Pierce Butler Meadow

Pierce Butler Meadow Volunteers planting Pierce Butler Meadow Hamline Midway Coalition, community members and partner organizations are working together to transition the land within the cloverleaf intersection of Snelling Ave and Pierce Butler Route into a more natural habitat. The effort to create “Pierce Butler Meadow” has been in action since 2016. Snelling Ave is […]

Bee Line Bonanza

Bee Line Bonanza: St. Paul’s Nature Quest Track, Snap, Share! In 2025, community stewards at Pierce Butler Meadow along the Bee Line are inviting neighbors from Midway, Frogtown, and Como to help document the nature that thrives around us. By logging observations of insects, plants, and animals on easy-to-use digital community science platforms, we can […]

Bee Line & Beyond

Bee Line & Beyond “Plants, Science – but Most of All, Joy” Matt Olson Even in the heart of the city, surrounded by buildings and busy streets, the Midway community is rooted in nature. Whether we notice it or not, we are always in nature – and part of nature. It surrounds us, sustains us, […]

Adopt-a-Tree Program

Adopt-a-Tree Keep Midway Cool! Have you noticed that each passing summer is hotter and that both we and our shade  trees suffer during long heat spells? This is an issue that you can help with! If you want the Hamline Midway neighborhood to have astrong, healthy shade trees that will keep our neighborhood cooler, then […]

Midway Tree Care Program

Midway Tree Care Program Tree removal and pruning program The Midway Tree Care Program is centered on creating a healthier, greener community by caring for our neighborhood’s existing tree canopy, especially in areas where it’s needed most. The vision of the program is to offer tree care services, particularly for neighbors in need, by providing […]

Midway Free Trees

Midway Free Trees Planting the Future of Hamline Midway — One Free Tree at a Time It’s HOT — and Getting Hotter! Have you noticed more hot days lately? You’re not imagining it. Rising temperatures are here to stay in the Midwest, and that means higher air conditioning bills, increased health risks, less walkable neighborhoods, […]

Community Canopy

Community Canopy Care Support for Planting, Maintaining, and Protecting Midway’s Urban Forest The Hamline Midway Coalition and its Environment Committee (HMEC) are deeply committed to growing and protecting our community’s tree canopy — because a healthy, thriving canopy is one of the best ways we can care for each other, especially as we face the […]

The Hive Collaborative

We catch up with Laura and Eric of The Hive Collaborative to see how their vision for a collaborative, community-rooted theater space has evolved since opening in the Hamline Midway neighborhood. The Hive has quickly become a cultural hub—and a testament to the creative energy thriving in Midway.

The Midway Project

The Midway Food & Empowerment Project is a resident-led initiative that began in 2020 to address food insecurity in the Hamline Midway neighborhood. In the wake of the uprisings following the murder of George Floyd, many families faced a sudden lack of access to food.