Tag Archives | Smart Growth

Part 1: Small News, Big Impact: Roseville’s Controversial Ordinance 1417

By on April 3, 2012 in Infrastructure, Land use

[Note: Have you ever started researching something and quickly realize that you've got in over your head? Ordinance 1417 is exactly that ... If I missed anything here, please fill me in. I'd love to get to the bottom of this issue. This is part 1 of 2.] [Above: Four scenarios for Twin Lakes redevelopment [...]

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What is the Constituency of a Local Land-Use Decision?

By on December 18, 2011 in Governance, Smart Growth

In the Linden Hills neighborhood of Minneapolis, a local entrepreneur put together a proposal to develop a surface parking lot into a 5-story condo building with retail space on the ground floor. The location is a commercial node in an affluent Minneapolis neighborhood that was first developed along a streetcar line in the early 20th [...]

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