News and announcements 

Read ULI's Infrastructure Update for the latest news on national infrastructure and transportation issues.

Minneapolis Rose Fellows Participate in ULI Advisory Services Panel-ULI Rose Center Land Use Fellows, Mayor R.T. Rybak and his Minneapolis implement team participated in a ULI Advisory Services panel last month focused on strengthening a TOD vision for the city with a specific look at the 38th Street Hiawatha LRT station and the Cedar Riverside and planned West Bank Central Corridor stations.  View the presentation.

Back to the Future, a new PowerPoint presentation from ULI MN/RCM and the Itasca Project, details the compelling reasons why it is more important than ever to link our transportation investments to our land use decisions. We encourage you to share the presentation and keep the discussion moving!  Download the PDF versions of the slides and notes pages. If you would like a copy of the presentation in Powerpoint format, email Snezhana Bessonov .

Minneapolis-Saint Paul, One of Three Regions Selected to Participate in Brookings Institution Pilot Program—The Twin Cities, along with Cleveland and Seattle have been chosen to help shape a new federal/metropolitan partnership for regional investment. The ULI MN, RCM, Itasca Project, DEED, and Target Corporation team will receive assistance from the Brookings Institution and RW Ventures to create a Metropolitan Business Plan. This prestigious opportunity is providing a catalyst for the region to focus on creating and supporting job growth, entrepreneurship, innovation and an economic vision and implementing entity for the region.

As the global economic crisis contnues to work its way through our local community, we find ourselves in the middle of the most challenging environment that many of us have seen in our lifetimes.  There are plenty of personal stories of the painful toll it has taken on us and our neighbors--and our neighborhoods.  However, I am confident that we will use this experience to help us come to a new and better place and to take ULI to a new level.

ULI Minnesota is uniquely poised to help with this transition to a new and better place; in fact, new and better places are what ULI is all about! ULI Minnesota actively engages community leaders from both the public and private sector to create meaningful change and support the ongoing growth of our metropolitan region. We envision a region that is more connected, more sustainable and more competitive.  Read more...