Sandi Tabor Leads Bismarck-Mandan Development Corporation

BMDA Chair sets 2010 Executive Committee - Ms. Sandi Tabor, 2010 BMDA Chair, has appointed the Executive Committee for the year. The 2010 elected officers are Sandi Tabor – Chair; Mathew Reichert – Chair-elect; Jeff Ubl – Secretary; John Mongeon – Treasurer; and, Dick Hedahl - Immediate Past Chair. In addition to the elected officers, each incoming Chair appoints six board members-at-large. This year’s at-large appointees are Ron Day – Tesoro Mandan Refinery; John Giese – Wells Fargo Bank; Niles Hushka – Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson; Pamela Schmidt – The SIA Companies; Jerry Splonskowski – Northwest Contracting; and, Dan Ulmer – Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Also serving on the Executive Committee in advisory capacities are Becky Thiem – Legal Counsel and Marv Heinert – Accounting Counsel.



The remaining elected members of the 2010 Full Board of Directors are:



Timothy Atkinson - ND Guaranty & Title

Dr. Craig Lambrecht - Medcenter One

Brad Ballweber - Northern Improvement

Dave Patience - Swenson, Hagen & Co.

Chris Baumgartner - Basin Electric

David Raatz - Applied Engineering, Inc.

Robert O. Black - Unisys Corporation

T.J. Russell - Cloverdale Foods Co.

Bonnie Dahl - Aetna

Matt Sagaser - Bobcat Company

Jeffrey Erickson - Security First Bank

William Shalhoob - Select Inn

Jay C. Feil - Starion Financial

Derek Shaffer - Knife River Corporation

Dennis Haider - Montana Dakota Utilities Co.

Fr. James Shea - University of Mary

Steve Herman - AAction Movers

Larry Skogen - Bismarck State College

Kyle Holwagner - Daniel Companies

Bruce Strinden - Newman Signs/Morton Co.

Tim Hennessey - US Bank

Cedric Theel - Cedric Theel, Inc.

Chuck Huber - Bismarck Realty

Dan Vondracheck - Fireside Office Solutions

Dick Johnsen - Johnsen Trailers

Jerry Willer - Kirkwood Bank & Trust

Wally Keller - Jobbers Moving & Storage

Andrew Wilson - St. Alexius Medical Center

Brian Kroshus - Bismarck Tribune







The ex-officio members of the 2010 Full Board of Directors are:



Kevin Glatt - Burleigh County

Paul E. Trauger - Morton County

Paul Johnson - Bismarck Public Schools

Wilfred Volesky - Mandan Public Schools

Kelvin Hullet - Bismarck-Mandan Chamber

Bill Wocken - City of Bismarck

Jim Neubauer - City of Mandan







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March SCORE Workshop "Starting or Expanding a Business - A Plan For Success" - The final SCORE-SBA sponsored workshop for this season will be held Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at the Bank of North Dakota in Bismarck. Sessions start at 6:30 PM and and the cost is $20.00 per person. To register call 328-5861 or email score365@btinet.net



Core topics covered at this session include: “The Business Plan” by SCORE Counselor and Volunteer Duane Sorby; “Financing for Your Small Business” by Dakota Community Bank Business Lender Darin Hanson; and, “Communicating with Customers through Facebook and Twitter” with Cindy Sanford and Catherine Dalzell from the Center For Technology and Business.

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Data Center World - This week, Russ and Brian exhibited with the North Dakota Department of Commerce at Data Center World 2010 in Nashville, the largest trade show in the world focusing on data centers. Bismarck-Mandan has drawn the attention of several data center site searches in the past as we have several of the key elements needed to locate a data center: water, power and fiber. Staff will continue to market the community to prospective data center clients as well as work with our existing companies who may be looking to build or expand their own data centers.



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Innovative Solutions, LLC - On Thursday, Russ and Brian had lunch with Mr. Evan Anderson to discuss the formation of his new company, Innovative Solutions, LLC. Evan was formerly the director of Widget Works, a division of Applied Engineering, prior to the establishment of his new company last month. While Widget Works will remain in existence as a part of Applied Engineering here in Bismarck, Innovate Solutions, LLC will provide design, prototyping, automation, and manufacturing services to a wide variety of customers throughout the area.



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City of Mandan Presentation - BMDA will make a formal presentation about their 2009 activities to the City Commission on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. This formal report will include information from BMDA’s annual report, along with the 2009 reports for both the primary sector and the retail/service sector business retention and expansion programs.



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Mandan Retail and Service Business Retention & Expansion - This past week Richard and Mandan Development Direct Ellen Huber completed two additional onsite visits with retail and service sector businesses in Mandan. This brings the total number of visits completed or scheduled this year to ten, or 20% of the 2010 goal of 50 visits.



Feel free to contact Richard at the BDMA office if you are a Mandan retail or service sector business and want to participate in the program.



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BMDA members – BMDA welcomes the following new members:



Ubl Design Group

3301 Winnipeg Drive

Bismarck ND 58503

Contact: Jeff Ubl



Superior Silk Screen

1030 South 18th

Bismarck ND 58504

Contact: Dwight Hegel



County West Real Estate

1720 Burnt Boat Drive, Suite 2

Bismarck ND 58503

Contact: Bill Clairmont



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Department of Commerce employee alerts – The ND Department of Commerce continues to offer “employee alerts” to businesses interested in receiving resumes of individuals currently living outside of North Dakota who are interested in employment opportunities in the state. If your business is interested in receiving resumes’ from the DOC via these e-mail employee alerts, please contact Sarah Johnson at the DOC and ask her to include you or someone else from your organization on the employee alert distribution list. You will then begin to receive the resumes’ directly whenever the DOC sends them out. Sarah can be reached at 701-328-7264 or sakjohnson@nd.gov.



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Jobs available in the oil patch - If you are interested in the jobs in the oil patch, whether just out of curiosity or because you might know someone who might be looking for a job, this week’s list of openings can be viewed HERE. For these and other employment opportunities in Bismarck-Mandan and throughout the state, go to www.jobsnd.com.



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