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Back in town Nort Johnson is chamber’s new president.

Into Focus

Local photographer has big dreams.

Around the world

International companies call Faribault home.

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6 New Chamber president brings unique skill set back home

10 Chappuis Jewelers endures,

thrives in downtown for three generations

16 From a phone to the front cover, Davis a self-taught photographer

22 The sweetest of Roses

Fareway Food’s sampler loves to feed, chat with her ‘honeys’.

26 Trio of companies link Faribault to the world

34 Dual-training college programs Helping meet labor demands in manufacturing.

38 For Brian Coleman there’s learning in service

41 Experience Faribault

Upcoming events.

42 Congregational Church

building exhibits historical features inside and out Snow Fall” on the “Fresh River Bend Nature Center cover: (Greg Davis photo)

“Sunset” - Faribault, Minnesota (Greg Davis photo) Early Spring

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The three-petal symbol, sometimes considered the Boy Scouts or New Orleans Saints’ logo, has been associated with the French crown for nearly 1,000 years.

The fleur-de-lis, French for lily flower, is also Faribault’s symbol, appearing on city signs, literature and new banners that will soon grace city streets.

French kings have long used the fleur-de-lis as an emblem of their sovereignty. On his seal

of 1060, France’s Philip I sits on his throne holding a short staff that terminates in a fleurde-lis. A similar staff appears in the Great Seal of Louis VII (1120–80).

The fleur-de-lis is also a nod to our city’s namesake, Alexander Faribault (1806-1882), the son of a FrenchCanadian fur trader who served in the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives.

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t was in Faribault that Nort Johnson developed his tireless work ethic. Now he’s putting that and his vast array of skills together to make an impact in his hometown.

Johnson’s career has included several stops; at each one he’s accumulated skills that he’s brought back to Faribault. He has a background in marketing, public affairs, tourism, and economic development, and served as a city council member. All of those tools rest in his back pocket and remain accessible. Now he’ll use all those skills as the Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism president.

When longtime Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism President Kymn Anderson announced her re-

MEET NORT Nort enjoys remodeling work and has done all types of work at home in the past.

Johnson played on the 1990 Faribault Lakers team that reached the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Association state tournament.

His father, Nort, helped revive the club in 1968 after the club disbanded.

Johnson also wrestled briefly in Worthington while attending college at the school. It’s now called Minnesota West Community and Technical College.

Johnson has four grown children and eight grandchildren.

Johnson also enjoys golf, motorcyling, camping, ice fishing and league darts.

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tirement and the board selected Johnson to succeed her, she put it succinctly: “Based on his resume, he was overqualified for the position,” she said.

Overqualified, sure. But his resolve to improve the community he grew up in is a bottomless well.

“Now I’ve got this blessing to do even more work in my hometown,” said Johnson, who returned to Faribault in 2015 after working as the CEO of the Black Hills & Badlands Tourism Association.

Learning hard work at home Johnson, a former Faribault High School wrestler who helped the Falcons capture fifth place in 1982 at the state tournament, has a hard-nosed approach to work, which was instilled at a young age.

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TOP: Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce President Nort Johnson places his coffee order at Bluebird Cakery in downtown. Also pictured is store leader, barrista Dana Blessum, and Anna Chance, at right. (Suzanne Rook photo) BOTTOM: It’s possible Nort Johnson never met a stranger. Everywhere he goes in town he bumps into people he knows, and those he doesn’t know he quickly introduces himself to. Here, Nort grabs a quick cup of coffee with Samantha Pirkl, a Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce ambassador and Bart Jackson, vice chair of the Chamber board at Bluebird Cakery in downtown. (Suzanne Rook photo) PREVIOUS PAGE: Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce President Nort Johnson. (Greg Davis photo) Early Spring

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Finding a civic voice

“We grew up in a very regimented home,” Johnson said. “One of the privileges you had is you could work. I worked at the grocery store, I mowed lawns, I worked at the gas station, I coached. That was important. I’ve got a bunch of hard-working siblings. It’s a really good trait to have. I always had my nose to the grindstone whatever the project was.”

Johnson’s father, Norton, spent 33 years at the Daily News and that’s where, in some respects, Johnson’s career launched. It was ultimately family that helped persuade him to come back to Faribault in 2015. His mother lives in town, siblings are nearby in Cannon Falls and Duluth.

Schwan’s encouraged its employees to become involved in their community. For Johnson that took the form of running for a city council seat in Balaton, just south of Marshall. Johnson went on to serve 10 years on the Balaton council.

Balaton had a population of 643 at the 2010 census but faced some big problems while Johnson served on the council. Colonial Manor, a senior care facility and one of the town’s biggest employers, was struggling. Johnson and the council viewed it as an opportunity to revitalize the facility.

“It turned out that a couple of us did a little research and found out we really had more of an opportunity than we had malady,” he said. “We evolved that operation out of assisted living. We put the plan together and the place filled up like that. It saved the nursing home. It actually brought in a lot of jobs.”

That type of thinking has helped Johnson in many of his endeavors. The City Council developed another property near Colonial Manor into a golf course and housing development.

As he started to find solid footing in civic work, his interests drove him toward economic development when he started serving on a Lyon County economic development board. When a Lyon County Economic Development Corp. formed, Johnson jumped on to run it with the blessing of Schwan’s.

“I could do just as much or even more good for the [Schwan’s] company by helping the county,” Johnson said. “I did that for about three years and was involved with every city in my county. It helped broaden my experiences even more.”

After working on a regional level with the Lyon County Economic Development Corp., another opportunity arose with a larger reach. Johnson started work with the Sturgis Economic Development Corp., South Dakota’s largest tourism trade association.

Johnson built connections throughout South Dakota and the Black Hills, Badlands & Lakes Association as its vice president for marketing.

There, Johnson and his staff developed the award-winning Great American Road Trip campaign and an accompanying app. They took a two-pronged approach using the most tech savvy techniques with some old-school panache. The campaign utilized keyword buys on the web while Johnson and his team took to the streets to create a personal connection in small towns when they showed up for community parades.

“We implemented a throwback method along with a hybrid,” Johnson said.

