Newsletter April 2010

Crossroads Properties Tenant Newsletter

April 2010
Spring has arrived and with it comes many opportunities.  Here at Crossroads Properties we have the good fortune to welcome many new tenants (with more to come in May), expand our efforts to participate in “GREEN” activities, and continue to help others in the community.  We hope you take a moment to read about the new tenants and other events taking place this month.

Please forward this link to your employees.  If you received this link by forward and would like to be added to the mailing list, please let Dawn know by email dwessels@crossroadsproperties.net

Welcome to the following new tenants:

Zantigo Franching Corporation is in suite 170 at the 680 Building of Crossroads Commerce Center.  They currently have a promotion at each restaurant for a Cinco De Mayo taco bar for 20 people, you can sign up at any of the locations.   For more information and to find a location near you, visit their website at www.Zantigo.com.  Be sure to check back after April 30th when they launch their new website!

City Cottages Inc., is  now operating in the 7200 Building at Crossroads of Oakdale in suite 107F.

We now have a limousine service operating out of suite 420 in the Crossroads Building at 7500 Hudson Blvd.  Ace Limo provides first class service in Minnesota for all types of events.  They serve the Minneapolis/St Paul region beyond.  For more information call 651-ACE-LIMO or visit their website at www.acelimocoaches.com

Crossroads Goes Green…

We are looking into partnering with Merrick Inc., a non-profit agency that supports adults with developemental disabilities in their efforts to find vocational opportunities. Merrick Inc. offers the service of collecting plastic bags and film for the purposes of recycling.  The material is collected and put in barrels to eventually be recycled into other products such as maintenance free decking products.  We feel participating in this program would be beneficial for several reasons, but most importantly it will reduce unnecessary waste in the trash dumpsters and provide job opportunities for others.  We are considering placing collection bins at a variety of locations, but would like to get an idea of which tenants would particpate. Below is a list of plastic items they will accept:

• grocery, newspaper, dry cleaning bags
• food type bags with residue removed (produce bags, bread bags, cereal bags, frozen food bags)
• wrap from paper product packings (toilet tissue, paper towels)
• retail bags (string ties and rigid handles need to be removed)
• clean sandwich/storage type bags (zipper mechanism removed)
• stretch wrap from pallets
• shrink wrap from all case goods

Please send an email to Dwessels@crossroadsproperties.net indicating your possible participation level.  Please note that we also encourage you to bring in these items from home to be included in this collection program.

For more information about Merrick Inc. and this particular program, visit their website at www.merrickinc.org

Rent Payments

Just a reminder, if you would like save a stamp and envelope, you can have rent payments automatically deducted from your checking account monthly.  Please contact Dawn at dwessels@crossroadsproperties.net if you would like additional information on this program.

Blood Drive

Did you know?

• Since blood cannot be synthetically made, there is no substitute
• One pint of blood can save up to 3 lives
• About 1 in 7 people entering a hospital will need blood
• More than 4.5 million people need blood transfusions each year throughout the U.S. and Canada
• Shortages of all blood types consistently occur during the summer and winter holidays
• Premature infants and children undergoing heart surgery or treatment for cancer require blood from donors of all types, especially type O
• Patients with anemia need blood transfusions to increase their oxygen carrying capacity
• Many of the more than 80,000 people in the U.S. with severe sickle cell disease receive blood transfusions every month
• The rarest blood type is the one not on the shelf when it’s needed by the patient
• Less than 10% of eligible Americans donate blood

We still have appointments available.  Sign up today and bring a friend!

All blood types are needed, especially TYPE O!

The next Blood Drive will be:

Date:                      Friday April 30th
Time:                     10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
NEW Location:        The Lake Elmo Bank Building 600 Inwood Ave, Oakdale

To register, click here dwessels@crossroadsproperties.net and provide your date of birth and preferred donation time.  Appointments will be scheduled every 15 minutes, beginning at 10:15 a.m.  Please allow 30-45 minutes for the donation process.