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Summer 2022 Newsletter Article: Following a Product Path | Full Article

June 30, 2022

This full article was originally published in the Summer 2022 EDC Newsletter. Request to be added to the newsletter today by emailing the Marketing and Communications Specialist at [email protected] and putting in the subject line “Newsletter”. THE PRODUCT Kandi Acres | Hawick, MN Tiffany Farrier | Owner Walking up to the Kandi Acres farm house you notice there is a lot going on. Goats are everywhere. Chickens can be heard clucking. There are 6 dogs inside, and another 13 new

Willmar designates additional American Rescue Plan Act funds

June 30, 2022

The Willmar City Council designated the spending of additional American Rescue Plan Act funds at its meeting June 20, and authorized the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund the 2 WILLMAR — Another portion of American Rescue Plan Act funds was earmarked for use by the city of Willmar during the Willmar City Council meeting June 20. The total amount of funds the city will receive is approximately $2.1 million. Read the full story at West Central Tribune https://www.wctrib.com/news/local/willmar-designates-additional-american-rescue-plan-act-funds

Willmar area agencies offer videos, assistance to apply for frontline worker pay

June 30, 2022

Mid-Minnesota Development Commission and Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economic Development Commission worked together, and with other agencies, to create videos to provide information and assistance to those who may qualify for frontline worker pay compensation from the state of Minnesota. Read the full story at the West Central Tribune

DEED Awards $4 Million in Contamination Cleanup Grants

June 30, 2022

St. Paul – The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) announced today grant awards of nearly $4.1 million to 11 Minnesota cities. These grants play a significant role in the cleanup of contaminated sites for redevelopment. This includes the Block 25 site in Willmar, Minnesota. Read the full article published in the Red Lake Nation News

Summer 2022 Newsletter Article: Following a Product Path | THE TABLE

June 30, 2022

THE TABLE Elevate Community Business Academy (CBA) Spring 2022 Graduation Celebration & Dinner | 6.28.2022 Willmar, MN Students gather, getting corsages pinned carefully onto them, faces smiling at one another as they arrive. Their families come in, staying in the background snapping pictures. It is a big night—graduation. The students have met once a week for three hours for the last 12 weeks as part of the Elevate Community Business Academy. Sarah Swedburg, Business Development Manager

Summer 2022 Newsletter Article: Following a Product Path | THE TRAINER & EDUCATOR

June 30, 2022

Ridgewater College | Willmar, MN Meat Cutting Program Jeff Miller | Dean of Instruction A product is created, made, crafted. And your select meats whether that is a good steak for grilling or venison brats from the deer you harvested are no different. At Ridgewater College’s Willmar Campus students will be taking to the meat lockers to learn this specialized skill in its new Meat Cutter Certificate Program. “The interest in this program has been a phenomenon. It is unlike anything I have

Lund Boats bringing light manufacturing facility to Willmar

June 4, 2022

A new manufacturing facility for Brunswick Corporation, which manufactures Lund Boats, will work in conjunction with the company’s New York Mills manufacturing facility. The company is bringing a small part of its operation to Willmar to alleviate a labor shortage in its main location. Read the full story at the West Central Tribune

Students encouraged to be curious about their diverse neighbors during tour of downtown Willmar

May 28, 2022

Confirmation students from Calvary Lutheran Church in Willmar recently spent time learning a little bit about their neighbors during a tour of Somali- and Latino-owned businesses in downtown Willmar. WILLMAR — Confirmation students at Calvary Lutheran Church in Willmar recently had the opportunity to get to know their diverse neighbors, taking a tour of different stores in downtown Willmar, eating ethnic foods, and hearing about the life of a Somali refugee who settled in Willmar with his family. “I

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