WDSE WDSE WDSE WDSE >> THIS IS "IN BUSINESS" AND I’M CAN BUEHLER.

THREE YEARS ARTS, CULTURE, AND HISTORY CENTER, FINDING NEW USES AND SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS TRULY EXCITING AND OUR SHOW IS EXCITING BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, THEY MAKE WHAT HE OR?

WE WILL VISIT A NEW BUSINESS.

THEN WE TAKE YOU BACK TO ONE OF THE ORIGINAL THEY MAKE WHAT HERE ?

THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT FINDING THE COOLEST PRODUCT MADE IN MINNESOTA.

WE HAVE A LOT ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

IT IS NOT ALL THAT THE SHOW IS.

I JUST NEED SOMETHING ELSE TO DO FOR THE REST OF THE SHOW.

>> YOU GO.

HOLD THIS.

KEN: THANKS.

I WISH I COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE REST OF THE SHOW.

♪ ♪ KEN: WELCOME TO "IN BUSINESS," I’M KEN BUEHLER.

WE ARE CELEBRATING THINGS RIGHT IN THE NORTH LAND AND VISIT SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN OUR ORANGE CONE CONSTRUCTION ZONE.

WE BEGIN IN CANAL PARK WHERE A NEW STORE SHOWCASING PRODUCTS MADE BY MAKERS ACROSS THE NATION.

WE ARE AT GROUND ZERO IN TOURISM FOR DULUTH AND AT A BRAND-NEW BUSINESS ANSWERING THE QUESTION THEY MAKE WHAT HERE?

WITH ME ARE THE OWNERS OF NORTH AND SURE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

KEN: 2017, YOU STARTED THIS ENDEAVOR, HOW DID IT BEGAN -- BEGIN?

>> WE MOVED UP HERE IN COLLEGE AND WE HAVE HAD A LOVE FOR THE NORTH SHORE AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT WAS HANDMADE PRODUCTS THAT REPRESENTED THIS AREA AND SO THAT WAS A BIG REASON THAT STARTED OUR INSPIRATION FOR STARTING THE SHOP.

KEN: IT WAS ORIGINALLY OUT OF THE CAMPER, I UNDERSTAND.

>> YES, WE STARTED IN WEST TOULOUSE IN A 500 SQUARE-FOOT SPACE AND AFTER THAT WE TRANSITIONED TO A MOBILE CAMPER SO WE PURCHASED AN OLD TRAILER AND FLIPPED IT AND IT WAS USED AS AN ICEFISHING HOUSE WHEN WE FIRST PURCHASED IT AND WE FLIPPED IT AND TRANSFORMED IT INTO A LITTLE SHOP AND WE WOULD POP UP AT BREWERIES AND COFFEE SHOPS AROUND THE NORTH SHORE.

>> CANAL PARK, SAME CONCEPT, BUT A NEW NAME.

>> WE WANT FROM OUR TINY CAMPER AND OPENED OUR STOREFRONT IN THE CRAFT DISTRICT AND THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO OPEN A SECOND STOREFRONT SO IT IS AN EXCITING EXPANSION AND THERE IS A LOT MORE ROOM TO ROAM THAN OUR CAMPER.

KEN: THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS IS NORTH & SHORE.

EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS AS FAR AS THE MERCHANDISE YOU CARRY?

>> WE TRY TO REPRESENT THE NORTH LAND IN THE STOREFRONT.

THIS IS A SLICE OF THE NORTH SHORE SO THE NAME NORTH & SHORE IS GETTING AT THAT IDEA THAT WE ARE TRYING TO REPRESENT ALL THIS GREAT LAND HAS TO OFFER.

>> MOST OF THE MAKERS WE CARRY ARE NORTH SHORE-BASED, SO THERE IS THAT NATURAL, INSPIRED FEEL FOR THEIR GOODS SO THAT IS A BIG PART OF IT.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE AREA OF OUR SHOP, OUR KIDS CORNER.

