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Midway Neighborhood News and Events

The Hamline Midway neighborhood is known as active, family-friendly, and full of amenities.

Numerous civic groups address local issues from urban greening to engaging youth and elders. Shops, parks, recreation centers, restaurants, and a library are right in the neighborhood making it easy for Hamline-Midway residents to walk and bike to local destinations.Hamline University and nearly a dozen other educational institutions dot the neighborhood, drawing learners from around the metro area and beyond.

The neighborhood is centrally located between both downtowns and the State Fairground, served by high-frequency bus service and the future Central Corridor Light Rail line, and has easy access to I-94.

(Description from livemsp.org)

 

 

 

 

 

 

THEATER PREVIEW | At Dreamland Arts, Katie Hae Leo and Sun Mee Chomet tell personal stories of being Korean adoptees

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Two Korean-American writer-performers will share their personal stories about being adopted in a show co-produced by Dreamland Arts, in St. Paul. In The Origin(s) Project: Memoirs in Motion, directed by Zaraawar Mistry, Katie Hae Leo and Sun Mee Chomet describe their own experiences with Korean Adoption—from two different perspectives.MORE »

U forestry class uses QR codes on trees to connect with public

By Aaron DuBois, The Minnesota Daily

A University of Minnesota forestry class is using QR codes to combine technology with nature.

Students labeled trees around the St. Paul campus Thursday as part of a research project for their arboriculture course. Signs with QR codes were placed on 34 different species of trees, allowing smartphone users to access information about the specific tree by scanning the sign.MORE »

Griggs Street Bikeway coming to St. Paul

By Mike Jones, TC Daily Planet

April showers have fallen, and I am riding up to the northern terminus of what will soon be the Griggs Street Bikeway.  There is a smell of new life and growth in the air, an earthy, familiar smell.  The intersection of Minnehaha Avenue West and Griggs Street is attractive: well-kept houses and content people.  It is like a MORE »

SATURDAY PICK | Heiruspecs go back to school in a fundraiser for St. Paul's Central High

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Central High School: catchy name, right? St. Paul's concrete bunker of a secondary school doesn't get the press that Perpich Arts High does, but Central has produced more than its share of the Twin Cities' top talents—from Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz to the hip-hop heroes who are Heiruspecs. For the third year running, on April 7 the band are headlining a benefit show for a scholarship fund supporting Central grads. The first two scholarship shows actually took place at Central, but this year the show migrates to the more party-friendly confines of the Turf Club. "Special guests" are promised, and this is one of those shows where they probably actually mean it.MORE »

ST. PAUL NOTES | Midway Local Food Resource Hub offers seedlings, seeds, advice

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

Ten packets of seeds and a dozen seedlings for $10-$20? I'm in! You can be, too, if you join a local garden hub. In St. Paul, that's the new Midway Local Food Resource Hub, which offers seeds, plants, classes and tools.MORE »

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Events in Midway

Date Address
Thu, 2012-05-31 (All day) - Sat, 2012-06-09 (All day) "The Origin(s) Project" at Intermedia Arts
677 Hamline Ave. N.
Saint Paul, MN 55104

About Midway

 

CONTACTS

Hamline Midway Coalition (HMC)
Michael Jon Olson, Executive Director
Hamline Park Building 
1564 Lafond Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55104 
Phone: 651-646-1986
E-mail: michaeljon@hamlinemidway.org

There are dozens of other groups in the neighborhood. Please see the "Get Involved" section of HMC's website: http://www.hamlinemidwaycoalition.org/getinvolved/menulist

SCHOOLS

Public Schools:

Charter Schools:

Private Schools:

Post-Secondary

For more information on Saint Paul schools, visit Live MSP's Schools page.

PUBLIC FACILITIES

  • Newell Park-picnic areas, playground, playing fields, and historic park building available for room rental.
  • May Park -(mini-park at 816 Clayland Pl.)
  • Cato Park (mini park at 747 Fairview Ave. N.)
  • Dickerman Park (2.5 acres of public land along the north side of University Avenue between Fairview and Aldine Avenues)
  • Horton Park- Friends of Horton Park maintains the native plant community gardens in Horton Park.

BOUNDARIES AND ZIP CODE

North: Pierce Butler Route
South: University Avenue
East: Lexington Avenue 
West: Transfer Road 

Zip code: 55104

Wilder Research Center Neighborhood Profiles-Includes trend information on neighborhood demographics, economics, and housing, taken from the most recent census data.

Representatives:
MN House: Alice Hausman
MN Senate: Mary Jo McGuire
US House: Betty McCollum
City Council: Russ Stark

 

Midway Boundaries

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