Cities, townships or tribal units of government located within the Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation service area are eligible to apply for a grant that serves as a lending program to businesses within that community. EDAs, HRAs, joint powers boards and community nonprofits are eligible to apply as a community’s fiscal agent. Grant applications will [...]
Eveleth, MN: Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation made $7 million in loan and grant funding available to area businesses and communities that have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency’s board voted unanimously at its June 10 meeting to approve the two new programs as part of the FY21 budget. Taconite Area Business [...]
On June 1, Minnesota moves into Phase 2 of the #StaySafeMN Plan, which includes the option for restaurants and bars to re-open for outdoor dining. We know that there are many questions from businesses and customers about how that process will work. Please see below the answers to questions we’ve been hearing about Executive Order [...]
Duluth, Minnesota – {Friday, May 8, 2020}: The Entrepreneur Fund, Northland Foundation, and The Northspan Group, Inc. are pleased to announce they will be accepting grant applications for a second round of funding from the Small Business Relief Fund. Thanks to generous support from the Department of Iron “We thank IRRR for its support and [...]
On Thursday April 30 at 1 p.m., the Ely Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Town Hall meeting using Zoom – Opening Up Ely, Part 1. The Chamber will have speakers from Hospitality Minnesota, the Northeast Minnesota Small Business Development Center, and Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital. This Town Hall meeting will feature information on reopening businesses, [...]
Originally Published in the Star Tribune by Ely Mayor, Chuck Novak May 10, 2019 Twin Metals workers pull a core sample from a drill pipe near the Kawishiwi River in northeastern Minnesota. The mining company has been testing and studying in the region for a decade. Photo credit: Brian Peterson, Star Tribune The [...]
Originally Published in the Timber Jay by Keith Vandervort February 28, 2019 ELY – Growth and expansion for the city’s west end development took top billing in the recent Ely Economic Development Authority review of priorities for 2019. With actual funding becoming a real possibility, the recreational trailhead project is finally coming into sharper focus. [...]
