Introducing the Onamia Childcare Center: A Collaborative Community Effort
Onamia Childcare Center (Kidz Zone) ribbon cutting ceremony — Photo by Evan Bungum, MLCV’s Multimedia Producer In a heartwarming tale of community collaboration, Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures (MLCV) unveils the Onamia Childcare Center — a remarkable project that seeks to address the childcare crisis in the region. Following years of analyzing how childcare can play a […]
Trailblazers Within: Celebrating MLCV Associates from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe — Cameron Wind
Cameron Wind, MLCV’s Senior Construction Project Manager — Photo by Evan Bungum, MLCV’s Multimedia Producer MLCV is a Tribal-owned, community-focused organization. The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe has entrusted us with overseeing their business operations, but our impacts go beyond business. We are committed to cultivating a secure economic ecosystem and improved holistic well-being spanning generations. […]
Fostering Future Leaders: The Junior Ambassador Program at Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures
MLCV’s Junior Ambassadors 2023 It’s like providing a seedling with a plot of soil, nourishing water, and a ray of sunsine, allowing it to flourish into a mighty tree. MLCV is a diverse corporation with stakes in mutually beneficial business areas, including Gaming, Hospitality, Tribal Economy Investments, and Government Contracting. Yet our community engagement efforts […]
National Small Business Day: A Mille Lacs Tribal Economy Small Business Story
LeeAnn Benjamin, a Cohort 12 graduate of MLCV’s Tribal Business Incubator Program 99.7% of all businesses in Greater Minnesota are small businesses, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. What does this mean? To break it down, that’s 99.7% of businesses with fewer than 500 employees. But over 94% employ less than 50. In addition, there […]
Renewable Energy: Past, Present, and Future
Hinckley Solar Array The headlines are everywhere. Yet one is no less important than the next — each tells a story of sustainability, maximization, and resourcefulness. MLCV’s solar array is no different, but the ingrained why behind the project is an extraordinary separator from most. MLCV’s solar array, situated on our gaming subsidiary, Grand Casino […]
MLCV Get-to-Know: Circle Sage
Red Willow Estates To create happy, healthy circles that grow a vibrant community. That is the mission that guides the vital MLCV subsidiary of the Mille Lacs Tribal Economy Investments business lane, Circle Sage Property Management. Their achievements in workforce housing gleam with particular importance in the current economy — the intention is to cultivate […]
A Drop of Giving
MLCV Polar Plunge 2015 “Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present” – Albert Camus. MLCV demonstrates generosity through giving — though it isn’t merely about the present. The rich ancestry of the past fuels the inspiration to serve today, in hopes of cultivating an even brighter future in its honor. MLCV’s […]
Q&A: Cohort 14 Enterprise Academy Graduates
Cohort 14 participants (LTR back: Christopher “Spud” Gahbow, Jeff Wig, Treston Panachyse, Angie Litchy, Rachel Nelson, Beverly Knowlen, Danielle Kadlec, Pam Thomsen, LTR front: LeeAnn Woiteshek, Raina Killspotted). Not pictured: Carmen Weous, Donita Odden For just a moment, soften your gaze, and tune out the world. Recall the minutes you sat in pure wonder analyzing […]
10 Entrepreneurs Graduate Enterprise Academy with Businesses for the Mille Lacs Tribal Economy
Participants in the fall 2022 Mille Lacs Enterprise Academy cohort include (back row, left to right): Christopher Gahbow; Jeff Wig, trainer; Treston Panachyse; Angie Litchy; Rachel Nelson; Beverly Knowlen; Danielle Kadlec; and Pam Thomsen, trainer. Front row: LeeAnn Woiteshek; and Raina Killspotted. Not pictured: Carmen Weous and Donita Odden. LITTLE FALLS, MN—The Initiative Foundation and […]
A Legacy of Leadership
Joseph Horning Joseph Horning. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, it should. Joseph exudes the MLCV way through and through — always striving to help those around him succeed, braving through the challenges with a smile, and putting others’ needs before his own. Joe Nayquonabe and Joseph Horning JOSEPH HORNING His work ethic rendered […]