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Mike Christopherson The Crookston City Council Monday evening voted 6-2 in favor of calling for a public hearing that will take place when they next meet on July 12 at which making major changes to the Crookston Housing and Economic Development Authority (CHEDA) will be discussed. After that hearing, it’s anticipated that the council agenda for that evening’s meeting will include a resolution calling for a council vote on the major changes being proposed. Voting in favor were council members Kristie Jerde, Clayton Briggs, Don Cavalier, Joe Kresl, Dylane Klatt and Wayne Melbye. Voting agai...

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$200K in Polk County resiliency grants recommended by committee Crookston Times     The Polk County Business Resiliency Grant Program committee for Crookston met Tuesday and approved $200,000 in grants for 39 of 41 applications from local businesses and nonprofits. Applications from DaRoos Pizza, which was previously operating in downtown Crookston, and Resource Management, which operates apartments near the Downtown Square, were denied.     They also looked over 18 grant applications from outside of Crookston and made recommendations for the $100,000 available which will be decided at ...

More B3 grants approved by CHEDA Board Crookston Times     Five more B3 (Building Better Business) grant requests were approved this week during CHEDA’s board meeting with the first application for Heroes Rise Coffee Company using up the remaining balance in the program’s coffers before a funding boost is expected to come from the city. The remaining four requests for KROX Radio, The Holding Company - Golf Terrace Motel, Hermreck Construction and Thrivent Financial, were approved pending city funding.     The total amount of this round’s B3 requests is $22,000 - $5K for Heroes, $4...