Concerns about traffic, noise and the loss of trees and property tax revenue dominated a Highland Business Association Lunch and Learn session on June 13 on the University of Saint Thomas’ proposal to build a sports complex at the Highland…
The University of Saint Thomas’ bid to own another house on Summit Avenue and include it within the campus boundary is meeting a mixed reaction from neighbors. The current owner of the home at 2037 Summit Ave. approached university officials…
Three restaurants whose roots are in Southeast Asia are being transplanted this spring in Saint Paul. The owners of the single Filipino and two Vietnamese establishments all promise updated versions of classic family recipes.KALSADASet to open by the end of…
A Merriam Park landlord will not be allowed to use a Cleveland Avenue home as student rental housing. The Saint Paul Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) voted 8-6 on February 7 to deny Jim Eischen’s request for a zoning variance…
A landlord’s appeal to register a new student rental house in Merriam Park will be reviewed by the Saint Paul Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) at 3 p.m. Monday, February 7. The Union Park District Council’s land use committee has…
Detours are popping up north and south of Ford site project. Motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians have been frustrated this spring and summer with the profusion of construction-related detours in the Highland Park neighborhood. In addition to an unusually large number…
It has now been 25 years since this publication dropped “Highland” from its name and became simply the Villager. The change was made to better reflect the growing circulation, expanded distribution and greater editorial reach to all of the neighborhoods…
A proposal to rezone 2069 Marshall Ave. to make way for a five-story apartment building on the northwest corner of Cleveland and Marshall avenues has cleared its first hurdle with a 5-0 recommendation from the Saint Paul Planning Commission’s Zoning…
Up to $9 million in tax increment financing drawn from the Highland Bridge development may be used for traffic improvements and other new infrastructure throughout a large swath of the Highland Park neighborhood as the result of an amendment to…
Committee favors approval of district expansion for Highland Bridge By Jane McClureTraffic improvements and other new infrastructure in neighborhoods surrounding the Ford site could be paid with up to $9 million in tax increment financing (TIF) generated by the Highland…
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