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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.MORE »
The Last Polaroid Show
The Last Polaroid Show
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 »
Green Jobs featured at State Fair
Positively Minnesota, a public-private partnership led by the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), released a Top Ten Green Enhanced Jobs in Minnesota in time for its newly created Green Jobs booth at this year's Minnesota State Fair. Located in the Eco Experience building on the corner of Randall Ave. and Cosgrove St., the booth will feature job banks, information on green employment and training, and the growth of green jobs in Minnesota and where to find them.MORE »
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News from the State Fair
Michelle Leonard has spent the last six years vacationing at the Minnesota Newspaper Museum at the Minnesota State Fair. The staff writer and photographer for the Farmington Independent planned to spend nine out of the 12 days of this year’s fair teaching visitors about the role newspapers have played in Minnesota’s history.MORE »
When nature calls: Finding relief at the Minnesota State Fair
Tucked behind the Chevy pickups and Isuzu semi trailers off of Cooper Street at the Minnesota State Fair there’s a place where you can find relief from the crowds and the clamor. It’s a red clapboard building with the word “Restroom” painted across it: men’s on one side and women’s on the other. Just one block from the every-day-at-2 p.m. parade route, the packed Fine Arts building and the bustling Eco Experience, and only a stone’s throw from the Family Fair in Baldwin Park, you don’t have to wait to use the bathroom.MORE »
