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Monday, July 15, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS (July 2019) - Jason Engkjer, Bryan Feldhaus and Brent Johnson have each been elected to a two-year term on Lommen Abdo’s board. Mike Glover, Kathleen Loucks and Barry O’Neil continue their two-year terms and Marc Johannsen is serving his second year as President.Jason Engkjer was elected to a two-year term on Lommen Abdo’s board of directors. He is the co-chair of Lommen Abdo’s ...read more
Categories: Mpls Regional Chamber, Member News
Tuesday, July 09, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (July 2019) – Kraus-Anderson Construction Company (KA) has named Camille Helou director of Twin Cities operations, succeeding Craig Francois who is retiring. Together with Terry Hart, who shares the role of director of operations, Helou will manage the day-to-day operations for the company’s Twin Cities office of KA Construction.
Helou started in the construction industry in ...read more
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Monday, July 01, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (July 2019) – Kraus-Anderson Construction has completed construction on Ironclad, a new $100 million mixed-use development located at Chicago and Washington Avenues in the historic Mills District near U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis. Owned and developed by Kharabanda Management, the 418,864-square-foot project brings additional housing, hospitality and retail to the ...read more
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Thursday, June 27, 2019
June 27, 2019 (Mankato, Minnesota) – Nationwide impact is being led by Midwest-based ESOP firm ISG, with the firm having earned a Top 10 spot on the coveted Zweig Group Top 100 Hot Firm List. The architecture, engineering, environmental, and planning firm with 300 professionals in offices across four states has earned a spot on the list for eight years in a row, breaking through the Top 10 in 2019 ...read more
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Monday, June 24, 2019
Comcast has launched a feature that gives people with physical disabilities like spinal cord injuries or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) the ability to navigate their television using only their eyes. Xfinity X1 eye control is a web-based remote for tablets and computers that pairs with an existing eye gaze system and allows viewers to change the channel, set a recording, search for a show and ...read more
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Thursday, June 20, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (June 2019) – Kraus-Anderson has been named one of the Top 150 Workplaces in Minnesota by the Star Tribune. KA was ranked 37th on the midsize company list.
Top Workplaces recognizes the most progressive companies in Minnesota based on employee opinions measuring engagement, organizational health and satisfaction. Michael J. Klingensmith, Star Tribune publisher, said the ...read more
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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (June 2019) – Kraus-Anderson Insurance, a national leader in risk management services, has promoted Jon Diessner to vice president of operations. He will oversee the agency’s property/casualty, employee benefits and surety operations.
Under the management of Jon’s father, President/COO Dennis Diessner, Kraus-Anderson Insurance has experienced significant growth in its insurance ...read more
Categories: Bloomington Chamber, Member News
Monday, June 17, 2019
June 13, 2019 (Minneapolis, Minnesota) – ISG, a nationally recognized architecture, engineering, environmental, and planning firm, recently added a second Twin Cities offices location in the West End of Minneapolis, its third within the State. With deep Minnesota roots that date back to the firm’s inception in Mankato over 46 years ago, ISG has grown to 300+ professionals with clients nationwide ...read more
Categories: Bloomington Chamber, Mpls Regional Chamber, Member News
Monday, June 17, 2019
Minneapolis (June 17, 2019) – The Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan region welcomed a record 34.5 million visitors in 2018, according to new research released today by Meet Minneapolis, and conducted by DK Shifflet. This represents a healthy 3.7% increase over the number of visitors in 2017. According to the research data, those visitors generated significant economic impact, pumping $8 billion in ...read more
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