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Gov. Tim Walz is expecting 70% of Minnesotans will have at least received one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of May.
He is also hinting that restrictions in Minnesota could soon be eased.
Walz spoke to the media in Richfield Tuesday afternoon with one of two Metro Transit buses that have been reconfigured into mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinics.
Working with community partners, the buses will set up in areas where there may be technology and transportation difficulties, as well as language barriers.
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Twenty-two-year-old Angela Mendez was one of the first in line to get her shot on the bus.
Richfield officials nix notion of building new community center for now City officials cite cost and uncertainty of building a new community center. January 18, 2021 8:37pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Richfield city officials have decided that building a community center on a key piece of property isn t feasible, given the financial burden it would put on the city and residents.
Officials cited other reasons to hold off, including the uncertainty of people s post-pandemic plans and the desire of the Minneapolis-Richfield American Legion, which owns the property, to sell to an entity that could lease it as meeting space. Every single council member expressed strong feelings that now was not the time, Mayor Maria Regan Gonzalez said.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation Welcomes New Members to Its Board of Directors; Awards Additional COVID-19 Responsive Grants MINNEAPOLIS (Business Wire) The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation welcomes Dr. Rachel Hardeman, Maria Regan Gonzalez and Nash Shaikh to its board of directors. Dr. Hardeman is an associate professor and Blue Cross endowed professor of health and racial equity at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Regan Gonzalez is the mayor of Richfield and a principal sustainability design consultant at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross). Shaikh is a director of human resources technology and operations at Blue Cross.
The city of Richfield is exploring the feasibility of building a community center where American Legion Post 435 currently stands, but the veterans organization objects to the way planners are going about their study.
Legion members say that for the post to remain viable, it must sell the property, which abuts Veterans Park near the intersection of East 66th Street and Portland Avenue. That transaction will have to wait, however, after the city put a seven-month moratorium on development neighboring Veterans Park.
In order to conduct a land-use study of the site, the Richfield City Council approved the pause on any development in a unanimous Dec. 8 vote.