The keys to fostering new businesses are economic conditions, start-up activity, physical beauty of the location, and cultural amenities such as museums and universities, according to Fortune Small Business Magazine.…
Author: <span>Ross Currier</span>
Today is the Opening Day for the 2008 version of the Minnesota Twins. The team takes on the Angels of Los Anaheimento at 6:05 pm in the Dome. There are…
It’s Jeff Hasse, President of the Northfield Area Chamber of Commerce, Mary Rossing, President of the Northfield Downtown Development Corporation, and Rick Estenson, President of the Northfield Economic Development Authority,…
Remember when Tracy and I used to argue about art on Locally Grown? She’d tell me that I vigorously promoted work that would barely make the cut for her refrigerator…
Continuing to work through my “to-read” pile, I recently finished an article given to me by fellow Planning Commissioner Jim Herreid. It was the February 11th cover story of BusinessWeek,…
Once again, I’ve fallen behind in my reading. The February 11th Wall Street Journal had an interesting article about diverse cities around the world, from Ann Arbor Michigan to Beijing,…
Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin is trying an experiment. If new students choose to leave their cars at home, they get a new Trek mountain bike, helmet and lock…all for…
Ah, Presidents’ Day. Although some people believe that the holiday was created to sell television sets or electric guitars and others believe that it was an efficient combining of the…
My old friend Glenn Switzer invited me to attend the Dundas Quarterly Business Forum this morning, produced by the Dundas Business and Professional Group. The event was held at the…