The 2016 St. Cloud Real Estate Development Opportunities Summit

The St. Cloud Real Estate Development Opportunities Summit is taking place May 24th at the Golden Valley Country Club in Golden Valley.  The Summit runs from 8 AM until Noon and is planned in sponsorship with the Minnesota Real Estate Journal. If you are interested in commercial real estate in the St. Cloud area, this is the event to attend. Feature properties will include the Lady Slipper site downtown and the I-94 Business Park, among others.

The Summit will include presentations by leading community officials, analysts, directors, and St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis. Following the welcome, introduction, and opening remarks, the schedule for the day is as follows:

8:15 A Growing Economy: The St. Cloud Metropolitan Area - Luke Greiner, Regional Analyst, MN DEED

• Current economic situation of the State and MSA   
• Population and labor force trends
• Employment trends
• Cost of living and household income
• Regional wages

9:15  Creating Connections to Engage Our Talent - Gail Cruikshank, Talent Director, Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation    

• Identifying community workforce needs and gaps
• Key partnerships
• Awareness of opportunities
• Connection resource tools
• Engaging diverse workforce

10:15 - Here’s Your Opportunity - Matt Glaesman, Community Development Director

• Learn about specific development opportunities in America’s 8th Best Hockey Town  
• Working Spaces – retail and office sites in the core and on the fringe
• Learning Spaces – historic schools and reuse opportunities
• Recreating Spaces – projects that fuel adjacent development
• Downtown Spaces – infilling the downtown framework
• Entertaining Spaces – a new face for downtown investment
• Living Spaces – urban living in the heart of Central Minnesota

11:15 St. Cloud Company Highlight - David Larson, Director of Facilities Management, CentraCare Health

• Greater MN Healthcare
• CentraCare’s Future Strategy
• CentraCare’s growth and the impact on Real Estate
• Lease vs. Ownership Strategy
• Healthcare Future Delivery Trends – Impact on Real Estate

For more information, visit the St. Cloud Real Estate Development Opportunity Summit website to register, or email Minnesota Real Estate Journal here.

The St. Cloud Community: GREATER For Work, Play, and Family

Central Minnesota offers plenty in academic and business connections, excellence in family values, and a community rich in variety and opportunities. Find out why St. Cloud is GREATER for work, play, and family.

The St. Cloud community offers numerous career opportunities for workers of every range of experience, trade, and skill. With a community rooted in hard work, economic growth and upward mobility, St. Cloud is a welcoming community to fresh graduates, independent business owners, and those looking for a new start or further growth.

Employment

The CentraCare Health System—including the St. Cloud Hospital, St. Benedict's Center, and CentraCare Clinics— is the top employer of St. Cloud, employing over 6,000 of the approximately 193,000 population of central Minnesota. Other top employers include the State of Minnesota, the St. Cloud VA Medical Center, Electrolux Home Products, Capital One, and the St. Cloud Area School District #742.

Diversity

As the fourth largest metropolitan area in Minnesota, St. Cloud has a rich history of German and Scandinavian immigrants as well as growing and diverse populations of Southeast Asian and East African immigrant populations.

Education

With two public high schools, one major private high school, eight elementary schools, and more, the St. Cloud Area School District #742 is a diverse academic school system that offers students with access and opportunity to higher education institutions via Advanced Placement courses and post-secondary curriculums.

Central Minnesota offers a variety of academic opportunities and institutions that include the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University, St. Cloud Technical and Community College, Rasmussen College, and Globe University/Minnesota School of Business. Minnesota’s third largest university, St. Cloud State University, has students representing over 80 nations across the world. The school offers more than 200 undergraduate and over 60 graduate opportunities to students.

Lifestyle

The greater St. Cloud area offers nearly 100 parks including the quarries, Munsinger & Clemens Gardens, and Lake George. The St. Cloud area also boasts great arts and entertainment by way of the Paramount Theater of Visual Arts, River’s Edge Convention Center, and the nighttime scene of Downtown St. Cloud.

By living in the St. Cloud area, you can benefit from the best of both the great outdoors and urban dwelling. To the north, you can get great access to the beautiful and expansive wilderness of the great outdoors, numerous national parks including the Boundary Waters, North Shore, Lake Superior, and more. Less than two hours south of St. Cloud, you can get access to the urban culture, art, diversity, and history of the Twin Cities.

With all of its access to diversity, entertainment, and academics, as well as its proximity to nearby communities, St. Cloud is an excellent community in which to live your dreams!