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Post by epaul on Jan 14, 2022 11:28:13 GMT -5
www.startribune.com/minnesota-goose-capital-free-land-beer-cable-agassiz-wildlife-refuge-thief-river-hunting/600135577/Free land, cable and beer: Middle River — Minnesota's tiny goose capital — wants you to move there
Make Middle River your home and perks include a free lot near two prime wildlife spots. Other perks: a Sportsmen's Club membership, deals on utilities and a $100 gift certificate to a tavern in town.
 Attention waterfowl hunters who dream about moving closer to marshlands north and west. The goose capital of Minnesota will award you seven-tenths of an acre inside its city limits if you move there and build a house. That's right: Zero down, zero interest and zero payments on a roomy 100-by-300-foot lot in Middle River, a town of 300 people set between Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge and the state's well-known Thief Lake Wildlife Management Area. That's a combined 182 square miles of breeding grounds and habitat for ducks, geese, shorebirds, song birds, raptors, deer, bear, wild turkeys, grouse, wolves and more. The incentives don't stop there. Under the civic growth program launched in 2018 and expanded last year, the welcome packet sponsored by this outdoors-minded community also includes a one-year membership to the local Sportsmen's Club, a free building permit, two free years of municipal water and sewer, free electric hookup, three months of free cable TV, a $100 gift certificate to the local tavern, and a free, 12-month subscription to The Honker, the community's newspaper. "Housing lots are available!'' the city says on its website. "Don't just feel at home — make Middle River your home!'' Josh Smith, president of the Border Bank branch office in Middle River, said three of the first four free lots are taken. In the spring of last year, the City Council added four more lots, all located in the town's northeast corner. The free land is available based on annual income criteria such as $107,000 or less for a family of three or more. For a household of one or two people, the income eligibility line is $93,100 a year, or less. Smith said the city's incentive program is designed to sustain itself by capturing the new property tax revenue and dedicating the money for the purchase of more lots. "We're trying to grow the community,'' said Smith, who also serves as president of the Middle River Sportsmen's Club. ... 
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Post by epaul on Jan 14, 2022 11:32:12 GMT -5
Newfolden is going to have to up it's game.
We could make a good start by coming up with a new slogan for our town highway sign. The current one, "The Maki Boys are Essentially Harmless" isn't working out as we had hoped it would.
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Post by billhammond on Jan 14, 2022 11:33:20 GMT -5
If I'm a hunter, I want big geese, not tiny ones! |
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Post by epaul on Jan 14, 2022 11:34:27 GMT -5
The small ones are tastier!
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Post by Dub on Jan 14, 2022 11:43:10 GMT -5
That’s too close to Newfolden. The commuter traffic would be a constant pain. I was thinking more along the lines of Angle Inlet, MN.
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Post by Marty on Jan 14, 2022 11:55:55 GMT -5
Newfolden is going to have to up it's game. We could make a good start by coming up with a new slogan for our town highway sign. The current one, "The Maki Boys are Essentially Harmless" isn't working out as we had hoped it would. How about " The Maki Boys have moved to Middle River". |
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Jan 14, 2022 12:10:37 GMT -5
Today's Indianapolis Star had an article about towns in Indiana and elsewhere offering large incentives to people to move there. They are targeting mostly remote knowledge workers who telecommute and can live anywhere.
They offer a relaxed small town atmosphere and a lot lower cost of living than the coasts. A town called Greensburg has been flooded with applications.
The town gets, at least hopefully, an economic boost from the salaries these people bring.
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Post by billhammond on Jan 14, 2022 12:20:02 GMT -5
The town gets, at least hopefully, an economic boost from the salaries these people bring , and then can use the money to construct some hills. |
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Post by Dub on Jan 14, 2022 12:22:14 GMT -5
Today's Indianapolis Star had an article about towns in Indiana and elsewhere offering large incentives to people to move there. They are targeting mostly remote knowledge workers who telecommute and can live anywhere. They offer a relaxed small town atmosphere and a lot lower cost of living than the coasts. A town called Greensburg has been flooded with applications. The town gets, at least hopefully, an economic boost from the salaries these people bring. I always thought Nashville, IN might be nice. |
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Jan 14, 2022 12:25:30 GMT -5
Today's Indianapolis Star had an article about towns in Indiana and elsewhere offering large incentives to people to move there. They are targeting mostly remote knowledge workers who telecommute and can live anywhere. They offer a relaxed small town atmosphere and a lot lower cost of living than the coasts. A town called Greensburg has been flooded with applications. The town gets, at least hopefully, an economic boost from the salaries these people bring. I always thought Nashville, IN might be nice. It is, and it and much of southern Indiana has the hills Bill wants. The glaciers didn't make it that far. |
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Post by majorminor on Jan 14, 2022 12:29:09 GMT -5
The two f*****g horses are an especially nice touch.  |
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Post by billhammond on Jan 14, 2022 12:43:46 GMT -5
It is, and it and much of southern Indiana has the hills Bill wants. The glaciers didn't make it that far. Looks like they made it to Greensburg, though.  |
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Post by Marshall on Jan 14, 2022 12:46:20 GMT -5
They've got to up the bar tab if they're really serious.
