West Central

Name: Laura Mitteness
Price range: $$

Murdock, MN

Murdock – Minnesota

Murdock is a rural town in Swift County.

County: Swift
Region: West Central
Zip Code: 56271
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Laura Mitteness

Community and Business Development Specialist

Benson, MN

Murdock, MN

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Laura joined the CEDA team in October 2023 as a Community and Business Development Specialist in the Cities of Benson and Murdock. She graduated from Mayville State University with a degree in Mathematics Education and decided after a decade of teaching to make a change. She grew up in a small town of Ada, MN in the Red River Valley where small-town development is key to the town’s survival. This knowledge and strong connection to her small town drives her passion for development in the communities she serves. She is excited to build strong relationships within her communities and help them thrive!

Laura lives outside of Benson with her husband and two young girls. If she is not watching some new show or movie on TV, she is playing with her kids outside or helping her husband with the cattle on his family farm.

Cold Spring, MN

Cold Spring – Minnesota

Cold Spring is located about 85 miles northwest of the Twin Cities.

Located at the gateway to the Horseshoe Chain of Lakes in Central Minnesota, Cold Spring is home to many long-term industries.

County: Stearns
Region: Central MN
Population: 4,201
Zip Code: 56320
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Spring Valley, MN

Spring Valley – Minnesota

Spring Valley is located just 28 miles south of Rochester.

Spring Valley offers a quiet, small-town setting with all of the business services and community organizations, facilities and events found in larger communities making it a great place to live, work and play.

County: Fillmore
Region: Southeast MN
Zip Code: 55975
Spring Valley EDA Website
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Chris Hahn

Regional Manager

Community Support Program

Spring Valley, MN

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Chris joined CEDA in 2019 with more than 20 years of national sales and management experience in licensed product sales, working with Fortune 500 companies to support marketing initiatives through licensed promotional products for professional sport leagues. (NFL, NHL, NBA, and others)

Chris earned an undergraduate degree in business from the University of Wisconsin-Stout and holds a graduate degree in education from Winona State University. In addition to his work with CEDA, Chris serves as an Adjunct Professor in the College of Business at Winona State University and has collaborated to conduct and publish research in the areas of workforce development and personal branding in the American Journal of Business Education and the Journal of International Research in Higher Education.

Chris is an avid outdoorsman, Eagle Scout and volunteer, having grown up hunting and fishing on the Mississippi River in Winona, MN. He currently lives in St. Charles, MN, with his wife Kelly and their two children, Ethan and Haleigh.