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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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near Target Field//

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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

Dts nt

The Journals will be

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

in our series. We have

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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