Shines Stories: Omni Training Facility
Omni Training is an inclusive fitness facility in Waite Park, MN. Inclusive meaning all abilities. They specialize in adaptive training for people with different abilities. They include individuals with different abilities in all of our group classes, our training programs, and all of their events.
Shines Stories: Enterprise Academy
In 2016, the Initiative Foundation brought together St. Cloud-area partners to explore ways a partnership-based model could tap the entrepreneurial nature of local residents and accelerate them on the path to business and job creation.
Venture Awaits
Great North Ventures invests in people. Since 2006, the founders have invested in over 60 startups. The company has over 50 advisors who are involved in the fund, with names and corporate connections of the likes of Google, Pinterest, Target, and Walmart to name a few.
Shines Stories: Park Event Center
The Park Event Center’s opening happened just weeks before the onset of the pandemic, in the last week of Jan 2020. They were open for about a month, still working on all of the finishing touches of the building, and then COVID hit.
Stearns Bank Strong
Stearns Bank N.A. is a full-service bank and a nationwide leader in commercial construction lending, USDA and SBA lending and equipment financing. Based in Central Minnesota, where it was first chartered in 1912 as Stearns County State Bank, the company has expanded to multiple locations in Minnesota, Arizona, and Florida, and has employees working remotely from 20+ states.
Shines Stories: Clean Energy Resource Team – CERTs
The Clean Energy Resource Teams are a statewide partnership that was established in 2003 to provide clean energy assistance in Minnesota, with a mission to connect individuals and their communities to the resources they need to identify and implement community-based clean energy projects.
Shines Stories: Second Street Coffee
Meghan Kelsey opened Second Street Coffee in Sartell on the heels of 2022. Located on 2nd Street (go figure), the shop was known for over a decade as Liquid Assets. After a change of owners and closing in 2021, the centrally-located space was up for sale. Walking into the calm but buzzing coffee shop...
Changing Banking for Good
Capital One is a nationally recognized brand with thousands of employees around the globe, so it may be surprising to know just how much the company prides itself on ensuring each individual matters and feels seen, whether as an Associate or a Customer.
Shines Stories: SCPD Recruitment
The St. Cloud Police Department serves the citizens and visitors of the City of St. Cloud, which includes over 41 square miles and over 68,000 citizens. The department consists of 116 sworn police officers and over 50 non-sworn civilian staff members. They have a number of open positions...