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^ Company outgrew do in the next two years.
old facility; new one. As proof of the company's
can accommodate a
' employee growth, when
the deed for the new land
~ growing work force was signed in August 2007,
by Elizabeth Nelson
Staff writer Metal Craft employed 78;
and a year later it's 92 The Metal Craft Mowry family, Ryan, Riley, Jack,
Metal Craft broke ground .
~ Sean Mowry, the vice Sean, Trisha, and Rory, all scoo ed a little dirt at
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the ground-breaking ceremony July 27
at its new location on
resident of Metal Craft,
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Business Center Drive in said the new building is Aside from being a for the building
which
Elk River on July 27 to also designed for further larger building bringing ,
means less energy needs
.accommodate its expand- expansion in the future. more employment oppor- to be used.
ing business.
The 30-year-old family- "There's room on the
lot to expand again," he tunities to the county,~the
building itself is keeping And, Metal Craft even
decided to keep a large
awned company current- said. "The plan is to keep
" the environment in mind oak tree in the parking
_y has 92 employees and bowing. with greener features. lot
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can no longer fit in its The new facility, For example, the build- ..
Metal Craft also owns
Meadowvale Road loca-
tion which is right next to
the Sherburne Count ing will . be constructed
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f FAB Riverside Machine in
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But, with the new 83,000- y
Government Center, is ou
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CON Versacor
panels, which are consis- Chippewa Falls, Wis.
For more information
square-foot facility, they'll scheduled to be complet- tent with green design. about the company visit
not only have more room, ed in January 2009, and Duct work also will wwwmetal-craft
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but enough to add another
is being built by Heritage
be designed in order to .
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20 jobs, a task they plan to Construction Companies. reduce the cooling load
Gas prices, e~ ®my prompt
Crystal-Pierz pine to close
by Eiob Grawey compared with 2007. were able to transfer
Staff writer
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ces an closely watching where Marine locations still
a struggling economy their spendable income is open.
caused Crystal-Pierz :going, the boat ~nanufac- Crystal-Pierz Marine in
Marine in Rogers to close turer .states on' its Web Rggers opened
in
March
its doors for good July 31, site that store closures .
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2005, and has closed its
according tq store man- end massive layoffs were operations there with
ages Luke Kujawa. needed ~o keep :the com- what Kujawa says are
The recreation boat pany viable. record sales.
superstore reflected the The Rogers location Other store locations
natignal • average decline employed 35 people, but that are closing are in
in sales, with a 30-plus due to so many deep cut=" ~ Duluth and St. Cloud
percent drop in sales
backs, Kujawa days few .
business briefs
Ahlness named ;
bu$iness officer
Grater Minnesota ~ ~ r"~',
Credit Union in Elk ..;-~ ~~`; ,
River has hired Mark
Ahlness as its business ~
devrrlopment/relation- Ahlness
ship officer.
Ahlness has been
working with GMCU since May. He is
a relent graduate of Minnesota State
University, Mankato.
G1V~CU is headquartered in tVIora,
Minn. and has additional branches in
Milaca, Isle, Elk River, Pine City and
Ogilvie.
Siebert joins American bank
Lori Siebert has joined the staff of the
Elk River office of American National
Bank of Minnesota as a customer ser-
vice representative.
She is a graduate of John F. Kennedy
High School in B abbitt, Minn. and holcl.s
art• AAS degree from Olympic College
in;~Bremerton, Wash. Siebert has had
seuen years of financial industry expe-
rience with the Babbitt Steelworkers'
Credit Union.
She, and her husband, Todd and their
three sons 'live in Big Lake.
Aimerican National Bank ofMinnesota
has offices in nine central Minnesota
communities.
Celebrafin
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the community
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