Skip to main content.
Red Wing Port Authority home

Contact Us Today 651.385.3639   Email Us  

  • Life
  • Business
  • Commercial Waterway Activity
  • Opportunity
  • About
    • Staff
    • Board of Directors
    • Economic Development Partners
    • FAQs
    • Contact Us
  • Why Red Wing
    • Housing
    • Community Links
    • Having Fun in Red Wing!
  • Business
    • Starting a Business
    • Financing Toolkit
    • Red Wing Ignite
  • Site Selectors
    • Available Buildings
    • Available Sites
    • Featured Listings
    • Shovel Ready Sites
    • Commercial Waterway Activity
    • Infrastructure
    • Opportunity Zones
    • Red Wing Profile
  • Workforce
    • Workforce Data
    • Higher Education
    • Leading Employers
    • Workforce Resources
  • News & Media
    • Success Stories
    • Video Library
    • Calendar of Events
Street fair in Red Wing, MN
News & Media
  • Follow Us
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • X
  • YouTube
  1. Home
  2. News & Media
  3. 5 Ways COVID-19 Changed Site Selection

5 Ways COVID-19 Changed Site Selection

January 26, 2021

COVID-19 didn’t just upset the established model of corporate site selection in 2020; the global pandemic obliterated it.

Site Selection Magazine’s annual survey of site selection consultants, conducted in late November, revealed five ways in which the global outbreak of coronavirus significantly altered how companies choose their business facility locations:

  1. Instead of people chasing jobs, jobs are now chasing people.

Remember the good old days when everyone checked into the central office each workday and reported for duty? Yeah, neither do we. When the pandemic hit America in early March, worksites around the country began shutting down and the shift to remote work was on.

Read full article.

Home

Contact Us

Red Wing Port Authority 419 Bush Street Red Wing, Minnesota 55066 T. 651-385-3639 F. 651-388-4782 Email shari.chorney@ci.red-wing.mn.us
Shovel ReadyThis institution is an equal opportunity provider.
  • Home
  • Site Map
  • Contact
  • Board Information
  • Accessibility
© 2026 Red Wing Port Authority. All rights reserved. Economic Development Websites by Golden Shovel Agency.