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The Board of Directors for Visit Saint Paul is comprised of individuals from all sectors of the community.

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To place an obituary, please include the information from the obituary checklist below in an email to [email protected] . There is no option to place them through our website. Feel free to contact our obituary desk at 651-228-5263 with any questions.

General Information:

• Your full name,
• Address (City, State, Zip Code),
• Phone number,
• And an alternate phone number (if any)

Obituary Specification:

• Name of Deceased,
• Obituary Text,
• A photo in a JPEG or PDF file is preferable, TIF and other files are accepted, we will contact you if there are any issues with the photo.
• Ad Run dates
• There is a discount for running more than one day, but this must be scheduled on the first run date to apply.
• If a photo is used, it must be used for both days for the discount to apply, contact us for more information.

Verification of Death:

In order to publish obituaries a name and phone number of funeral home/cremation society is required. We must contact the funeral home/cremation society handling the arrangements during their business hours to verify the death. If the body of the deceased has been donated to the University of Minnesota Anatomy Bequest Program, or a similar program, their phone number is required for verification.

Please allow enough time to contact them especially during their limited weekend hours.

A death certificate is also acceptable for this purpose but only one of these two options are necessary.

Guestbook and Outside Websites:

We are not allowed to reference other media sources with a guestbook or an obituary placed elsewhere when placing an obituary in print and online. We may place a website for a funeral home or a family email for contact instead; contact us with any questions regarding this matter.

Obituary Process:

Once your submission is completed, we will fax or email a proof for review prior to publication in the newspaper. This proof includes price and days the notice is scheduled to appear.

Please review the proof carefully. We must be notified of errors or changes before the notice appears in the Pioneer Press based on each day’s deadlines.

After publication, we will not be responsible for errors that may occur after final proofing.

Payment Procedure:

Pre-payment is required for all obituary notices prior to publication by the deadline specified below in our deadline schedule. Please call 651-228-5263 with your payment information after you have received the proof and approved its contents.

Credit Card: Payment accepted by phone only due to PCI (Payment Card Industry) regulations

EFT: Check by phone. Please provide your routing number and account number.

• The minimum charge is $162 for the first 10 lines.
• Every line after the first 10 is $12.20.
• If the ad is under 10 lines it will be charged the minimum rate of $162.
• On a second run date, the lines are $8.20 per line, starting w/ the first line.
• For example: if first run date was 20 lines the cost would be $164.
• Each photo published is $125 per day.
• For example: 2 photos in the paper on 2 days would be 4 photo charges at $500.

Please follow deadline times to ensure your obituary is published on the day requested.

MEMORIAM (NON-OBITUARY) REQUEST

Unlike an obituary, Memoriam submissions are remembrances of a loved one who has passed. The rates for a memoriam differ from obituaries.

HOURS: Monday – Friday 8:00AM – 5:00PM (CLOSED WEEKENDS and HOLIDAYS)

Please submit your memoriam ad to [email protected] or call 651-228-5280.

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Local News | Visit St. Paul appoints interim CEO, launches national search

The board of directors of Visit St. Paul, the city’s tourism bureau, has appointed Cindy Dupont as interim president and chief executive officer of both the organization and the St. Paul RiverCentre, the city’s convention center.

Dupont, who serves as Visit St. Paul’s chief financial officer and chief operating officer, has been with the organization for 13 years. In November, the board declined to renew the contract of former president and CEO Terry Mattson , who had held the position since 2014. His contract expired Feb. 17.

The 17-member board, which includes nine mayoral appointees, has launched a national search for Mattson’s replacement, according to a statement on Thursday from the tourism bureau.

Prior to joining Visit St. Paul, Dupont served as the financial controller for Prism Studios, Inc., a digital printing company, and director of finance for Rosewood Estates, which provides assisted living for seniors.

Visit St. Paul, which markets St. Paul as a national tourism and conference destination, also oversees the Kellogg Boulevard parking ramp. St. Paul merged its tourism bureau and convention center authority in 2005.

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The Saint Paul Downtown Alliance is a nonprofit organization that represents downtown businesses, nonprofits, government entities, residents, and entrepreneurs. Together, we work to build a strong and vibrant downtown, creating a positive downtown experience for all.

The Downtown Alliance is the outcome of a year-long community-based process spearheaded by the Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation that brought together government agencies, businesses, residents, and other stakeholders to create a vision for the future of downtown Saint Paul.

Meet the Board

The mission of the Saint Paul Downtown Alliance is to create and maintain a vibrant, economically successful, safe, and attractive downtown that benefits the entire city and region by:

• Recruiting new employers
• Attracting new investments
• Creating positive downtown experiences

When a city’s downtown center is thriving, so are its surrounding communities. We believe that our work to strengthen the vibrancy of downtown Saint Paul will ultimately benefit the entire city and region.

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The Downtown Alliance serves the downtown core, from Lowertown to the West 7th entertainment district.

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Visit Saint Paul

Visit Saint Paul is the official convention & visitors bureau for Minnesota's capital city of Saint Paul. Our mission is to generate economic growth for Saint Paul by effectively marketing the RiverCentre campus, Saint Paul and the region as a preferred convention and tourism destination.

Visit Saint Paul traces its roots back to 1927, making it one of the oldest destination marketing organizations in the United States.

The Board of Directors for Visit Saint Paul is comprised of 18 individuals from all sectors of the community.

The staff of Visit Saint Paul is comprised of 18 people in the areas of convention sales, convention services, membership, marketing and financial administration.

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