July 2003

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Dreamweaver Course Offered at Center for Research and Innovation
Are you responsible to build a website for your business or organization?  Learn to use Macromedia Dreamweaver to develop and manage professional looking websites.  During this program you will gain hands-on experience working with Dreamweaver's tools and a solid introduction to HTML basics.

This course is being offered on Thursday, July 10 from 9am-12noon at the CRI Computer Lab.  The cost of this training course is $60.  To register for this introductory level Dreamweaver course, contact the CRI at 218 755 4900, toll free 888 738 3224 or email cri@bemidjistate.edu .

Join the Bemidji Area Natural Resources Continuing Education Consortium for upcoming presentations:
July 21, 2:30-3:30pm , Prescribed Burning Becky Marty, Resource Specialist, MN DNR, Parks Division, Itasca State Park

August 18, 2:30-3:30pm, Environmental Economics, Dr. Pat Welle, Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, Bemidji State University

September 15, 2:30-3:30pm, Public Drainage Law, "Who's Ditch is it Anyway?", Larry Kramka, Regional Hydrologist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, NW Region Waters Division
Click here to request more information...

NW Regional Small Business Development Center congratulates new owners

Chuck and Melanie Walsh are the new owners of Mason’s Lakewood Bar & Grill. The restaurant is located on Hwy 71, near the Beltrami County Fairgrounds in Bemidji. The Small Business Development Center assisted with writing their business plan and preparing loan material. Congratulations on their new venture!

The NW Regional Small Business Development Center, located within the Center for Research and Innovation at 3801 Bemidji Avenue North, is able to assist with your business needs.  With satellite offices located throughout NW Minnesota, the SBDC can help entrepreneurs start a new business, help existing businesses with marketing plans and help bring your expansion ideas to fruition just to name a few of the services provided free to the entrepreneur.  To learn more about what the SBDC can do for your business, call the main office in Bemidji at 218 755 4900 or 888 738 3224.

Check out this month's interview on the Northern Tier High Technology Corridor

This month's interview is with Ryan Oines.  Ryan is a regional sales manager with Monet Broadband, a wireless, high-speed mobile Internet service launched in Duluth, Minnesota, in October of 2002.  Monet Broadband is a division of Monet Mobile Networks, a Seattle-based wireless Internet service provider, founded by telecommunications industry veterans in mid-1999. Monet has built and commercially deployed North America’s first CDMA2000 1xEV-DO wireless data network, now available in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Fargo, Bismarck, and Grand Forks, North Dakota; Duluth and Moorhead, Minnesota; and Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The new technology allows consumers to cut their dial-up connections and tote their Internet service as easily as they would a cell phone. For the full interview, go to www.ntht.org.

Motorcycle Safety Training Offered in Bemidji

Northland Community and Technical College, Minnesota Motorcycle Safety Center and the Center for Research and Innovation are teaming up to offer training for new and experienced motorcycle riders.  All training courses will be held at the Bemidji School District Bus Garage on West 15th Street in Bemidji.  Sessions still available include:

Basic Rider Course (16 hours - $115.00)

Basic Rider Course (16 hours - $115.00)

Basic Rider Course (16 hours - $115.00)

Basic Rider Course (16 hours - $115.00)

For more information contact Miff Soderberg at Northland Community and Technical College at 218 839 9183 or visit www.motorcylesafety.state.mn.us


The Center for Research and Innovation will be closed on Friday, July 4 in observance of the Independence Day Holiday. 
We wish you all a safe and happy holiday weekend.

The Center for Research and Innovation along with the NW Minnesota Regional Small Business Development Center provide a full range of business and career services.  Click here for a complete listing of our offerings, including seminars on business planning, marketing and survey research, and workshops in computer software and web site design.

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