Johnson hasn’t shied away from taking on bigger roles. When Bill Honerkamp announced his retirement from the Black Hills, Badlands & Lakes Association as president in 2010, Johnson applied to take over for Honerkamp, who led the organization for 30 years and became known as “Mr. Tourism.” After a national search, the association selection Johnson to take over for the man, who the board called a Black Hills Tourism Pioneer.

Building a rich career of experience Johnson worked at the Daily News catching papers and stacking them. He continued working in the press room after he graduated from FHS in 1982 and started attending Minnesota State, Mankato. Eventually, he learned how to run the printing press and made a move to Cannon Valley Printing in Northfield. It was there he started to do some marketing, began to manage people and started working with finances.

The experience in Northfield led to a move to Marshall to operate the press operation for the Marshall Independent, which ran three shifts, an increase from the two-and-ahalf shifts at Cannon Valley Printing. From the Independent he went to Schwan’s Co., then known as The Schwan Food Nort Johnson Co., in its printing division.

It was at Schwan’s that his career blossomed and the idea came to impact his community.

“I had access to all these different divisions at different levels,” Johnson said.

“Sometimes I was just at the table to understanding how to execute my part of the project and sometimes I was able to help with the ideation of the project. It really was that education part of the job, working with real professionals, real diverse educations and experiences. I was really able to grow individually and professionally with all that access to all these wonderful people.”

“I’m at this fantastic place in my life where I’m able to be back home, be with and around family, old friends and new friends and utilize these experiences.”

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Johnson took over in October 2010 but prior to that the asso-

ciation faced a dilemma. The fireworks at Mount Rushmore, a big driver of tourism in the area, had been cancelled. But the association, in partnership with Visit Spearfish, the Custer Chamber of Commerce, the Deadwood Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society, the Rapid City Convention & Visitors Bureau and the South Dakota Office of Tourism and State Development got a Mount Rushmore float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in November of that year. That move put about 60 million eyeballs on the float and South Dakota through television, along with another 3.5 million who attended the parade.

“It was pretty uplifting to get that after the fireworks,” Johnson said.

The lead up to the parade included a guerrilla marketing campaign in New York that included South Dakota representatives showing up around museums and Times Square handing out marketing materials.

Johnson continued to develop relationships with national players, including the Washington Nationals baseball team. In 2013, the Nationals sent their presidential mascots out to the Black Hills for Presidents Day. Video from their day played all season long at Nationals games in Washington, D.C.

Bringing it home That kind of marketing ingenuity has come to Faribault with Johnson. The Faribault Main Street Challenge launched in 2017 as a “Shark Tank” like project. The idea got kicked around for a few years prior to Johnson’s arrival and a group of volunteers revived the project.

The chamber helped spur four businesses into action, and the Small Business Development Center and others provided some tutoring for those businesses on how to write a business plan. Ruf Acres Farms won the inaugural challenge in October and received a package worth approximately $20,000 that consists of funds for fixtures, website development, capital investment and start-up equity.

Johnson stepped in to take over from someone else who spent considerable time with the organization. Kymn Anderson resigned this year after leading the chamber for nearly 20 years.

“He will continue on the wonderful work that Kymn Anderson did over a number of years,” said Chamber board member Stephen Pribyl. “Kymn has been outstanding for the Faribault community.”

Johnson’s skills and experiences have positioned him as a rich resource for the Faribault community.

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Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce Director Kymn Anderson led the effort to remember Larson following her December 2016 death. Also pictured is Nort Johnson. (Suzanne Rook photo)

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Amy, left; Nate, center, and Patrick Chappuis stand in their downtown Faribault store, which has existed under the family name since 1933. (Gunnar Olson photo) LEFT: A few custom hand crafted rings.

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Chappuis Jewelers endures, thrives in downtown for three generations By Gunnar Olson

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nside, Chappuis Jewelers feels like its balancing three generations. Its modern lighting, displays and television screens line the walls, but among the new age luxuries are old cash registers, watches and the reminders of a different era.

Like many Faribault businesses, change is afoot at Chappuis Jewelers, but for the downtown company, the one constant is Faribault.

They love Faribault. They love its people, the dowantown and what its residents have done for Chappuis Jewelers. Since 1933 Faribault has been home and for years, and possibly generations to come, it will remain.

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“My family has been here since the early 1800s,” he said. “I’ve always loved it here. Everything is changing in town, but everybody still knows everybody. Being in the Twin Cities was fun, but something called me back.”

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Three generations of the Chappuis family have operated the downtown Faribault store that bears their family name. And while all three generations have faced difficult times, all three have thrived. Interestingly, all three generations almost didn’t get into the business.

Now, five Chappuis Jewelers employees spend each day working together in their Central Avenue store. They each tackle specialized tasks and call customers by name when they walk in, just as previous Chappuises did decades ago.

Each day, Chappuis Jewelers strives for innovation, using CAD (computer-aided design) software and 3-D printing technology

to design jewelry, but it’s all done so under the watchful eye of portraits and photographs of the company’s founders.

Ernie and Ruth Raised in Faribault, Ernest “Ernie” Chappuis was a farm kid who had eyes for downtown.

“He decided to try watch making,” said Patrick Chappuis, former owner of Chappuis Jewelers, the son of Ernie and the father of Nate, the current owner. “Why he chose watch making, I don’t really know.”

After watch making school at Bradley University, Ernie returned to Faribault and started Chappuis Jewelers in 1933. After decades in Faribault, Ernie started searching for a successor.

TOP: Nate Chappuis shows off some of his company’s inventory in downtown Faribault.

(Gunnar Olson photo)

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“I was 16 or 17 and my dad asked me if I would come work for him,” said Patrick. “He knew that neither one of my siblings were interested in taking on the store, so perhaps, he was trying to see how I took to it.”

Patrick and Teresa In the fall of 1967, Patrick enrolled at St. Paul Technical Vocational Institute’s watch-making program. Soon after, another opportunity crystallized. Patrick was accepted to an international watch-making program in Switzerland. Only seven Americans were chosen for the program, which Patrick completed in 1968.

He stayed in Switzerland for an apprenticeship before returning to Faribault to work with his father.

His return home was well timed, as a 24-year old Patrick and his father had the chance to work together for a year and a half until Ernie died in December 1972.

