Next Forum

Tuesday, November 10, 2020 7-9:30 am

7:00 Sign in
7:00 – 8:00 Networking 
8:00 – 9:30 Student and keynote speaker presentations

Location:
DECC – Harbor Side Ballroom

Keynote Speakers:
Panel: Neela Mollgaard – Executive Director of Launch Minnesota & Aaron Hagar – VP, Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Sector Strategy Development 

Topic:
TBD

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The goals of the REIF are to:

• Support business owners in their business decisions by gathering key local economic indicators and trend information
• Develop specific economic indicators for this region that are not readily available to decision makers
• Develop tools to assess our progress in economic growth, prepare baseline measures that will allow comparison with other regions and measure future progress of the region
• Track the region’s participation in the “new economy” and development in the high-tech arena
• Collect and monitor data related to county-level economic performance, business and consumer confidence and regional stock performance
• Bring professionals together with business owners for discussion about the local economy and related critical issues in a collaborative, non-political environment
• Create a business recruitment and retention tool by publishing the information

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The REIF Region is a 15-county area that covers Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin. The eight counties of Minnesota include the Arrowhead Region — Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis counties — along with Pine County. The seven counties of Wisconsin include Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Sawyer and Washburn.

The REIF is governed by a steering and advisory committee comprised of representative(s) from:

• National Bank of Commerce
• College of St. Scholastica
• University of Minnesota, Duluth
• University of Wisconsin, Superior
• Small Business Development Center of Minnesota
• Small Business Development Center of Wisconsin
• APEX
• Barr Engineering