Jake Luehrs

There are some important forums coming up for the ISD 728 that may impact you. Regardless of your stance on any particular issue, these will be some good forums to attend to stay on top of the current proposals and candidates.

All ISD 728 parents, guardians, students and stakeholders are encouraged to attend one or more of the upcoming forums relating to local public education:

* ISD 728 School Board Candidates Forum
7 p.m., Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Otsego Elementary School
Sponsored by the Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce and the I-94 West Chamber of
Commerce

ISD 728 State Legislative Candidate Forum
7 p.m., Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Elk River High School
Sponsored by the ISD 728 Legislative Action Team, the Elk River Area and I-94 West
chambers of commerce, Citizens League and Keller Williams Realty

ISD 728 Community Levy Forum
7 p.m., Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Otsego Elementary School

ISD 728 School Board Candidates Forum
9 a.m., Saturday, October 16, 2010
Elk River City Hall

ISD 728 Community Levy Forum
7 p.m., Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Zimmerman Elementary School

ISD 728 Community Levy Forum

7 p.m., Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Rogers Middle School

For more information on the potential levies and what they entail, visit http://www.elkriver.k12.mn.us/departments.cfm?subpage=19327&adminActivate=1

Information provided by I-94 Chamber of Commerce and MnDot

Be aware-ramp and lane closures happen this weekend

We're really cranking on the I-94 projects between Maple Grove and the Crow River, and you may run into some ramp and lane closures this weekend if traveling in the area. Ramp closures will include

*The westbound I-94 ramps to and from Weaver Lake Road in Maple Grove are closed from 10 p.m. Friday, Aug, 20 until 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23 for concrete rehabilitation. Detours will direct you to use Maple Grove Pkwy to exit and enter westbound I-94

*The ramp from eastbound I-94 to Hwy 101 and the ramp from Hwy 101 to westbound I-94 in Rogers are closed between 11 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22 and 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23 for resurfacing. Detours will direct you to use Hwy 241 to exit and enter I-94

Non-rush hour lane closures will continue in both directions for the concrete rehabilitation project between Maple Grove and Rogers. We're still working on overnight resurfacing of I-94 between Hwy 101 and the Crow River as well. Here's what to expect over the next few days near Rogers:

*Eastbound I-94 will be reduced to a single lane between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. tonight (Aug. 19) and tomorrow night (Aug. 20)

*Westbound I-94 will be reduced to a single lane from 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22 until

5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23

For more information about this project, visit:

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/i94bridges/index.html.

Information Provided by I-94 Chamber of Commerce and MnDot.

I-94 Bituminous Paving

Westbound I-94 paving between the TH 101 and the Crow River continues at night until Sunday, August 15. Traffic will be reduced down to one lane from 10pm to 6am. Eastbound paving operations will begin on Wednesday August 18 for approximately one week, starting from the Crow River towards TH 101. Traffic will be reduced down to one lane from 8pm to 5am.

CSAH 81/Main Street Intersection Improvements

Lane reductions continue to be inplace on CSAH 81, TH 101, Main Street, John Milless Drive and Industrial Blvd within the project area. This work is part of the stage 1 construction of the project that is expected to last through mid-September. Motorists will be able to travel on these roadways as they are under construction, but should expect major delays.

Open meetings for the public take place weekly on Wednesdays from 12:30pm pm 1:30 pm. at the Rogers Community Room. Project personnel will be available to answer any questions you may have related to the project schedule and construction activities for the CSAH 81 project as well as the other projects taking place in the City of Rogers.

I-94/TH 101 Flyover

No new traffic changes.

I-94 Concrete Rehab

The westbound Weaver Lake Road exit and entrance ramp from I-94 will be closed on Friday August 13 at 10:00pm until Sunday August 15 at 5:00am. These ramps will also be shut down the following weekend from Friday August 20 at 10:00pm until 5:00am Monday morning August 23.

Crews will continue working on westbound I-94 starting at the Fish Lake Interchange and continuing west from 9pm to 2pm.

Eastbound work should resume on Monday August 16 from 9am to 5am and will last a few days.

Please visit the City of Rogers website www.roads.cityofrogers.org <http://%20%20www.roads.cityofrogers.org/> or Mn/DOT's website www.dot.state.mn.us <http://www.dot.state.mn.us/> for more information. You can sign up for email notifications on the City's website to receive immediate information on these projects as they occur.

There is a lot of activity in the Rogers and Maple Grove real estate market. Below is a quick snapshot of the current activity:

Rogers:

Current Inventory: 111 Properties

Percentage of properties bank owned or short sale status: 34%

Sold Properties in Past 30 days: 8

Percentage of properties sold that were bank owned or short sale: 37.5%

List vs. Sold Percentage: 93.4% (ex. if a property were listed at 100,000, the sales price on avg. would be 93,600)

Averaged Days on Market (solds): 121 Days

Maple Grove:

Current Inventory: 575 Properties

Percentage of properties bank owned or short sale status: 27%

Sold properties in past 30 day: 62

Percentage of properties sold that were bank owned or short sale: 32.2%

List vs. Sold Percentage: 96.5%

Average Days on Market (Sold properties): 88 Days

Enjoy!

Jake Luehrs