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I’m a Minnesotan, I suppose, since I’ve been here longer than anywhere I’ve ever lived before. And as a Minnesotan, I camp. If I were to assign a taxonomic rank to my camping it would be: Princess. Not quite of the species Glamping — oh no, I’m still too much of a Midwesterner for that, but certainly no direct relation to the Roughing Itfamily either. Continue Reading
The City of Minneapolis can salvage the Hiawatha Crosswalk “Improvement” project. All they have to do is send out a traffic engineer to reprogram the signals so the Walk signals automatically appear. Pedestrians deserve the right to an automatic Walk signal, particularly in a city-designated Pedestrian Overlay Zone near the Blue Line, a nearly $800 million transit investment that is approached on foot by every single rider. Hundreds of pedestrians cross Hiawatha Avenue every day, and not just to access light rail. We deserve automatic Walk signals. Continue Reading
What: An FREE outdoor afternoon of dogs, art, and fun, hosted by the MIA and Sidewalk Dog
When: Sunday, September 7 from 1:00 – 4:00pm
Where: Target Park at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (map) Continue Reading
The Black Bear Crossings $800,000 settlement should create needed discussion with the public, policymakers, and government officials. In this case as with many other similar type of settlements it’s done and negotiated behind closed doors with no public insight as to what happened, how it happened, and what lessons are learned. Continue Reading
This past Saturday I participated in a tour of Green Line “Green Infrastructure” as part of Public Art Saint Paul’s City Art Collaboratory Program. We are a group of multidisciplinary artists and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) professionals who embark on monthly field trips together, exploring the living systems of the City of Saint Paul. One of our cohort is Matt Kumka, a landscape architect at Barr Engineering. He and his coworker, green engineer Nathan Campeau, guided us on this three-stop tour looking primarily at the stormwater management features. Continue Reading
We know, we know: it’s a total bummer that you can’t bring your dog to the State Fair — but with all those people, she’d be lucky to get out uncrushed! Continue Reading
With the messages I am getting in email and twitter accounts maybe “someone” knows me better than myself. Advertisements, messages, promotions, and efforts targeted towards me with thei Continue Reading
The shape of the Minnesota Vikings stadium is beginning to rise above the construction pit on the east side of downtown Minneapolis. The building will feature enormous transparent surfaces to let people inside the stadium see the downtown skyline, and to let those outside feel some of the excitement of what’s going on inside. [Audio below]
WHAT: Sandcastle’s 2nd Annual Wiener Dog Race, in which daschunds race against each other and a man in a hot dog suit
WHEN: Labor Day Monday, September 1st at 1:00 PM (registration ends at noon)
WHERE: Sandcastle on Lake Nokomis, one of our fave dog-friendly eateries (map) Continue Reading
Much as Minneapolis has turned back to the Mississippi River, different cities and groups are turning back towards Minnehaha Creek, gathering up land that would have fallen prey to developers. Continue Reading