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After Derek Chauvin verdict, Twin Cities set to defortify Post Chauvin trial, barriers and boards set to disappear from government buildings, businesses Public safety officials described plans to defortify, citing calmed tensions and decreased threats of civil unrest.  April 21, 2021 — 8:43pm Text size Copy shortlink: National Guard soldiers will soon pack up the beige trucks dotting the Twin Cities. Workers...

Downtown Exodus: Stark Skyways Photo courtesy of BigStock/SkyNext In 2008, I moved into the hip, forever up-and-coming Steven’s Square neighborhood of Downtown Minneapolis. Sitting adjacent to Loring Park and Downtown South—and central to pretty much everything. A good place to start. I remember my quick cycle-route to work: third avenue to fifth street, down to first avenue. The company I worked for had space in the Butler Square building, which granted me a “gold-pass” to the Lifetime...

With Twins game, downtown businesses are ready for the most action in a year Restaurants and bars are happy to see sports fans again  April 7, 2021 — 7:56pm Text size Copy shortlink: After shutting his downtown Minneapolis pub for the first few months of the pandemic, Dermot Cowley initially tried reopening last June. He called it quits after two weeks. "It was a ghost town down here," said the owner of ODon...

COVID protocols bring changes to the fan experience at Target Field Thursdays home opener will include digital tickets, face masks and lots of sanitizing.  April 6, 2021 — 7:26pm Text size Copy shortlink: The grass was freshly mowed, bunting flapped in a light breeze and the seats were washed and polished. Target Field on Tuesday looked ready for baseball. But with plastic dividers hanging from concession st...

‘He was always there’: Tribute to beloved volunteer firefighter in Fort Calhoun Share Updated: 6:33 PM CDT Mar 16, 2021 Share Updated: 6:33 PM CDT Mar 16, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript DAVID: THINKING ABOUT THE FAMILY. JOSIE, THANKS. TO CALHOUN NOW, FATHER BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO A MAN WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO HELPING OTHERS. ALEXANDRA: HUNDREDS OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOK PART IN THIS PROCESSION, TO HONOR THE LIFE OF DENNIS BENDER. H...

Target Corporation is the latest company to flee downtown Minneapolis. Citing the "need for less space," the violence that has engulfed Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd and the de-funding of the police were not mentioned in an e-mail sent to the employees about the decision on Thursday. F

Minneapolis City Council passes rule for hotels, event centers to recall laid-off workers Council passes ordinance aimed at protection for those who lost work during the pandemic.  March 12, 2021 — 2:03pm Text size Copy shortlink: The Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed an ordinance on Friday that will require large hotel and event centers in the city to first recall their former workers who lost their jobs in the past year...

Target has been a tenant in the City Center building since 1983. Loop Net listing Target Ending Operations at City Center The retailer’s headquarters will remain in downtown Minneapolis, and the company will still own and lease more than 3 million square feet of office space in the Twin Cities Minneapolis-based Fortune 500 retailer Target Corp. is ending its operations at the City Center complex in downtown Minneapolis. Boom. The unexpected news is arguably compara...

Copy shortlink: There are no boards covering the windows of Kevin Nis sushi restaurant on Nicollet Mall. Not for now, at least. While some of his downtown Minneapolis business neighbors are considering tacking protective plywood to their storefronts and sending staff home in anticipation of protests when former police officer Derek Chauvin stands trial for murder and manslaughter, Ni is planning to stay open as long as he safely can: "Hopefully there wont be riots again....

Downtown Minneapolis businesses take another blow as Target delays workers’ return to headquarters article The new delay means Targets 8,500 workers wont bring their daily business downtown for at least another half year. (FOX 9) MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Target is again postponing a return to its downtown Minneapolis headquarters, leaving most of the roughly 8,500 employees working from home. Those workers were set to return this spring or summer, and it was something many surrounding busin...