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St, Cloud Businesses Hurting for Talent
St. Cloud Times-8/26/16
A lot has changed in the 14 years Allison Waggoner has been at DCI Inc. The tank manufacturer has leaders committed to expanding the company. The business has diversified its engineered-to-order tanks and has customers from pharmaceutical to biotechnology to brewing. It also has been providing extensive training and promotion opportunities to 200 employees. But for all that, Waggoner said, "We have an extremely senior and an extremely junior workforce." 

Duluth's Evolving Labor Force
Duluth News Tribune-9/4/16
The job landscape in the Twin Ports today is certainly not the one originally built by J.P. Morgan and the rest of the industrialists who put the area on the map. One telling sign: DEED data show that almost a full quarter of the workers in the Duluth metro have jobs in education and health — that’s nearly 32,000 people as of July

Did You Know?

Since the Minnesota Angel Tax Credit Program was launched in 2010, more than $350 million has been invested in startup businesses in the state.

Press Releases

Commissioners Hit the Road
Lt. Gov. Smith and state agency commissioners will visit communities and businesses in western and southwestern Minnesota during a three-day bus this week. The fourth annual Commissioners on Wheels tour, scheduled for Wednesday through Friday, will focus on issues and investments related to water, energy and agriculture in Greater Minnesota. The trip will include stops in 11 communities: Worthington, Luverne, Pipestone, Marshall, Granite Falls, Willmar, Benson, Morris, Graceville, Wheaton and Moorhead.

Biomerics Expanding in Brooklyn Park
Contract medical device manufacturer Biomerics LLC has announced plans to invest $6.5 million and create 120 high-paying jobs at a new facility in Brooklyn Park. The Salt Lake City-based company will lease 50,221 square feet in a new build-to-suit facility and relocate 45 current workers from an existing operation in Rogers. The company plans to hire 120 people within three years at the new plant at an average hourly wage of $32.24. DEED is supporting the project with $460,000 from the Job Creation Fund.

DEED Accepting Grant Proposals
DEED is accepting requests for proposals for six competitive grant programs designed to increase economic opportunities for people of color, women, youth, people with disabilities and/or veterans. Proposal forms are posted here on the DEED website. 

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