Roundup
Posted By Erica M On May 8, 2008 @ 3:29 pm In Business, Education, Environment, Media, Neighborhoods, News, Politics, Recreation, Things To Do, Transportation | Comments Disabled
- twin_cities: ISO grassy metro parks for a guinea pig festival! [1] “The grass has to be chemical free as dozens of hungry guinea pigs will be snacking on and simultaneously fertilizing it.” OMG SO KYOOT!
- MPR: College of St. Catherine to become a university. “The new name hasn’t been determined, but will include ‘St. Catherine’s’ and ‘university.’”
- Minneapolis Issues Forum: Do Idaho’s bike safety statutes make more sense? [2]
- MinnPost: How we’re doing so far. [3] Joel Kramer reports in on the first six months of MinnPost. “MinnPost.com has more than 100,000 absolute monthly unique visitors, as measured by Google Analytics. This makes us the most-visited local-news website in Minnesota that is not driving traffic to itself from a legacy medium, like TV, radio or print.”
- Minnesota Monitor: Congress studies wrong city for RNC disaster preparedness. [4] “The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee found that Minneapolis’ Hennepin County Medical Center did not have sufficient capacity to handle a terrorist attack. The committee completely overlooked St. Paul’s Regions Hospital, which would be the first responder in the unlikely event of a terrorist attack on the RNC.”
- Southwest Journal: Neighborhood organizations are adjusting their fundraising strategies [5] in preparation for the loss of NRP [6] funding. They mention Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Association; Elliot Park Neighborhood, Inc.; and East Harriet Farmstead Neighborhood Association.
- City of Minneapolis: Sustainability Initiatives [7]
- City of St Paul: Sustainable Saint Paul [8]
- The Deets: Ed looks at recent reports on the link between local food environments (i.e., stores/restaurants in your neighborhood) and obesity and diabetes. Ed’s theory: “The distance you drive to buy groceries effects how you shop.” [9]
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[1] ISO grassy metro parks for a guinea pig festival!: http://community.livejournal.com/twin_cities/2110930.html
[2] Do Idaho’s bike safety statutes make more sense?: http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/post/7Mux4uLONWuPxAvjAISq3Q
[3] How we’re doing so far.: http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/05/08/1778/minnpost_how_were_doing_so_far
[4] Congress studies wrong city for RNC disaster preparedness.: http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3925
[5] adjusting their fundraising strategies: http://www.swjournal.com/index.php?publication=southwest&page=152&story=11471
[6] NRP: http://www.nrp.org/
[7] Sustainability Initiatives: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/sustainability/
[8] Sustainable Saint Paul: http://www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/index.asp?nid=429
[9] “The distance you drive to buy groceries effects how you shop.”: http://www.thedeets.com/2008/05/06/obesity-and-neighborhood-choices/
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