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Walmart to become a major employer in Burnsville

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Area students are performing above the state average on math tests, but the scores are low enough to sound alarms. JOE 4A NATHAN

Store opening set for Oct. 26 by John Gessner

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Hiring begins Aug. 20 for Walmart, Burnsville’s newest major employer. A Walmart store that won City Council approval in January is scheduled to open Oct. 26 at 12200 River Ridge Blvd., east of Interstate 35W in north Burnsville. A hiring center will open Aug. 20 at 12245 Nicollet Ave. S. in Burnsville, said store manager Sean Brooks. The store will provide 350 to 375 jobs, half of them full time, Brooks said. Employment could swell to 400 over the holidays. The 350 to 375 jobs would make Walmart the No. 8 employer in town, based on 2011 figures from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. Brooks said wages Sean Brooks will probably range from $8 to $15 an hour. “It depends on experience,” he said. He and his department managers have been getting to know community leaders, including Mayor Elizabeth Kautz and Skip Nienhaus, Burnsville’s economic development coordinator. The two officials attended an Aug. 6 meetand-greet session with Brooks and his team that was arranged by Sandra Schlaefer of Burnsville-based employee benefit and insurance firm King and Cos. “We want you to know that we welcome you,” the mayor told store managers. “When you come into Burnsville, this is the way I look

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After giving away a baby crib, one man started a nonprof it that supplies furniture to people in need in the metro area. DON 4A HEINZMAN NEWS

Apple Valley man seeks to mass produce his Krainkn skateboard modif ication for the world. 6A

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The Burnsville Walmart store at 12200 River Ridge Blvd. is scheduled to open Oct. 26. Hiring begins Aug. 20. at it – we are family.” Much of the discussion focused on the new store’s philanthropic efforts in the community. Kautz suggested home fix-ups for senior citizens and early literacy programs as worthy beneficiaries. “We want everybody to know we’re here as part of the community,” said Brooks, whose

previous position with Walmart was as fresh market manager for its Sam’s Club warehouse stores in Minnesota and North Dakota. “We want to be leaders in the community.” Walmart would outpace the Target store on County Road 42, with 315 workers, as Burnsville’s single largest retail employer, based on the 2011 DEED figures. See Walmart, Page 5A

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Tech support firm to move headquarters to Eagan by Jessica Harper

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A Boston technology support firm that previously said it would move its world headquarters to Apple Valley now plans to call Eagan home. Stream Global is expected to bring between 340 and 400 jobs to its relocated

headquarters and call center at 43,000-square-foot building at 3285 Northwoods Circle. In a July 27 letter to city officials, Vincent Mottola, vice president of Stream Global, said it plans to spend between $1.5 million and $2 million to renovate the building, for which

work is expected to begin by Sept. 1. Stream Global, which has a temporary corporate office in Bloomington, is seeking financial assistance from the Department of Employment and Economic Development, but the amount is unknown. Company representatives could

not be reached in time for this story. Eagan City Administrator Tom Hedges said the company has indicated it plans to lease an adjacent building, which would provide another 300 to 400 call center jobs. The final plan would likely be confirmed about

three months after Northwoods opens. If the company secures the second building, it could spend about $2 million in renovations. In his letter, Mottola describes Stream Global as a provider of sales, customer service and technical support services for

Fortune 1000 companies worldwide. The company has 33,000 employees in 49 locations across 21 countries. It currently manages millions of voice, email and chat contacts each year from customers around the globe, he said. In March, Stream GlobSee Stream Global, Page 5A


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