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A monthly newsletter from the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce

March 2010New media isn’t new to us.

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The Chamber is thrilled to re-introduce the tradition of a monthly gathering for members. This is a wonderful opportunity for our members to connect with each other and hear from a notable speaker. Each gathering will also provide the chance for members to network, allow new members to be formally recognized, and include the pre-sentation of a Celebrate Business Success Award (CBS Award) designed to honor a business contributing to the vitality of the East Metro/Saint Paul region. The series is sure to energize and help our membership stay engaged in the East Metro business community.

February Membership Meeting A Success With A Sold-Out Crowd

More than 150 people gathered and participated in our first Membership Meeting of the year featuring U.S.

Senator Norm Coleman and sponsored by Wells Fargo. 317 on Rice Park served as the elegant backdrop to a large crowd who had the opportunity to mingle before sitting down for lunch.

Susan Kimberly, Interim President of the Chamber, took a moment to acknowledge new members including Bill Wearn of Abra Roseville, John Haynes and Bill Collins of Actors Theater of Minnesota, Dave Wilkowske of Administrative Services of America, Jeanine Hansen of Compound Profit, Amy Seitz of Exhibits Development Group, Jim Fitzgerald of Great River Office Products, Mike Sitek of Handyman Matters Twin Cities, Abby Grenfell of Internal Control and Anti-Fraud Experts, LLC, Larry Felitto of J.W. Hulme Company, Marcia Ballinger of KeyStone Search, Scott Solomonson of

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Living Spaces Landscapes Inc., Candy Wolff of Medcare Products, Tom Luby of National Credit Systems, Sara Kendrick of ProStaff, Mike Schoonover and Ken Foster of Schoonover Bodyworks, Rick Ferraro of Spectrum Sign Systems, Inc., Fred Bobich of Sugar Lake Lodge, Commander Roy Surita of US Army, Saint Paul Recruiting Company, Nick Dyer of Write History, Chad Theisen of Yellow Book, and Jenna Zark of Zark Writing Services.

With the recognition of our new members, David Quigg, regional president for Wells Fargo in Saint Paul and the East Metro took to the podium to offer a few words to introduce the keynote speaker, Senator Norm Coleman. Coleman took to the stage in what was his first public appearance since his announcement that he won’t run

for Minnesota governor. Soon to be Chief Executive Officer of the American Action Network, Coleman addressed the audience on the philosophy that America is a center-right nation, looking for change in Washington, not America. Addressing lower taxes, strong national security and limited government, Coleman spoke with the strong enthusiasm that has fueled his political career thus far.

After Coleman’s address and a brief question and answer session, Susan Kratz with Moore, Costello & Hart took to the podium to honor a CBS Award winner. In 2005 the Chamber partnered with Moore, Costello & Hart to create a tradition that honors those who provide leading examples of how members of the business community contribute to a shared vision of economic success throughout the Saint Paul/East Metro area. Jim Bradshaw of Bradshaw Funeral Homes and “Celebration of Life Centers”


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was honored with the CBS Award. Accompanied by his family, Jim spoke to Bradshaw’s unwavering support of the Saint Paul community including being an active supporter of the Payne-Maryland Partnership on Saint Paul’s East Side. The “Under One Roof ” project would house a library, a recreation center, community meeting rooms, a park, a church, a café, a community resources & services center and a Bradshaw “Celebration of Life Center” in one facility.

As the afternoon event came to a close, members parted in high spirits with anticipation of the next Membership Meeting of the series. To see photos of the February Membership Meeting, please visit: www.flickr.com/photos/spacc.

For more information and to register for the March Membership Meeting, please visit our Events page at www.saintpaulchamber.com/events or contact Bethany at 651.265.2775. We look forward to seeing you there!


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March 2010Event Date/Time Location Description Sponsor

See All That Windows 7 Has To Offer! FREE to attend, lunch will be provided

Thursday, March 411:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

OTT, Inc. 2675 Long Lake Road, Roseville, MN 55113

The wait is over – Windows 7 has finally arrived! We invite you to join us to learn more about Windows 7, Microsoft’s newest operating system. All attendees of this complimentary event will receive a $150 voucher for IT services provided by OTT, Inc., a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Additionally, attendees will be entered in a drawing for two copies of Windows 7.

Register online at www.saintpaulchamber.com/events

YPro: Irish Trivia Night$25

Tuesday, March 165:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Cork’s Irish Pub175 East Tenth Street, Saint Paul

Join us for a night of Trivia! Will you be as lucky as the Irish? Prizes will be awarded to the winning team!


If you are interested in sponsoring an event, please contact Bethany Miller at 651.265.2775 or [email protected]

Business Connection Breakfast$15 / $18 after March 16.

