Then-U.S. Rep. James Oberstar helped secure a $16 million grant for the center in 2010. At that time the proposed center was larger and costlier -- an estimated $40 million to $50 million -- and located across Fifth Avenue West from the Depot. "We wondered what would happen with our project" when Oberstar wasn't re-elected two years ago, Jensen said. What happened was that plans changed, with a smaller center planned for the site of the 43-year-old Wells Fargo parking ramp owned by INREIT Real Estate Investment Trust.

Duluth News Tribune
May 16, 2012

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"They're not threatening to leave," jokes Art Rolnick, a senior fellow at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, in reference to recent debate about public financing for a new Vikings stadium. "If it's a good investment for the Mall of America, they're going to do it anyway ... I see no reason why Bloomington should get involved in this."

Finance and Commerce
May 16, 2012

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Tiberi recounted an exchange between former W&M Chairman Charlie Rangel and former T&I chief Jim Oberstar, who told Rangel his bill was a no-brainer for funding approval. "For the Transportation Committee. But you get to do all the fun stuff. We've got to come up with the money to pay for it," Tiberi recounted Rangel saying. Here's how Tiberi described the T&I committee: "They get to do all the sexy stuff you like to write about." True.

Politico
May 14, 2012

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The center provide an indoor terminal area for the transferring of bus passengers, including Jefferson Lines and Indian Trails inter-city bus lines, along with Arrowhead Transit and LCS Coaches. The Center will include an 8-bay bus boarding platform, along with an indoor passenger-waiting area, seating and public restrooms. The Center will include a DTA-staffed information desk, similar to what is currently at the Transit Center East for pass and ticket sales and transit information.

WDIO-TV
May 14, 2012

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May 14, 2012

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A less benign reason for this clustering, says Orfield, is steering by real-estate agents. A paper he coauthored with Katherine Fennelly, a professor of public affairs at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, took note of a developing suburban segregation "exacerbated by real estate agents who steer white residents away from integrated neighborhoods claiming that 'the schools are bad,' while simultaneously recommending the same neighborhoods to residents of color promoting the schools as 'integrated.' "

MinnPost
May 14, 2012

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The future growth prospect of the business depends on its future ROE and asset appreciation. ROE often reflects the competitive position or moat of the underlying business. Will the moat of its underlying businesses deteriorate in the future? That doesn't seem very likely, given that the businesses (as listed in Table 1 above) often enjoy strong brand and/or scale advantage and they operate in industries less prone to technological disruptions. Will the economies and currencies of the East and Southeast Asia continue to grow faster than the U.S.? No one knows for sure, but it's hard to see a drastic and permanent slowdown. So my guess is that the future growth may be slower than what we saw before, but still respectable and very likely at a double-digit rate.

Guru Focus
May 10, 2012

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"Continued borrowing from the domestic markets is a bankrupt policy, literally," said Ragui Assaad, an Egyptian economist at the University of Minnesota who is now in Cairo. Even with new sources of foreign currency from the IMF, he said, Egypt would soon be forced to capitulate to a further decline in the exchange rate -- gradually, if the government is lucky.

Times of Oman
May 09, 2012

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In an upcoming article for the Grantmakers in the Arts Reader, Anne Gadwa Nicodemus (who co-authored the original Creative Placemaking white paper for the NEA with her mentor, Ann Markusen) writes, "it's probably unreasonable to expect that a modest, one-year Our Town grant will move the needle, at least quickly....Because the geographic scale, time horizons, and desired outcomes vary across creative placemaking efforts, one-size-fits-all indicator systems may prove inappropriate."

Huffington Post
May 9, 2012

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To resolve this dispute, BuzzFeed turned to the expert: Former Minnesota Rep. Jim Oberstar, who was the ranking member and then Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee during the period in question. Oberstar's verdict: It was Berman. "Howard Berman was the driving force behind this issue," he said. "He talked to me at least once a week and for a while I said, 'Howard, look, we're going to help you, but don't be a pain..."

Buzz Feed Politics
May 3, 2012

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May 3, 2012

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May 3, 2012

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Markusen's research focuses on occupational approaches to regional development and on artists, arts organizations, cultural industries, and cultural activity as regional economic and quality-of-life stimulants.

Cultural Arts Division
May 1, 2012

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May 1, 2012

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May 1, 2012

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Also seen in Culture Map Austin
May 1, 2012

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This article examines joint development as a value capture strategy for funding public transportation. We start from the concept of joint development, its rationale, a brief history, and the extent of its use. Joint development projects in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tokyo, and Thailand are profiled, as well as domestic examples in Washington, DC, New York, NY, and Portland, OR, etc. Then we provide a framework to classify joint development models by ownerships (public or private) and by types of transaction (real property or development rights). Next, joint development is evaluated along four revenue criteria including efficiency, equity, sustainability and feasibility. Finally, we summarize the advantages and disadvantages of joint development as a transportation finance strategy, and provide recommendations for policy consideration or implementation.

The Transportationist.org
April 27, 2012

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Edward Goetz, CURA director and Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs faculty member, received the 2011 "Best Paper" award from the Journal of Urban Affairs for his article "Where Have All the Towers Gone?" Goetz received the award in April at the Urban Affairs Association Conference in Pittsburgh.

CURA
April 26, 2012

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"Americans are taking unnecessary risks on rural roads," says Lee Munnich, director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Excellence in Rural Safety (CERS), which sponsored the survey. "They're more relaxed and comfortable with risk-taking on the roads where they are most likely to be killed."

Southwest Farm Press
April 12, 2012

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The Center for Excellence in Rural Safety at the University of Minnesota has released a report that examines the extent to which a 2009 state seat belt law, making not wearing a seat belt a primary offense, affected the injury and fatality rates in the state of Minnesota. The report also explores the costs associated to vehicle injuries and fatalities before and after the law took effect.

Transportation Research Board
April 09, 2012

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The report, Los Angeles: Artists' Super City, was authored by Professor Ann Markusen, noted research economist and Director of the Project on Regional and Industrial Economics (PRIE) at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. She is currently serving as Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the MacIntosh School of Architecture's Glasgow Urban Lab, where she is conducting a US/UK comparative study of creative cities. The study was funded by the James Irvine Foundation and the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department.

Intimate Excellent
April 9, 2012

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