Friends,
Yesterday morning I had the pleasure of attending the annual Breakfast with the Mayors event hosted by the St. Paul Area and Minneapolis Regional Chambers. As usual, it was a great opportunity to hear from the leaders of both our great cities. You can read more about their conversation here.
Along with a number of other local business advocacy groups, the Downtown Alliance has partnered with our friends at the St. Paul Area Chamber in order to hear from the business community about the proposed one-cent sales tax increase. We're hoping to hear from as many Saint Paul businesses owners as possible, so if that's you please take take a moment or two to submit your responses to the brief survey here. Please also feel free to share with other business owners.
A major goal of the Downtown Alliance is to grow the density and residential population downtown and we will continue to advocate for projects and policies that make it easier to reach our goal. There are two recent news stories linked below that I'd encourage you to check out. Both very relevant to this work.
Finally, the Winter Carnival is officially here and it seems Mother Nature is in on the fun looking at the forecast this weekend. Luckily cold temps are the least troublesome weather for Carnival events and there are no shortage of them downtown over the next 10 days.
Have a great weekend,
Joe
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