Featured Stories

Xia Vang with green beans from her plot in the Phalen Village Community Garden

Revisiting Community Gardens: A slide show

Bill Kelley Wednesday, August 24, 2011

With winter nipping at our heels, we thought it would be appropriate to take a lingering second look at the beautiful Twin Cities community gardens that Managing Photographer Bill Kelley shot back in August--eight little paradises in Saint Paul and Minneapolis where community spirit is cultivated along with the flowers and vegetables.

Dayton's Bluff, Midway, Cedar - Riverside/West Bank, Saint Anthony Park, North Side, Payne - Phalen

Owners, chamber join forces to keep Corridor businesses healthy

Michelle Bruch Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Nobody expected Central Corridor light-rail construction to be easy on the small businesses along the route. But now that the challenges of access and parking are hitting, business owners, the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce and other local organizations are working to keep the Corridor as customer-friendly as possible.

Central Corridor, Creative Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Regionalism, Strong Local Economy, Transit Oriented Development

Downtown/Lowertown, Midway, Saint Anthony Park, Summit - University, Thomas - Dale/Frogtown, University

The South Saint Anthony Park Creative Enterprise Zone

Dan Heilman Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Where Raymond Avenue meets University, artists and innovators have been living and working for decades, lured by cheap rents and a friendly, funky vibe. What will happen to them as light rail comes through, bringing construction disruption now--and an unpredictable development pattern later? The newly formed South Saint Anthony Park Creative Enterprise Zone aims to keep the neighborhood weird--and welcoming.

Arts and Culture, Central Corridor, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Design, Entrepreneurship, Strong Local Economy, Transit Oriented Development

Saint Anthony Park

Small is beautiful: Alchemy Architects' weeHouses are little, prefabricated, and getting famous

Meleah Maynard Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Think of them as small, elegant design objects you live in. They take a whole lot less time to put up than your average house--even your average little house--because they are almost entirely prefabricated. They're weeHouses by St. Paul's Alchemy Architects, and they're a hot commodity in the national, and even international, design world.

Creative Economy, Design

Saint Anthony Park

Does coworking work? A colleague-craving freelancer gives the non-office office a try

Elizabeth Millard Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Our intrepid, and maybe just a little lonesome, freelancer Elizabeth Millard decided to road-test Saint Paul's two coworking spaces--offices where people like her, who would normally toil at home or in coffee shops, gather for mutual support, idea swapping, and random chitchat in between bouts of work. This is office life without managers, a dress code, or water-cooler grousing. And there are pancakes.

Coordination/Collaboration, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Entrepreneurship

Downtown/Lowertown, Saint Anthony Park

An Artist's Rendering of The Capitol East Station

All aboard: Years before it rolls, Central Corridor light rail is already connecting Twin Citians

Chris Steller Wednesday, July 21, 2010

It's four years before a single train is slated to set out on the tracks, but the Central Corridor light rail line between Minneapolis and Saint Paul has already created a powerful network of connections across the Twin Cities. In particular, ad-hoc collaboratives, instead of a single light-rail "czar" or bureaucracy, and Saint Paul's traditionally strong neighborhood political structure, have pushed planning for how the line will impact the city now and in years to come.

Affordable Housing, Central Corridor, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Leadership, Transit Oriented Development

Thomas - Dale/Frogtown, Summit - University, Saint Anthony Park, Union Park, Downtown