While a handful of predominantly wealthy Miami-area cities have been recognized for their lush foliage and tree protection programs, far more communities are left facing the heat.
St. Paul has hired a consultant to explore selling the downtown annex building across from City Hall, which could lead to what St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter hopes will be a new era of office-to-residential conversions in a downtown that has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels of foot traffic. After 15 years of clear-cutting ash trees from city boulevards, St. Paul has wrapped up management of .