Climate-friendly building tour and open house at Firefly Apartments: a new, all-electric, energy efficient building that promotes healthy air and sustainable transportation. Join owner/developer Jay Rajaratnam and architect Adam Bradley Jonas to see how they replaced a poorly constructed single family home (SFH) with a 12-unit apartment showcasing green building techniques and sustainable-living.  Features: bike...

The Minneapolis City Council Climate and Infrastructure Committee will vote on a resolution to study the removal of the 7.5-mile stretch of Interstate 94 between downtown Minneapolis and Saint Paul. If passed, it will go to a full council vote. How to Support the Resolution Email Minneapolis City Council Climate and Infrastructure Committee members and...

The Minneapolis City Council will vote on a resolution to study the removal of the 7.5-mile stretch of Interstate 94 between downtown Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Please join any time during the meeting and show your support of Twin Cities Boulevard! An open press conference will be held immediately following, around noon. We'd love to...

Through the Bring Back 6th History Exhibit at UROC during October 2024, you are invited to imagine the aliveness of Old 6th Avenue in the mid-1900s and discover how anti-Black and anti-Jewish decisions and policies expedited its destruction. Look east along Olson Memorial Highway toward downtown Minneapolis. Ninety years ago this would have been 6th...

Through the Bring Back 6th History Exhibit at Washburn Library during October 2024, you are invited to imagine the aliveness of Old 6th Avenue in the mid-1900s and discover how anti-Black and anti-Jewish decisions and policies expedited its destruction. Look east along Olson Memorial Highway toward downtown Minneapolis. Ninety years ago this would have been...

Olson Memorial Highway, or Highway 55, is an urban highway running through North Minneapolis. It is one of many urban highways that divides communities, pollutes the environment, and creates a hazardous environment for nearby residents. Olson Memorial Highway has a uniquely devastating history, as the construction of the highway was at the expense of a...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is meeting with the Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) for the 252/94 project. The PAC is made up of elected officials representing the impacted communities neighboring the transportation project and other decision-makers. During the meeting, MnDOT shares the latest project updates. There may be time for the public to ask...