Abbott Northwestern adds $29.2 M unit in 2019 and Panera Bread March 2018

By HARVEY WINJE

McDonalds restaurant, formerly within Abbott Northwestern (A/N) Hospital at 27th and Chicago Av, closed in May 2016 ending 28 years serving high sugar and fat content fast food in a hospital that often treated some of the results of regularly consuming such foods. Their exodus was a part of A/N”'s parent non-profit conglomerate, Allina Health”'s (at nearby Midtown Exchange), push to promote healthier food choices for employees and visitors. Panera Bread Bakery/Cafe, based in St. Louis Park, opened Feb. 28th in the same 6,000 square foot space McDonalds occupied and will offer reduced portions and do not sell highly sugared beverages and fried foods. The A/N Community Advisory Committee raised these exact contradictions when McDonalds first opened and advised they not be located there. That advice wasn”'t heeded. A/N CAC also requested that there be no exterior McDonald”'s signage. This was honored by A/N and McDonald”'s in an attempt to subdue street traffic to the location.

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Get in the Swim! Because”¦ Phillips Community has been admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering

Harvey WINJE /ALLEYNEWS | New, enlarged Entrance with canopy to the Phillips Community Center main entrance to enlarged, remodeled, Phillips Aquatic Center, Gymnasiums, and rented offices at 2323 11th Avenue.

The Phillips Aquatics Center opens in early spring.

By JULIE CONAGLIA

The Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board (MPRB) is on track to open its first year-round, indoor aquatics center in the heart of the Phillips Community.

Construction is wrapping up and facility preparations are underway inside the Phillips Community Center, where the Phillips Aquatics Center will have its own check-in desk. A grand-opening date will be announced soon for early spring ”“ likely just about a year following the 2017 groundbreaking.

The project includes renovation of a six-lane competition pool and spectator area, originally part of Phillips Junior High School, demolished in the 1980s. It also adds a new four-lane teaching pool, locker rooms and community room.

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Mueller Knighted, Laundromat Demolished, and Sauna on The Av.

NorwayHouse.org | (L to R) Norwegian Ambassador to the U.S. KÃ¥re R. Aas. and Jeff Mueller

By NorwayHouse.org

Norway House, the Nat”'l Norwegian Ctr. in Am., is proud to announce that King Harald V of Norway, conferred upon Jeff Mueller, Director of Adm. & Fin., the rank of Knight First Class in the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit for over 40 years of service to Norway as past pres. and now board member of the Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce, active in the Syttende Mai Committee, the troop exchange program with the MN Nat”'l Guard & the Norwegian Home Guard (NOREX), Torske Klubben, & other organizations. Jeff is a graduate of Augsburg Univ. with a degree in political science.

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