Non-members: $30

Thursday, March 187:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Salut Bar Americain917 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul

Make those valuable connections now! With three structured networking rounds over breakfast at our member’s best venues, you’re guaranteed to expand your network! Join us this month at Salut Bar Americain on Grand for networking and breakfast.


If you are interested in sponsoring an event, please contact Bethany Miller at 651.265.2775 or [email protected]

Membership Meeting presented by Wells Fargo

Friday, March 1911:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Town & Country Club300 North Mississippi River Boulevard, Saint Paul

The Membership Meeting creates a great opportunity for members to meet, network, and do business with other Chamber members. Each monthly meeting will feature networking, a keynote speaker, a brief preview of upcoming events, and acknowledgement of new and renewing members. The March Membership Meeting will headline Donald R. Cravins, Jr., Staff Director and Chief Legal Counsel, US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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Your Chamber and Moore, Costello & Hart partnered in early 2005 to create a tradition called Celebrate Business Success.

This award honors those who provide leading examples of how mermbers of the business community contribute to a shared vision of economic success throughout the Saint Paul/East Metro area.

Celebrate Business Success

Jim Bradshaw accepted a Celebrate Business Success Award from Susan Kratz (Moore, Costello & Hart) before a sold-out crowd at the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce’s first Membership Meeting of 2010. Bradshaw Funeral Homes and “Celebration of Life Centers” were honored with the CBS Award for its continuing commitment to serving the Saint Paul community including the Payne-Maryland Partnership.

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Your Chamber and Moore, Costello & Hart partnered in early 2005 to create a tradition called Celebrate Business Success.

This award honors those who provide leading examples of how mermbers of the business community contribute to a shared vision of economic success throughout the Saint Paul/East Metro area.

Celebrate Business Success

Thomas Scallen, current owner of The Lexington, and Joseph McLean of the McLean Family, founders of The Lexington, both receive a Celebrate Business Success Award from Pat Plunkett and Susan Kratz (Moore, Costello & Hart) at the Saint Paul Area

Chamber of Commerce’s February Social Reception. The Lexington opened its doors on Grand Avenue in 1935 and remains a pillar within the Saint Paul community today.

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• Minnesota Wire, Saint Paul, in January had nearly $4 million in customer orders and $9.5 million over two months, adding to the largest quarter of bookings in its corporate history. The rapid pace for 2010 represents annualized orders of $57 million and has already led to 125 new jobs.

• The Minneapolis-Saint Paul office of Weber Shandwick has selected Partners for Violence Prevention, an organization dedicated to promoting peace, reducing the incidence and impact of violence and building the

capacity for violence prevention in the community, as its pro bono client for 2010.

• A partnership was formed between Mahoney Ulbrich Christiansen & Russ, P.A., Saint Paul, and Genesys Works, Saint Paul, a non-profit that works with high school students. Mahoney Ulbrich Christiansen Russ P.A. will help with a Genesys Works team meeting to inform students about the income tax system including filing for federal and state tax refunds.

• VISI, a leading data center services and managed hosting provider in Eden Prairie, has begun an expansion on its Saint Paul Data Center by 7,000 feet to accommodate customer demand. The expansion is underway and should be completed in a few months.

• Nancy Nonini has started her own consulting business, Retirement Education Plus, Saint Paul, providing on-site retirement education seminars. Despite the down economy, Nonini went solo

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and remains optimistic as she looks ahead to 2010.

• Minneapolis-based Greiner Construction Inc. completed remodeling two floors in One Financial Plaza in downtown Minneapolis for law firm Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson. The firm’s new office was constructed to LEED specifications.

• The Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota is advising both businesses and consumers to be on alert for a new phishing scam. Multiple Twin Cities auto dealerships have been targeted by scammers seeking customer information, leading to fraudulent charges on the

credit cards of some customers, according to the Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association.

• Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota is opening a thrift store at the recently constructed Elk River Center at 19624 Holt St. NW in Elk River.

• U.S. Bank won an Oscard award for its ReliaCard Visa. The Oscards recognize international excellence in card innovation. The U.S. Bank ReliaCard Visa is a reloadable card designed to replace paper checks. More than 500 cards competed for the 2009 Oscards.

• Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota, a Saint Paul-based non profit, won its 12th consecutive Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities accreditation. The award recognizes organizations involved in community integration, employment services and psychosocial rehabilitation programs.

• Land O’Lakes, Inc., a Saint Paul-based food and agricultural company, named Minneapolis-based ad agency Colle+McVoy its digital agency. Colle+McVoy will manage the consumer Web site, landolakes.com, including strategy, creative, production and development.

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• Wells Fargo & Co. closed a $125 million secured loan to refinance the IDS Center, a 1.38-million-square-foot Class A office building in downtown Minneapolis, for Oak Brook, Ill.-based Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc. Inland American bought IDS for about $227 million in 2006.

