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Is downtown MPLS on the rebound?

Minneapolis Foundation President and CEO, R.T. Rybak, appeared on WCCO Radio to discuss why he's hopeful about the future of downtown.

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Big Ideas for Downtown

Best known for his celebrated tenure at the Star Tribune, retired restaurant critic Rick Nelson is also a longtime student of urban design and one of his home city's most vocal fans. Watch this video to hear some of his ideas on how we can bring energy and new ideas to downtown Minneapolis.

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Abundant Cities: Evolving Downtowns

Our first Abundant Cities event brought together local leaders with deep knowledge of our community’s history, diverse perspectives on the importance of art and economic equity as drivers of regional prosperity, and visionary ideas about what downtown could look like in the future.

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Five Cities with New Ideas

An author, professor, and director of the Minnesota Design Center, Thomas Fisher specializes in urban design, systems design, and ethics. In this video, Tom discusses how cities around the world are thinking creatively about how they use space.

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An evolving downtown

Abundant Cities was featured in MinnPost following the first of three talks put on by the Minneapolis Foundation and Walker Art Center.

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The Future of Downtown

Abundant Cities, a series of conversations cosponsored by the Minneapolis Foundation and Walker Art Center, was profiled in the Star Tribune.

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Here is MPLS nominations open

With nominations now open for those seeking to celebrate Minneapolis, the Here is MPLS story movement, powered by the Minneapolis Foundation and Pollen, was recently featured on Fox 9.

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Introducing Abundant Cities

Abundant Cities is a series of three talks that looks to generate meaningful discussions on how we can pour resources, energy, and community voices into our civic life.

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Here is MPLS

Here is MPLS celebrates the many dreamers, doers, and world builders who are addressing our community’s toughest challenges in a spirit of hope and healing. The Minneapolis Foundation is proud to uplift this storytelling movement.

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Abundant Cities

Abundant Cities brings together innovators working in Minneapolis and around the country to define new visions for urban areas. Join a cohort of changemakers who will help the best new ideas become reality here in Minneapolis.

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