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Dayton is Proud to partner with Hennepin County to sponsor Elevate Hennepin

Elevate Hennepin, an initiative from Hennepin County, is designed to support businesses of all sizes in their efforts to grow, create jobs, and evolve. Through this program, businesses located in or operating in Hennepin County can access no cost advising, find business events, and identify local, state, and federal business-support resources.
Businesses can get up to 25 hours of insight, technical assistance, or consulting from each advisor.

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Ashlee Olds founder of Sweet Science Ice Cream

Elevate Hennepin helps Sweet Science Ice Cream 'sprinkle joy'

Sprinkle, the new Sweet Science Ice Cream truck, is hitting the road, part of founder Ashlee Olds' new strategic plan. She developed the plan with support from her peers and business training in CEO Now, a cohort from Elevate Hennepin.

Anne Andrus, founder of Honey & Rye

Honey & Rye takes on staffing challenges in HR Next

Honey & Rye was a favorite neighborhood bakery in St. Louis Park with a robust coffee business, catering, baked goods, and retail store featuring locally made products. Behind the scenes, however, Founder Anne Andrus had a lot of questions about how to operate a larger business. One key issue was staffing. But she found HR Next and a chance to dramatically improve her HR systems.