Saint Anthony Park Neighborhood News and Events


Lisa Steinmann is our neigh-borhood correspondent for St. Anthony Park and she wants to hear from you. Tell her about the garage sale, or the community picnic - and ask her how to register and get your profile on TC Daily Planet! Email Lisa at lisa [dot] steinmann [at] gmail [dot] com.

Lisa Steinmann is a St. Paul-based freelance writer who has lived in the St. Anthony Park neighborhood for more than 20 years and covered youth, school and community news in the pages of the Park Bugle for the past 12 years. Her work was recognized at the first regional Ethnic and Community Media Awards co-hosted by the Twin Cities Daily Planet and New America Media.

St. Anthony Park is an urban village situated between the downtowns of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, known for its community activism and strong neighborly bonds. It also enjoys a unique global perspective, thanks in large part to the international students, faculty and families connected to the campuses of the University of Minnesota and Luther Seminary. The community takes special pride in its two public schools, St. Anthony Park Elementary and Murray Junior High, which regularly rank among the top schools in the metro area.

The community is home to a rich collection of educational, religious, social service, arts institutions and the St. Anthony Park Foundation which is the city of St. Paul’s first neighborhood-based charitable foundation.

Neighbors and shoppers from throughout the Twin Cities can take advantage of two vibrant business districts, in North St. Anthony Park, near the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul campus, and in South St. Anthony Park, near University Ave. and its thriving art galleries and artists’ studios.

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

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Saint Anthony Park considers becoming Transition Town with festival on April 20

By Mimi Jennings, Community Voices

No matter the weather, on Saturday, April 20, Saint Paul’s Saint Anthony Park neighborhood will celebrate all things green. SAP is considering becoming a “Transition Town” with a festival -- including kids’ activities, school projects, music, short films, and learning opportunities. A Transition Town is a community that understands that it must create less a fossil-fueled, energy-intensive way of life and at the same time a more stable, satisfying, locally-oriented one. Several working interest groups have already started the journey, and Saturday they will hold an expo of new initiatives, inviting discussion and participation.

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All St. Anthony Park Transition Festival will showcase Transition Town effort

By Kristal Leebrick, Park Bugle

If the words “smaller footprint” and “stronger community” sing to you, mark April 20 on your calendar for the All St. Anthony Park Transition Festival. That’s when Transition Town ASAP (an effort initiated by the District 12 Energy Resilience Group) will showcase an ambitious community venture that organizers hope will start moving the neighborhood toward less dependence on fossil fuel.

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ReNewell Project aims to restore historic Saint Paul oak grove

By Daniel Surman, TC Daily Planet

A screencap of a map of landmark trees identified by the forestry unit of the City of Saint Paul, taken from the city's website. The Newell oak grove was nominated to the landmark trees list in 2010 by Anna McCulloch.

As planning begins for this year's Heartwood Festival, an unusual partnership between the city of Saint Paul, the University of Minnesota and the Hamline Midway Coalition has planted the seeds for

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Best posts in University of Minnesota Secret Admirers

By Jay Gabler, Front Row Seat

Photo by Chris Harrell (Creative Commons)

As has happened at other colleges and universities, a Facebook page has cropped up for "University of Minnesota Secret Admirers." The way it works: U of M students (or whomever) submit "admirations" anonymously via a Google form, and an administrator of the Facebook page posts them for all to see. Here are some of the best posted recently.

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Port Authority development on Pelham leaves lingering questions

By Chris Curtis, TC Daily Planet

Construction site at Pelham and Wabash.

After a lawsuit with the City of Saint Paul and vigorous community objections, construction is underway at Industrial Equities’ new 68,000 square fo

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