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Panel representatives listen to Lake Elmo Town Hall session ideas.

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Last summer the Community Symposium was formed to bring together civic, business and organization leaders within the St. Croix Valley region to address current and future economic development needs. 

The goal of the Symposium is to identify opportunities and resources that will make the St. Croix Valley an even better place to live, work and do business.

Last fall the Symposium conducted nine Town Hall sessions with Valley residents and businesses resulting in more than 20 pages of concerns and innovative ideas.  To view the Town Hall and website responses, just click on Symposium Responses.

City of Lake Elmo presents their economic opportunities.

This winter a representative from each city presented their respective economic development opportunities to panel members.  This information along with a survey of all available properties for sale or lease provide a comprehensive site inventory of our economic opportunities.

The Regional Grown Opportunities Presentation (Click to view) shares some of the more exciting possibilities that have emerged from the Community Symposium process to date.  These potential opportunities will not only contribute to our economic growth, they are concepts that were repeated during numerous Town Hall sessions, underscoring the desires from our business and resident communities.

 Committee Signup

If you are interested in seeing any of the concepts presented become reality, please signup for a committee of your choice below.  Thank you.

Still Seeking Your Ideas

The submission process is not done.  We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity to tell us what’s on your mind.  You can start right now by submitting your answers to three simple questions directly from this site.