Jay Walljasper

Jay Walljasper (died 22 December 2020)[1] was an American writer, editor, speaker, and community consultant.

R.T. Rybak, mayor of Minneapolis (2002-14), wrote: "I've read scores of books and articles on cities, heard by now most of the very best urban minds .

During these years Utne Reader was transformed "from a tiny New Age newsletter to a thick, ad-rich magazine with more than 300,000 subscribers.

[14][15] In 2013 Walljasper was commissioned by the McKnight Foundation to contribute to its Food for Thought series addressing future challenges and opportunities in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul region.

[18] On a wider canvas, he wrote ten articles for Huffington Post on biking, walking, and urban issues, profiling Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Quebec, and Pine Ridge, South Dakota.