Payne Phalen Neighborhood News and Events

Just minutes from downtown St. Paul, Payne Avenue and Arcade Streets, create parallel north/south backbones of the Payne Phalen neighborhood. Residents and visitors are drawn to the neighborhood’s rich architectural history, unique destination businesses, old world charm and the sparkling waters of Lake Phalen. Whatever your tastes: hot coffee and homemade pie, tamales, egg rolls, pizza or chow mein, you’ll find a global menu in local shops and restaurants. Strong schools, green parkways, and a spirited, energetic, committed and diverse community make Payne Phalen a vibrant neighborhood.

(Description from livemsp.org)

For detailed demographic information, see the neighborhood profile from Minnesota Compass.

FREE SPEECH ZONE | Challenges of Gateway Corridor for Dayton's Bluff neighborhood

By Sherry Johnson, Free Speech Zone

2012 saw the continuation of transit plans that could impact Dayton’s Bluff in ways that recall the 1964 construction of Interstate 94, as the Gateway Corridor Commission chose its route for an arterial transitway that would link downtown St. Paul and the East Metro.

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VIDEO | Ka Vang reads from "Shoua and the Northern Lights Dragon"

By Ben Zvan, TC Daily Planet

Author Ka Vang reads from her book Shoua and the Northern Lights Dragon, created and published as a part of the the Reading Together Project through the Minnesota Humanities Center and the Council for Asian Pacific Minnesotans.

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OPINION | St. Paul: How do we stop the shootings in Dayton's Bluff?

By Greg Cosimini, Dayton's Bluff Forum

November’s Forum contained an article about two more shootings in Dayton’s Bluff; an anonymous writer asked how to stop them. I don’t have the whole solution, but I’d like to suggest where to begin.

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Phalen Lake Hmong Studies Magnet boosts student achievement in St. Paul

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Yarethly and Juanita 

About five years ago, Phalen Lake Hmong Studies Magnet, which was previously Phalen Lake Elementary, responded to the needs of their high population of Hmong students and parents by introducing programming that focused on Hmong culture. Like other schools that we’ve profiled here at TCDP in the past few months, the cultural programming was chosen as a means to improve the achievement gap. At Phalen Lake, that effort has succeeded. The school’s math and reading scores have gradually increased, and the school is doing especially well for their EL learners.

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Using the Dakota War to talk about racism, stereotypes and violence

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

Jim Bear Jacobs (Eyes Wide Open screenshot)

Jim Bear Jacobs’ work to get people talking about race and American Indian history started with a dream. The conversation begins Monday, Oct. 15.

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