Featured Stories

All Aboard: How Urban Train Stations are Becoming Neighborhood Amenities

Rachel Kaufman Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Smart cities like Saint Paul are renovating their train stations (like the multi-modal hub Union Depot) into neighborhood and urban amenities.

Central Corridor, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Regionalism, Reuse / Rebuild, Strong Local Economy, Transit Oriented Development, Transportation

Midway, Downtown/Lowertown

All are welcome at the Beer Dabbler, courtesy Beer Dabbler

New Brews and Gastro-preneurs: Find Them At The Beer Dabbler Winter Carnival

Brian Martucci Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Few organizations have done more to connect locally minded craft-beer enthusiasts with the startups that drive Minnesota’s resurgent brewing industry than the Beer Dabbler, which holds its Beer Dabbler Winter Carnival on January 25.

Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife, Strong Local Economy

Midway

Beer, Breweries, Bees, Bikes: The Line's Top Stories of 2013

Camille LeFevre Wednesday, January 08, 2014

The Line buzzed in 2013 with articles—many of them in the top 10 most-read of the year—on topics starting with a “b”: beer and architect-designed breweries, beekeeping and bike entrepreneurs among them.

Arts and Culture, Central Corridor, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Strong Local Economy, Sustainability

Greater East Side, University, Payne - Phalen, Warehouse/North Loop

Alexis Ohanian, courtesy WAC and Tanya Kechician

Q+A: Alexis Ohanian, Creative Entrepreneurship, and Giving Lots of Damns

Camille LeFevre Wednesday, January 08, 2014

The Line asked Alexis Ohanian, who is speaking at the Walker Art Center and is best known as the cofounder of the social news site reddit, about how to create community on the Internet and his advice for startups.

Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Emerging Technologies, Entrepreneurship, High Technology, Philanthropy, Strong Local Economy

Downtown

The collective perspective from Fair State Brewing

Looking for Financing? Research Paper Provides Insights for Social and Co-op Startups

Lee Egerstrom Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The report, “Financing Worker Cooperative Start-Ups in Minnesota,” produced in a Master’s of Public Affairs course at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School, focuses on the unique funding challenges of cooperative startups and social enterprises.

Creative Economy, Entrepreneurship, Strong Local Economy

Freewheel's Winter Expo--Courtesy Freewheel

Getting in Gear: Local Innovations--From Knobbies to Pogies to Rims--for Winter Biking

Brian Martucci Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The burgeoning winter-biking scene wouldn’t be possible without the bike designers, entrepreneurs, co-ops, fests, expos, zines, and coffee shops that give the community its innovative edge and vitality.

Creative Economy, Design, Entrepreneurship, Strong Local Economy, Sustainability, Transportation

Cedar - Riverside/West Bank, Downtown, Lake Street, Uptown/Lyn Lake

NEIC and 3Bs--Bikes, Beer, Bread--Are Reinvigorating Northeast Minneapolis' Central Avenue

Anna Pratt Wednesday, December 11, 2013

The Northeast Investment Cooperative is a for-profit group that enables people to collectively buy, renovate, and manage commercial and residential property. NEIC's first project is reinvigorating Central Avenue with tenants that focus on bikes, bread, and beer.

Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Reuse / Rebuild, Strong Local Economy, Sustainability

Northeast

Boutique Guitar Gear: Local Inventors Help Musicians Achieve the Holy Grail of Sound

Dan Heilman Wednesday, December 04, 2013

In the world of handmade guitar gear, Twin Cities inventors are known by guitarists the world over for bringing a range of experience and creativity to products that for decades were mass-produced.

Arts and Culture, Creative Economy, Design, Entrepreneurship, High Technology, Nightlife

Architect Scott Ervin Launches Norseman: Minneapolis' First Micro-Distillery

Camille LeFevre Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Scott Ervin has opened the first micro-distillery in Minneapolis, Norseman Distillery.

Creative Economy, Entrepreneurship, Nightlife, Strong Local Economy

Payne - Phalen, Northeast

Bogobrush: A Bamboo Objet d'Art for Social Good

Anna Pratt Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Heather and John McDougall, who are siblings, have designed the bamboo Bogobrush, a "buy one, give one" product that provides toothbrushes to people in need.

Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Design, Entrepreneurship, Green Jobs, Healthcare, Philanthropy, Regionalism, Reuse / Rebuild, Strong Local Economy, Sustainability

Downtown/Lowertown

Barking Up New Businesses: Four Women Unleash Their Creativity for Canines

Anne Jin Soo Preston Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Creative Economy, Design, Entrepreneurship, Green Jobs, Philanthropy, Reuse / Rebuild, Strong Local Economy

Northeast

CoCo's co-working space in the Grain Exchange

The Sharing Economy: Sharing Isn't Just Nice To Do, It's Changing How We Do Business

Allyson Jacob Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Strong Local Economy, Transportation

Downtown, Uptown/Lyn Lake, Downtown/Lowertown

Hank and His Bus: Catalysts for Changing Architectural Education?

Camille LeFevre Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, Design, Emerging Technology, Entrepreneurship, Green Jobs, Higher Education, Reuse / Rebuild, Talent Dividend, Transportation

University, 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