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Copy shortlink: Days after the protests, burning buildings, boarded-up businesses and curfews, a dozen mostly white and mostly male executives at Medica met for their regular Thursday meeting with the chief executive. The global outrage over the May 25 death of George Floyd by Minneapolis police rattled them. It had been more than a year since leaders at the Minnetonka-based health insurer had pledged to make diversity a priority. Yet they still hadn t hired anyone to lead the effort. They looked at each other, and at their suburban-centric workforce, and admitted that not much had changed. It was really a wake-up call to many of us in the organization, said Geoff Bartsh, a senior vice president and 20-year veteran with the health plan. That while we were making this a focus and priority, were we really making it a focus and priority? ....
After riots, St. Paul s Midway works to turn blight to bright A 4-mile stretch of University Avenue in St. Paul has a slate of housing and retail projects aimed at recovery. January 16, 2021 8:00am Text size Copy shortlink: Four nights after George Floyd died in the custody of Minneapolis police, four men were caught on camera breaking into the Enterprise Rent-A-Car building in St. Paul s Midway neighborhood. They set it on fire. It was a total loss, said building owner Paul Gonyea, founder of Gonyea Commercial Properties. The roof collapsed. The inside walls collapsed. What remained had to be turned down. ....
Created: December 09, 2020 04:36 PM It’s been six months since the riots left numerous businesses on St. Paul’s University Avenue damaged. New windows went up on Wednesday morning at St. Paul’s Century Plaza, replacing ones damaged in the summer’s civil unrest. With the windows up, we feel more alive, and looking to the future,” said Century Plaza co-owner Gloria Wong. The last six months, Wong said, have been emotionally draining, helping keep some dozen-plus businesses inside the plaza stay afloat after the damage while also feeling the lingering economic pain of the pandemic. We re willing to do that to sacrifice for some of the rent that they cannot pay,” Wong said. “Their business [isn t] doing well either. ....
Wicomico Co. Health Department announces new COVID-19 testing location December 10, 2020 SALISBURY, Md. – The Wicomico County Health Department has announced a new location for COVID-19 testing for the remainder of the month. This appointment-only testing will now be held in the Midway Room at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center due to increasing seasonally cold weather. Testing will be held as follows: Weeks of December 14th & 21st: Monday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Tuesday & Wednesday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, December 29th: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, December 30th: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. To make an appointment to be tested, call 410-912-6889 or 410-543-6943. ....