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 Encyclopedia: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis is the largest city in Minnesota and the county seat of Hennepin County.
Minneapolis grew up around the Falls of Saint Anthony, which are the highest falls on the Mississippi River and were the end of the commercially navigable section of the river until locks were installed in the 1960s.
Minneapolis is home of the original and by far the largest campus of the University of Minnesota, a Big Ten Conference university with more than 45,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the Twin Cities alone.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Minneapolis,-Minnesota   (1746 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Hiawatha Line
The Hiawatha Line is a 12 mile (19 kilometer) light rail corridor in Minneapolis, Minnesota that extends to the southern suburb of Bloomington, in Hennepin County connecting downtown Minneapolis to the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and the Mall of America, among other destinations.
The line is named for Hiawatha Avenue, also known as Minnesota State Highway 55, which runs parallel to the train tracks for much of its distance.
The Minneapolis installation is the first use of this model in the United States.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hiawatha-Line   (5168 words)

  
 Info and facts on 'Minneapolis, Minnesota'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Minneapolis is the county seat (The town or city that is the seat of government for a county) of Hennepin County (additional info and facts about Hennepin County), Minnesota (A midwestern state).
Minneapolis claims to be exceeding the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol (additional info and facts about Kyoto Protocol), having significantly reduced emissions from stationary sources in recent decades, though automobile (4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine) emissions continue to rise.
Minneapolis is one of the most heavily-biked cities in the country, with an average level of 10,000 people riding daily for commuting and recreation (there are significant seasonal variations, but many people bike year-round).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/minneapolis,_minnesota.htm   (6152 words)

  
 Minneapolis, Minnesota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Another relatively troubled period in parts of Minneapolis was the 1990s, when the murder rate and incidence of gang violence climbed, almost entirely in poorer neighborhoods of the city.
Minneapolis claims to be exceeding the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol, having significantly reduced emissions from stationary sources in recent decades, though automobile emissions continue to rise.
Arts education is also strong in Minneapolis, with schools like the Perpich Center for Arts Education, an arts-oriented charter high school, and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, an arts college adjacent to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, playing a central role in the city's visual, music and literary scenes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minneapolis   (5098 words)

  
 Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board - Hiawatha
Hiawatha is a long course, generally flat with mature trees and small greens.
Hiawatha Golf Course was created on the west shore of Lake Hiawatha using dredged fill material and opened in 1934.
Hiawatha is very involved in junior golf through the First Tee Program and our own Junior Golf League and Junior Golf Camps.
www.minneapolisparks.org /default.asp?PageID=95&parkid=167   (356 words)

  
 Minneapolis Light Rail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Hiawatha Light Rail Transit (LRT) route is the first LRT line planned for the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
Light rail transit is the modern version of the streetcars that operated in Minneapolis until the mid 1950s.
The City, in cooperation with the Metropolitan Council, Hennepin County, and neighborhood groups, is conducting master planning for the areas around LRT stations.
www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us /citywork/light-rail   (226 words)

  
 Hiawatha Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Amtrak (and historically Milwaukee Road) interstate train route of the same name, see Hiawatha (passenger train).
Some of the sections under the airport required the use of a tunnel boring machine.
A two-unit Hiawatha Line train approaches 46th Street station from the south.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hiawatha_Line   (2393 words)

  
 Minneapolis St Paul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Minneapolis is the largest city in the state, and nearby St. Paul is the capital of Minnesota.
Minneapolis grew up next to the Falls of Saint Anthony, which provided power for the grain mills that fueled much of the city's early development.
The Hiawatha Line light rail corridor is in many ways a return to what existed in the past.
www.wikiverse.org /minneapolis-st-paul   (994 words)

  
 Hiawatha Brochure, WHi-24725
Hiawatha trains boasted a cruising speed of 100 miles per hour.
The Hiawatha was more of an image and a brand name than a particular engine, and in fact, the name was applied to at least four different engine models.
In the post-diesel era the Hiawatha engines were downgraded to freight and local passenger service.
www.wisconsinhistory.org /whi/fullRecord.asp?id=24725&qstring=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/results.asp?subject_narrow=Travel   (160 words)

  
 MPR: Traffic and livability questions surround light rail station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Minneapolis, Minn. — Minneapolis resident Kevin McDonald is a light rail advocate who believes the 11.5 mile long line that will eventually run from from the Mall of America to downtown Minneapolis will usher in a new wave of neighborhood development.
Instead of a freeway Hiawatha became a multi-lane city street that is also a state highway.
Minneapolis' ability to influence development at any of the city's light rail stations is minimal.
news.mpr.org /features/2003/06/10_olsond_transit   (765 words)

  
 A History of Minneapolis: Intercity Transit and Highways (Part II)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Land was cleared for Interstate 335 in Northeast Minneapolis in the 1970s before the project was abandoned.
The site for a freeway along Hiawatha Avenue was cleared in the 1960s, but was not built due to community opposition to loss of green space.
Minneapolis is the site for the first light-rail transit system in the state, under construction in 2000.
www.mplib.org /history/tr4.asp   (262 words)

