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With a grand opening this week, Black Table Arts, a hub for artists, celebrates a permanent home With a grand opening this week, Black Table Arts celebrates its first permanent home. February 25, 2021 — 11:16am Text size Copy shortlink: Good thing that imagination is Evol's specialty. He and the other leaders of Black Table Arts dreamed and planned and hustled, working with the landlord to shape the space. This week, they're celebrating the result: the organization's first physical home. The south Minneapolis storefront boasts c...
In October 2020, Pella became a Home Base Iowa Community, and according to the Pella Area Community and Economic Alliance, progress is being made in its growth locally. PACE Alliance Executive Director Karen Eischen says the program is a one-of-a-kind, designed to connect Veterans and transitioning service members with over 2,400 businesses statewide who have pledged to hire over 16,000 Veterans. Businesses and communities can also use homebaseiowa.gov to search for veteran job seekers who have uploaded their resume to the website. In addition to the 106 communities statewide, the program al...
Back at the station -- >> i walked in the door and i had a big grin on my face and i said, you guys have to see this. jaws were dropped. >> the footage rob shot goes viral, garnering more than 1.5 million hits on youtube. since the wreck, the ramp has been redesigned to better ensure truck driver safety. to this day, rob still marvels at how he wound up at the rite place at the rite time. even though it was the wrong place and the wrong time for the driver. >> the fact that i had my camera set up and pointed towards the ramp when the truck was coming down. i can't imagine -- i am speechless. t...