For the dreamers among us, these three should happen soon. Affordable Housing, with skyrocketing home values and even higher prices in rentals, this might be the next task for the team behind the Community Haven House-Day Resource Center. Trader Joe’s has long been on this list, with the closest one being 75 minutes away in Woodbury, Minn. From 1935 to 1963, the 400 premier passenger train ran from Chicago to the Twin Cities with a major stop in Eau Claire. Recent efforts are focused on a Passenger Rail Through Eau Claire to Twin Cities route, with Milwaukee, Madison, and Chicago added at a later date. —Barbara Arnold