  
 MPR: Media mob Minneapolis light rail for free ride
Minneapolis, Minn. — A -7 temperature and a fresh-as-an-ice-cube-down-your-shirt wind greeted the media.
Hiawatha light rail spokesman Josh Collins tried to take the edge off the chilling event by pointing out the overhead lamps.
Hiawatha officials say driver and pedestrian behavior is shaping up nicely along the line, as residents get the hang of living with a form of transit last seen in the Twin Cities in l954.
news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/2004/01/28_olsond_trainride   (819 words)

  
 Minneapolis/St. Paul
Light Rail Construction Photos
Hiawatha alignment is on a bridge parallel to and behind the LRT bridge/station.
rear of the crane is in the median of Hiawatha.
Minneapolis and the Metropolitan Council agreed to fund the increased
www.lightrail.com /photos/minneapolis/minneapolis.htm   (1877 words)

  
 Department of Transportation vs. Public Citizen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
MINNEAPOLIS — Federal Transit Administrator Jennifer L. Dorn today announced a $12.3 million grant to help extend the new Hiawatha Light Rail Line into the Minneapolis suburbs.
Administrator Dorn was in Minneapolis to help launch the first phase of the new light rail line, the first rail system for the region in 50 years.
The Hiawatha line project continues on time and on budget, a remarkable achievement given the complexity of constructing a new rail project in an urban area, Dorn noted.
www.dot.gov /affairs/fta1904.htm   (284 words)

  
 Hiawatha Clinic - Minneapolis - Primary Care Clinics - Fairview Health Services
Fairview Hiawatha Clinic is committed to the health of our patients and our community.
Located at 3809 42nd Ave S, Minneapolis, we offer high-quality medical care and services for people of all ages -- from newborns to seniors.
Fairview Hiawatha Clinic is a participating provider for most local health plans and major insurance companies.
fairview.org /Clinics/primary/c_099250.asp   (509 words)

  
 F7 Hiawatha
The steam driven Hiawatha was the signature passenger train for the CMandSP Milwaukee Road during the 1930s.
The engine that epitomizes the size, power, and grace of the Hiawatha is the F7 Hudson Hiawatha that was the last steam powered version of the Hiawatha family.
Much of the Hiawatha's speed advantage was due to the combination of its 84 inch drivers, 300 pounds boiler pressure, and 96.5 square feet of grate area.
www.ironhorse129.com /Projects/Engines/Hiawatha/F7HudsonHiawatha.htm   (642 words)

  
 Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board - Golf Courses
The Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board operates seven golf courses for your enjoyment.
The front nine of Wirth is beautifully set around Bassett Creek with several scenic views of the Minneapolis downtown skyline.
A nine hole Par 3 course which is also set among the mature trees and rolling hills of the Theodore Wirth Park area.
www.minneapolisparks.org /default.asp?PageID=73   (425 words)

  
 City0420
Minneapolis Downtown Council, 81 S 9th St (Pep Rally for the Minnesota Timberwolves, either April 24, 25, 26 or 27, 2001, 4:00 p.m.
That the City of Minneapolis expresses sincere appreciation to Mike Schadauer for the service he has provided to the hundreds of citizens, staff and elected officials who have participated in planning for the Hiawatha LRT line.
Ordinance 2001-Or-055, amending Title 2, Chapter 20 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Administration: Personnel, approving the labor agreement with the Minneapolis Professional Employees Association (MPEA), was passed April 20, 2001 by the City Council and approved April 25, 2001 by the Mayor.
www.finance-commerce.com /pubnot/MPLS/city0420.htm   (7095 words)

  
 City0824.qxd
The permit holder shall pay all costs resulting from the alteration or relocation of any and all public or private utilities made necessary in connection with the permitted encroachment and is responsible for all loss, damage or claims resulting from the installation, relocation, use or removal of the permitted encroachment.
Ordinance 2001-Or-101, amending Title 20, Chapter 521 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Zoning Code: Zoning Districts and Maps Generally, rezoning the property at 140 8th Av NE to the R4 district, was passed August 24, 2001 by the City Council and approved August 30, 2001 by the Mayor.
Ordinance 2001-Or-102, amending Title 20, Chapter 521 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances relating to Zoning Code: Zoning Districts and Maps Generally, rezoning the south lot of the property at 2000 3rd Av S to the C1 district, was passed August 24, 2001 by the City Council and approved August 30, 2001 by the Mayor.
www.finance-commerce.com /pubnot/MPLS/city0824.htm   (6942 words)

  
 Minneapolis: Hiawatha & 46th Street Station
The designers of the Hiawatha & 46th Street Station town center had to plan around heavy-duty power lines that run through the site but might be buried later.
Residents and business owners in the Hiawatha and 46th Street Station area in southeast Minneapolis were up in arms.
The company was hired by Hennepin County and the city of Minneapolis as the master planner of the transit-oriented, mixed-use community within a half-mile of the rail station.
www.housingzone.com /index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA462244   (1255 words)