WE DO HAVE SOME LOCAL REPRESENTATION HERE.

THIS IS WRITTEN BY ELIZA WHEELER, "COZY SUMMER DAY."

THIS BOOK LAST MONTH THAN OSCAR’S VOYAGE IS A BOOK ABOUT A FREIGHTER SHIP.

YOU CAN SEE THE BRIDGE, SO IT IS SUPER LOCAL.

REALLY FUN OPTIONS IN THIS CORNER AND JUST A LOT OF THOSE NORTH SHORE INSPIRED GOODS.

THIS IS OUR POTTERY AREA.

I WANTED TO SHOW OFF SOME OF THESE DOWN HERE.

THESE ARE CREATED BY KRISTIN FROM JUNIPER BLUE, A DULUTH ARTIST.

SCANDINAVIAN, SWEDISH INSPIRED.

SHE DOES TEA TOWELS.

WE HAVE SOME OF HER RAPPING PEOPLE.

THESE ARE SOME SWEDISH DISH CLOTHS.

THESE ARE OUR PRINTS.

WE LOVE TO CARRY THOSE BECAUSE THEY ARE AT AN ACCESSIBLE PRICE POINT.

YOU ROTATE THEM WITH THE SEASONS OR AS YOUR OWN PREFERENCES CHANGE.

EVERY DAY ANTONIA MAY IS ONE OF OUR DULUTH ARTISTS WE ARE PROUD TO CARRY.

WE HAVE HER STICKERS, HER CARDS, AND SOME REALLY FUN PRINTS.

WHIMSICAL, PLAYFUL, GREAT FOR A CHILDREN’S ROOM OR REALLY ANYWHERE IN YOUR HOME.

THESE EARRINGS ARE MADE BY LISA AND I’M WEARING ONE TODAY ALSO, THEY ARE MADE FROM BIRCHBARK.

SHE FORAGES THIS BIRCHBARK AROUND THE DULUTH AREA AND MAKES THESE BEAUTIFUL EARRINGS, SO THEY ARE ONE OF OUR POPULAR SELECTIONS WE HAVE.

PEOPLE LOVE THAT NATURAL ELEMENT.

>> AND THEN WE HAVE SWEDISH-INSPIRED WOODWORKING.

THEY ACTUALLY HELPED US OUT WITH A LOT OF OUR DISPLAYS IN OUR SHOP TOO.

MOST OF OUR DISPLAYS ARE HANDMADE.

>> THESE ARE SUPER FUN.

THEY ARE JUST A STATEMENT PIECE, EVERYBODY ASKS ABOUT THESE BY MARY BETH AT HER PROPERTY SO SHE HAND FORAGES THE HANDLES AND THEN SHE HAND DIES THEM AS WELL.

THE WHOLE THING IS HANDCRAFTED LIKE A SUPER AWESOME, FUNCTIONAL PIECE OF ART THAT WILL LAST YOU MANY YEARS SO IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIECES WE HAVE HERE.

IF YOU ARE A DULUTHIAN, YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THESE AROUND.

THEY ARE A VERY LOVED PRODUCT MADE BY KRISTIN AND HER TEAM IN TESCO, MINNESOTA.

WE CARRY THEM IN SMALL AND LARGER SIZES.

IT IS PURE WHACKS, GREAT FRAGRANCES THAT ARE VERY CLEAN.

THEY ARE A CUSTOMER FAVORITE FOR SURE.

REALLY ANY TIME OF YEAR PEOPLE ARE LOVING THEM.

THIS IS OUR APPAREL CORNER.

WE WORK WITH A COMPANY CALLED TWIN CITIES PRINTS TO PRINT THE DESIGNS ON THEM, BUT MANY OF THESE DESIGNS ARE CREATED BY LOCAL ARTISTS.

WILD KID DESIGN, SHE DESIGNED THE MUSHROOM PRINT FOR US.

