[Mpls] Welcoming business

2005-02-05 Thread Nick Frank
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

Re: [Mpls] Welcoming Business

2005-02-03 Thread gemgram
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

[Mpls] Welcoming Business: Wells Fargo picks Des Moines, Iowa

2005-02-03 Thread Victoria Heller
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

[Mpls] Welcoming Business

2005-02-02 Thread Barbara Lickness
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

[Mpls] Welcoming Business

2005-02-02 Thread Victoria Heller
[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

Re: [Mpls] Welcoming Business

2005-02-02 Thread David Brauer
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