As Gov. Schwarzenegger in his previous careers would say, “No pain, no gain.” So it is with the dramatic changes coming to downtown Minneapolis transportation. MARQ2, the re-construction of Marquette and Second Avenues, is now entering it’s final and most challenging phase that will eventually bring about the most intensive remake of Minneapolis downtown transportation in [...]
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Mayor Rybak and the City Council Friday awarded $6.5 million to rehab homes in neighborhoods hit hard by foreclosure. This is part of $14 million that the City received from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the State of Minnesota to support the City’s strategy to reinvest in these neighborhoods. An abandoned [...]
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Minneapolis employees from Emergency Preparedness, Animal Control, and the Fire Department are providing their expertise and assistance in Moorhead, which faces spring flooding that is expected to become even more serious in the coming days. Emergency Preparedness Director Rocco Forte is among the group of Minneapolis staffers who are helping in the Red River Valley [...]
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According to city records, the number of foreclosures in Minneapolis fell for the fourth month in a row. November, December 2008, and January, February 2009 have all had fewer total foreclosures than those months had the year before. These numbers are further proof that the foreclosure crisis has hit its peak in Minnesota’s largest city. While [...]
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I was so excited to deliver my State of the City speech today at Coloplast, a shining example of the kind of long overdue change that’s coming to north Minneapolis. Get this: Coloplast is a Denmark-based global medical device company that recently moved its North American headquarters onto the west shore of the [...]
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According to City of Minneapolis records, new business start ups are on the rise; often a positive trend during tough economic times as people who’ve lost their job decide to go out on their own. During the week of March 6th, 72 business start-ups were registered with the City. Fortunately, there’s almost no better place to [...]
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With the arrest Wednesday by Minneapolis police of a 15-year-old in connection with the shooting that left two kids wounded, attention has once again shifted to the City’s efforts to prevent youth violence. What a relief to see KARE 11 take on this story by starting with the facts. Police records show that juvenile violent crime [...]
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Does your organization have a creative idea to help fight global warming? Do you need funding to jump-start your project? As an innovative way to directly engage people to fight climate change, the City of Minneapolis is again offering grants to help people in Minneapolis take steps to reduce global warming. Neighborhood, business and faith-based associations are [...]
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Forbes.com has a new article out that lists Minneapolis #4 among the top ten cities most likely to benefit from President Obama’s Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan. The plan helps families restructure or refinance their mortgages to avoid foreclosure. According to Forbes, homeowners in cities like Minneapolis could benefit from Obama’s plan more because “the [...]
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Kudos to the Downtown Journal for a great story in their most recent edition about the on-line education success story of Capella University, the new namesake of Minneapolis’ tallest building. “At a time when most of Downtown’s biggest companies are shrinking, Capella University is growing,” the article aptly opens. Although you might not have heard much about [...]
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