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A positive, local response
to climate change
Neighbors addressing climate change
Transition Town — All St. Anthony Park
Smaller Footprint, Stronger Community
We’re neighbors linking up to live responsibly on the Earth. Our ideas are as many as the challenges we all face. But they may not yet include yours. Come, think, work, and celebrate with us!
Our purpose is to raise our neighborhood's understanding of climate change and the limits of fossil fuels, and to foster a positive, community-wide transition to more sustainable ways of life... ASAP. ASAP reminds us that climate calls for our best efforts, right now. All Saint Anthony Park means South and North; renters and homeowners; newcomers and long-timers; businesses and nonprofits, youth, students, and seniors; faith groups, people of all ethnicities... all are needed. (See a map of our area of St. Paul, Minnesota.)
The 100 Trees Initiative is greening the streets of South St. Anthony Park. We're among the partners in this collaboration with the Creative Enterprise Zone.
Sign up for our newsletter and join the 400-plus neighbors who stay informed and join in when they can: email Communications@TransitionASAP.org. Got time to do more? Send us a note and we’ll connect. Feel free to propose a project or event we can support: email Mike at mjblandford@yahoo.com.
During the pandemic, we've reflected, grieved, and dreamed of a better world. We've also learned new habits, some worth keeping! Keepers is a zine by neighbor and book artist Regula Russelle. Read it here, then print copies to share (instructions).
Smaller footprint,
stronger community.
Help raise local awareness of our climate emergency and the solutions at hand. Give to Transition Town - ASAP.
FB page Facebook.com/TransitionASAP
FB group Transition ASAP
Twitter @transitionasap1
Instagram @transitionasap
Neighborhood walk:
Reconsidering I-94
Tuesday, September 26, 6:00 pm sharp
Meet on patio at Lake Monster Brewing
(by the pink X sculpture)
550 Vandalia Street, St. Paul
Take a walk on the gritty side! What's the future of the 7-mile stretch of I-94 between the two downtowns? Hosted by two district councils, we're taking a ground-level look at the effects of I-94 on the St. Anthony Park and Union Park neighborhoods. MnDOT has drafted some high-level options for "rethinking" the aging highway. See those options in its current public survey, or better yet, join the walk, then respond to the survey.
Public support is growing for the two redesign options that would infill that highway trench, knit neighborhoods back together, free up land for community use, and add routes for public transit and local traffic. These "at-grade" designs most resemble the Twin Cities Boulevard concept endorsed by the SAP Community Council and Transition Town – ASAP.
Meet at 6:00 sharp. The full walk is 3 miles (back by 8:00), but there's a 1.5-mile option as well, both ending back at Lake Monster. Wear sturdy shoes. Details in the Park Bugle ("Walk around I-94") and on the SAPCC Facebook event page. RSVP optional.
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Transition Town ASAP's
Ideas & Planning Group
Wed. Oct. 11, 7:00–8:30 pm
on Zoom
Join us to plan our next projects for a smaller footprint and a stronger community. Come at 6:30 for social time. Questions? Email
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Transition Your Money
Wed. Oct. 18, 7:00–8:00 pm on Zoom
All welcome. We meet monthly to explore ways to put our money where our values are: how to invest in Main Street rather than Wall Street. For Zoom link, email info@TransitionASAP.org. Details.
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