Thomas-Dale was settled in the late 1880s when downtown St. Paul started expanding outwards. The people who worked on the railroads needed somewhere to live, so Thomas-Dale became that neighborhood. The first wave of immigrants were German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Irish, and they built affordable homes to fit their working class lifestyles. They relied heavily on the streetcars for transportation back in those days. This neighborhood went through a renewal, so many of these houses are no longer there, but the strong working ethic remains. The streetcars are also not a main mode of transportation (obviously), but now they rely on the METRO transit instead, and the new light rail line that runs on the southern edge along University Avenue. (rev. 01/30/21)

In December of 2019, St Paul adopted a Climate Action & Resilience Plan, in conjunction with the Great Plains Institute. In this document, St Paul is setting a goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. St Paul is pushing to have increase sustainability in a couple different ways. 1. They are looking to reduce carbon by making buildings more efficient. This would include changing the building codes to increase efficiency. 2. They are looking to have the transportation sector change to electric vehicles. They also want people to drive less.

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