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It was a big week in education
here at the Chamber!
Lakeville South
Career Seminar Day
Thank you to everyone who came out to speak to the Lakeville South Junior Class on Tuesday. Students were able to hear from 34 professionals in a variety of fields from healthcare to business to skilled trades.
CEO in the Classroom
Century Middle School
I want to extend a HUGE thank you to VP Berger, President of Hearth & Home Technologies, for piloting our CEO in the Classroom program at Century Middle School on Wednesday. We developed this through Lakeville Works, of which HHT is one of our founding investors. Thank you to Jason Bakke, Principal at Century, for allowing us to pilot this with them!

VP spent the entire day at Century, talking to the entire 8th grade class about life after school and how that affects the choices they are making these next few years. VP led students through a discussion about jobs, careers, monthly expenses, developing their brand and what they can do in high school to start preparing. To see an outline of his presentation, click on the image below.
Judging DECA Districts
Lakeville was representing at DECA Districts today at the Intercontinental Hotel in St. Paul. We judged high school students in a variety of areas from sales demonstrations to role playing. Thank you to Steve Lorenz, LPL Financial; Simona Stoianovici, Firefly Credit Union; Stephanie Pierson of Frandsen Bank & Trust (not pictured); and anyone else that I did not see there!
Great Year-in-Review Recap from the City! Click to Read.
Know someone looking to start a new business?
Hosted by: Open to Business
Wed, January 15, 2020
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM CST
Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA)
1228 Town Centre Drive - Eagan

In this FREE class you will learn the building blocks and important steps to starting a successful business. Get answers to questions like: Will people buy my product/service? What type of business structure is best for me? How do I market my business? What is the process to get start up funds?
Class will include discussion, worksheets and a panel of experts to make sure you have resources for your next steps.

Congrats Dakota County!
Dakota County named a
Best-in-State Employer
One of only two Minnesota counties to receive Forbes award

Dakota County has been recognized by Forbes as one of the state’s top employers. The county was among just 51 organizations in Minnesota to earn the firm’s Best-in-State Employer award for 2019.

Dakota County is one of two counties and three local governments overall among Minnesota award recipients. The designation was based on information collected through an independent survey of employees.


Dakota County employs 1,974 people who provide more than 200 different services for residents and visitors ranging from public safety to health, transportation to parks and libraries to human services for those in need, and many more.

Forbes partnered with Statista, a market research company, to survey 80,000 Americans who worked for organizations that employed at least 500 people. Employees were contacted anonymously online, not by the county, to participate in the survey. They answered more than 30 questions on a variety of work-related topics including salary, working conditions and their potential for development.

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