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24. Explore options to restore Bureau of Mines prop~_.~.y_to community use, Minneapolis ~abo provided $750,000 to explore options for the former Bureau of M~nes prope~inneapolis near Fort Shelling. In an agreement forged by Sabo with the U.S. Department of Interior, the property will be restored to community use, preserving and protecting the Camp Coldwater Spring. 25. Minnesota Historical Society's Mill City Museum. Minnea~ Sabo also included $1 million for the Minnesota Historical Society to acquire exhibits for the Mill City Museum within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. The Mill City Museum is emblematic of Minneapolis' rich milling history, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. ~ Park & Recreation Board for Mill Ruins Park Sabo earmarked $250,000 for the Minneapolis Park & Recreatio~ Minne~lpolis become the Mill Ruins Park on the Mississippi River. Board-to ex(~avate the rand that will ~7: The G~'een Institute's biomass power plant co-operativ~ Sabo provided $2 million for the Green Institute to build a biomass power plant co-operative in the Minneapolis Phillips neighborhood. Endeavors like this Green institute biomass project are critical to the development of new alternative renewable fuels. 2_9. Council on Crime and Justice's Racial Disparity Initiativ,! Sabo provided $1.2 million for the Minneapolis-based Council on Crime and Justice's Racial Disparity initiative. The Racial Disparity Initiative is a comprehensive study of racial disparities throughout Minnesota's criminal justice system, which will also examine the extent to which those disparities inflict direct and indirect costs on offenders, families, businesses, and communities. The solutions reached under this initiative would be shared throughout Minnesota and across the nation. ~n Radio Board Radios The Metropolitan Counc-~s Metropolitan Radio Board will receive $1.5 million to purchase radios for law enforcement agencies to better communicate with one another. In the wake of September 11th, it was clear that coordinated radio communications are of the utmost importance in responding successfully to any large-scale incident that crosses iurisdictional boundaries and this funding will bring the Twin Cities metropolitan area closer towards that'goal. ' 33. Reuben Lindh Famil_~Services, Family Focus Prescl~ool Pro.qram, Nort~ Sabo earmarked $600,000 for educational services at the Family FoCus Preschool, a program of Reuben L/ndh Family Services based in North Minneapolis. The Preschool is a multicultural therapeutic preschool program with support services for inner-city children and their families. The preschool's programs help children overcome generational and cultural gaps that may hinder their ability to learn and be prepared to start school. 34. Jewish Family a~nd Childr___~en's Service, St. Louis Park, Golde, l Valle_y_~Hopkins Sabo included $1.1 million in program funding and facility rehabilitation for Jewish Fam}ly and Children's Service of Minneapolis to develop a new concept in service delivery to seniors living in Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities (NORC) housing. This project will improve the quality of Iife of seniors living in predominantly elderly neighborhoods of Saint Louis Park, Hopkins, and Golden Valley, while serving as a national model for centralizing health and human services in such neighborhoods. ~stian Youth Center, Minnea op~ Sabo, who has long supported quality after-school programs, provided $300,000 for Plymouth Christian Youth Center's educational programs in North Minneapolis, such as their art and theater education and after-school programs. ~c.'s Collaborative Arts Education p · · . . Sabo, a strong supporter of arts educatio m~rbcar~°?~ct with S_h, u_b, ert Center MInnea oils n ear ......... ¢~u0 0~---"."'~.: ,v,,nnea oils 00 for tecnnolog~ca ~mprovements at Artspace, Inc., which will allow students throughout Minnesota to connect to education programs at the Shubert Center in Minneapolis through the use of technology. 38. Southside Family Nurturin~ ~abo earmar~ed $425,0~'~o rehabilitate facilities of Southside Family Nurturing Center (SFNC) in the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis. SFNC provides intensive, therapeutic early childhood education services, conducts home visits focusing on disciplinary techniques and family support, and offers support for fathers and male caregivers to families in the Phillips neighborhood of South Minneapolis. The Phillips neighborhood is home to the second largest urban American Indian population in the nation.