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Tim Baylor opens up on success in north Minneapolis following NFL career
MINNEAPOLIS —Tim Baylor was waived by the Baltimore Colts, his home team, when the Vikings called to sign him in 1979.
“Back then when they told me I was coming to Minnesota, the only thing I knew about Minnesota was snow. And I was watching some TV and they were advertising fertilizer,” Tim Baylor said.
After two years and an injury, his Vikings career was over. But his career was just getting started. He went to work for McDonald’s corporate. Then, in 1997, he purchased his own franchise on Broadway in north Minneapolis.
He was just getting started. He’s now an owner-operator of 11 Twin Cities McDonald’s.
It is on the north side of Minneapolis where kids that play football, and some that do not, need hope.
“I think it’s important that not just kids and students and athletes, but just people in the neighborhood, that can see that, ‘Hey, here’s somebody doing something in the community, if we want to talk to them, they’re accessible,’” Tim Baylor said.
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He doesn’t just talk it, he lives it. He and his wife of 46 years bought a home in north Minneapolis. It is where they live and raised two children, where she too has flourished as a teacher and business leader.
“I see my neighbors and my friends, I walk the river. This is a beautiful community,” Doris Baylor said. “A lot challenges, but if we don’t stand up and try to make it different, who will?”
He employs some 500 workers.
He is now developing another project — a 112-unit apartment on the other side of Broadway. A little more expensive than a traditional building in these parts, that’s part of the concept.
“We want to make sure that is has all of the amenities and benefits that other communities in the Twin Cities have,” Tim Baylor said.
It is a further connection for him and Doris to the city, to the part of town that is in the headlines for what the few do but is not the norm.
“We love this community. Thought the schools were good, the neighborhood is beautiful, the park system was amazing,” Doris Baylor said.
For football life prepared Tim Baylor for what is his life — running a different team with different goals.
“It’s stressful, it’s akin to playing football, particularly professional football,” Tim Baylor said.
It’s been a win-win — the Baylors, McDonald’s and north Minneapolis. For that, they are grateful for the journey.
“So when I look back and think how fortunate I am to have been in such a rich, diverse, culturally competent and very warm community, I thank God,” Doris Baylor said.
MINNEAPOLIS — Real Capital Solutions (RCS) has acquired 3701 Wayzata Boulevard, a 308,681-square-foot office property in the Urban West End neighborhood of Minneapolis, for $34 million. Situated on 25.8 acres overlooking Brownie and Cedar lakes, the nine-story asset is 99 percent leased and serves as the headquarters location for several companies such as Tactile Medical, SRF Consulting Group, Regis Corp. and MOBE.
Originally developed as a corporate headquarters campus for Prudential and later occupied by Target Corp., the property underwent a comprehensive renovation and repositioning in 2019. Amenities today include a fitness center, conference facilities, a golf simulator, onsite café, outdoor gathering spaces, a rooftop patio, bike storage and direct access to regional trail systems.
Big Honking Truck Parade heads to Minneapolis
A ?cavalcade of wheels? will line Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis on Thursday, July 31, for the first-ever ?Minneapolis Moves: The Big Honking Truck Parade? featuring vehicles from fire engines to snowplows.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Families can get up close to massive trucks and city vehicles as the Big Honking Truck Parade rolls back through Minneapolis on Thursday.
Big trucks take over Nicollet Mall
What we know:
The “Minneapolis Moves: The Big Honking Truck Parade” is set to line downtown with municipal, public safety, construction and big-wheel trucks in an effort to bring families together and highlight the people and equipment that keep the city running.
The event begins at 5 p.m. with a local vendor market featuring crafts and food. A parade then starts at 5:30 p.m., traveling down Nicollet Mall from East Grant Street to South Sixth Street.
Mayor Frey during the 2025 Big Honking Truck Parade. Credit: City of Minneapolis (Supplied)
Dig deeper:
The parade is said to feature City of Minneapolis cars, police and fire trucks, construction vehicles, semitrailers and more from local businesses and operators.
Two Minnesota Special Olympics athletes, Dequan Williams of Minneapolis and Niko Lichtscheidl of St. Francis will serve as grand marshals of the parade, ahead of the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games which officially kick off in Minnesota on Saturday.
After the parade, all vehicles will be parked along the Mall until 8 p.m. for a “touch-a-truck” experience, giving families a chance to explore the trucks up close.
According to officials, the parade route will:
- Begin at East Grant Street
- Travel down Nicollet Mall
- End at South Sixth Street
Hoping to expand upon its first year in 2025, the parade is said to feature City of Minneapolis cars, police and fire trucks, construction vehicles, semitrailers and more from local businesses and operators.
What they’re saying:
“The Big Honkin’ Truck Parade is one of those uniquely Minneapolis events that brings families together while showcasing the people and equipment that serve our city every day,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said in a press release. “It’s fun, it’s educational, and it’s a great reminder of all the work happening behind the scenes to keep Minneapolis running.”
The Source: Information provided by a City of Minneapolis press release.
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