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NEWS DAY | Asian businesses challenge Central Corridor
About 30 Asian businesses along University Avenue filed a civil rights complaint with the Federal Transit Administration, similar to one filed by African American residents and businesses in June, reports MPR.MORE »
The good, the bad, and the beautiful on St. Paul's University Avenue
There was good news and bad news at the October 15 meeting of the University Avenue Business Association (UABA). The bad news is that the Met Council has still not come through with mitigation funds to deal with the inevitable loss of business due to light rail construction. UABA members are also not happy with accounts of the current light rail construction happening in downtown St. Paul, where promised signage for construction areas was not adequate or timely, according to speakers at the meeting. The good news is that Wing Young Huie is planning a public art project along University Avenue similar to the one he did along Lake Street, and many businesses will get to be part of an artistic endeavor that will both draw people into University Avenue and will celebrate the people and businesses along the neighborhoods surrounding the avenue. MORE »
MUSIC | At the Turf Club, Amy Millan burns slow and strong
Canadian songwriter Amy Millan stopped in at the Turf Club on Saturday night while on tour to support her recently released solo record, Masters of the Burial.MORE »
Dodos at the Turf Club
Citizens lobby for more Central Corridor stops
An impassioned group of St. Paul citizens, civic leaders and city officials on Tuesday urged state officials to help fund the construction of three additional light rail stops along University Avenue. MORE »
Central Corridor stop concerns raised
Some St. Paul residents, business leaders and city officials do not believe there are enough stops in the Capital City on the proposed Central Corridor light rail line.
Designed to connect downtown St. Paul and downtown Minneapolis, heavy construction on the 11-mile line is scheduled to begin next year, with service to begin in 2014.MORE »
Developing affordable housing strategies along the Central Corridor
The city of St. Paul is trying to "manage growth and change" that is expected to arise from the future Central Corridor Light Rail transit line, Nancy Homans, policy director to Mayor Coleman, told a group that gathered as part of a monthly discussion series hosted by the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota on Friday, September 18.
Maintaining affordable housing along the nearly $1 billion line that will link Minneapolis and St. Paul is a priority, but opinions on how to do so vary, Homans said. Some people advocate for a hands-off approach, she explained, adding that they theorize that "public investment is enough and the market will do the rest," she said.MORE »
Melvin Carter III: “Access to transit… a social justice issue”
"Access to transit is really a social justice issue, a lot of folks seem to miss that," said St. Paul City Councilmember Melvin Carter III, speaking about the recent success in getting one more station added to the Central Corridor LRT line.MORE »
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