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Chris Farrell

Saint Paul
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Senior economics contributor at Marketplace, economics commentator at MPR, columnist and author.
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Staggered by COVID, St. Paul bets big on ‘creating a new downtown’

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By Chris Farrell
| MPR News (Saint Paul, MN) Verified
CHS Field in St. Paul’s Lowertown district is lively on a warm summer evening. The St. Paul Saints stadium is packed with families, the crowd roars at the crack of a bat and laughs at the team’s trademark, goofy between-innings skits. But walk just a few blocks away into the heart of the city's cluster of downtown office towers and the sound of silence is unnerving. Sidewalks are mostly empty. A few cars roll by alongside the occasional bus tracking its lonely route.
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New data shows mixed results from St. Paul’s housing policies

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By Chris Farrell, Annie Baxter Verified
| MPR News (Saint Paul, MN) Verified
New housing under construction in St. Paul on June 3. Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. Minneapolis has received national attention for its 2040 housing plan. But St. Paul is also a laboratory for housing policy. The capital city has experimented with rent control and loosening zoning rules.
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nVent CEO: Data centers, electrical infrastructure demand driving growth

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By Clay Masters Verified, Chris Farrell, Ben Revier
| MPR News (Saint Paul, MN) Verified
An aerial view of a 33 megawatt data center with closed-loop cooling system on April 14 in Vernon, Calif. Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. A company with operational headquarters in the Twin Cities is playing a key role in electrifying the international economy with data centers driving much of the business, the company’s executive says. “You have to have our products.
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