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Article: Technology blooms on the prairie; Eden Prairie boasts one of the highest concentrations of technology companies in the Upper Midwest. The companies came without tax breaks or land deals. And as they succeeded, others followed them.(BUSINESS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- February 4, 2001
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Scott Thiss moved his high-tech plastics business to Eden Prairie because he wanted to be near the highways, the airport and his high-tech customers.
He didn't come alone.
Eden Prairie is a rapidly growing upscale suburb that has quietly bloomed into a high-tech hub and is home to one of the highest concentrations of technology companies in not only the Twin Cities but the entire Upper Midwest.
The success of Eden Prairie may show business, government and civic leaders that high-technology growth in Minnesota doesn't necessarily need to be manufactured.
No one planned the high-tech boom. And no one knows exactly why the city has ...