Friday, May 1, 2009

Don Samuels Gives A "Stand Up And Say Hallelujah" Speech At Ackerberg Group Groundbreaking In NoMi






North Minneapolis marketing expert Pat Carney forwarded a link to numerous images he captured at yesterday's groundbreaking ceremony at 1200 Broadway, click here, part of exciting redevelopment and revitalization by the Ackerberg Group. No doubt some of the...

...movers and shakers who were present will be wanting images of themselves.

For those involved in their neighborhood associations, and other groups working toward massive revitalization, life in NoMi continues to be endless socialization, soirees, elbow-rubbing with big wigs, and delightful free refreshments; these pleasurable moments periodically punctuated by gritty struggle, click here for a good example.

According to both Pat Carney and Realtor Connie Nompelis, (No-bell-iss) Councilman Don Samuels was in fine form, and gave a rousing speech. Carney called it a "stand up and say hallelujah" speech. Nompelis said Samuels talked about how he always believed in North Minneapolis, and had for years, and now the prediction was coming to pass as evidenced by rampant revitalization. Therefore now was not the time to stand on the sidelines, but to believe and to buy property in North Minneapolis.

Has this blog mentioned how much NoMi wants Mayor Rybak to buy his next house in our neighborhood? Oh, yes, I think I did, click here. Right now, I'd settle for definitive word that Mayor Rybak is LOOKING at houses in North Minneapolis, and what neighborhoods are catching the mayor's eye.

If you're unhappy that you missed the Ackerberg Group soiree (like I did!) don't worry, there are two exciting NoMi social events happening on Saturday. Details will follow in my next two blog posts.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

link doesn't work.

Johnny Northside said...

Link fixed.

Anonymous said...

I'm confused. It's a community soup kitchen?

Johnny Northside said...

I'm honestly not sure what is meant by that phrase about a shared kitchen. Good question.

Anonymous said...

I think the concept of shared kitchen is getting more and more common. Caterer companies or an artisan food maker might need kitchen space, perhaps about once per week, or when a job is booked... so the kitchen is available for regular bookings or more sporadic bookings - it helps defray the cost associated with those industries instead of having to pay full kitchen rent and have it be empty/not used a majority of the time.