Redwood Falls Gazette
Monday, Jan. 11, marked the first day restaurants and bars in Minnesota could once again serve customers inside, rather than rely on take-out service. Governor Tim Walz announced that expected change on Wednesday, Jan. 6.
With some help from Anne Johnson, Executive Director of Redwood Area Chamber & Tourism, the Gazette received comments from a few Redwood area establishment on their reaction and plans to return to serving customers inside their facilities.
“It is just nice to be able to reopen again, even if at only 50 percent,” said Doug Lawrenz, manager of Pizza Ranch. “It has been very trying watching some businesses flourish during these difficult times. While watching the true dine-in restaurants struggle to keep their/our doors open and knowing very well a lot of our favorite places might not make it through this.”
The Waterloo City Council swiftly went through its Dec. 17 monthly meeting agenda. After being tabled for several months, the council approved amendments to the cityâs trees and solid waste as related to the disposal of wood and trees ordinances.
Under § 332-2, it was updated to note any wood from trees growing on city property, including tree lawns, that the cityâs forester decides needs to be cut and removed, is property of the city. The city can determine how the wood should be discarded including if it wants to resell the wood to the highest bidder.
The yard waste section of city ordinance § 317-22 was updated to reflect that residents and property owners should compost â not recycle â accumulated yard waste. The amendment specifically notes grass clippings, leaves and leafy materials may be transported to and deposited at the cityâs yard waste disposal site. Furthermore, broken concrete materials, rocks, and blacktop materials, not to exceed one
Yellow flags over the garden s empty community dining area bear the names of donors who ve funded the garden s effort to save itself from development. Credit: KUOW Photo/Joshua McNichols
Ballard P-Patch will live on, thanks to an Amazon donation By
A large Amazon donation pushed the community garden past its fundraising finish line.
Gardeners in Ballard are celebrating the preservation of a tiny patch of green in a densifying city.
The Ballard P-Patch community garden donates 1,300 of produce to food banks every year. Non-gardeners also rely on the garden for open space.
Over the last year, the Ballard P-Patch community garden has been trying to raise money to save its land from development. The church that owned the property had to sell the land, in order to pay for a remodel, forcing the gardners to purchase the land.