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- 2. Collaboration 26 Leaders Red River Valley North Dakota and Minnesota
- 3. Economic Stats $87 Million Border States Electric 100,000 SF
- 5. Igniting Activity 183 BRE Visits 60+ Projects Initiatives Activities
- 6. Board Of Directors At-Large Directors James Burgum Rich Goldsbury Bryce Johnson Kelby Krabbenhoft Todd Kumm Denise Magness Bill Marcil, Jr. Martin Purdy Teresa Warne Denise Kolpack Delton Steele Executive Committee Tammy Miller, Chair Jeffry Volk, Chair-elect Randy Gerhold, Treasurer Judd Graham, Secretary Tom Budan Grant Weyland Chad Peterson Brad Schlossman Marshal Albright Agency Directors Dr. Dean Bresciani Kevin Campbell Dr. William Craft Timothy J. Mahoney, M.D. Rich Mattern Brad Morris Rick Steen Dr. Anne Blackhurst Del Rae Williams Community Directors Dr. Jeffrey Schatz Dr. Lynne A. Kovash Dr. David Flowers Honorary Directors Dr. Peggy Kennedy Dr. John Richman
- 7. Bernie Sinner, Chair First State Bank of North Dakota James Burgum, Vice Chair Arthur Ventures Greg Mastrud, Secretary First International Bank & Trust F. John Williams, Treasurer Fredrikson & Bryon, P.A. Chuck Hoge NDSU Research & Tech Park Chad Sapa Cass County Electric Cooperative Shelly Kegley Bell State Bank & Trust Growth Initiative Fund Board
- 8. Adrienne Olson, Chair John Deere Electronic Solutions Charley Johnson FM Convention & Visitors Bureau Laura McDaniel North Dakota State University Denise Kolpack Blue Cross Blue Shield of ND Doug Melby Heartland Trust Company Kimberly Wold Janke Flint Communications Krista Mund FM Homebuilders Association Spider Johnk Spider & Company Marketing Committee
- 9. Donna Seltveit American Crystal Sugar Jill Rotert American Crystal Sugar Carey Fry Job Service ND G.L. Tuck MState Heather Schimke Caterpillar Reman Drivetrain Janie Hulett NDSCS Manufacturing Workforce Committee John Friend O’Day Tank and Steel Julie Rostberg Job Service ND Patty Kline NDSCS Ryan Erkenbrack Trail King Industries Andrew Henjum Fargo Schools Steve Johnson NDSCS Steve Retzer MN DEED Carla McGarry Caterpillar Reman Drivetrain Judd Graham Wells Fargo Bank Kevin Biffert Fargo
- 10. Tina Amerman Bobcat Brad Barth NDSCS Jill Berg Spherion Staffing Dr. Anne Blackhurst MSUM Karen Carlson Concordia College David Dietz Preference Personnel Dr. David Flowers West Fargo Schools Sara Johnson Concordia Katie Kuker John Deere Electronic Solutions Denise Magness Warner & Company Workforce Committee Sharon Miller Arctic IT Mary Mohs U.S. Bank Jill Wilkey NDSU Bryce Johnson HBA
- 11. Dr. Lynne Kovash Moorhead Area Schools Dr. Jeffrey Schatz Fargo Schools Dr. David Flowers West Fargo Schools Missy Eideness Moorhead Area Public Schools Rob Kaspari West Fargo Public Schools Dan Markert Moorhead Area Public Schools Molly Bestge West Fargo School District Jodell Teiken Fargo Public Schools Dr. Bob Grosz Fargo Public Schools Sher Thomsen United Way of Cass Clay Kristina Hein United Way of Cass Clay Allen Burgad West Fargo Public Schools Shannon Dahlberg Glyndon Felton Elementary Denise Jonas Virtual Center Partners: Fargo, Northern Cass, West Fargo Education That Works
- 12. THANK YOU
- 15. Darrell Vanyo Board of Directors 2008-2014 Executive Committee 2013-2014
- 16. Tom Dawson Board of Directors 2006-2014 Executive Committee 2013-2014
- 20. VPP Goals Attract, Develop & Retain Talent Ensure Water Security & Management Expand Research Capacity & Relevancy
- 21. Accelerate Entrepreneurial Activity & Output Invest in Critical Infrastructure & Capital Improvement Improve Perceptions of the Valley VPP Goals
- 22. A Cass Clay Economic Strategic Plan Attract Talent Expand & Increase Awareness of Technical Training, Higher Education & STEM Education Advance Advocacy Agenda & Communicate Economic Impact
