Local Developments
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Payne-Phalen Area Plans and Small Area Plans
- Payne-Phalen Community Plan Process (Coming Soon!)
- Arcade-Street-Small-Area-Plan
- Railroad Island Updated Summary Plan July 18, 2007
- Payne Avenue Street Improvements
- General information about St. Paul Neighborhood Area Planning
Transportation and Transit Planning
- Grand Round (Bikeway)
- Wheelock Parkway – Rice to Edgerton
- Payne-Bedford Realignment
- Payne Avenue and East 7th Street Reconstruction
- Greenbrier Bicycle Boulevard
- Aguirre Avenue Connection to Bruce Vento Regional Trail
- Bike Lanes On Payne Proposal (Concept stage proposed by Eric Saathoff)
- I-35E East Side Trail
- I-35E Community Input on MNPASS and Cayuga Projects
- Bronze Line BRT
Housing Redevelopment and New Construction
- Inspiring Communities – Vacant Home Rehab Project
Payne-Phalen Cluster Map - Village on Rivoli Housing – Developer, Dayton’s Bluff Neighborhood Housing Contact Jim Erchul for more information.
- Bush – Payne Redevelopment East Side Neighborhood Development Company (ESNDC) ESNDC has led a preliminary planning process with the Railroad Island Task Force to examine options for site assembly and a housing development at Bush-Payne, just south of the Payne Avenue Bridge on the east side, next to the Bruce Vento Regional Trail through Swede Hollow. Contact John Vaughn (ESNDC) for more information at 651-771-1152.
Report -Railroad Island Compared to Hawthorne Eco-Village Site Students with the Center for Urban Regional Affairs (CURA) created a significant report related to future development in the area. - Payne- Maryland Design Concept for Wee Houses (Preliminary Design Concept Phase)
New Business and Commercial Vitality
- Railroad Island Commercial Vitality Zone. The Commercial Vitality Zone program invests in Saint Paul neighborhood commercial districts to promote city -wide vitality, growth and equity. It is funded by a $750,000 annual sales tax revenue fund, created by a ½-cent local sales tax that State law mandates be used to further residential, cultural, commercial and economic development. This annual fund was proposed in 2014; the first year of implementation was 2015.
- HealthPartners – Neuroscience Center
In July 2015, HealthPartners began construction of the neuroscience center located on Phalen Boulevard in St. Paul. The location has been in operation for many years. - Beacon Bluff Redevelopment The Saint Paul Port Authority (SPPA) has been redeveloping the former 3M site for job creation on the East Side.
Community Facilities
- MN China Friendship Garden at Lake Phalen (Early Design Concept)
Map and designs - Wakan – Tipi – Bruce Vento Sanctuary The Lower Phalen Creek Project