast Arts District and beyond.
It started off with a couple artists, maybe a couple hundred people
in a couple locations, and now were at over 500 artists in over 70 loca-
tions, said Alejandra Pelinka, the executive director of the Northeast
Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA), which presents the event
each year.
Its grown from just being an artists studio tour to being a neighbor-
hood, community celebration, but all really tying back into the arts and
the artists and what theyve contributed to the community, she said.
The current scope of Art-A-Whirl can be, as Pelinka said, intimi-
dating, featuring much more to see and do than an average person
could accomplish in a handful of days.
Here well try to distill the rookies and the vets to help you navigate
this years Art-A-Whirl.
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for reelection in 2001 by a
mere 72 votes.
After she left CityHall, she launched a
consulting business to
help companies and devel-
opers navigate the citys
bureaucracy and connect
with community groups.
Some of her recent clients
have included Covanta
Energy Corp., which runs
the Hennepin Energy
Recovery Center, and
Mortensen Construction.
She has since parted ways
with those companies
because of her mayoral
bid.
Ive learned that we arenot as business friendly a
city as we could be, she
said of her private sector
work. That is something
I will bring to City Hall. I
have learned that we need
to have a more engaged
citizenry. People need to
be heard and have the
opportunity to be heard.
Shes said shes motivated
to run for mayor for several
reasons both profes-
sional and personal ones.
First of all, Ive lived
here all my life, and I
see an opportunity tocontribute what Ive
learned as a community
organizer, as an elected
official, as an engaged
citizen and a private busi-
ness owner, she said.
Ive done all those things
and I see the opportunity
to contribute what Ive
learned back to the cityto make it even better for
the future.
Her 16-year-old
daughter Emma Sipora
Tyler is another source of
inspiration.
She sees firsthand
commitment to public
service, what women
do and what it is to be awoman running for office,
she said. She sees first-
hand you really can indeed
make a difference.
Other critical life
lessons come from time
on the campaign trail, too,
she said, such as learning
to develop a thick skin in
the face of criticism.
Top priorities
Cherryhomes said her top
priorities, in no particular
order, would be public
safety, maximizing the
value of public services fortaxpayers and job creation/
economic development.
Cherryhomes, a resi-
dent of the Homeward
neighborhood (also
known as Willard Hay) on
the North Side, said her
family has been impacted
by crime.
We had a couple of
break-ins in our house when
my daughter was 2, and then
again when she was 6, and it
left a huge, huge impact on
her life to this very day, she
said. I take public safety
personally.She would also priori-
tize a high level of public
services to ensure
taxpayers are getting their
moneys worth making
sure the citys infrastruc-
ture, streets and curbs are
in good condition.
Thats not the most
exciting or glamorous
thing to talk about, but at
the end of the day, were
paying property taxes
and everyone should be
getting good services for
what they are paying for,
she said.Cherryhomes said she
was in the middle of
studying the citys budget
to come up with ideas
on how to keep property
taxes down.
Property taxes are
absolutely a number oneissue because if were
going to attract young
families to this city and
help our seniors stay
in their homes as long
as they can, we need to
make it a fair tax struc-
ture, she said.
Her other top priority
would be job creation and
economic development.
For me the bedrock of
everything is we have to
find ways to get people
employed, she said.
We have to increase our
opportunities in manu-facturing and jobs at all
levels of government.
Kathleen OBrien,
former vice president of
University Services at the
University of Minnesota
and a Minneapolis City
Council member from
1982 to 1989, is supporting
Cherryhomes campaign.
OBrien said Cherry-
homes strong community
organizing skills, work ethic
and ability to empathize and
listen to people would be
strong assets for her if she
was elected mayor.Shes worked on issues
important to our city for
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Jackie Cherryhomes at a recent campaign event.
