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Reserve by Oct. 21 for LIFT social, tour of local development

By
Lori Sorenson

Luverne Initiatives for Tomorrow annual meeting will be Friday, Oct. 28, in the form of several tours highlighting community developments.
Between 4 and 6 p.m. attendees will visit four sites for 20- to 25-minute tours:
•The Trailhead Building at Blue Mound Avenue and Main Street to hear Premium Minnesota Pork’s Dan Paquin talk about the construction of a $70 million smokehouse in 2023.
•The City Power Plant on East Main Street to see and hear about the $11 million remodel and repowering with City Administrator John Call and Electric Utility Supervisor Brian Remme.
• PrairiE Loft Apartments on South Highway 75 for a tour of the newly completed apartments with Greensmith Builder’s Aaron Smith and Luverne’s Rich Dreckman.
•The former TCI building (originally Tri-State Insurance), the site of the Luverne’s future community child care center with Luverne EDA director Holly Sammons.
From 6 to 7 p.m. attendees will gather at Take 16 to meet and greet some of Luverne’s newest business owners: Luverne Lawn Care, Benson Tech Solutions, First Comes Love, Graphenteen Real Estate Group, B’s Bakehouse, Prairie Wind Pet Cremation and others.
At 7 p.m. Bluestem Catering will serve soup, sandwiches and dessert.
The event is open to anyone in the community, but prepaid reservations of $20 per person are required by noon on Oct. 21.
Call the Luverne Chamber office, 507-283-4061 or email luvernechamber@co.rock.mn.us.
LIFT is a 501C3 corporation dedicated to “strengthening Luverne and Rock County.”
Current board members include president Pat Baustian, vice president Gary Papik, secretary Holly Sammons, treasurer Greg Burger, Cory Bloemendaal, Tim Connell, Judy Fenske, Craig Oftedahl, Knute Oldre, Mark Opitz, Janine Papik and Tony Schmoacker.
Ex-officio board members are Marilyn Bloemendaal, John Call, Warren Herreid II, Betty Mann, Scott Marquardt, Kyle Oldre and Jane Wildung Lanphere.

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