- 23. Leverage industry base and NDSU Research & Tech Park - business retention, expansion and startup Region’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem A Cass Clay Economic Strategic Plan
- 24. Workforce Study Labor Market Profile Industry & Workforce Alignment Sector Councils
- 25. Regional Economy Reflects Strength in Diversity Oil and Agriculture Sectors down Economy Stable and Growing
- 30. Education that Works 3 Goals 4 C’s 614 Teachers, Students & Administrators
- 32. JobsJo March Jobs in North Dakota 23,500 March Jobs in Cass & Clay Counties 6,710
- 33. JobsJo How can we fill those Jobs?!?6,427
- 34. JobsJo How can we fill those Jobs?!? Educate Them!42 7
- 35. How can we fill those Jobs?!? Sell Them! 7
- 36. How can we fill those Jobs?!? Educate Them!42 7 $14 Hourly = $29,180 Year $2432 Gross per Month $1918 Net Per Month2 7
- 37. JobsJo How can we fill those Jobs?!? Average Monthly Rent $752 7
- 38. JobsJo How can we fill those Jobs?!? Average Monthly Rent $752 Monthly Daycare, 1 Child $550-$625 7
- 39. JobsJo How can we fill those Jobs?!? Average Debt at Graduation $28,000+ Minnesota $30,894 South Dakota $25,750
- 40. JobsJo How can we fill those Jobs?!? $26,000 Debt 10-Year Loan, 4.5% Monthly Payment $269 7
- 41. $14 Per Hour Monthly Net = $1,918 Minus Average Rent - $752 Minus Utilities - $75 Minus School Loan Payment - $269 Phone, Car Expense, Insurance Groceries, etc: $822 Child Care (One Child) - $550 New Total $272
- 43. Manufacturing Tours 170 Students 4 Companies Changing Perceptions
- 49. EMPLOYEES = 1 SQUARE FOOTAGE = 600 SQ FT
- 51. EMPLOYEES = 2 SQUARE FOOTAGE = 5000 SQ FT
- 52. EMPLOYEES = 3-30 SQUARE FOOTAGE = 14,000 SQ FT
- 53. LOCAL PROJECTS
- 54. LOCAL PROJECTS
- 57. EMPLOYEES = 32 SQUARE FOOTAGE = 45,900 SQ FT
- 59. Primary Sector Business Expanding Business Income Tax Exemption ND Automation Income Tax Credit Training
- 60. $1,000,000
- 63. Igniting Innovation 1MC Startup Weekend TedXFargo Cultivate.You Fargo Startup House Startup Drinks
- 65. “Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?” - Amelia Earhart
- 66. Inspiring and enabling people to live out their dreams.
- 68. An experiment… Crema Cafe (October 2009) 30 members, 30 on a waiting list…
- 69. ... 8 weeks later - St. Paul (January 2010)
- 70. you should be here… (June 2011) Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak
- 71. "We're trying to tell a story about the creation of small businesses," Schmidt said. "So when we looked around, we couldn't find anything like this." November 2011…
- 72. 2010 St. Paul 2011 Downtown 2013 Uptown 2014 Fargo
- 73. Featured in: Star Tribune, Pioneer Press, Dwell, Twin Cities Business, Forbes, Forum, Fargo Monthly, MN Monthly, INC., USA Today, Financial Times of London, Finance & Commerce, GigaOm, GOOD members A community of mobile workers, startups, and corporate nomads. locations Minneapolis, St. Paul and Fargo years old By the Numbers…
- 75. Startup Survey • Not just independents - Only 15.9% of respondents had no employees. The remainder had one or more employees, with the majority (61.4%) having 3 or more employees. • Anticipating growth - More than half of the respondents (56.8%) anticipate growth in excess of 100% in 2015, with nearly one third (29.5%) predicting growth of 200% or more. • Challenges to growth - Nearly half of respondents identified “sales” as their greatest challenge, while 31.8% cited “funding” and 27.3% cited “business development.” Only 20.5% of respondents see “recruiting talent” as their greatest need. • A smorgasbord of funding - Friends and family funding is the most common (20.5%) source of funding for respondents. Other sources, include Seed financing (18.2%), crowdfunding (9.1%) and traditional bank lending (9.1%).
