News: Media coverage

Outdoors groups: Keep conservation easements alive

Jul 23rd, 2009

Several conservation groups are serving a reminder to members of Congress that an important program needs renewal before this year is in the books.

Communities should help foster renewable energy

Jul 23rd, 2009

It’s important that Minnesota communities foster the development of renewable energy sources if the state is to create a clean energy economy, said the director of the Office of Energy Security.

Senate eyes public transit as climate change solution

Jul 15th, 2009

But House bill offers little incentive for public transportation.

Bike trails in Minnesota: New ideas and continued development

Jul 14th, 2009

Bike trail connectivity in the Twin Cities and the greater state is something of which Minnesotans should be proud. Last month, Travel and Leisure magazine included Minneapolis, one of just there U.

Eminent Domain issue has its first day in court

Jul 10th, 2009

The question being reviewed is whether a local government unit can do condemnation on behalf of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Randall Arendt brings message of creative development design to CGO Kickoff

Jul 8th, 2009

The communities of the Community Growth Options (CGO) project spent Thursday, June 18 with Randall Arendt, the country’s most sought-after speaker on the topic of creative development design.

Swedish town takes sustainability to new level

Jul 8th, 2009

A town in Europe has figured out a solution for a problem that vexes Minnesota and communities all over the world — what to do with garbage.

Report suggests other ways to finance roads: tax or assess the increased value in surrounding property

Jul 7th, 2009

The University of Minnesota’s Center for Transportation Studies released a study today that looks at alternate ways for governments to pay for freeway interchanges, highways or transit stations.

Highways or byways? Advocacy groups critical of transit priorities in metro area

Jun 29th, 2009

Four Twin Cities groups say Minnesota spent too much of its $600 million in federal stimulus money building new highways and too little fixing the roads it has and adding public transit.

Reports find stimulus funding decisions missed opportunities