Tag: downtown

Street trees along Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis.

To Protect Its Greenery, Downtown Minneapolis Turns to Smart Salting

Frequent visitors to Downtown Minneapolis are all too familiar with the crunch of salt granules beneath their feet. Downtown sidewalks and plazas are often covered in ice-melt products all winter […]
December 26, 2019
View More
The downtown Minneapolis skyline, as seen from the Stone Arch Bridge. (Credit: Nick Busse)

Using Science and Engineering to Clean Up Downtown Minneapolis’ Dirty Stormwater Runoff

It’s spring, one of our dirtiest times of year in the stormwater management world. It’s the time when all that trash and pollution that gathered on the landscape and got […]
April 10, 2019
View More
Westminster Presbyterian Church aerial photo

Exploring the High-Tech Stormwater Reuse System at Westminster Presbyterian Church

Downtown Minneapolis can be a challenging place to build green infrastructure. Real estate is expensive, space is tight, and not every landowner is willing to push the envelope on environmentally […]
June 18, 2018
View More
A rain simulator in use near U.S. Bank Stadium.

Which surfaces generate the most pollution in downtown Minneapolis?

You can’t stop pollution unless you know where it’s coming from. And in the case of downtown Minneapolis, it could be coming from seemingly anywhere. The city’s dense urban center […]
October 2, 2017
View More