Patrick and his mother Ruth took over the store just four months after Patrick married his wife, Teresa. Teresa also grew excited about the family business, heading to St. Paul Technical Vocational Institute herself and finished at the top of her class before joining the business in 1974.

Nate and Amy Like his father before him, Nate wasn’t sure the jewelry business was for him.

“I actually worked everywhere but here,” he said, standing in the store he’s owned for seven years. “My dad called me up and

asked me what I thought of trying the family business.”

Working in underground utilities at the time, Nate thought about what life would be like as a jeweler. Eventually, he decided to try the family trade, enrolling at Minneapolis Technical College.

“He really fell in love with it,” said Patrick. “I’ve never seen anyone so happy. He was so proud of the work, showing me his projects.

Even his roommates said he was never home because he would stay after school and spend extra time casting rings.”

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TOP LEFT: Nate Chappuis shows how to use a laser welder in the back of his Faribault store.

(Gunnar Olson photo) TOP RIGHT: Nate Chappuis uses the laser welder in the back of his office to fine-tune a ring for a customer.

Chappuis had committed himself to recognizing his business’s long history while also using technology to push it forward. (Gunnar Olson photo)

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at Chappuis Jewelers. He also filled a major void in Chappuis Jewelers offerings as a goldsmith.

“That was a weak part of our store,” Patrick said. “We had to send out jewelry repair a lot of times. I wasn’t a really technical goldsmith and he fit that role perfectly.”

A Faribault family

When Switzerland beckoned, Patrick came home. When the sights and sounds of Minneapolis intrigued Nate, he felt a calling to return to the people he loved.

Constant among the Chappuis family is that gravitational pull back to Faribault.

“I love this

town. I really love it,” said Patrick, remembering all of the stores that used to line downtown and the businesses that have since replaced them.

Patrick credited the kindness and work ethic of his competitors when asked why Faribault has served Chappuis so well over the years.

“We had really good competitors,” he said. “They make you do better. You’ve got to work hard. We had to be competitive in the pricing. Our competitors were competitors, but they were really good, honest people.”

For Nate, the history of his family is not lost on him and he’s excited to be the one to take on a changing world with Chappuis Jewelers.

“My family has been here since the early 1800s,” he said.

“I’ve always loved it here. Everything is changing in town, but everybody still knows everybody. Being in the Twin Cities was fun, but something called me back.”

Reach Reporter Gunnar Olson at 507-333-3128 or follow him on Twitter @ fdnGunnar. ©Copyright 2018 APG Media of Southern Minnesota. All rights reserved.

TOP: Patrick Chappuis shares stories about his late father, Ernie Chappuis, who founded the business in downtown Faribault in 1933. (Gunnar Olson photo)

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On bike rides through River Bend Nature Center, Greg Davis got the bug. The photography bug. Like many millenials, he’d stop, pull out his phone and start snapping.

And while he enjoyed the picture-taking and posting of photos on social media, it wasn’t until he was stopped by strangers that he realized how good — how very good — he might be at this photography thing.

“They’d say ‘Aren’t you the guy that posts pictures on Facebook?’” said Davis, a 2006 Faribault High School graduate.

Photography came as an afterthought. He’d planned to go to the military after high school, but a football injury, a torn anterior cruciate ligament, ended that. Taking photos gave him direction despite a lack of formal training.

He likes to go through bike rides, especially through the Nature Center, a favorite childhood haunt, and see what he can see. And capture. But he’s branching out, trying his hand at capturing local events and people, and astrophotography (capturing images of the night sky) with the help of his friend, Nicholas Hartman.

“I thought about the way I want to see if it were printed out, how I would want to see it on the wall,” he said of what he tried to do when first taking photos. “I use the natural elements to frame it — trees, bushes — and capture what I’m looking at in the CONTINUES ON PAGE 18 u u u

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FAR LEFT: “Golden Sunrise” - River Bend Nature Center, Faribault Minnesota.

TOP: Fall bike ride in River Bend Nature Center.

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background.”

He worked for a time with Lifetouch, which helped him learn the ins and outs, and finer points of photography: how an ISO, manual settings and aperture affect a photo and allow the photographer to control the image.

LEFT: “Sunrise” River Bend Nature Center, Faribault Minnesota.

RIGHT: Sibley State Park, New London, Minnesota.

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“In manual, you can create how you want it to look,” he said, eschewing autofocus and any type of filter.

Like all photographers, Davis relies on lighting. The hours before and after sunset, he says, make for the best photos. The shadows are long and the colors aren’t bleached by the sun.

Some day soon, Davis hopes to be a full-time photographer

and aspires to nothing less than “National Geographic.”

Until then, look for him around town. And on social media.

Reach Regional Managing Editor Suzanne Rook at 507-333-3134. Follow her on Twitter @ rooksuzy. ©Copyright 2018 APG Media of Southern Minnesota. All rights reserved.

BEHIND THE LENS

Career goal: Photographer for “National Geographic” Favorite place to photograph: River Bend Nature Center. “It’s a place I always go to if I want to clear my mind and relax.

“It’s a place I would always go as a kid, I’m really familiar with it. It has some of the nicest views that the town has to offer.”

Extracurricular: If he’s not taking pictures, find Davis at the gym working out.

What’s he like?: “Easy-going, easy to talk to, open-minded,” he said.

His camera: Nikon D7100 with his go to lens, a 15mm Rokinon ultra wide angle Social: Greg Davis on Facebook and greg. davis.5895 on Instagram.

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t’s easy to find honey at Faribault Foods.

Sure the store is stocked with a variety of different brands of honey. But it’s also the name of everyone who stops by Rose Scott’s sampling table.

“I call everyone ‘honey.’ I can get away it with since I’m old and can’t remember everyone’s names,” Scott said, adding that some men give her a hard time for not calling them honey with their wives present.

“If you don’t like people you couldn’t be doing the job. I have a lot of usual customers.”

Scott, who turned 80 in January, sure keeps busy despite retiring back in 2003. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Friday and Saturday, the Faribault native, in her apron and plastic gloves, awaits curious customers.

“Who doesn’t like a lady who can hand out food and gab?” Scott said.

