News and Events

November 28 is Small Business Saturday and a wonderful opportunity to recognize local small businesses for the positive contribution they make to our lives. 2020 has been difficult for businesses but thousands of small businesses have been driven out of business or suffered significantly.  Shoreview has always been a tight-knit communit...Continue Reading

As state economies struggle between surging cases of COVID-19 and intense pressure to reopen — albeit with varying degrees of restrictions — companies that reduced or halted operations in response to stay-at-home orders are torn between the urgent needs to both restore revenue streams and to ensure the safety o...Continue Reading

Life got messy in 2020.  It’s not just the virus. It’s the way the virus has changed everything we once took for granted—from the way we work to the way we get to work.  Or don’t get to work, as the case may be.  Although forecasts and timelines vary, one thing is clear: COVID-19 is here to stay. Th...Continue Reading

Do you audibly sigh every time you have to log on to what feels like your thousandth Zoom meeting of the day? You’re not alone. While we’re all more or less used to video calls and meetings being the norm now, the newly coined effect of Zoom fatigue hasn’t gon...Continue Reading

The 2020 COVID-19 crisis has been a narrative of local communities and businesses learning to adapt to unprecedented change. Part of that narrative has been getting federal assistance to those businesses to keep employees at work. But for many, as production orders have decreased, little work has actually been lef...Continue Reading

Whether you’re a 9-to-5 office worker or an entrepreneur used to running around to clients and conferences for different business opportunities, the health crisis has caused many people to make the dramatic shift to working entirely from home. As someone who’s experienced the whole spectrum of work setups — everything from corporate office...Continue Reading

Maintaining relationships has been difficult for individuals and businesses alike since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. For PaR Systems however, the past few months have reintroduced the importance that human interaction brings to a company.  The company based in Shoreview, Minnesota, has actively sought to understand employees and customer...Continue Reading

The workplace is changed. As parts of the world begin to loosen coronavirus-related restrictions, organizations are emerging from COVID-induced hibernation. These transitions back to work are gradual. Uncertainty will remain for months as threats of renewed waves of coronavirus persist. We are anticipating a new normal — but what w...Continue Reading

If you want your own business to grow and prosper as the world reopens and a new sense of normalcy settles in, getting to know TikTok is a good first step. The video-sharing platform has emerged from relative obscurity to become one of the leading social media companies in the world, and one o...Continue Reading

Shortly after George Floyd’s death, I contributed an article to Entrepreneur that told the story of what happened when I responded individually to 170 emails from members of my list. I had asked them how I could best show up for them during this tumultuous time. Based on how many of these folks took thi...Continue Reading

Your thoughts and the things you say to yourself and others are more powerful than you know. These phrases define how you think, how you act and how others perceive you. What you might think is a flippant, non-committal remark could frame your entire day and career without you eve...Continue Reading

Tiffany Turner had dinner recently in a restaurant — the first time in nearly three months. She was greeted by employees in cotton face masks and seated at a table that was a socially distanced 6 feet from any other. Her return-to-society meal? Caesar salad, mussels and clam chowder. "The thin...Continue Reading

Every decade, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a U.S. Census throughout the United States. The Census aims to count the entire population of the United States. The Census asks American households certain questions such as sex, age, and race of each person in the household. These demographics help determine congressiona...Continue Reading

The coronavirus pandemic has caused more economic disruption than the U.S. has seen since the Great Depression. No one can say for sure what the landscape will look like as the economy recovers, but it’s clear that a lot of puzzle pieces won’t snap back into the same places a...Continue Reading

Policies adopted to deal with the pandemic have hit many businesses very hard. From lockdowns and shelter-in-place to being deemed “non-essential” business, policy measures to slow down the spread of the virus have pulled the rug from under many entrepreneurs’ feet. While loans were offered as relief, the government quickly ran out of money. But eve...Continue Reading

COVID-19 has forced millions of companies to reassess their business models, but what about the businesses that are still just ideas in the minds of aspiring entrepreneurs? As mass layoffs and desperate bailouts dominate the news, few people are talking about what it's like to launch a business in the current climate.  But like othe...Continue Reading

As a company providing commercial cleaning solutions, Multi-Clean, Inc., had the products necessary for businesses as the COVID-19 pandemic hit. But proper knowledge on how to use those products is equally important to provide a clean, safe work environment for a wide range of businesses, schools, daycares, health care facilitie...Continue Reading

Shoreview residents are an active bunch. You may know about the city’s wonderful 1,400 acres of green space, the 15 parks and the amazing walking trails you can find in the city, but did you know that Shoreview also has a very vibrant community center? This 90,000-square-foot resource offers an abundanc...Continue Reading

At a time when more people are working from home but business deliverables and deadlines remain the same, managers are seeking tangible ways to make remote work function just as well as the usual methods for employees they support. Below are four tangible steps that managers can take to combat communicatio...Continue Reading

Organizations should recognize that if you take care of culture, then the customer experience and profits will take care of themselves. Putting your people at the center of your thinking and decision-making will never steer you in the wrong direction. Culture is experienced in every employee’s actions, 365 days of th...Continue Reading

We love to share all that is great about Shoreview, its residents and its businesses. That’s why we put a News section on our website. If you are looking for news about Shoreview people or companies, you will find it here.  We also include stories and articles that may not hav...Continue Reading

It’s true that our city’s economic development team advises businesses on local incentives, but did you know they can also can provide information and assistance to businesses looking to tap into state incentives?  The state of Minnesota offers a variety of incentives to businesses in areas such as tax credits, loa...Continue Reading

Shoreview offers a strong and educated labor force. Of the 8,900+ employed people in Shoreview, more than 6,600 have a Bachelor’s degree and more than 4,800 have a graduate degree.  And, they don’t mind commuting to their job. 7,355 Shoreview residents have some sort of commute to work every day, whil...Continue Reading

Businesses located in Shoreview have access to several incentive programs such as financial and tax incentives as well as grant and loan opportunities.  Navigating what’s available and what you qualify for can take time, so let us help you with that. We can walk you through the programs you qualify for...Continue Reading