THE STORY IN PICTURES: Recent Intense Discussions About Marketing North Minneapolis/NoMi

Photos By John Hoff

Here are images from recent intense (but informal) discussions about marketing North Minneapolis/NoMi which took place at the offices of the Carney group, as described in the two previous blog posts.

First, this is a booklet produced by the Carney Group with North Minneapolis/NoMi marketing material. It is slick and well done. Luckily, nobody spilled wine on it. (Well, I'm sure they made more than one)

Second, ...

Jules Inda, Pat Carney's wife. Next, realtor and NoMi member Connie Nompelis (No-bell-iss) who is probably laughing at something said by Anderson Mitchell.

Fourth, Anderson Mitchell (right) clowning around for my camera, next to Hawthorne Housing Director Jeff Skrenes. Next, Lisa Mitchell. It turns out Lisa Mitchell and I both grew up in the same part of the sticks. The bottle in the foreground--which looks like it is stuffed with lawn trimmings--is exotic Honduran guifiti.

Next, Pat Carney. Look at the size of his camera. Normally, I don't give a lot of credence to beliefs that a camera can steal your soul, but...well, just look at the SIZE of that thing!

The last picture was not taken at the Carney group event, but rather just before a recent meeting with Don Allen to talk about North Minneapolis marketing efforts, which I mentioned in this blog post, click here.

Nobody wanted me to take pictures at that meeting, so this image of Connie feeding the meter is all I have. Her cute little silver coin purse is made from HAND WOVEN POTATO CHIP BAGS.

Now all the women will want one.