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The Minnesota economic development
directory below (scroll down)
links to the websites and contacts for many economic development organizations
in Minnesota and
related content such as Area Profiles and Area Surveys as
executive summaries about business locations. |
Contact us for project assistance, or to update our directory listing
for an area. We provide personal introductory referrals to our
contacts and other assistance according to the investment project interests
of the corporate executives and business advisors we serve. |
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Area Profiles and Area
Surveys are executive summary presentations about business locations.
These may include maps, links to commercial real estate listings of
available industrial and office sites and buildings, investment project
news, information about existing businesses in the area, labor market
information, and investment incentives. Such content makes it easy to
search for relevant locations, as shown by our
Area Search
service. |
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announcements, advertising, and promotional events as well as independent
consultant research reports about communities or industry clusters.
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events. |
| Organization |
Scope |
Contacts
GDI : Bruce |
Website and other resources
Project announcements |
Survey |
Profile |
| Minnesota Department of
Employment & Economic Development |
State 55101 |
|
www.deed.state.mn.us |
No |
No |
| East Central Energy - St.
Cloud Airport Business Park |
Utility 55006 |
763-689-8055 |
www.eastcentralenergy.com
Airport Business Park |
No |
No |
| City of Cottage Grove |
City 55016 |
|
www.cottage-grove.org |
No |
No |
| Dakota Electric
Association |
Utility 55024 |
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No |
No |
| Lake City Economic
Development Authority |
City 55041 |
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|
No |
No |
| City of Lakeville |
City 55044 |
|
www.ci.lakeville.mn.us |
No |
No |
| City of North Branch |
City 55056 |
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No |
No |
| Owatonna Business
Incubator |
Development 55060 |
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|
No |
No |
| Owatonna Economic Development
Authority |
City 55060 |
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www.ci.owatonna.mn.us |
No |
No |
| City of Invergrove Heights |
City 55076 |
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|
No |
No |
| St. Paul Area Chamber of
Commerce |
Chamber 55101 |
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|
No |
No |
| St. Paul Dept of Planning
& Economic Development |
City 55102 |
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www.stpaul.gov |
No |
No |
| St. Paul Port Authority |
Metro 55102 |
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www.sppa.com
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No |
No |
| Metro East Development
Partnership, St. Paul |
Metro |
|
www.www.medp.org |
No |
No |
| City of Maple Grove |
City 55311 |
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|
No |
No |
| City of Champlin |
City 55316 |
|
www.cityhall.ci.champlin.mn.us |
No |
No |
| Great River Energy |
Utility 55330 |
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|
No |
No |
| Wright County Economic
Development Partnership |
County 55373 |
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|
No |
No |
| Xcel Energy |
Utility 55401 |
|
www.xcelenergy.com |
No |
No |
| Minneapolis Community
Planning and Economic Development Department |
City 55401 |
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No |
No |
| The Great North Alliance |
Region 55415 |
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No |
No |
| Greater Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce |
Metro 55402 |
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www.tc-chamber.org |
No |
No |
| City of Coon Rapids |
City 55433 |
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No |
No |
| City of Brooklyn Park |
City 55443 |
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No |
No |
| Minneapolis St. Paul FTZ
#119 - Greater Metropolitan Area FTZ Commission |
FTZ 55450 |
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|
No |
No |
| Cook County Economic
Development - Grand Marais |
County 55604 |
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No |
No |
| Iron Range Resources |
Region |
|
www.ironrangeresources.org |
No |
No |
| Iron Range Resources and
Rehabilitation, Eveleth |
Region 55734 |
|
www.irrrb.org
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No |
No |
| Hibbing Area Chamber of
Commerce |
chamber 55746 |
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No |
No |
| Minnesota Power Economic
Development |
Regional Utility 55802 |
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www.mnpower.com/econdev |
No |
No |
| Duluth Area Chamber of
Commerce |
Metro 55802 |
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www.teamduluth.com |
No |
No |
| Duluth FTZ #51 - Duluth
Seaway Port Authority |
FTZ 55802 |
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|
No |
No |
| Aquila Economic Development, Rochester |
Utility |
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www.locationone.com
www.aquiladevelopment.com |
No |
No |
| Minnesota's Hometown Network (Southern MN
Municipal Power Agency) - Rochester |
Regional Utility 55902 |
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www.mnhometownnetwork.com
www.smmpa.org |
No |
No |
| Rochester Area Economic
Development |
City 55904 |
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|
No |
No |
| City of Blooming Prairie |
City 55917 |
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No |
No |
| City of Preston |
City 55965 |
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No |
No |
| City of Mankato Economic
Development |
City 56001 |
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www.ci.mankato.mn.us |
No |
No |
| Greater Mankato Economic
Development Corp. (fka Valley Industrial Dev
Corp) |
Local 56001 |
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www.mankato.com/ecdev/ |
No |
No |
| Region Nine Development
Corp. - Mankato |
56002 |
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No |
No |
| Alliant Energy |
Regional Utility 56007 |
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www.midwestsites.com |
No |
No |
| City of Fairmont |
City 56031 |
|
www.fairmont.org |
No |
No |
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LeSueur Area Chamber of Commerce |
Local 56058
Map |
|
www.lesueurchamber.org |
No |
Example |
| New Ulm Economic
Development Corporation |
City 56073 |
507-233-4305 |
www.nuedc.com |
No |
No |
| City of St. Peter |
City 56082 |
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|
No |
No |
| Waseca City |
City 56093 |
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|
No |
No |
| Wells Economic Development
Authority |
City 56097 |
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No |
