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By Sustain Saint Paul

New routes for 2026! Celebrate what makes the Twin Cities one of the top bicycling metros in the nation! The metro-wide metro-ride!

Saint Paul is expanding its mixed-use Traditional Neighborhood Zoning Districts (T-Districts) along major corridors across the city (as we requested last year), and there will be plenty of opportuniti...

By Luke Hanson NOTE: This article is also available on Streets.MN at this link, and we highly suggest you give them a click. Last week, I shared the great news that the City of Saint...

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By Luke Hanson Last summer, I published three articles showing how St. Paul’s zoning rules have prohibited neighborhood-scale commercial spaces since 1975, and how this has negatively impacted o...

By Luke Hanson It’s budget season in Saint Paul — and as is so often the case, the City is facing a major budget gap. This year, the Mayor and the Council are reckoning with how best to close a $26 ...

Join housing advocates from across the Twin Cities for an evening of drinks, catered food, conversation, light-hearted rivalry, and a high-stakes fundraising face-off to see which city can raise the m...

St. Paul’s Summit Regional Trail is underway, and its brand-new Tree Preservation Ordinance is now in full force. Will the new TPO quiet the Trail plan’s critics?

Every entrepreneur who's tried to open a business in Saint Paul knows the feeling: the permit is under review, the file is open, the process is slow. And your restaurant is running out of money. Scott...

Saint Paul is soliciting public feedback about two street layout alternatives for Maryland Avenue from East Como Boulevard to Rice Street.

The Fair is a theme park, not a city — but it offers nuggets of urban-planning wisdom.

What a duplex rebuild on Laurel Avenue says about independent building in Saint Paul.

Hear from some of our favorite advocacy organizations what happened at the 2026 Minnesota legislative session, and what we’re carrying forward into next year!