Featured Stories

Saint Paul Artist Oskar Ly: An Organizer and Ambassador for Hmong Arts

Nicole Rupersburg Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Issue Media Group (The Line's parent company) has launched Creative Exchange, a national online platform for storytelling and resource sharing around creativity and community. Saint Paul artist/organizer Oskar Ly was featured in the first issue.

Arts and Culture, Central Corridor, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, diversity

Midway, Downtown/Lowertown

Club E: Networking Group Supports Twin Cities' Startups

Julie Kendrick Wednesday, March 12, 2014

From beer sampling to wearable tech to Pecha Kucha, Club Entrepreneur is cultivating new business relationships and startups by supporting Twin Cities' innovators with actionable content and connections.

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

Downtown

Virajita Singh and the transportation group.

Design Thinking at the U of M: Organizing Collaborations Around Social Issues

Jennifer Gilhoi Wednesday, March 12, 2014

How groups at the University of Minnesota are using design thinking as the creative approach to explore new ways of working and collaborating.

Coordination/Collaboration, Design, diversity, Higher Education, Strong Local Economy

University

One of Vorderbruggen's "Starcatcher" windows

Joan Vorderbruggen: Reawakening Empty Storefronts to Their Community Potential

Ann Klefstad Wednesday, March 05, 2014

The first article in a new series on Twin Cities artists who build community, activate space, engage viewers, and stimulate interaction or dialogue with their work, and how their creative placemaking helps reveal and enhance community identity.

Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership

Downtown, Powderhorn

Next in Transit: The Green Line, Then Southwest Rail?

Conrad deFiebre Wednesday, February 19, 2014

The Green Line sets the stage for a full regional transit network unlike anything we've seen since the heyday of the streetcars.

Central Corridor, Coordination/Collaboration, Transportation

University, Midway, Downtown, Saint Anthony Park, Southwest, Downtown/Lowertown

Ten Thousand Things in "The Music Man," photo by Paula Keller

Ten Thousand Things: Connecting with Communities Through Imaginative Theater

Carl Atiya Swanson Wednesday, February 19, 2014

The Minneapolis theater company Ten Thousand Things builds connections both radical and backed by tradition by telling stories for intimate and often non-traditional audiences, with the lights up and minimal staging, using the power of communal imagination.

Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Economy, Creative Leadership, diversity, Talent Dividend

University, Cedar - Riverside/West Bank, Downtown, Lake Street, Thomas - Dale/Frogtown, Powderhorn

Assisting Fellows via the C3 and CCAP programs

Jobs, Housing, Transit: Leveraging the Economic Power of the Central Corridor's Anchor Institutions

Brian Martucci Wednesday, February 12, 2014

How key non-profits have forged partnerships with healthcare institutions along the Green Line to generate corridors of opportunity for job seekers, residents, and communities.

Central Corridor, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Leadership, diversity, Healthcare, Higher Education, Strong Local Economy, Transportation

University, Midway, Cedar - Riverside/West Bank, Saint Anthony Park, Downtown/Lowertown

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

Image from the African American History Workshop

The John Biggers Seed Project Builds on a Public Art Legacy

Anna Pratt Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Arts and Culture, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Leadership, diversity, Talent Dividend

North Side

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

Minneapolis Convention Center plaza, courtesy Kristin Maywire, Urbain DRC

The Creative City Challenge: Public Art with Lasting Influence?

Brian Martucci Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Finalists have been selected for the second annual Creative City Challenge. The winning, interdisciplinary, public-art installation--selected by popular vote this winter--will be open all summer on the Minneapolis Convention Center plaza.

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

Downtown

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

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

Galtier Community School Embraces Design Thinking for Greater Flexibility in Learning

Camille LeFevre Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Galtier Community School in Saint Paul decided to revolutionize education through design thinking after the American Architectural Foundation’s (AAF) Design for Learning program.

Central Corridor, Coordination/Collaboration, Creative Leadership, Design, diversity, Philanthropy, Talent Dividend

Greater East Side, University, Midway, Payne - Phalen