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Minneapolis 2040 Opposition: A Look At The Signs

By on September 25, 2018 in 2040 Minneapolis Comprehensive Plan, Housing, Land use, Maps, Public Policy

High property wealth and homeownership is the connecting thread among those strongly opposed to the Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The Strib recently reported on rumors that city planners will scale back on the nationally heralded plan to legalize fourplexes citywide. The new plan could instead allow for triplexes everywhere. This, among other compromises, shifts the […]

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Minneapolis Comp Plan Review: Access to Housing

By on July 17, 2018 in 2040 Minneapolis Comprehensive Plan, Housing, zoning

This post is the first in a series originally posted by Neighbors for More Neighbors that will take a deeper dive into the draft Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The city is soliciting feedback on the plan until July 22nd, and it is important that they hear input on the elements that will help support N4MN’s […]

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Minneapolis Residents Opposed Housing for WWII Veterans

By on April 7, 2017 in History, Housing

Originally posted on Neighbors for More Neighbors. The news that Minneapolis had again passed 400,000 residents last summer is a reminder that we did it before. Buried in our history is a story of a post-war Minneapolis that at one time had more than 520,000 residents, and has not seen as many since. Part of the […]

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The Miracle of Two Minneapolises in Prenatal Care

By on February 20, 2015 in Chart, Children, Maps, Neighborhoods, Race

While looking around for some data for another project, I ran into Minneapolis Health Department’s Reports. There’s a lot of great data there, but not all of it is necessarily in amazing condition for people to build off of. One data set, entitled Minneapolis Birth Data, caught my attention. Locked away in mostly tabular PDFs are a […]

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Minneapolis’ Vacant Buildings: Historic Edition

By on February 12, 2015 in Land use, Maps, Neighborhoods, Uncategorized

In a previous post on my own blog, I mapped out properties in Minneapolis that were listed in the property records database as having been built before 1900. This was to get a sense of where older properties are and how many there are. It was also in response to a bout of local hand-wringing […]

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Wedge Club™ v. City Council in a Battle for Legitimacy

By on May 13, 2014 in Land use, Neighborhoods

Last week, the Star Tribune published an article explaining the frustration experienced by developers in trying to navigate the neighborhood approval process, citing the need for “extensive haggling” with neighborhood groups. This is understandable considering there is no consistent process amongst the 81 neighborhoods, and, though developers are required to present plans to residents, these […]

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