Towerside is a 370-acre Innovation District in the heart of Minneapolis and Saint Paul’s 3.5-million-person metro area. It extends from from the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis east to the Creative Enterprise Zone in Saint Paul. The district is served by three Green Line LRT Stations, is at the geographic center of the regional interstate highway system, and adjacent to the University’s athletic and bio-discovery facilities. Towerside is the only duly designated innovation district in the Twin Cities. It was formed in 2013 to leverage local assets in the Prospect Park and Saint Anthony Park neighborhoods for community and economic development initiatives that address critical metropolitan challenges including economic opportunity, climate change, and infrastructure. The neighborhood-led revitalization of sizable brownfields and underdeveloped land with critical water, energy, and transportation infrastructure systems is envisioned as a living laboratory for identifying and implementing new approaches to urban redevelopment.