Shutterfly Bringing 300 Jobs to Shakopee
Shutterfly Bringing 300 Jobs to Shakopee
Shutterfly is coming to Minnesota! The online photo storage and sharing service headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., is opening a new 217,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Shakopee that will bring over 300 full-time jobs to the city.
Gov. Mark Dayton, DEED Commissioner Katie Clark Sieben and Shakopee Mayor Brad Tabke traveled to California in July to meet with CEO Jeffrey Housenbold to make the case that Minnesota would be a good home for Shutterfly’s expansion. Housenbold announced the decision to invest in Minnesota at the end of last month.
"We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Shutterfly to Minnesota,” said Commissioner Sieben. “Shutterfly ranked ninth in Forbes' fastest-growing companies in 2013 and is also ranked as one of the best places to work. Minnesota has the talented and productive workforce Shutterfly needs to fuel its rapid growth."
A $1 million forgivable loan from the Minnesota Investment Fund and tax abatement packages from both the city of Shakopee and Scott County played a big role in attracting the $60 million expansion. Local partnerships were another key to landing the project and would not have been possible without the investment and work of Ryan Companies, Greater MSP, Scott County, Shakopee and the state.
"I am thrilled to have a great company like Shutterfly expanding in Shakopee and bringing high-quality jobs to the Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul region,” said Shakopee Mayor Brad Tabke. “This project builds on the region's recent economic development wins, thanks to great partnerships with Scott County, Greater MSP and the state of Minnesota."
Shutterfly is a welcome addition to a Minnesota manufacturing sector that employs more than 300,000 people – roughly one in nine jobs in the state. Manufacturing jobs provide thousands of Minnesotans with challenging work and good salaries that allow them to support their families.
Shutterfly joins a growing list of companies that are making Minnesota home and contributing to economic growth in the state.
Photo caption: From left to right, DEED Commissioner Katie Clark Sieben, Shakopee Mayor Brad Tabke, Shutterfly CEO Jeffrey Housenbold and Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton.