Scott, an ex-Navy wife and 1955 Bethlehem Academy graduate, lived in many places all over the country with her husband John, including Hawaii, California, Rhode Island and Ohio. Though she’s now a widow and the youngest of nine children, Scott says she has family all over Faribault.

Scott is officially a great-great-great aunt, with a relative living “just about on every block.”

After 38 years of working at McQuay and eight working at Malt-O-Meal in Faribault, Scott “retired” in 2003. But it wasn’t long before she found something else to fill her time. Later that year the manager of Nelson’s Grocery offered Scott a job as a sampler. Scott stayed on with the business when Fareway Foods bought Nelson’s in 2012.

“She’s amazing, she really is. In a past life she must have been a used car salesman,” Fareway’s grocery manager John Pentecost said. “That’s 90 percent of the job, being able to talk to people and not being intimidated by it. Being open and conversing with people, talking about life but flipping in the product when you can.”

Despite staring at delicious food for two days straight, Scott said she has pretty good self-control and said that she’s “learned to curb my appetite,” on the job. And much like a bartender or hair stylist, Scott said today’s samplers need to have a good rapport with customers.

But if you think you’re being sneaky about a second trip to visit the samples, don’t think Scott is unaware.

“I love talking to everybody, the customers, it’s like they’ve always known me,” Scott said. “Some try to get in line a second time and take (another sample). They usually wait until there are quite a few people around me … but if people can’t try stuff, they won’t buy it.”

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taking day trips around the area with her neighbor, including recent visits to New Ulm and Red Wing. The mother of two also loves watching her two grandchildren compete in swim meets.

And like any good grandmother, she spoils them, saying “they can get away with murder with me.” Especially after they help set up favorites and other functions of Scott’s cell phone.

She’s even willing to play the role for other children. Pentecost said that the children of a number of customers, including his own when they were younger, lovingly refer to her as “Grandma.”

A ROSE IS A ROSE Rose Scott, a 1955 Bethlehem Academy grad who turned 80 this January, has worked at Nelson’s Grocery Store and then at Fareway Foods as a sampler since 2003. Scott works every Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Family

Scott has two children, two grandchildren and extended family on “just about every block” in town. She enjoys watching her granddaughter’s swim meets and having them help her use her cell phone.

“She even substituted for (my children) at Grandparents Day at school for them once,” Pentecost said. “She’s that adopted grandmother, not only to kids but to other workers too.”

So how long will Scott keep up tempting the town’s taste buds?

“I’ll keep working as long as they keep me. I’m still in pretty good shape for 80,” Scott said. “It’s nice here, getting out of the house and sampling.”

Reach Sports Reporter Alex Kerkman at akerkman@faribault.com or on Twitter @ FDNalexkerkman. ©Copyright 2018 APG Media of Southern Minnesota. All rights reserved.

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“I think I always wanted to go to Spain, I always though the country would be really neat to go see. Paris never turned me on.”

Favorite snack

“Popcorn, I eat it for breakfast lunch and supper. You have to have lots of butter; a little popcorn and a lot of butter.”

Paper or plastic?

(After a few seconds of thought) “Paper. It’s easier to recycle.”

TOP PHOTO: Faribault resident Dan Jeno tries out Rose Scott’s food samples at Fareway Foods. Scott, 80, has worked part time as a sampler at Fareway Foods since 2003. (Alex Kerkman photo)

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aribault has several notable businesses: the Cheese Cave, Faribault Woolen Mill Co., the Historic Hutchinson House and more.

But while these businesses add a special dose of charm to the historic city, some of Faribault’s largest and most far-reaching employers are relatively unassuming — even though they’re involved in multinational companies with locations as far flung as Japan and France. Companies such as SageGlass, Daikin Applied and Faribault Foods have an impact that reaches not only southern Minnesota but across the entire world.

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The SageGlass manufacturing facility in Faribault. (Photo courtesy of SageGlass)

Faribault-based glass company SageGlass might only make one thing — its specialized, electronically tintable smart glass — but it does it very well.

With more than 500 patents and the world’s most advanced electrochromic plant, it was no wonder SageGlass caught the attention of businesses across the world and eventually developed a relationship with French building materials giant Saint-Gobain.

SageGlass began as an idea long before any product was created. In 1989, company founder John Van Dine began working with a team of researchers in New York, to develop a revolutionary type of glass — electronically tintable smart glass (also called “electrochromic” glass) that could be darkened or lightened to optimize daylight in buildings. From New York, they eventually moved to a Rutgers University laboratory in New Jersey before settling in Faribault in 1998.

According to Derek Malmquist, director of customer experience at SageGlass, the company was interested in the Midwest because of its concentration of leaders in the glass and manufacturing industry, such as the Andersen Corp. in Bayport, Cardinal Glass in Northfield and Eden Prairie and Viracon in Owatonna. But Faribault stood out among all the other potential locations.

“Faribault was a central location with a supply of good workers, with the added bonus of many of them being familiar with the glazing industry,” Malmquist explained.

The company’s first commercial class installation was for a hospital in California in 2003, and it built its first manufacturing facility in 2006.

Within six years, it had outgrown that facility and moved into a newly constructed 320,000-square foot, high-volume manufacturing facility, which is capable of producing 100 times that of the original facility — and is the world’s largest electrochromic glass plant, Malmquist said.

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attention — including from Saint-Gobain, a Paris-based company focused on building materials. The international business first invested in SageGlass and later purchased it in 2010. SageGlass is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, although its portfolio still goes to market under the SageGlass brand.

“Saint-Gobain has been an outstanding partner, contributing technical and manufacturing expertise, financial support and strategic guidance,” Malmquist said. “By joining Saint-Gobain’s portfolio of innovative glass and building materials, we now leverage the 350-year-old company’s extensive footprint from our global operations center here in Faribault.”

TOP: Daikin, previously McQuay in Faribault, manufactures HVAC units. (Photo courtesy of Daikin) ABOVE LEFT: The city’s work with Faribault Foods on the company’s new warehouse in the Northern Industrial Park helped the city win the Project of the Year award from the state Economic Development Association. The city help ensure $2.3 million of public infrastructure was designed and delivered on a fairly aggressive timeline. (Daily News file photo) ABOVE RIGHT: Daikin Applied came to Faribault in 2006 when it purchased McQuay International. (Suzanne Rook photo)

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He added that SageGlass’ relationship with Saint-Gobain enabled the smaller company to grow and expand far more quickly and extensively than it would have been able to on its own.

