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Friendly Streets Initiative recaps a successful 2015

Friendly Streets Initiative recaps a successful 2015

By Lars Christiansen, reposted from the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative blog. 2015 for Friendly Streets Initiative (FSI) has been like no other year.  While every year has posed new challenges and afforded great successes, this year we have expanded our

Robyn Hendrix October 20, 2015October 20, 2015 Better Bridges, Fairview Avenue, Selby at Snelling, Snelling, Uncategorized, Victoria Street Read more

The 2015 Friendly Streets team has assembled!

The 2015 Friendly Streets team has assembled!

Top: Kim Club, Lars Christiansen, Robyn Hendrix, Darius Gray Bottom: Melvin Giles, Lilli Post Johnson, Isaak Rooble, Michael Jon Olson Announcing new Friendly Streets Initiative staff to complete our 2015 FSI team! We’re delighted to welcome Melvin Giles and Isaak

Robyn Hendrix April 8, 2015April 22, 2015 Uncategorized Read more

Event Recommendation: Healthy Transportation for All Convening Oct 25th

Event Recommendation: Healthy Transportation for All Convening Oct 25th

St. Paul Healthy Transportation for All: Building Grassroots Capacity Empowering community leaders to create a healthy and equitable transportation system in St. Paul. Saturday, October 25, 2014 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters Hall 710 Olive St,

Robyn Hendrix October 15, 2014October 16, 2014 Uncategorized Read more

Healthy living, Community Organizing & Embracing Transit – FSI in The Line

Healthy living, Community Organizing & Embracing Transit – FSI in The Line

We’re in The Line this week as a part of this great feature on Lars and Nancy!   How being “car ownership free” led to healthy living, community organizing and embracing transit by Brian Martucci, Wednesday September 17, 2014 “And from

Robyn Hendrix September 18, 2014July 15, 2015 Better Bridges, Charles Avenue, Fairview Avenue, Uncategorized Read more

We’re T-Shirt Official!

We’re T-Shirt Official!

The Friendly Street Initiative team is excited to announce the premier of our project t-shirts, designed by local company Chroma Design and Screen Printing, and printed on union made in the USA shirts.  We will be debuting them at our

Lauren Fulner August 20, 2014August 30, 2014 Uncategorized Read more

Green Line Opportunities and Events

Green Line Opportunities and Events

by Robyn Hendrix, Friendly Streets Initiative Artist Organizer Communities along the Green Line have gone through immense amounts of flux and change over the past few years. As someone watching and participating as an Irrigate artist and resident, it still seems

Robyn Hendrix July 3, 2014July 3, 2014 Uncategorized Read more

Recent Posts

  • Photo Gallery: Wintermission at Victoria Garden & Rondo Plaza
  • Photo Gallery: Victoria Bridge Workshop
  • How can Fairview Avenue be improved?
  • Fairview Underpass Creative Lighting up through New Years
  • Photo Gallery: Fairview Underpass Party #2
  • Friendly Streets Initiative recaps a successful 2015
  • Photo gallery: Victoria Bridge Block Party
  • Reflections: Summer Staff Retreat to Duluth
  • Photo Gallery: Celebrate Snelling!
  • Project Update: Victoria Bridge Conversations
  • Photo Gallery: Selby at Snelling Bastille Day
  • Photo Gallery: Peace Celebration
  • Pelham Blvd & “Missing Link” of Saint Paul Grand Round Set for 8-80 Transformation
  • Photo Gallery: First Parklet of the Year at Frogtown Farm

By talking to people where they live, by using block parties and other means to find out what people value on their streets, they’ve helped change how we do civic engagement. We usually hear from a vocal minority on projects, but we don’t necessarily know what the public as a whole thinks.

Russ Stark Saint Paul City Council Member and President

I love FSI's team work, ambition, and ability to pull off an extraordinary interactive, beautiful streetscape, their ability to trouble shoot and go with the flow, and their commitment to seeing a better way for us to navigate and create our public spaces.

Molly Van Avery Artist Organizer with the Cornerstone Group

The Friendly Streets Initiative has played such an essential role in our success. They provided the platform for people to engage the planning process. FSI helped us develop our greatest asset: our neighborhood. It's about creating better streets, yes, but first you have to come together as a community. It's amazing what we accomplished in a couple of years.

Drew Ross Desnoyer Park Improvement Association

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