The New York Times has an article in their Real Estate section today about the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and the role it has helped play in the revitilization of a Minneapolis neighborhood.

I had the opportunity to visit MCBA last year and was really impressed with their Open Book building. The building is owned by 3 non-profit groups who joined forces to create a book and literature mecca. Want to learn letterpress printing or how to make paper? Take a class at MCBA. After class, head on upstairs to the Loft Literary Center to attend a writing class or hear an author talk. Milkweed Editions, also in the Open Book building, is an independent non-profit literary publisher.

This makes me wonder if a similar partnership could happen in Topeka, literary-based or not. Are there any non-profits in town that would benefit from an arrangement like this? Are there areas of town that might benefit from non-profits moving in?

Any ideas? Please leave them in the comments.