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 Realtors - you can add your listing to the MN Tech Corridor website. The website is a resource and tool for site selectors and business executives looking for opportunities within our region. We promote our counties, available commercial sites,workforce advantages, incentives, etc. This makes the MN Tech Corridor website ...Continue Reading

The following excerpt is from Dr. Nadine Greiner’s book Stress-Less Leadership. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Apple Books | IndieBound or click here to buy it directly from us and SAVE 60% on this book when you use code LEAD2021 through 4/10/21. It can be hard to concentrate. Even on your best days, you're surrounded by distractions. When you struggle to concentrate, you can’t focu...Continue Reading

The following excerpt is from Kanika Tolver’s book Career Rehab. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes or click here to buy it directly from us and SAVE 60% on this book when you use code CAREER2021 through 4/17/21. One of the most important phases of your career rehab journey is creating your Rehab YOU career blueprint. Become the architect of you...Continue Reading

The following excerpt is from Caroline Stokes’s book Elephants Before Unicorns. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Apple Books | IndieBound or click here to buy it directly from us and SAVE 60% on this book when you use code CAREER2021 through 4/17/21. I’d like to introduce you to three technologies that will help people leaders discover talent and fuel your teams’ evolution to avoi...Continue Reading

The generation landscape for utilities is in a state of constant change. The decarbonization movement is driving difficult decisions as coal-fired power plants close amid the transition to renewable generation. But there is opportunity within that disruption. Decommissioned power plant sites offer industrial developers a great deal of opportunity — specifically...Continue Reading

The Minnesota Technology Corridor is on social media. Here we will bring visitors current news about the region, including keeping visitors up to date on new property listings and businesses that are growing. We are also excited to connect with partners, members of our community and potential new businesses lookin...Continue Reading

GREATER MSP is pleased to announce Portia Robertson Migas as the new Vice President of Marketing and Communications.  In this position, Portia will serve as ‘chief executive storyteller’ and global brand strategist for the region. She will be responsible for managing and leading all aspects of the GREATER MSP Partnership’s marketing and communication strategy...Continue Reading

Are you looking for available properties to invest in or locate your business with in the MN Tech Corridor? The Minnesota Technology Corridor’s website has a wealth of information on the area that is specifically designed for site selectors looking for property. Whether it is an investment or a purchas...Continue Reading

Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, announced The Minnesota Twins Accelerator by Techstars, a new program in partnership with Major League Baseball franchise the Minnesota Twins. The accelerator will attract and advance startups focusing on the intersection of technology, sports and entertainment. The program will begin accepting application...Continue Reading

MINNEAPOLIS – Rally Studios, a full-service production company, best known for its recent release of “Right Up Our Alley,” an 87-second, viral video of a one-shot FPV drone swooping through Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis that has captivated millions of people worldwide, announced today that beginning this Friday, April 16 a...Continue Reading

 Data center sites can be found in the Minnesota Technology Corridor where the land prices are low and energy rate are affordable. Low-cost energy is critical for any data center to operate at a profit. In the Tech Corridor it’s easy to obtain using traditional or renewable energy sources. That’...Continue Reading

As a leader, it’s no surprise that one of your most crucial jobs is making sure employees are productive day in and day out. Many leaders have attempted to increase team productivity by introducing state-of-the-art technologies and testing the most successful workflow methods they could find. Unfortunately, they’re missing ...Continue Reading

Whether you're working from home for the foreseeable future or you're about to head back to working in person, there's no time like spring to update your office. We've rounded up some of the coolest items on sale right now to spruce up your office. Plus, during our storewide Spring Savings promo, whe...Continue Reading

Being inquisitive about data is essential for any web-based business. How are you going to operate a website without knowing how people are actually using it? That's why Google Analytics is so crucial for any business running a website. It will give you the insights you need to make better decisions abou...Continue Reading

Why economic developers need to market their Opportunity Zones now is to attract investors to the underfunded areas of their communities. Opportunity Zone legislation passed in 2017 and is designed to promote growth in stagnant and underdeveloped regions of the country. There are more than 8,700 Opportunity Zones designated throug...Continue Reading

Commercial realtors in the Twin Cities can utilize the tools on the Minnesota Tech Corridor website to find available sites for growing companies. With information on the region’s assets and opportunities, the Tech Corridor website is a convenient tool for marketing the region, especially to companies coming from outside o...Continue Reading

When Chuck Tryon took over as president of Owatonna-based Bushel Boy Farms in early October 2020, the U.S. was still a couple months away from an approved Covid-19 vaccine. In late November, Minnesota would go on to experience its worst peak of Covid cases. Like virtually every business at the time, Bushel Bo...Continue Reading

It’s déjà vu all over again. Only the project numbers are different where Ohio and Texas — the 2020 Governor’s Cup winning states for per capita and total projects respectively — are concerned. They’re down a bit from the previous year, but impressive nonetheless for a year all states endure...Continue Reading

Judging by the number of e-commerce and health-related facility investments all around us in this pandemic year, you’d expect those categories to vault to the top of any global ranking by industry sector. They didn’t quite reach the summit, but logistics (+19.3%) and life sciences (+12%) show the biggest — an...Continue Reading

The Minnesota Technology Corridor website has a wealth of available features and resources for site selectors who are looking to invest in property. This information is also valuable to business owners who are looking for a location ideal for their business.  Find Sites in the Minnesota Technology Corridor Here you can fin...Continue Reading

There's a lot of talk and excitement among economic developers about using virtual tours to profile commercial real estate to potential investors and site selectors who may not be able to visit in person because of the pandemic. We get that - it IS genuinely exciting. There are so many compelling ne...Continue Reading

So much goes into strategy and planning for economic recovery and this line-up of free professional development webinars is designed to help you and your team take on the challenges that lie ahead. From a closer look to the interactive data you offer prospective investors and existing businesses to automati...Continue Reading

Data centers could receive a 50% return on investment when building in the Minnesota Technology Corridor’s Centerville site, found a study completed by Excipio Consulting.  When presenting the report, Jeff Gilmer said, “This site was generating double the return for a data center provider. Most data center operators are looking fo...Continue Reading

According to Infiniti Research the global data center market is projected to grow 18% annually to exceed $270 billion through 2024. This comes as no surprise as the trends that began during the pandemic — i.e., remote work and schooling and online socialization and entertainment — will continue in the post-pandemi...Continue Reading