August is upon us and for some of us we are sad that school will be starting (groan) or happy (yay!) because that means cooler weather and the return of football!
This month also brings with it the ITE Annual Meeting and Exhibit. For those of you travelling north here are some fun facts about Minneapolis that will make you sound very knowledgeable. For everyone else - maybe these will come up in trivia someday. #themoreyouknow
Fun facts about Minneapolis:
-We all know Minnesota is famous for its cold winters. The way the residents of Minneapolis combat this is a massive indoor pedestrian walkway system that links many of its downtown buildings. At 69 blocks and seven miles, it's the longest continuous skyway system in the world.
-In 2012, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis hosted the world's first Internet Cat Video Festival. An estimated 10,000 people showed up for the event.
-Minneapolis and St.Paul are giving cities with nearly 40% of adults devoting some of their free time to volunteer work.
-Before F. Scott Fitzgerald hobnobbed around Paris with Hemingway or became an East Coast city slicker, he spent his adolescent years in St. Paul. When Fitzgerald was a young man, his future wife, Zelda Sayre, broke off their engagement. To win her back, Fitzgerald moved back into his parent's house in St. Paul, where he worked on the manuscript that would someday be known as This Side of Paradise. The novel was a bestseller and Zelda returned to his side.
Have a great August and stay tuned as we unveil upcoming KYSITE Fall events - the Fall Technical Meeting and KYSITE Annual Meeting!
