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A Better Brainerd - Latest News - The cost of auto orientation
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Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Central Minnesota's most important city, made better. Laquo; Roads and Debt. I'm sick of lame ». The cost of auto orientation. Thursday, July 24, 2014 at 05:18PM. This was originally posted on our main site at www.StrongTowns.org as an update to a prior series. The Taco John’s versus the “old and blighted” story. That this block is a redevelopment opportunity that would, to use their language, ultimately become “auto oriente...
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A Better Brainerd - Understanding Brainerd Series
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Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Central Minnesota's most important city, made better. Ldquo;Understanding Brainerd” is a five-part series of conversations regarding Brainerd’s past, present and future built environment and it’s implication on the financial productivity of the City. Part 2: Gregory Square. August 29 at 3:30PM at the gazebo in Gregory Park. Part 3: Transportation Options, TBA. Part 4: City Landmarks, November 21. Part 1: "The Grid".
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A Better Brainerd - Kickoff Event
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Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Central Minnesota's most important city, made better. A Better Brainerd held its kickoff event on April 23, 2013 at the Sunshine Kitchen and Moonshine Lounge. It was well attended - we saw lots of old friends and met a lot of new people as well. A recap of the evening's events. We first shared a video of the inspiration Jason Roberts of A Better Block. Here is a copy of Chuck's talk. If you missed the event, be sure and sign up.
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A Better Brainerd - Latest News - Follow the Money
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Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Central Minnesota's most important city, made better. Laquo; Five to Three. What to do with Whittier School? Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 12:32PM. Ojibwe Road, a trail carrying 1,500 cars per day, is proposed to be improved using federal/state transportation funding. (Image from Google.). A proposed local road project. That is not how the project engineer sees it. Indicating that he must use “minimum standards,” he i...I want to be ...
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A Better Brainerd - Mill Ave Crossing
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Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Central Minnesota's most important city, made better. The county road dividing Northeast Brainerd has an identity crisis. The highly traveled STROAD. Within the City of Brainerd goes by many names: 8. Avenue NE, Mill Avenue and County Road 3. It knows deep down that because of its location in a residential neighborhood it should be street, but the highway design tells it that it should function like a road. What: Orange flags at a...
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A Better Brainerd - Latest News - Say no to the airport project
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Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Central Minnesota's most important city, made better. Laquo; More thoughts on the airport. The pursuit of growth ». Say no to the airport project. Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 06:00AM. This opinion piece was recently submitted to the Brainerd Daily dispatch for publication in response to a recent article. That appeared in that publication. Is the City Council going to say no to $6.5 million dollars in state funding? Unless they wa...
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A Better Brainerd - Latest News
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Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Central Minnesota's most important city, made better. Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 10:00AM. With all the talk of how to pay for a five year road plan. Nobody seems to be willing to publicly acknowledge the obvious: Brainerd has more roads to fix and maintain than it has tax base to pay for them. This isn't a taxing problem and it isn't a spending problem. It is an insolvency problem, one that debt can only make worse. It is un...
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A Better Brainerd - Snapshot Brainerd
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Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Central Minnesota's most important city, made better. The "Snapshot Brainerd" digital photo scavenger hunt was held on Sunday, June 16, 2013. Participants gathered at the Lowell Elementary School playground in the early afternoon to assemble teams and review the rules. There were a total of four teams that participated in event. Teams were given a list of nine phrases (or clues). Before the winner was announced, all of the white b...
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A Better Brainerd - Latest News - Roads and Debt
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Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Central Minnesota's most important city, made better. The cost of auto orientation ». Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 10:00AM. With all the talk of how to pay for a five year road plan. There is no budget solution to this problem that will allow us to continue as we have, only rational ways to respond. When you are insolvent, here are the most obvious things to do:. 1 Stop building new roads. Stop annexing more land. It is unimag...
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A Better Brainerd - Neighborhood Challenge
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Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Mill Park Tree Planting. Central Minnesota's most important city, made better. Is there something you've always wanted to see done in your neighborhood? Do you have an idea for making Brainerd a better place to live? Do you feel like making a difference but don't want to sit through hours of meetings or fill out pages of forms? 20 Contestants/Teams, $50 will be given to each team. Top 5 Contestants from Round 1, $300 will be given to each team. A Better B...
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