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    Business Lab available to assist ALL Sherburne County businesses

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    Economic Development Strategy complete

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW

Success. It's what every business owner and executive seeks. Choosing the right environment to achieve that success can be a business's most important decision.

Sherburne County is committed to:

  • Understanding the needs of growing businesses 
  • Providing prompt, friendly service to help businesses expand efficiently 
  • Creating a healthy and stable environment where residents, businesses, and communities can grow and succeed
  • Keeping agriculture a leading industry in Sherburne County while supporting and enhancing county and local efforts to preserve and protect critical farmland

Sherburne County is committed to helping businesses from all sectors find the sites, workforce, and resources they need to thrive. A variety of successful business and industrial parks and active economic development authorities support development activity.

Strategic PlanJessica Barthel

On March 20, 2018, the County Board approved an updated Strategic Plan 2018-2020. This plan was initially approved on July 15, 2014. The intent of this plan is to help guide the County's work over the next one to three years so that County resources are all aligned toward common goals.


Jessica Barthel
Economic Development 
Coordinator