Dayton's Bluff
E-DEMOCRACY | Dayton's Bluff community housing forum on June 5
Hey, all! We're looking for anyone on this list who is passionate about quality housing and community stabilization in Dayton's Bluff.
Dayton's Bluff Community Council has an upcoming forum that invites us to have a community conversation about it on June 5, 6-8pm, at Dayton's Bluff Elementary School. Dinner is provided. RSVP at 6517722075.MORE »
For three Dayton's Bluff teens, bikes mean freedom, friendship
Last May, three teenagers from Dayton’s Bluff wanted to save money by fixing up their own bicycles. One year and 12 bikes later, they want more bicycles to renovate for selling.
Sixteen-year-old Jose Cruz from Johnson Senior High School is very proud of his chopper. “When I ride my bike, I forget everything,” said Cruz. “I get to travel and it is freedom.” MORE »
The Mounds Theatre and me
I’ve lived in Dayton’s Bluff just a few blocks from the Mounds Theatre all my life, but not for the whole life of the Mounds Theatre. It was built in 1922, and I was born twenty-nine years later.
The Mounds started out as a silent movie house. It was billed as “The Pride of Dayton’s Bluff.” It had a small stage for vaudeville acts. Local musicians played in an orchestra pit.MORE »
"Make it happen" on East 7th
Make it Happen is our motto for East 7th Street. Together, we are going to create a vibrant urban destination and neighborhood center for the Dayton’s Bluff community on St. Paul’s East Side. The Dayton’s Bluff Community Council is taking the lead on many of the recommendations from the Near East Side Area Task Force, which has completed its “Roadmap” for action.MORE »
Small business classes in St. Paul's Dayton's Bluff
The Dayton’s Bluff Neighborhood Microentrepreneur Program is taking applications for the spring 2012 class, which will start in May.
The program helps start-up and young businesses; all East Side entrepreneurs are welcome. The Dayton’s Bluff Community Council and the Neighborhood Development Center have been two such hosting microentrepreneur classes each year since 1993.MORE »
Dayton's Bluff Early Childhood Family Education celebrates 25th anniversary plant sale
The Dayton’s Bluff E.C.F.E. Advisory Council is hosting its 25th Annual Plant Sale. A variety of plants are available from ornamentals to vegetables to hanging baskets. Plant pick up is held the Friday before Mother’s Day, just in time for local planting or Mother’s Day gifts.MORE »
Enjoy a night on the town and benefit the Dayton's Bluff Community Council
Do you ever wish you had a neighborhood restaurant that you can walk into at any time and find all of your friends there? Maybe you already do, but for one night in March, for neighbors in Dayton’s Bluff, that special place is the Strip Club Meat and Fish restaurant.MORE »
Exploring arts and cultures in Dayton's Bluff
One of the popular subcommittees of the Dayton’s Bluff Community Council is the Arts and Culture Committee.MORE »
ICE threatens hope in St. Paul's Dayton's Bluff neighborhood
In January an ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) contingent, identified by a vehicle plate as being from North Dakota, conducted a training raid at a county-owned vacant house on East Fourth Street in Dayton’s Bluff. Neighbors driving through didn’t know it was a practice, but thought it was an actual raid. That same day, a similar event occurred on East Conway Street.MORE »
Immigrant couple applies Tejalpa business experience to Twin Cities opportunities
Armando Ocampo calls himself “an optimist, someone who’s always looking forward.” His wife, Lilia Zagal, “has more new ideas every day.” Together, the two have opened four Los Ocampo taquerias and one full-service restaurant in rapid succession since 1999, shortly after emigrating from Tejalpa, a smMORE »
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