Professor; campaign manager; advocate for regeneration of communities; bi-coastal, if you consider the Mississippi River one of the coasts (RIP Fred Willard).
St. Paul is considering banning new drive-thrus to improve pedestrian safety, reduce noise and prevent car gas emissions.
by Ainsley Brown
Read more at https://t.co/HR0i2TK2xP
The City of Minneapolis is looking to add traffic calming measures to many city streets to slow traffic speeds and improve public safety through its neighborhood traffic calming program.
by Ainsley Brown
https://t.co/RNgk3eKIAb
Beaches on Lake Harriet, Bde Maka Ska and Lake Hiawatha closed this summer after the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board (MPRB) found high levels of bacteria in the water.
by Ainsley Brown
📸: @gir1photography
https://t.co/xYFAJHIR0U
Tree planting season is here! Join us on December 2nd at Lincoln Park as we plant dozens of street trees in the neighborhood. And mark your calendar for two more volunteer planting events in February.
We recently published our Tree Planting Priority Index. This equity-based approach prioritizes future planting efforts based on equality of outcomes, in response to environmental, infrastructural, and demographic factors. https://t.co/ytbvk0SNEd
A recent essay warns that our urban landscapes communicate a misleading sense of compatibility between cities and nature, Sasha Colbert argues this critique ignores inequalities and injustices at the foundation of our ecological crisis. https://t.co/lSrPe1qkz0
Research demonstrates that friendships help individuals thrive, and the physical environment can be designed to support interactions that lead to friendship. As Maria Vargas writes, Streets and sidewalks can be powerful spaces for community connections.https://t.co/sHNxENtqJd
UMass researcher: “This is really a very easily accessible, enormous source of continuous clean electricity. Imagine having clean electricity available wherever you go.” https://t.co/l7GKam5tix
Located in the midst of Seoul, South Korea, the Cheonggyecheon provides a number of critical ecosystem services. As Jiyoon Kim writes, it also provides some important lessons about urban stream restoration. https://t.co/FXKJflYZMm
The University of Minnesota libraries have more to offer than just Wilson, Walter and Magrath as finals week approaches.
By @aainsley13
https://t.co/P2IlD7XcCM
Student workers voted 2,487-70 to unionize, according to a statement from GLU-UE. About 61% of eligible graduate student workers voted.
https://t.co/1kDvJGpna3
By @aainsley13