This report from the Metropolitan Planning Council in Chicago offers these takeaways: After analyzing a host of indicators and trends, the key difference is that Minneapolis has maintained a strong economy, far outpacing Chicago and other cities ...

We are entering a time of enormous change and potential economic growth. We are seeing a growth of the middle class outside the US in a way that we have never seen before. Consider that 79% of the world’s economic growth will happen outside ...

4Play, a once-each-season regional day of recreation, has won a $117,000 Knight Cities Challenge grant. 4Play was proposed by The Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership (GREATER MSP) to change the way people perceive ...

Hear Why Talent Task Force Members Bert Colianni and Jamie Millard Think Now's the Time for a Talent Attraction and Retention Effort in the Greater MSP Region No regional effort exists here to retain and attract the professional talent critical ...

Regional Talent Initiative Overview #MakeItMSP As part of our mission as the economic development partnership for Minneapolis Saint Paul, GREATER MSP and more than 1,000 partners created a regional economic development strategy in 2013. ...

The Greater MSP region is experiencing a greater diversity in the ownership and operation of manufacturing companies. One recent example is Matsuura Machinery Corporation, based in Japan. When Matsuura wanted to create a wholly-owned American ...

 

Tell Our Story! Here's a video of top 10 facts about the Greater Minneapolis Saint Paul region to get you started.

According to Moody’s, the Greater Minneapolis Saint Paul region is a top region for high earnings and low costs.

The Greater MSP region consistently ranks as one of the best-educated, most productive workforces in the country. Our skilled workforce is one of the region’s greatest assets, thanks in large part to our higher education system. The ...

We found that young adults surveyed in our region are quite career focused and these concerns were key in selecting the Greater MSP region as home.