THIS IS EVERY DAY ANTONIA MAY, ANOTHER ONE OF HER DESIGNS SHE MADE CUSTOM AS A COLLABORATION WITH US.

IT IS JUST FUN TO WORK WITH ARTISTS.THEY KIND OF CREATE THE DESIGN AND WE CAN TWEAK IT FOR OUR APPAREL AND WE CAN PUT IT ON PRINTS AND CARDS AND THINGS.

IT IS FUN TO HAVE THE CUSTOM PIECES.

KEN: FROM CANDLES TO CERAMIC STEW ARTWORK TO PRINTS, WE ARE ANSWERING THE QUESTION, "THEY MAKE WHAT HERE?"

WITH SARAH AND SCOTT CLIFTON, THE OWNERS OF NORTH & SHORE HERE IN CANAL PARK AND THIS IS "IN BUSINESS."

FROM THAT NEW STORE THAT ANSWERS THE AGE-OLD QUESTION "THEY MAKE WHAT HERE?"

-- FOR MANY LOCAL MADE PRODUCTS TO A PIONEERING COMPANY THAT CAME UP WITH THEIR OWN ANSWER OVER 65 YEARS AGO.

IF PART OF HER NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR, YOU ARE MOST LIKELY AN OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST, BACKPACKER, CAMPER, OR MAYBE A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER BECAUSE THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE THAT IN YOUR KNAPSACK IS A SVEN SAW INVENTED BY HER FATHER RICHARD SVENSON.

YOU ARE THE OWNER AND PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY THAT MAKES THE SVEN SAW, INVENTED BY YOUR FATHER TIED TO THE BOUNDARY WATER CANOE AREA.

EXPLAIN.

>> MY DAD WAS AN ENGINEER WHO LOVED BEING OUTSIDE.

BACK IN 1960, HE WAS HEADED INTO THE COUNTRY WITH HIS BROTHER AND MY COUSINS WHO ARE A BIT OLDER THAN I AND THERE WAS A PARTY BRUSHING OUT, SOMEBODY HAD HIT THEIR FOOT WITH AN ASK -- AXE AND MY DAD SAID THERE HAD TO BE A BETTER WAY.

IT IS THE FIRST FOLDING SAW.

ANYTHING AFTER THAT IS KIND OF COPYING.

[LAUGHTER] KEN: ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE SVEN-SAW THAT NOW THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION I SEE HERE WITH ME ON THE DESK, BUT THERE WAS A MONUMENTAL MOMENT THAT WAS BY COMPLETE CHANCE AND YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS PART OF THE STORY UP.

YOUR PARENTS ARE VACATIONING IN SEATTLE AND SOMETHING HAPPENS.

>> SOMETHING HAPPENED.

I SHOULD PREFACE THIS WITH THE OTHER THING MY DAD SAID A LOT, WHICH HE HAD TO BE THE LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD.

ONE OF THOSE INSTANCES WAS IN 1962, MY PARENTS HAD DRIVEN FROM HERE TO SEATTLE AND MY MOM WAS VISITING RELATIVES AND MY DAD WAS LOOKING WHAT SHOULD I DO FOR OUTDOOR STORES AND HE FOUND RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT INC.. AS HE TOLD THE STORY, HE FOUND THIS LITTLE SHOP ON THE SECOND FLOOR ABOVE A RESTAURANT, HE CLIMBED WHAT HE SAID WERE RICKETY STAIRS IN A ONE-ROOM STORE WITH CLIMBING GEAR HANGING ON THE WALL AND A REALLY TALL GUY UNFOLDED HIMSELF AND SAID, I’M JIM WHITAKER, WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?

I INVENTED THIS SAW, I THINK YOUR MEMBERS WOULD LIKE IT.

HE SAID, WHY DON’T YOU SELL ME SIX?

