In the News

September 9, 2025 – Business Facilities

“BAE Systems has officially opened its new 247,000-square-foot engineering and product development facility in Maple Grove, Minnesota."

September 3, 2025 – CCX Media

“Maple Grove’s largest employer, Boston Scientific, is getting $2.6 million in assistance from the state to help create jobs and expand its existing Weaver Lake Road campus."

August 28, 2025 – Brainerd Dispatch

“... The latest round of grants will provide local businesses with resources to train employees through on-the-job learning combined with postsecondary education, helping workers gain industry-recognized credentials while advancing their careers."

August 27, 2025 – Red Lake Nation News

“... "MPFA provides crucial financing and technical assistance to communities who might not have access to it otherwise, encouraging economic growth and protecting the health of Minnesotan communities,” said MPFA Executive Director Steve Walter. “Keeping our water clean, drinkable and accessible is the core goal of the MPFA ...”

August 27, 2025 – Cannabis Equipment News

“The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) today announced $3.6 million in funding to help businesses enter Minnesota's new adult-use cannabis industry, and to train workers for jobs in the cannabis field.”

August 22, 2025 – Red Lake Nation News

“The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) today announced $3.6 million in funding to help businesses enter Minnesota’s new adult-use cannabis industry, and to train workers for jobs in the cannabis field."

August 18, 2025 – KNSI

“The Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation has approved over $600,000 in state grants for five downtown improvement projects across St. Cloud and Foley ... the projects will help create jobs and boost tax revenue while making downtown areas more attractive."

August 13, 2025 – KAAL

“... It’s part of the State Drive for 5 program which provides competitive grants to provide workforce training and job placement in five high growth industries: caring professions, education, manufacturing, technology, [and the] trades."

August 13, 2025 – Red Lake Nation News

“... The grant program helps awarded communities fund the assessment and cleanup of contaminated sites for private redevelopment, covering up to 75% of the costs of removing contamination at approved polluted sites."

August 12, 2025 – Wadena Pioneer Journal

“The new center marks a significant step in bringing expanded child care options to the community."

August 12, 2025 – Northern News Now

“... DEED awarded $444,620 in cleanup funding to the Duluth Economic Development Authority for an 8.81-acre site that is currently contaminated with lead, arsenic, benzo(a) pyrene and high pH soils. The site ... will be redeveloped into a 61,000-square-foot Goodwill resource and training center."

August 12, 2025 – KTTC

“Wabasha is set to receive funds to clean up a property tainted with petroleum and other contaminants ... $91,672 of that will go toward a roughly half-acre site to develop a 50-unit affordable apartment building in Wabasha. The property had previously housed an auto repair shop, gas station and machine shop."

August 8, 2025 – KEYC-TV

“The city of Mankato has received a grant ... funds will be used to excavate the contaminated soil ... which is slated to become a 40-unit apartment complex to address homelessness."

July 2025 – Site Selection

“… our rankings reveal the territories cultivating the most fertile environment for a sustainability-oriented economy, based on a unique index incorporating ... factors"

July 11, 2025 – CNBC

CNBC scored all 50 states on 135 metrics in 10 broad categories of competitiveness.

June 16, 2025 – Institutional Real Estate, Inc.

Oppidan Investment Co., a national property development firm headquartered in Excelsior, Minn., has broken ground on a 61,000 square-foot data center on Argenta Trail in Eagan, Minn, one of only two ground-up data center projects underway in Minnesota."

May 22, 2025 – Minne Inno

"… Based in Brooklyn Park, Fastwave is a clinical stage startup that is developing intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) systems to treat calcific arteries in both peripheral and coronary diseases …"

May 22, 2025 – Post Bulletin

"A shared lab to attract new and emerging medical research companies is being planned with up to $8 million in Destination Medical Center investment …"

May 15, 2025 – Minne Inno

"… Chanhassen-based Alpheus Medical Inc. announced the oversubscribed Series B financing round …"

May 3, 2025 – Post Bulletin

"Mayo Clinic geriatrician Dr. Christina Chen, the founder of the award-winning Hope Technologies startup company based in Rochester, is working on a way to improve the day-to-day lives of patients dealing with dementia …"

May 2, 2025 – Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal

"… The new 30,000-square-foot building aims to support entrepreneurs of color who seek to scale their existing businesses in sectors like technology, health, wellness and beauty."