Tag: City Planning
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West Seventh Street is not a corridor; it’s a neighborhood
The following letter, signed by the board of directors of the West 7th Business Association, was sent on December 8 to St. Paul Mayor Melvin…
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Federation Update
882 West 7th, Suite 6fortroadfederation.org Board UpdateAt the Dec. 14 meeting, it approved some updates to the strategic plan, a 2021 budget and updates to…
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New Rep Joins Riverview Policy Advisory Committee
by Diane Gerth As we know, the idea of a transit corridor along West 7th Street has been kicked around since the mid-1990s, and the…
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Reintroducing the Riverview Corridor
Dear Community Reporter readers, I am happy to share that we have just begun the Engineering and Pre-Environmental Phase of the Riverview Corridor. To review for…
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Transit Improvement for THIS Generation
Letter to the Editor By Kent PettersonLast month the Community Reporter brought us a story written by Jim Schoettler of CART (Citizen Advocates for Regional Transit).…
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Letters to the Editor
To the Editor: Along with more than 70 other West Seventh residents, we’ve appealed the City’s approval of a proposed seven-story apartment building to be…
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There Is an Alternative to the Streetcar on West Seventh
by Jim Schoettler, Citizen Advocates for Regional Transit (C.A.R.T.) The instincts of the Fort Road Community have been correct from the start: rail transit of…
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Victoria Park universally accessible play area gets a boost
When the idea of an accessible playground for Victoria Park was included in the master plan, the City stated explicitly: “Victoria Park Playground relies on private financial…
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Equity: Beyond a New Rail Stop
By Miriam Axel-LuteEditor, Shelterforce Editor’s IntroductionCommunity Reporter is planning another round of attentiveness to our transit situation, now in a kind of limbo with the Riverview…
