Minneapolis, MN
North Minneapolis street to be renamed after child advocate of community
North Mpls street dedicated to child advocate
Anderson passed away in 2003, but the city will soon rename the 1200 block of Russell Avenue North “Bernadette Anderson Way” in her honor, so her contributions to her community will never be forgotten. Family members say Anderson was not only a mother to her own six children, she was considered a mother to the entire community. One of the people Anderson took in and helped raise was a friend of her youngest son, Andre, named Prince Rogers Nelson.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – After years of living on Russell Avenue in north Minneapolis, Bernadette Anderson will soon have the street in front of her old house as a tribute to the woman who once called this neighborhood home.
Tireless advocate
“It’s truly a blessing. We loved our mother, and we know many in the community loved her as well,” said Anderson’s daughter, Sylvia Amos.
First at the Ruth Hawkins Center at North Commons Park, and later at the Minneapolis Urban League’s Street Academy, Anderson was a tireless advocate for children.
She even had her own teen club at the Uptown YWCA called Bernadette’s Place.
Family members say Anderson was not only a mother to her own six children, she was considered a mother to the entire community.
“She and her sisters went into foster care when they were young because their parents got tuberculosis. So that was what caused them to take in other kids all the time. I think that’s why their house was always open to folks,” said Amos.
Sound inspiration
One of the people Anderson took in and helped raise was a friend of her youngest son, Andre, named Prince Rogers Nelson.
He and Andre, as well as other musicians from the Northside like Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Alexander O’Neal all practiced in Anderson’s basement, causing many to think of her as the Mother of the Minneapolis Sound.
“If you ever came over to our house at that point, there was always music going on,” said Anderson’s son Andre Cymone.
Anderson passed away in 2003, but next week, the city will rename the 1200 block of Russell Avenue North “Bernadette Anderson Way” in her honor, so her contributions to her community will never be forgotten.
“It’s a way to remember her and leave a legacy, so that people will remember what impact she had on the community, what impact she had on youth in the community,” said Amos.
Bernadette Anderson Way will be officially unveiled on Friday, Sept. 13. After the remaining ceremony, there will be a block party with music provided by Andre Cymone and some of the other musicians she helped back in the day.
Two teenagers are recovering from gunshot wounds and a man is in custody after a car was stolen in north Minneapolis early Thursday.
According to Minneapolis police, around 1:15 a.m., officers responded to a report of three people stealing a vehicle on the 3500 block of Colfax Avenue North. Shortly after the car was stolen, 911 callers reported multiple gunshots in the area.
Ten minutes later, two teenagers were dropped off at North Memorial Medical Center in the stolen car, which then left the scene. A 14-year-old and 16-year-old had both been shot, police say.
Twenty minutes later, police in Robbinsdale saw the stolen car driving erratically on Colfax Avenue North. Police pursued the car, which crashed near the 4300 block of Marshall Street Northeast.
The driver was arrested and taken to the hospital to evaluate his injuries related to the crash, Minneapolis police say.
Police are investigating the incident.
Three key leaders in the state’s largest city are making their pitches to keep their jobs — all of them have been part of some major and controversial work over their years of service.
It’s work, they say, isn’t over and want to finish.
Earlier this year, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey renominated the city attorney Kristyn Anderson; community safety commissioner Todd Barnette; and the city’s operations officer (COO) Margaret Anderson Kelliher.
“As a lawyer, as a public sector lawyer, there is no more exciting place to practice law than the City of Minneapolis,” Anderson said. “The issues that we’re involved with, the complexity, legally [and] policy-wise, for a nerd lawyer like me, [this is] the place to be.”
Commissioner Barnette says he’s taken great strides overseeing the five departments in the Office of Community Safety and wants to build on it.
“Residents and visitors here should be proud of all the hard work,” Barnette said.
And for COO Kelliher, she says it’s the resident and visitors that drives her passion for the work, which includes overseeing major projects in the city, like the transformation of George Floyd Square.
The controversial project has cost the city millions in planning and outreach, and while it’s far from over, construction is set to start this summer.
“I think the team has done an amazing job of adapting along the way to a number of things that have come up,” Kelliher said when questioned how she thinks she and her team have handled the project work.
“It’s all about teamwork, and so the teamwork is key in being able to also control for cost that we need to make sure that each department is talking to one another, and that we’re staging things in a way that makes sense,” she added, when asked how she plans to keep the project on track while keeping costs down.
The city council will discuss the three nominations in a committee meeting early next week ahead of their vote on their employment with the city at Thursday’s council meeting.
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