- 76. DEMO DAY
- 78. You can Help
- 79. 2015 Strategic Goals 1. Implement Cass Clay Strategic Plan 2. Implement Workforce Study 3. Continue VPP Priorities
- 81. Help us Build the Workforce
Editor's Notes
- We are honored and excited that the EDC has chosen us to share our story here today
- My story begins on a farm outside of Edmore, ND Grew up the son of a steel erector who used to drive me around and say “Hey, look, I built this!” Decided that I wanted to go into Construction Management
- Graduated from NDSU with a Construction Management degree Dad called and asked Mid America if they were hiring and I worked there for 11 years Went to work for my dad’s company Dakota Erectors in April of 2004
- First job completed with Dakota Erectors was the Cargill Deodorizer building which took 6 months to build I realized this job was taking me to the Western part of the state and I didn’t want to travel
- I’ve always loved Fargo because it is a growing community and has a lot of opportunity I wanted to contribute to the community that I live in Who wouldn’t want to live here? In order to stay near Fargo, I decided to start bidding out fabrication of steel while still working for my dad
- Just like every entrepreneur, I started in the basement of my house in Reile’s Acres with a computer, desk & printer Ethanol boom was beginning and we were awarded our first ethanol project
- Husker Ag in Phillipsburg, KS $1.3 million project that got the steel fabrication going and needed more space
- Rented a small space in Fargo where I could control our product and the fabrication Hired 1 employee There was no bathroom Due to the number of ethanol projects being awarded, I knew I needed a bigger shop after 6 months
- I purchased a 14,000 square foot building in Fargo, formed Integrity Steel Supply, LLC and hired 3 employees We take raw steel and fabricate it to the customer’s request – we make things such as stairs, rails, commercial buildings, schools, process plants, anchor bolts, lintels, etc. Some of the projects that we have done are
- Liberty Middle School – 340 tons of structural steel
- Tuffy’s dog food processing plant – provided the walkway which was 12 feet tall
- Talk about each project on this screen
- Talk about each project on this screen
- In order to be more efficient and have everything done under one roof, we built new facility and moved into the building in September of 2014 In order to continue to grow our organization, we utilized some available grants through the EDC which Tiffany will tell you about
- Mark from the EDC drove by the new facility being built and tracked down who was building it Mark stopped by the Fargo office to talk to Tim and let him know about the available funding Mark left Tim with a big stack of papers to begin the process of applying for the funding Tim was busy running his company and didn’t have time to work on the paperwork…that’s where I came in
- We started by applying to be a primary sector business as that is required in order to be eligible for the other funding Once we were approved as a primary sector business, we applied for the ND Automation Income Tax Credit to assist with the cost of the machinery that we had purchased to increase our efficiency in our facility We then applied and were granted a business income tax exemption for five years in ND We have also utilized the Workforce 20/20 training grant program which has allowed us to offer training to our employees on the new machinery along with many other topics Thanks to the EDC, we were given approximately
- In grants and tax credits Pause and hope the audience claps I would suggest that every business owner takes the time and effort to reach out to the EDC
- To look into what programs are available in Fargo Moorhead I know the application process can be very overwhelming and intimidating, but the EDC is here to help Thanks to Mark and the EDC, Integrity Steel Supply has been able to continue to grow our company due to money saved I would like to thank Mark for all of his guidance and I would like to thank the EDC for investing in Integrity Steel Supply Tim come up and thank Mark, the EDC & Tiffany
- I’m fortunate to be able to drive my kids around today and say “Hey, look over there, Integrity Steel provided that steel”. Thank you.
- Good morning & thank you. You might not realize this, but I probably would not be standing here this morning if it was not for you… I will explain later. Raise of hands. What percentage of you consider yourself an entrepreneur? The formal definition
- Our definition
- A place to work, meet, learn, and socialize for freelances, independents and small business owners. Much like a health club membership, you gain access to CoCo via membership dues based upon your usage. We take away all the road bumps of being an entrepreneur - including furniture, coffee, internet, meeting rooms.
- It’s not just cheap space… We provide a tremendous amount of value for our members, and de-risk their business. Included in membership is: Working space (with furniture) Casual and Formal Meeting spaces (with furniture) Coffee Full kitchen with all the plates, glasses, utensils 1 GB wifi Printing You just have to show up and focus your energy on your business: Eliminate the liability of long-term leases Don’t waste time buying furniture Don’t have to build a kitchen We take away all the road bumps of being an entrepreneur - including furniture, coffee, internet, meeting rooms.
- A call from a mayor “following you, like what you’re doing, want you here in MPLS, what can I do to help?” The Minneapolis Grain Exchange trading floor. The very place that put Minneapolis on the global map - The milling capital of the world. Mayor Rybak, now calls this the Brain Exchange…
- CoCo is revolutionizing the workplace and is a global thought-leader in enabling the mobile, startup and entrepreneurial lifestyle through a social/working hub. Our members are thinkers, makers and doers.
- As I travel the country I am asked this question often. I’ll tell you what I tell them… It all started with some early conversations with the Kilbourne group and Emerging Prairie. and TEDx Fargo… Wow, this community is on fire. 5 schools in a small geographic area a robust economy that is enabling entrepreneurs a redeveloped downtown core pride GFMEDC has been a great partner. Starting with Jim’s commitment to get a collaborative space in Fargo back at the MidwestChat years ago, to the financial support, the business introductions, and the ability to convene groups in the area. If it was not for the shear will and determination of the folks we met, we might have missed what was going on here in Fargo.
- Why is it important to Fargo? you want / need to keep entrepreneurs to build their companies and stay connectivity to those you can invest and support is critical
- The impact of Entrepreneurism It is the fastest growing part of our economy It is enabling people to do the work of their dreams People can work anywhere on anything, and they want to have an impact while making money People are choosing their coworkers The current and upcoming generations are mobile The future of the workplace will be more collaborative and molecular Retaining the youth will be a critical part of any cities effort in the future - a supported and networked entrepreneurial community is the foundation Continue to embrace it vs. trying to fight it… Cities across the globe are now realizing this… We have received calls from Mayors and civic leaders across the nation asking us to come to their city, or if we would help them create a location of their own. We know what it takes, and not every city has it. Fargo, does and is making progress in building a thriving entrepreneurial culture, but there is work to do…
- - Don’t check off the box, entrepreneurism is never done Communities form, they are not made… Be a mentor Encourage entrep’s to get active in a community of their peers (not just socially) Be active yourself. Lead by example, and book meetings in our space Become a sponsor - show the entrep. community that you care and this is important for Fargo