In the coming weeks, the Minnesota House of Representatives and Senate, will be hold hearings across our state to hear from Minnesotans on Governor Pawlenty’s budget recommendations. The schedule of town hall meetings follows.

Albert Lea
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 10:00 a.m.
Albert Lea City Hall-Council Chambers
221 E Clark Street
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Alexandria
Note: Time Change
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 4:00 p.m.
Alexandria City Hall
704 Broadway
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Bemidji
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 3:30 p.m.
Bemidji State University-American Indian Resource Center Gathering Place
1620 Birchmont Drive
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Bloomington
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 7:00 p.m.
Bloomington City Hall
1800 W Old Shakopee Rd
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Brainerd
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 10:30 a.m.
Washington Educational Services Building-Board Room
804 Oak Street
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Burnsville
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 7:30 p.m.
Fairview Ridges Hospital
201 E Nicollet Blvd
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Coon Rapids
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 7:00 p.m.
Coon Rapids City Hall
11155 Robinson Drive
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Duluth
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 9:30 a.m.
Duluth City Hall-Council Chambers
411 W 1st Street
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Forest Lake
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 6:30 p.m.
Forest Lake City Hall
220 N. Lake St
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Little Falls
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 9:30 a.m.
Morrison County Government Center-Garden Level Meeting Room
213-1st Avenue SE
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Mankato
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 6:00 p.m.
Mankato Intergovernmental Center-Mankato River Room
10 Civic Center Plaza
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Marshall
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 2:30 p.m.
Southwest Minnesota State University Lecture Hall
1501 State Street
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Minneapolis
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 6:00 p.m.
Minneapolis Park Board
2117 West River Road
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Moorhead (Senate Tax Committee)
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 12:30 p.m.
Minnesota State University Moorhead-Comstock Union
1104-7th Avenue South

*The Moorhead hearing is a meeting of the full Senate Tax Committee. The format is slightly different from the other budget townhall meetings which are being organized by the House Finance and Ways and Means Committees and Senate Finance Committee.

Sign up to testify at the Moorhead Tax Committee meeting by emailing your name, your address, and your phone number to Christopher.Runquist@senate.mn

Plymouth
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 7:00 p.m.
Plymouth City Hall
3400 Plymouth Blvd
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Rochester
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 6:00 p.m.
Rochester Community and Technical College-Heintz Center Commons Area
1926 Collegeview Road SE
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St. Cloud
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 6:00 p.m.
St. Cloud City Hall-Council Chambers
400-2nd Street South
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St. Paul
Thursday, February 26, 2009 - 6:00 p.m.
West Minnehaha Recreation Center in Frogtown
685 Minnehaha Ave W
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Virginia
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 1:30 p.m.
Mesabi Range Community and Technical College-Small Auditorium
1001 Chestnut Street W
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Willmar
Thursday, February 19, 2009 - 6:00 p.m.
Kennedy Elementary School
824-7th Street SW
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Winona
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 3:30 p.m.
Winona City Hall-Council Chambers
207 Lafayette
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White Bear Lake
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 6:30 p.m.
White Bear Lake High School-South Campus
3551 McKnight Rd N
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Woodbury
Monday, February 23, 2009 - 6:00 p.m.
Central Park Ampitheater
8595 Central Park Place
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Worthington
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 10:30 a.m.
Worthington City Hall-Council Chambers
303 Ninth Street
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