On Saturday, October 1, 2016, a new initiative known as the White Bear Lake Area Senior Housing Awareness Day will be happening in the local community. This event is held in collaboration with the White Bear Area Senior Program, local senior living communities, business groups, and municipalities served by the White Bear Lake Area School [...]
2016 is the inaugural season of the Vadnais Heights Farmers Market. The market has been running each Wednesday this summer from 2:00 to 6:00 pm in the parking lot of the Helene Houle Medical Center located at 1155 County Road E East in Vadnais Heights. The St. Paul Growers Association have been operators of the [...]
Du Fresne Manufacturing and MME group both headquartered in Vadnais Heights have been named finalists in this year’s Minnesota Business Magazine Manufacturing Awards. Du Fresne Manufacturing is a precision metal fabricator and is a finalist in the Image Category which honors businesses who have significantly worked toward changing the way the manufacturing industry is viewed. They [...]
Each year the Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation hosts an annual dinner for the local business community. The evening consists of social hour, a silent auction to raise funds for our workforce development efforts, dinner, presentation of annual business awards, and a keynote speaker. Last year we had nearly 250 folks attend and anticipate a [...]
In an effort to enhance and beautify the City Center District business area, we will be replacing the existing street lights with new poles and LED fixtures. This work will replace dilapidated poles and street lights with a new and energy efficient system that will illuminate the public streets serving the business area. We will [...]
“THE ONLY WAY TO DO GREAT WORK IS TO LOVE WHAT YOU DO.” (Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, Inc.) Larry Evans, auto body technician for Fairway Collision in Vadnais Heights, is one of the lucky ones. For 33 years, he’s been working a job that’s also his passion. When he isn’t working on cars, he’s [...]
Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation Appoints New Board Members The VHEDC Board is pleased to announce the addition of Wayne Kazmierczak and Emilie Berg to their board positions. These two positions were vacated by Kristine Wehrkamp, Community Services Director of White Bear Lake Schools, who recently left the school district. In addition, Tom Colgan, Executive [...]
Contributed by Kathleen Motzenbecker, Minnesota Trade Office Global business is on the rise and small companies in Minnesota are increasing their bottom line by selling products overseas. Many of them tap into funds provided by the Minnesota Trade Office to take that first step. This financial assistance comes in the form of the State Trade [...]
The Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation (VHEDC) and the City of Vadnais Heights initiated a Business Retention & Expansion (B&E) survey project in January. The project has been an opportunity to reach out and assist local businesses while serving to strengthen the network of business and organizational leaders in the community. The Project completed [...]
Currently Minnesota employers do not have enough qualified candidates to fill many good-paying jobs. Preparing students for all the opportunities available to them will enable them to enjoy economic prosperity. It’s worth noting that Vadnais Heights has 55 manufacturing firms that employ about 2,000 people, and the average annual salary is $75,972 – the highest [...]
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