Minnesota

A 6-acre housing development in the Twin Cities suburb of Mahtomedi exemplifies the battle being waged over the metro area's last pockets of open space.

Made with translucent recycled materials, NowHaus homes are nice and environmentally friendly.

A city ordinance swaps neighborhood billboards for space along freeways and in downtown.

Storage condos are seen as a new way to "atttack suburban clutter".

What Cleveland can learn from Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Commuters get set to greet the 12-mile Hiawatha Line.

Twin Cities' Metropolitan Council touted by some as a national model for metro-wide cooperation.

How one innovative economic development program is challenging stereotypes, and providing job training and housing rehab along the way.

Linda Mack of the Star Tribune reflects on the building boom in Minneapolis in 2003 that seems to have produced more cultural landmarks than office buildings.

St. Paul is getting a $1 billion project for $75 million.

Solo drivers could pay up to $3 for use of the "sane lanes."

A Minnesota think tank looks to make practical improvements in sprawling communities.

'Backers of a new housing development in rapidly growing St. Croix County intend to share the woods and water with wildlife through a unique effort that many hope will become commonplace.'

City officials have invested millions of dollars in downtown St. Paul through public-private partnerships, but there’s little to show for it.

Can Minnesota's massive Mall of America, now a dinosaur, be saved from the 'Wal-Marting' of America?

This overview of growth policy in the Twin Cities region recounts the evolution of a number of policy tools—for infrastructure, parks and open space, and transportation—and their interaction.

Only 24 percent of the cost of St.Paul's roads is borne by driver-generated taxes and fees

A team at the University of Minnesota develops innovative maps to stimulate conversation about urban planning.

An unusual project of the University of Minnesota hopes to promotes the Twin Cities as a center for design by offering a fresh perspective of it's urban environment.

After years of unruly activity and damage by college student neighbors, the City considers a policy that would restrict student rentals in residential areas.