Tag Archives: Bemidji

Inside Bemidji’s Plan to Attract Teleworkers

Ian R Buck • April 16, 2024

Early in the pandemic, Bemidji offered to pay teleworkers to move there. Let’s take a trip to find out how it went!

August 25, 2022-Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigeg looks at Hennepin County plans to restripe Lake Street while onboard a Metro Transit bus. Hennepin County received $12 million from the Federal Highway Administration’s RAISE grant to restripe Lake Street with bus lanes. (H. Jiahong Pan/Minnesota Reformer)

Minnesota Projects Funded Through the Federal Infrastructure Bill

H. Jiahong Pan 潘嘉宏 • September 12, 2023

Signed into law in 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is funding transportation infrastructure across Minnesota, from Little Falls to St. Paul.

Winter Is Here: More Winter Biking Tips

H. Jiahong Pan 潘嘉宏 • December 2, 2019

Last month, Alicia Valenti wrote about her tips and experiences bicycling in the winter as a Minnesota transplant. “I got into summer biking and then didn’t want to stop once it got cold,” Alicia told me recently. Like Alicia, I’m a transplant who didn’t want to stop biking once it got cold, partly because biking […]

The author's bike, sitting on the shoulder of a County Road in Bemidji, MN. February 12, 2019. Photo: Henry Pan

A Car-Free, Car-Less, and Car-Lite Guide To Surviving Bemidji

H. Jiahong Pan 潘嘉宏 • February 15, 2019

I thought I needed to have a car for my assignment. In August, I was offered a position that had me relocate to Bemidji. In Northern Minnesota. 200 miles away from the only home that I’ve known outside of San Francisco, away from the friends that I’ve made. I thought I was going away too […]

How Accessible are Minnesota State Parks for Non-motorists?

Tim Brackett • July 16, 2018

After living in Minnesota for four years, I decided last year to focus on getting away from the metro area and exploring greater Minnesota. I also decided to take up camping for the first time since childhood in 2017. As someone who is car-free, accomplishing these goals required some creativity on my part. I purchased […]

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Sunday Summary – August 20, 2017

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Betsey Buckheit • August 20, 2017

Coming up this week is the much anticipated solar eclipse. Unfortunately, Minnesota is not in the path of totality for the eclipse, but fortunately the Federal Highway Administration has provided helpful travel and road information for those planning to go find the best viewing location. Also fortunately, you’ll be able to see the eclipse and get […]

Cool mural with a northern theme

Bemidji: A Town After my Heart

Dana DeMaster • August 18, 2017

Public art. An increasingly walkable downtown. Bike racks aplenty. And Minnesota iconography and lore: Bemidji is well worth a visit!