Business View Magazine | April 2020

241 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE APRIL 2020 next 20 years with a full build-out population of around 85,000, once we can fill in the remaining portions of our city. We’ve issued more residential permits than any other city in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area for the last seven years. In 2019, we issued building permits for 945 new housing units, which was a combination of single-family homes, townhomes, and apartments.” “In addition to being a very active community in terms of residential development, our City Council is also committed to a full and robust commercial/industrial base in our community,” Olson continues. “We have Airlake Industrial Park, the second largest industrial park in the State of Minnesota. In our industrial park right now, we have approximately 150 businesses, with approximately 4,000 jobs. So, we’re looking to continue to grow that. Right now, we have about 335 developable acres and we’re fortunate to have a couple of active developments within our industrial park being developed by two private Let’s grow your business. econdev.greatriverenergy.com A STATE FULL OF RESOURCES. A FULL-SERVICE RESOURCE TEAM READY TO HELP. From data centers to agribusiness, our economic developme nt team specializes in helping businesses start and expand he re. Get started with our cost-free services: SITE SELECTION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE NETWORK BUILDING FINANCING OPTIONS PUB LIC ENGAGE STRATEGY ® econdev.greatriverenergy.com dakotaelectric.com/econdev We specialize in helping business start and expand here. We are your community partner dedicated to strengthening our communities, providing excellent member service, and reliable, dependable electricity at reasonable rates. Our cost-free services: WORKING TOGETHER, WORKING WITH YOU LAKEV I LLE , MINNESOTA