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I bought a house last year, and I noticed the inflated housing prices, too. I was left to conclude that the low interest rates was pushing up prices. The low rates boosted everyone's buying power, and more people were looking to buy due to the low rates, which led to more bidding wars. That's my the...

The parking lot is owned by the U. The Days Inn is jointly owned by the U and United Companies. They will jointly redevelop that property at some point in the future.

Here's a report about the site from last year: http://www.realestate.umn.edu/2407%20Un ... _FINAL.pdf

The next step is the primary election on August 9th.

Blue Nile site this morning:

The only threads for Minneapolis restaurants is Downtown and Uptown so I'll post here. The Blue Nile just closed after 30+ years of operation: http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/breaking-the-blue-nile-is-closed-7883258 Looks like the owners hope the closing is temporary. Turns out the Blue Nile c...

Can anyone say if getting involved with the city-level DFL organization now would be a good idea if one wanted to be more of a "player" in the city DFL party for 2017? Depends how you want to be a player in 2017. If you want to have more influence on how the Mpls convention is run in 2017...

Real quick side note: Hennepin County Commissioner is probably he cushiest public service job in the state. They make nearly $100k per year (compared to roughly $40k for state legislators ($31k base + per diem)), much of the work they do doesn't get a lot of public attention or scrutiny, and once th...

This month's Board of Regents meeting features some interesting long-range discussions about the future of the TCF Bank Stadium area and the Superblock/hospital area. https://regents.umn.edu/sites/regents.umn.edu/files/bor_-_feb_2016_-_work_session.pdf One 30-year option involves moving the entire h...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-McIdVuY88

Thank God for Vic Berger's videos and vines. Best part of the election so far.

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This project was presented to the Seward Community Development Committee last night. The project was easily approved by the 50 or so people in attendance, but there was a lot of skepticism. People are skeptical about the County's traffic counts. Specifically, I heard many people worried that elimina...

That would have a huge impact on the Medical Examiner parcel. It's especially interesting given the recent news that the Medical Examiner is seeking new offices in a different location.

https://forum.streets.mn/viewtopic.php?f=13& ... er#p107084

Linden Hills might be undergoing some small zoning tweaks to better reflect the Small Area Plan. Some properties are proposed to be up-zoned, and my LH relatives and their neighbors are concerned. Here's the staff report explaining the proposal. http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/www/groups/public/@cpe...

It looked very much like an MPD or state trooper patch. Actually, the Strib is reporting it was a patch with a symbol representing a racist web site. Might wanna back off on the alarmist speculation. http://www.startribune.com/social-media-offer-clues-into-shooting-suspects-motives/353411111/ The S...

Jesse would not have won in a two-way race. And Trump is not Jesse. Obviously the situations are different and a presidential election has different dynamics. What I said was that he has some of the same anti-establishment appeal of Jesse. And Jesse drew folks from both sides of the aisle (which Tr...

He's come down a little in the polls nationwide, but he's neck-and-neck for the lead in Iowa, well-ahead in NH, and has a solid lead in SC. He's a legitimate contender at this point. Here are aggregated polls, including early-state polls: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/201...

On my previous block, the 2400 block of 34th Ave S in Minneapolis, the neighbors organized and tried to get funding to build six bump-out raingardens installed in the street. This would have the benefit of collecting stormwater (just blocks from the Mississippi River), but the idea was also to calm ...

So nobody has a growing fear that Trump could actually be a formidable general election candidate? I'm just starting to worry that he has some of the same anti-establishment appeal that Jesse Ventura had in 1998. He isn't crazy right-wing, maybe he would pull some blue collar Democrats who feel that...

I'm assuming everyone saw the news about the bids for the new Vikings stadium pedestrian bridge? $10 million.... http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/10/23/projected-costs-leap-for-vikes-stadium-walking-bridge I've written to my Met Council rep again. Not expecting a reply. I'm also going to send email...

Saw an interesting tweet from Rachel Stassen-Berger yesterday. https://twitter.com/RachelSB/status/656889036112465921 CostCo just registered three lobbyists to lobby metro-area governments and administrative actions. They did not hire lobbyists to lobby the state legislature. Anyone with inside info...

These look like buildings along the parking ramp liner parcel. Does anyone know what these buildings will be?