“Working with Saint-Gobain has allowed us to more effectively scale and distribute globally, reaching areas of the world that greatly benefit from smart solar control products,” he said. “As a result of being part of Saint-Gobain, SageGlass is now a truly ‘global’ company as well, with projects in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It would have been a challenge to grow as rapidly on a global basis without Saint-Gobain’s support, resources and infrastructure.”

SageGlass has more than 300 team members, with the majority located in Minnesota and a second large group at the European headquarters in Switzerland. While the company has sale representatives and locations across the world, all manufacturing is done in Minnesota.

“The plant in Faribault was built to be able to handle global capacity for a number of years,” Malmquist said.

Looking forward, SageGlass is working to expand into overseas markets, with installations currently underway in India and Scandinavia.

Daikin Applied When McQuay International started manufacturing HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) products in 1933, the HVAC industry was far different than it is today. The company, then headquartered in Minneapolis, opened a plant in Faribault in 1949 and quickly became one of the community’s largest employ-

ers, as well as growing into a staple of Faribault’s business scene. As its Faribault location grew, so did its sales across the nation — and the world, as it established divisions in Canada, England, Australia, Italy and other countries.

In 2006, McQuay International was purchased by Japan-based Daikin Industries Ltd. — the largest HVAC company in the world.

A few years later, in 2013, McQuay rebranded as Daikin Applied, leveraging its parent company’s well-known name.

According to Julie Carver, director of marketing strategy, Faribault is an ideal location for Daikin Applied to manufacture products because of the employee base, growing manufacturing presence in the area, projected population growth, ease of transportation and proximity to the its Minneapolis headquarters.

“Faribault has long been a community that partners with business, fueled a workforce with pride in workmanship and proven accessible for our customers and markets,” Carver said.

The proximity to the company’s American headquarters enables Faribault team leaders to easily work with leadership from Daikin Applied America, Carver said, allowing for more collaboration.

“The Faribault operations partners with colleagues across Daikin Applied America to ensure we are meeting customer needs every day, every shift,” she said.

Being owned by an international company has numerous benefits, Carver said, especially when it comes to fresh perspectives.

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perts and in turn train others at the facility. “The commitment and confidence of our parent company has fueled our growth in North America and locally.”

Throughout the past several years, Daikin Applied has nearly doubled in size, and Faribault has benefited.

The Faribault facility is one of Daikin’s flagship manufacturing plants, where employees build commercial heating and air conditioning products — such as the Rebel rooftop unit, which has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy for its energy efficiency. Daikin Applied employs about 480 at its Faribault plant and another 400 at its Owatonna manufacturing plant. The company is looking to hire at least another 30 employees immediately in Faribault and 20 in Owatonna.

Faribault Foods TOP: Bowie State University Center for Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Nursing in Bowie, Maryland, used 25,000 square feet of dynamic glass from SageGlass in its threestory multi-purpose space. The glass controls sunlight in the space. (SageGlass photo) BOTTOM: Saint-Gobain HQ in Pennsylvania. (Photo Jeffrey Totaro)

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In 1895, a group of farmers came together to form Faribault Foods (then known as Faribault Canning & Preserving Co.). It saw enormous success from the beginning, flourishing into a nationally known company with brands such as Sun Vista, Butter Kernel and S&W Beans, and con-

tracts with such food giants as Campbell’s Soup and Conagra.

Its products include pretty much every type of bean in pretty much every variety, from sauce to baked to refried.

And, in its nearly 125 years in existence, it’s become a cornerstone of the southern Minnesota community, employing 385 workers at its Faribault location.

In 2014, the company made headlines when it was purchased by La Costeña, a Mexico-based canned food company that was working to expand into the U.S. This purchase marked the end of 97 years of family ownership and resulted in some big changes for the company, such as its merger with La Costeña’s American affiliate, Arizona Canning.

According to Gary Kindseth, who recently retired after serving as Faribault Foods’ executive vice president of strategy, the purchase was helped along by Faribault Foods’ existing relationship with La Costeña, as well as the similarities between the two family-owned, privately held businesses.

“You had the same culture, which helped us a lot,” Kindseth said. “Then [there was] the fact that we’d known them for 10 years, so we had a relationship and trusted them and recognized their success. We were very confident that they’d do well with us.”

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“Being owned by a foreign company, you have a little different culture, a little less collaborative management style than we’re used to,” he explained. “Faribault [has] a very collaborative style, while foreign LEFT: Faribault Canning Co. employees work the corn cutting line during the height of the corn pack season in 1973. (Photo courtesy of the Rice County Historical Society) ABOVE: Faribault Foods new 1 million-square-foot manufacturing facitity .

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Sometimes direction is made in Mexico City, and we basically fulfill the direction that’s given.”

Despite the differing management styles, the business deal has already paid off in spades for both companies. Faribault Foods recently completed construction on a $140 million, 1 million-squarefoot manufacturing facility that began operations in September 2017. Within the next two years, production will be migrated from Faribault Foods’ old plant to its new facility, which includes can manufacturing, canning, labeling, storage and distribution.

One reason for the new relationship’s success is that Faribault Foods’ CEO, Albert Hoflack, moved to Minnesota shortly after the purchase was completed, with a handful of other management leaders at the Tucson plant visiting about every other week.

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“They’re well ingrained in the management and organization of Faribault Foods,” Kindseth said.

Looking forward, Kindseth said there are still plans to grow and expand as La Costeña explores more business opportunities north of the border, though the details are still being formed.

“This is a Mexican company geographically expanding into the U.S.,” Kindseth said. “They’re very successful and have the resources to invest in the U.S. Faribault has been a beneficiary of that… We always had a plan to grow, but [La Costeña] is going to take it to a new height. I think they’re continually looking for acquisitions to expand, [so] I don’t think this is the last thing for them by a long shot.”

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By Mike Randleman Instructor Bill Block, right, assists Rob Stevens, a 2017 machining graduate from SCC, at Amesbury Truth in Owatonna. (Photo courtesy of South Central College).

