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Minneapolis Clamping Down on Drive-Thrus
A new proposal is aiming to make areas with high pedestrian traffic safer
A new proposal in Minneapolis is looking to crack down on the construction of drive-thrus for franchises and other businesses.
One of the main goals of the proposal is to improve safety in areas with higher pedestrian traffic. Minneapolis Council Member Lisa Bender, who co-sponsored the new proposal with Council Member Lisa Goodman said they want businesses to rethink how they design drive-thrus. If approved by the City Council, it would restrict where drive-thrus could be built in the city.
“The streets where a lot of people are walking, on our transit corridors, maybe we don’t want to have drive-throughs at all,” Bender told the Star Tribune. “If we do, we may want to strengthen our controls of them and minimize their impact on people walking.”
The proposal will be worked on over the next few weeks before returning to the City Council.
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FollowNick Powills, CFE, founded No Limit Agency in 2008 and serves as Chief Brand Strategist for the Chicago-based firm. No Limit is a full-service communications agency that establishes and elevates brands by bridging Public Relations, Social Media, Marketing, Advertising, Digital, and a lot of creativity, to best strategize well-rounded and successful campaigns for 50+ global franchise brands. By presenting visionary ideas and building real relationships, No Limit is able to create effective media branding strategies to help companies grow. Nick currently leads a staff of writers, media strategists, designers, social media experts and digital producers in an office think-tank where brands are humanized for strong, compelling media stories. Prior to starting No Limit at the age of 27, Nick spent four years working at a franchise PR agency where he mastered the art of building rapport with media outlets and creating newsworthy pitches for earned media placements. He holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Drake University in Iowa.
