"Charlotte Ipsen, a longtime north Minneapolis resident who is 84 this winter, usually relies on a kindhearted neighbor to shovel her sidewalk, as many senior Minnesotans do. But the neighbor is getting older and has disabilities that cause him to limp behind his snowblower. …

"In the small Northeast neighborhood of Bottineau, Elyssa Eull is the only snow clearer on call for a handful of households with residents older than 65, as well as parts of Lowry Avenue and 2nd Street, where a span of vacant properties meant the path to the bus stop was perennially poorly shoveled.

'“It’s really unfortunate for people who take public transit or have to walk anywhere, because it’s obviously impossible,” said Eull, who runs California Street Farm in the growing season and earns part-time winter income through the snow-clearing pilot.'

Minneapolis’ sidewalk shoveling experiment finally has snow to put it to the test
By Susan Du
The Minnesota Star Tribune
https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-neighborhood-sidewalk-shoveling-pilot-gets-snow/601554777?utm_source=gift

#Minneapolis #SnowRemoval

Watching this is mesmerizing. How do you get your plow named?

#YEG #Edmonton #SnowRemoval

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