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Finch: I know I ve handled this differently than my predecessors
City administrator discusses what led her to propose dissolving CHEDA, and what she envisions in regard to a re-established HRA and City Community Development Department, if she gets council approval
Mike Christopherson
The interview in her office completed Thursday afternoon, City of Crookston Administrator Amy Finch asked if she could add a comment on the “continuing story” she said she’s heard since she came to Crookston last October, the continuing story being told and re-told having to do with various issues arising in recent years between the City of Crookston – whether it’s the city council, previous mayors or previous administrators – and CHEDA, whether that’s CHEDA Executive Director Craig Hoiseth or the CHEDA Board of Directors.
Times Report
Crookston Times
An updated strategic plan for guiding future development of Greater Minnesota’s regional parks and trails, including ensuring those areas are inviting and accessible to underserved communities, is now available to the public from the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission (GMRPTC).
Established in 2013, the Commission identifies regionally significant parks and trails in Minnesota’s 80 counties outside the seven-county metropolitan area and provides grant recommendations to the State Legislature. Funding comes from the Parks and Trails Legacy Fund, part of the Clean Water Land and Legacy Amendment approved by state voters in 2008.
“Many people have worked hard to build a system of regional parks and trails that all Minnesotans can be proud of,” said GMRPTC Board Chair Thomas Ryan, adding that to date the organization has designated 64 parks and trails as regionally significant. “This updated strategic plan