BY THE TIME THEY HAD DRIVEN HOME, REI HAD BOUGHT SIX MORE.

BY THE NEXT YEAR, JIM EVERETT HAD CLIMBED MOUNT EVEREST AS THE FIRST AMERICAN -- JIM WHITAKER HAD CLIMBED MOUNT EVEREST AS THE FIRST AMERICAN AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

KEN: THE FIRST EMPLOYEE TO RECOGNIZE THERE WAS A MARKET FOR THIS SAW HAD TO BODE VERY WELL IN HINDSIGHT.

>> EXACTLY, NOT JUST THE FIRST, BUT THE ONLY EMPLOYEE AT THE TIME.

[LAUGHTER] KEN: WHAT MAKES THE SVEN-SAW SO UNIQUE AND SUCCESSFUL AND SO SAFE?

>> SAFETY WAS THE REASON FOR IT.

LIKE -- WHEN YOU PUT THIS ONE AWAY, IT IS JUST THIS BIG AND THE BLADE IS ENTIRELY PROTECTED FROM YOU, FROM YOUR GEAR.

YOU CAN REACH IN YOUR BACKPACK ANYWHERE AND YOU CAN KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE CUT.

SO, THE FACT THAT IT IS REALLY DURABLE, THEY LAST, WE REGULARLY HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT IT IN THEIR 60’S.

IT IS GOING MULTIGENERATIONAL.

THE RED HANDLE SHOWS UP.

WE HAD SOME GIRL SCOUTS TELL US AT A SHOW IN MADISON, THEY SAID THEY HAVE OFTEN FOUND THE SVEN-SAW BECAUSE OF THE RED HANDLE AFTER EVERYTHING HAD BEEN PACKED UP.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN MADE IN MINNESOTA.

KEN: LINNEA SWENSON TELLEKSON IS OUR GUEST.

THIS SAW WAS VERY IMPORTANT IN A RECENT COMPETITION TO FIND THE COOLEST THING MADE IN MINNESOTA AND THAT IS HELD BY THE MINNESOTA CHAMBER.

YOUR FATHER’S SAW WAS IN YOUR WINTER IN THAT CONTEST.

ELIZABETH SHERRY IS THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND SHE TALKED TO "IN BUSINESS" ABOUT THIS YEAR’S COOL QUEST.

>> THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR, SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE RAMPING INTO ANOTHER GREAT YEAR FOR THIS COMPETITION, THE COOLEST THING MADE IN MINNESOTA.

IT STARTED OFF IN 2020 FOUR AND WE HAVE A MARCH MADNESS STYLE BRACKET TO HAVE THE PUBLIC VOTE, WHAT IS THE COOLEST THING MADE?

I LOVE THAT YOU FEATURED THESE BECAUSE I THINK I DO THAT EVERY YEAR WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT NOMINATIONS CAME IN, WHICH IS THE PERIOD OF TIME WE ARE IN, WE ARE ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS.

IF YOU ARE PART OF A COMPANY THAT MAKES SOMETHING AWESOME AND COOL AND YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT IT, WE WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF THIS CONTEST AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO PUT YOU IN FRONT OF A PUBLIC ROUND IN A BRACKET-STYLE WHERE YOU MIGHT COMPETE AGAINST SPAM OR ONE OF YOUR GUYS’ LOCAL COMPANIES AND SEE, ARE YOU COOLER THAN THAT AIRPLANE AND ARE YOU COOLER THAN THAT CAN OF SPAM?

KEN: AND AT ONE TIME, I THINK THE SECOND YEAR, IT WAS SCOTCH TAPE THAT WON.

>> IT WAS OUR INAUGURAL WINNER IN 2024, THEY WERE CELEBRATING 100 YEARS.

IT IS HARD TO BE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR HANDS EVERY DAY.

THE NEXT YEAR WAS POLARIS’ MILITARY RAZOR.