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o to work or go to school?

It’s a decision countless high school graduates face. Those interested in a manufacturing career are no different.

In the Faribault area, the decision is easier for prospective students — those just completing high school and older students interested in acquiring new skills — thanks to opportunities that wed the ability to get an education while gaining relevant work experience.

At South Central College, which has campuses in Faribault and North Mankato, the Learn Work Earn program was established in 2016 as part of the Minnesota Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Project.

“Essentially they work part-time to full-time for a manufacturer and also complete a certificate, a diploma or a degree in one of our three manufacturing programs which are welding, machine tool technology and mechatronics,” said Kelcey Woods-Nord, MnAMP project coordinator for SCC, of Learn Work Earn.

Helping to fund some Learn Work Earn students is the statewide Minnesota PIPELINE (Private Investment, Public Education, Labor and Industry Experience) Program that began in 2014 and through the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry.

According to the department, the program “is assisting employers to change the question from ‘How do we get workers with the skills we need?’

to ‘How do we give workers the skills they need?’”

A common barrier to pursuing a degree in any field is student debt. That’s where PIPELINE comes in. Students can apply for the $6,000 grant that covers tuition, fees and any related materials required for their program.

“Essentially these students are able to complete their degree without any debt,” Woods-Nord said. “They’re working and earning a living and they’re also getting their education through PIPELINE programs. A lot of companies already have tuition reimbursement programs in place, but this is a little bit unique in that it’s covered on the front end and not reimbursement based and it covers everything.”

Tuition reimbursement plans are available at some companies, but opportunities vary. Some only offer plans for salaried employees.

Since January 2016, SCC’s employer partners have been awarded $270,000 in PIPELINE funds for 33 students through five rounds.

Five students graduated with Associate of Applied Science degrees in May 2017. Round six grant applications open this spring and will be awarded in the summer.

A demand for skill At SageGlass in Faribault, for example, there’s been a demand to fill mechatronics, robotic and electrician positions.

“I had been thinking about going back to school, I just didn’t

know how to do it,” said Dario Garcia, a mechatronics student employed by SageGlass in Faribault. “When they offered me this opportunity and worked with me to set it up, it was pretty much everything I could hope for.”

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ABOVE: Bishar Abdullahi, a mechatronics student at SCC, seen on the job as a maintenance technician assistant at Cardinal Glass in Northfield.

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AmesburyTruth, Cybex and Viracon in Owatonna, and Daikin in Faribault and Owatonna.

“I’ve had employers who’ve used it as a recruitment tool,” Woods-Nord said.

“K&G manufacturing in Faribault, when they have new employees come in or people that are applying and they might not have the machining background, you can actually start part-time if you enroll in SCC’s machining program.”

Building and maintaining a workforce is critical given the industry’s current climate in Minnesota. There are 318,000 manufacturing jobs in Minnesota with 3,137 of them stemming from 35 manufacturing companies in Faribault.

Finding workers to fill those jobs is getting more and more difficult.

The 2017 State of Manufacturing Survey, conducted by Enterprise Minnesota, showed there was a 40 percent increase in concern over finding qualified workers by small to mid-sized manufacturers in greater Minnesota. A lack of skilled technicians exists in a state where manufacturing composes nearly 16 percent of its gross domestic product.

Misconceptions can exist as far as what a career in manufacturing entails, and what opportunities lay ahead. Further, the U.S. remains a global manufacturing

power despite its growing reputation as primarily a service economy.

“The U.S. is still the largest manufacturing country in the world,” said SageGlass Vice President of Administration Chuck Hayes. “We still manufacture more than China, and people don’t realize that.

Manufacturing jobs have kind of taken a back seat; you can’t do anything else, you go work in a factory. That’s just not true.

We really have a PR issue to resell manufacturing jobs in the future.”

It is possible to accept a job without a full secondary education, but it can be a barrier to further advancement or employment.

“Programs sometimes see a problem when students get employed and they start making money and they don’t finish their degree,” Woods-Nord said. “This is a way to address both the employer’s need of getting someone in the door and working, but also the student’s need of actually finishing that credential. If they don’t and then they leave the employer they don’t have that credential with them.”

Becoming credentialed is not just another hoop to jump through.

“We make smart materials. We need smart factory workers to make those smart materials,” SageGlass’ Hayes said.

“These are not jobs where people work by the sweat of their brow, they’ve got to bring some capability. That’s the chal-

ABOVE: Patrick Reyher, a machining student at SCC, is seen at Cybex in Owatonna in his position as a machine operator. (Photo courtesy of South Central College)

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lenge we have in selling manufacturing, and I think we’ve been selling it. We’ve got a very, very young workforce.”

The workforce is so young in part because companies aren’t waiting to lock in promising employees to full-time positions prior to graduation.

SCC desires to partner with businesses that provide room to grow. Woods-Nord referenced a student and entry-level worker who moved from production to fabrication at Skyvac in Owatonna.

“As he’s taking these classes and learns skills and works with a mentor on site, he’s actually progressed in the company and then you get a pay raise, too, right? Woods-Nord said. “It’s having them look at their own internal structure and not just bringing in new people but it’s who’s there that might want some additional opportunity and can move up in your company.”

Reach Sports Reporter Mike Randleman at mrandleman@faribault.com or on Twitter @FDNmike. ©Copyright 2018 APG Media of Southern Minnesota. All rights reserved.

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here is only so much that can be learned in the classroom.

Sometimes, the most impactful lessons are forged in the real world.

Brian Coleman is in his third year in the Faribault School District as service learning coordinator. That’s on the heels of his former job in the area at Workforce Development Inc. In his current position, Coleman is a champion for students pursuing opportunities to connect and

contribute with their community while gaining understanding of a subject or skill.

“I believe that it’s actually making a very positive impact on a lot of students as far as the importance of community and giving back,” Coleman said of service learning. “I have a lot of students interested in volunteering. I’m just really impressed by the number of students that want to be involved in giving back to the community.”

Whether he’d admit it or not, Coleman’s charismatic personality has inspired students not only to be active in their community, but to be prepared for life after donning a cap and gown at graduation.

