The big thing you should know about economic recovery in the Minneapolis Saint Paul region for the week of March 8th. This Week’s Big Thing: the dial is turning faster on recovery, thanks to vaccine distribution.

The big thing you should know about economic recovery in the Minneapolis Saint Paul region for the week of February 22^nd.  This Week’s Big Thing: maintaining perspective. For this week’s take, I’m shining a light on the peer benchmarking that is included in the Recovery Hub to raise awareness of the collective challenge our country faces.

This week, Peter speaks with Dr. Abdul Omari, CEO and founder of AMO Enterprise and host of MSP Transforming. MSP Transforming is a digital series created by GREATER MSP to explore major changes taking place in our economy and in communities across the greater Minneapolis-Saint Paul region.

The big thing you should know about economic recovery in the Minneapolis Saint Paul region for the week of February 15^th.  This Week’s Big Thing: starting to make sense of our jobs recovery.

The big thing you should know about economic recovery in the Minneapolis Saint Paul region for the week of February 8^th. This Week’s Big Thing: introducing the newest metric to the Regional Recovery Hub: COVID-19 Vaccinations.

The big thing you should know about economic recovery in the Minneapolis Saint Paul region for the week of February 1^st. This Week’s Big Thing: students and teachers are returning to in-person learning across the metro, opening up return-to-work for parents who have been sidelined.

This week, Peter speaks with Kate Nordstrum, Executive and Artistic Director of The Great Northern – a 10-day arts and ideas festival that celebrates winter culture in MSP. They discuss the wide range of festival events, and how cold and ...

The big thing you should know about economic recovery in the Minneapolis Saint Paul region for the week of January 25^th. This Week’s Big Thing: a much-deserved shout-out to MSP’s startups. The most recent data shows that there were 21 venture capital deals in December 2020, a striking 200% increase from the 7 deals that closed in November and a 91% increase in deals from one year prior.

The big thing you should know about economic recovery in the Minneapolis Saint Paul region for the week of January 18^th. This Week’s Big Thing: the MSP region lost over 40,000 jobs in December. December jobs numbers for the region were reported yesterday and we learned that total nonfarm employment had the first substantial month-over-month drop since initial stay at home orders took effect in late March 2020. 

This week, Peter speaks with Audrey Lucas, senior partner at McKinsey & Co. and GREATER MSP board member, about the launch of the MSP Regional Recovery Hub last month. The Recovery Hub is a new digital resource built for employers, policymakers and civic leaders who are looking for timely answers to questions about current economic conditions. Audrey offers a recap of the launch event, focusing on who the winners and the losers of the pandemic have been, how federal and state policies are impacting MSP's economic recovery, and how the Recovery Hub tools give employers the confidence to make specific business decisions in these uncertain times.