Good article in yesterday’s Sunday Star Tribune by our own Nick Eian. Nick is CEO of Endurant Business Solutions and an Eden Prairie resident. I serve with Nick on the Board of Habitat For Technology. He has held executive positions with several Fortune 500 companies in the Twin Cities. Nick’s first Business Forum, which appeared June 7, was recognized this month as one of the best business commentaries of the year by Twin Cities Business Monthly. You can reach Nick at: nick.eian@endurant.com.
The article addresses the current trend of “offshoring” jobs and business functions. Nick believes it’s not always a good thing to do. I agree. While there may be a world-wide market rate for “tightening a nut”, as Governor Pawlenty frequently says (and I think he’s right about that), there must be a point at which it actually costs more to do it in China than it does in Minnesota. Whatever “it” happens to be.
There was another article in yesterday’s Star Tribune that we ought to pay attention to in Eden Prairie. This one deals with the fiscal situation in Carver County and how it might impact the County road projects associated with the coming construction of the new Highway 212.
The money is coming for the Hwy. 212 project. It’s on the way. We are getting ready for it. We haven’t yet determined exact size of our local costs, but we have determined they are within our means and that we are ready to go. It’s important to us that Carver County do the same. In the end, this road project is more for them than it is for us.
