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Your help is needed to close one hole in Minnesota safety net
06 February 2012 3:11 PM | No CommentsYou may have read about Charles Van Heuveln in Jon Tevlin’s Star Tribune column a few weeks ago. A good program that benefits people with disabilities — Medical Assistance for Employed People with Disabilities (MA-EPD) — has a loop hole in it. A hole that...
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Theater of Public Policy
02 February 2012 12:19 PM | No CommentsPolitical satire and improvisational theater have a long history in the Twin Cities thanks in part to Dudley Riggs. Huge Improv Theater on 30th and Lyndale in south Minneapolis is adding a new chapter to this legacy with the Theater of Public Policy. In partnership...
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Communities Built to Last
30 January 2012 8:11 AM | No CommentsLast week, President Obama gave his annual State of the Union address, in which he raised the call for creating an economy that is “built to last.” For anyone who is a fan of business guru Jim Collins, this is a familiar term and title...
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walkability Archive
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Don’t Move My Cheese
Posted on September 22, 2010 | 3 CommentsThis week our neighborhood coop is closing its doors and moving. This is not a seismic shift in the grocery game, but it is fairly significant change to our neighborhood. The quick walk to get a gallon of milk or the one final ingredient to... -
Neighborhood Names: Stereotyping or Better Neighbors?
Posted on February 8, 2010 | 3 CommentsThis past week I read an article in the Star Tribune about the role of neighborhoods and the seemingly trivial task of attributing a name to the area. I find the idea to be fascinating and the exercise of naming an area to be of...
