“I think what we have right now is not full-blown revitalization. Certainly, I don’t think it’s where everybody wants it to be, but I think what we have right now is an ember. The ember is glowing, but it’s fragile," Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce President Matt Killian said.
The decision comes after an emotionally charged EDA meeting Thursday, Dec. 9, that saw a business owner leave partway through and a city official accuse one company of bribery.
“I think what we have right now is not full-blown revitalization. Certainly, I don’t think it’s where everybody wants it to be, but I think what we have right now is an ember. The ember is glowing, but it’s fragile," Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce President Matt Killian said.
The recommendations from the commission are just that recommendations. It is now up to city council members to decide if they want to implement any. In 2017, a Brainerd Dispatch reporter shed some context on the issue, physically counting 259 on-street diagonal parking spaces in downtown Brainerd and another 30 in the public Laurel Street parking lot.
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