St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie all are making plans for new housing and businesses to take root around light-rail stations that have already been sited in their towns.
From Four Suburbs are Betting Big on Light Rail
Great news - but again, it would be a lot better to be planning and building a [...]

I sometimes joke that we live in the urban suburb. i love our neighborhood. we can walk to groceries, the bus, restaurants, our local bookstore, coffee shop and movie theatre.
However, it is not dense. Not dense in a chicago or new york way. but it’s city living as far as I’m concerned.
I’ve also been joking [...]

First off, if you haven’t been reading MinnPost, you’re missing a lot of great stories.
But, I do have one problem with this (otherwise excellent) story about the troubles facing condo owners and potential owners.
There is a lot of discussion given to mixed-use developments, pointing out that lenders are growing wary of these types of developments. [...]