Podcast appearances and mentions of jay walljasper

Jeremy shares his conversation from 2018 with Jay Walljasper, former editor of the Utne Reader for 15 years, and internationally known for his writing about the importance of designing neighborhoods that thrive. In the last decade of his 40 years in journalism, Jay poured much of his energy into writing, speaking and thinking about how we can make the 'healthy choice the easy choice' when it comes to improving our urban environments. Jay passed on December 22, 2020, just a few months after a kidney cancer diagnosis. His ideas will continue to inform our decision making in urban design, and his energy and passion for walking, and the neighborhood experience should continue to inspire us. Support the show (http://patreon.com/highwaytohealth)

Many towns and cities have at least one: the physical reminder of some particularly egregious development mistake. In Minneapolis, one such legacy is a Kmart—the last Kmart store in Minnesota—built in the late 1970s in a plan that went south right from the start. As Jessica Lee wrote in a recent article in the MinnPost, Kmart agreed to occupy the space only “on the condition that the city would close Nicolett Avenue so the retailer could build a massive, sprawling store.” Since then, the Kmart, a grocery store and parking lots have spanned the 10 acres between Lake and West 29th Street. Residents and businesses for decades have protested the street layout. To this day, the closure of Nicollet has been called “the worst planning mistake in Minneapolis history,” said David Frank, the city’s director of Community Planning and Economic Development. Now, at long last, Kmart has agreed to “terminate its lease and vacate the building.” It is the culmination of a “years-long debate over what should come of the 10-acre site that interrupts the city’s street grid system.” On this week’s episode of Upzoned, host Abby Kinney, an urban planner with Gould Evans in Kansas City, and Strong Towns senior editor Daniel Herriges (a Minnesota native) discuss the past and future of a project that’s long been a thorn in the side of locals…and people everywhere who love cities. They look at why planners in the 1970s spent millions of dollars in public funds to essentially replace urban blight with suburban blight. They also discuss how Minneapolis can ensure that one top-down mistake isn’t replaced by another, and what city governments everywhere can do to be more supportive of bottom-up energy. Then in the Downzoned, Abby recommends The Righteous Mind, a book by social psychologist Jonathan Haidt about why “good people are divided by politics and religion.” (The Righteous Mind happens to be on the Strong Towns essential reading list.) Then Daniel talks about how the latest season of Dr. Who has been a welcome distraction from all the distressing coronavirus news. Show Notes Minneapolis’ decision to buy and demolish Minnesota’s last Kmart, explained, by Jessica Lee The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, by Jonathan Haidt Strong Towns Essential Reading List Abby Kinney (Twitter) Daniel Herriges (Twitter) Gould Evans Studio for City Design Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom (Soundcloud) Select Strong Towns stories about the Twin Cities A Minor Miracle in St. Paul, by Christa Moseng Three Cheers for Minneapolis (The 3 is for Triplex), by Daniel Herriges One House at a Time on St. Paul’s East Side, by Daniel Herriges Who Gets to Decide How a Neighborhood Gets Redeveloped, by Nate Hood How to Make City Streets More Friendly, by Jay Walljasper

Follow @St3veRay to hear about eclectic happenings throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul. In this episode, Jay Walljasper (author of The Great Neighborhood Book) and Alexandra Connett (Minneapolis transplant) make a case for a city beyond cows, cold, and camp snoopy. Before moving to Minneapolis, Alexandra had no expectations for Minnesota, "Everyone was asking me why I was moving to the middle of nowhere." Since arriving, her experience has been much different than she had imagined.  Walljasper says Alexandra isn't a unique case and that this perception is partially Minnesotans fault. In the age of social media and the brand called you "it's time that MSP set aside its suburban sensibility and proudly say we are a city."  Music by Zack Baltich and intro music by Enjoy the Cat Click here to learn more about Jay Walljasper Interested in partnering with Deep North? Email DeepNorthPodcast@gmail.com

Jeremy has a conversation with Jay Walljasper. As a journalist for the past 40 years, editor of the Utne Reader for 15 of them, Jay has put himself in the middle of politics, science, environment and culture. In the past decade he has focused more attention on urban design and what makes our neighborhoods thrive. From city planning to real estate development, to park benches - there are design formulas that bring people together or keep us apart, but are we paying enough attention to what's working? Support the show (http://patreon.com/highwaytohealth)

The Deep North podcast has launched. On computer> http://deepnorthpodcast.com/ On iPhone> https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/deep-north/id1357648245?ls=1 But Farming god isn't going anywhere. Stay tuned.  Jay Walljasper (author of The Great Neighborhood Book) and Alexandra Connett (Minneapolis transplant) make a case for a city beyond cows, cold, and camp snoopy. Before moving to Minneapolis, Alexandra had no expectations for Minnesota, "Everyone was asking me why I was moving to the middle of nowhere." Since arriving, her experience has been much different than she had imagined.  Walljasper says Alexandra isn't a unique case and that this perception is partially Minnesotans fault. In the age of social media and the brand called you "it's time that MSP set aside its suburban sensibility and proudly say we are a city."  Music by Zack Baltich and intro music by Enjoy the Cat Click here to learn more about Jay Walljasper

Jay Walljasper (author of The Great Neighborhood Book) and Alexandra Connett (Minneapolis transplant) make a case for a city beyond cows, cold, and camp snoopy. Before moving to Minneapolis, Alexandra had no expectations for Minnesota, "Everyone was asking me why I was moving to the middle of nowhere." Since arriving, her experience has been much different than she had imagined.  Walljasper says Alexandra isn't a unique case and that this perception is partially Minnesotans fault. In the age of social media and the brand called you "it's time that MSP set aside its suburban sensibility and proudly say we are a city."  Music by Zack Baltich and intro music by Enjoy the Cat Click here to learn more about Jay Walljasper Interested in partnering with Deep North? Email DeepNorthPodcast@gmail.com In collaboration with Twin Cities Agenda and Streets.MN

Arleigh Greenwald talks with Melissa Balmer, the Founder of Pedal Love - storytelling and thought leadership tools for growing mindful mobility. We discuss flipping the script of the bike industry by focusing on casual biking and general bicycling. We are kicking off this conversation and want you to add your voice to the conversation at #betterbikeindustry.   The upcoming book Melissa mentions, "The Surprising Promise of Bicycling in America” book with Jay Walljasper coming spring 2018. Find more about Pedal Love and the crowdfunding for the book at http://pedallove.org.   Find links and show notes at http://shiftuppodcast.com

From Blue Mountain Center, an artist's retreat in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate NY, I talk to author Jay Walljasper about his book, "America's Walking Renaissance", which discusses the numerous mental and physical benefits of, you guessed it, walking!