April 3, 2017
Board Officers
Jeff Peterson
Kate Hanson
Gail Ruhland
MaryKay Pfannenstein
Penny White

Board Members
Brett Anderson
John Bestgen
Tami DeLand
Brad Goskowicz
Bradley Konkler
Steve Laraway
Ryan Laudenbach
Rob Ruprecht
Mark Stafford

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DTC Turns 25 - Let's Shout It From the Rooftop!
Five Good Reasons
We're gathering at The Lofts Condominiums at 523 West St. Germain Street on Tuesday, April 18th, 4:30 - 6:30 pm to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the DTC, recognize our 2017 Urban Heroes, listen to a cappella group Five Good Reasons, enjoy some food and beverages and tour (to the rooftop) our newest residential option in Downtown. Register today!  
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State of the City Address

News & Noteworthy
Barth & Studer, co-founders of Beaver Island, awarded 2017 Emerging Entrepreneurs of the Year by St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce 
Nick Barth and Matt Studer opened their taproom in Downtown in 2014, entered into a distribution agreement with Bernick's, and are constructing a new 10,000 SF brewery in the St. Cloud Airport Industrial Park.  The awards luncheon is open to the public; May 2 at the Holiday Inn & Suites, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm. 
 
Northstar Commuter Rail Link to Serve Twin 2017 Home Games 
Northstar Link bus service from St. Cloud and Becker is timed to connect with Northstar Line trains at the Big Lake Station.  The northbound train will leave Target Field 30 minutes after fireworks show (instead of last out) on June 16; July 3, 7 & 21; and Aug 4 & 18.  Link 

CMCF Receives National Recognition 
CMCF in partnership with CommunityGiving has received reaccreditation with the nation's highest standard for philanthropic excellence. National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations� establish legal, ethical, and effective practices for community foundations everywhere. 

Good Neighbor Forum, April 29, 9am - noon, Police Station
This interactive forum focuses on city and neighborhood crime prevention and property maintenance efforts.  Mingle with your neighbors, city staff and neighborhood leadership to discuss opportunities for creating healthy and safe neighborhoods.  Link

Greater St. Cloud Transportation Summit, April 11 @ Kelly Inn
What does the future hold for transportation?  Hear from transportation leaders and internationally known futurist Glen Hiemstra.  Register

2017 Refresh Leadership Live Simulcast by Express Employment 
Nationwide leadership event featuring best-selling author Patrick Lencioni, two-time Super Bowl champion coach Jimmy Johnson, and world champion adventure race Robyn Benincasa.  April 12 at Kelly Inn.   Link

Earth Day, April 21 
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Celebrate St. Cloud, May 9 
Mark your calendars now for the FREE event at the Paramount.  Includes samples of int'l foods from 7 specialty caterers, world music entertainment, cultural ceramics to admire or purchase, release of A Place at the Table cookbook featuring 80 recipes from dozens of countries.  Link

St. Cloud Real Estate Development Summit 
May 12, 2017 at SCSU, Herb Brooks National Hockey Center
10am - 2pm | 4 hours Real Estate CE Applied for.  Link

70th Annual MN Governor's Fishing Opener 2017

Greater St. Cloud will be hosting the 2017 Opener, May 11-14.  It is designed to improve Minnesota's economy through the development and promotion of our region.  Link

Women's Fund 2017 Presents Dancing With our Stars Live!
Monday, June 19, 5-8 pm at the College of St. Benedict 
For Sale or Lease
The national trend of migrating inward to urban areas is spreading like wildfire.  Downtown dwelling is picking up speed.  Businesses are continually moving closer to the city center.  Take a look at what i garnering all the hype.  Find-a-Property Tool  Link
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Become our partner and become a Downtown builder.  Every day is our chance to make our Downtown and this region a little better.  The DTC continually provides support, resources, strategy and a little TLC to ensure Downtown continues to grow.

DTC Members should remember that this newsletter is a FREE way to share your news, announcements, events, etc.  Simply send an email to Pegg by the of the week. 

DTC Monthly Radio Show on WJON
We invite you to listen to WJON at 12:40 pm on the 2nd Thursday of each month where Downtown, the Downtown Council and our members will be featured.   Link

Website Redesign
We're working with Cohlab to redesign our website in order to provide better value to our members.  We plan to add a business spotlight series, sponsored by Capital One.  Let us know what would be helpful to YOU as a member that should be considered in the redesign.  Link