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:D http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/174588881.html St. Paul reverses build decision, will put Lowertown ballpark out for bid Article by: ROCHELLE OLSON , Star Tribune Updated: October 17, 2012 - 11:11 AM "St. Paul leaders reversed themselves Wednesday by deciding to put the design-build ...

Seems like this whole situation could be easily resolved by just cancelling the contract with Ryan and opening it up to bids. Hopefully the city wises up. I'd hate to see a lot of wasted time and money on a drawn out court case. Plus given the fact that the city and Saints are $2 million short on th...

Yep, the best way to increase ridership is to reduce service... makes sense to me! I don't think the editorial was advocating increasing ridership. The idea is to reduce the operating costs. Less service on days when ridership is low will result in less subsidization for the days when it is running...

Construction update. Concrete work has started on the basement level.


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The City's HRA is set to approve a TIF district for the project. Here are some screen shots of the site plans. No renders of the actual building. The new apartment building will be phase 1. Phase 2, a residential/commercial building is proposed. Parcel 4 will be stormwater and open space. Phase 3 is...

I wonder why that would be? Were the designs lackluster, or maybe some indecision from the committee? Not necessarily. Keeping the pool of architects larger means they can play the firms off one another longer. Gives the Stadium Authority a little more leverage. A commission like this is worth mill...

I assure you that unemployment in the engineering and architecture fields is also higher than average. Maybe so, but clearly the construction unions know how to work the political system better than others. ;) To redisciple - It would be nice to hear how DEED defined and judged the criteria in ques...

I think it was clearly understood throughout the whole legislature process that the bonding bill (and this special allocation) was to create immediate jobs, specifically construction field jobs, where unemployment is higher than the average. The Lowertown Ballpark will be under construction by next ...

If the state doesn't pony up some money, then it shows the feds that all levels of government are not cooperating. If we can't get the federal money, light rail simply won't happen in this corridor without additional taxing authority. Clearly our state government isn't cooperating. We don't deserve...

Man I understand people are upset about SWLRT over St.Paul's ballpark, but c'mon. It won't be under construction for another three or four years. The ballpark in St. Paul can put hundreds of constuctions workers to work by next spring. This money was for shovel ready projects. SWLRT will be great fo...

I was a bit surprised this scored so lowly. But this is hardly a "shovel ready" project. Better to put the money into something that will provide immediate construction jobs. That was one of the main goals of the capital projects money after all.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/09/10/politics/capitol-projects-grant-program-evaluations/ Duluth, Litchfield, St. Paul in lead for $47.5M in state grants by Curtis Gilbert, Minnesota Public Radio September 10, 2012 "...Litchfield's application for $2.5 million to improve was...

Construction has started on this one.

http://www.foxsportsnorth.com/09/06/12/Report-Vikings-put-in-bid-to-host-Super-/landing_mnvikings.html?blockID=786471&feedID=3793 Report: Vikings put in bids to host Super Bowl "...ESPN1500.com reported Thursday that the Vikings have submitted bids to host a Super Bowl in their new $975 mi...

Makes sense, September 19th then?

Works for me.

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http://www.sherman-associates.com/news/2012/09/sherman-associates-closes-on-28-5-million-longfellow-station-project/ http://www.sherman-associates.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/110107-Longfellow-Station-Exterior-SM.jpg Sherman Associates closes on $28.5 million Longfellow Station project Post...

Count me in.

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Here are a couple pictures of the block where the park will be built.


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