“He’s like an older brother,” said Katra Abdullahi, a senior at

ABOVE: What colors to use to best attract young eyeballs is the question Brian Coleman, right, and FHS juniors Angie Robb and Jordan Turner contemplate. (Suzanne Rook photo)

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Faribault High School. “He’s there if you need him.”

Coleman’s work hasn’t gone unnoticed. He earned the 2018 Asset Champion Award from Faribault Youth Investment as one who embodies the 40 developmental assets (such as service to others, achievement motivation, etc.) FYI seeks to instill in Faribault youth.

“The way Brian interacts with youth is what makes him a champion,” FYI Director Becky Ford told the Faribault Daily News in January. “He notices young people. He engages them with friendly banter, which they love, but he also encourages them with that same enthusiasm.”

Adaptability Coleman is no stranger to Minnesota’s wintry weather growing up in Michigan near the Canadian border. He attended Eastern Michigan University as an undergrad and pursued his Master’s of Business Administration at Huron University in South Dakota where he remained professionally as a career counselor and adjunct professor.

His girlfriend at the time, and now his wife, found a position in the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown school district and Coleman moved with her as she returned to her native Minnesota.

Coleman went on to work for 15 years working as a counselor at non-profit Workforce Development, Inc., before coming to

Faribault Schools.

Suddenly, his expertise guiding adults shifted toward a younger audience.

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ABOVE: Brian Coleman, left, gives Rainie Panser some assistance on her poster for a fifth-grade lock-in STOPS planned for local students.

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“I think that the approach is fairly similar. Obviously a lot of the individuals I was working with were working for many years and maybe they got laid off from their job after being there for 30 years,” Coleman said. “I’m on the other side of this now where some of these students have never had a job, so how do you prepare them to enter the workforce? What are some of those expectations that they may not know about?”

Coleman realized the problems adults encountered in their careers oftentimes stemmed from decisions made as adolescents.

“I think that a lot of the adults I worked with, they didn’t have a lot of exposure to a lot of different careers,” Coleman said. “They kind of went with what they knew or what some of their friends were doing. What I’m trying to do is avoid the student population now from making those same decisions.”

Giving back No two students are alike, but there’s a path for each one.

“The biggest thing that I’d say within service learning is that it’s truly individualized for each student,” Coleman said. “There may be something that doesn’t fit the student as far as maybe an opportunity to volunteer for this student this time. The great

thing is it’s open to everyone, there aren’t any requirements to qualify or to fit into it.”

Prior to diving into service learning and the student-run STOPS (Students Together Offering Peer Support) program, Abdullahi didn’t fully understood the breadth of what her community offered, nor what she could offer to the community.

“Before I started signing up for volunteer work I didn’t know anything about my community. I’ve lived here since I was like 5 years old but it wasn’t until my sophomore year that I actually started knowing what Faribault can offer,” Abdullahi, a STOPS cabinet member, said. “We’re a diverse school but we don’t work together. That’s what’s bad about it. I feel STOPS takes away that part and brings in so many people from different backgrounds together.”

Whether it’s taking a morning to help clean up Jefferson Elementary, throwing on pea and carrot suits while assisting at the local farmers market or face painting at the fall festival, Faribault students are taking an active role in the world around them.

Students can letter in STOPS, which holds biweekly meetings, by completing 55 service hours in a year. Anyone who just has even an hour or two to spare, though, can contribute, said STOPS President Josh Vaubel.

“It’s people who are driven to want to volunteer,” said FHS

ABOVE: STOPS member Hannah Plunkett, right, gets kudos from adviser Brian Coleman for helping organize a fifth-grade lock-in planned for mid-February. (Suzanne Rook photo)

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junior Jordan Turner. “They want to make that difference and they’re not being forced.

It’s not a class where you have to be there and participate. It’s just people who are willing to participate.”

New service learning ideas continue to generate and be implemented. One involves students from the Faribault Area Learning Center creating a legacy project for residents at Milestone Senior Living Care Facility in Faribault.

“Our plan is to record (the seniors’) stories as written and (with) video to be able to leave for their families. The students will be conducting the interviews and they will be making this happen for the residents there,” Coleman said.

“Our goal is to be able to put it in a book form so they can have that and leave that for their families to go over questions that maybe their family didn’t know about them.”

Whether volunteering through STOPS or elsewhere, donating time has shifted the perspective of student and STOPS cabinet member Rainie Panser.

“I do a lot of English as a Second Language (volunteering) so I deal with a lot of people who are new to the country or they’ve lived in the country who are trying to find their footing,” Panser said. “It’s helped me, personally, try to change my perspective and match theirs and see how they’re understanding what’s going on.”

On a career preparation level, opportunities abound to attend career fairs and panels, take part in mock interviews, and tour businesses and institutes of higher learning.

“It’s truly about students being able to help find themselves where they feel better suited to enter the world,” Coleman said. “Whether that be college, the military, going to work, whatever the next steps are that they feel comfortable with it.”

Reach Sports Reporter Mike Randleman at mrandleman@ faribault.com or on Twitter @FDNmike. ©Copyright 2018 APG Media of Southern Minnesota. All rights reserved.

STOPS & GO To get reminders about STOPS meetings and events students can text @stops1 to 507-412-8232. More information on Faribault service learning can be found at http://bit.ly/2BZOcVq.

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It generally draws 600-800 people, rain or shine with more than 13,000 Don’t miss the big bunny at this year’s Faribault Community Easter Egg Hunt candy-stuffed eggs provided by March 30 at Shattuck-St. Mary’s School.

Fareway Foods. Treats and beverages (Photo courtesy of Shattuck-St. Mary’s in the Johnson Gymnasium after School) the hunt, along with face painting, photos with the Easter Bunny and musical entertainment. Attendees are asked to bring food donations for the Faribault Area Food Shelf.

“Annie” 7:30 p.m. April 13, 14, 19 and 20 2 p.m. April 15, 21 and 22 Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave.

The Broadway hit, “Annie,” based on the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie,” hits the Paradise Center for the Arts stage April 13.

Leapin’ Lizards! The irrepressible comic strip heroine comes to the Paradise Center for the Arts stage in one of the world’s best-loved musicals. “Annie,” the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, features some of the greatest musical theatre hits ever, including “Tomorrow.”

