Reimagine Downtown Saint Paul: Transforming the Core is a community-driven effort to shape a more vibrant, welcoming, and people-centered downtown core. This project focuses on the central blocks in the heart of our downtown that has long needed renewed energy and purpose, and is the logical next step in the process for revitalizing downtown as outlined in the Downtown Investment Strategy.
Through public input, on-the-ground conversations, and design exploration, we’ll create scenarios that show what a livelier, more walkable, and more connected core could look and feel like. Your ideas will help guide how streets, public spaces, and daily experiences can better reflect the people who use them.
We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts through the survey, visit one of our pop-ups, or follow along as early concepts take shape.
Your voice will help shape the future of downtown’s core.
How you can get involved
We’re designing this process so that people who live, work, visit, and invest in downtown can shape the future of the core. Engagement will include a mix of online and in-person opportunities.
- Take the survey and add to the interactive map - Share your ideas, hopes, and concerns about the downtown core. Look below to find the survey and community mapping tool.
- Visit a pop-up - Look for project staff at select coffee shops, skyway locations, events, and festivals to learn more and add your input in person. Upcoming pop-up dates and locations will be posted in the project calendar to the right.
- Join community conversations - Small group sessions and workshops will bring together residents, workers, business owners, and other stakeholders to react to early ideas and help refine scenarios for the core. Sign up for project updates and event invitations to the right.
Who’s leading the work
Reimagine Downtown Saint Paul: Transforming the Core is led by the Saint Paul Downtown Alliance (SPDA), in collaboration with:
- Creative Catalysts - guiding strategy, facilitation, and the overall story of the project.
- Mend Collaborative - leading public engagement and downtown design, with experience on similar downtown projects in cities including Houston, Denton, and Rochester.
SPDA will work closely with residents, businesses, institutional partners, and community organizations throughout the process to ensure that the future of the core is informed by those who know and care about downtown most.
