When CHS Field opens this spring, rainwater will be treated on site and used to help irrigate the field and flush some of the ballpark’s toilets. This stormwater re-use project – paid for in part by Minnesota’s Clean Water Fund – is one of the first of its kind in all of Minnesota. Solution Blue has […]
Our Solution Blue team is excited for being nominated as 1 of 3 finalists for the “Sustainability” Award for the 2015 Community Impact Awards presented by MN Business magazine. Solution Blue is being recognized for our ongoing commitment to sustainability within our office, across the landscape, within our projects and because of how we efficiently […]
When the $62 million stadium opens in May, the home of the city’s minor league baseball team will take a major step forward as an environmentally friendly sports facility… features will include a storm water filtration system that will take drainage from the nearby Metro Transit maintenance facility roof and use it to irrigate the […]
Solution Blue led the site design, engineering, stormwater management and construction assistance for this new Grand Entry & Gatehouse at the MN Landscape Arboretum. In this special edition of Grow With Kare, Bobby and Bilenda visit the new Entry and plant some tulips! video: http://www.kare11.com/videos/life/home-garden/grow-with-kare/2014/11/01/18317451/
Minnesota’s Twin Cities had green infrastructure long before it was called that…. The 53-mile Grand Rounds parkway system in Minneapolis contains numerous parks and parkways, 22 lakes within the city limits, streams, and creeks. The 6,400-acre park system is designed so that every home in Minneapolis is within 6 blocks of green space.Therefore, Twin Cities […]
An innovative trend of constructing buildings out of shipping containers is making its first foray in the Twin Cities with a new office building proposal unveiled on Friday. Local marketing firm Akquracy is beginning plans to construct what founder Scott Petinga says would be the largest shipping container building in North America.” Minnesota Star Tribune […]