
Zumbrota – Minnesota
Zumbrota is located between the Twin Cities and Rochester off Highway 52.
Located along the North Fork of the Zumbro River and is home to the last functioning covered bridge in the state of Minnesota.
Community Economic Development Associates
Zumbrota is located between the Twin Cities and Rochester off Highway 52.
Located along the North Fork of the Zumbro River and is home to the last functioning covered bridge in the state of Minnesota.
City of Pine Island Minnesota is located 15 miles north of Rochester, and 45 miles south of St. Paul..
Located along the beautiful banks of the Zumbro River.
Mitch joined the CEDA team in April as a Community and Business Development Specialist for the City of Pine Island. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with his primary focus in Finance and Financial Industry Management. Mitch’s background is in sales, customer experience, and relationship management. He has spent the last 5 years working at a regional bank where he started as a teller in 2014. His most recent position that he held for 3 years was as a banker where he specialized in loan profiling as well as relationship management.
Mitch is originally from Caledonia, Minn., where he spent his entire childhood. He moved to Winona after graduating High School for college and lived there for 5 years. He and his wife moved to the Twin Cities area for 2 years and then moved back to the Southeast MN area in 2016. He enjoys spending time with his wife, dog, and two cats, as well as getting outdoors both hunting and playing golf.
Goodhue County is located in southeastern Minnesota.
Ron is the CEO/President of CEDA and reports directly to the agency’s Board of Directors. He joined CEDA in 2004 after a decade with the Lake City EDA and nearly twenty years experience with both private and public community and economic development. His prior affiliations with a private development company and the public sector, and now a non-profit agency, have given Ron a unique perspective on the many angles of development projects.
Ron is a graduate of the National Development Council and holds a BA from the University of Minnesota–Morris. He is a board member of the Southeast Minnesota 504 Corporation.