No |
| Worthington Regional Economic
Development Corp |
Region 56187 |
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www.wgtn.net
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No |
No |
| Mid Minnesota Development
Commission, Wilmar |
Region 56201 |
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www.mmrdc.org
|
No |
No |
| Redwood Area Development
Corp., Redwood Falls |
City 56283 |
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No |
No |
| West Central Initiative -
Fergus Falls |
Region 56537 |
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No |
No |
| Otter Tail Power Company -
Fergus Falls |
Utility 56538 |
|
www.otpco.com
|
No |
No |
| Moorhead Economic
Development |
City 56561 |
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|
No |
No |
| International Falls FTZ
#259 - Koochiching Economic Development Authority |
FTZ 56649 |
|
|
No |
No |
Explanation of column
headings above
- Organizations are generally sorted in
postal code order so that locations which are geographically close to each
other will usually (not always) be grouped together. This is a
selective directory, even though the state directory is more comprehensive
than the very selective one we will maintain at the regional level to
highlight the organizations which support our work or are found to be of
frequent interest for the convenience of the executives and business
advisors we serve.
- Scope : is the area served by the
organization, and postal code. We may include thumbnail maps which
expand to show information about participating areas, or link directly to
good maps or GIS research tools on the organization's website.
- Contacts : relationship leader at GDI
Solutions for maintaining information about contacts in this area.
If there is a working relationship through our various GUIDE services, we
also list the key organization contact, phone, and optional e-mail.
- Website and other resources : Aside from
the main website link, we may include other direct links to highlight
special features of expected interest to executives, especially if they
might not be readily noticed by just visiting the website. A good
example of this is when relevant content is actually maintained somewhere
else, such as a regional website rather than the local one, so that one
would otherwise need to know to follow the available links between the
websites.
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The default
for all other columns is "No" unless the organization supports our work.
- Survey : areas which have responded to our
GUIDE Network Survey, with a link to their response for convenience if
published (optional) and highlighted at the top. This is often
useful as an executive summary at the "long list" stage of location
selection.
- Profile : participates in our GUIDE Area
Profile service (also highlighted at the top of the page). This
involves a closer working relationship to maintain more timely and
detailed knowledge of the area throughout the year, and also involves a
more detailed executive summary on the website, with many relevant links.
If there are significant incentives in the area, we may also link to a
GUIDE Incentives Profile.
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All area representatives are encouraged to reply to the free
GUIDE Network
Survey, which consists of very basic questions to help maintain
timely knowledge about many areas for referral purposes. Area
representatives : see
how to
participate. Current service pricing
is listed on the
Order Form (Adobe Acrobat .PDF file). Refer also to any
special offers.
Please help us to help you by supporting our work.
Executives who use this service are encouraged to
respond to our free
Executive Survey, which helps us to continuously improve.
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The presence, absence,
or position of any organization on these lists,
or their position on the lists, does not imply any endorsement or opinion about their services,
nor by them about our own. The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives who may be
unaware of such contacts, or how to reach their websites quickly.
Please contact us directly for relevant introductions or any additional
contacts, market knowledge, and research which we don't publish. |
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The
directory above links to the
websites of many
Minnesota economic development organizations
(EDO) and provides contacts and Area Profiles, Surveys, or other available
content about MN as a "long list" extension of our contacts directory for the
MN and larger
Great
Lakes region,
following the same structure as our
global contact directories.
These area representatives
would typically include
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a state department of
commerce or industry or a provincial government office
- greater
metro city or county area chamber of commerce
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county economic
development agency
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industrial development
corporation or council - IDC
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alliance for business
development, community development
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investment promotion
agency - IPA
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industry cluster development initiatives, business
incubators, technology parks
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regional or global professional B2B networking
organizations, business partnering, joint venture development, or strategic
business alliance services
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trade and investment
promotion offices
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Despite the
wide variety of names for such economic development organizations, and
variances in the scope of their services, the ones we list are generally
actively involved in efforts to attract, expand, and retain business
investment projects in their areas (offices, factories, etc.), including the
attraction of foreign direct investment projects (FDI). This typically
includes support services, financial incentives, and information for
corporate site selection decisions as well as local business retention and
expansion services.
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Contact information for relationship
leaders at GDI Solutions : |
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We develop and maintain
working relationships among participating area representatives - economic
development organizations - and professional service providers as well as
senior corporate executives who are responsible for the planning of major
projects such as new, relocated, expanded or consolidated offices,
factories, distribution centers or other operations. |
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Name |
e-mail |
Phone |
Fax |
| Bruce Donnelly |
bruce@gdi-solutions.com |
847-304-4655 |
847-304-5375 |
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