Port Wellness zoning changes approved
Rezonings of properties that have been added to Port Wellness, one of four ports established along Coon Rapids Boulevard in the boulevard framework plan to guide develop and redevelopment, have been approved by the Coon Rapids City Council.
The properties are all on the east side of intersection of Coon Rapids and Round Lake boulevards.
Earlier this month, the council gave preliminary approval to a revised master plan to Port Wellness, which both sides of the boulevard in the area of Mercy Hospital, to include the additional properties on the east side of Round Lake Boulevard.
The Coon Rapids Planning Commission is scheduled to review the final master plan at its November meeting and make a recommendation to the council.
The three ordinances adopted by the council on second reading would:
• Rezone the former Frank’s Nursery property at 3707 Coon Rapids Blvd. from general commercial to port and removed it from the Reisling Park North PUD (planned unit development) designation.
This change, which will bring the property in line with the land use designation of commercial mixed use, would facilitate the possible redevelopment of the site for senior housing.
The city has been approached by Coventry Senior Living to build a senior assisted living facility on the site, according to Planner Scott Harlicker.
• Rezone the McKay’s Collision site (formerly McKay Lincoln Mercury) from general commercial to port and eliminate the PUD designation, which is consistent with the land use designation of commercial mixed use and residential mixed use.
The original ordinance also included the Classic Bowl property, but the bowling alley site was removed over council concerns expressed at first reading about making the business non-conforming.
According to Harlicker, the commission will consider the status of the bowling alley property when it considers the final master plan.
“As of now, the Classic Bowl keeps its general commercial zoning and remains outside Port Wellness and within the Reisling Park North PUD,” Harlicker said.
• The third ordinance affects the office buildings and church at 3700 and 3750 Coon Rapids Blvd., with the zoning change from the zoning from office to port (commercial mixed use).
With the zoning change, the offices become permitted uses and the church a conditional use, the same as under the prior zoning, Harlicker said.
Phoebe Northwest offers wellness program
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Want to get in shape and lead a healthier life? Phoebe Putney Hospital has a health and wellness program that might be able to help.
An athletic trainer from Phoebe Northwest spoke to people interested in getting involved.
“We offer programs for all ages. If being physically active is something you want to do then we have a program for you,” said Athletic Trainer, Chauncey Keith.
Traditional Thai Wellness Center Opens in Vancouver, Canada
There’s no need to travel all the way to Phuket, Thailand, to experience the world-class healing techniques from Thailand. Smile Thai Wellness has just launched in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is bringing the best of Thai culture and long-standing traditional therapies to the west coast.
Smile Thai Wellness is the ideal setting to pursue comfort and relaxation through healing arts dating back thousands of years in the Asian culture. Smile Thai Wellness not only focuses on holistic massage therapy, but provides an all encompassing array of wellness services designed to awaken, energize and balance the body, including acupuncture, reflexology, registered massage therapy, Thai yoga exercise and meditation classes by Thai monks.
The founder of Smile Thai Wellness, Austin Sakchai learned the art of Thai healing as passed down by his family in Bangkok, Thailand and much like tradition, learned Thai massage, yoga and meditation when he was a monk in Thailand. He says, “I could see the benefits and improvement in people’s well-being from using the Thai massage, yoga and meditation techniques taught to me by the Thai monks at the temple. This inspired me to open Smile Thai Wellness to promote holistic therapies and share my experience in Vancouver.”
Traditional Thai massage is a hybrid of kneading and stretching, yoga and acupressure, where the therapists use their hands, knees, legs and feet to move people into a sequence of yoga-like positions. Effortlessly simple but with an immense amount of physical, mental and psychological benefits including helping to detox the body and boost the immune system, building an emotional balance and relieving stress and anxiety.
