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City planner, City of St. Paul Program director, Civics Inc.
YEAR OF BIRTH: 1970
FAMILY: Engaged to Lani Willis
EDUCATION: BA in peace studies from Luther College; master's in urban planning from University of Minnesota
ACCOMPLISHMENT: My greatest achievement is co-founding and growing Civics Inc. During the last decade, this group of young adults has worked on a volunteer basis to engage and train emerging leaders committed to improving the places where they work and volunteer. Fly 200 people have completed our program and gone on to make many improvements in local institutions.
It was Labor Day weekend 2000. Joel Spoonheim was getting out of a car by his friend's house in a neighborhood off Summit Avenue in St. Paul.
All of a sudden a car pulled up and shots rang out, hitting Spoonheim in the...