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		<title>Member Profile: Chris Weirens</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris grew up in Cottage Grove, Minnesota and graduated from Park High School in 2000. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota in 2004 majoring in Urban Studies. During his last year of study he interned with the City of Newport, Minnesota and after graduating was hired on full time as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naioppulse.org&amp;blog=7222094&amp;post=2294&amp;subd=naioppulse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Best Practices: Arvid Povilaitis</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a number of direct reports throughout the country.  Everyone is busy with their day-to-day activities managing issues as they arise. In an effort to stay focused on our goals and strategic in our thinking, I have a permanent time slot set aside with each person each week that is “sacred.”  It sets aside [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naioppulse.org&amp;blog=7222094&amp;post=2271&amp;subd=naioppulse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Representative Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) confronts Pat Mascia, NAIOP Minnesota President and Senior VP, Duke Realty Corporation, testifying before the House Tax Committee about how businesses create jobs.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Hortman: “So I just … think that the term ‘job-creator’ to refer to a business is wrong and offensive and I think we should talk about the true job-creators, are the customers.” Watch the video.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naioppulse.org&amp;blog=7222094&amp;post=2265&amp;subd=naioppulse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome new NAIOP members!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jerry Anderson, Escom Properties Inc. Timothy Becker, Iowa State University Tanya Bell, Wellington Management Inc. David Buelow, All American Commercial Title Inc. Brian Busser, TCI Architects/Engineers/Contractor Inc. Maura Carland, Welsh Companies/Colliers International &#124; Minneapolis-St Paul Amanda Christian, Founders Properties LLC Jason Conway, The Opus Group Andrew Donahue, Shenehon Company Darin Ehrhardt, Associated Bank NA Johanna [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naioppulse.org&amp;blog=7222094&amp;post=2259&amp;subd=naioppulse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Help Minnesota residents see what drives public cost increases</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The St. Paul Pioneer Press editorial board supports NAIOP Minnesota’s transparency initiative. “A bill in the Minnesota House &#8230; helps understand better what’s driving costs higher and could change taxpayers’ ‘why bother’ attitudes.” This supportive editorial is based on interviews with Paul Reinke, Senior Director – Development at Haugland Company, Oakdale City Council Member and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naioppulse.org&amp;blog=7222094&amp;post=2256&amp;subd=naioppulse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The GOP and the DFL have declared job creation as their number one priority of the 2012 session.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While they share that goal, they differ in their approaches. DFL Leaders: Our Minnesota Agenda By Sen. Tom Bakk &#38; Rep. Paul Thissen Star Tribune, January 22, 2012 GOP leaders: Our Minnesota Agenda By Rep. Kurt Zellers &#38; Rep. Matt Dean Star Tribune, January 22, 2012<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naioppulse.org&amp;blog=7222094&amp;post=2253&amp;subd=naioppulse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Tax committee chair Julianne Ortman and House Tax committee chair Greg Davids are united behind a push to phase out the State general property tax in the 2012 session.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read the Finance &#38; Commerce article, “GOP seeks phase-out of business property tax” Finance &#38; Commerce, January 18, 2012 Bills to phase out the state general property tax were introduced last week. NAIOP will be offering testimony in favor of the bill in front of the Senate Jobs and Economic Growth Committee. House File (HF) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=naioppulse.org&amp;blog=7222094&amp;post=2250&amp;subd=naioppulse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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