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Category Archives: Green

Tree Planting on the Gunflint

By bct | May 10, 2010

The Gunflint’s  Banadad Trail Association, friends and neighbors this spring are planting six hundred red Tree Planting along the Banadad and white pines and 100 white spruce trees in previously logged and “blow-down” areas along the eastern end of the Banadad Ski Trail and around Little Ollie Lake. Some 350 trees went [...]

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National Website Announces B&Bs New Green Progarm

By bct | May 5, 2010

Reporting for, Green Lodging News, Glenn Hasek, states that Minnesota Bed and Breakfasts Associations recently launch Green Journey is, ” at least the second green lodging certification program in the United States for B&Bs. Oregon also has a program. The committee putting together Green Journey looked at Oregon’s program as [...]

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Innkeeper Conference in Minneapolis sprouts Green Journey and Encouragement to Bed & Breakfast industry

By bct | April 25, 2010

Minneapolis -The Minnesota Bed and Breakfast Association annual conference was held this past weekend in Minneapolis (April 18-20).  The event attended by Bed and Breakfast owners throughout Minnesota. Barbara Young, from Grand Marais’s Poplar Creek Guesthouse B & B and the Association’s President chaired the conference. Highlighting the conference was speakers from as far away [...]

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Count down to BIG Innspiration in the Mini-Apple

By Pam Thorsen | April 3, 2010

Innkeepers will be gathering at the MBBA annual conference and annual meeting April 18-20 at the Crown Plaza in Brooklyn Park. Highlights this year include Jay Karen as keynote from Professional Association of Innkeepers International (PAII).Also exciting will be the kickoff of the organization’s Green Journey. Classes range from The Art of the Tart to [...]

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St Croix Valley Annual Chocolate March

By Pam Thorsen | February 17, 2010

…what could be more divine than visiting inns, tasting chocolate and pairing up a local wine with some divine handcrafted truffles?

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Water Street Inn, Newsletter

By waterstreetinn | June 16, 2009

Lowell Park, along the River Front, Downtown Stillwater

Historic Water Street Inn
101 Water Street South
Stillwater, MN 55082
651.439.6000
www.waterstreetinn.us

At the foot of the Historic Lift Bridge

Enjoy Father’s Day in Stillwater.

Fathers eat Free on Father’s Day at the Water Street Inn
with another paid adult.

Good for Brunch, Lunch or Dinner

Live Music for Charlie’s Irish Pub located in the Historic Water Street [...]

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Gunflint Green Up- a Weekend of Tree Planting and Fun!

By bct | March 27, 2009

People, Trees, and Community — Coming Together for a Better Future
Grand Marais, MN ­ The second annual Gunflint Green Up takes place May 1-2 at various locations along the Gunflint Trail Scenic Byway in northeastern Minnesota. All planting and release sites are located within the Superior National Forest, in the area affected by the [...]

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