Business
We recognize that construction projects impact your business. We want the East 7th St. and Arcade St. in St. Paul and Maplewood project area business community to stay informed before, during and after this project. This page is your one-stop resource page throughout construction. We will continue to add information, so please check back.
Tools for businesses during construction
The following are tools to assist you as you communicate with your customers, employees, suppliers and vendors. If you have additional questions do not hesitate to contact us.
How we can support you:
- Ready-to-use social media post
- Individualized graphics for your communications
- Customized business access map to help customers reach your front door and available parking
- Ready-to-use window signs
- Translations of materials are available upon request
The social media content linked below is ready to use. Simply copy and paste or customize it for your audience. We recommend all posts on social media include text and the image.
What you can do to support your customers:
- Share the social media toolkit items on your social media channels
- Forward construction information to your customers/email subscribers
- Display wayfinding information to your business
- Reach out to the project team to discuss questions and concerns, and how we can support you
Email for project updates
A great way to stay connected to all happenings within the project is through our weekly emailed project updates. Sign up to receive these important updates.
Project button
Embed this linkable image onto your website or Intranet for employees and customers seeking information about a construction project:

We recommend inserting the above image in your Home, About or Contact Us page, then embedding the link to the E. 7th St. and Arcade St. in St. Paul and Maplewood project page within the image. The link to that page is: mndot.gov/metro/projects/e7th-arcade. If you require more detailed instructions about how to set up the image, please contact us.