On March 23, the Center for Economic Inclusion (the Center) joined its peer consultants Fourth Economy, NEOO Partners, MZ Strategies, and Urban3 to present the first-ever Economic Competitiveness and …
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4/14/21
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Activist and orator Danny Givens has been chosen as the first director of Transforming Systems Together (TST) – an initiative to improve, rethink, and reshape services and programs to be more …
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By MARGIE O’LOUGHLIN
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4/14/21
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Lexington Station and its 288 apartments won’t be built near Lexington Parkway and University Avenue. On a 4-3 vote April 7, 2021, the St. Paul City Council rejected an appeal by developer …
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By Jane McClure
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4/14/21
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In last month’s article about the Twin Cities housing market during COVID-19, real estate professionals characterized the market as “frenzied.” A picture emerged of Minneapolis and …
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By MARGIE O’LOUGHLIN
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4/14/21
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All summer of 2020 Victoria Theater Arts Center (VTAC) made a commitment to the Frogtown and Rondo community to help process the trauma in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and other Black …
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4/14/21
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If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go together.” - An African Proverb
Happy Spring Monitor readers, This is such a refreshing time of the year with the return of the …
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By Melvin Giles
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4/14/21
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4/14/21
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Developer Alatus’ Lexington Station mixed-use project is in the hands of the St. Paul City Council, with a public hearing and likely vote March 17 on its site plan. The Minneapolis-based …
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By Jane McClure
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3/10/21
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Minneapolis and St. Paul are braced for civil unrest as the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin commences. City councils in both cities have been receiving updates on plans to …
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By JANE McCLURE
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3/10/21
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It began as a conversation among neighbors. Russel Balenger remembers when his sons were younger and in a row with a couple of families. “I went to the heads of the families and said we had to …
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By JAN WILLMS
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3/10/21
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Midway Center site of fire Midway Center at 1544 university Ave., which was extensively damaged during civil unrest in May 2020, again had a fire Feb. 15. The St. Paul Fire Department was called to …
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By JANE McCLURE
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3/10/21
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What is the hardest thing of all? That which seems the easiest For your eyes to see That which lies before your eyes. - Goethe
Hello, Monitor readers, Spring freshness is in the air and COVID-19 …
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By Melvin Giles
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3/10/21
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3/10/21
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2/11/21
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Hello, Monitor readers, Happy Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday, and Happy American Heart Month, Black History Month, National Bird Feeding Month, …
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2/11/21
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Not having access to homeownership can mean missing out on decades of opportunity to grow family wealth through equity. When Kali Terry became the first person in his family to own a home, he flipped …
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By AMANDA WELLIVER
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2/11/21
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Milan Dennie owns and operates King Milan’s Barbershop in the Frogtown neighborhood. He has continued a tradition there for years that he started in his hometown of Gary, Ind.: offering free …
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By MARGIE O’LOUGHLIN
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2/11/21
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While communities everywhere are calling for a changed model of policing, a small unit within the Saint Paul Police Department has been taking a different approach for almost three years. In March of …
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The first quarter grades for this year are in for St. Paul Public School students, and it appears that racial disparities are growing worse with distance learning. In 2019, Minnesota ranked 50th when …
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By MARGIE O’LOUGHLIN
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1/14/21
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Soaring demand for food has strained Keystone Community Services’ food shelves, including its longtime space at 1916 University Ave. A new community food site, which will house an expanded food …
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By Jane McClure
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1/14/21
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