The Siren Has Been Silenced

At 1:00 pm yesterday, the first Wednesday of the month, the siren was silent.  Great news for the neighborhood, and the family with the 5 month old baby living right next to it.

See update from original article below:

Update on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 11:06AM

Ruth from City Council Member Lisa Goodmans' office called this morning with good news - the siren has been deactivated!  The City is searching for a new location, and I've been put in touch with the person in charge - stay tuned for more as it becomes available.

Wish I could say it was the result of this story, but the truth is far less dramatic.  The truth is heartening as well - all it took was one phone call to City Council Member Lisa Goodmans' office and some behind the scenes work by Ruth.  Our immediate neighborhood is now just a little bit better place to live, and I've had a positive first experience working with the City of Minneapolis.  Thank you Ruth and Council Member Goodman.

BTW - to be fair to the City of Minneapolis, they did not put the siren next to residential buildings, the siren has been at this location for many years.  The buildings actually went up near the siren.