Selby Avenue Jazz Fest (2009). We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2014 Knight Green Line Challenge. Sixteen innovative project ideas will share an award of $530,000 in the first year of this three-year, $1.5 million contest. related link “Knight Green Line Challenge names 16 winners in its inaugural year” – Press release […]
Article · October 14, 2014 by Polly M. Talen
Above: Polly Talen takes questions in a town hall meeting about the Green Line Challenge. Just a couple months ago we asked the community for their best project ideas to make the neighborhoods along the new Green Line even more vibrant places to live, work, play and visit. A remarkable 579 people, organizations and businesses […]
Article · August 26, 2014 by Polly M. Talen
Diverse individuals and organizations submit projects to benefit St. Paul’s Central Corridor neighborhoods
Article · July 25, 2014 by Polly M. Talen
Photo: St. Paul’s new Green Line. Credit: Jonathan Pellgen on Flickr. Today marks the final day of the 2014 Knight Green Line Challenge. We’re accepting applications until midnight tonight. Thanks to everyone who already applied and to those of you putting the last touches on your applications. The response to the challenge has been tremendous; […]
Article · July 24, 2014 by Polly M. Talen
The St. Paul Green Line. Photo (cc) by Michael Hicks via Flickr. After years of planning and construction, it’s thrilling to see the new Green Line trains flowing smoothly and carrying thousands of people to locations between the downtowns of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. It’s equally thrilling to see people connect to and explore the […]
Article · June 24, 2014 by Polly M. Talen
Above: A farmer’s market along St. Paul’s Green Line. “What’s your dream for life along the new Green Line?” That’s the question Knight Foundation posed to the 1,000 civic leaders and community members at Saint Paul River Corp.’s third annual Great River Gathering Thursday night. There were plenty of responses, a clear indication there are no […]
Article · May 9, 2014 by Polly M. Talen
Mural by Dimm Media on Señor Wong’s Restaurant in downtown Saint Paul created as a part of the Irrigate project, photo courtesy Springboard for the Arts. The calendar may say it’s spring, but we Minnesotans know it is not yet advisable to put away our boots or snow shovels. Just 10 days ago, I found 5 […]
Article · April 14, 2014 by Polly M. Talen
Photo credit: Flickr user Joey Lax-Salinas. We are at an exciting moment in St. Paul. There are less than 84 days until the new Green Line light rail service begins on June 14. This is a moment I have been anticipating for more than seven years, but I know others have been waiting for decades. […]
Article · March 21, 2014 by Polly M. Talen
St. Paul is on the national radar this week as The Central Corridor Funders Collaborative’s annual stakeholder event made the HUD Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities update. The collaborative is a group of local and national funders that strongly support the Central Corridor Light Rail Line that will connect Minneapolis and St. Paul because it […]
Article · May 17, 2012 by Polly M. Talen
The Central Corridor Funders Collaborative and its many partners are looking forward to the arrival of Charles Landry in the Twin Cities this week. Creating 21st Century Intercultural and Creative Cities is taking place all this week (May 6-11) and will include a series of events and activities featuring Landry. A prolific author, engaging speaker and hands-on consultant, Landry has worked with […]
Article · May 7, 2012 by Polly M. Talen
Photo Credit: Flickr user Jeremiah Peterson I spotted a wonderful convergence of two things which Knight is passionate about, namely community foundations and its Soul of the Community research. The current issue of the Giving Forum features community foundations and uses Knight’s Soul of the Community research to set up how important it is that community foundations […]
Article · April 19, 2012 by Polly M. Talen