Beardsley
Beardsley, MN · Business
stkateswheel.org
Reducing food waste and increasing sustainability: The CSJ hydroponic farms
Even as the weather turns colder, students at St. Kate's can still get fresh, locally grown greens thanks to the new Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (CSJ) hydroponic farm. A hydroponic farm is a farming technique where, instead of plants being in soil, they are grown suspended in a nutrient-rich water solution. The farms are sustained indoors and thus can produce fresh food year-round.
rejournals.com
hoodline.com
Edina Firm Snaps Up $54M Twin Cities Warehouse Portfolio From Blackstone Arm
Capital Partners has paid $54.25 million for five industrial properties across three Twin Cities suburbs, scooping up warehouse space from Blackstone's Link Logistics at a moment when the region's industrial market is running red hot while its office towers face high vacancy. The Edina-based private equity firm acquired the five...
KSTP
7th Street Barbers
Tucked away on the southwest side of St. Paul sits a fascinating piece of Minnesota history — the oldest barbershop in the state. 7th Street Barbers has been welcoming customers for more than 130 years, and some say the experience goes well beyond a fresh cut. Minnesota Live photojournalist Bill Middeke takes us inside to explore what else might be lingering there.
unearththevoyage.com
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Sahan Journal
St. Paul’s HmongTown Marketplace faces foreclosure, leaving longtime vendors uncertain
The market’s owner says Stearns Bank in St. Cloud offered him a loan to redevelop the Maplewood Sears building, stretching his finances too thin. Now the bank is suing him for $6.6 million. The post St. Paul’s HmongTown Marketplace faces foreclosure, leaving longtime vendors uncertain appeared first on Sahan Journal .
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Credit essentials: Roots Cafe shift lead builds credit early
After Jackeline Mejia earned a raise last year, she saw her larger paychecks as an opportunity to focus more on her finances. Mejia, 19, is a shift lead at Roots Cafe, a youth-led coffee shop and economic development program on St. Paul’s East Side. In her two years at the shop, she has also become involved in the cafe’s finances. Youth there learn to track costs, profits and inventory, she said. Mejia began building credit around the time of her raise.