NEWS
Friday, March 03, 2023
Fifteen hometown projects that will bring nearly $4 million in main street improvements to Brainerd, Cold Spring, Little Falls, Long Prairie and St. Cloud, have been approved by the Initiative Foundation as part of the Minnesota Main Street Revitalization program.
Since the start of the project, the Initiative Foundation has approved 25 projects with investments totaling more than $14 million in Brainerd, Cold Spring, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Pine River and Brainerd.
The funding is supported by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), which allocated $4.5 million to the Initiative Foundation for Central Minnesota economic...
Friday, February 10, 2023
Falls Fabricating is looking to expand.
Just two years after six employees purchased the business to ensure another company wouldn’t buy it and move jobs out of Little Falls, the new owners are hoping to add 40,000 square feet to their plant and add 20 new jobs.
“I’m really just impressed with the culture that they’re building and the work that they’re doing over there,” said Little Falls City Administrator Jon Radermacher. “It’s really encouraging to see that in a business that’s really been homegrown to do that. Those are the ones that we love to support.”...
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
The Camp Ripley Veterans State Trail (CRVST) Committee is preparing to take a big step toward getting the trail completed.
Frank Gosiak, chairman of the committee, said the trail has been in the works for roughly 16 to 18 years. However, there is a great deal of red tape to cut through and funding needed to bring such an ambitious effort to life.
Once completed, the CRVST will be a multimodal — meaning it can be used by walkers and bicyclists, as well as ATV riders and snowmobilers — trail stretching from the Soo Line Trail south Little...
Friday, February 24, 2023
The Women's Business Alliance, a program of the Entrepreneur Fund, in partnership with the Women's Leadership Fund and the Initiative Foundation is hosting the 2nd annual
Friday, February 03, 2023
With the love for art ingrained in her since early childhood, Erika Powers was thrilled when she started working at Great River Arts (GRA) in Little Falls in March 2022. Back then, she applied for and was accepted for the position as operations manager. Little did she know at the time, that in less than 10 months, she’d be promoted to executive director.
“I love my job,” she said.
Looking back, Powers said the transition from operations manager to executive director has been a huge change. However, the fact that she already knew the organization and had...
Friday, February 03, 2023
Good News! A plan is in place for the Morrison County Historical Society’s riverbank stabilization project at the Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum in Little Falls.
Ulteig Senior Engineer and Client Service Manager Roger Clay presented the latest plan to a handful of MCHS Board members, as well as representatives from the Morrison County Soil and Water Conservation District and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Hydrologist Mark Anderson. By the time the lengthy meeting adjourned, nary a stone was left unturned regarding the specifics of the project.