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VANNELLI’S ON THE LAKE: Reopens further south PAGE 3

Project Banjo: ‘Still a lot of what ifs’

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BY SHANNON GRANHOLM MANAGING EDITOR

CENTERVILLE — A proposal from a business code-named “Project Banjo” will move on to the City Council later this month with a lengthy list of conditions and “what ifs.” Project Banjo has submitted zoning applications for a 141,000-square-foot fulfillment center on the 40 acres of land (Rehbein property) between 20th and 21st avenues and north of Fairview Street. The facility would include a large covered loading area for delivery vans and could employ approximately 600 people. The business has asked the city to sign a nondisclosure agreement to protect its identity and “trade secrets” from competitors. The Planning Commission recently considered a site plan review, preliminary plat and conditional use permit (CUP) for a planned unit development as well as a few other CUPs related to the project. The applicants are RJ Ryan Companies and current owner R & R Leasing Inc. “You decided to consider project as a PUD,” said City Planner Phil Carlson. “There are enough issues, and it is complex enough, that city code does allow you to consider it a PUD. That way, the city city can negotiate with the applicant and come up with final conditions of a CUP and, ultimately, a contract.” He added that three items themselves trigger CUPs, including the presence of a truck terminal, outside storage (of truck trailers) and the height

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Don’t forget to honor veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice this Memorial Day, which will be observed Monday, May 30. Find more information about the holiday and a local calendar of events inside on page 2.

SEE PROJECT BANJO, PAGE 13

Centerville Elementary: Student becomes the teacher CENTERVILLE — Madison Dorn has always loved school, but she never imagined that she would have the opportunity to return to her elementary school to teach in her very own kindergarten classroom. Dorn graduated from Centennial High School in 2018. She then attended Bethel University and graduated in December 2021. A year later, she accepted an offer as a kindergarten teacher at Centerville Elementary. Dorn’s kindergarten teacher, George Burr, retired last June after 35 years at Centerville Elementary. With the exception of one year, he spent the entire

time teaching kindergarten. Even though he retired, Burr still serves as a substitute teacher at the school. Centerville Elementary Principal Mike Macken explained that the school had a teacher leave partway through the school year. Burr stepped up to substitute for about three weeks while the district searched for a new teacher. Macken said they were impressed with Dorn from the get-go. “She had a great skillset for what we were looking for, and she seemed like she would fit in well with our culture. She likes to collaborate; she is open to new ideas. She really has fit in well,” Macken said. “It was fun to see how excited she SEE CENTERVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PAGE 7

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