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Battle Creek Saint Paul Annual Earth Day Clean up 4/18/09
Saturday, April 18, 2008 9:00 – 11:30 a.m. The 15th annual park clean up will be held throughout Battle Creek Regional Park. This effort began in 1993 when a group of Battle Creek area residents coordinated a small clean up effort in the park areas adjacent to their neighborhood. Since that time, the Battle Creek [...]
North End Saint Paul Neighborhood Gets New Apartments
Today the Winnipeg Apartments open to the public for leasing. Several old buildings including the Flower Hut (the site of a 1990s double murder) were torn down to make way for this mixed use development. This is an innovative, green development in the North End neighborhood of Saint Paul that combines the look of historic [...]
Saint Paul Real Estate Values
According to the latest Zillow Real Estate Market Reports, Saint Paul Home values decreased by 11.6% in the fourth quarter of 2008, compared to the fourth quarter of 2007. Nationally, home values decreased 11.6% during this same period. Home values changes for the fourth quarter 2008 in Saint Paul Neighborhoods are: Battle Creek, Saint Paul, [...]
Mandatory Saint Paul Rental Training
The City of Saint Paul is looking to follow St. Louis Park and Plymouth as it debates a new rental training ordinance today. The ordinance would require that all new landlords attend a class every 2 years in order to obtain a rental license. The training would focus on creating crime-free properties by teaching police [...]
Saint Paul’s Union Depot Renovation
From the mid-1900s, Union Depot was a bustling train station in the heart of the West Seventh neighborhood of Saint Paul. Saint Paul Homes sprung up around this area with quick access to other parts of Minnesota and the country. In 1971, Amtrak moved its rail service from Saint Paul to Minneapolis and in 1978 [...]
Saint Paul Real Estate Stats-January 2009
The stats of the Saint Paul real estate market continues to improve in some areas and not in others. For the month of January 2009 the bright spots were: New listings were down 2.5% from January 2008. This reduction in new inventory helps existing homes on the market sell. Saint Paul Homes closed were up [...]
Saint Paul West Side Police and Residents Honored
The police substation on the West Side found that it has gaps in its staffing each day. This concerned neighbors and police so they came up with a brilliant idea. The spoke to the Humboldt High School ROTC program and recruited its members to work in the station after school. The student answer the phones [...]
Dayton’s Bluff Community Meeting
The Dayton’s Bluff Community Council holds its community meetings on the first Thursday of each month.
Saint Paul DFL Caucuses Tonight
Tonight the DFL got together in Saint Paul and other places around the state to discuss and vote on their preferred candidates.
