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EDC Minutes May 19, 2020 Page 6 of 8 ----------------------------- have a paved road. He said they can discuss it further in June or July to lay out a plan. 7. School Update Chair Lindholm thanked the City of Pequot Lakes for helping them pull together the oddest of graduation ceremonies ever and he stated the class of 2020 will always have the most unique graduation. He informed the EDC that they are doing a parade and that is how the Police, Fire, Public U Utility and City is involved. He said that after the parade they will come back#o the high school to do a driving type of graduation ceremony for the graduates to keep distance and to be safe. He stated that they will also have a live s�`�am on the School District website. He said congratulations to the 2020 grad[��tes: Chair Lindholm also stated that the School l��t is working vvi#h Wold Architects right now to draw plans for the��mer Echo building:�-1� said the focus of that will be on robotics and enginee�and ma�ing it a satellit��+'n�pus those finro programs plus probably the constru��.,progr�, He said the intent is for the construction students to do the actual c��ion�during the sEhool year next year. He said he thinks it is going to be a�u�.experience for the kids and we y; need to watch and see what fik�e�Cids can do He��d that they are looking for a fall 2021 use of the facility for the�classes but this c6r�ng��ar will be all constructing it and making it happen: 8. Chamber Update f< No update w��`given % 10. BLAEDC Updat�.;, . ` ,,,, , %� ,ti�..:� Tyler Glynn stated th�t�hey have h�i'ped obtain financing for New Heritage Architecture and Desigi�i�+vi� the purchase of the old Pfeiffer building. He stated that his glad they were ab� ,,�iarticipate in that and it is great for them to have a �roject that is going forward:'He said they are very pleased that they were able to get`tha#done and work with American National Bank and that they were a great partner for them. He thanked everyone that was involved for their help with the project. He stated that since this all started BLAEDC has been deemed essential and it has been challenging to say the least. He stated that they have not Sheila Haverkamp yet therefore it has been trying to keep moving forward and they have been doing the best that they can. He stated that hopefully they are helping enough of the folks in the County with funding requests and he never thought he would know as much about unemployment insurance as he does right now. He stated that they have been working with the Chamber on some projects and working with the Chambers has been probably the most important thing they could do just because of the database that they have access to. He said as an