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Graduation Commencement: the end of the beginning for area seniors starts with Bethlehem Academy. The Cardinals receive their diplomas Friday, May 25. Next comes the Discovery School on Thursday, May 31 followed by the Minnesota School for the Deaf class of 2018 with a Friday, June 8 ceremony.

The Falcons’ class of 2018 are the last to turn their tassels, doing so on Sunday, June 10.

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By Misty Schwab

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114-foot spire easily spotted on Third Street Northwest belongs to Congregational Church of Faribault, the religious landmark that houses the city’s longest-standing congregation.

Congregational Church’s current co-pastor, Jan Bodin, said visitors driving through town often stop in to see the building because the National Register of Historic Places added the church to its list in 1977.

In keeping with early Romanesque Revival architecture with a structure similar to that of New England churches, St. Paul architect Monroe Sheire designed the original Congregational Church built in 1867. Faribault’s namesake, city founder Alexander Faribault, donated land where the church took shape.

A quarry on the east end of Faribault provided the limestone that builders Rice and Daniels collected and transferred with a horse-drawn wagon. With this material, Rice and Daniels constructed the 40-by-75-foot building. Unique to this church compared to others inspired by New England structures, was

Built in the 1860s, Congregational Church of Faribault gathered congregationalists for services and eventually came to offer more in the Parish House. (Photo courtesy of the Rice County Historical Society)

the corner steeple which builders typically positioned front and center in the 19th century. Atop the steeple is a rooster to represent the hour St. Peter denied Jesus three times.

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ABOVE: An historical marker on the exterior of the Congregational Church of Faribault lists important dates in the church’s history.

(Suzanne Rook photo) LEFT: Congregational Church of Faribault is among the oldest churches in town and sits on the National Register of Historic Places. Made of original Faribault limestone, the building is 40 by 75 feet with a 114-foot spire. (Greg Davis photo)

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tomb peered inside to find it empty. Embellishing stones surround the keystone at the top of every stained glass window.

A releading of the windows took place in 2006, 150 years after the church was built.

In addition The year 1910 saw additions of a lowerlevel kitchen, two upper-level rooms, a ladies’ Bible classroom, pastor’s study and primary Sunday School room that eventually became the Mary E. Leavens chapel. It was named for a woman who taught Sunday School at the Congregational Church for over 47 years.

The Women’s Federation, formerly known as the Ladies Social Society, built the Parish House in 1915. Bodin said she doesn’t know of another church in Minnesota with a Parish House, and appreciates the added space it provides for fundraisers, dinners, offices and other functions.

“The heating system for the church is behind the second building. So in other words, the heating comes through the Parish House, under the street and into ABOVE: One of the church’s beautiful stained glass windows. (Greg Davis photo) TOP RIGHT: This window, made by Tiffany & Co., would have been installed after the church was built. Tiffany & Co. produced stained glass windows from 1878 to 1933. (Greg Davis photo)

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the church,” said Bodin. “I don’t know any other parish that’s like that.”

Bodin said another feature that sets Faribault’s Congregational Church apart from other churches where she’s served is the double staircases. After entering the front door, congregants take either the left or right staircase to arrive at the worship space. Since the church’s construction took place in the 1860s, Bodin said the extra effort it took to climb the stairs may have related to the worship manner of that period.

“We’re always working on renovations,” said Bodin. “The Parish House is not on the Historic Register, so we’re free to do whatever we want there. The church part has to be in keeping with the historical aspects. If we wanted to add a second steeple or something like that, we’d have to get permission. Putting in a new roof would just be considered caring for the facility, so we wouldn’t need permission for that.”

A resurfaced parking lot, energy efficient lighting, handicapped-accessible bathrooms and a parlor off the back parking lot are some of the updates the church made since Bodin began her assignment. Pews removed from the first couple rows now allow for more space should congregants attend services in wheelchairs or bring babies in a car seats. Unlike exterior renovations, Bodin said interior changes may be executed without permission.

“One of the things about the building is we have a little museum in it a lot of people don’t know about,” said Bodin. “I would say almost any visitor who walks in on a Sunday morning goes back there to look at things.”

Hand-carved offering boxes and preserved items like old Bibles, vestments for clergy and communion wear are some of the relics showcased in the church’s mini museum. For an extra taste of the history contained within the building’s limestone walls, Bodin encourages anyone interested to stop in at the Congregational Church of Faribault.

Reporter Misty Schwab can be reached at 507-744-2551.

Follow her on Twitter @APGmisty. ©Copyright 2018 APG Media of Southern Minnesota. All rights reserved.

TWO BECAME ONE The first Congregational church in Faribault came about in 1857 soon after settlers organized the first congregation.

The existing Congregational Church, formerly called the Plymouth Congregational Church, was built in 1866. The two congregations joined together eight years later in 1874 to form what has since been known as the Congregational Church of Faribault in the limestone building on Third Street Northwest.

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said. “It’s fun to see that happening, that kind of next ambitious level of work coming through the chamber.”

Faribault City Councilor Janna Viscomi has worked with Johnson on a number of committees and sees his creativity and ability to find compromise as strong traits.

“I’m tough when I have an opinion. I dig my feet in, it takes a pretty good negotiator to compromise,” she said. “He’s been able to help me see things that I haven’t seen before. He’s able to pull from both sides and find a compromise. That’s a good quality to have.”

Viscomi questioned the many roles Johnson held as director of community marketing for the Faribault Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, head of the Faribault Tourism Commission and the director of the city’s Main Street program in early 2017. She said things have been mended since and the two have a similar mindset in improving Faribault.

“We honestly have more in common than we have not,” Viscomi said. “We both have this passion for this community. If we’re heading in the same direction how can we get there in the same car?”

Viscomi pointed to Johnson’s work with the tourism commission and noted how he helped facilitate a plan for the commission.

Johnson will continue to expand chamber membership in his new role and work with the city to reach its goals with its Community Vision 2040. For Johnson and his staff that will mean taking a survey of chamber members, non-members and former members to assess what the city needs and what those people want from the chamber.

“I’m at this fantastic place in my life where I’m able to be back home, be with and around family, old friends and new friends and utilize these experiences,” he said. ©Copyright 2018 APG Media of Southern Minnesota. All rights reserved.

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