Calling all suburbanites: How is return-to-office changing your routine?

Share your experience to inform our reporting.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
September 4, 2025 at 12:28PM
A skyway is visible above a street in downtown Minneapolis on July 31, 2023.
Return-to-office mandates mean more people commuting to downtown areas from the suburbs. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The announcements from Minnesota’s major companies came one after another. Target, 3M, Medtronic and more — all announcing this spring and summer that remote workers would have to return to the office come fall.

For plenty of people, especially suburbanites who live far from downtown offices, the news marks the end of the era of remote work and a return to the hallmarks of a 9-5 job: longer commutes, day care drop-offs, increased spending on gas and lunch.

The Minnesota Star Tribune is reporting on how the return-to-office push will reshape the suburbs. We want to know: How will in-person work change your routine? What will you miss most about working from home? How will a widespread return to the office change the city where you live? Share your thoughts using the form below to help inform our reporting.

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Eva Herscowitz

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Eva Herscowitz covers Dakota and Scott counties for the Star Tribune.

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