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What Does Minnesota Look
Like in 50 Years?

It all depends on how we grow.

LandOf.org is a land use information salon for Minnesota developers, planners and the public to learn about growing smarter. LandOf.org covers everything along the transect from central cities to rural areas with topics such as mixed land use to stakeholder collaboration with experts, downloadable plans, case studies and images for each. LandOf.org is a mingling of voices that asks, “how can we do what’s best for Minnesota?”

LandOf.org uses the term “smart growth.” Why?
LandOf.org uses the term “smart growth” because most people know what it means. Rather than get bogged down in variations of the term, we use it confidently. Let’s get to work planning smart for the next Minnesota!

Case Study

How Do We Retrofit Suburbs to Fit Housing Trends?

City Walk in Woodbury, Minnesota

In a sea of commercial big box superstores and parking lots, City Walk in Woodbury attempts to be an oasis of charm. Despite apparent shortcomings, the mixed use development adds an important point of view to the dilemma of retrofitting the suburbs.

Read it now. »

DEVELOPMENT TRANSACT

	Developing Suburbs These communities have been the dominant development form in Minnesota for nearly 50 years. How well do you understand them? Learn more about developing suburbs. »

SMARTING OFF BLOG

	Recession Recovery: Urbanist Richard Florida Says It Will Mean Huge Changes in How We Live Check out this article, published on MinnPost, by Steve Berg which outlines Richard Florida’s position on what’s next in his book The Great Reset. Go to Smarting Off blog. »

	WHERE DOES IT LAND?
	Conventional, smart, smarter or smartest? »

How to Navigate This Site

You can browse this site in a number of ways. The transect (central cities through rural areas at the top of the page) and the principles (mix land use through stakeholder collaboration on the left of the page) present a grid of options, much like a multiplication table. So if you were interested in Mix Land Use and Central Cities, you may browse by:

Clicking on Mix Land Uses to get a description of Mix Land Use.
Clicking on Central Cities to learn characteristics Central Cities.
Clicking on Mix Land Use + Central Cities in the grid to get examples, case studies and more on Mix Land Use in Central Cities.

You can go to any point in the “grid” by clicking the “View the Grid” button on the left.

If you are on one page and want to move along the grid either side to side (transect) or up and down (principle) use the grid browse arrows.

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