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Thursday
May122011

Help Stop Crown Hydro

Hello Friends, Neighbors, and Concerned Citizens:

With your help, we had 30-40 supporters at the May 4 Park Board meeting, resulting in the issue being tabled until the next meeting on May 18. Thank you!  But...

As you read this, the Minneapolis Park Board, under the duress of threatened State Legislation, is negotiating an agreement with Crown Hydro, LLC to build an ill-conceived power generation facility in Mill Ruins Park.  See the attached flyer for how to contact your elected officials and more information on Crown Hydro.

If successful, Crown Hydro will risk:

- Damaging the historical birthplace of Minneapolis

- Ruining decades of hard work and millions of dollars taxpayers have invested in revitalizing the Downtown Riverfront

- Drying up St. Anthony Falls!

Why would the Park Board virtually give away National Historic Parkland to a private developer?  How much more corporate welfare can we afford?

We’re in the 11th hour, but it’s not too late to stop this.  Please:

1.  Contact Board President John Erwin and ask him to stop the negotiating process and vote no to Crown Hydro.

2.  Contact each Park Board Commissioner and ask them to Vote No on Crown Hydro at the May 18 Board meeting at Park Board headquarters.

3.  Contact the DFL State Legislators sponsoring the bill to force the Park Board to give away our National Historic Parkland to Crown Hydro and ask them to drop their support.

4.  Attend the Minneapolis Park Board meeting on May 18 at 5:00 PM to let the Commissioners know we're paying attention.  When the next election rolls around we won't forget their vote on this issue.

See the attached flyer for how to contact your elected officials and more information on Crown Hydro.

Thanks so much for your help. We can still stop this, and you can make a difference!

If you have any questions, please contact me:

David Tinjum

612-321-8020

dave@millcitymedia.org

http://MillCityTimes.com

PS. If you have friends or colleagues interested in protecting the riverfront, will you please forward this email to them? The more folks we get to write, call or attend meetings the better our chances for stopping this ill-conceived project!

PS. Visit our Facebook page at http://facebook.com/NoCrownHydro and share your opinion.  Hit the like button while you're there to show that there are many more against this project than for it.

*See the attached flyer for how to contact your elected officials and more information on Crown Hydro.

Download the flyer...

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