The Neighborhood Advocate June 9, 2010


Shop 176 sales during Garage Sale event June 12 Shop 176 sales (yes, that's one-hundred seventy-six individual garage sales, folks!) on Saturday, June 12 during the annual Standish, Ericsson, and Corcoran Neighborhood Garage Sale event, the largest of its kind in Minneapolis. A free sales guide and map to all of the sales will be available from 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on June 12 at neighborhood locations including the Midtown Farmers Market (2225 East Lake, until 1:00 p.m.), The Angry Catfish (4208 28th Ave S), Caribou Coffee (4745 Cedar Ave S), and Tillie’s Bean (2803 East 38th Street). Shop 'til you drop, and support your neighbors!	Volunteers, food needed for Green Sweep June 19 Volunteers, food, and junk are needed for Corcoran's annual Green Sweep event on Saturday, June 19. Green Sweep helps Corcoran residents dispose of non-hazardous junk that cannot be reused, sold, or given away. The materials should be left at the alley the evening of Friday, June 18 and clearly marked. Green Sweep volunteers load these materials into trucks and haul them to the Southside Transfer Station. Learn more about getting rid of unwanted stuff and volunteer opportunities here, and please contact Eric at CNO to help out. Volunteers get a delicious breakfast and lunch, incredible scavenging opportunities, a cathartic experience throwing junk around, and a chance to meet new neighbors.
Do you have old doors to donate? Put them out June 19 Corcoran GROWS is gearing up for an exciting new public art project. Do you have an old door or two (of any size, shape, color and condition) that you don’t need? Please leave it for Green Sweep on June 19, because GROWS needs doors for its public art project. A special “doors truck” will stop by to pick up your donated doors. Please have all items at the alley by the evening of Friday, June 18. Contact Eric at CNO with questions, and watch the GROWS website for more details on the July 24 public art event.	County will accept household hazardous waste August 7 Do you have household hazardous waste (HHW)? Not sure? Don’t leave it for Green Sweep (we can’t bring it to the Southside Transfer Station), but save it for a Hennepin County collection event August 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at 4120 17th Ave. S. Find details and a list of accepted materials. HHW can also be dropped off year-round at permanent drop-off facilities located at 1400 W. 96th St., Bloomington, and 8100 Jefferson Highway, Brooklyn Park. For more information call 612-348-3777.
Brake for Breakfast! Bike/Walk to Work Day June 10 On Thursday, June 10 from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m., the tenants of the Phillips Eco Enterprise Center, 2801 21st Ave S, invite you to the 3rd annual Brake for Breakfast event on Bike/Walk to Work Day. There will be a free breakfast served in the parking lot, with pastries, eggs, pancakes, sausage, vegan sweet rolls, tofu scramble, oatmeal, coffee and juice. The Hub Bike Co-op will be on hand to do quick tune-ups.	Eat a burrito, help the Midtown Farmers Market On Tuesday, June 15 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., print and bring this flyer to the Uptown Chipotle restaurant (26th and Hennepin), and half the proceeds of your meal will benefit the Midtown Farmers Market. And if you're a Facebook user, you can use this alternate link to the flyer and invite your friends. Of course, Midtown shoppers can pick up printed copies directly at the market. Find market hours and more.
Police Department: beware of aggressive solicitors Minneapolis Police have received complaints of aggressive door-to-door magazine solicitors. Recently, a solicitor was arrested for operating without a license, and damage to property, when she would not accept no for an answer from a homeowner. Solicitors must be licensed and able to provide proof when requested. Use 9-1-1 to report any illegal, threatening, or suspicious activity.	University seeks host families for exchange students The University of Minnesota is expecting 30 college age students from China to attend a full time study program this Fall. The U seeks warm, loving, host families for the Chinese students. Families will be paid a monthly stipend of $400 per student. For more information, please contact Melinda McCannell-Unger at the university exchange program.
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Shop 176 sales during Garage Sale event June 12

Shop 176 sales (yes, that's one-hundred seventy-six individual garage sales, folks!) on Saturday, June 12 during the annual Standish, Ericsson, and Corcoran Neighborhood Garage Sale event, the largest of its kind in Minneapolis. A free sales guide and map to all of the sales will be available from 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on June 12 at neighborhood locations including the Midtown Farmers Market (2225 East Lake, until 1:00 p.m.), The Angry Catfish (4208 28th Ave S), Caribou Coffee (4745 Cedar Ave S), and Tillie’s Bean (2803 East 38th Street). Shop 'til you drop, and support your neighbors!

Volunteers, food needed for Green Sweep June 19

Volunteers, food, and junk are needed for Corcoran's annual Green Sweep event on Saturday, June 19. Green Sweep helps Corcoran residents dispose of non-hazardous junk that cannot be reused, sold, or given away. The materials should be left at the alley the evening of Friday, June 18 and clearly marked. Green Sweep volunteers load these materials into trucks and haul them to the Southside Transfer Station. Learn more about getting rid of unwanted stuff and volunteer opportunities here, and please contact Eric at CNO to help out. Volunteers get a delicious breakfast and lunch, incredible scavenging opportunities, a cathartic experience throwing junk around, and a chance to meet new neighbors.

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Do you have old doors to donate? Put them out June 19

Corcoran GROWS is gearing up for an exciting new public art project. Do you have an old door or two (of any size, shape, color and condition) that you don’t need? Please leave it for Green Sweep on June 19, because GROWS needs doors for its public art project. A special “doors truck” will stop by to pick up your donated doors. Please have all items at the alley by the evening of Friday, June 18. Contact Eric at CNO with questions, and watch the GROWS website for more details on the July 24 public art event.

County will accept household hazardous waste August 7

Do you have household hazardous waste (HHW)? Not sure? Don’t leave it for Green Sweep (we can’t bring it to the Southside Transfer Station), but save it for a Hennepin County collection event August 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at 4120 17th Ave. S. Find details and a list of accepted materials. HHW can also be dropped off year-round at permanent drop-off facilities located at 1400 W. 96th St., Bloomington, and 8100 Jefferson Highway, Brooklyn Park. For more information call 612-348-3777.

Brake for Breakfast! Bike/Walk to Work Day June 10

On Thursday, June 10 from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m., the tenants of the Phillips Eco Enterprise Center, 2801 21st Ave S, invite you to the 3rd annual Brake for Breakfast event on Bike/Walk to Work Day. There will be a free breakfast served in the parking lot, with pastries, eggs, pancakes, sausage, vegan sweet rolls, tofu scramble, oatmeal, coffee and juice. The Hub Bike Co-op will be on hand to do quick tune-ups.

Eat a burrito, help the Midtown Farmers Market

On Tuesday, June 15 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., print and bring this flyer to the Uptown Chipotle restaurant (26th and Hennepin), and half the proceeds of your meal will benefit the Midtown Farmers Market. And if you're a Facebook user, you can use this alternate link to the flyer and invite your friends. Of course, Midtown shoppers can pick up printed copies directly at the market. Find market hours and more.

Police Department: beware of aggressive solicitors

Minneapolis Police have received complaints of aggressive door-to-door magazine solicitors. Recently, a solicitor was arrested for operating without a license, and damage to property, when she would not accept no for an answer from a homeowner. Solicitors must be licensed and able to provide proof when requested. Use 9-1-1 to report any illegal, threatening, or suspicious activity.

University seeks host families for exchange students

The University of Minnesota is expecting 30 college age students from China to attend a full time study program this Fall. The U seeks warm, loving, host families for the Chinese students. Families will be paid a monthly stipend of $400 per student. For more information, please contact Melinda McCannell-Unger at the university exchange program.

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