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At A lAnc: jAck cys
Age: 58
neighborhood: Homeward (Willard Hay)
Fami: husband F. Clayton Tyler and daughter Emma
Sipora Tyler
eume apho: Founded Cherryhomes-Tyler Inc. in
2002 (a consulting business); City Council member 1990-
2002 (served as president from 1994-2002).
duaio: Bachelors of arts degree, Augsburg College;
reective leadership program, Humphrey School of Public
Policy and Affairs
Fu fa: In college she belly danced in a talent show at the
Minneapolis Public Library.
campaig webie: jackiecherryhomesformayor.com
twier: @CherryhomesMpls
Faeboo: facebook.com/cherryhomesformayor
agram: instagram.com/jackiecherryhomes
30 years, OBrien said.
She has a very broad
knowledge of the city.
Walter Rockenstein,
a retired attorney and
former Republican
Minneapolis City Council
member who served
from 1974 to 1983, is also
working on Cherryhomes
campaign. He represented
the citys 11th Ward, whichincludes neighborhoods in
South Minneapolis.
He said he believes
Cherryhomes is the
most qualified candi-
date because of her
track record on the City
Council, her work in the
private sec tor with her
consulting business and
her experience commu-
nity organizing in North
Minneapolis.
He said hes always
been able to trust her
word, too.
She doesnt always tellme what I want to hear,
but I always know that
when she says something,
thats where shes going
to be. You can trust that,
he said.
Dowowdeveopme
While Cherryhomes and
Mayor Sharon Sayles
Belton were in office,
they oversaw the cityspurchase of Target Center
to keep the Timberwolves
in town and the redevel-
opment of Block E a
project tha t inc luded a
$39 million public subsidy
and has since been the
object of criticism.
Cherryhomes noted that
despite the many vacan-
cies in the entertainment
complex, the businesses
on the 1st Avenue side
Kierans and the Graves
hotel are doing well.
In retrospect, I think
we made the best deci-sions we could make at
the time, Cherryhomes
said, reflecting on the
original Block E deal.
Frankly it functioned
pretty well until the
latest owner bought it
and cleared it out forthe casino that didnt
happen.
She said the building
is designed poorly and
needs to open up more to
the street, particularly on
the Hennepin side. She
would also like to see the
Target Center renovation
move forward and connect
better with Block E.
I have come to have a
much deeper appreciation
for design and the power
of design than I had
before. That was not on
my radar and now I have
learned that design can
really make a huge differ-
ence in how things work,she said.
As for the Vikings
stadium, Cherryhomes
was originally a propo-
nent of building a new
home for the team at the
Minneapolis Farmers
Market site.
Now that it will replace
the Metrodome, she wants
to see downtowns east
side revitalized and better
connections between
the new stadium site and
Target Field.
The challenge is how
do you bridge that great
divide that has always
existed between down-
town east and the restof downtown. I think we
have a real opportunity
with that public plaza to
do that, she said.
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When asked what sets
her apart from the other
candidates in the crowded
mayors race, she said
shes got three major
assets going for her.
No one else in the
race has the experience
I have in community
organizing. I have doneit. I continue to do it. It is
what made me successful
as a council member,
she said. Secondly, Ive
done the job. There is not
a whole lot of difference
in responsibility between
council president and
mayor. And thirdly, Ive
run my own business and
Ive worked with private
sector businesses.
One of her proudest
accomplishments has been
her work fighting absentee
property owners both
as a community organizerand as a council member.
I did it so effectively
that the landlords came
and picketed my house
to say how awful I was
because I wasnt going to
settle for people having
inadequate housing andbeing take advantage of,
she said.
She said she is also
proud of her work f ighting
crime in North Minne-
apolis while in office. Im
not easily intimidated, and
Im really tenacious.
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She doesnt always tell me what I want
to hear, but I always know that when she
says something, thats where shes going
to be. You can trust that.
Walter Rockenstein
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proling the self-declared
candidates for mayor for
the next several issues
leading up to the DFL City
Convention on June 15.
This is the second prole
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proled Mark Andrew
and will be publishing
stories in coming weeks
on Don Samuels, Gary
Schiff, Betsy Hodges,
Jim Thomas and Cam
Winton, an Independentcandidate not seeking
the DFL endorsement.
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