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![Grand Rapids Herald Review: Businesses, communities, housing and outdoor recreation in northeastern Minnesota receive over $13 million in economic development funding Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/News/GRE%20Grand%20Rapids%20Herald%20Review.jpeg)
At Tuesday's Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation (IRRR) Board meeting, an estimated $9.5 million in business loans and grants, $2.9 million in housing grants, $793,652 in infrastructure grants and $52,600 in trails grants were reviewed to advance projects in northeastern Minnesota. Agency investment for all projects combined is over $13.2...
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Office of Energy and Transportation: $1.3 billion in funding announced for EV charging infrastructure
May 30 2024The Biden-Harris Administration opened applications today for a historic $1.3 billion funding opportunity for electric vehicle (EV) charging and alternative-fueling infrastructure in urban and rural communities and along designated highways, interstates, and major roadways. This is the largest single grant funding opportunity for EV charging in the nation’s history and...
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In the rapidly changing and highly competitive landscape of the tourism industry, the importance of leveraging digital tools and platforms cannot be overstated. With the widespread use of smartphones and other connected devices, travelers now have unprecedented access to information and resources to plan their trips. As such, tourism professionals...
![Grand Rapids Herald Review: GoMARTI expanding into Cohasset Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/News/GRE%20Grand%20Rapids%20Herald%20Review.jpeg)
Tammy Meehan Russel and Trisha Peterson were present to talk about goMARTI, at the Tuesday, May 14 regular Cohasset City Council meeting.Russel explained this is Minnesota’s accessible rural transit innovations. It started back in 2022, as a 24-month pilot program through September 2024. There are five self-driving shuttles (three wheelchair...
![Cook County News Herald: Visitors generate over $220 Million of economic activity in Cook County annually. Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/News/GRE%20Cook%20County%20News%20Herald.jpg)
Cook County News Herald: Visitors generate over $220 Million of economic activity in Cook County annually.
May 17 2024In celebration of the kickoff to summer, Visit Cook County is hosting an Open House on May 23Grand Marais, Minn. – May 14, 2024 – A new study by the University of Minnesota Extension Department of Community Development reveals the significant economic impact of visitors to Cook County, Minnesota.Annually, over...
![Refrigerated and Frozen Foods: RL Cold, Graycor Plan New Minneapolis Cold Storage Facility Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/RL-Cold-MN-Lakeville-Build%20Graycor%20Plan%20New%20Minneapolis%20Cold%20Storage%20Facility.jpg)
Refrigerated and Frozen Foods: RL Cold, Graycor Plan New Minneapolis Cold Storage Facility
May 16 2024RL Cold, a division of RealtyLink, LLC, recently broke ground on a 292,000-square-foot cold storage facility strategically located in Minneapolis to meet the demands of the area’s underserved market.Graycor Construction Company serves as the general contractor on the design-build project, with Ware Malcomb as the design partner.The Lakeville, Minnesota site...
![CBS News: Millions invested into researching possible manganese mine in small Minnesota town Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/10p-pkg-emily-manganese-wcco%20news.jpg)
CBS News: Millions invested into researching possible manganese mine in small Minnesota town
May 13 2024A recent discovery could bring a new kind of mining to cabin country. Geologists are reporting a massive discovery of manganese in the town of Emily.It isn't a treasure hunt anymore — a team of geologists says they were given a map with a giant "X" that dates back to...
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MSP Business Journals: Power lenders for CRE
May 9 2024Community bank leaders in the Twin Cities recognize the high-profile troubles of downtown office markets, but that's not where they lend.For most banks, lending for rent-producing properties is a major part of their overall business plan. And while rising interest rates have drastically slowed this loan growth among the twin...
![MSP Business Journals: Minnesota is the fourth best state to live in, U.S. News says Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/bol-bridge-in-st-paul-dsc3976_900xx8256-4644-0-328.jpg)
Minnesota is closer to being known as the best state to live in, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2024 Best States ranking. Minnesota’s overall ranking was No. 4 —higher than last year’s No. 5 in U.S. News & World Report's 2024 Best States ranking. The list was led...
![Press Release: Members, Directors And Employees Officially Break Ground On New Operations Center And Headquarters Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/Stearns%20Electric%20Association%20Monday%2C%20May%206%20groundbreaking%20for%20the%20Cooperative%E2%80%99s%20new%20operations%20center%20hq.jpg)
Stearns Electric Association members, Board of Directors and employees came together on Monday, May 6, to celebrate the groundbreaking for the Cooperative’s new operations center and headquarters. Excitement was in the air as Stearns Electric CEO Matt O’Shea and Board President Eric Peterson welcomed individuals to the event and shared...
![Bloomberg: Record Wave of Americans Fled Big Cities for Small Ones in 2023 Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/More%20Images/shutterstock_1607004745.jpg)
Score a victory for Mayberry. America’s small towns, like the iconic setting of television’s The Andy Griffith Show from the 1960s, saw more in-migration in 2023 than larger areas for the first time in decades.The remote work boom that prompted Americans to flee urban areas for mountain hamlets and seaside...
![CFC Solutions: Look for Data Centers To Impact US Power Markets, Co-ops Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/News/look-for-data-centers-to-impact-us-power-markets--co-ops0_thumb_800_800.png)
Data centers are an increasingly important industry for the world economy, helping innovate and increase efficiency across a wide variety of businesses and services. Through their vital role in supporting cloud-based services, 5G-wireless networks and the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI), data centers are set to be one of...