  
 The Hiawatha Songs: A South Minneapolis Journal
Minnehaha's "laughing waters" flow beneath the Hiawatha Avenue bridge on a course destined for the Mississippi River and the long journey to the sea.
A young mixed-race couple slogs their way through deep snow between 26th and 28th Streets in a DMZ between the haves and have-nots of Hiawatha Avenue.
The train car driver, sporting sun glasses and a ball cap pulled down low over his face, is all business as he directs the train into the station, giving me only a slight nod in response to my wave.
www.hiawathaavenue.com /mt   (609 words)

  
 Streetcars are desired in Minn. - Minnesota Daily
he Minneapolis City Council will be looking at a proposal for a streetcar line linking Lake Calhoun and Lake of the Isles with the Hiawatha light-rail line.
The relationship between the streetcar line and the Hiawatha light-rail line would be symbiotic.
Hiawatha passengers would be enticed to take trolleys west to Nicollet and Lyndale avenues, and residents would be encouraged to take the trolleys to connect to the Hiawatha line.
www.mndaily.com /articles/2004/04/08/9147   (498 words)

  
 Neighborhood Festival Lake Hiawatha Park Minneapolis
The Lake Hiawatha Neighborhood Festival is scheduled for Wednesday August 3rd, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.
This event is sponsored and supported by the Lake Hiawatha Recreation Council, Standish-Ericsson Neighborhood Association and Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
The committee for the Lake Hiawatha Neighborhood Festival would like to thank the public service organizations that made an appearance at the 1999 festival.
www.lhrc.freeservers.com /festival.htm   (754 words)

  
 Minneapolis: First Car Runs on Hiawatha Light Rail Starter Line
Minneapolis, Minnesota is on track and getting ever closer to seeing a return of the electric rail transit service it had until 1954.
Ridership for the Hiawatha starter line is Projected at 19,300 rider-trips per day in 2004, the first year of service, increasing to 24,800 in 2020.
With current levels of congestion expected to double by the year 2020, particularly with an influx of 500,000 new residents; and with freeway development financially and politically constrained, support for multimodal transportation alternatives is likely to increase even more as public frustration grows.
www.lightrailnow.org /news/n_min002.htm   (1029 words)

  
 Hiawatha Avenue Light Rail Transit Line
The Hiawatha Project Office works with contractors and other parties as required to properly monitor progress of the project.
The group has established a Hiawatha Project Office that is responsible for assisting in the management of project design and construction.
Hiawatha Corridor Light Rail Transit Project 1997: The Minnesota Legislature authorized the study of the potential for using freight rail corridors in the metropolitan area for commuter rail service.
www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us /FAD/access/02-13.htm   (5409 words)

  
 Minneapolis, MN AMIA 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Minneapolis is going to be a great city for an AMIA Conference.
The hotel is right on the Nicolette Mall with direct access to the Skyway, which puts out its own newspaper and covers 5 miles of almost 200 stores, 34 restaurants and dozens of coffee shops and ma-and-pa operations.
To get to the Hyatt Regency from the airport, hopefully, by November 2004, you will be able to take the Hiawatha Line, Minneapolis's light rail system into the city.
www.uky.edu /~lisac/minneapolis/minneapolis.htm   (394 words)

  
 ERA Online | Swindler Transit News
Hiawatha Square, which includes 16 residential units with a small amount of retail space, is under construction a block west of the 38th Street station.
The Hiawatha Square project is typical of other small infill projects in the Minneapolis area, but its proximity to the Hiawatha line is an added attraction.
With the Hiawatha line ready to roll from downtown Minneapolis to the Mall of America in Bloomington, it should quickly become obvious that extending light-rail travel is not only reasonable, it is part of a solution to the Interstate 94 follies between the downtowns.
www.electricrailroaders.org /swindler/2004_0501-0507.php   (19721 words)

  
 UTU: News
MINNEAPOLIS -- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta has announced a grant of $49.5 million in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds to the Metropolitan Council for the construction of the Hiawatha Light Rail Transit project in Minneapolis.
The secretary made the announcement Monday (April 29) in Minneapolis at the James L. Oberstar Forum on Transportation Policy and Technology Luncheon.
The Hiawatha Corridor extends from the transit mall at Fifth Avenue in downtown Minneapolis along Hiawatha Avenue to a terminus, across 24th Street to the Mall of America in Bloomington.
www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=1416   (324 words)

  
 course golf hiawatha minneapolis Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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www.golf-course-portal.com /course-golf-hiawatha-minneapolis.html   (299 words)

  
 Minneapolis's Hiawatha Light Rail: A Success Story Over 30 Years in the Making
Hiawatha line train enters station as passengers eagerly wait to board on opening day of service.
"Rail transit is off to an impressive revival in the Twin Cities" enthused the Minneapolis Star Tribune in a July 11th editorial, commenting on the high ridership and overwhelmingly positive public acceptance.
Whenever the University is in session, students and staff cram the buses to capacity and a rail line is desperately needed to bring service to a more reliable, frequent, and comfortable level.
www.lightrailnow.org /features/f_min004.htm   (899 words)

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