Joe Swedberg of Hormel Foods Corporation, Austin, receives the Spirit of Minnesota Award. 'Joe is the consummate volunteer,' said Ginny Morris of Hubbard Radio, Minneapolis, 2008-2009 Chair of the Minnesota Chamber Board. Sharing their experiences at a Grow Minnesota! event were Mike Elftmann of Custom Fab Solutions, Chanhassen; Joe Richburg of Keystone Computer Solutions, St. Paul; and Edie French of I Dream.TV and Location Images, Minneapolis. Leadership Minnesota participants receive an up-close look at the logging industry during a tour hosted by UPM-Blandin Paper Company. Sanjay Kuba of GCI Systems, St. Paul, visits with Cheryl Adams, a forest ecologist with the company. Scott Wise, CEO of Polaris advances his priorities with Governor Tim Pawlenty. Business leaders gain firsthand access with key policy-makers at Minnesota Chamber events. House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, a DFL candidate for governor, addressed her priorities for the 2010 Legislature with the Minnesota Chamber Board of Directors. Dave McMillan of Minnesota Power, Duluth and 2009-2010 Chair of the Minnesota Chamber Board, recognizes outgoing Chair Ginny Morris of Hubbard Radio, Minneapolis.

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"Get Ready to Grow" Ninety small businesses in Minnesota received a shot in the arm to weather the current economy, thanks to more than $5.5 million in grants and loans distributed by the Minnesota Chamber Foundation. Funding for the loans and grants was provided by the Pohlad Family Foundation and administered through Grow Minnesota!, the Minnesota Chamber’s private-sector initiative focusing on job retention and creation. These businesses are located in 62 communities.

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Research new and emerging occupations, the skills they will require and the education and training that can develop them at the Minnesota Future Work website www.iseek.org/sv/73.jsp.

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