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Prince highlights 2020 positives in first State of the City address
Bemidji Mayor Jorge Prince thanked staff on Monday for hard work during 2020 in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The message was part of the annual State of the City address which kicked off the Monday s council meeting. 9:32 am, Feb. 17, 2021 ×
Bemidji City Hall.
BEMIDJI In his first State of the City address, Mayor Jorge Prince labeled 2020 as anything but easy, but said Bemidji s staff rose to the challenge. Our city team responded as I have come to know they would, with courage, passion and dedication to the people of our community Prince said during Tuesday s Bemidji City Council meeting. Thank you to all of our staff, especially those on the front lines, including our police and fire departments.
LARGO â Last year, a consultant identified the 400 block on the north side of West Bay Drive as the prime location for a new City Hall. The city, however, needed to purchase six properties in order to clear the way for its proposed $51 million headquarters.
City administration had reached a deal with five of those properties by early January for $1.44 million, but there was one holdout.
On Feb. 2, city commissioners agreed to pay $1.4 million â more than $1 million above market value â for the final piece of the block.
The 4,320-square-foot parcel at 400 W. Bay Drive, which is owned by West Bay Plaza LLC, has an appraised value of $395,000 and was bought in 2018 for $325,000, according to records from the Property Appraiserâs Office.
Restrictions in place between midnight and 8 a.m.
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Post Bulletin staff reports | 10:00 am, Jan. 25, 2021 ×
Rochester Public Works plans to remove snow from downtown streets in the early hours of Tuesday, Jan 26.
To make way for the work, parking restrictions will be in place between midnight and 8 a.m. Tuesday on these streets:
• Third Avenue, between Third Street Northwest and Sixth Street Southwest.
• Fourth Avenue, between Third Street Northwest and Fifth Street Southwest.
• Fourth Street, between Second Avenue Southeast and Sixth Avenue Southwest.
• First Avenue, between Fifth Street Northwest and the end of the street by the YMCA.
• Second Avenue Southwest, between Third and Sixth streets.
LARGO — City commissioners on Jan. 5 approved paying $1.44 million to purchase five properties on the 400 block of West Bay Drive that they hope one day will be