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DRAFT Commander Products, Deerwood PFS Design, Pequot Lakes Inventor and Engineer, Bill Davis, came up BLADC worked with the City of Pequot with a plan for the boating enthusiast who Lakes to establish a procedure for wanted to do away with the old manual industrial park lot purchases. Each time a boat lift. The Shore Commander business comes forward, BLADC works with revolutionized the boat lift industry with its them to make application for a lot. BLADC wireless remote and dock lighting for assisted PFS design to purchase a lot in the added safety. This product is the staple spring of 2005. Phil Schott's home design that formed Commander Products, which and drafting business would move from now produces multiple items, including lease space in Unorganized Territory to a power winches, and solar panel,battery $300,000, 3,300 square foot quadplex in chargers. Located in Deerwood Township, Pequot Lake's Park. PFS occupies one this company employs 8 and sells its suite, while three office suites remain product all over the United States, Canada available for lease. His vision is to build and the UK. In order to boost inventory another building similar to this one in the for a huge sales forecast, CP needed future. financing. Through the Initiative Foundation's SEID fund, CREDI/BLADC Stern Industries, Baxter assisted the company in obtaining $50,000 Stern Industries is a global sourcing in financing. servicer of rubber and plastic products and components. Stern acts as a manufacturer E&P Manufacturing, Brainerd and distributor of plastic and rubber Patricia Rasmussen came to BLADC looking molded parts. Due to sales growth, the for assistance to purchase a Brainerd company was in need of additional space. Industrial Park lot and expressed interest They approached BLADC to learn more in the Job Opportunity Building Zone about the JOBZ program. BLADC walked (JOBZ) program. Their plans were to build them through the process until their final a $900,000, 20,000 square foot facility for approval from the City of Baxter. The a new import/wholesale distribution company more than doubled their existing business that would eventually employ 5. facility by adding 11,500 square feet of They were approved for JOBZ benefits in office and warehouse space, a total March of 2005 and moved into their new investment of$600,000. As a result of the building this past fall. They supply raw expansion, Stern Industries has committed materials to manufacturers and have plans to hiring at least four additional to do some light manufacturing in the employees. future. SEH, Brainerd LINDAR, Baxter The"SEH"or Short Elliot Hendrickson Incorporated in the State of Minnesota in building is a great example of the power of 1993, LINDAR Corporation is a partnerships. Certain blighted areas of manufacturer of thermoformed plastic Brainerd were in need of a facelift and this items consisting of OEM components, paint architect/engineering firm was in need of a sundry products, as well as consumer and new office space. A developer came to the food packaging. They have accounts table and worked with the Brainerd located throughout the United States, with Housing and Redevelopment Authority and some exporting to Canada. Besides BLADC to form a plan. These agencies employing many area residents, LINDAR worked together to create a Tax Increment added an additional 33,300 square feet, a Finance (TIF) district to eliminate the undo $1.6 million investment, to their existing burden of demolition and clean up to start 58,000 square foot facility with the help of with bare land. The SEH building is a the JOBZ program. With BLADC's $1.65 million investment offering a assistance, LINDAR secured approval from beautiful 12,000 square foot office building the City of Baxter to be deemed a JOBZ for the community to enjoy. SEH currently expansion project, which will create an employs 13 full-time staff and plans to additional 13 jobs for area residents. grow to 25 full-time employees within five years.