IT IS MADE SO CLOSE TO THE CANADIAN BORDER, THEY COULD PROBABLY THROW A MILITARY RAZOR ACROSS THE BORDER.

KEN: WHAT ARE SOME OF THE COOLEST THINGS THAT MIGHT BE ENTERED THIS YEAR COULD BE?

HAVE YOU SEEN ANY PRELIMINARY NOMINEES?

>> I WILL SAY SOME OF THE ONES WHERE I HAVE HAD A PRIVILEGE OF DOING TOURS PERSONALLY HAVE ENTERED.

ANY TIME I THINK ANYONE INVITES ME INTO I WILL USE THE WORD HOME , THESE WONDERFUL MANUFACTURERS AND INNOVATORS THAT ARE THERE, THE TOURS THAT THEY GIVE, YOU WOULD ASK ME WHAT IS MY FAVORITE TOUR?

IT IS THE LAST WHEN I WAS ON.

DID YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE LARGEST PRODUCERS OF STADIUM RAILINGS ARE HERE IN MINNESOTA?

MAKING STEALING -- STADIUM RAILINGS ACROSS THE WORLD.

I’M SITTING IN TARGET FIELD RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS WHEN IT CAME -- WHY IT CAME TO MIND.

MOST OF YOUR CEILING TILES ARE MADE IN MINNESOTA.

YOU TOUCH MINNESOTA PRODUCTS MORE THAN YOU THINK.

KEN: GIVE US THE TIMELINES.

>> WE HAVE RAMPED INTO OUR NOMINATION PERIOD.IF -- IF YOU ARE PART OF A COMPANY THAT MAKE SOMETHING COOL, TAKES A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO DO THE NOMINATION PROCESS.

THEN YOU WILL SEE OUR TOP 64 AND AFTER THAT, IT IS IN THE PUBLIC’S HANDS.

WE ARE AN AUTHENTIC CONTEST AND WE WANT TO SEE PEOPLE WHAT PEOPLE -- AND WE WANT TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ENGAGE WITH.

I THINK OUT OF THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE I’VE ENJOYED IS HOW A COMMUNITY CAN RALLY BEHIND SMALL BUSINESSES.

YES, OUR LAST TWO WINNERS WERE LARGE BUSINESSES, BUT SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE GOTTEN SO, SO CLOSE.

IF I COULD SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC VOTING ROUND AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW, REALLY LOOK AT THOSE COMMUNITY BUSINESSES THAT ARE MAKING SOMETHING.

AND I HOPE THIS YEAR WE CAN HAVE A CINDERELLA STORY AND CROWN A SMALL BUSINESS AS OUR WINNER.

KEN: WHAT DOES THE WINNER GET OTHER THAN BRAGGING RIGHTS?

>> GOODNESS, I ALWAYS THINK THAT REALLY THESE TYPES OF THINGS LIKE YOU ARE HELPING THE CAUSE, THIS AWARENESS IS A WIN.

ANYTIME YOU CAN TALK ABOUT A PRODUCT MADE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, IT IS AN INCREDIBLE IMPACT THEY MAKE IN THE COMMUNITY BY HAVING THEIR BUSINESSES NEAR YOU OR IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

RIGHT THERE HANDS DOWN IT IS A GREAT WIN BUT WE MAKE A TROPHY, IT IS CUSTOM-MADE BY A COMPANY THAT MAKES IT IN MINNESOTA.

WE CAN’T HAVE A TROPHY MADE SOME MORE AND GIFTED TO THE COOL THING MADE IN MINNESOTA.

SO A COMPANY CALLED CLAU MAKES THIS TROPHY AND IT IS A SOLID PIECE OF STEEL AND IT IS INCREDIBLY DONE BY THEIR TEAM.

KEN: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE COOLEST THING MADE IN MINNESOTA, YOU GET A CHANCE TO VOTE.

OUR GUEST HAS BEEN ELIZABETH SHERRY, THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND IN CHARGE OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE MINNESOTA CHAMBER.

