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Chamber proposes targeted business survey after businesses push back on MnDOT 371 concept
Summary
The Baxter Chamber and Bladec proposed a non‑anonymous, one-response-per-business survey to quantify how the preferred MnDOT 371 ‘button‑hook’ design could affect customer access, safety and revenue; presenters said the city’s help distributing the survey would increase response rates ahead of an Aug. 5 results briefing.
The Baxter Chamber of Commerce told the City Council it will launch a targeted business survey to measure commercial concerns about MnDOT’s preferred design for the 371 intersection, which chamber representatives said prompted widespread alarm among local merchants.
Matt Killian of the Chamber and Tyler Lenham, executive director of Bladec, said the Chamber and economic-development partners have held multiple information sessions since late 2022 and that the chamber’s support was an important element in securing roughly $58 million in competitive MnDOT funding for…
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