Economic Development Archives - Flaherty & Hood, P.A.

F&H’s Shane Zahrt presents on national initiative to support coal communities

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 19:51:02 +0000

On Thursday, August 24, Flaherty & Hood Senior Attorney/Lobbyist Shane Zahrt presented to a national coalition of leaders assembled by the United States Economic Development Association (USEDA) and operated by the National Association of Counties (NACo). The initiative is dubbed Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities (BRECC) and is designed to help communities with coal-reliant

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F&H communications team draws media attention on legislative priorities

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:46:32 +0000

On Jan. 27, Flaherty & Hood’s government relations and communications team of Bradley Peterson, Julie Liew and Kelly Haff led a virtual press conference for the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities (CGMC), one of the firm’s longtime clients. Peterson, who leads F&H’s government relations practice and also serves as executive director of the CGMC, was

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F&H provides ‘half-time report’ on Minnesota’s legislative session

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 15:47:22 +0000

F&H provides ‘half-time report’ on Minnesota’s legislative session On April 9, Flaherty & Hood shareholder attorney/lobbyist Bradley Peterson and senior lobbyists Elizabeth Wefel, Shane Zahrt and Scott McMahon conducted a “Legislative Half-Time Report” webinar. They were assisted by F&H policy analyst Ania McDonnell, media & communications director Julie Liew and communications & government relations

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Scott McMahon leads media visits to highlight child care needs

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 16:34:06 +0000

When the Legislature takes its annual mid-session break, which they did last week, Flaherty & Hood's government relations and communications staff often hit the road to meet with the media in Minnesota to talk about our clients' priorities and what is happening at the Capitol. This year, with the pandemic, we decided not to jump

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F&H instrumental in creation of program that provides grants to cities facing power plant closures

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 23:22:44 +0000

This week, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Department announced that it has awarded nearly $2 million to five communities to help them plan for the economic ramifications brought on by the closure of local power plants. These are the first grants awarded under the new Community Energy Transition Grant Program established by the Minnesota

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F&H welcomes former state legislator Erik Simonson to its legislative advocacy team

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:45:47 +0000

The law firm of Flaherty & Hood, P.A. is pleased to announce that former State Senator Erik Simonson has joined its legislative advocacy team. Simonson brings to the firm many years of valuable public service experience, as well as extensive knowledge of issues that are important to Flaherty & Hood’s clients in Greater Minnesota and

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Scott McMahon named executive director of the Greater Minnesota Partnership

Flaherty & Hood, P.A. — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 23:16:20 +0000

The Greater Minnesota Partnership has chosen to renew its partnership with Flaherty & Hood and selected Flaherty & Hood lobbyist Scott McMahon as their new executive director. He takes the helm from previous executive director Dan Dorman, who announced his intent to step down from the day-to-day leadership of the organization effective the end of

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