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April 23-24, 2024 You’ve heard of middle America. Big Towns is a conversation for mid-sized America: Places too big to be small towns and too small to be big…

News that the State Highway Administration recently posted signage lowering the speed limit on U.S. 40, through what’s colloquially known as the Golden Mile, reminded me of this old maxim

Local briefs include:• Commission to meet Wednesday• Common Council to meet Wednesday• Reading event set for Friday• Lerner to host Building Blocks event

ELKHART — Leading urban planner Chuck Marohn will spend two days in Elkhart County in March as the first speaker in the Building Blocks Talks series.

Local briefs include:• Marohn set for March visit• School board to meet Tuesday• Commission meeting time changed• Common council to meet Monday• HR committee to meet Monday• School board to

As they age and form families, millennials find it increasingly difficult to afford housing in urban areas.

One-ways to two-ways. Widened bike lanes. Slowed traffic. Taming of stroads (streets acting like roads). Change can be messy, but one local group hopes its just a few bumps on the road to Kalamazoo becoming a Strong Town.

The Planning Commission will host a public hearing at its next meeting Jan. 17.

Time’s review made only passing references to trademark Greater Minnesota features such as Rochester’s Mayo Clinic, the Iron Range/Duluth mining and shipping complex and the state's rich farmscape.

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