New Life for Former Arden Hills
Ammo Plant Star Tribune-06/6/14 Restoration effort on TCAAP soil will pave way for 18 acres of retail space, 1,500 units of housing.
DEED Awards $1.7M to NW Cities Prairie Business-06/9/14 Five cities in northwest Minn -- Oslo, Badger, Climax, Crookston, Oklee -- received a total of $1.7 million in grants from DEED's Small Cities Development Program.
Grand Rapids Housing Construction
on the Rise BusinessNorth-06/5/2014 A recent Minnesota 2020 study found that although Greater Minnesota didn’t experience the pre-recession housing boom as did metropolitan areas, small cities experienced higher foreclosure rates and falling market values as the impact of the wider economy hit. One conclusion: Many Greater Minnesota communities haven’t really recovered from the loss. Grand Rapids will benefit from a $615,000 DEED award targeting commercial and residential property rehabilitation projects.
It's official: Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area is the 2nd healthiest in the country. American College of Sports Medicine, with WellPoint Foundation support, unveiled its seventh annual American Fitness Index™ data report.
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DEED Awards Training Grant to Alexandria Technical and Community College Three hundred Central Minnesota Credit Union employees will receive financial and leadership training.
DEED Introduces Employment Outcomes Tool A new tool helps students link fields of study to best opportunities for jobs and wages.
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Job search tips for working moms. Tap into your mom network. Outsource some of those home tasks. Put yourself out there. Ask for help. |
Imagine how thrilled you’d be to land a good-paying after more than a year of unemployment. Then just as devastated to be let go after two weeks for tending to the needs of a very sick child. She was a single mother, making do without child support, behind on utilities and rent. But first things first. A WINGS Tri-County Action Program counselor offered hope – and assisted her in obtaining immediate emergency resources such as food support, cash assistance, food shelf and utility assistance. Step 2: Persist in the job search with a generous amount of job leads and on her child support case. Within two weeks, and just before the Christmas holidays, she found a new job and her child support case progressing. DEED’s Displaced Homemaker Program offers pre-employment services that empower clients to enter or re-enter the labor market after having been homemakers. |