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Saint Paul staff outline Rondo Frogtown Loop after-school van service for Ward 1 youth
Summary
City staff told the Saint Paul Public Library Board about a state-funded Rondo Frogtown Loop: a 15-passenger van service, staffed by community youth workers, that will shuttle children ages 10–18 between Rondo Community Library, four Ward 1 recreation centers and partner sites using a Minnesota Department of Education grant.
City staff presented details of the Rondo Frogtown Loop, a new after-school transportation and program-access network funded through a Minnesota Department of Education after-school community learning grant, at a Saint Paul Public Library Board meeting.
The program will use a rented 15-person van that runs a continuous loop from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., stopping once per hour at each participating site to carry youth ages 10 to 18 between Rondo Community Library, four Ward 1 recreation centers (MLK, Jimmy Lee Oxford, Frogtown Community Center and West Minnehaha), the Black Youth Healing Arts Center and a pickup/drop-off at Skyline Tower. Callie Freeman, community services coordinator for the Rondo Frogtown Loop, described the service as a solution to transportation barriers identified in community listening sessions and surveys.
“The reason why we knew was because there is a barrier for safe, free, reliable transportation...That is something…
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