Greater Mankato Growth
The Value of GMG Membership, Even When You’re Not in the Room

You Focus on Running Your Business. We’ll Focus on Growing the Environment It Operates In. As a business leader, your time is valuable. Most days are filled with decisions about customers, employees, operations, and growth. I hear it often from business owners across Greater Mankato:

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Member News
Fix-It Clinic scheduled for Saturday, March 21st.

MANKATO, MN – A Fix-It Clinic will be hosted at Mankato Makerspace, 1700 3rd Avenue, from 1-4 PM on Saturday, March 21st  .  Have a broken toaster, torn jacket, or glitchy lamp? Don’t toss it — bring it to the free Fix-It Clinic! You will get

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Member News
Educare Receives Generous Grant from Mankato Clinic Foundation

Mankato, MN (February 2026) The Mankato Clinic Foundation has awarded $25,000 to the Educare Foundation to support initiatives and programs in Mankato Area Public Schools. The Mankato Clinic Foundation has awarded Educare $175,000 in grants since 2019. “The Mankato Clinic Foundation’s support demonstrated a meaningful

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Member News
Mike McMahan Joins Knutson Construction as Vice President of Healthcare

MINNEAPOLIS – Mike McMahan is joining the Knutson Construction team as vice president of healthcare. This newly created role leverages McMahan’s extensive knowledge of the operations of major healthcare systems, providing Knutson’s customers with best-in-class expertise as their projects take shape. McMahan will lead Knutson’s

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Advocacy
Tariff Refunds—What to Know

Tariff Refunds—What to Know  It’s still early and while we will learn more about the refund process in the days ahead, the U.S. Chamber is providing information to help small businesses identify whether they paid IEEPA based tariffs, understand what types of duties may be eligible for

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Member News
Bethany’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program Earns Accreditation

MANKATO, MN – Bethany Lutheran College has announced that its Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC) master’s program has earned accreditation from the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs, known as CACREP, widely recognized as the gold standard in counselor education. The accreditation

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Member News
Blethen Berens Welcomes Attorney Bryan Karp

Blethen Berens is excited to announce the recent addition of our newest attorney, Bryan Karp, to our New Ulm office! Bryan attended University of Colorado, Boulder Law School where he concentrated his studies on transactional law. After serving as a traveling Judicial Law Clerk for

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