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  • Pam Ryan-Mejia Featured in “Voyage Minnesota”

    Recent BIG graduate, Pam Ryan-Mejia, is featured in Voyage Minnesota. In this piece, Pam shares the struggles of running a small business during the pandemic, and how she’s had to […]

  • Annette Wildenauer Featured in “Voyage Minnesota”

    Annette Wildenauer, Edina Innovation Lab’s Chief Innovation Officer, is featured in Voyage Minnesota. “We believe the right mixture of community, people, business, and passion can spark the best ideas,” says […]

  • Edina Innovation Lab Featured on WCCO

    The Edina Innovation Lab was featured on WCCO with Chief Innovation Officer Annette Wildenauer and BIG Cohort graduate, Dietrich Nissen of Inherited Stories, showcasing how the Lab helps to support […]

  • Leveling Up Small Businesses: Edina Innovation Lab celebrates first graduating class

    Edina Innovation Lab – a new program to support local entrepreneurs and businesses – celebrated its first graduating class this past February, showcasing success and growth, according to Chief Innovation […]

  • Edina Chamber of Commerce receives $800,000 loan for Innovation Lab

    by Megan Phillips The Edina Housing and Redevelopment Authority on Nov. 17 unanimously approved a loan agreement with the Edina Chamber of Commerce for up to $800,000 for the new […]

  • Edina Chamber Launching Innovation Hub

    “2022 is the Edina Chamber of Commerce’s 50th anniversary, and it was supposed to be a year of celebrations: the biggest gala yet, special events, and cheering a new accelerator program aimed to help emerging businesses. COVID-19 changed all that. When the pandemic shut everything down in 2020, the Chamber lost more than 50 of…