"Pedal-Powered Podcast Week" does something we never intended: stretch into a second and final week (we promise). That's what happens when you record six hours of conversations at Open Streets on Lyndale Avenue. Today's guest is Commissioner Marion Green, who represents district 3 (which includes the Wedge, Southwest Minneapolis, Downtown, and St. Louis Park) on the Hennepin County Board. Some of our topics: Lyndale Avenue safety improvements that have been years in the making, the county's recent investments in affordable housing and addressing homelessness, whether the work of the county board is more collegial than the city council due to having fewer members spread across a much wider geography, the power of cities and counties to move much faster than our logjammed state legislature, Marion's life before moving to Minneapolis 23 years ago, and we agree there's nothing like going on a walk to de-stress and get your mind working. Marion summons the courage to become the first guest in Wedge LIVE podcast history to ask for the episode to end.

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