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Expanded Patio Space Permit

When Minnesota bars and restaurants reopen June 1, seating will be limited to outdoors and no more than 50 patrons at a time to accommodate social distancing. To help local bars, restaurants, and cafes the Bemidji area, local partner agencies of the Bemidji Alliance, as well as the City of Bemidji officials, are working together…

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Beltrami County Passes Property Tax Abatement for Small Business

Beltrami county commissioners recently passed board resolution #20-05-14 to provide small businesses and self-employed individuals with a property tax liability of $200,000 or less the opportunity to apply for the abatement of the first half of 2020 property tax penalty. Small businesses suffering because of the COVID-19 Emergency are eligible for an abatement of penalty…

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Reopen Bemidji, Responsibly

Bemidji, MN – May 4, 2020 While the effects of COVID-19 are directly impacting all of us, our local business community is particularly being hit the hardest. For many of our Bemidji area business owners, the inability to open their doors and serve our community has severely limited not only their livelihood, but it is…

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