Local Business Is a Two-Way Street (With Bike Lanes)
Living in a city means making concessions and discerning what is best for the whole community — which means adding bike lanes on 38th Street in Minneapolis.
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An Open Letter to Saint Paul Business Owners from an Average Millennial
Dear Saint Paul Business Owners, My name is Dan. I’m 31 years old and I lived in Saint Paul for nearly 8 years. During that time, I was a patron of many local businesses (I still am actually), as it’s a personal value of mine to support local businesses and give back to my community. […]
Map Monday – The Spending Habits of a “Modal Mom”
I had the pleasure of meeting Lana Stewart at this year’s innovative “Winter Cycling Congress” in Minneapolis. She’s a mother, blogger, and bicyclist from Ottawa, Ontario, and gave a good talk on winter biking with kids in Canada. Anyway, she recently put up a great post mapping out some of her shopping habits in Ottawa, and how […]
Chart / Map of the Day: US Cities Ranked by Storefront Index
Here’s an important chart for you, showing something that the City Observatory cooked up called the “storefront index.” It measures the number of “customer-facing businesses” along city streets. Here’s the ranking [in absolute, not per capita, terms]: It looks like Minneapolis is punching a bit below its weight, though that might be accounted for by the […]