An unprecedented $75 million gift from billionaire philanthropists Lee and Penny Anderson will enable the University of St. Thomas to build an on-campus athletic arena that will become home to
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Deena Winter is one of the more prolific journalists in town, batting out report after report on state and local politics for the Minnesota Reformer, a nonprofit newsroom launched in
Ambition, intelligence, and business results may power a leader into a CEO role. Yet Padilla president Matt Kucharski says the pandemic, racial equity issues, and other societal factors are forcing
Vergent Bioscience is developing a drug to help patients recover from cancer—but perhaps not in the way you might expect. The drug is a fluorescent imaging agent known as VGT-309,
Southwest Florida’s ties to Minnesota are longstanding. Communities such as Naples, Fort Myers, and Sanibel are many Minnesotans’ personal slice of nirvana—an escape from long winters. So when Hurricane Ian
Don Samuels’ defeat in his campaign for Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District was a double-edged sword for the Twin Cities. As one of 435 members of the U.S. House, his brand
At Anthony Ostlund Louwagie Dressen & Boylan, “flexibility,” pre-pandemic, meant being in the office unless you were on a work trip or vacation. But when the downtown Minneapolis law firm
“There is no ‘I’ in team.” I couldn’t start a column about the importance of team building without this often-repeated phrase. As a leadership consultant, I can think of no
When the phrase “great resignation” was coined early in the pandemic, it might have created expectations of a massive exodus of workers to new employers, retirement, or a hiatus from
Over one week in October, Craft & Crew Hospitality, a restaurant group that owns six spots across the Twin Cities, sold 500 nonalcoholic beverages. We’re not talking Coca-Cola here—we’re talking
To: Dr. Heather Mueller Minnesota Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education 400 NE Stinson Blvd. Minneapolis, MN 55413 Dear Commissioner Mueller: We have just finished an election cycle, and
My entrepreneurial journey started at the age of 10 managing an automatic pop machine in the waiting room of my family's car repair shop. I clipped the Sunday newspaper coupons
The five mergers and acquisitions experts who launched Northborne Partners in March 2021 come with long tenures at corporate investment firms. “When you have an organization of that scale, you
The City of St. Paul launched its People’s Prosperity Project (PPP) between October 2020 and April 2022 to test the outcomes of guaranteed income efforts at the local level. One
It was the sort of feel-good story local TV news thrives on, especially during the holiday season: community-minded entrepreneur with a dream to create a magical indoor light park that
Back before the pandemic, in the halcyon days when downtown Minneapolis vaulted from win to win, one of its nagging troubles was a lack of a true luxury hotel. “We
They are ending transit service to my neighborhood of Minneapolis this month; we will now be a mile from the nearest bus line. A mix of driver shortages and low
This issue of Twin Cities Business is packed with successful people who are improving our community—leading innovation, creating prosperity, addressing inequities. But there’s another recurring character: the city. You’ll see