Vicky said: The Allina employees will have to buy a lot of trinkets on
Lake Street (at .5% sales tax) to retire the $30 million TIF debt, plus
interest. Remember that the property taxes will NOT be going into the
City's general fund.
Nick responds: You make it sound as if there would be no
Much of what Barb says is absolutely true and the City of Minneapolis has
gained a return on its investment of NRP dollars that makes other City
investments look very, very bad indeed. This is perhaps the source of the
politicians antipathy to NRP. Not only does it empower citizens to believe
From the Mortgage Chronicle 5/12/04: Wells Plans to Add 1000 Jobs in Iowa
Wells Fargo's Home Consumer Finance Group plans to build three office
buildings and one training center in Iowa, a spokesman said. He said the
group is aiming at housing 2,300 existing employees and 1,000 positions from
Vicky, I can say with all certainty that my neighborhood of Whittier has
welcomed businesses in. Whittier used it's NRP funds to create an entire
identity around our place in the world as the international marketplace.
Whittier provided start-up loans to small businesses and invested funds to
[Barb Lickness] The Phillips neighborhoods have worked with the Midtown
Exchange redevelopment project from it's inception as did Powderhorn.
Between the relocation of Wells Fargo Mortgage and Allina, over 3,500 jobs
will be added to Midtown Phillips and Phillips West.
[Vicky Heller] The 3,500
On Feb 2, 2005, at 9:07 AM, Victoria Heller wrote:
Minneapolis needs NEW businesses and NEW jobs.
What has changed in the past two years? From MPR.
Minneapolis, Minn. - A new report by Collier-Towle Real Estate in
Minneapolis shows vacancies for the nearly 26 million square feet of
office