FIVE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY (7/8/2014) Your Post-Bulletin connection to late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today: OMC Olmsted Medical Center is sharing a sneak preview of its soon-to-open Womens Health Pavilion with local news organizations in recognition of its 65th anniversary as a community health provider. Effectively, were doubling the size of the campus, said marketing and communications specialist Jeremy Salucka. The $25 million, 85,000-square-foot addition to the hospital campus on Fourth Street Southeast has been under construction for the past year. NITRATES-GROUNDWATER As Minnesota communities spend millions of dollars to remove nitrate contamination from their drinking water, state officials say its time for farmers to do more to prevent the problem. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture plans to use new rules to be more aggressive in getting farmers to limit the amount of fertilizer chemicals leaching into groundwater. AFFORDABLE HOUSING A potential affordable housing development in northwest Rochester inspired an outpouring of neighborhood concern and a heated public hearing at Monday’s Rochester City Council meeting. The 49-unit Ashland Village apartment building at 19th Street and Ashland Drive Northwest, proposed by Joseph Development, made the surrounding neighborhood angry about traffic, crime and property values. It also brought an issue about how the city notifies a neighborhood about public hearings to the forefront. RED WING RESTAURANT CHALLENGE A unique incentive program is revving Red Wings economic engine. The Red Wing Restaurant Challenge announced two winners on Thursday, but Jill Prahl of Red Wing Downtown Main Street said Monday that the initiative could also help land up to four additional downtown businesses. Prahl considers that a major coup for a program that offered $20,000 in start-up cash and $20,000 in in-kind support. Not only did we get a lot of restaurant action, but we got retail action, which is just what our community needs right now, Prahl said. HEARD ON THE STREET Two computer businesses — Simply Mac and Lenovo — are working on new locations in Rochester. Simply Mac, a Utah-based Apple computer and iPhone retailer, plans to open in Rochesters Apache Mall on July 18. Its moving into a portion of the 3,100-square-foot space left vacant when FirstTech closed in March. FirstTech, a Minnesota Apple reseller, closed its doors after six months in Rochester.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 13:22:39 +0000
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