urbanMSP

On a roll with the housing market stuff… Minnpost again, writing about workforce housing in Greater Minnesota has had extreme struggles. The state passed a 10x increase in aid money. https://www.minnpost.com/greater-minnesota/2023/08/workers-cant-find-housing-in-greater-minnesota-will-an-extra-40-mi...

I wonder if there is any hope next year for the sort of alliance that Montana had this past legislative season for cutting housing obstructions. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... ly/674950/

Keeping housing costs low needs to be seen as critical need.

Fortune article alleging that changes in Minneapolis metro housing supply is a major factor for the region’s low inflation rate. https://fortune.com/2023/08/09/minneapolis-housing-zoning-real-estate-inflation-yimby-nimby-minnesota/ I’m not an economist who can look at the metro housing supply number...

Allegations that in our current market with very low supply, sellers are discriminating against FHA- and VA-backed mortgages. Resulting in an effective redlining as immigrants and households with low wealth are over represented among federally backed mortgages. Increasingly sellers are avoiding the ...

Delays opening new construction apartments.

https://www.startribune.com/constructio ... 600294909/

For what it is worth, out in Hopkins the city is beginning the planning and community engagement regarding a full reconstruction of 17th Avenue between TH 7 and Excelsior Blvd (the future SWLRT Shady Oak station area) All reconstruction plans call for narrowing the street and including bike faciliti...

YWCA Uptown closing and selling facilities.

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... ntown.html

And a survey to take.

https://content.govdelivery.com/account ... ns/3686deb

Pretty offensive conduct, imo.

https://sahanjournal.com/housing/shakop ... e-housing/

Redevelopment adjacent to the park and ride station in Chanhassen. 325 units, an Aldi, and other retail (plus more parking)

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/ ... -plan.html

Anyone have a reason why they'd do that? It doesn't seem like they wanted the sidewalk to meet the railroad perpendicularly, because all of ten feet away no such jog exists where the sidewalk crosses the LRT tracks. I believe the zigzag you noticed is due to safety regulations for ped crossings of ...

Commissioner Alexander retiring after a year. https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis ... 600291125/

Strib on MNDOT’s 10 designs

https://www.startribune.com/interstate- ... 600290342/

Stats about the Lowry Hill Tunnel

https://mspmag.com/arts-and-culture/big ... ll-tunnel/

CNN list of iconic tunnels around the world.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/the-worlds-m ... index.html

Looks Border Ave still accounted for.

I would be interested in a deep dive where this statement by Zelle about the auditors’ recommendation that they “do not align with … construction law”.

In learning there is a thing called “construction law”.

Blaine found to have over-pumped groundwater causing homeowners to lose water in their own wells.

https://www.startribune.com/dnr-unpermi ... 600285751/

Supposedly Blake Road was to be turned over to Hopkins when the reconstruction was over. I think it is still pending.

If the project was more forthcoming ASAP it might have been possible that the county and municipalities made more long term plans for more robust detours, instead of signs pointing towards paint protected gutter-lanes on dangerous county roads. I have some hope imagining that it was known much soone...