Minneapolis is rapidly emerging as a hotbed of entrepreneurship, as two new developments and many success stories are proving. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, and fast-growing entrepreneurs are setting the pace for our economic recovery. Yesterday, I attended the first graduation ceremony in Minneapolis of the e200 Emerging Entrepreneurs initiative of the [...]
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I went on a tour of a great Minneapolis business today that reminded me once again that the business of Minneapolis, at least in part, is beer. J.J. Taylor is the largest beer distributor in Minnesota, moving 7,000,000 cases of beer a year. The company’s roots are in Minneapolis — their predecessor began in Northeast in 1933, [...]
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Our economy is still in tough shape and working families are still struggling to get ahead. That’s why we’re working hard with a wide variety of partners to make the most of our city’s and region’s assets and constantly look for ways to grow jobs. One of the promising areas for doing this is the [...]
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Yesterday, we wrapped up the 2011 street-paving season, and I’m happy to say that more than 45 miles of Minneapolis streets are now freshly resurfaced or sealcoated. Downtown Minneapolis in particular has seen a lot of improvement: over 50 blocks of streets, some of which were in tough shape, have been resurfaced, thanks in part [...]
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