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No kidding...maybe you should talk to them and let us know what you find out. I have many other things to do. Perhaps you can go talk to them yourself rather than asking others to do your legwork. Sorry, I should not have responded with snark. I didn't actually think there was a silver bullet (I do...

nobody has presented a silver bullet. That's because there isn't one. It's going to take lots of different policy and, frankly, experimentation to come up with something better. This is not a short-term effort. I do not have any answers but I'll bet the people over at MICAH, HJC, etc. have some. No...

The issue I see, however, with the assertion that concentrated poverty will not be a "real problem if government actually commits to providing services to those areas" is that communities characterized by high rates of poverty and comprised primarily of people of color tend not to have th...

I'm not super convinced that concentration of poverty (especially the "racially concentrated" poverty idea) is a real problem if the government actually commits to providing services to those areas THANK YOU I think it is fair to critically examine the idea of racially concentrated povert...

@beige_box, is it fair to say that your solution to the affordability crisis is to build affordable housing in desirable neighborhoods as a means of discouraging high income/wealth households from living there? That is how I read this quote in your post above: My solution was to have the government ...

The type of person the original proposal was marketed to are high-income Baby Boomers living in the suburbs, many of whom would likely rent a 1-bedroom here while still owning a two-car-garage home in Maple Grove... In truth, a massive influx of wealthy older folks eager to flex their disposable in...

I completely agree. Anecdata: I see Minneapolis school buses driving unnecessarily fast down my narrow residential street near Bancroft Elementary all the time. Just this morning I saw a Minneapolis bus swerve away from a bike at the last second, I would guess either because the driver didn't see th...

City staff recommend Mortenson for exclusive negotiating rights on this site. Z&P documents: http://minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/public/@clerk/documents/webcontent/wcms1p-147628.pdf Star Trib: http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-city-staff-recommend-selling-highly-visible-mill-district-site-t...

I completely agree that it is not clear if the work they are doing now is final or if there will be future iterations. That is precisely why I'm interested in whether or not there has been some sort of approved plan that might be able to shed some light on the matter. I'm hopeful that whatever they ...

So maybe it is safe to assume at this point that any work on the roof will not have a major impact. It just looks like they are replacing the copper bands with a blue stripe, which given its prominence due to the curved roof, would be a shame.

I'd agree that there should be some sort of historic preservation review for the building, but I am wondering if anyone knows for certain whether a review has actually taken place (or was even required for this particular parcel). I did some snooping around the Minneapolis property search website an...

Since the armory is on the National Register of Historic Places, but not a City-designated historic resource (at least not that I can tell from the city's historic preservation map), did any of the renovation work have to get pre-approved? I didn't see anything go before the city's historic preserva...

5-story, 72-unit apartment building proposed for 26th & Stevens. 3k sq ft commercial at corner.
http://minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/pub ... 144717.pdf

http://bizjournals.com/twincities/blog/real_estate/2015/07/prospect-park-station-apartments-hotel-university.html Plans for a 258 apartment, 120 room hotel, and 33,000 square foot commercial space (in 6-stories and 15-stories sections) at the Planning Commission COW: http://minneapolismn.gov/www/gro...

I concur. It wasn't there two weeks ago when I last walked past.

The latest update (5/14/15) from the Pioneer Press on this project indicates the following: 2700 UNIVERSITY Indianapolis-based Flaherty and Collins plans a five-level, 248-unit housing complex at 2700 W. University Ave. The $54.7 million building includes 3,000 square feet of retail, and 20 percent ...

Saw a new Greiner Construction sign in the window on Sunday. Looks like this is on track.

CPC COW agenda out. This looks promising. Townhomes on 1st ave do not have garages facing the street.

Here's the plan: http://minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/pub ... 141205.pdf

More detailed renderings:http://minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/pub ... 138678.pdf

Not sure...looks okay. Would be nice to see more of the color scheme. Why do all of the recent proposed and u/c hotels in town have so much stucco (or so it seems)?

Renderings on this from Planning Commission COW: http://minneapolismn.gov/www/groups/pub ... 138677.pdf