{"id":84079,"date":"2022-12-19T08:04:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T14:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=84079"},"modified":"2022-12-19T16:14:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T22:14:36","slug":"84079","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=84079","title":{"rendered":"Vibrant! Vibraaaant! VIBRAAAAAAAAAAAANT!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

II had to double-check to see I hadn’t clicked onto the Babylon Bee by accident.

Alas, no.

Minneapolis, reacting to the latest round of retail closures, is starting a – I swear, I’m not making this up – “Vibrant Downtown Storefronts Workgroup” to try to make downtown, for lack of a better term, suck less<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey convened a \u201cVibrant Downtown Storefronts Workgroup\u201d this week following a string of recent high-profile closures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCities that see the most success post-pandemic won\u2019t cling to the old ways that are now changed forever,\u201d Frey said in a press release. \u201cHere in Minneapolis, we will step boldly into the future, guided by the top experts in our region, prepared to innovate and adapt. Minneapolis has always been a hub of commerce and innovation, and I am confident that this workgroup will help ensure we continue carrying that legacy forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workgroup will be co-chaired by Steve Cramer, president and CEO of the mpls downtown council, and Gabrielle Grier, managing director of Juxtaposition Arts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

So – downtown is starting a vibrant storefronts working group but downtown is back and it never really left and if you say otherwise you probably drive a minivan and live in Maple Grove.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

II had to double-check to see I hadn’t clicked onto the Babylon Bee by accident. Alas, no. Minneapolis, reacting to the latest round of retail closures, is starting a – I swear, I’m not making this up – “Vibrant Downtown Storefronts Workgroup” to try to make downtown, for lack of a better term, suck less: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy-and-the-market","category-minneapolis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84079"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84100,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84079\/revisions\/84100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}