She Leads: Event to elevate women entrepreneurs
24 Feb 2023
Business, Community, Education, Economic Development
The Women's Business Alliance, a program of the Entrepreneur Fund, in partnership with the Women's Leadership Fund and the Initiative Foundation is hosting the 2nd annual
More Topics
Falls Fabricating ready to grow in Little Falls
Feb 10 2023<p>Falls Fabricating is looking to expand.</p>
<p>Just two years after six employees purchased the business to ensure another company wouldn’t buy it and move jobs out of Little Falls, the new owners are hoping to add 40,000 square feet to their plant and add 20 new jobs.</p>
<p>“I’m really just impressed with the culture that they’re building and the work that they’re doing over there,” said Little Falls City Administrator Jon Radermacher. “It’s really encouraging to see that in a business that’s really been homegrown to do that. Those are the ones that we love to support.”</p>
<p>The business, which is located in Little Falls’ industrial park on the northwest side of town, is hoping to get some help from the city to facilitate that expansion. As such, the City Council voted unanimously, Monday, to call for public hearings to support applications for state funding and for the use of a tax increment financing (TIF) district to purchase additional land.</p>
<p>With the love for art ingrained in her since early childhood, Erika Powers was thrilled when she started working at Great River Arts (GRA) in Little Falls in March 2022. Back then, she applied for and was accepted for the position as operations manager. Little did she know at the time, that in less than 10 months, she’d be promoted to executive director.</p>
<p> “I love my job,” she said.</p>
<p>Looking back, Powers said the transition from operations manager to executive director has been a huge change. However, the fact that she already knew the organization and had experience working at the art gallery made the transition easier.</p>
<p>“I definitely think it helped starting out as the operation manager prior to taking on the director role,” she said. There’s a lot of things for me to learn, but I’m excited to learn it and hopefully, get some more things going on at Great River Arts.”</p>
<p>Good News! A plan is in place for the Morrison County Historical Society’s riverbank stabilization project at the Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum in Little Falls.<br />
<br />
Ulteig Senior Engineer and Client Service Manager Roger Clay presented the latest plan to a handful of MCHS Board members, as well as representatives from the Morrison County Soil and Water Conservation District and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Hydrologist Mark Anderson. By the time the lengthy meeting adjourned, nary a stone was left unturned regarding the specifics of the project.</p>
