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Lowe’s ads get OK in Minneapolis parks

By Chris Steller | 06.06.08 | 8:26 pm

A proposal floated May 21 to put ads for Lowe’s home-improvement chain in Minneapolis parks passed the full park board Wednesday, despite commissioners’ stated misgivings about the signs. The two banners, along with 12-by-17 inch indoor signs at…

A new low(e): Ads proposed for Minneapolis parks

By Chris Steller | 05.28.08 | 2:42 pm

Bus windows and skyways get covered in ads; are public parks next? Minneapolis taxpayers could soon be greeted at their city parks by banners advertising a national home improvement chain that has no stores in the…