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EDA partners with DED to convene workforce feedback forum, focusing on apprenticeships and employer needs

East Grand Forks Economic Development Authority · March 18, 2026
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Sam Jensen of Minnesota DED offered to co-host a workforce feedback forum to gather employer input on hiring and training; the EDA voted to collaborate on outreach and include workforce topics on summer business-retention visits if a standalone forum is not scheduled.

Sam Jensen, a regional representative with Minnesota’s Department of Employment and Economic Development (DED), asked the East Grand Forks EDA on March 18 to partner on a workforce feedback forum to gather employer perspectives on hiring, retention and training.

Jensen said he serves employers across a seven-county…

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