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Read MoreBy the Numbers: Why the Northland Needs More Housing
A recent inquiry for a Business North article on Duluth’s housing market posed a common question in debates around housing in Duluth: if the city’s population isn’t growing much, why…
Read MoreFeatured Partner: Itasca Economic Development Corporation (IEDC)
The Itasca Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) creates and retains quality jobs in Itasca County through education, research, and connections with businesses. Every day, its staff works to expand its diverse…
Read MoreFeatured Property: Laskin Energy Park
The Laskin Energy Park in Hoyt Lakes and the Town of White is primed for development with 198 developable acres and a 30,000 sq. ft. building available at minimal cost.…
Read MoreData in Uncertain Times
It has now been nearly six months since we first started realizing that the coronavirus was something that would have a direct effect on our lives. In that time, it’s…
Read MoreNorthland Connection Rolls Out New Employer, Cost of Living Data
After the property database, one of the most visited features on Northland Connection website is its table of leading employers in the region. This table is more of a challenge…
Read MoreFeatured Partner: APEX
APEX is a private sector-led business development engine established to promote sustainable growth in the APEX region of northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin, including all eight counties covered by Northland…
Read MoreFeatured Site: Cohasset Industrial Park
The Cohasset Industrial Park features 84 acres available across 2 phases of an established industrial park. The site is within IRRR service area, has a history of utility rate discounts…
Read MoreWhat We’re Reading
Brookings: The implications of the rise of remote work on the American Heartland could be significant. Read more. Harvard University Center for International Development: A lack of social mobility, not…
Read MoreMinnesota Power Energizes Great Northern Transmission Line
The 224-mile, 500-kilovolt power line in northern Minnesota stretches from the U.S./Canada border in Roseau County to a substation east of Grand Rapids. Minnesota Power has energized the Great Northern…
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