Category: Feature
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Reaching the People through Economic Development
by John Hottinger Dr. Bruce Corrie, the City of St. Paul’s Planning and Economic Development Director, brings a rich and varied background which fits with Mayor…
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West End Artist Profile: Sid Korpi
Artist, teacher, actor, author, wedding officiant, editor, dog-walker, dancer and animal chaplain — Sid Korpi is a Renaissance woman now living on West Seventh, converting…
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Sibley Plaza major facelift underway
After years of deterioration, Sibley Plaza is heading for a major facelift to be anchored by an Aldi’s Grocery Store.
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Ramsey County Making Community Engagement Work
by Jerry Rothstein The idea of “community engagement” has emerged in recent years to offer a new way for government agencies to interact with community…
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Food Matters: Plucking Raspberries
I love the brambling foods, which are so insistent, flirtatious, and charmingly disheveled. Not to mention so sharply delicious. We grow three varieties of raspberry: Caroline…
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Sue’s Fitness: A Change of Pace
by Jerry RothsteinAmidon Graphics is one of the West End’s hidden enterprises. Over its 65 years the commercial printer has developed as a sophisticated resource for…
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Need a Ride? West 7th Cars & Credit Settling In
by Jerry Rothstein After a major rehab of the old used car lot at West 7th and Jefferson the place sat empty for more than a…
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A Fitting Memorial
by Jon Kerr The treeless zipper down the hillside just across the Mississippi is painfully evident while driving down Shepard Road or even from the High…
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Gun Violence Prevention: Our Responsibility
by Jonathan Dickman, MD, PhD In April, a second grade student brought his parent’s gun to my son’s school. Luckily, nobody was hurt. The principal took…
