Author: Carol Becker

About Carol Becker

Carol Becker is a professor at Hamline University. She is a member of the Board of Estimate and Taxation for the City of Minneapolis.

What “Two and a Half Stories” Actually Looks Like

• May 25, 2018

The 2040 Minneapolis Comprehensive Plan has proposed that we open all single-family homes and duplexes to being bulldozed and replaced with fourplexes. This has, rightly, alarmed many people.  Some parts of the City would benefit from more density but indiscriminately bulldozing homes would destroy the fabric of many of our neighborhoods. Housing advocates have said […]

The Privilege of the Minneapolis Comprehensive Plan

• April 4, 2018

My name is Carol Becker and I drive an automobile.  I feel like I am coming out of the closet by saying this. I don’t drive a car because I especially like driving.  I drive because I don’t have a choice. The proposed Comprehensive Plan does not support a balanced transportation system where the needs […]