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County approves amendment to DEED childcare grant; EDA to pursue Hinkley property purchase
Summary
County Economic Development Coordinator Leslie Sauter updated the board on a multi‑year childcare project funded in part by Minnesota DEED; the board approved an amendment that reallocates grant funds across sites, updates a Hinkley site address and enables the EDA's purchase option for a candidate property.
Leslie Sauter, Pine County economic development coordinator, summarized a multi‑year effort to expand child care capacity in Pine County that began with a 2021 supply‑and‑demand study and moved through strategic planning and site selection. Sauter said First Children’s Finance and Pine Technical & Community College partnered on planning; the county and Pine Tech jointly applied for DEED childcare funding and received a roughly $500,000 award in July 2024.
Sauter said project conditions and bids required adjustments. The originally identified site at 504 Weber Avenue (a proposed business incubator)…
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