Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store, an iconic roadside shopping destination, to relocate
Posted on AllSides April 12th, 2024
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Minnesota's Largest Candy Store, an iconic roadside destination for treats from lollipops and chocolate to pasta and pickles, is planning to move to a new building on a new site. The relocation is driven by a long-discussed interchange project on Hwy. 169. Under Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) rules, the candy store would be too close to the updated highway and its access to the thoroughfare would have to be cut off. "We fought it vigorously. We did our own traffic studies. We had this access for half a century,"...
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