• The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees changed the name of Saint Cloud Technical College to Saint Cloud Technical and Community College.

• Kraus-Anderson Construction Co., a Minneapolis-based commercial general contractor and construction manager,

completed construction of North Country Health Services’ WindSong at WoodsEdge in Bemidji. The catered senior-living apartments are expected to the first LEED senior-housing facility in Minnesota. The facility was designed by Pope Architects.

• Maplewood-based 3M Co. and Spring Valleybased Sata USA settled a patent infringement suit regarding 3M’s paint cup system.

• Jim Johnson, who announced his retirement last month, will remain executive vice president of Saint Paul-based financial-services firm Securian Financial Group Inc.’s group life insurance until May 31.

Von Peterson, who currently serves as vice president, is set to succeed Johnson.

• Jennifer Alstad was elected to The Bush Foundation board of directors. Alstad is president and co-founder of Minneapolis-based consulting firm B-Swing Inc. The Bush Foundation, a Saint Paul-based nonprofit, strives to shape vibrant communities in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and 23 Native communities that share the same geography.

• Winthrop & Weinstine, Minneapolis, named Aimee Dayhoff, Christianna Finnern, Anton Moch and Dean Willer shareholders.

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• Wells Fargo & Co. closed a $125 million secured loan to refinance the IDS Center, a 1.38-million-square-foot Class A office building in downtown Minneapolis, for Oak Brook, Ill.-based Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc. Inland American bought IDS for about $227 million in 2006.

• The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees changed the name of Saint Cloud Technical College to Saint Cloud Technical and Community College.

• Kraus-Anderson Construction Co., a Minneapolis-based commercial general contractor and construction manager,

completed construction of North Country Health Services’ WindSong at WoodsEdge in Bemidji. The catered senior-living apartments are expected to be the first LEED senior-housing facility in Minnesota. The facility was designed by Pope Architects.

• Maplewood-based 3M Co. and Spring Valley-based Sata USA settled a patent infringement suit regarding 3M’s paint cup system.

• Jim Johnson, who announced his retirement last month, will remain executive vice president of Saint Paul-based financial-services firm Securian Financial Group Inc.’s group life insurance until May 31.

Von Peterson, who currently serves as vice president, is set to succeed Johnson.

• Jennifer Alstad was elected to The Bush Foundation board of directors. Alstad is president and co-founder of Minneapolis-based consulting firm B-Swing Inc. The Bush Foundation, a Saint Paul-based nonprofit, strives to shape vibrant communities in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and 23 Native communities that share the same geography.

• Winthrop & Weinstine, Minneapolis, named Aimee Dayhoff, Christianna Finnern, Anton Moch and Dean Willer shareholders.

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• Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon & Vogt, Minneapolis, elected Brian Benkstein as a shareholder.

• William Mitchell College of Law, Saint Paul, announced that Professor ThuyNga Vo was one of 47 legal scholars across the country to be elected to the America Law Institute.

• 5 Eyewitness News (KSTP-TV), Saint Paul, is rehiring Joe Schmit, who left the firm in 2006, as sports director and main sports anchor.

• Meyer, Borgman and Johnson Inc., Minneapolis, hired Craig Haas as a structural engineer with an expertise in steel connection design.

• Scales Advertising, SaintPaul, named Holli Maines account director and Betsey Findorff senior account executive.

• Bremer Bank, Saint Paul, hired Michael Green as market manager and vice president of the Plymouth bank branch.

• Bonestroo, Saint Paul, hired Scott Israelson as the traffic engineering team leader.

• Minnesota State Colleges and Universities appointed Darrel Huish vice chancellor and chief information officer.

• Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, hired Robert Bubalo to the firm’s public companies and capital markets group; Joann Kunjummen joined the firm’s employment shareholder litigation group; Joshua Natzel will work with the firm’s employee benefits group; and Christopher Pham joined the firm’s real estate group.

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• Leonard, Street and Deinard, Minneapolis, elected four new shareholders: Stuart Alger, Gabriel Holloway, Curtis Ripley and Brian Thomson.

• Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, Minneapolis, elected Matthew Damon as the firm’s president. Former president Brian Johnson stepped down.

• Tunheim Partners, based in Minneapolis, hired Jeana Blomme and Madeline Koch as account representatives.

• Coldwell Banker Burnet, based in Edina, named Tina Graham as director of training of Coldwell Banker Burnet’s University.


