Greater Mankato Growth (GMG)

Business development --the 2022 business awards and hall of fame sold out. 440 participants and 16 awards were presented between our four business units. --worked on over 60 projects seeking to enter or expand in Greater mn. --ran 2 talent recruitment campaigns totaling 19,300 impressions. --visit Mankato hosted colleagues from mn for the annual education summit with 50 in person and 15 attendees. --greenseam presented at the mn ag expo, farmfest, mn pork congress, and mn chamber of commerce annual meetings. --city center partnership's bonus gift card program saw 38,000 in receipts turned in for bonus gift cards equating to 5 in additional spending for every 1 ccp invested. --Greater Mankato hosted the 2022 annual meeting, 219 people attended in person and event was held on zoom. --56 sports, 15 conferences and 9 leaser events brought 10.8 million to the region. --Mankato marathon hosted +3,100 runners from 32 states with an economic impact of 1.85 million. --Greater Mankato golf tournament gathered 155 golfers and 37 sponsors for business connections and networking. --senior games hosed 522 participants from 26 states with an estimated economic impact of 478,589 --280 attendees joined greenseam's celebration of ag event. --e-news subscribers increased 116%, facebook likes increased 18% and instagram followers increased 24% organizational --4th largest chamber of commerce in mn --909 members, 74 new members --31 volunteers with Greater Mankato cavaliers --87 ambassadors' visits for new businesses in the Greater Mankato area

Livability --31 new sculptures were installed on the 10th anniversary of walking sculpture tour --city center partnership hosted 3 installments of the free concert series alive after 5 --hosted 4 installments of songs on the lawn, also a free concert series. --28 businesses participated in adopt a planter program. --24 businesses participated in the let it glow campaign in 2022.

Advocacy & visibility --visit Mankato leadership testified at senate hearings in support of explore mn tourism 6m funding request for recovery programs --worked with congressional delegation to introduced legislation that would expand the opportunity zones program nationwide. --celebrated the ribbon cutting on new highway 14 section between owatonna and dodge center, after years of advocacy for its completion. --greenseam published the 2022 state of ag survey report, focusing on the state of agriculture in our region.

Talent --170 members involved in young professionals with 56 new members. --greenseam helped Mankato area schools secure funding to hire a new ag teacher which allowed +400 students to go through the ag program in 2022. --20 participants graduated from leadership institute in aug 2022. --16 business and non-profit leaders participated in the executive sounding board program. --piloted and launched the professional development series.