![Dining space set up in the street in front of business, tables, chairs, Umbrellas, planters.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Rochester%20Parklet.jpg?itok=a2i9AVDG)
As the invasive emerald ash borer threatens and kills ash trees across Minnesota, finding sustainable uses for wood from these trees can be difficult. A creative parklet project in downtown Rochester is showing how communities can think outside the box to repurpose ash wood and address this challenge.