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Minneapolis top candidate for Greens '08
The city is one of four being considered to host the party's national convention.
By Mike Rose, Mn. Daily
---This article also appeared on Twin Cities Daily Planet (an e-newsletter) and on the blog: Buzz.MN in the Star Tribune---
Minneapolis might be getting greener in 2008 without planting a single tree.
The Green Party is currently considering Minneapolis along with Chicago, Detroit and Oakland, Calif., as potential host cities for its 2008 national convention. If held in Minneapolis, the convention would be only months before the Republican National Convention comes to St. Paul.
Minneapolis in the race for Green convention
With the GOP convention in St. Paul, the Twin Cities could become an epicenter for national politics in '08.
By Steve Brandt, Star Tribune
Minneapolis Green activists announced Thursday that they're wooing their party for Minneapolis in July 2008.
Minneapolis in running to host 2008 Green Party National Convention
Minneapolis is a finalist to host the 2008 Green Party National Convention next summer. On Sunday, July 15, City Council Member Cam Gordon and Parks and Recreation Board Member Annie Young will attend a national Green Party meeting in Reading, Pennsylvania to make Minneapolis’ pitch to host the convention.
Minneapolis is competing with Chicago and Detroit to host the convention, and the Green Party will select the host location by Aug. 15, 2007. The convention is expected to draw an estimated 1,500 people.
Minneapolis plans a pitch to host the 2008 Green Party National Convention
Minneapolis is competing with Chicago and Detroit to host the 2008 Green Party National Convention in the summer of 2008. Mayor R.T. Rybak, other City officials, Meet Minneapolis, and local Green Party members have worked together in the bid to bring the convention to Minneapolis. The convention would draw an estimated 1,500 people to the city.
Minneapolis has already submitted its application to host the convention, and City Council Member Gordon and Parks and Recreation Board Member Young will make a presentation to party leaders at an annual Green Party delegates meeting in Reading, Penn. this weekend. They will promote Minneapolis as an attractive convention destination, and a city that has embraced many of the principles of the Green Party.