‘Cover Stories’ Archives
Innovative Permanently Affordable Townhomes Coming to Phillips
First Minnesota townhome project to be certified in energy efficient passive home design. By the alley VOLUNTEER STAFF Design rendering of Green On 14 Townhomes.PHOTO: Trio Development Group These 10 energy-efficient, permanently affordable townhomes will be completed this year in Phillips Community. Applications being taken. Green On 14’s one, two, and four-bedroom units are next to the Midtown Greenway, close to the Midtown Global Market, other businesses, major employment centers, and public transit. It is Minnesota's first townhome project to receive Passive House Institute Design Certification, PHIUS - astandard to reduce heating and cooling demand by 75% to 90%. Passive House design relies on highly insulated walls, high-performance windows, airtight construction, and continuous fresh-air ventilation for less energy, and being comfortable, quiet, and healthy. $8 to $35 monthly utility costs, a fraction of typical bills, are made possible by all-electric [...]
Karen Clark: July 23, 1945 – June 30, 2026
Determined. Fierce. Driven. Passionate. Kind. Trailblazer. Giant. Mentor. Karen Joy Clark, in a spontaneous joyous moment in the success of the Phillips Community’s Roof Depot project. Over decades, Karen provided consistent, steady, fierce, yet compassionate, leadership on behalf of the Phillips Community as a legislator and a community leader----childhood lead poisoning prevention legislation, preventing a HN Cty Garbage Transfer Station built near Little Earth, designation by the EPA of the Arsenic Triangle as a Superfund site, Cumulative Health Impact Analysis to protect residents and more. Photo by Jacquelyn Zita, Karen’s beloved wife, key supporter, and partner in serving the community and seeking justice. By CATHY STROBEL-AYERS These are just a few of the words that come to mind as I remember Karen Clark. And even those words don’t seem like enough to capture her tireless drive to make a better world for communities that had to fight for a place at the [...]
A New Chapter at Abbott Northwestern Hospital: Built with the Community, for the Community
By WHITNEY JOHNSON, Vice President, Hospital Operations, Allina Health Allina Health’s new Richard M. Schulze Surgical and Critical Care Center at Abbott Northwestern Hospital will welcome its first patients Aug. 29. PHOTO: Erika Richardson Care teams at Allina Health’s new Richard M. Schulze Surgical and Critical Care Center will welcome their first patients on August 29. This 620,000-square-foot facility is the centerpiece of the Abbott Northwestern Hospital campus revitalization project, which also included upgrades to 10th Avenue, an energy-efficient Central Utility Plant (CUP) and the Purple Ramp. None of this would be possible without the support of the Phillips community and the generous donors of the Allina Health Foundation.“We’ve been here for more than 140 years, and this is the next step in providing healthcare to this community and being a good neighbor to this community for another century,” said Tony LaCroix-Dalluhn, vice president, Facilities [...]
