Amanda Leightner News Today

The grant award will allow for programmatic and operational support of the foundation’s ongoing activities throughout 2024.

ROCHESTER, Minn.- The Collider Foundation announced a new incubator program it will be running this April for women and minority entrepreneurs on Wednesday, Feb. 14.

ROCHESTER, Minn.-Local non-profit organization Collider Foundation recently received $10,000 from the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation’s Inclusive and Equitable Communities Grant. The grant looks to foster diverse and inclusive communities through

Money will be used for business education programs.

As a first ever grant from the state, we see this opportunity as an important milestone in our growth and sustainability as an organization.

ROCHESTER, MN.--A community celebration took place at Collider for it’s CO.STARTERS graduates.

ROCHESTER, Minn.--The collider foundation announced a new addition to their team Thursday.

Seven area groups that work with entrepreneurs are joining forces and forming the RAEDI Economic Development Center on the sixth floor of the Minnesota Biobusiness Center. The new center is hosting a grand opening on the evening of Monday, Oct. 3.

Rochester-based Collider Foundation has named Amanda Leightner as the new executive director of the organization.

Med City entrepreneur Sarah Kirklin Pacchetti hopes to open Bloom Açai Café within the First Alliance Credit Union Center at 2483 Commerce Drive NW in a few weeks, possibly as early as the weekend of Aug. 19.