On April 30, Waite House Neighborhood Center, part of Pillsbury United Communities, opened the doors to their new home inside the Phillips Community Center (2323 11th Avenue South), just two blocks from their old location.MORE »
On Wednesday April 25, about a dozen workers held a press conference outside of the Kmart on Nicollet Avenue and Lake Street to reiterate the complaints that they made in a lawsuit filed last year against Diversified Maintenance Systems for requiring them to work up to 80 hours a week without overtime pay.MORE »
Headliners Night Moves played to a full crowd on April 13 at the Varsity Theater with openers Food Pyramid, Buffalo Moon, and Moonstone Continuum. The relatively new Minneapolis buzz-band is seeing rapid exposure after being signed to London-based major label, Domino Records, who represents some big names like Franz Ferdinand, the Kills, Animal Collective, and the Dirty Projectors to name a few.MORE »
On the night of March 26, Richfield's city planning committee looked out at yet another full house. The council chamber was so crowded that they added extra chairs outside the room. For meetings that typically deal with the approval of bylaws and city budget changes, this was no regular turnout.MORE »
Minnesota suburbs have been experiencing a boom in minority population growth during the last ten years. Communities of color and new immigrant communities now number in the thousands in some cities.MORE »
If you think that going green means emptying your wallet by replacing all the old energy inefficient systems in your building, the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis has news for you: it doesn't.MORE »
Earlier this month, the city of St. Paul decided to move forward with a $250,000, year-long study, following sister city Minneapolis to determine whether or not streetcars are a good addition to the city's public transportation grid.MORE »
While the first Central Corridor business-to-business forum focused on the concerns and strategies of local businesses along University Ave., the second part of the forum held on February 15 at the Brownstone Building shifted gears toward scheduling logMORE »
Phase two of Central Corridor construction begins this March between Hamline Ave. and Rice St. In an attempt to prevent the failures seen last year, the City of St.MORE »
From block to block, bike lanes seem to change — from solid lines, to dotted lines, to no lines at all. It doesn't end there. Last September, the Minneapolis Department of Public Works began installing green bike lanes and green shared lanes.MORE »
