Editorial: Liquor stores provide valuable funding
In the span of a week, the city of Farmington has progressed from a discussion about whether to relocate one of its liquor stores to a much bigger-picture examination of whether it should be in the liquor business in the first place.
RELATED CONTENTA song for any occasion
Clark Bledsoe would like to sing Happy Birthday for you. Or maybe help you wish a special someone a happy anniversary. Or even say you’re sorry. Basically, if you’ve got a special occasion, Bledsoe believes he has a song to make it just a little more special.
RELATED CONTENTCity will take a big-picture look at liquor store operations
Rather than moving its downtown liquor store to a new location, the Farmington City Council plans to take a step back and decide whether to stay in the liquor business at all.
RELATED CONTENTOwners no longer trying to sell Southern Hills Golf Course
The owners of Southern Hills Golf Course are taking their property off the market. Minneapolis-based Newman Golf, which owns Southern Hills and another golf course in Chippewa Falls, Wis., announced Monday that it is no longer trying to sell either property.
RELATED CONTENTBusiness owners gather for the common good 
David Hartnett spends a lot of time thinking about what makes a business work. That makes sense, considering he is a small-business owner. But the owner of Farmington’s Dunn Bros. also knows there are a lot of other people around the city in similar situations, and with similar issues. Now he wants to get those business owners together so they can share some knowledge.
RELATED CONTENTNew fitness system adapts class schedules to your schedule
Kyle Henning has seen the usual January rush of visitors at the Anytime Fitness he owns in Farmington. He’s hoping the newest addition to the club will keep those newcomers coming back. Called Fitness on Request, the system combines a computer kiosk, a projector and a 180-inch drop-down screen to allow club members to take nearly any fitness class they want, nearly any time they want.
RELATED CONTENTNew administrator takes over at Trinity
Elizabeth Letich has had her share of major life changes lately. She got married in October, and she took over recently as the head of a senior care campus that includes Trinity Care Center nursing home and Trinity Terrace senior apartments. The campus will add a 10-bed memory care unit later this year.
RELATED CONTENTSalon style from the comfort of home
After 10 years of working in salons, Kasi Tolzman is bringing her business home. Last week the Farmington resident opened House of Hair, a one-chair beauty salon Tolzman says allows her to offer all the services she did before. It just happens to be located in the basement of her home.
RELATED CONTENTForum Communications to start Upper Midwest news service
Forum Communications Company is expanding its presence in the region with the launch of a multi-state news service, company President Lloyd Case announced today.
RELATED CONTENTQ and A: A little help with your New Year's resolution
Kyle Snesrud’s been in the fitness business since November of 1993, when he closed on his first Olympus 24 club in Northfield. He opened a club in Farmington in 1999, and one in Rosemount in 2002. He’s been around long enough to know this is a busy time of year as people make resolutions to get in better shape. We talked with Snesrud this week about what people can do to help themselves stick with those resolutions.
RELATED CONTENTFarmington High School grad wants to build a sports community online
There’s no shortage of ways to get Minnesota Vikings scores as the touchdowns happen, and major college sports get exhaustive coverage. But Josh Pierce has sporting events on a smaller scale in mind with the business he’s trying to launch. Pierce, a 2006 graduate of Farmington High School, wants to build a system that could eventually allow people to get instant updates on every game at every level.
RELATED CONTENTMore room to party:Blondie's Tavern builds a bigger bar
When Jeff and Stacy Schlichter built Blondie’s Tavern a year and a half ago, they did the best they could to predict the kind of restaurant Farmington residents would want. But they also left a little room to modify their floorplan, just in case. Now that flexibility is paying off. The couple recently completed a renovation that knocks out a conference room and adds space to their bar area.
RELATED CONTENTMore space, new pumps for downtown Kwik Trip
A downtown Farmington convenience store is getting an expansion outside and a facelift inside to bring it in line with the times. The Kwik Trip at the corner of Third and Elm streets is getting an addition that will increase its 3,121-square-foot space by about 50 percent. The store will also get two new gas pumps.
RELATED CONTENTFarmington man is creating a sandbox for grown ups
There’s movement at the corner of Ravenna Trail and Glendale Road, and there’s some big equipment at the center of the activity. But the excavator, bulldozer and skid steer aren’t there to prepare the land for new development. They’re there to play.
RELATED CONTENTFarmington business will help you make sweet music
Apryll Powell might be a good choice if you need someone to get your piano ready to play a pretty tune. Just don’t ask her to sit down at the keyboard once she’s done. Powell, a Farmington resident, has made her living for the past seven years tuning pianos and getting them back in working order when something has broken. But like many people who took piano lessons when they were kids, the ability to read music and play a song has long ago disappeared.
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