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TOURISM: Creating and sustaining regional destinations

TOURISM: Creating and sustaining regional destinations

Attracting visitors takes vision, natural resources, and community and financial support ...

BRANDING: What’s in a brand?

BRANDING: What’s in a brand?

Tourism campaigns bring attention to state’s assets...

DESTINATIONS: Creating regional tourism Meccas

DESTINATIONS: Creating regional tourism Meccas

Area convention and visitors bureaus find their niches ...

ENERGY: One step closer to E15

ENERGY: One step closer to E15

Growth Energy expects few remaining regulatory hurdles to be cleared soon...

SD: Retread tire company growing

SD: Retread tire company growing

TreadWright received much-needed capital to expand capacity and operations...

WND: Creating  value-added opportunities

WND: Creating value-added opportunities

Minot ag processing facility will handle 100,000 metric tons of beans and peas...

RRV: In the spirit of collaboration

RRV: In the spirit of collaboration

GFMEDC head has experience in uniting business and university communities...

FROM THE EDITORS DESK: Economy progressing —slowly

FROM THE EDITORS DESK: Economy progressing —slowly

At recent business conferences, economists and others are talking positively about the economic resurgence across the country, but are also pointing out the process is slow and a larger-than-life government debt could bring the nation’s economy crashing down.

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Tough negotiator

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Current negotiation practices are more focused on win-win or mutual success than the toughest negotiator’s win of yesteryear.

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RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY: ‘To out-compete is to out-compute’

RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY: ‘To out-compete is to out-compute’

Businesses of all sizes looking for an edge in today’s global market are turning to supercomputing to solve problems.

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Economic development practitioners continuously seek ways to set themselves apart.

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Shopping and banking local makes sense

Shopping and banking local makes sense

For the past couple years, savvy business people have started several initiatives to encourage people to buy locally.

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Regional integration important for unmanned, manned aircraft

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A game-changing industry

UAS have potential to drive economic growth in the Red River Valley

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Thriving economy before the disaster is helping recovery efforts

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