Midtown Greenway and all the other trails created from old railroad right-of-way.
Midtown Exchange rehab--converting the old Sears building into an asset
Converting industry to parks along the river by downtown--both sides
Putting the U of M in what would become the Twin Cities (maybe not planning, just luck)
Starting to put streets on a "road diet" to make room for safe pedestrian and bike space

The actions of management remind me of Scot Walker in Wisconsin. I really haven't looked at how is on the board and don't know who the board is taking advice from but this really sounds like a corporate board of directors for a for-profit company trying to break a union. It really doesn't sound like a board of a non-profit organization that is to keep the best interest of the community in mind.

That is "my" Target. I'm there probably twice a week. What I've seen is people seem to like the new system. No more guessing what line will be the fastest (something I'm terrible at). My reaction to the first part of the story was that the reporter was "picking nits"--finding everything possible to complain about.

That was impressive coverage of suburban city halls but The Patch basically covers nothing within the city limits of Minneapolis or St. Paul except for "SW Minneapolis" (whatever that is--there isn't an official Minneapolis Neighborhood named SW). How do you say "redlining" or "cream skimming."