Innovation
The area of Beacon Bluff has long been an incubator for innovation. Today, Beacon Bluff is renewing this role. Innovation begins with a supportive business climate and is nurtured by access to research, education and a high-quality labor force.
Saint Paul was recently ranked fifth among midsize magnet cities able to attract new workers in a study of 2009-2010 U.S. Next Cities™. Forbes in 2009 ranked Minneapolis/Saint Paul fifth among all US cities for its concentration of colleges – another key to fostering innovation.
Today, Saint Paul is attracting innovators in the fields of green technology, energy, medical technology, IT solutions, biotechnology, nanotechnology and more. Beacon Bluff is ideally suited to all of these applications, as well as traditional businesses.
The infrastructure is in place so that human capital and ideas can rise to the top. Everything is ready for the next generation of innovators to thrive in Saint Paul.
