Tours of Manufacturing in Central Minnesota

Receive a 50 percent cash match on your intern's wages – up to $2500 through SciTechsperience SciTechsperience is a free, statewide, state-funded internship program that connects small for-profit Minnesota businesses with talented college STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) students. Participating companies receive a wage reimbursement of 50 percent of the intern'...Continue Reading

“Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people.” ~Steve Jobs This apt quote by Steve Jobs can be applied to economic development efforts. Great business success doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Businesses benefit from collaborative efforts. That’s why Elk River has a...Continue Reading

Highly skilled professionals play vital role in meeting needs of Minnesota's employers, job seekers September kicked off National Workforce Development Month. Minnesota is home to nearly 161,000 businesses that employ 2.77 million people. Earlier this year, U.S. News and World Report ranked Minnesota’s workforce participation as the best in the country.    Minnesota is committe...Continue Reading