June 2, 2011, Thursday - StoryCorps: Share Your Story at Central Library (Register by June 1)

Time: 4:30pm-5:30pm

Location: Room N-111, Central Library, 300 Nicollet

StoryCorps is visiting Hennepin County Library June 2-16. If you and a friend or relative would like to take this opportunity to record, share and preserve your happiest moments, early memories, life lessons, etc., please register by June 1.  A staff member will contact you to set up a specific time of day.

One registration per person, please.  Click here to learn more about the StoryCorps project and hear stories previously submitted. 

This project is funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

June 2, 2011, Thursday - Upper River Public Forum: Creating a Great River City Legacy at MPRB

Time: 5:00pm–6:30pm

Location: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, 2117 West River Road

“Our Development Future: The Above the Falls Policy Review and Implementation Study”

Eleven years after a visionary plan for the Mississippi River above St. Anthony Falls was adopted, the transformation of the Minneapolis riverfront is attracting new energy and attention. This focus is critical for Minneapolis - and the region.

Haila Maze and Thomas Leighton, Principal Planners with the City of Minneapolis Community Planning and Economic Development Department, will provide an update on the findings of the Above the Falls Policy Review and Implementation Study. They will highlight key issues that shape new development along the City’s riverfront above the falls and reflect on the balance point between the visionary and the possible.

This in-depth analysis of land use and development recommendations will clarify expectations about the phasing of transitions in land use over the plan’s fifty-year implementation period. The Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership hosts this public forum series with the Above the Falls Citizen Advisory Committee (AFCAC), an appointed commission charged with supporting riverfront revitalization, including business, environmental and neighborhood representatives.

For more information, please contact Cordelia Pierson at info@minneapolisriverfrontpartnership.org.

June 1, 2011, Wednesday - Breakfast with a Preservationist – B.L.E.N.D. Award Organization at Mill City Museum

Time: 8:00am–9:00am

Location: Mill City Museum, ADM Conference Room, Sixth floor (enter at 710 South Second Street)
 
Join Preserve Minneapolis for a presentation on the B.L.E.N.D. Award, which was created to "encourage and reward builders, architects and home owners to blend newly remodeled or constructed homes and businesses into the fabric of Minneapolis neighborhoods." The principles of historic preservation foster common objectives with B.L.E.N.D. - stability of community values can be achieved by maintaining traditional environments while embracing the future. Recognizably new structures and landscapes can be designed to be compatible with architectural values of the community.

This event is free to attend.