River Learning Center News Today

Most of the funding in the first year of the city's new 20-year sales tax increase will be dedicated to parks maintenance, including replacing natural gas steam boilers at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory with geothermal heat pumps.

Wednesday's vote by the St. Paul City Council will allocate some $45 million for city projects.

St. Paul residents on Nov. 7 will go to the polls and vote on increasing the city's overall sales tax by a percentage point, with the goal of raising nearly $1 billion over 20 years to fund arterial road reconstruction and major parks projects.

The $2.6 billion state package funds projects that have languished for years.

"A St. Paul native, Walsh lives in St. Paul with his wife and two cats. He has two adult children. He graduated from the College of St. Thomas, where he was named the top journalism graduate by the Society of Professional Journalists, before beginning his career with stops at the Mankato Free Press and the Rochester Post-Bulletin. Walsh has covered local government, local schools, local and federal courts and even spent some time writing about farming and medical technology. A former colleg...

Architect James Garrett Jr.s award-winning firm has taken on projects from light rail stations to the River Learning Center.

The St. Paul project aims to connect visitors to the riverfront.

Head of the Great River Passage Conservancy seeks to get city to embrace the river that spawned it.

The proposed promenade is part of a greater plan to connect residents and downtown with the Mississippi River.

A New York-based firm is on board to design the River Learning Center, a mixed-use project that will create a new home for the National Park Service and fresh recreational experiences along the Mississippi River in St. Paul.