September 29, 2020 | COVID-19 News, Lowertown Art, Music & Culture News, Lowertown News
By Nigel Parry, Downtown St. Paul Voice—When COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the Spring Art Crawl, the St. Paul Art Collective—the hard-working, mostly volunteer-run organization that has produced the Capital City’s art crawls since 1977—immediately began exploring new options to assist artists in promoting their work. Now that the in-person Fall Art Crawl is not happening either, the Collective and others are ramping up their efforts to help local artists, who need more help now than ever.
April 14, 2020 | Lowertown Food & Drink News
The Saint Paul Downtown Alliance has launched a Bingo card featuring local businesses that remain open for takeaway, delivery—or simply have gift cards to sell—as a way of supporting local Downtown and Lowertown businesses during the shutdown resulting from the Coronavirus ‘Stay at Home order’ in Minnesota.
August 7, 2019 | Lowertown Food & Drink News, Lowertown News
KSTP—Downtown St. Paul is growing, but one neighborhood is facing some growing pains. The population of downtown has doubled over the last decade. Even with more people moving into the Lowertown neighborhood, several bars and restaurants have closed over the last year. World of Beer, a pub near Mears Park, shut down last month. The Saint Paul Downtown Alliance expects the population to double downtown over the next decade. KSTP’s Joe Mazan reports.
