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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Dubuque's Not Bluffing An Iowa river town develops a real relationship with the Mississippi	Sarah van Schagen	20 Dec 2007	Grist Feature
"The care of rivers is not a question of rivers, but of the human heart." -- Tanaka Shozo Arriving in Dubuque, Iowa, is a bit disorienting. After passing acres and acres of the heartland's flat soybean and cornfields, you suddenly come upon a small city (pop. 60,000) with a surprising landscape. Gazing east to west, you see the muddy Mississippi meandering sou ...
Topics: Iowa, Mississippi River, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

Along the Mississippi: A flood of coverage A recap of our week on the river	Sarah van Schagen	29 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Huckleberry Wroth and I survived our travels down the Mississippi last week, and we've now returned to our respective coasts to reflect on everything we learned. I must say, visiting three cities in seven days is no lazy float down the river -- we covered a lot of ground. Here's a recap:In Dubuque, we: Chatted with the charming mayor, Roy D. Buol. Lunched with city leaders at a conference led by the American Institute of Architects' Sustainable Design Assessmen ...
Topics: Missouri, Tennessee, placemaking, Iowa, Mississippi River (all these topics)

Along the Mississippi: The end of the road On politics, ponyshoes, and PBR	Katharine Wroth	28 Oct 2007	Gristmill
All good things must come to an end, and the Gristissippi Road Trip is one of them. Sarah and I wrapped up our enlightening week of interviews and explorations with a visit to Beale Street (fried pie, yum!) and a beer with a Gristmill fan. As we recuperate from the trip in our respective cities, collecting our thoughts and notes for the more in-depth features to follow, I thought I'd throw down a few of the things I learned along the way. Seven, in fact, one for each ...
Topics: Iowa, Mississippi River, Missouri, placemaking, Tennessee (all these topics)

Along the Mississippi: Tax thyself Guess what happens when communities cough up cash?	Katharine Wroth	24 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Earlier today, we met with three folks from the Great Rivers Greenway District in St. Louis. Their organization owes its very existence to a voter-approved one-tenth of one cent sales tax that generates $10 million each year. As a result, they've been able to complete about 100 miles of trails and greenways in a 1,216-square-mile area over the last few years, and have plans to create a network of 500 miles more. Not all of their financing comes from the sales tax, bu ...
Topics: Missouri, Mississippi River, Iowa, placemaking, education (all these topics)

Along the Mississippi: Same trip, different rivers Reflections on a changing river	Sarah van Schagen	24 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Having spent three days on the Mighty Mississip, I am beginning to see just how mighty it is. In Dubuque, we experienced a river that seemed to meander at a manageable pace. We saw a riverfront plaza with steps leading right into the water, and walked down the steps to reach out our hands to touch the water. It was idyllic and calming. The river here in St. Louis is an entirely different beast, meeting up with several major tributaries -- the Illinois, the Missou ...
Topics: Iowa, Mississippi River, placemaking, Missouri (all these topics)

Along the Mississippi: So long, Dubuque ... ... we're off to St. Louis	Katharine Wroth	23 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Despite the whirlwindiness of our visit to Dubuque, Sarah and I feel like we got a good picture of the work that's going on there. It helped to have a view from the country's shortest, steepest railroad: We'll write about all of this in more detail later in the fall. But for now, it's off to the glories of St. Louis ... bigger city, same river. Stay tuned.
Topics: Iowa, Mississippi River, placemaking (all these topics)

Along the Mississippi: Driving Miss Doris Exploring Dubuque by boat	Sarah van Schagen	23 Oct 2007	Gristmill
What floats our boat? Um, we're not quite sure, but that didn't stop us from taking the helm like two river rats making our way downstream. Thanks to the (very Dubuque) hospitality of Trish McDonald and her "chick boat" Doris Day, we were fortunate enough to spend the day out on the Mississippi River.Trish took us on the grand tour as we sped down to the locks and dam, meandered through Ice Harbor, and puttered past ginormous barges waiting to fill up wit ...
Topics: placemaking, Iowa, Mississippi River (all these topics)

Along the Mississippi: Quote of the day Granted, it's early yet	Katharine Wroth	23 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Just met with Laura Carstens, planning services manager for Dubuque. The money quote: 'For years, we turned our back on the river. Now we're making it our front door.'Later today, Sarah and I will get out on the river for the first time. The tourist riverboat stopped running this weekend because the weather turned, but yesterday one of our sources called a friend with a boat. The friend agreed to pick us up this morning and take us for a ride. And that right there te ...
Topics: Mississippi River, Iowa, placemaking, quotables (all these topics)

Along the Mississippi: We're not in Seattle anymore ... or Kansas, for that matter	Katharine Wroth	23 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Here's what the sign says on the back of the bathroom door in our hotel: Hotel Laws of IowaFixing, Limiting, and Determining the Liability of Keepers of Hotels, Inns, Eating-Houses, and Steamboat Owners to Inmates Thereof.Sorry, was that ... steamboat owners? Holy crap.
Topics: green living, Iowa, Mississippi River, placemaking (all these topics)

Along the Mississippi: America's river Exploring Dubuque's riverwalk, tourist-style	Sarah van Schagen	22 Oct 2007	Gristmill
While Katharine spent the day getting free lunch and talking to city planners, I spent my day exploring what, exactly, all those city planners have spent all their time planning. Namely, the America's River project I mentioned earlier today. I toured the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium with Teri Goodmann, the director of national advancement for the museum and, as it happens, a fairly knowledgeable Mississippi River fish enthusiast. (Did you know ...
Topics: Iowa, Mississippi River, placemaking (all these topics)

Along the Mississippi: SDAT thing you do A meeting of the minds in the Masterpiece on the Mississippi	Katharine Wroth	22 Oct 2007	Gristmill
There's no free lunch -- unless you happen to be a Grist reporter crashing a sustainability conference in Dubuque. I showed up, hungry, for a 12 p.m. presentation by City Manager Mike Van Milligen that was kicking off a three-day Sustainable Design Assessment Team visit. I was rewarded not only with more inspiring examples of this city's initiatives, but with a sandwich.Let me back up a little. Dubuque -- which, as Sarah said, is turning out to be a more progressive ...
Topics: Iowa, Mississippi River, placemaking (all these topics)

Along the Mississippi: Buol market A morning meeting with the mayor of Dubuque	Sarah van Schagen	22 Oct 2007	Gristmill
I wish I could tell you I wrote this from atop a log raft while floating down the Mighty Mississippi, but sadly the wifi access out there ain't so mighty. Instead, I'm sitting at a table inside the Grand Harbor Resort and Conference Center complex, which is part of the $188 million riverfront development project here in Dubuque, Iowa, our first of three stops during our week traveling The Great River. The development project -- and the National Mississippi River ...
Topics: Iowa, Mississippi River, placemaking (all these topics)

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