Lake City Economic Development Authority

EDA pushes Lake City 'Opportunity Zone' application

Mar 7, 2018

Lake City may or may not be designated an “Opportunity Zone.” But if it isn’t, it won’t be for lack of trying on the part of the Lake City Economic Development Authority. One of the less-publicized provisions of the federal tax overhaul signed into law last December, the program offers tax breaks...

Downtown hotel project on ice

Feb 7, 2018

A letter of understanding between the Lake City Economic Development Authority (EDA) and a hotel developer giving the developer exclusive rights to develop a project encompassing downtown land owned by the EDA has expired. The letter formally expired at the end of January, but developer David...

Penny: REVing Lake City and other small towns

Feb 7, 2018

At Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) we know that growth comes from within. In all of our programming we aim to lift up the communities in our region by providing them with resources and a framework for success, but it is the people within our partner communities who ultimately...

Hospice 'not a dead deal'

Nov 29, 2017

Wabasha County commissioners dealt a setback to a proposed hospice facility in Lake City Nov. 21 when they refused to consider a tax abatement for the project, but the CEO of the company that would operate the facility said it was not a death blow. “I would say this is definitely not a dead deal...

Grants to attract workers, support entrepreneurs

Nov 9, 2017

The Lake City Economic Development Authority (EDA) has recieved two grants, one to help the city attract and retain residents, and one to help the city nurture entrepreneurs. The Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) will sponsor the city’s participation in “Making it Home,” a University...

Update: Special meeting on hospice is cancelled

Nov 2, 2017

A Nov. 6 special City Council meeting to consider a tax abatement for a proposed hospice facility in Lake City has been cancelled. In an email, City Clerk Kari Schreck said the council would address the issue at their regular meeting on Nov. 13. The developers are seeking a tax abatement worth up...

EDA gives hotel developer an extension

Nov 2, 2017

The Lake City Economic Development Authority (EDA) voted to give David Rodewald a 90 day extension to satisfy the terms of a letter of understanding between he and the EDA. The letter promises Rodewald that the EDA will not enter into negotiations to sell the former Conoco gas station property on...

Made in Lake City, sent around the globe

Oct 11, 2017

Exports was the featured topic at the annual manufacturing week luncheon organized by the Lake City Chamber of Commerce and the Lake City Economic Development Authority Oct. 5 at Lake City Family Restaurant. “Over the years, nine Lake City manufacturers have exported products to 66 countries and...

Letter: EDA needs referendum to see former Conoco site

Oct 5, 2017

To the editor: I’m concerned about the future of the Conoco site that Kwik Trip donated to our city. The public, you and I, have an interest in that donated property that is on the verge of being embezzled. At risk is the public’s right to decide by referendum if public property lying within the...

Tourism Bureau reaffirms 'South Shore' branding