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Administrative Services of AmericaAdministrative SupportMr. Dave Wilkowske1150 Cushing Circle #308Saint Paul, MN 55108www.adminsoa.com

Bin Wine BarBarsMs. Rebecca Illingworth400 Sibley StreetSaint Paul, MN 55101www. binwinebar.com

Blue Door PubRestaurantsMr. Jeremy Woerner1811 Selby AvenueSaint Paul, MN 55401www.thebdp.com

Charles Schwab & CompanyInvestmentsMr. Ryan Rambacher401 North Robert Street, Suite 209Saint Paul, MN 55101www.schwab.com

Compound ProfitFinancial ServicesMs. Jeanine Hansen8057 Garfield Street NortheastSpring Lake Park, MN 55101www.cprofitmn.com

Four51Internet Products & ServicesMr. Tim Morin8300 Norman Center Drive, Suite 1275Bloomington, MN 55417www.four51.com

Hobey Baker Memorial Award FoundationFoundationsMr. Les Larson1564 Park CircleMendota Heights, MN 55118www.hobeybaker.com

Home & Patio ShowExpo and Event ManagementMr. Nick Cenaiko9697 East River RoadMinneapolis, MN 55433www.homeandpatioshow.com

K. David HirscheyConsultants-BusinessMr. K. David Hirschey6566 France Avenue South, Suite 709Minneapolis, MN 55435

LifeSkills Center for Business Leadership Training & Professional DevelopmentMr. Brandon Johnson380 Jackson Street, Suite 417Saint Paul, MN 55101www.lifeskillsbusiness.com

Luci AncoraRestaurantsMr. Al Smith2060 Randolph AvenueSaint Paul, MN 55105www.ristoranteluci.com

Medcare Products, Inc.Medical Equipment & SuppliesMs. Candy Wolff151 East Cliff RoadBurnsville, MN 55337www.medcarelifts.com

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Medcare Products, Inc.ManufacturersMs. Candy Wolff245 East Marie AvenueSaint Paul, MN 55118www.medcarelifts.com

Pro Staff Personnel ServicesEmployment ServicesMs. Susan Seward14300 Nicollet CourtSuite 208Burnsville, MN 55306www.prostaff.com

Schoonover Body Works, Inc.Auto-Repairs & ServiceMr. Mike Schoonover1060 West County Road EShoreview, MN 55126www.fenderbendermenders.com

Sugar Lake LodgeHotels & MotelsMr. Fred BobichP.O. Box 847Grand Rapids, MN 55744www.sugarlakelodge.com

Yellow Book USAPublishersMr. Chris Kuehl1210 Northland Drive, Suite 150Mendota Heights, MN 55120www.yellowbook.com

© Copyright 2010 Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce. All rights reserved.Chamber of Commerce Center, 401 North Robert Street, Suite 150, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101Phone: 651.223.5000 Fax: 651.223.5119


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Susan KratzChair of the BoardMoore, Costello & Hart, P.L.L.P.

Daniel ScottImmediate Past Chair Leonard, Street and Deinard

Bonnie HolubChair ElectAdventium Labs

Alex Cirillo3M Foundation

Sara CrigerSaint Joseph’s Hospital,HealthEast Care System

Bill FoussardWhite Bear Country Inn

Guy GilmoreSaint Paul Pioneer Press

Bill KaphingXcel Energy Inc.

Susan KimberlySaint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce

Sanjay KubaGCI Systems, Inc.

Diane ThormodsgardU.S. Bank

Bill WrightComcast

Shane BoydTravelers

Scott Burns GovDelivery, Inc.

Angela CraigSaint Jude Medical, Inc.

Mark DienhartUniversity of St. Thomas

Lori FrittsMidway Chamber of Commerce

Sherry HastingsFrauenshuh, Inc.

Bill KavanaughSecurian Financial Group, Inc.

Julie Larson Roseville Visitors Association

Craig LeipoldMinnesota Wild

Bill LentschDelta Airlines, Inc.

Mike LoganTarget Corporation – Community Relations Tammy Mencel Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal

Jaci Meyer, Agent State Farm Insurance – Jaci Meyer

Mark Moeller R.F. Moeller Jeweler, Inc.

Vince Montgomery TKDA

Altin PaulsonMarketplace Productions, LLC

Gino PiteraGertens

Susan Rani Rani Engineering

Joe Richburg Keystone Computer Solutions

David Rom Platinum Bank

Tony SchwartzBeacon Properties

Stuart SimekMeridian Management, Inc.

Steve SnellingSand Companies

Mark StutrudSummit Brewing Company

Kris TaylorEcolab Inc.

Kyle Thomas Home Services of America, Inc.

Susan WenzKSTC Channel 45

2010 BoARD oF DIRECToRS2010 EXECUTIVE CoMMITTEE

Nexus is a monthly publication for the members of the Saint Paul Area

Chamber of Commerce. The objective of Nexus is to inform and educate

members of news and events in the Chamber and the Saint Paul/East Metro

area. For more information about the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce

or to comment on Nexus, please call 651.223.5000 or visit our website at

saintpaulchamber.com. We value your input, feedback and questions.

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