Monday, May 1 - The Magic City Discovery Center in Minot will open its new facility in May and is working to engage children and families in the magic of lifelong learning through discovery, creativity and play. It hopes to become a destination to bring children, their families and caregivers together in an interactive environment that inspires creativity, encourages play and enhances education. ~~~ With some nice bird-related thank-you gifts during our membership drive, we revisit an interview with the executive director of BirdNote, Nick Bayard.
Monday, September 12, 2022 - Chairman Mark Fox of the Three Affiliated Tribes visits with Alicia Hegland-Thorpe at the UTTC Tribal Leaders Summit. Chairman Fox is a new inductee into the North Dakota Native American Hall of Honor. ~~~ BirdNote has been a regular feature on Prairie Public, and we occasionally include it during Main Street. To learn more about this educational feature, we visit with Executive Director Nick Bayard.
Matt Driscoll: Can urban design be racist? Yes, according to local leaders, and here s how to fix it
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 1/21/2021 Matt Driscoll, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Jan. 21 Asked for an example of how urban design can have unintended racist consequences, Lauren Flemister didn t hesitate.
Just look at light rail projects, she said, and specifically the Tacoma Link extension currently being laid down on Hilltop.
While the multi-million dollar street car project will run through and serve a historically Black neighborhood that has long suffered from neglect and disinvestment, we also know that it s already exacerbating a trend of displacement and gentrification that predates it, Flemister said.