St. Paul reporter
Frederick Melo
Frederick Melo was once sued by a reader for $2 million but kept on writing. He came to the Pioneer Press in 2005 and brings a testy East Coast attitude to St. Paul beat reporting. He spent nearly six years covering crime in the Dakota County courts before switching focus to the St. Paul mayor's office, city council, and all things neighborhood-related, from the city's churches to its parks and light rail. A resident of Hamline-Midway, he is married to a Frogtown woman. He Tweets with manic intensity at @FrederickMelo.
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"You know how much it helps to have a $300 check every week if you're living in a homeless shelter?"
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Newly-created state Climate Innovation Finance Authority awards first geothermal loan to The Heights
The loan will help launch one of the largest geothermal clean energy systems in the state.
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St. Paul to offer free youth swimming lessons this summer
Registration opens on April 1.
Bigos Management reopens former downtown St. Paul YMCA to 1,500 tenants as ‘Lowertown Skyrec’
Bigos, which acquired the Cosmopolitan Apartments in January, still plans to convert Galtier Plaza into housing.
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St. Paul, Met Council seek developers for land around downtown Central Station
The 1.66-acre site has the potential for 578,000 square feet of buildable space, including air rights above the train track.
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Ready to MOOV? Alternatives to Uber, Lyft face a long road ahead
A telling precedent is provided by the experience of start-ups in Austin, Texas.
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A geologist and a civil engineer found a prehistoric creek in St. Paul. Now they want to restore it
The hidden Highland Creek runs 1.5 miles along the path of two century-old municipal swimming pools.
St. Paul seeks design, engineering experts to advance River Learning Center in Hidden Falls
St. Paul is working with the Great River Passage Conservancy, the Mississippi Park Connection and the National Park Service to build on the schematic design.
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Developing St. Paul’s Midway: A new hotel, office building, 90-foot-wide loon …
McDonald's lease ends in December, setting the stage for demolition, hotel construction and the extension of Asbury Street.
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Redesigning the State Capitol Mall in 10 ‘Bold Moves’
The goal, according to planners, is to make the Capitol Mall more inviting with a redesign that sends a clear message it's open to everyone.