Letter: Voice opinions to council members
Published 9:16 pm Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Contact city council members to let them know what we feel.
It’s mostly the local and state taxes that built and improved our local hospital, so if Mayo can’t make enough money to keep it a full-service facility (inpatient care, delivery, etc.) then they could help, or at least allow us and the city to find a willing organization to do this.
If we lose the full-service hospital we have now, our larger manufacturing companies may be even more tempted to leave this area or not locate here in the first place.
I believe these are some of the many manufacturers here that could lose some ability to attract employees or consider leaving the area:
Cargill Meats
Streater
Minnesota Corrugated Box
North American Label Co.
Ventura Foods
Palleton Pallets
Mrs. Gerry’s Kitchen
Albert Lea Select Foods
Edwards Manufacturing
Innovance Inc.
Carpenter Co. Inc.
Lou-Rich Inc.
Rofshus Precision Machines Inc.
Albert Lea Steel
Albert Lea Public Warehouse
Zumbro River Brand Inc.
Daisy Blue Naturals
Krieger Beverage Co.
ALAMCO Wood Products LLC
Interstate Packaging Corp.
Minnesota Freezer Warehouse
Great Lakes Polymer Technologies LLC
Interstate Molding & Manufacturing
What about the ones who won’t give much consideration to moving their business to the Albert Lea area?
Let those who represent us know what you think.
City council members:
• Mayor Vern Rasmussen Jr., 1426 Edgewater Drive, 507-377-1540.
• Larry Baker, 1315 Lakeview Boulevard, 507-402-6313.
• Al Brooks, 1402 Academy Ave., 507-373-9024.
• Jason Howland, 1133 Plainview Lane, 507-438-1098.
• Rich Murray, 124 Ridge Road, 507-383-1530.
• Reid Olson, 1110 Richway Drive, 507-373-2769.
• Robert Rasmussen, 603 St. Peter Ave., 507-279-7635.
Mavis Jacobs
Albert Lea