GIVE THAT WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN VOTE.

>> IT IS COOLESTTHINGMN.COM.

VISIT FOR ANY THINGS -- ANY INFORMATION ON THE TIMELINES.

HAVE A BOOKLET OF THE LAST 64.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE TOP 64 FROM LAST YEAR AND EVEN THE YEAR PRIOR, YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT THERE.

KEN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING ON "IN BUSINESS."

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

KEN: THE SVEN-SAW FINISHED 16TH IN THE FIRST RUNNING.

LINNEA SWENSON TELLEKSON IS OUR GUEST.

HOW IMPORTANT HAS IT BEEN FOR THE SVEN-SAW IN THE COMPANY YOU NOW OWN AND OUR PRESIDENT HAVE TO HAVE YOUR HEADQUARTERS IN DULUTH?

>> THERE ARE SO MANY INCREDIBLY CAPABLE PEOPLE AND CREATIVE PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE HELPED US.

RICK DESIGNED THIS PACKAGE AND JS PRINT GROUP HAS CREATED THAT FOR US.

WE HAVE THIS SLEEVE THAT FROST RIVER MAKES ESPECIALLY FOR US AND OUR WEBSITE, SVENSAW.COM, HAS A GREAT VIDEO OF MY PARENTS DONE BY DUDLEY EVANSON.

KEN: YOU MUST BE VERY PROUD OF THE TRADITION.

GOING FORWARD, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE FUTURE FOR THE SVEN-SAW AND YOUR COMPANY?

>> WE WANT TO GIVE DOING IT AND MAKING THEM AND PUTTING THEM IN PEOPLE’S HANDS AS LONG AS PEOPLE WANT TO BUY THEM AND I THINK THEY ARE UP AT A GOOD PRODUCT.

[LAUGHTER] KEN: AND THEY LAST A LONG TIME.

>> YES, THEY DO.

KEN: LINNEA SWENSON TELLEKSON OF THE SVEN-SAW FAME INVENTED BY YOUR FATHER RICHARD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING "IN BUSINESS ."

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

KEN: LINNEA SWENSON TELLEKSON IS THE OWNER AND PRESIDENT OF SVEN-SAW AND OUR GUEST ON "IN BUSINESS," AND NOW TO A VERY FUN PART OF OUR PROGRAM BECAUSE IT IS TIME FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF ORANGE CONE CONSTRUCTION ZONE, WHERE WE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE LATEST CONSTRUCTION HAPPENINGS ACROSS THE NORTHLAND.

THIS IS AN ORANGE CONE CONSTRUCTION ZONE WE ARE AT 41 DOCK STREET IN SUPERIOR WHICH WILL BE A CONSTRUCTION ZONE FOR FIVE YEARS.

WE ARE AT 41 DOCK STREET AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GRAIN ELEVATOR BEHIND ME.

IT IS THE LARGEST GRAIN HANDLING FACILITY AT THE HEAD OF THE LAKES.

OVER 18.5 MILLION BUSHEL CAPACITY, IT HANDLED ALMOST HALF THE GRAIN THAT TRAVERSED THROUGH THE TWIN PORTS AND CHS CLOSED AT AUGUST 2025 AND YOU MAY BE HEARING THIS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, THERE WAS A BUYER ON THE HORIZON.

THIS WEEK, THE SUPERIOR CITY COUNCIL MADE NOTICE OF TWO LEASES THAT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW OWNER.

THOSE CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE FEDERAL MONEY THAT WENT INTO DOCK WORK HERE AND PRESERVING THE DOCK FOR THE FUTURE.

BECAUSE IT WAS THROUGH THE CITY OF SUPERIOR, THEY GOT LEASES FOR THE SPACE.

THOSE WILL GO TO THE NEW OWNER.

WHO ARE THEY?

A VERY WELL-KNOWN HEAD OF THE LAKES MARITIME CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CALLED REN WORKS.

