Minnsights Blog

I'm coming to you this week from Colorado Springs, where I'm participating in the national program of the Conference of State Manufacturers Associations, better known as COSMA, where we've been meeting here in Colorado Springs over the weekend. This is my peer set. These are the other organization leaders that head up manufacturing associations across the country. In the case of the Minnesota Chamber, we're not just the Chamber, we're the state’s manufacturing association as well. And I’m very pleased to be here learning and connecting with and sharing our work in Minnesota with our peers across the country.

We had an exciting week as we hosted our annual Women in Business Minnesota conference, this year at Target Field, bringing together business leaders from across the state, talking about the importance of the sports industry for the state and focusing on leadership, connections and professional opportunities in women's sports here in our great state.

What happens to a plastic bottle after you put it in the recycling bin? There is plenty of speculation about where our plastics end up after the blue bin - being shipped overseas, ending up in the ocean or simply being thrown away as trash. While there can be some truth to these claims globally, it’s important to understand that recycling is largely a regional system.

Coming to you after a fantastic week. I spent part of it down in southeastern Minnesota with our Leaders Lab program. This program introduces business leaders to the array of great communities and businesses from across the state, and this was their final session.

Coming to you after a fantastic week. I spent part of it down in southeastern Minnesota with our Leaders Lab program. This program introduces business leaders to the array of great communities and businesses from across the state, and this was their final session.