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Maximizing Plaza Use: Strategies for Vibrant Public Spaces
Read more: Maximizing Plaza Use: Strategies for Vibrant Public SpacesAfter recently starting a new job in downtown Minneapolis I noticed the plethora of public plazas available to residents, visitors, and employees. Almost every major tower has an inviting public realm leading to its primary…
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Design with Nature
Read more: Design with NatureBook Review Cities all across the world are realizing their mistake in covering up natural features to construct bigger and better communities. After decades of building over rivers and streams, dredging wetlands for lakes, and…
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Rails to Trails
Read more: Rails to TrailsOver Memorial Weekend I had the opportunity to bike from Park Rapids to Walker, Minnesota. The journey began sunny and warm, but storms in the area caught up to me a few miles south of…
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Transforming Streets with Complete Streets Initiative
Read more: Transforming Streets with Complete Streets InitiativeWe have all driven, biked, or walked down a street that appeared wider than the traffic it served. Extra space proliferates within the area for vehicles while the pedestrian and bicyclist are forced onto a…
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Little Mekong Night Market
Read more: Little Mekong Night MarketThe fourth annual Little Mekong Night Market was held this past weekend. The market is a mix of food, art, music, and cultural performances located in the heart of the Little Mekong District at Western…
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The Dust Bowl
Read more: The Dust BowlThere is still a generation living that can recall the hard times brought on by the Dust Bowl. I think about how my grandparents, in their late 90’s now, would have been just teenagers at…
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Evolution of Lake Life
Read more: Evolution of Lake LifeGrowing up, my family and I made three nine hour trips each year to Perham, Minnesota. The first trip was always Memorial Weekend, followed by a week in June when Walleye fishing was good, then…
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Evicted
Read more: EvictedBook Review As a city planner working with a rental licensing program I found Evicted by Matthew Desmond to be an eye opening and insightful book on the life of both renters and landlords. Desmond tells the…
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Jamaica’s Rich History and Vibrant Culture
Read more: Jamaica’s Rich History and Vibrant CultureI recently returned from a five day trip to Jamaica for my little sisters wedding. We had incredible weather with only one day of rain, which we ignored and swam anyways. The locals said this…
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Minneapolis MayDay Parade
Read more: Minneapolis MayDay ParadeEvery year, more than 50,000 people are drawn to the Powderhorn neighborhood in south Minneapolis to participate in the festivities of the MayDay Parade. This is not your typical parade which is demonstrated in the…
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