Funding raises Rondo hopes By Editorial Board Text size Copy shortlink: Dreams of a Rondo Land Bridge in St. Paul moved closer to reality recently after receiving well-deserved funding boosts from public sources. The project seeks to build a land bridge over a five-block stretch of Interstate 94 that would reconnect the historic Black neighborhood and restore some of what was lost when the freeway sliced through the community. "It's gratifying to see the land bridge championed simultaneously at the state and federal levels … because so many key people now see it as a win-win," said Keith Baker, director of the Reconnect Rondo group that is organizing the development. "It's restoring the loss of a neighborhood, but also … narrowing the wealth gap that has crippled the African American community for far too long."