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�Economic gardening grows in Anoka County � StarTribune.com <br />YOUR GUI.DE TO THE TWIN CITIES Help � Subscriber Services Buy Ads Store <br />r1 <br />��.�i�t��r�� � nart Ynetro <br />News Local Sparts Business Politics Upinion Lifestyle Entertainment Obituaries <br />Home Laca! North Metro <br />Economic gardening grows in Anoka County <br />Articte by: PAUL LEVY , Star Tribune Updated: August 14, 2012 - 11:00 PM <br />... ........................... ................................._.........................__........................................................_ -....................._..__... ____..................................... _......................................_......... <br />By spending $150,000 on a program for entrepreneurs, Anoka County hopes to bolster <br />businesses and the community. <br />0 comments �i resize text Q print buy reprints <br />....... . . . . . <br />. � Recommend �f � Tweet I <br />Anoka County wants to get into the business of helping entrepreneurs more feom north metro , <br />grow their businesses. _...... :. ..___ ..:. . :___.. ............._.. <br />Forklift has person pinned <br />It's a year-long process called "economic gardening," and the at Lino Lakes business <br />program is designed to take businesses to the next level by ............................._.................. .._.___ <br />introducing entrepreneurs to other businesspeople who have gone Bingo and a sig Mac? <br />through what they're about to experience and guide them along. Mcponatd's hosts weekly <br />"We show fhem how It's done, make it work and then leave," said 9ames <br />Mark Lange of the Edward Lowe Foundation, the Florida-based �� <br />. _ ............... _..... _...... _........................ _.................... <br />operation that helped Hennepin County launch an economic Brooklyn Center atms high <br />gardening pilot program last year and recently began working with with rec center <br />Anoka County. "We educate, demanstrate and help communities <br />activate." <br />By dedicating $150,000 -- or approximately $10,000 for each of 15 <br />businesses that qualify =- the county has launched a program in which <br />it is "reaching out to the businesses we never hear from, or <br />businesses we only read about when they announce they're moving <br />to another area," said Karen Skepper; Anoka County's directar of <br />community and government refations. <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />http:1/www.startribune.com/local/north/1658765 ld.html 8/15/2012 <br />; � North Metro West Metro 3outh Metro East Metro Mfnneapolis St. Paul Your Voices Blc <br />