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MISSISSIPPI RIVER CORRIDOR
Twin Cities Exhibit Record Numbers and Resilience
If the Twin Cities were so overrun with mayhem that the federal government felt compelled to step in, someone ought to tell the dozens of companies who invested hundreds of millions of dollars and created hundreds of jobs in the region last year.
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Photo of “Infinity Pool,” an acrylic on plywood painting by Laurence Jones, courtesy of LA Art Show
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Coinciding with the release of a legislative package today by the California Assembly, the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, released a report that focuses on the role the State of California can play in supporting construction innovation and reducing barriers that prevent promising methods from achieving scale and increasing housing production.
While it focuses on California, “the report contains policy ideas that legislators nationwide could consider,” says Terner Center Publications Manager Colleen SchwartzCoffey, including 40 potential policy actions that stakeholders and experts have suggested across seven broad themes. The report, entitled “Potential Pathways to Scale Innovative Construction Methods in California,” offers the “most in-depth interrogation of state levers to support cost-saving construction innovation to date,” she says, “with policy suggestions seeking to address issues from fragmented building code enforcement and unstable demand to a shrinking workforce and misaligned financing and incentive programs.”
Site Selection has been paying attention to housing for some time, including:
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Governors of all political persuasions sat side by side last week in Washington, D.C., at the 2026 National Governors Association Winter Meeting.
Photo courtesy of National Governors Association
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The week of the 2026 National Governors Association Winter Meeting in the nation’s capital has produced much more than a recent kerfuffle with the White House. Among the resources to consult:
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Photo courtesy of State of California
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in his State of the State address this year that current infrastructure work involves “$109 billion currently underway, more than 28,000 separate projects, over 200,000 people working to strengthen this state — all moving forward under California’s new fast-track permitting authority.”
A recently launched project is the forthcoming $706 million deck replacement on the Vincent Thomas Bridge, (pictured) a 1,500-ft. suspension bridge originally constructed in 1963 that links San Pedro with Terminal Island and Long Beach and has a clear height above the navigation channel of approximately 185 ft.
Port of Los Angeles officials had tried to get the bridge raised as part of the project, but officials with the California State Transportation Agency rejected that idea, citing the need to remain on schedule. Plans call for Caltrans to close the bridge in fall 2026 and reopen it in time for the 2028 Olympic Games. — Adam Bruns
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