A DMV grows in Saint Paul (inside the Sears department store!)
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Saint Paul is a weird city. One of its many quirks, which may go largely undetected, is that it has a DMV located deep in the recesses of a Sears Department Store. Continue Reading
A Southwest Light Rail explainer
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August 03, 2014, back seat of a Toyota 4Runner, Highway 169, Central Minnesota:
“So what’s going on with that train stuff?”
“Ah, it’s kind of a long story at this point.” Continue Reading
But what can we do about homelessness?
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How do you make sense of the homelessness you see? Continue Reading
Finnfest message: Education in best investment in innovation
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Last week I had the chance to attend Day One of the “Educating for the 21st Century” forum held at the Carlson School of Business as part of this year’s Finn Fest. My colleagues Ross, Savage, Jaci David, and Dane Smith and I showed up to hear presentations from Finnish educators, entrepreneurs, and national government experts in international education. It was a very full day, made more charming and compelling by all the Finnish names, accents and ideas in the conversation. Continue Reading
Doggie date night #1: Lake Nokomis
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By this time of the summer, the “ohmydog, the weather isn’t trying to kill me anymore!” novelty of being outside can wear off, and it gets easy to fall into a rut: you and your partner take your pooch to the dog park and then to your favorite dog-friendly patio, night after night, all summer long. And it’s lovely, and you enjoy it, but isn’t it time to shake it up? Winter always comes too soon, so you’ve got to get out there and soak up the best of summer while you can. Continue Reading
Refining an idea: 26th/28th Streets
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Starting next year, Minneapolis plans to repave 26th and 28th Streets between I-35W and Hiawatha Ave, continuing west to Hennepin Ave in the future. Though nominally a repaving project, the city has also budgeted $400K for bicycle improvements on the two streets and is undertaking a planning study on how to potentially reconfigure the street, with a public meeting to share design concepts scheduled for this Wednesday, the 6th. Continue Reading
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | August-September 2014 Standish-Ericsson community calendar
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August5 National Night Out pre-party, Minnehaha Senior Living (3733 23rd Ave. S.), 2:00–4:00 p.m. National Night Out, 6:00–10:00 p.m. Get your block together and have a party.6 Lake Hiawatha Neighborhood Festival, Lake Hiawatha Park (2701 E. 44th St.), 5:00–8:00 p.m.11 Memory loss support group, Minnehaha Senior Living, 2:00–4:00 p.m.12 Primary election, 7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Get out and vote. Go to www.sos.state.mn.us for voting information.23, 24 Sixth Annual Lola Art Crawl, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.28 Senior blood pressure checks, Standish Green (2210 E. 40th St.), 12:00 noon Caregiver Support Group, Bethel Lutheran Church (4120 17th Ave. S.), 1:00 p.m.September8 Memory loss support group, Minnehaha Senior Living (3733 23rd Ave. S.), 2:00–4:00 p.m. SENA Board meeting, 1830 E. 42nd St., 7:00 p.m., handicapped accessible9 Senior congregate dining, Sibley Park (19th Ave. Continue Reading
SWLRT West Lake Station: Avoiding future regrets
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I’ve appreciated the streets.mn blogging about Central Corridor coulda-woulda-shoulda’s. Other than signal-timing, I think it’s fair to say they mainly relate to pedestrian needs. Well, pedestrian needs have gotten short shrift to date for the SWLRT West Lake Station (also future Midtown terminus) – although it may not appear that way at first glance. Continue Reading
Questions about the Northeast Metro water supply plan
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In the land of 10,000 lakes, we have a water shortage. According to the Metropolitan Council:
“With more than 70 percent of the region’s water supply coming out of the ground, we are mining our groundwater and sending it downstream at the expense of our water supply, natural amenities, quality of life and economy. It’s a practice that is neither practical nor sustainable, as we can attest from the example of White Bear Lake,” said the Council’s Water Supply Planning Manager Ali Elhassan. Continue Reading
The North Minneapolis-Southwest LRT connection
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The Southwest Corridor will dramatically improve the transit connection between North Minneapolis and the southwest suburbs. Today, if a Northside resident wants to travel to Hopkins, a one transfer bus ride is available during rush hour every 20 minutes, and it takes 46 minutes to get there from the corner of North 7th Street & Olson Memorial Highway. During off-peak hours, that same trip takes three buses and about an hour. Travel to Minnetonka and Eden Prairie is even less convenient. Light rail transit (LRT) will shorten the trip to Hopkins to 23 minutes, with 10 minute frequencies and much more availability during many more hours of the day. That opens up all sorts of employment opportunities for Northside residents. Continue Reading