2022 eNews

10 Things We Loved in 2022
12/14/22

Support the CEZ - Give to the Max this Thursday, Nov 17th!
11/16/22 Invest in the Creative Enterprise Zone

Don't miss! Chroma Zone Closing Weekend Events 9/30 & 10/1
9/13/22

Chroma Zone Closing Weekend & Watering Wednesdays
8/31/22 Chroma Zone Closing Weekend | Tree Watering Trailer Hits the Streets | Save the Date: Community Planting Day Oct. 8

Help Water New Trees - Get Your Donation Matched Now!
7/20/22 Help make caring for trees in the Zone and neighboring communities more sustainable with new equipment and tools.

July in the Zone
7/14/22 Mobile Tree Watering Trailer | Join the CEZ Tree Care Team | Around the Zone | New Garden (Mural) Grows in the Zone

June in the Zone
6/22/22 Few & Far Summer Mural Meet Begins | Artist Panel: Women in Graffiti | Interact Gallery's Puppet Festival | News from Around the Zone

5-Day Few & Far Mural Meet, Women in Street Art Talk & more!
5/19/22 Few & Far Summer Mural Meet Begins | Artist Panel: Women in Graffiti | Interact Gallery's Puppet Festival | News from Around the Zone

2022 Festival Kicks Off with "Open Street" Event on May 21
5/9/22 2022 Chroma Zone Programs & Events | Call for Volunteers | Cey Adams Returns for NewStudio Exhibit

Celebrate Earth Day with a Community Cleanup!
4/18/22 Join us for the 26th annual Citywide Spring Cleanup on Saturday, April 23 in the CEZ.

March into the Zone
3/29/22 St. Paul Citywide Cleanup | Chroma Zone Kickoff | Cey Adams Returns | SAPCF Grant Applications | More Around the Zone

New Year, New Website! Call for Chroma Zone walls, sponsors and more!
2/22/22 CEZ Launches New Website | Call for Chroma Zone Walls & Sponsors | Around the Zone | SAPCC Needs Your Vote

New Year, New Building!
1/25/22 CEZ Buys Commerical Property | Neighborhood STAR program | Around the Zone | More to LOVE 2022

2020 eNews

A Year to Remember—CEZ's year in review December 16, 2020
A Year to Remember, the Year that Was • Making Connections • Invest in the CEZ • Transforming the CEZ, One Wall at a Time 

CEZ appoints new Chair and Executive Director – October 27, 2020
Renee Spillum elected Chair, Angela Casselton named Executive Director • OOH, that Was Fun! • More new the board members • A Partnership in Community Investing • Playwrights' Center to Relocate | Around the CEZ

Outside Open House (Ooh!) event on Tuesday, Oct. 6 – September 23, 2020
Murals event coming up, meet Alice in Wonderland and More Murals Take Shape • CEZ Neighborhood STAR grants and loans • Real Estate Investment survey • Sad news from CoCreatz • Succession planning support • More around the CEZ (Shag Studio, New Studio Gallery, Celtic Junction, Smallest Museum, Classic Retro @ Pete’s)

New summer murals in the CEZ – August 25, 2020
Murals and more murals, plus a few words about the birds • Midway Real Estate Investment Co-op • Platform Apartments opens this fall • Mitra Jalali voted the best • More around the CEZ (MidModMen, Roundtable, Keys, Black Coffin)

Creativity and resilience in the time of pandemic – July 21, 2020
Adapting at University & Raymond (Workhorse, The Naughty Greek, Foxy Falafel, Noll Hardware, Chanson, Succotash, Cafe Biaggio) • CEZ beers and cheers! (Dual Citizen, Lake Monster, Urban Growler, Burning Brothers, Blackstack, The Lab, Bang Brewing) • More from around the CEZ (The Gamer’s Lair at The Dubliner, Twin City Reptiles • Dow Galleries show

Change must come – June 19, 2020
Say his name (George Floyd) and CEZ responds • Our Midway neighbors (Midway Chamber, Neighbors United Funding Collaborative) • More news around the CEZ (Chocolate Celeste, Studio Distilling, US Bank site news, Skybox Gym • Counting every Minnesota (in the U.S. Census) • Safe reopening

