Chris Meyer uses a revenue argument as a reason to approve new development. He tells the city council they're about to have some really difficult budget decisions. Think of your most important priorities. Then consider the revenue that comes from a new apartment building in Linden Hills.

New construction in the Elliot Park neighborhood brought park dedication fees, which allowed us to build a new skate park with lighting in 2020 ($400k) and is now paying for additional amenities at Elliot Park and Franklin Steele, including a new youth soccer field, opening 2026 ($1.5 million)

The sole legal point at issue in this appeal is about a 3 story building in the Shoreland Overlay district, which highlights yet again the weird standard that Minnesota has written into legislation that being able to see a building from a "protected waterway" needs special scrutiny.

As people receive their property tax notices and the City Council considers their budget, something to keep in mind is that one of the easiest ways for the city to get revenue is to simply allow new market-rate housing to be built here.

When I read headlines like this, I find myself thinking back to the day that Chris Meyer bought 13 copies of Donald Shoup’s book The High Cost of Free Parking & gave one to each #Minneapolis city councilmember to persuade them to abolish minimum parking mandates. Has anyone tried this in #Atlanta?

Parking reformer @chrisjohnmeyer.bsky.social is on Bluesky. Not only that, @citizen-cate.bsky.social wrote a story about his latest mission: abolishing minimum parking mandates, statewide. Give it a read!

Just got a rent renewal offer in Marcy-Holmes with zero increase in rent through Aug 2026. Adjusted for inflation, my rent will have *gone down* 8-10% in real terms vs 2022 when I moved in. $795 in 2022 vs $825 in 2026. Grateful to everyone who has worked on housing abundance here over the years!

This clearly fits within MPRB stated goals. Hoping the new board will make climate a priority and include actions like this as a metric of success.

Great profile- I hope he wins his congressional race!

New bikeways that have opened (or are very close to opening) in Minneapolis this year: - Hennepin Avenue S - University Avenue SE - 24th Street E - 1st Avenue S (1/2)

A few graphics showing how climate change is affecting the state. More in the story! www.startribune.com/six-ways-min...

The Founders were so concerned about bribery that the Constitution forbids it three separate times. Two emoluments clauses ban officials—unambiguously including the president—from accepting things of value, plus bribery is the only named impeachable offense besides treason. Unprecedentedly corrupt.

No more big city mayors who hate big cities.

"In four of six committees, SB 79 passed by a single vote. It passed the Assembly by two votes. And now, in the Senate, it passes by one vote." (real LBJ stuff here) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Water is wet. www.startribune.com/speeding-dow...

Current board reopened what everyone thought was a settled issue, so let's do it again! We still have an adopted long range plan in place that supports doing the fiscally responsible thing.

Woah! This is great news.

advocates are still reeling in this moment that the transit bill that passed is *very good*, and includes policy reform like setting parking minimums to zero in areas around transit across the state

You may not believe that new supply pushes down rents, but your landlord does.

This is awesome! Love to see this great program take root and grow.

I’m so proud to have the support of former MPRB commissioner Chris Meyer, who continues to be a leader in climate resilience! It is refreshing for public servants to be grounded in values and earnestly show up for all the right reasons.

Fab idea! his is the closest we'll get to a European plaza! 1. The street is VASTLY underused, inconveniencing few 2. It's WIDE, not a narrow shadowy north-south canyon a la Nicollet. 3. It borders a PARK, perfect ancillary use 4. Buildings are cute, would accommodate re-use 5. Cool skyline view!

i want to pedestrianize harmon place in loring park

I don't think @gavinnewsom.bsky.social understands he'll be writing his legacy with how he decides on SB 79. He entered office promising millions of new homes and he's close to leaving without having gotten anywhere near that goal. Signing SB 79 is the one serious step he can take.

if your response to this - a basic statement of sympathy about an attack on a synagogue - is to bring up Israel, please delete your account

This. Nicollet should not be reopened to car traffic. I am still so mad about this and probably always will be. This is making my neighborhood less safe. Nicollet is already part of the city’s highest injury streets & opening it at Lake will make it worse.

Hello Lyndale Ave South community. Opponents of a safer design for Lyndale are generating a ton of emails (via action network), many from outside Minneapolis, to city council members in support of the no bike lane option. You may want to get busy contacting your council members.

I walked 26 miles around New York today, starting in Yonkers and ending at the Brooklyn Bridge. I’m really sore but had a great time!

14 states passed housing reforms in 2025, led by Texas, Washington, Montana. Key wins: apartments allowed in commercial zones, reduced parking requirements, easier ADU permits. Bipartisan support shows housing supply has broad appeal! www.pew.org/en/research-...

We had a great keynote speech from North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong. He told me he would sign a bill to eliminate minimum parking requirements if that came to his desk. #yimbytown

Pretty straight forward, y’all.

Tonight at 6: We're entering the Cedar Lake encroachment zone. It'll be the most transgressive experience you can have while just taking a walk in a park.

What the hell? We got it backwards. I want EU standards, damn it.

ah yes, vital that we have housing for cars and not people

If there's a pro-housing challenger to Padilla, I want to donate to them

Donated blood today. Just a few days ago they declared an emergency shortage of blood donations in the Twin Cities area, so donate if you can. It’s a small thing we can do on horrible days like today.

I'm calling it. It's Bike To Everywhere Week

It’s fascism Friday

Opposing enrolling international students in US universities because their spot could’ve gone to an American is like opposing exporting goods to foreign countries because an American could’ve driven that car, dammit! Education is one of our most valuable exports!

Best I can tell the county found a way to eliminate the bike path, while preserving their ability to say they haven't eliminated the bike path. Bizarre outcome.

Inspired by @wedge.live’s moonshot exposé on cedar lake easements, I set out to achieve what I believe to be the most complete land-based, water’s edge circumnavigation of Cedar Lake ever attempted by man.

Coming soon.

Out doorknocking on this miserably muggy day to help out @mollycoleman.bsky.social for city council! STP friends if you live in Ward 4 please vote for Molly this Tuesday, August 12. She is the strongest climate champion and the only candidate who supports the protected bike lane on Summit Avenue!

I loved this @WedgeLIVE podcast about reclaiming public land around Cedar Lake. I’m disappointed the park board chose not to put a walk path there; they really should! open.spotify.com/episode/6URR...

I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible

Guys… @mollycoleman.bsky.social endorsements include: Sierra Club Sustain Saint Paul STP Building Trades Liuna Carpenters Painters 49ers IBEW St Paul Chamber SP Historic Preservation Melvin Carter Clare Oumou Verbeten Garrison McMurtrey Saura Jost Cheniqua Johnson Amy Brendmoen Kathleen Vellenga

CA Dems should pass an amendment permitting partisan gerrymandering that explicitly has a kill switch triggered to passing a national ban on the practice (and having that ban upheld by the courts).

The Supreme Court’s Republican-appointed supermajority now demands that lower court judges ignore binding precedent and read the justices’ minds instead. (Which means automatically siding with Trump.) slate.com/news-and-pol...

This is the best discussion on transit funding I have ever read. All MSP urbanists who have followed the ‘how can we improve Met Council’ debate should read this.