![Duluth News Tribune: Black-led nature retreat develops near Two Harbors Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/News/GRE%20Duluth%20news%20tribune.jpg)
Rebeka Ndosi's plan for a BIPOC-led, nature-based retreat on the North Shore is one step closer to fruition.On April 15, the Lake County Board of Commissioners approved Ndosi and her husband Matthew Myrold's bid for a conditional use permit, advancing the development of Maji ya Chai Land Sanctuary.The retreat center...
![Mesabi Tribune: Despite cost challenges, Lake country Power holds the line Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/News/GRE%20Mesabi%20tribune.jpg)
In spite of rising costs for electrical distribution, Lake Country Power is not adjusting electricity rates to the rural cooperative's members in 2024.That's the message Lake Country Power General Manager Mark Bakk delivered to members of the cooperative at its annual meeting.Click here to read the full article from Mesabi...
![Echo Press: RDO marks 60 years of potato growing in Minnesota Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/News/echo_runestone.jpg)
For 60 years in a row, R.D. Offutt Farms seed potatoes were buried beneath the sandy soils near Park Rapids.It’s a tradition kept alive by the consumer looking for a steady flow of superior French fries, and RDO staff remaining on the cutting edge of potato production and sustainability.Tuesday, April...
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Duluth News Tribune: After helium discovery, lawmakers and state agencies eye regulations
Apr 20 2024Confirmation of a rich pocket of helium deep beneath Northeastern Minnesota's forest floor this winter has spurred state officials and legislators to create regulations for the fledging industry.Because Minnesota does not have a natural gas or oil extraction industry, existing rules don't account for the production of other gases like...
![Aitkin Independent Age: MLEC Fiber plans for busy season Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/News/mille_lacs_aitkin_age.jpg)
The mild winter weather has allowed for an early start to MLEC (Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative) Fiber construction and installation. Three projects will make MLEC Fiber Internet available to an additional 1.250 homes and businesses.MCGRATH AREAConstruction is wrapping up on the 100-mile fiber project, passing over 500 homes in the...
![MSP Business Journal: As SBA overhauls its marquee loan program, some banks are optimistic. Others see a 'mixed bag.' Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/News/gettyimages-1302714697.jpg)
The SBA is making several changes to a major loan program aimed at encouraging more banks to lend. Here's what it means for businesses, and why some bankers are optimistic.Mike McGinley is optimistic a raft of recent changes made by the Small Business Administration to its flagship 7(a) program will...
![Park Rapids Enterprise: Knute Nelson Crystal Brook adding memory care units Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/care%20apartment%20park%20rapids%20GRE.jpg)
A new memory care wing at Knute Nelson Crystal Brook Senior Living is rapidly taking shape.The addition adds 20 new units, bringing the campus' total to 38 memory care apartments.“We've been having construction meetings all along,” said Ashley Ylitalo, executive director of Crystal Brook. “They're saying it's on track to...
![DEED: Minnesota PROMISE Act Funding to Support Disadvantaged Small Businesses is Becoming Available Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/deed-development-blog-header_tcm1045-152635.png)
DEED: Minnesota PROMISE Act Funding to Support Disadvantaged Small Businesses is Becoming Available
Mar 27 2024Applications for the first round of funding from the Providing Resources & Opportunity & Maximizing Investments in Striving Entrepreneurs (PROMISE) Act are becoming available from the Neighborhood Development Center (NDC), the Minnesota Initiative Foundations and the Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA). The Minnesota PROMISE Act, created by the Minnesota Legislature...
![Grand Rapids Herald Review: Hospitality and nature are key priorities for Sugar Lake Lodge Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/Hospitality%20and%20nature%20are%20key%20priorities%20for%20Sugar%20Lake%20Lodge.jpg)
Grand Rapids Herald Review: Hospitality and nature are key priorities for Sugar Lake Lodge
Mar 27 2024Abigayle and Tim Oxborough moved back to Grand Rapids in 2017. They planned on helping Abigayle's parents run Sugar Lake Lodge in the summers and live somewhere else in the winter. Sugar Lake Lodge was built in 1993 by Abigayle's parents. It was where she grew up. She said she...
![Golden Shovel Agency: Breaking Down Barriers: The Critical Impact of Workforce Housing on Employment Prospects Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/breaking-down-barriers-the-critical-impact-of-workforce-housing-on-employment-prospects.jpg)
In the dynamic landscape of today’s job market, the struggle to secure suitable housing options has emerged as a formidable barrier to employment for many individuals. The shortage of workforce housing options affects workers’ livelihoods and obstructs the economic prosperity of communities.Prospective employees are often forced to compromise on job...
![DEED: $2.7 Million in Grants for Robotics Teams and STEM Internship Programs Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/mndeed%20press%20release.jpg)
Today, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced $2.7 million in Robotics Teams and STEM Internships Program grant awards to eight nonprofit organizations and education institutions across the state.This competitive grant program, offered through DEED's Office of Youth Development, provides grants to organizations to support high school...
![Site Selection: How Data Centers Are Reshaping Rural America Photo](https://secure-cdn.scdn6.secure.raxcdn.com/media/userfiles/subsite_2/images/Data-Centers-0324-lead.jpg)
Pastoral places that used to host horse farms and tractor pulls will soon power the artificial intelligence we use for everything from streaming services to driverless cars.That is because AI requires real infrastructure, and the capital investment needed to build that infrastructure does not come cheap.Newmark, in its 2023 U.S...