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Governor Walz announced Executive Order 20-81, a statewide mask mandate that will go into effect on Saturday, July 25. The executive order requires Minnesotans to wear a face covering in indoor businesses and indoor public settings. Under the order, businesses must require that all persons -- including workers, customers, and visitor...Continue Reading

CPC (Colder Products Company), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV) and a leading manufacturer of connection technologies used in biopharmaceutical processing, medical, thermal management and industrial applications, announces the opening of its new global headquarters in Roseville, Minnesota. The new facility accommodates significant growth in customer demand for CPC's innovative products, particularl...Continue Reading

The COVID-19 Pandemic has placed health and safety to the forefront of consciousness for individuals and businesses across the country. Products based on healthier ingredients and more sustainable crops are more important than ever. Calyxt, a company which focuses on plant-based technologies, finds itself perfectly situated with its leading-edge plan...Continue Reading

Data Collection Deadline Extended due to COVID-19 Due to the Covid-19 crisis, the U.S. Census Bureau has extended the 2020 U.S. Census data collection deadline to October 31. With the outbreak and spread of the virus, the U.S. Census Bureau had to temporarily stop all door-to-door transactions for the 2020 U.S...Continue Reading

Based in Roseville, MN, CMD develops and manufactures complex catheters and catheter shafts for a broad range of interventional and endosurgical applications. This is the third Inverness platform investment in the medical device outsourcing market, following Inverness' successful ownership of ExtruMed and AdvancedCath Technologies. Click here to read full article. The Roseville ED...Continue Reading

Cities across the country are progressing through various stages of getting businesses and individuals back toward the way of life they knew prior to the COVID-19 crisis. Roseville is no different, with city programs, local businesses and schools all pitching in, seeking to help each other to get back t...Continue Reading

The turnover rate for hourly employees has always been, and continues to be, extremely high. Retail, for example, has a turnover rate of around 60 percent, and other sectors can be even higher than that. This is a real problem for businesses since replacing an employee costs on average $4,969, according to a 201...Continue Reading

At a time when more people are working from home but business deliverables and deadlines remain the same, managers are seeking tangible ways to make remote work function just as well as the usual methods for employees they support. Below are four tangible steps that managers can take to combat communicatio...Continue Reading

Diversity and Inclusion are more than buzzwords at Roseville-based McGough Construction. Rather, diversity and inclusion are two initiatives that the company takes very seriously and the company is involved in some very innovative programs.  “When it comes to how we approach workforce diversity, we look at both our current needs a...Continue Reading

McGough is a family-owned Construction company that has called Roseville home since 1956. Since that time, the company has grown to more than 250 employees in the Twin Cities area. As the company grew, so too did its original 2,000 square-foot office building, which was expanded numerous times.  In 2016, th...Continue Reading

Job seekers and employers are gearing up for the 2020 Roseville Area Job, Career & Resource Fair, taking place on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm at the Fairview Community Center. This annual event has been put on for over 15 years, with the City actively involve...Continue Reading

The city of Roseville is known for being a central hub of activity for its residents and businesses. Equidistant to both downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul, the first-ring suburb attracts people from near and far for a variety of reasons and activities. But lately, there is a different type o...Continue Reading

The 2020 edition of Minnesota’s economic development magazine – Minnesota: Thriving in the North – highlights the state’s many assets, from its innovation ecosystem and well-educated workforce to its supportive business climate and top-notch quality of life. Available in both print and digital versions, the publication is part of DEED’s ongoing efforts to promote th...Continue Reading

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Inside the walls of the Shakopee Correctional Facility, which houses solely women prisoners, hard work helps those doing hard time pass it. When WCCO visited, we met inmate Samantha Heiges, as she carefully maneuvers colorful fabric underneath the needle of a sewing machine. “I’ve actually been in this facility almos...Continue Reading

The data is clear, and the trend is eye-opening: the Twin Cities Metro Area’s population is getting older. Since the turn of the century, the Metro Area has gained about 457,000 people, growing by 17.3 percent. Broken down, however, it is striking that all the age cohorts under 55 year...Continue Reading

Construction has been an engine of job growth in Minnesota since 2011, and that growth is likely to continue, barring an economic downturn. According to DEED’s Employment Outlook data tool, employment in Construction is projected to grow 8.9% by 2026. In August 2019, 144,575 workers were employed in the Constructio...Continue Reading

Finding workers to fill open jobs in manufacturing is more difficult now than any time since the start of the Great Recession. As hiring outpaces the number of applicants, manufacturing employers are ramping up investments in training and retention strategies, according to an article by Alessia Leibert in Minnesota Economic Trends magazine. Overall...Continue Reading

DEED Commissioner Steve Grove attended the 2019 Tekne Awards, presented by the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA). Nearly 1,000 entrepreneurs, policy makers, educators and business leaders from across the state gathered for the annual awards ceremony, which celebrates innovation in Minnesota. Since 1998, the Tekne awards have been presented to Minnesota’s leading advanced manufacturing, IT, healt...Continue Reading

In all my time at the paper, I’ve never seen as much reader interest in a restaurant closing/reopening as House of Wong in Roseville. After closing in mid-January to relocate a few doors down in Roseville Center plaza with promises to reopen in May, that timeline was pushed back. Inquiries fro...Continue Reading

We invited startups and entrepreneurs to apply for Launch Minnesota Innovation Grants which target the most promising, innovative and scalable technology businesses in Minnesota. Now, we’re excited to announce that Launch Minnesota Education Grants are open to organizations who want to help catalyze our innovation ecosystem. This is a new opportunity for qualified organizations throughou...Continue Reading

Minnesota tech startups can apply for funding to help their business take off St. Paul – Launch Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development’s (DEED’s) new statewide collaborative effort to accelerate startups and amplify Minnesota as a leader in innovation, is now accepting grant applications online. The Innovation Grants ar...Continue Reading

The partnership will train more than 2,300 workers in high demand jobs throughout the state St. Paul – The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has awarded workforce development grants totaling nearly $3 million under the Minnesota Jobs Skills Partnership (MJSP), which works with businesses and educational institutions to trai...Continue Reading

Roseville’s mall has enlisted notable chefs and a local media celebrity to open new eateries After misstepping its first run at doing away with a food court way of dining, Roseville’s revamped mall is re-opening its two-story dining hub with a handful of familiar Twin Cities names. Now called Potluck this food stand collective lean...Continue Reading