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Vital Connections On Air

Dec 14, 2017

Minnesota is experiencing a childcare crisis and it directly impacts our workforce.  Marnie Werner, Director of Research for the Center for Rural Policy and Development, joins us for this episode to better understand the issue and how it varies across the state.  She shares insights from research she led on the topic...


Nov 22, 2017

We continue exploring Minnesota’s economy and its workforce in this episode as we meet Bob Kill, President and CEO of Enterprise Minnesota.  Enterprise Minnesota is a consulting organization that helps manufacturing companies become efficient and helps them to grow.  Their team of thirty-four individuals provides...


Nov 9, 2017

In this episode we catch up with Judy Hulterstrom and David Krueger who are part of the Make It Litchfield program and hear about their next steps.  This episode is a follow up to Episode 2: Make It Litchfield.  


Sep 28, 2017

There are challenges with Minnesota’s workforce.  We hear about them every day.  Baby boomers are retiring.  The workforce is shrinking.  Immigrants add workers, but there is no clear path to an effective immigration policy.  There are mismatches between where the jobs are and where the people are.  The good news...


Sep 14, 2017

Laura Kalmbokidis, Ph. D., is an Extension Economist, Professor of Applied Economics at University of Minnesota, and Minnesota’s State Economist.  She joins us for this episode of Vital Connections on Air to help us learn more about Minnesota’s global economy.  She shares that our economy continues to grow and is...