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Margo Ashmore

Margo Ashmore

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Focused on environment

  • Education

    • Stevie Ray's

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    • Stevie Ray's

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    • University of Minnesota

      1974 - 1978
      BA Broadcast Journalism

      Activities and Societies: WMMR Radio

  • Experience

    • Northeaster Newspaper

      Dec 1981 - Nov 2022
      Publisher

      Community newspaper twice-monthly serving Northeast Minneapolis, St. Anthony, Columbia Heights and Hilltop. Sold to local ownership by long-time employee Vince Brown, MyMedia Inc.

    • NorthNews

      Mar 1991 - Nov 2015
      Publisher & Editor

      Monthly newspaper for North Minneapolis now owned by Pillsbury United Communities.

    • Northside Arts Collective

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2012
      Member and a Founding Board Member

    • Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2002
      Art-A-Whirl Coordinator

      Coordinated all logistics for fundraising, catalog, publicity, and event-day volunteers for the largest open studio art crawl in the country. Helped establish Northeast Minneapolis Arts District.

    • Sandy Green Realty

      Aug 2004 - Mar 2009
      Broker, Realtor

      Residential real estate sales.

    • MSP Home Tour

      Feb 2005 - May 2022
      Coordinator

      Now a program of National Association of the Remodeling Industry of Minnesota. Bringing about 3,500 home remodeling enthusiasts together annually on the last weekend in April to visit homes, share ideas and get referrals to home improvement professionals. 2025 Tour dates: April 26 & 27, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. both days.

    • Agent of Change

      Mar 2009 - now
      Owner

      Change/Turnaround/Transition helper. Networking for environmental and art/science projects.

    • South Minneapolis Housing Fair

      Nov 2011 - Apr 2013
      Coordinator

    • Northeast Minneapolis Arts District

      Jan 2017 - Mar 2025
      Board Member

      Responsible for many aspects of this largely volunteer organization which promotes and improves the city-designated Arts District in Northeast Minneapolis

    • Better Futures Minnesota

      Feb 2023 - Dec 2024
      Deconstruction Marketing and Business Development

      Better Futures has several business lines. Deconstruction keeps re-usable construction materials out of landfills - think ReUse Warehouse, where you can find appliances, wood flooring, fixtures, doors, cabinetry and even dimension lumber at a fraction of new cost. Full deconstruction recycles about 75% of an average home. Other business lines are janitorial, appliance recycling, waste diversion...all employing and cross-training men who are rebuilding their lives.

    • Reuse Minnesota

      Jan 2024 - now
      Member Board of Directors

      Reuse Minnesota is the promotion, advocacy and education organization supporting the reuse industry - thrift, deconstruction, repair, rental...all ways to save the material, energy and water involved in new manufacture, by reusing what's already here. I serve as President, and on the governance, executive, personnel and finance teams.

    • City of Minneapolis

      Sept 2024 - now
      GreenCorps Member

      Serving at the Solid Waste & Recycling Division - working on reuse initiatives. GreenCorps is an AmeriCorps program managed by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

  • Licenses & Certifications