Planting Seeds to Reinspire the American Dream & Grow Opportunities for Generations To Come
If you’ve driven along Meander between Arrowhead Drive and 116 over the past few summers, you may have noticed a diverse group of children and adults...
Ed Belland joined the Medina Police Force on August 5th of 1991. Six years later, he went from filling a temporary void of Chief to formally applying and becoming the Chief of the Medina Police Department. At only 32...
Kristi Piehl knows a thing or two about flipping the script and making the best of life’s critical turning points. After a 12 year career, she was unexpectedly laid off from her job as an Emmy-winning television news reporter...
As McKenzie, Andrew and their daughter Stella settle in the LocalTies office on Hamel Road, their youthful optimism fills the room. Having just celebrated her first year in business, I asked McKenzie how she got her start. “I’ve always...
Health and fitness have been a way of life for Suzann Yue since she was very young. At 18 years of age she was first introduced to the martial arts, discovered she had a natural talent for it, then...
Kelsey Wiechman's professional pivot from an established HR and Supply Chain professional to becoming a certified life coach and a co-author of “Soul of an Athlete: Stories and Lessons on Life Post-Athletics” is not just a career change, it's...
Much has changed in the last 10 years, especially when it comes to retail. We all know Amazon is greatly shaping the scope of commerce. What we may not be as aware of is how our buying decisions may...
I just got back from a renewable energy conference in Washington DC, and am currently more inspired than usual about solar and the renewable energy industry. Steve Heintz of Heintz-Clark CPA in Plymouth, MN had alerted me to the...
On a sunny afternoon in mid-July a small group of car enthusiasts, city officials, civil engineers and friends of Bruno Silikowski gathered to take part in a groundbreaking ceremony for AutoMotorPlex, a unique concept of car condominiums scheduled to...
If you are like me and grew up in the western suburbs of the Twin Cities, you have witnessed the extraordinary transformation of downtown Wayzata in the last 20 years. Back in the day there weren’t many options, especially...