Column: Tell SVM staff about your local businesses

BY EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 526

Created: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 1:15 a.m. CDT

Updated: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 12:09 p.m. CDT

DIXON – With summer finally here, it’s construction season – and that doesn’t just mean roads.

This is the time of year when we see a lot of movement in the business community, and I think the business column SVM reporter Bridget Flynn and I put together this week will reflect that.

Every Saturday in the business section, we have a column to let readers know about everything that is going on in the business community: comings, goings, expansions, remodelings, cutbacks.

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