Minnesota Lawyer

The Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board is a little-known three-person agency that tries to ensure the Capitol and the buildings surrounding it are kept up and also manages planning and development for the surrounding neighborhood.

One of the mainstays of food culture in the Twin Cities since 1853 has been the St. Paul Farmers Market. The market was a highlight of many a weekend back in the 1950s and 1960s when Jack Gerten, then a child, would sell vegetables and flowers with his parents at a location on Jackson Street now taken up by the Embassy Suites.

Media consultant Ted Davis checked his calendar on a recent Wednesday. Lunch was at Town & Country Club and featured a speaker he invited to the Midway Chamber of Commerce to discuss "buy local" campaigns.

What makes a successful New York artist and administrator at one of the nation's most famous design schools relocate to her hometown to work at a tiny college?

Sitting in his corner office with a nice view of downtown St. Paul, Ward 3 Council Member Pat Harris demonstrates how his brother, who once held the same office, left in 2000.

In late March the 1000 Friends of Minnesota and Twin Cities Public Television hosted an event showcasing a documentary film and a panel discussion on aging suburbs and how they can be revitalized.

Last year St. Paul's Parks and Recreation Department held several meetings in different neighborhoods to gather ideas from citizens on how the city should shape its park system to meet the demands of the 21st century. The meetings attracted advocates for more dog parks, aquatics facilities, ball fields, natural areas and recreational opportunities.

As one the region's premier showcases for jazz, located in the basement of the Hamm Building in downtown St. Paul, the Artists' Quarter has a decidedly subterranean flavor and setting.

Having taken the job of deputy mayor of St. Paul just two months ago, Paul Williams will be the first to confess the job looks daunting.

In a former woodworking shop behind a Subway restaurant on University Avenue in St. Paul, Uri Sands and Toni Pierce-Sands are talking with some contractors about installing a wall of 6-by-8-foot mirrors with stationary bars.