Minneapolis, MN
Portion of Highway 77/Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis closing for a month
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Freeway 77 in South Minneapolis is closing for a couple of month as crews work to resurface the highway and make accessibility and security enhancements.
The Minnesota Division of Transportation will shut Freeway 77/Cedar Avenue between West Lake Nokomis Parkway and Freeway 62 at 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Might 31, till Tuesday, June 28. The Freeway 62 and Cedar Avenue ramps within the space may even shut throughout this time.
Motorists taking southbound Cedar Avenue might be detoured to East forty sixth Road to Interstate 35W to Freeway 62 to Freeway 77. These touring north on Freeway 77 might be detoured to Freeway 62, I-35W, East forty sixth Road to Cedar Avenue.
Through the closure, CenterPoint Vitality will change a pure fuel predominant on the Cedar Avenue-Edgewater Boulevard intersection. This may lead to a rerouting of the multiuse path alongside the west aspect of Cedar Avenue, south of West Lake Nokomis Parkway, from 5 a.m. on Might 31 by June 28.
The closure is a part of the $14.4 million Freeway 77/Cedar Avenue building undertaking, which entails MnDOT resurfacing Freeway 77 between the Minnesota River in Bloomington and Lake Nokomis in South Minneapolis. The undertaking additionally consists of making repairs to the 86th Road bridge over Freeway 77, upgrades to intersections to supply common entry, and drainage enhancements. Work will proceed by this fall.
Minneapolis, MN
Small Business Saturday just in time for Uptown Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Small Business Saturday is here, and it’s coming just in time for Uptown Minneapolis.
Shopping local
Nationally, people spent $17 billion at small businesses on the day last year.
The beeps have started on a milestone weekend for Comma, A Bookshop.
Small Business Saturday is the second anniversary of the store’s opening.
“We’re doing some specials and giveaways,” said owner Victoria Ford. “We’re going to have birthday cake, we’re doing a book drive for the Queer Space Collective.”
And maybe most importantly, they’ll be doing great sales as people turn their holiday shopping focus away from big box stores and to small, local businesses.
“A day like that makes a huge difference in our overall success over the year,” Ford said. “It’s typically our second busiest day of the year.”
The boost is especially appreciated in places like Uptown, where businesses have struggled recently, and construction on Hennepin didn’t help.
Foot traffic returns
Seven months of closures ended Tuesday.
“With the roads opening up this week and with the holidays and everything, it actually brings that regular business,” said Uptown Diner general manager Pablo Forero. “This is what it’s usually been like for us. So it’s nice to see.”
People packed the Uptown Diner for lunch Friday, but small business owners aren’t sure yet if they’re back to normal or if it’s just a holiday weekend bubble.
They know for sure a lot of the neighboring storefronts have gone vacant in the last four or five years and they’d love to see foot traffic back where it was before the pandemic.
“People were scared away for various reasons,” said Jeff Veigel, who owns Isles Bun & Coffee. “So it’s like, come back. The lakes are still here. It’s still a nice area to walk around. Still a nice area to shop and to live.”
His coffee and pastry shop — known for the frosted cinnamon twists called puppy dog tails — filled up on Friday as well, but Uptown sidewalks were mostly empty as wind chills dipped near zero.
But businesses like Isles, and Magers and Quinn, and the Uptown Diner are hoping to see big crowds for Small Business Saturday.
And that their success spills over.
Community impact
“We bring in more people and then more people come around and check out the businesses that are around us as well,” Forero said.
The U.S. Small Business Administration estimates that when you spend $100 at a small business, $48 stay in the community.
If you spend it at a big-box store or national retailer, only $14 stays.
“We hope for more of it,” said Veigel. “We hope that people remember that year-round.”
Baking in the best-case scenario before another round of construction in 2025.
Minneapolis, MN
Man dead after shooting on Thanksgiving in Minneapolis, and more headlines
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Fatal shooting in Minneapolis leaves one dead on Thanksgiving
MINNEAPOLIS — A 21-year-old man was fatally shot inside an apartment on Thanksgiving, according to Minneapolis police.
The shooting happened a little after 6 p.m. on the 700 Block of Emerson Avenue North. Police responded to the scene where the found a man with life-threatening injuries.
The 21-year-old was taken to a nearby hospital but unfortunately died.
Police say the man was inside the apartment when the shot struck him. The shooter fled the scene before police arrived.
“On a day that is supposed to be a celebration, another family has been impacted by a senseless act of violence,” said Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara. “My thoughts today are with the victim and his family. Our investigators are focused on seeking justice for the victim and are asking anyone who knows what happened or has any information about this incident to contact us immediately.”
Minneapolis police are investigating the circumstances that lead up to the shooting. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office will release the name of the victim.
Police are asking anyone with information on the shooting to call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222 TIPS(8477).
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