Author: Our Streets

  • Calls for Request for Proposals

    Our Streets is releasing a request for proposals (RFPs) for partners to assist in developing the Bring Back 6th campaign. Review and apply for the following open requests for proposals. Production and Post-Production Services: National Freeway Fighters Summit and Cornel West Rally Visit Our Streets is seeking proposals from qualified filmmakers or production teams to…

  • Ask MnDOT to Apply for Asphalt Art Grant

    In 2023, we asked the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to apply for a Bloomberg Philanthropies asphalt art grant for the Olson Memorial Highway & Van White Boulevard intersection. Although the City of Minneapolis expressed support for asphalt art on Olson, because MnDOT owns the right-of-way, MnDOT needed to approve the project. They failed to apply…

  • Public Comment Removal, Biased Traffic and Air Quality Information Raise Concern Amongst Elected Officials

    On Friday, November 8, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) held a virtual meeting of the Rethinking I-94 Policy Advisory Committee (PAC). The PAC is made up of elected officials from the communities that border the Rethinking I-94 project corridor, a 7.5-mile stretch of highway between Minneapolis and downtown Saint Paul that is up for redesign. While…

  • Stop the 252/94 Expansion

    Tell MnDOT and your elected decision-makers that demolishing homes to increase highway lanes and pollution is unacceptable. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is moving forward with plans to expand Highway 252 in Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park. MnDOT’s proposed options would demolish dozens of homes and businesses, increase toxic pollution in communities of color, worsen safety issues…

  • “Imagine” Event Series Comes to Cedar-Riverside this Sunday

    The Minnesota State Fair may be over, but there’s still festival fun to be had in Cedar-Riverside this weekend. The previous organizer of Open Streets, Our Streets, is hosting the final “Imagine” event of the season. Imagine Cedarfest will be at the intersection of Cedar and Riverside Avenue this Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5…

  • MnDOT Olson Meeting Prior to Imagine 6th Event Shows Promise

    MnDOT said a “walkable main street” scored highest with community members, which was mirrored in community engagement activities on Saturday. On Thursday, August 8, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) held a virtual meeting of the Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) for their Olson Memorial Highway project. The PAC is made up of elected and appointed…

  • Imagine Event Empowers Community Input on the Future of I-94

    More than just a fun block party, the Imagine Frogtown & Rondo event was also a successful community outreach opportunity to uplift the Twin Cities Boulevard campaign. We’ve found no consensus around a land bridge over a rebuilt highway.

  • Land Bridge & Highway Removal: Compatible, Not Competing

    Should the Rondo community desire to reconnect the neighborhood at-grade, then the boulevard could run below grade through this portion of the corridor. This strategy would solve multiple serious problems created by the highway, from neighborhood disconnection to air pollution and community health disparities.

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