Free Lowertown Sounds concerts returning to St. Paul s Mears Park in June Annie Mack, the New Standards, Lady Midnight and Flamin Ohs are among the acts lined up for the Thursday night series. May 14, 2021 5:10pm Text size Copy shortlink:
While a proposed bike lane has the Amsterdam Bar and Hall questioning the St. Paul City Council s support for live music this week, downtown St. Paul on the whole will be rocking again this summer with the return of one of the Twin Cities best free outdoor concert series.
Lowertown Sounds the Thursday night series formerly known as Music in Mears is coming back to Mears Park starting June 10 after being canceled last year by the pandemic. The lineup for its comeback year is one of its best yet, too.
Viking cruising into St. Paul for Mississippi River tours in 2022 The international cruise line will offer a 15-day itinerary from St. Paul to New Orleans. May 13, 2021 9:59am Text size Copy shortlink:
Images of the Minnesota State Capitol, Como Conservatory and the Landmark Center flash across the promotional clip as a British female voice describes the final stop on Viking s soon-to-debut Mississippi River cruise: a city known for its great museums, iconic Cathedral and beautiful period architecture.
The international luxury cruise line is already advertising St. Paul and other cities on the river for its slate of new tours scheduled to launch in August of 2022.
Parking Reforms Under Consideration in St. Paul
Two options for significant parking reforms are under consideration in St. Paul. The City Council could decide to eliminate parking requirements entirely as soon as this summer. May 13, 2021, 7am PDT | James Brasuell |
Frederick Melo reports on the ongoing efforts to relax parking requirements in the Twin Cities where both cities have already relaxed parking requirements along transit corridors.
Efforts to reduce parking requirements in Minneapolis in keeping with the vision of the Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan were documented by Planetizen in April 2021. The cities have a history of working together on planning efforts, most recently when both cities acted simultaneously to lower speed limits.
Quality of Minnesota’s COVID data for Hmong questioned
Over the course of the pandemic, health educator Chao Yang spent months talking to key contacts about COVID-19 in the Twin Cities Asian community, but efforts to get an Asian-targeted approach from state and local governments ended in a roadblock.
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Eagan, Minn., resident Sithoeun Chem discusses his next COVID vaccination appointment with registered nurse and volunteer vaccinator Mai Pa Vang at the Hmong Medical Association’s clinic at Hmong Village Shopping Center on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Emma Gottschalk / St. Paul Pioneer Press