Ground Level Blog

Angst-filled cities look for cuts
Minnesota cities are cutting everything from swimming pool hours to snow removal in an effort to make ends meet in a new reality of austere budgets.
For years Princeton has drawn commerce from Baldwin’s large resident-base. In the future, Baldwin could take this mostly one-way relationship and create a symbiosis with Princeton by drawing people out of town to their own expanded commercial development.
An online conversation on city finances and police cutbacks (today at noon)
City administrators who have merged or cut their police staff will headline a panel about how cities deal with public safety during tight budget times. We host an online forum on the topic – today at noon
While the development theories of those who favor dense walkable cities may clash with those enamored with sprawling suburbs and exurbs, their views of the future were ultimately similar in a debate this summer entitled, “America 2050: What Will We Build.”
Dorothy Klick, aging in place
Dorothy Klick, 95, exemplifies what it means to age in place in Todd County.
President Obama dropped a hint that broadband access could be included in the $50 billion public works plan he proposed on Labor Day.