Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation

The GFMEDC has a new website!! The site is even more user friendly with plenty of imagery, real-time data and facts focused on what our users want to know. Check it out! https://hubs.li/Q01J-W4Q0

Founded in 1991, Spectrum Aeromed is recognized worldwide as one of the leading manufacturers of air ambulance equipment for all types of fixed wing and rotor wing aircraft. Our team enjoyed seeing their innovative and life-saving work during last month's Minn-Dak Manufacturer's Association tour!

Thank you Sanford Health for hosting this extremely interesting community breakfast about Emerging Technologies in AI and Robotics. Through this physician panel, as well as videos, we learned about some of the advanced technologies Sanford Health is using to improve the precision and efficiencies of surgical procedures, diagnoses, and overall patient care. We are so fortunate for the high level of health care we have access to in the Fargo Moorhead region.

Excited to share economic development updates in our quarterly Cup of Economic Development News event. It was a great conversation including a lot of discussion on labor force numbers and workforce challenges.

Named the 2023 Medium-Sized Manufacturer of the Year by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (MSPBJ), D&M Industries in Moorhead has been providing doors for commercial and residential building projects from Alaska to Florida, California to Maine and everywhere in between. Thank you to the Minn-Dak Manufacturer's Association for highlighting yet another incredible primary-sector company in our region!

Thanks Fargo Glass & Paint for investing in the GFMEDC. Our organization continues to serve as a business concierge to primary-sector companies supporting one of the most diverse regional economies in the country.

According to a recent survey, some FM businesses continue to struggle to find and hire labor. Partnering with the Federal Reserve 9th District in Minneapolis, the GFMEDC recently distributed a General Business Conditions Survey garnering 37 responses from businesses in Cass and Clay Counties. A total of 248 survey responses represented the entire 9th District. https://bit.ly/4gYPdSx

Attending another great UAS Summit, lots of information and connections. During the summit, Delore Zimmerman, manager of the Red River Corridor Fund introduced the UAS Summit Pitch Day event where regional investors heard from six exciting startup pitches

Education, collaboration and career exploration, get a glimpse of all the fun we had at our BioScience Summit.

The EDC works with companies to solve problems and amplify success, like compiling workforce and industry data to help tell the region's story.