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Red Wing is a community with a history of close ties to its natural surroundings. Unlike many other locations, a commitment to stewardship towards those resources exists in Red Wing. As a result, there is a wide range of activities for individuals, families and groups to find summer recreation throughou...
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) is a project delivery strategy that focuses on transparency and collaboration, forming a cohesive team, and implementing methods to enhance efficiency and generate desired project outcomes. This isn’t just about a new contract relationship between design and construct — the owner is a key stakeholder.
The cultur...
For companies around the world, supply chain snags have been top-of-mind for much of the past year. Delays are common, and U.S. domestic shipping rates for moving goods are up approximately 23 percent over 2020 levels, according to Cass Information Systems, Inc. High demand continues to outpace logistics capacity, an...
The national news headlines in 2021 shifted dramatically, from wall-to-wall pandemic coverage to stories of extraordinary economic growth and recovery. After a dramatic downturn in 2020, the economy came roaring back with unexpected gusto — and that enthusiasm is reflected in the economic development activity that was bringing smiles an...
Breaking the Cyber Color Barrier
Jul 15 2022The pronounced shortage of cybersecurity workers has been exhaustively chronicled, as has the low participation rate of Black people and other minorities among technology industry professionals. According to the 2021 Cybersecurity Workforce Study issued in October by the non-profit International Information System Security Certification Consortium — (ISC)2 — unfilled cybersecurit...
Pressed by a sense of urgency among scientists and the wider public, and by governments and investors who must fulfil promises made at COP (Conference of the Parties) summits, major businesses are facing ever more stringent sustainability reporting requirements. Big energy users, such as data centers, are in the firin...
How Smart Is Your City?
Jul 13 2022How many Urban Planning 101 courses have begun with the instructor asking the class, “What is a Smart City?” It’s a question that’s sure to set the stage for a semester’s worth of theories, lectures, papers and exams aimed at introducing the students to the many notions and practices the...
Trading Goals For Pathways
Jul 12 2022"Make oil history.”
That’s the slogan of Northvolt, the fast-charging Swedish battery manufacturer now employing more than 3,000 people as it aims to produce as 150 gigawatt-hours of battery cells by 2030, and use clean energy to power its operations.
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2022 Minnesota Manufacturing Awards: Uponor builds on its successes, sustainability efforts
Jul 12 2022As demand for new homes hit record highs in 2021, Uponor North America — which makes polymer pipe products for commercial and residential buildings — broke records of its own.
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2022 Leaders Lab Participant Profiles
Jul 12 2022Leaders Lab is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to engage Minnesota’s developing business leaders (approximately late 20s to 40). It will enhance your personal and professional growth, connect you with business leaders statewide, and provide understanding into what drives Minnesota’s economy and how policy affects the success of business in our state.
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Smarter Cities
Jul 11 2022Over the past century, countries around the world have experienced rapid urbanization around their edges and deindustrialization in their cores. Cities worldwide will have to continue adjusting to climate change, large-scale migration, shifts in family structure, rapid technological changes, public health crises, and other powerful social and political forces. A...
Tom and Janelle Smude started out as farmers, but after two straight years of crop devastation, they had to pivot and figure out what they could do to stay afloat. They turned to sunflowers.
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In a new 4.5-acre R&D greenhouse in Owatonna, Bushel Boy Farms is producing strawberries in a high-tech facility — no matter the season.
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It’s been one week since Minnesota cracked open the door to the THC market, and local farms and businesses are already working to tap into new opportunities.
On Aug. 1, Indeed Brewing Co. tentatively plans to launch Two Good, a seltzer that contains 2 milligrams of THC and 2 milligrams o...
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment has fallen to pre-pandemic levels, but that doesn’t mean the workforce is simply returning to normal. In March of 2022, a record 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs, leaving 1.9 job openings for every unemployed worker. According to the Institute o...
The impact of Big Tech on democracy has never been more apparent and regulators are starting to take heed. In the last few months, the European Union passed two of the most significant pieces of legislation aiming to regulate Big Tech companies and their impact on polarization. On the heel...
St. Paul – The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced a new Office of Public Engagement. The Office will focus on targeted outreach and engagement efforts on DEED’s programs. In particular, it will connect with populations in Minnesota hit hardest by racial and other disparities in employmen...
Recently, Elon Musk announced plans for the Tesla Bot, a humanoid robot that stands 5 feet, 8 inches tall. Musk said the robot “probably won’t work.” I hope he is wrong.
Many people have an adverse reaction to discussions of automation and artificial intelligence. While I understand those fears, I believ...
If you ask managers, directors and executives to name the leaders of their company, most would be expected to point to themselves. They are the group who carry the formal, assigned responsibilities of leadership.
However, if you ask those same leaders to name people in the organization with the biggest influenc...
The Business Journal is seeking nominations for our annual CFO of the Year awards until July 22.
The awards recognize outstanding financial leaders at Twin Cities companies large and small. Chief financial officers are a crucial part of a company’s leadership team, but they're often overlooked outside of their offices, an...
Manufacturing Employment Opportunities
Jun 13 2022Are you looking for a good paying job that may not require education beyond high school to start? Consider a career in manufacturing!
Manufacturing could offer you a great career path straight out of high school. More than 60% of manufacturing openings in the latest Minnesota Job Vacancy Survey from Q...
Going green is no longer just a niche catchphrase. It has become an increasingly mainstream part of doing business. In fact, in one recent study, 78 percent of Americans said they would be more likely to purchase environmentally friendly products, with 64 percent also willing to pay more for thes...
It is a thrilling time to be in the life sciences. Investment and employment in this sector have seen unprecedented gains, especially since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the speed of innovation has accelerated, as demonstrated by the rapid development and production of mRNA COVID-1...
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal this year is recognizing 70 organizations in the region that have created engaging, inclusive workplaces — a must-have in today's tight labor market.
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