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EDA updates: entrepreneur hub grows; feasibility work planned for amphitheater-area development
Summary
The Shakopee Economic Development Authority received an update on the Foundry entrepreneur program and discussed a proposed market-feasibility study for development near Canterbury Park's amphitheater and a potential first-to-market hotel and supporting uses.
At its April 1 meeting the Shakopee Economic Development Authority received an update on local entrepreneurial programming and discussed next steps for development around the new amphitheater and adjacent Canterbury Park property.
City staff said the Foundry entrepreneur program — funded in part by fees from Shakopee Public Utilities — has grown from roughly four participants at launch to about 35 current members, including companies focused on “hard tech” manufacturing. Staff listed several participant companies and noted a roughly even gender split among founders in the program. The program has worked with Beta Minnesota (the statewide accelerator) and other partners to connect startups with…
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