Category: Business

  • Federation Update

    Board UpdateAt the Federation’s July 8 meeting, the Board heard an update from Bill Smith of Biko Associates on the parking study of Area 1 (from…

  • West End Artist Profile: Sid Korpi

    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…

  • You Can Help with our 2020 Budget

    You Can Help with our 2020 Budget

    Council Perspectives By Rebecca Noecker, City Council Member, Ward 2 Columnist Civic engagement is a lot like exercise. We all know it’s good for us, but…

  • Ramsey County Making Community Engagement Work

    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…

  • Sue’s Fitness: A Change of Pace

    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…

  • Need a Ride? West 7th Cars & Credit Settling In

    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…

  • Reading and Math Corps Recruiting Tutors in West End

    Reading and Math Corps Recruiting Tutors in West End

    AmeriCorps is calling for 1,700 Minnesota tutors to help students struggling in reading and math. Two state-wide programs, Minnesota Reading Corps and Minnesota Math Corps, have awarded…

  • Kessler & Maguire Lunch Learn Workshop

    Kessler & Maguire Lunch Learn Workshop

    Attorney Perry de Stefano will discuss estate planning, trusts, wills, elder law, planning for incapacity and medical assistance planning. He is a partner in the firm…

  • Federation Update

    Federation Update

    Next Board meeting: The next Board meeting is Monday, June 10 at 7 p.m. at 882 West 7th Street, with an Open House at 6 p.m.…