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Post by John B on Jan 14, 2022 12:56:33 GMT -5
It is, and it and much of southern Indiana has the hills Bill wants. The glaciers didn't make it that far. Looks like they made it to Greensburg, though. You can see our office in that picture - it's the tan/yellow building directly across from the Methodist Church in the upper right part of the picture (about 1/5 of the picture down from the top). Notice the tree growing out of the roof of the courthouse - it's a part of the county's history. |
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Post by John B on Jan 14, 2022 13:12:58 GMT -5
Today's Indianapolis Star had an article about towns in Indiana and elsewhere offering large incentives to people to move there. They are targeting mostly remote knowledge workers who telecommute and can live anywhere. They offer a relaxed small town atmosphere and a lot lower cost of living than the coasts. A town called Greensburg has been flooded with applications. The town gets, at least hopefully, an economic boost from the salaries these people bring. I always thought Nashville, IN might be nice. I have a client ready to list a 1700 square foot cabin with a 1 acre pond for $750K. It does have 14 acres overall, mostly wooded. It probably has two bedrooms, though I'm not sure. Nashville (20 miles to the west) has tons of people wanting to move there; Greensburg (30 miles to the east) not as many. |
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Post by Dub on Jan 14, 2022 14:58:04 GMT -5
I always thought Nashville, IN might be nice. I have a client ready to list a 1700 square foot cabin with a 1 acre pond for $750K. It does have 14 acres overall, mostly wooded. It probably has two bedrooms, though I'm not sure. Nashville (20 miles to the west) has tons of people wanting to move there; Greensburg (30 miles to the east) not as many. Does it come with a separate residence for the grounds keeper? On edit: One of the attractions Nashville has for me is its proximity to Brown County Jamboree Park in nearby Beanblossom. Last time I was in Beanblossom, it still didn’t seem like a compelling place to live. |
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Post by Tamarack on Jan 14, 2022 15:08:23 GMT -5
This thread needs a geologist's admonition that "glaciated" does not equal "flat" Till plains, outwash plains, and postglacial lakebeds are indeed flat, but there is such a thing as an end moraine, a ridge that is formed when a glacier parked itself and dumped a mass of sand, clay, cobbles and boulders. Any ski hill in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, and I suspect many in Wisconsin, are situated on end moraines. (End moraines also have some steep hills to challenge bicyclists)
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Post by John B on Jan 14, 2022 15:15:59 GMT -5
I have a client ready to list a 1700 square foot cabin with a 1 acre pond for $750K. It does have 14 acres overall, mostly wooded. It probably has two bedrooms, though I'm not sure. Nashville (20 miles to the west) has tons of people wanting to move there; Greensburg (30 miles to the east) not as many. Does it come with a separate residence for the grounds keeper? On edit: One of the attractions Nashville has for me is its proximity to Brown County Jamboree Park in nearby Beanblossom. Last time I was in Beanblossom, it still didn’t seem like a compelling place to live. The house is only 2 miles from the Bill Monroe campground! |
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Post by jdd2 on Jan 14, 2022 18:02:18 GMT -5
This thread needs a geologist's admonition that "glaciated" does not equal "flat" Till plains, outwash plains, and postglacial lakebeds are indeed flat, but there is such a thing as an end moraine, a ridge that is formed when a glacier parked itself and dumped a mass of sand, clay, cobbles and boulders. Any ski hill in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, and I suspect many in Wisconsin, are situated on end moraines. (End moraines also have some steep hills to challenge bicyclists) There was a moraine just south of champain urbana*, kind of a high point. The word was that it attracted tornadoes. *probably all built up city now. |
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Post by aquaduct on Jan 14, 2022 19:36:42 GMT -5
This thread needs a geologist's admonition that "glaciated" does not equal "flat" Till plains, outwash plains, and postglacial lakebeds are indeed flat, but there is such a thing as an end moraine, a ridge that is formed when a glacier parked itself and dumped a mass of sand, clay, cobbles and boulders. Any ski hill in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, and I suspect many in Wisconsin, are situated on end moraines. (End moraines also have some steep hills to challenge bicyclists) The ski hills near where I grew up were formed when a trash pile parked itself there. I think the technical term was "Mt. Trashmore". |
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