Powderhorn community pitches in to paint mural
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Local artist Victor Yépez and community volunteers are painting a mural on the Atlantic Press building in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis.
Little Mekong branding project gets public hearing
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“We are not rebranding Frogtown,” said Va-Megn Thoj.
“But you are,” replied a resident.
Such is the controversy caused by the Asian Economic Development Association’s (AEDA) project to rebrand the area around the intersection of University and Western Avenues in Saint Paul as Little Mekong.
Flamenco artists add some spice to St. Paul
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Aisli and Vaccaro performed with Titirimundi on August 19 at the Black Dog Coffee and Wine Bar in Saint Paul’s Lowertown.
Affordable housing along Central Corridor in the “land of 10,000 plans”
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“We are the land of 10,000 lakes and 10,000 plans,” said Steve Cramer, executive director of Project for Pride In Living (PPL), speaking of the Big Picture Project, the latest initiative to focus on affordable housing in the Central Corridor. Cramer expressed hope that the project might create consensus for everyone involved, as he attended a July 20 community forum.The forum introduced a project that could coordinate the efforts of development organizations, government entities, community associations, and finance organizations to develop affordable housing near the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit. Affordable housing is housing that costs no more than 30 percent of a household’s annual income. The Central Corridor light rail transit line, currently under construction and scheduled to open in 2014, will run from downtown St. Paul to downtown Minneapolis along University and Washington avenues.The forum was sponsored by the Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation and the cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Twin Cities LISC is a non-profit organization that provides financing and technical expertise to community development projects. About forty people from community associations, financial lenders, local governments, and community development organizations attended the forum held at the Profile Event Center at 2630 University Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis.Speakers at the forum included Minneapolis City Councilmember Cam Gordon, Gretchen Nicholls of Twin Cities LISC, Community Development Specialist Ryan Curren of the City of Seattle, Haila Maze of the Minneapolis Department of Community Planning and Economic Development, Luis Pereira of the Saint Paul Department of Planning and Economic Development, Kate Speed of Twin Cities LISC, and Elizabeth Wampler of the Center for Transit-Oriented Development. In the “land of 10,000 plans”2009 – Developing affordable housing strategies along the Central Corridor … Continue Reading