We are currently in our board recruitment phase—the time of the year when streets.mn adds new voices to our board of directors for the next two years. Our board has determined streets.mn needs new voices on our board who have experience with volunteer coordination, brand management/social media, racial equity work, or website management.
Application Extension With the recent election season, we realized many people haven’t had a chance to think about applying yet. We’re going to extend the application deadline to Wednesday, November 17th. If you’ve already applied, we’ll be reaching out soon! Meet the Board In addition, we’d like to invite you to two chances to meet […]
Dear streets.mn readers, I’m the new part-time editor of streets.mn, and I’m going to outline some of what I plan to do in this role, but first, let me tell you a little about how I came to be interested in transit and street safety. I got into commuting as a cyclist in my late […]
streets.mn is hiring a content editor to help the site find more articles. If you’re a fan of the kind of content we publish, please apply.
In early March 2021, at the third open house, the City of Minneapolis presented two options for the future Hennepin Avenue reconstruction project between Lake Street and Douglas Avenue. Hennepin Avenue was last reconstructed in 1957, so this is a huge opportunity to weigh in on a street we’ll be living with for the next […]
As a fully member-supported and volunteer organization, streets.mn’s mission is driven by our authors and supported by our Board of Directors. Every year, we recruit a new cohort of board members via a call for applicants, and each serves a two year term. Here is this year’s board! New Board Members in 2021 Andrew Rankin […]
On December 29, 2019, seven people met at Dual Citizen Brewery in St. Paul, and there we created the streets.mn Climate Emergency Committee. We had a few in-person writing meet-ups before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, and even though none of us could anticipate the events that followed throughout the year of 2020, we maintained […]
Whew! The last few weeks have been a wild ride, to say the least. I will admit that a few things may have inadvertently fallen off of my to-do list. I imagine some of you might be able to say the same. That’s why streets.mn is extending its board recruitment period until Tuesday, November 17, […]
streets.mn has begun our annual board recruitment drive and is seeking board members for the 2021-22 term. We seek individuals who will improve the board balance of racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, and sexual identities to more accurately represent Minnesota. We also welcome board members from a variety of occupations and perspectives – one must […]
We’re turning off the comments for a little bit. Here’s why. Psychologists don’t recommend trying to address trauma while you’re still in danger. Step 1, get out of danger. Step 2, deal with your mental health. What’s different about 2020 is that there’s no way out. Climate change, racial injustice, an air-borne pathogen that has […]