Meet Minneapolis - 4:30
Meet Minneapolis
Posted Feb 26, 2015
Each year, business and convention travel accounts for hundreds of billions of dollars to local economies around the country. Meet Minneapolis works hard to make sure a significant portion of that spending happens right here in the Twin Cities. Melvin Tennant is the CEO of Meet Minneapolis and he joins us today to tell us more.
Produced by: Twin Cities Newsmakers Team
#Minnesota #Wisconsin #Economy and Business
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