Workshop Recap: #EveryPlaceCounts St. Paul Design Challenge, Day 1

This week, USDOT and CNU continues the #EveryPlaceCounts Design Challenge in St. Paul, MN as part of the Secretary's Ladders of Opportunity initiative. Led by national transportation and urban design experts, dozens of local officials, residents, and business owners gathered to build consensus and generate strategies for reconnecting neighborhoods impacted by highway infrastructure. According to the City of St. Paul:

"The construction of I-94 divided the Rondo, a historically African American community in the Minneapolis metro area, and as the city has grown more diverse, ethnic enclaves are still clustered on either side of the highway now including Asian Americans and Native Americans as well. The community would like to develop exemplary models of community design and engagement to guide future corridor planning efforts."

Here are the highlights and insights from the first day of work:

The @DOTOpportunity #EveryPlaceCounts design workshop begins! #saintpaul #Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/K32GY4W5LS

— Cindy Zerger (@path_as_place) July 18, 2016

This week, the last #EveryPlaceCounts highway reimagining workshop wraps up in St. Paul, Minnesota. https://t.co/JylqafEK88

— NewUrbanism (@NewUrbanism) July 18, 2016

#EveryPlaceCounts begins in St. Paul! pic.twitter.com/Osa1LmNCr8

— NewUrbanism (@NewUrbanism) July 18, 2016

Brian Issaacson giving a bus tour of I94 project as part of #EveryPlaceCounts pic.twitter.com/nntCUZWlE6

— Breanne Rothstein (@BreanneRothste1) July 18, 2016

@CNU and @USDOT kicking off design workshops in my former city, St. Paul as part of #EveryPlaceCounts.https://t.co/X5h3MynDYv

— Lauren Ellmers (@LaurenEllmers) July 18, 2016

We are now looking at one of those divisions, I94, which divided communities through St. Paul. #EveryPlaceCounts pic.twitter.com/WlmfRGIH1j

— Eric Orozco (@ericorozco) July 18, 2016

.#EveryPlaceCounts is back on the road! Twin Cities reimagine infrastructure of, by and for communities! #minneapolis #saintpaul

— DOT Opportunity (@DOTOpportunity) July 18, 2016

Working to help reconnect communities! #EveryPlaceCounts #TwinCities #DOTConnects pic.twitter.com/HvW99mVpUR

— Nate Hood (@Nathaniel1983) July 18, 2016

Thanks @RamseyCounty Commish @wtonicarter for kicking off #EveryPlaceCounts Design Challenge! @USDOT @DOTOpportunity pic.twitter.com/V61NeoH0fz

— Jonathan Weinhagen (@jweinhagen) July 18, 2016

Fun morning-open to public 5:30-7:30 pm tonight! 540 Fairview Ave St Paul #EveryPlaceCounts #TwinCities #DOTConnects pic.twitter.com/FNETvmu2Vu

— MnDOT (@mndotnews) July 18, 2016

Amazing drawings illustrate the possibilities in #Philly. #EveryPlaceCounts #DOTConnects https://t.co/rEpPZuo2br

— William Zeh Herbig (@William_Herbig) July 18, 2016

PS @StrongTowns folks, that's the blonde back of @Nathaniel1983's head, fellow #EveryPlaceCounts volunteer.

— Eric Orozco (@ericorozco) July 18, 2016

Right this way, urban design wonks! #EveryPlaceCounts continues with public meetings tonight in Minnesota. pic.twitter.com/z9cnHD1YfI

— NewUrbanism (@NewUrbanism) July 18, 2016

Join us in @cityofsaintpaul for the last stop on the #EveryPlaceCounts tour → https://t.co/19AuZnh3DU #DOTConnects https://t.co/CsXoBG9WUS

— TransportationGov (@USDOT) July 18, 2016

Really enjoying @mayorcoleman at @USDOT #EveryPlaceCounts event.

— Katie White (@KatieWhite612) July 18, 2016

Thank you @mayorcoleman for heartfelt & truthful words about damage caused by I-94. #EveryPlaceCounts #saintpaul pic.twitter.com/M1Lcxdx8z2

— Cindy Zerger (@path_as_place) July 18, 2016

Over heard in #TwinCities: "Never have I seen so much passion and inspiration from transport. infrastructure" #DOTConnects #EveryPlaceCounts

— William Zeh Herbig (@William_Herbig) July 18, 2016

An idea for capping I-94 through Rondo, St.Paul. #EveryPlaceCounts pic.twitter.com/KZd0yBrtPz

— Eric Orozco (@ericorozco) July 19, 2016

Postcards from 30 years in future #EveryPlaceCounts #DOTConnects #TwinCities pic.twitter.com/DwOoYGVzDn

— Nate Hood (@Nathaniel1983) July 19, 2016

Great job to the USDOT and MnDOT crew today for hosting a community visioning session for Reimagining 94. #EveryPlaceCounts

— Breanne Rothstein (@BreanneRothste1) July 19, 2016