Walkable Neighborhoods

Grand Ole Creamery… making homemade ice cream since 1984

I confess to being an ice cream snob… fostered by our wonderful, independent, locally owned Twin Cities homemade ice cream shops. When we moved here in 1987 we were elated...
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10 things to love about the Minneapolis Bryn Mawr neighborhood

When I asked a client to give me a list of 10 things he liked about living in Bryn Mawr it didn't take him long to come up with this...
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Stevens Square Neighborhood… this smallest Minneapolis neighborhood is also the most dense

Stevens Square neighborhood is officially the eastern half of the Stevens Square/Loring Heights neighborhood of Minneapolis. The southernmost neighborhood of the central Minneapolis district, it is about a mile wide...
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How to build community

One of the biggest trends I see is people seeking community. When I saw this posted by our pastor's door it struck a chord. Community doesn't just happen… people have...
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Northeast Minneapolis… home of the largest artist open studio tour in the country

This was the weekend for the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA) Art-A-Whirl open studio tour in the Northeast Minneapolis arts district. This great opportunity to tour private art studios and...
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Intriguing Marcy Holmes… Minneapolis’ oldest neighborhood

This neighborhood is one of the oldest places, but more and more the "hippest" places, too.
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Nicollet Island… one of few inhabited natural islands on the Mississippi

Minneapolis is filled with natural wonders, including its famous city lakes, Minnehaha Falls, a 3700-year-old quaking bog in a city park about the size of New York City’s Central Park,...
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Moving to Downtown Minneapolis

I had a closing on a condo in Downtown Minneapolis this week for a woman who was downsizing and relocating from Iowa. Then the next day I met with a...
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