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Study: Extending water and sewer to Hermantown's southwest could support about 1,500 jobs and $600 million in annual economic activity
Summary
A city-commissioned economic-impact study presented to the Hermantown City Council modeled five non-data-center development scenarios that, together, could support about 1,500 jobs and roughly $600 million in annual economic output if municipal water and sewer were extended to the southwest Adolph area; the study excludes data-center impacts and will be posted by UMD.
Ronchetti, the consultant presenting an economic impact analysis commissioned for the city, told the Hermantown City Council on April 20 that extending municipal water and sewer to the city's southwest Adolph area would create substantial long-term operational economic activity across St. Louis County.
"We partnered with Apex's area partnership for economic expansion and the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Minnesota Duluth to quantify potential impacts apart from any data center project," Ronchetti said. He said the study intentionally modeled five real site opportunities that had previously evaluated the region but lacked necessary site assets (water/sewer, acreage, power, rail).
The study modeled five non-data-center scenarios: a mid-sized regional…
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