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Regional Partnership Announces MSP Regional Indicators Dashboard

Posted by: GREATER MSP on Tuesday, June 9, 2015
A new MSP Regional Indicators Dashboard will better track our region's economic competitiveness and build a path toward the future. The regional indicators dashboard is a set of shared metrics that will track the region’s overall success ...
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Why is Minneapolis growing almost five times faster than Chicago?

Posted by: GREATER MSP on Tuesday, May 12, 2015
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 ...
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Introducing the MSP Trade & Investment Plan

Posted by: David Griggs, GREATER MSP on Friday, April 17, 2015
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 ...
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Knight Grants Will Help Region Attract, Retain Talented Workers

Posted by: GREATER MSP on Thursday, April 9, 2015
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 ...
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Task Force: Let's Attract and Retain Talent

Posted by: GREATER MSP on Friday, March 6, 2015
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 ...
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#Jobs Here: Talent Wanted!

Posted by: GREATER MSP on Thursday, February 26, 2015
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. ...
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Interview: Why Matsuura Chose Greater MSP for U.S. Headquarters

Posted by: GREATER MSP on Wednesday, October 22, 2014
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 ...
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Let's Brag A Little

Posted by: GREATER MSP on Wednesday, October 15, 2014

 

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

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Greater MSP: Leader on Income, Affordability

Posted by: GREATER MSP on Wednesday, September 10, 2014

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

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Skilled Workers Thanks to Greater MSP Higher Ed

Posted by: GREATER MSP on Wednesday, September 3, 2014
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 ...
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