Now Available on the VHEDC Website: Convenient Shipping, Amazing Prices, and Unparalleled Simplicity. We are really excited about being able to offer you shipping services. We continually look at ways to add more value for area businesses and through our partnership with Shipthrifty.com, we can offer you the convenience of shipping right from our website while saving [...]
The Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation (VHEDC) announced Comcast Corporation has granted $5,000 to VHEDC for the 2018 GenZ Connection: Skills and Careers in Manufacturing summer internship program. Comcast Corporation (headquartered in Philadelphia, PA) is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the [...]
My name is Sophia Schmidt and I am the 2018 summer intern for the Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation. I am This fall, I will be a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I am studying Community and Nonprofit Leadership, Biology, and Global Health. I am interested in community development and have worked with [...]
The Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation (VHEDC) announced the industry partners who will participate in the 2018 GenZ Connection: Skills and Careers in Manufacturing summer internship program. The businesses are: SCHWING America, Mold Craft, Renstrom Dental Studios, Pace Industries, LasX Industries, Superior Machine, The Specialty Mfg Co, and Team Vantage. Each business will host four White [...]
On Tuesday, May 22nd, Mold Craft – an award-winning custom injection mold manufacturer – presented a $3,000 to Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation (VHEDC) for the expansion of the Gen Z Connection: Skills and Careers in Manufacturing program. The funds were recently granted to Mold Craft from the American Mold Builders Association (AMBA), which includes [...]
The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) defines economic development as “A set of programs and policies that aid in the creation, retention, and expansion of jobs; the development of a stable tax base; and the enhancement of wealth.” Celebrate #EconDevWeek with us from May 7-12. If you have been curious about what we do, here [...]
Debby Gustafson, Vice President and Senior Loan Officer for Twin Cities Metro (TCM) Certified Development Co., is President of Vadnais Heights Economic Development Corporation’s Board of Directors. Gustafson, who graduated from college in 1985 with a double major in Economics and Sociology/Anthropology, says, “When I began classes at Gustavus Adolphus College, I knew the business [...]
Andrea LaFontaine, General Manager of the Fairfield Inn & Suites in Vadnais Heights, has a fairytale career story of sorts, but with a twist. LaFontaine fell in love with … the hotel industry. At a young age, she would visit her mother who was a housekeeper at a local AmericInn and embraced the unique experiences she [...]
Jackie O’Connell, President and CEO of IPS CRANES – formerly IPS Worldwide – in Vadnais Heights and Duluth, grew up on a farm and had an affinity for tractors and large equipment. As a young child, she was self-sufficient, had a creative imagination and was a problem-solver. She began attending college classes when she was [...]
Mary Buerkle-Grant, of Buerkle Motor Group – which includes Buerkle Honda-Hyundai Co. in Vadnais Heights – is in an exclusive group: In the U.S. auto industry, few women are executive officers or company owners. So, how did Buerkle-Grant arrive where she is today? Well, for one thing, she grew up in the industry. She and [...]
At VHEDC, our mission is to enhance economic development in the City of Vadnais Heights and the surrounding areas through the attraction, retention, and expansion of existing businesses and industries.
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