 | Remaking Lake Street
May 3, 2005 - Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune. The transformation of Lake Street begins May 16. |
| A conversation with Nancy Latimer
March/April 2005 - Paula J. Kelly, Foundation News & Commentary. The 2005 recipient of the Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking, reflects on her longtime involvement in protecting children's welfare. |
| Lake Street: It needs more than repaving
February 15, 2004 - Editorial, Star Tribune. Beginning next year, Hennepin County will undertake the most critical road reconstruction project it has ever attempted. |
| Gnerer to get McKnight Award
November 19, 2004 - Michael Schoepf, Pioneer Press. Support group leader Mary Gnerer helps women with HIV. |
| 'Unsung heroes' formula: Reach out, carry a big heart
November 19, 2004 - Robert Franklin, Star Tribune. Margaret McBride is one of 12 Minnesota "unsung heroes" recognized by the McKnight Foundation with Virginia McKnight Binger Awards in Human Service. |
| Ex-Honeywell chief, theater mogul dies
November 5, 2004 - Dominic P. Papatola, Pioneer Press. Executive James H. Binger was also active in family foundation. |
| Theater entrepreneur James Binger dies
November 5, 2004 - Robert Franklin and Rohan Preston, Star Tribune. Philanthropist, retired Honeywell chief executive, horse enthusiast and New York and Minneapolis theater entrepreneur dies at age 88. |
| McKnight Foundation chair is ready to listen, learn, lead
August 30, 2004 - Robert Franklin, Star Tribune. It was quite a weekend for Erika Binger: Triathlon Sunday in Chicago, then a public announcement today in the Twin Cities that she will become the new board chairwoman of Minnesota's largest foundation. |
| Group will foster rural economy
June 3, 2004 - Robert Franklin, Star Tribune. A public-private partnership to promote rural economic development in Minnesota will be announced today at a meeting of outstate foundations near Brainerd. |
| Two urban corridors are targets of new renewal plan
June 2, 2004 - Toni Coleman, Pioneer Press. Payne and Lake draw notice of foundations. A new initiative will work to enhance entrepreneurship, career growth and homeownership, particularly among people of color, in two urban corridors. |
| Payne-Lake Partnership: Breathing life into city neighborhoods
June 2, 2004 - Editorial, Pioneer Press. Can an initial investment of $6.5 million and a quick string of "small miracles" in two hard-scrabble city neighborhoods bloom into a national model of urban entrepreneurship and collaboration? |
| Program aims to revitalize two areas
June 2, 2004 - Melissa Lee and Joe Kimball, Star Tribune. Payne Avenue in St. Paul and a stretch of Lake Street in Minneapolis will get boosts from a new alliance of funding partners hoping to transform the ethnically diverse corridors from thoroughfares into destination points. |
| Honoree delivers on programs conceived to help kids, families
March 8, 2005 - Robert Franklin, Star Tribune. Nancy Latimer has helped to develop six regional Minnesota charities, strengthen families, and prevent child abuse. Now she's working on early childhood education. |
| Study: Protect Mississippi River Better
October 16, 2007 - Associated Press article. |
| What Comes Next for Our Metro Nation: The New Forces Driving Regionalism
October 2009 - Remarks by Bruce Katz, Vice President & Director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, from the Met Council's 2009 Regional Policy Conference, cosponsored by McKnight. |
