Over morning drinks, East Grand Forks city leaders plot a business plan for outdoor dining
Nearly a dozen people gathered to sit at tables outside, and they started off with a round of hard coffee drinks. Mimosas followed, which quickly began to freeze as the temperature Saturday morning barely cracked zero degrees. The attendees discussed a possible protest and a a proposed aid package for local businesses. Talk turned to closing a downtown street for outdoor dining, drinks in tents, fish houses.
2:24 pm, Dec. 19, 2020
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East Grand Forks Mayor Steve Gander, seated at the table, has a morning drink with a group of friends, to highlight Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's executive order that permits outdoor dining in the winter, as a way for business to operate. Adam Kurtz / Forum News Service