How City Policy Gets Made With Kathy Lantry & Amy Brendmoen
Kathy Lantry and Amy Brendmoen look back on their time on the St. Paul City Council and how things have changed over the years.
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Podcast #124 – Saint Paul’s Ward One with Liz De La Torre
Today I’m bringing you a conversation with Liz De La Torre, who is running for City Council in Saint Paul’s Ward 1. I sat down with Liz a while back at the Heritage Tea House on University Avenue to talk about her campaign, her background working as a advocate for victims of domestic violence, and […]
The Shape of the Minneapolis Inclusionary Zoning Debate
Inclusionary zoning is an umbrella term for a wide range of policies designed to encourage or require the inclusion of affordable units in new housing construction. Here are three example scenarios from yesterday’s presentation to the Minneapolis City Council’s Housing Policy and Development Committee: Require 15% of a new building’s units be affordable to households […]
Billboard Proposal Is ‘Rash That Won’t Go Away’
It’s hard to find anyone who wants more billboards in downtown Minneapolis. So where is the political will coming from to advocate for them?
Podcast #103: Minneapolis Ward 7 with Janne Flisrand
The podcast this week is a conversation with Janne Flisrand. In addition to being a housing policy consultant and the vice-chair of streets.mn, Janne Flisrand is running for City Council in Minneapolis’ Ward 7, a neighborhood around uptown, Lake of the Isles, downtown, Loring Park, and Bryn Mawr. We sat down the other day to […]
Cleveland Avenue Bike Lanes
This coming Wednesday, June 17, at 5:30pm, the Saint Paul City Council faces its first test for implementing the city’s Bikeways Plan. The plan calls for bike lanes on Cleveland Avenue. The question is: Will they vote to implement the plan, or will they listen to claims of bike lane opponents and scrap a major […]