Biz briefs: Chiropractic clinic planned at Crossroads

August 29, 2010 at 3:35AM

Dr. Amy Parno filed for a building permit with the city for $22,000 in lease improvements to open Parno Family Chiropractic at the Crossroads Commerce Center on Commerce Drive in October. Crossroads Commerce is the location of the city's new SuperTarget.

Parno, a recent graduate of Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, will be the sole practitioner focusing on pediatrics and pregnancy chiropractic services.

"It should be a good place for families in Woodbury to get natural health care," she said.

Women's accessory boutique opens Houston-based Charming Charlie is planning to open its first Minnesota location by the end of the year in Woodbury Lakes. The women's accessory boutique currently has 66 locations nationwide and sells fashion jewelry, scarves, belts and other accessories between $5 and $50.

Director of Marketing Patty Fadhouli said the company is growing in a number of markets and hopes to add as many as 14 stores by the end of 2010.

Gordmans coming to Tamarack Village Tamarack Village will see some shuffling around in the coming months.

Bed Bath & Beyond will take the space formerly held by Circuit City. Then a new Omaha-based department store called Gordmans will move into the space currently held by Bed Bath & Beyond, combined with the space formerly occupied by World Market, said Hans Rasmussen, president of the Robert Muir company, which owns and manages the Tamarack Village retail complex.

Along with a planned store in Burnsville, the Tamarack Village store represents Gordmans' first forays into the Twin Cities market.

The retailer, described as similar to Kohl's and J.C. Penney, is expected to open next spring.

GreenCorps comes to Woodbury Woodbury recently was named one of 26 host sites for a Minnesota GreenCorps member by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

The city currently is hosting GreenCorps member Whitney Olson, who has been doing urban forestry work.

STILLWATER

Burglary alert issued Stillwater police are warning local businesses to take care in locking up their shops after an uptick in burglaries and attempted burglaries downtown.

Sgt. Jeff Stender said in July and August there had been 13 burglaries through Aug. 24, up from seven during July and August of last year. Most of the targets have been businesses.

Stender urged businesses operators to remember to lock their windows and doors before closing, and to report suspicious activity such as people hanging around in or around their building at odd hours.

EMMA L. CAREW

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