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On Monday, a lane of traffic around the Fournet Building was blocked off as work began on the storefronts that line N Broadway. Contractors began placing the framing for the glass storefronts Monday and will work the next two weeks to install those storefronts. Developer Jeff Evers said one lane of N Broadway will be […]
The Crookston Housing and Economic Development Authority (CHEDA) Board approved five Building Better Business (B3) program grants, four of them pending the program’s continued funding by the Crookston City Council on Monday night. The grants were awarded to Heroes Rise Coffee Company ($5,000) with the remaining funds from the original program fund, KROX Radio ($4,000),
Anyone driving down North Broadway the last couple of weeks likely noticed a couple of characters scaling the Fournet Building’s front wall. While the skeletons provided a seasonal laugh for many, they also drew passersby’s eyes to the work being completed on the ground floor of the building, which is now covered in tin siding.
The remodeling of the Fournet building in downtown Crookston continues to move along. Jeff Evers has been working on reconstructing the inside of the Fournet since the Crookston City Council approved the developer’s agreement for a TIF District in April 2019. After gutting the second and third floors of the building, Evers and his staff
Developer Jeff Evers has completed one phase of construction in the Fournet Building with the old Four Seasons Store on the southeast corner now housing office space. Last week The Ninth District Public Defenders moved into that space which will serve as their temporary home until construction is complete on the second and third floors.
Progress is being made on the Fournet Building not only on the demolition front but on the tenant front as well. The Ninth District Public Defenders Crookston Branch is set to move from the Polk County Justice Center into the former Four Seasons part of the building this summer and will eventually take larger office
