Rick Carney writes:
I too would favor
a local company, absolutely, if there is one with the
wherewithal and ability to step in and take over. The
question is, who wants to, and even more importantly, who
can?
David Brauer writes:
According to DQ's website, they are based at:
American
List,
How about Sebastian Joes at Lake Harriet. And Sonny's at Lake Calhoun.
Both locally owned small batch favorties. Sonny's is 100% organic and
natural. Then when I feel like some Hanna Lemongrass ice cream I will
walk around Lake Calhoon, and when I want some awesome Chocolate Chip I
After a delightful walk through a shared history of Lake Harriet memories, Tim asked the $64,000 question about who should manage the Concession Stand. "Why doesn't the Park Board run it. Efficiently. Stop laughing!" Well Tim, when I stopped laughing I thought, that is a good question. Then I
A friend of mine teaches youth entreprenuership, and
kids here have started, and now run, a successful ice
cream business. It can happen.
Pamela Taylor
(Tampa, FL formerly 8th ward MPLS, who believes in the
YO -youth opportunity- grants)
--- Lynne All For One One For All
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on 2/28/02 9:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
How about Ben Jerry's instead of DQ? Both large corporations that
started somewhere else, but have local franchise...except Ben Jerry's has
that social conscience and those crappy all natural ingredients.
I'm not sure where
Dairy Queen at the Harriet/Calhoun concession stands? An
evil Illinois-originated international corporation (all
corporations are evil, aren't they?) selling their wares on
public property at the lakes? I say not only don't we allow
them to infiltrate, but we need to put every DQ in the state
on
Man, I wish people on this list had given my post
asking for opinions on What is Community Development
this much attention.
But, I will throw my two cents worth in here too. I
like the idea of Dairy Queen. Of all of the ice cream
places suggested here, it can definitely be considered
the low
--- Clark C. Griffith wrote:
I think that the Park Board should go to the very
excellent managers at
Dairy Queen and ask them to manage the Harriet and
other concessions
stands. They do not need to put Dairy Queen
marquees on the roof, just
manage the business. This is what they do
]] On Behalf
Of Annie Young
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 2:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Mpls] Dairy Queen
Looking for input about the proposed Dairy Queen concession at Lake
Harriet
and Lake Calhoun. It's on the full Board park agenda Wednesday, March
6th.
Please feel free to share
should be
carefully considered.
Michael McLaughlin
Cedar-Isles-Dean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Annie Young
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 2:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Mpls] Dairy Queen
Looking for input about the proposed
When I read about Dairy Queen being awarded a contract
to run the refreshment stands at Lakes Harriet and
Calhoun I shared the writer's consternation.
One more quaint amenity that differentiated our town
from all the others across America.
This is part and parcel of corporate dominance in our
While I REALLY like the product, and would love to buy a DQ in Loring Park,
I totally agree that the last thing we need is some kind of commercial chain
look/feel/image on the shores of our beloved lakes. DQ is a local company
and one I would think/hope would be very receptive to working with the
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On Wednesday 27 February 2002 02:34 pm, Annie Young wrote:
Looking for input about the proposed Dairy Queen concession at Lake
Harriet and Lake Calhoun. It's on the full Board park agenda Wednesday,
March 6th. Please feel free to share thoughts
At the risk of enrolling in the Slippery Slope School of Anxiety, I am loathe to see the franchising of our parks in any way. When I was a member of CLIC, one of "our" collective civic embarrassments was the distinction of Minneapolis having the only public park with a liquor store on the land.
Great idea - I'm all for it! The Park Board really should not be in the concession business, and if they can get someone reputable to do it and pay the Park Board for the privilege - that's great! Dairy Queen is a hometown business and should get the contract.
Karen Collier
Linden Hills
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You sure can tell what's important in life!
Maybe people don't engage the topics you are offering up because they
know they'll be demonized for living their life; being told that what
they do is killing the planet and is responsible for every social ill
throughout the
I was relieved to read that one Park Board
Commissioner who voted against Dairy Queen was Annie
Young. Mpls should do business with a national
corporation ONLY when there are no other alternatives.
Let's write a grant to start a small business run by
kids to make ice cream and other neat treats
Kurt wrote:
How about a local Minneapolis vendor? Why not a small business?
It's too bad that Minneapolis doesn't have the multitudes of different
custard vendors like Milwaukee has. :| (I forgot to get something from
Kopps last time I went down there.) Culvers is close, but they are
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