Saint Anthony Park Neighborhood News and Events
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.
Girls in Real Life: Moving from bad attitude to engagement in St. Paul
“I used to have a bad attitude,” said Janaysia Jaco, an eighth grader at Murray Jr. High, in Saint Paul. That was before she started the Girls in Real Life (GIRL) program, where she meets every week in a new program designed to give young girls empowerment and leadership skills. Someone told Jaco that GIRL might be a good fit for her, so she joined.MORE »
The hungry insurgent: Starting suggestions and events for first-time gardeners
If you have decided to try gardening for the very first time and you are not sure where to start, this month’s column is for you. For a change I have a good amount of expertise, since I myself am a fairly recent gardener and I remember most of my mistakes. Here are my suggestions.
First, you need to figure out what you want to plant. Start with what you like to eat.MORE »
U forestry class uses QR codes on trees to connect with public
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 »
Garbage in the rain: Volunteers clean up Kasota Ponds wetlands in St. Paul
Residents of Saint Anthony Park braved a chilly rain on April 28 to uphold a tradition that has been going steady for over a decade—spending a morning ridding the Kasota Ponds of garbage.MORE »
Pop in to University Avenue Pop-Up Shop
The St. Anthony Park Community Council is looking for artists, craftspeople, entrepreneurs and other creative types to pop in to 2401 University Ave. this summer for a week or maybe two.MORE »
