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Chris Andrejka training vines in the hops garden, courtesy Star Tribune

How Local is Your Beer? The Rise of Regional Ingredients

Issue Media Group Wednesday, August 06, 2014

Despite our love of micro-brews, many of the ingredients in our favorite beers haven't been sourced locally. That's changing as brewers tap into the local farming movement in their communities to add more fresh flavors and ingredients.

Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Entrepreneurship, Green Jobs, Nightlife

Como Park, West Seventh

10 Local Apps for Mobilizing Summer in the Cities

Dan Heilman Wednesday, July 09, 2014

Summer in Minneapolis-St. Paul is all about getting out and about. Here are 10 homegrown apps to help you make the most of your summer in the cities.

Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Leadership, Design, Emerging Technology, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife, Transportation

Riverfront/Mill District, Central Avenue, Downtown, Lake Street, Uptown/Lyn Lake, West Seventh, Longfellow, Downtown/Lowertown, Warehouse/North Loop, Northeast

The Dish on Heritage Restaurants: Food, Families, Neighborhoods

Susan Klemond Wednesday, November 06, 2013

A look at four heritage restaurants in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, their origin stories, their participation in their neighborhoods, and why their loyal patrons—and new generations of diners—keep coming back.

diversity, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife, Strong Local Economy

West Side, West Seventh, Northeast

Made in Minnesota: The Makers Coalition and the Renewal of Our Industrial Sewing Heritage

Anna Pratt Wednesday, October 23, 2013

The Makers Coalition is supporting a new generation of industrial sewers and the local makers movement. The coalition brings together 60 businesses, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and service providers to fulfill its mission: To bring back industrial sewing skills, which largely disappeared in America decades ago.

Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Design, Strong Local Economy

Downtown, Uptown/Lyn Lake, West Seventh, Downtown/Lowertown, Northeast

Creative Placemaking: Reframing How We See Cities

Sheena Lyonnais Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Design, Entrepreneurship, Reuse / Rebuild, Strong Local Economy

West Seventh

Twin Cities Parks 3.0: Bold New Initiatives Coming to Our Green Spaces

Susan Klemond Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Get ready for some changes in our already-stellar park system that will expand your ideas about recreation, ecology, and economic development.

Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Leadership, Design, Regionalism, Sustainability

Riverfront/Mill District, Downtown, Southwest, North Side, West Seventh, Calhoun - Isles, Northeast

A Line or Two: Beer U

Jon Spayde Wednesday, June 19, 2013

This week: a heads-up about a July class in the University of Minnesota's extension division that will fill you in on the local craft beer revolution--it's origins, its economics, its varied business models, and more. Requirements include the actual consumption of product.

Entrepreneurship, Nightlife, Strong Local Economy

University, West Seventh, Northeast

Dayton's Bluff and Swede Hollow in the 19th Century

A Line or Two: Hikes and History

Jon Spayde Wednesday, April 11, 2012

In A Line or Two, I share some of my discoveries and enthusiasms as I make my way around the Twin Cities--call it an editor's-note-as-blog-entry. This week: A web site that makes hiking through our towns an exercise in historical imagination.

Arts and Culture, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Regionalism

Dayton's Bluff, Downtown, West Seventh

Microbrewing Revealed: A slide show

Bill Kelley Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Managing Photographer Bill Kelley--a knowledgeable home-brewer himself--explored some of our local microbrew establishments to see just how these alchemists turn grain into drinkable gold. Here's his visual record of the process.

Entrepreneurship, Strong Local Economy

West Seventh, Warehouse/North Loop

Quirky Twin Cities bars and restaurants that take you away from the everyday: A slide show

Bill Kelley Wednesday, March 23, 2011

When it comes to dining-and-drinking venues, there's atmosphere--and then there's atmosphere. Some go the extra mile beyond a good color sense and a lively vibe to actually spirit you away to another place or time, real or imaginary. Herewith, a slide show of four of our favorite local places to escape the here-and-now.

North Side, West Seventh, Thomas - Dale/Frogtown, Northeast

One-wheelin': The Twin Cities are a Mecca for urban unicyclists

Chris Steller Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Sure, bikes are big in the Twin Cities--but the people who ride one-wheelers here may be even more intense, if that's possible. In fact, our towns are a world center of unicycling; all twelve of the unicyclists rated highest for riding skills--the black belts of the sport--have belonged at one time or another to the Twin Cities Unicycling Club. And just in case you think it's all about trick riding in parades or at the circus, meet the folks who ride fat-wheeled 36-inch unicycles to work--in winter.

Green Jobs

West Seventh

The new/old West Seventh: Artist-led renewal honors the fabric of St. Paul's first neighborhood

Camille LeFevre Wednesday, June 02, 2010

There's art happening in Saint Paul's oldest neighborhood, the solidly blue-collar West Seventh, and it's revitalizing the area without gentrifying it. Creative types love the big houses and exhibition spaces that are available, and they're determined to remain good neighbors to the immigrants and old-line St. Paulites among whom they live.

Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture

West Seventh

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