THEY HAVE AN OFFER TO BUY THIS AND USE IT AS THEIR HEADQUARTERS AND POSSIBLY, MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD RETURN GRAIN TO THE WATERFRONT HERE IN SUPERIOR.

THE BIG NEWS, THE CHS DOCK IS FOR SALE.

THERE IS A BUYER ON THE HORIZON AND IT IS A LOCAL MARITIME CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND THAT IS WHAT MAKES THIS AN ORANGE CONE CONSTRUCTION ZONE.

OUR ORANGE CONE IS TRIFLING -- TRAVELING TO HERMANTOWN TO MEET THESE ORANGE CONES OUTSIDE OF THE TRAINING FACILITY WHICH IS EXPANDING BECAUSE THERE IS AN EXPANDING NEED FOR THE GRADUATES OF THIS PROGRAM.

LET’S GO IN AND FIND OUT.

WE LEFT OUR ORANGE CONE OUT ON THE SIDEWALK AND WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THE EXPANSION GOING ON AT LOCAL 512, THE IRON WORKERS UNION.

WITH US IS THE COORDINATOR OF TRAINING HERE AT THE TRAINING INSTITUTION THAT IS NOW EXPANDING AND TELL US ABOUT THAT EXPANSION.

>> WE ARE REALLY BUSY, OUR NUMBERS ARE REALLY BUSY WITH THE PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE ADDED A 7000 SQUARE-FOOT EXPANSION AND THE COST OF THAT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $3 MILLION.

>> SO IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE EQUIPPED WITH, WE HAVE BEEN TRAINING HERE FOR JUST SHY OF 20 YEARS IN THIS FACILITY.

THE SHOPS YOU ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT HERE, WE DO MOCKUPS, WE HAVE BUILDINGS WE PUT UP.

TENSION, REBAR, STRUCTURAL METAL BUILDINGS, SO WE PUT UP BUILDINGS THAT WE TEAR DOWN AT THE END OF THE WEEK.

SO ALL OF THAT STUFF IS GOING TO BE HEADED OUT, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT A 7000 SQUARE-FOOT ADDITION.

AND A BIG PART OF THIS IS NOT JUST THE SIZE OF THIS, BUT IT IS THE HEIGHT AS WELL, SO WE ARE CAPABLE OF PUTTING THE BUILDINGS UP IN HERE.

IF YOU SEE THE IN BEDS IN THE FLOOR, WE HAVE A TWO-STORY MOCKUP.

TRAINEES GET TO WORK ON IT, SO IT IS REALLY REFLECTIVE OF EVERYTHING YOU DO IN THE FIELD.

IDENTICAL.

KEN: CAN BE DONE RIGHT HERE.

>> RIGHT HERE.

KEN: IT IS A MARVELOUS ADDITION.

WHEN DO YOU THINK THIS WILL BE DONE AND STUDENTS WILL ACTUALLY BE IN?

>> WE ORIGINALLY HAD A START DATE OF THE START OF OUR SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS AUGUST 3.

WE ARE PROBABLY A COUPLE WEEKS BEHIND THAT DUE TO SOME OF THE MATERIALS.

WINDOWS ARE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND SCHEDULE.

OUTSIDE OF THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT A GRAND OPENING, WE TALKED TO OUR MANAGEMENT THIS MORNING AND PROBABLY EARLY OCTOBER WHERE WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE AND OPEN UP THE FACILITY TO REALLY EVERYBODY.

COMMUNITY, MEMBERSHIP, AND LET THEM SEE WHAT WE’VE GOT GOING ON.

KEN: THE TRAINING COORDINATOR HERE AT THE IRONWORKS LOCAL #512 TRAINING INSTITUTE HERE IN HERMANTOWN AND THIS IS "IN BUSINESS."

LIKE THE OLD PALADIN SHOW, HAVE ORANGE CONE, WILL TRAVEL.

