Visions of the Central Corridor between Minneapolis and St. Paul as a transit-focused business district are clashing with an unnamed big-box home-improvement retailer's desire to have a sign high above I-94, the
St. Paul Pioneer Press reports:
"[Shopping center representative Paula] Maccabee said the retailer needs a sign 60 feet high so it's easily seen from I-94. That's only a foot higher than a Target sign just down the street, but that shouldn't mean anything, opponents say. Nor, they said, should Maccabee's argument that the store will employ residents, offer an alternative to the city's only other large home-improvement store--nearby Menards--or increase the tax base.
"'There are conditions that have to be met to grant a variance, and providing jobs is not one of them,' city council President Kathy Lantry said."
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