Como
Native Plants, Raingardens and Lawn Care for Water Quality
In this brief but informative FMR workshop, learn how you and your garden can become part of the solution to water pollution, and perhaps even reduce your water bills as you improve the health of our watershed and ecosystem.
Classical cellist keeps things fresh with improvisational forms
Korean-born cellist Soo Bae is scheduled this spring for her first performance in Minnesota, as guest soloist with the Minnesota Sinfonia on April 9 and April 10.
She also looks forward to two new arrivals in the coming weeks: The release of her recording of the complete Alfredo Piatti cello sonatas, on the Naxos label ---- and her firstborn child, due at the end of January.MORE »
Lucas Alm’s design for living
"I treat my house as my lab," says St. Anthony Park resident Lucas Alm, and his Brompton Street bungalow is a visual encyclopedia of the energy-saving techniques to which Alm is professionally dedicated in his work as an architect and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Minnesota.MORE »
St. Paul's Hmongtown Marketplace vendors use cultural skills to succeed
Vendors at the Hmongtown Marketplace (217 Como Avenue, St. Paul) use various skills and techniques obtained from cultural practices to battle the current economic downfall. The marketplace consists of two main buildings and a seasonal section outside. An addition to the building is currently under construction. More than 170 vendors make up the Hmongtown Marketplace. MORE »
Bike Walk Central Corridor Action Plan nearly complete
St. Paul residents got another look at the Bike Walk Central Corridor Action Plan when the current draft was informally re-released on October 6. They have had since the spring to review draft forms but the time to make comments that could really change the document before it goes to the City Council is coming to an end.MORE »
Java Train: A Hidden Gem in Como Park
I suppose that if I lived in St. Paul instead of Minneapolis, I wouldn't think of Pascal Street as being the middle of nowhere, but stumbling across the Java Train in the Como Park neighborhood was all the more pleasurable for being unexpected.MORE »
St. Paul's Como Park may gain big pool, "lazy river"
"A preliminary master plan" has been approved by the St. Paul Parks and Recreation commission, to replace the closed Como Pool, according to St.MORE »
Cardboard Box City: Youth pledge to combat homelessness
When youth from around the state gather at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on October 15, they'll bring their sleeping bags and toothbrushes - and big cardboard boxes. The cardboard boxes will be their home overnight.MORE »
Como neighbors wade into storm water management
Some Como Park neighbors, concerned that Como Lake doesn't look healthy, have set out to understand the intersection of government and environment and to pitch in as citizen activists. Almost as complicated as the biochemistry of a storm-fed urban lake is the alphabet soup of agencies responsible for its management. MORE »
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