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Bill Lee KC Inman Julie McWalter Don Fisk
Chamber Supports Look at Border Cities Legislation
The Chamber is teaming up with chambers and municipal governments in Moorhead, Breckenridge and East Grand Forks to determine what the real implication of recent MN laws will be on businesses along the MN/ND border. Much rhetoric and political banter followed the 2013 MN and ND legislative sessions. The real question is what is real and what is myth. Working together we plan to find out what the biggest impacts are so several measures can be put forward from a border cities perspective to help narrow the gap for businesses along the MN/ND border. Barry Wilfahrt and The Chamber-GF/EGF received an award recently from the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities for their support of the Greater MN Economic Development Partnership.
Housing Update Set for September 11th Early in the NV360 Process a housing shortage was identified as one of the top concerns in our region. Mayor Brown immediately appointed a Blue Ribbon Task Force to quantify the problem and identify potential ways to improve the housing supply and market.
Chamber Announces Date of Disney’s Business Excellence Training-Mark Your Calendars
The Chamber-GF/EGF is partnering with the well known Disney Institute to bring their top notch training to Grand Forks on April 22nd of 2014. Disney is hailed as a leader in providing excellent training programs. Their transformative insights are grounded in real-world experiences and time-tested philosophies of The Walt Disney Company. The Chamber last hosted this training in the area in 2003 and 2004. The seminar in April 2014 will be the Disney’s Approach to Business Excellence Training. The full day training will cover: Creativity & Innovation, Leadership Strategies for Organizational Excellence, Disney Selection, Training & Engagement Practices, Consistent Delivery of Quality Service and Fortifying Brand Loyalty. This is a great seminar for all employees to create a stronger team. Mark you calendars, information on registering for the seminar will be available in the coming months.
It has now been close to 6 months since those results were released and judging from all of the construction, much progress is being made on the housing issue. Still, there are less than 100 single family homes on the market and college students are reporting a tight rental market. Thus, the chamber working closely with the city and leaders of the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Housing is working to do an assessment on progress in the housing market. The results of that assessment will be released on September 11th at 3:30 at the chamber office.
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