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Sample Reports & Surveys
Minnesota BR&E Programs Reports, 1990-Present
Most of the following programs' research reports and summary reports are available for review at the BR&E Strategies Program office in St. Paul. The highlighted programs have summary reports available as Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files.
| Location | Date | Type | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menahga | 2012 | mixed sector | |
| Alexandria | 2006 | manufacturing | |
| Becker and Otter Tail Counties | 1995 | dairy | |
| Becker County | 2004 | tourism | |
| Big Lake | 2007 | mixed sector | |
| Big Stone County | 1998 | mixed sector | |
| Blaine | 2004 | manufacturing | |
| Carver, Chanhassen, Chaska, Victoria | 1997 | mixed sector | |
| Cass County - 1 | 1992 | mixed sector | |
| Cass County - 2 | 1993 | tourism | |
| Chisago County | 1993 | mixed sector | |
| Coon Rapids | 2013 | manufacturing | |
| Crow Wing County | 1994 | tourism | |
| Dakota County | 1997 | technology | |
| Eagan | 2001 | mixed sector | |
| Ethnic Chambers of Commerce | 2008-2010 | mixed sector, community of identity | |
| Faribault | 2002 | mixed sector | |
| Fergus Falls (Otter Tail Co.) | 1993 | mixed sector | |
| Fillmore County | 1990 | mixed sector | |
| Forest Lake | 2011 | mixed sector | |
| Forest Lake (Washington Co.) | 1993-1994 | manufacturing | |
| Freeborn County | 2000 | mixed sector | |
| Grant County | 2000 | mixed sector | |
| Greater North Branch Area (Chisago Co.) | 1990 | mixed sector | |
| Houston County | 1994 | mixed sector | |
| Hugo | 2010 | mixed sector | |
| Isanti | 2001 | mixed sector | |
| Itasca County | 1995 | tourism | |
| Lanesboro Area (Fillmore Co.) | 1998 | mixed sector | |
| Lyon County | 2011 | mixed sector | |
| Marshall County | 1990 | mixed sector | |
| Martin County | 1993-1994 | mixed sector | |
| Midway-University, St. Paul (Ramsey Co.) | 1996 | manufacturing | |
| Mille Lacs, Isanti, Pine, Kanabec, and Chisago Counties | 1995 | dairy | |
| Mississippi River Valley (Goodhue, Wabasha Counties + Wisconsin) | 1996 | tourism | |
| Monticello | 2011 | mixed sector | |
| Moorhead (Clay Co.) | 1999 | mixed sector | |
| Mora | 2007-2008 | mixed sector | |
| Murray County | 1994 | swine | |
| Nicollet, Sibley, LeSueur, Blue Earth, Waseca, and Faribault Counties | 1995 | swine | |
| Nobles County | 1993-1994 | mixed sector | |
| Northern Lights Tourism (Aitkin, Crow Wing, St. Louis, Lake, Cook Counties) | 2000 | tourism | |
| Norwood, Young America (Carver Co.) | 1994 | mixed sector | |
| Owatonna | 2003 | mixed sector | |
| Pine City | 2007 | mixed sector | |
| Pipestone County | 2002 | mixed sector | |
| Pope County | 1991 | mixed sector | |
| Princeton | 2008 | mixed sector | |
| Redwood Area - (Redwood Co.) | 1998 | mixed sector | |
| Renville County | 1993-1994 | mixed sector | |
| Rice and Steele Counties | 2001 | agriculture | |
| Sherburne County (conducted independently - no summary) | |||
| Sibley County | 1991 | mixed sector | |
| Sibley County | 2002 | mixed sector | |
| Springfield (Brown Co.) | 2000 | mixed sector | |
| Statewide (6 regions) | 1998 | lamb and wool | |
| Stearns County | 1997 | dairy | |
| Stillwater (Washington County - no summary) | |||
| Swift County | 1994 | mixed sector | |
| Swift County Farm | 1999 | agriculture | |
| Traverse County | 2003 | mixed sector | |
| Vadnais Heights | 2005 | mixed sector | |
| Waconia and Saint Bonifacius (Carver and Hennepin Counties) | 1996 | mixed sector | |
| Winsted (McLeod Co.) | 2000 | mixed sector | |
| Yellow Medicine County | 2009 | mixed sector |
Surveys
What does a BR&E survey look like? See sample surveys from actual communities:
- Lyon County (mixed business, 2010) PDF
- Becker County (tourism, 2004) PDF
- Blaine (manufacturing, 2004) PDF
- Rice-Steele Agriculture (mixed agriculture, 2001) PDF