WE ARE UP THE NORTH SHORE.

DULUTH IS THAT WAY.

AND YOU PROBABLY MEMBER THE EPISODE WE DID ON TOM’S LOGGING CAMP, IT IS ACROSS THE ROAD.

AND THIS IS AN ORANGE CONE CONSTRUCTION ZONE.

PETER IS AN ARTIST, A MIXED-MEDIA ARTIST.

HE IS PRIMARILY A SCULPTOR.

OVER THE LAST DECADE, HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE HAD ANOTHER COMPANY.

IT IS CALLED GREAT LAKES WOULD COMPANY.

WHAT THEY DO IS THERMALLY TREAT PINE, ASH, AND CEDAR AND MAKE SIDING FOR HOMES AND BUSINESSES THAT THEY SHIP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND WHAT THEY ARE BUILDING HERE IS A FINAL ASSEMBLY AND DISTRIBUTION UNIT TO SHIP THE PRODUCT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

IT IS CALLED GREAT LAKES WOOD COMPANY AND AS I SAID THEY ARE BUILDING THIS SPOT HERE RIGHT NEXT TO TOM’S LOGGING CAMP AND IT WILL BE A SHIPPING AND DISTRIBUTION SITE.

THE COMPANY IS OF COURSE ALL ABOUT THE WOODS AND THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, SO IT MAKES GOOD SENSE TO BE UP ON THE NORTH SHORE.

THE PRODUCT IS ACTUALLY MADE NOT FAR FROM HERE, SO IT WILL COME HERE, BE ASSEMBLED AND SHIPPED, AND BE ON SIGHTINGS ON BUILDINGS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THEY HAVE INVITED US BACK TO TAKE A LOOK INSIDE ONCE THE WORK IS DONE WHICH WILL BE SOMETIME IN OCTOBER.

RIGHT NOW IT IS AN ORANGE CONE CONSTRUCTION ZONE.

WE ARE IN THE QUEEN CITY OF VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA, ON THE MORE -- IRON RANGE FOR AN ORANGE CONE CONSTRUCTION ZONE.

THIS IS CITY HALL BUILT BACK IN THE 1920’S AND IS NOW GOING THROUGH A MAJOR RENOVATION.

THEY ARE CLOSING THE STEAM PLANT.

VIRGINIA WAS ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT HAD CENTRAL STEAM HEAT.

THE PLANT IS OLD, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRUMBLING, SO AT THE END OF OCTOBER, THE STEAM PLANT WILL BE NO MORE.

ALL THE BUSINESSES AND HOMES SERVED BY THAT ARE HAVING TO CONVERT TO OTHER FORMS OF HEAT, GAS, ELECTRIC, WHATEVER.

A MAJOR RENOVATION TO GO OFF THE STEAM PLANT AND ONTO NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRICITY TO HEAT THE BUILDING.

THEY ARE DOING SO MUCH MORE.

SOMETHING THEY HAVE NEVER HAD BEFORE, HVAC, AIR-CONDITIONING, AND THEY ARE DOING RESTORATION TO THE BUILDING ITSELF.

THIS BUILDING SUFFERED A FIRE AND A FLOOD AND THAT MEANS WORK ON THE INTERIOR AS WELL.

ALL THAT AS YOU SEE IS GOING ON, BUT THE DEADLINE IS COMING UP FOR THIS $1.4 MILLION PROJECT IN VIRGINIA AND THAT IS AT THE END OF OCTOBER, THAT IS WHEN THE STEAM IS SHUT OFF.

AND THAT IS WHY THIS IS AN ORANGE CONE CONSTRUCTION ZONE.

I’M KEN BUEHLER, THANKS FOR WATCHING THIS WEEK’S >> -- THIS WEEK’S "IN BUSINESS."

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THANKS AGAIN FOR WATCHING AND UNTIL NEXT TIME, LET’S TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.

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