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Thursday, April 25, 2019
By Kalyn Hove, Vice President, Comcast Business - Twin Cities Region
As cloud-computing usage continues to soar, many Twin Cities businesses face a major challenge – updating their 20th century computer networks for today’s 21st century business climate. Whether big data, video or other high-consumption applications, businesses must keep up with increasing bandwidth demands or face the risk of ...read more
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS (April 23, 2019) – The Opus Group (Opus) welcomed its first residents today to its new four-story, 147-unit senior living development in Minnetonka, Minnesota. In partnership with Ebenezer Management, this new facility offers high-quality services and housing choices for people looking for independent living, assisted living, memory care and even short-term stays.Orchards of Minnetonka ...read more
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS, April 22, 2019 – Minneapolis College’s 15th Annual Sustainability Fair, sponsored by the Three-Legged Frog Environmental Club, is scheduled for Wednesday, April 24, 2019, from 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. This event will feature lively discussions with more than 20 environmental organizations tabling at the Fair and fielding questions to provide commentary on key issues. A highlight of the ...read more
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Minneapolis (April 23, 2019) – Nominations are open now for the third annual Minnesota Sports Awards, hosted by Sports Minneapolis, and powered by Meet Minneapolis. Sports fans from around the state are encouraged to nominate their favorite athletes and coaches who have demonstrated excellence in their sports and leadership within the community. The deadline for high school and college athlete ...read more
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Community engagement is a critical component of equitable development strategies. To better support project teams that are making strides in integrating community voices into their development projects, Metropolitan Council’s Livable Communities grant programs award points for robust practices that engage communities with a direct stake in projects.
Community engagement takes time and ...read more
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (April 16, 2019) – Kraus-Anderson Realty Company & Kraus-Anderson Development Company today announced it has named Peter Diessner as president. He succeeds Dan Engelsma, who is retiring after 50 years with the company and serving as KA Realty’s president and COO since 2000. Diessner is the grandson of KA founder Lloyd Engelsma and is part of a third generation of Engelsma ...read more
Categories: Member News, Bloomington Chamber
Friday, April 12, 2019
Minneapolis, Minn., April 10, 2019 — Dr. Sharon Pierce, president of Minneapolis College, joined more than 30 business and community college leaders from 12 states in Washington D.C. last week to speak with members of Congress and their staff, urging them to modernize the nation’s higher education system by:
Making Pell grants available to high-quality, short-term training programs that prepare ...read more
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Wednesday, April 03, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS - NTH is pleased to announce that Justine Beran recently joined our office as a Project Management Associate. With a background in finance, development, and community lending, Justine brings an informed, thoughtful approach to her work and provides valuable insights to her clients.
In addition to her work at NTH, Justine serves on the executive committee of Urban Land Institute ...read more
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Monday, April 01, 2019
Stonebridge Capital Advisor recently held their annual Economic & Market Forum. They recorded the forum so that they could share this information with other business professionals. The video can be found on the News and Articles page here.
Stonebridge Economist, Daniel E. Laufenberg, Ph.D., discussed the economy and provide his outlook for 2019. Following Dr. Laufenberg’s update on the economy, ...read more
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Friday, March 08, 2019
The Metropolitan Council announces the availability of:$7.5 million for LCDA, including up to $500,000 for Pre-Development$5 million for LCDA-TOD, including up to $500,000 for Pre-Development$2.5 million for LHIA$5.9 million for TBRA including up to $250,000 for environmental site investigation$500,000 for TBRA-SEEDProgram Objectives
The Livable Communities Demonstration Account (LCDA) funds ...read more
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Local business leaders launch $100 million community project design benefitting people with developm
Thursday, February 28, 2019
ST. PAUL, Minn. (February 2019) – Shamus O’Meara, a partner with O’Meara Leer Wagner & Kohl and CEO of O&D Group, LLC, and Chris Gibbs, Principal with DLR Group, have launched a new project design providing residential, employment and life-experiences benefitting people with developmental disabilities and others within local communities.
Combining many years of design and construction expertise, ...read more
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Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Minneapolis (Feb. 27, 2019) – The Minneapolis Police Department’s First Precinct has been named the “Hospitality Hero” award winner for the fourth quarter of 2018 by Meet Minneapolis, Convention and Visitors Association. The award is given quarterly to a member of the Minneapolis hospitality community who has been nominated by their colleagues. This honor is for an individual or organization that ...read more
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Friday, February 15, 2019
Minneapolis (Feb. 15, 2019) – If you’ve never been to an event at the Minneapolis Convention Center (MCC), now’s your chance. For the first time ever, you can enjoy Movies Under the Domes, powered by Pepsi. One night a month through May, the MCC will show a complimentary feature film in one of the MCC’s auditoriums. Upcoming films include “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Moana,” “Sixteen Candles” and ...read more
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Friday, February 08, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS (February 2019) – Mortenson Development has hired Chantily Malibago as Director of Real Estate Development and Jaci Obst Bell as Development Executive in its Minneapolis Office.Chantily Malibago
Malibago returns to Minnesota after leading the implementation of JLL's transaction management services for Dignity Health, a California non-profit health system with locations in California ...read more
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Wednesday, February 06, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS (Feb. 5, 2019) – The Opus Group (Opus) is pleased to announce the recent promotion of Tom Becker to regional vice president of construction and project management. In this role, Tom will manage the Minneapolis and Des Moines construction operations while also providing leadership to a team of project managers working across multiple sectors. Additionally, he will be responsible for ...read more
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Wednesday, January 09, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS (Jan. 2019) – Not content to sit back and chill after one, big, football game, Minneapolis keeps building momentum and enticing more visitors with new hotels, restaurants and major sports news in 2019. In this Meet Minneapolis leisure travel round-up, here’s more of what to look for in the coming year with our Top 9 for 2019.
Minneapolis hosts the 2019 NCAA Men's Final Four: U.S. ...read more
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Wednesday, January 02, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS — The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) announced today that it has been awarded $800,000 from the Minnesota Board of Soil and Water Resources (BWSR) to address water quality and flooding issues in Northeast Minneapolis.
The funds, which come from the state’s Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment, will be used to install a series of stormwater best management ...read more
Categories: Member News, Northeast Mpls Chamber, Mpls Regional Chamber
