Thanks for the input and thoughts on Billy Graham leaving Loring Park. With regard to the following post:
As a follow-up to their announcement, our understanding is that their move has been in the works for a couple of years and had nothing to do with the historic designation. They were indeed involved in the planning phases and meetings about the Historic area. They also hired their own consultant who researched and prepared a HPC study which countered the study completed by HPC and proposed that their area not be included in the designation, that a better fit would be to only include the Fawkes block. The announcement was a shock to us. They never mentioned at any of these meetings that they were considering moving. I was actually at a table of Billy Graham representatives for the Loring Business Association meeting for 2 hours that day and they never said a word, only to turn on the news that evening and hear the announcement on the news that evening. Though, it is very sad to see them leave, and to see the loss of jobs...hopefully, through good community input and the efforts of Councilmember Goodman, we will get great commercial opportunities and jobs in those buildings, as well as facade improvements creating a pedestrian friendly and active environment. Thanks for the emails. - jana metge/clpc ---------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Mpls] Billy Graham leaving Loring Park Date: Fri, Nov 16, 2001, 5:11 PM I suppose the relocation of the Bill Graham Assn. was inevitable. However, it is disturbing when Minneapolis loses an employer of 400+ people. According to the article in the paper, it would appear that the historic designation prompted them to move earlier than they expected. I would be curious to know if the Loring people had any idea that their designation request would lead to the loss of this employer? Were they are part of the decision process? Karen Collier Linden Hills _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
