What's Happening This Week
On the radar: The holidays are about traditions, but also about looking to the future; seasonal productions opening tonight fit, respectively, both those bills. For tradition, there's In the Heart of the Beast's longtime favorite La Natividad. [...]
It's the time of year when people gather for holiday parties and receptions and to entertain. That means it is also time for Minnesota 2020 to renew its "buy local" campaign for the third year. A severe recession lingers despite some promising signs it [...]
As the official kickoff of the holiday shopping season approaches this Friday, Minnesota 2020 is once again urging Minnesotans to think about how we spend our dollars. “Made in MN 2009: Homegrown Holidays,” illustrates how Minnesota would gain a $2 billion economic stimulus if Minnesotans targeted 25 percent of [...]
Here at MN 2020 we are hard at work getting ready for the holidays. We just released our annual buy local report and I have been calling around to local businesses and artists to see if we can feature their products in our gift [...]
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As the holidays approach, prices are falling on flat-screen TVs like the ones that Gov. Pawlenty had removed from the civil-commitment facility for sex offenders at Moose Lake. Which suggests a dilemma: at what price point can the state ethically buy 50-inch TVs [...]
