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City of Backus Receives Low-Interest Loan for Water Treatment Infrastructure
August 27, 2008
A low-interest loan of nearly $164,195 has been awarded to the city of Backus to pay for maintenance and repair of a 50,000-gallon water tower...........
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St. Cloud Public Forum to Focus on Independent Living and Employment Services for People with Disabilities
August 27, 2008
An all-day public forum in St. Cloud next month will focus on four recent projects that seek to enhance independent living and employment services for Minnesotans with disabilities...........
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DEED Awards $250,000 Infrastructure Grant to Redwood Falls
August 20, 2008
DEED has awarded a $250,000 grant to the city of Redwood Falls to help pay for developing a business park...........
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DEED Awards Funding for Three Biomass Projects
August 20, 2008
DEED has approved funding under the new Biomass Energy Program for three projects in Greater Minnesota...........
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City of Hawley Receives Low-interest Loans for Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
August 15, 2008
A $168,000 low-interest Drinking Water loan and a $133,000 low-interest wastewater loan were awarded to the City of Hawley by the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority...........
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Job Skills Training Grant to Support Alexandria Extrusion Workforce: Quick Response Manufacturing for Major Douglas County Employer
August 14, 2008
DEED awarded a $271,765 MJSP grant to support customized Quick Response Manufacturing training for Alexandria Extrusion Company employees...........
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Minnesota Employers Cut 8,600 Jobs in July: State unemployment rate at 5.8 percent
August 14, 2008
Minnesota employers cut 8,600 jobs in July, according to figures released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development...........
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Grove City Receives Low-Interest Loan for Water Treatment Infrastructure
August 12, 2008
A low-interest PFA loan of more than $1.4 million has been awarded to Grove City to pay for a new well, water treatment plant and meters ...........
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City of Breckenridge Receives Low-interest Financing for Wastewater Infrastructure
August 12, 2008
Citizens who live in the City of Breckenridge will have improved wastewater treatment, a cleaner environment and lower financing costs, thanks to a low-interest clean water loan of more than $1.5 million by the Minnesota PFA ...........
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State Pays Over $18 Million in Emergency Unemployment Compensation
August 11, 2008
More than $18 million has already been paid to the 17,000 Minnesotans receiving Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation, according to DEED Commissioner Dan McElroy ...........
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State Training Grant Enables Lean Training for Riverwood Healthcare Center Workforce
August 1, 2008
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development has awarded a $326,171 Minnesota Job Skills Partnership grant to support lean health care training for the Riverwood Healthcare Center workforce...........
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Brownfield Workshops: August 25-28
July 30, 2008
Find out about financial assistance available to put polluted land back into productive use ...........
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