Reopening with masks | arts nonprofits most affected – May 21, 2020
What now? • Checking in on our neighbors (Tish Johnson, Line Break Media, Hampden Park Co-op, Studio on Fire, Deane’s Kombucha, Barely Bros. Records, Move Minnesota, Erik Pearson/Shipwrecked Studio) • Masks made in the Zone or nearby • People of the CEZ (architects Geoffrey Warner of Alchemy and Lindsay Matenaer of NewStudio, type designer Mark Simonson) • Seiche finds new home in the CEZ • Arts are #1 among nonprofits disrupted by COVID-19 • New Minnesota film community relief fund

CEZ responds to COVID, mural festival update – April 2020
Message from the CEZ board chair • Chroma Zone postponed until 2021 • The Zone responds to public health crisis • CEZ real estate services now available •

SBA disaster loans now available — March 21, 2020
US Small Business Administration announces disaster loans

Solidarity in the Zone — March 19, 2020
Resources for weathering the pandemic, together

March 2020
Call for mural artists for Chroma Zone 2020 • Envisioning our future streets • Junket: Tossed & Found • Springboard for the Arts

Chroma Zone 2020: Call for Artists open Feb. 24–April 3
Your walls. Our colors! Apply now to participate in Chroma Zone Mural & Art Fest Sept. 12–19

February 2020
What’s next for the corner of Raymond and University? • Community-driven development, with heart • Creative Enterprise Zones: A global movement • Chroma Zone updates • Crowdfunding capital

January 2020
Chroma Zone mural fest 2020 dates announced • Nominate a mural wall! • Now hiring: Chroma Zone volunteer coordinator • Join us Feb. 6 to envision the future of Raymond-University area  

 2018 eNews

December 2018
Forecast: Reshaping public art • TU Dance is flying high • At SPNN, media builds community • Find your gifts in the CEZ • Buddha in the produce aisle • Cats of the Zone

November 2018
Do the Dow • Let's co-create! • Nov. 11: Forecast party at Can Can • Small Business Saturday • Meet you at the New Studio gallery!

October 2018
Hothouse for startups • St. Paul Art Crawl • EcoDistricts Summit • Fit and flexible • An investment club with a local focus • Halloween in the Zone

September 2018
Mapping the CEZ • Let's shape our public realm • Bang: Five years of organic brewing • Nordic Waffles: On a roll • Apparel Academies • Rental housing on the rise

August 2018
Grain to glass • CEZ board update • The stakes are high • This weekend: Arts for all • Business & tax tips for artists • Welcome, Mitra! • You: A quiz-show genius?

July 2018
Night Market • Wanted: Diversity in the public art field • Infographic: Our creative economy • Pilates in the Park • Dogs of the Zone

June 2018
New life for the Pirtek Building  •  Clothier Design Source: A great fit • Students bring vision to CEZ  •  Health practitioners, raise your hand  •  Dogs of the Zone

May 2018
Rooftop solar at Deneen Pottery • Triangle Park Creative: Design for a better world and the new CEZ logo • Water stewardship at Towerside • CEZ board update 

April 2018
Towerside Innovation District • St. Paul Art Crawl • TU Dance in motion • Planning for people and places • Fling an axe!

March 2018
CEZ Xchange: A public realm forum • Guiding CEZ development • Welcome new board members • Sip and savor

February 2018
Let's discuss real estate development • Our new logo • Entrepreneur resources • Place listening in Peru 

January 2018
Free workshop to boost your creative business • Building job skills (and birdfeeders) with Shadaria Brown at Elpis

 2016 eNews

December 2016
CEZ in the Pioneer Press • Dear St. Paul • Thank you, brewers! • news and events

November 2016
Vandalia Street Press: Everything grows when you buy local • Plaid Friday and Small Business Saturday in the Zone • Do you know who's in the Zone? • news and events

October 2016
St. Paul Art Crawl in the Zone • news and events

September 2016
We'll trade coffee for your feedback + Funky Little Chair + Dear St. Paul + Celebration of Life on the Green Line

WeMakeItHere Happy Hour at Vandalia Tower  + Urban Growler turns two with a huge celebration + St Paul Tool Library throws a monster launch party - August 2016

Happy Hour at MOI + Events + CEZ in the News + Opportunities for Makers + and Some Congratulating -  March 2016

We Make It Here with Alchemy Architects - February 2016

Pop-up Mixer Featuring Textile Entrepreneurs  - January 2016