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  • July 15, 2019 News

      BY MDI ON JUL 15 2019 – 10:59AM MDI is offering career skills training to its employees and other people with disabilities. The training focuses on professional skill development including a positive attitude, teamwork, receiving constructive criticism, work ethic, communication and ...

  • June 28, 2019 News

      On Tuesday June 25, MDI hosted Pints with a Purpose at Bauhaus Brew Labs in Minneapolis. The event helped raise awareness about employment opportunities for people with disabilities. If you didn’t make it, join MDI in Grand Rapids on July 17 at Klockow ...

  • June 27, 2019 News

      On June 21, United Way of 1000 Lakes hosted more than a hundred volunteers in Grand Rapids to complete projects in and around the Oakland Addition neighborhood. Projects included leaf-raking, landscaping, window washing, painting, curbside waste and recycling. Additional services were ...

  • May 22, 2019 News

      KSTP Channel 5 followed Mayor Jacob Frey during his recent tour of MDI’s Minneapolis facility. The mayor learned about MDI’s mission, products & services.

  • May 15, 2019 News

      MDI was featured on KSTP Channel 5 Minneapolis St Paul news.  The segment highlighted MDI’s 100th Career Skills graduate, along with manufacturing, medical and production services.  View here.  

  • May 10, 2019 News

    MDI will celebrate the 100th graduate of its Career Skills Program at a graduation ceremony on May 13, 2019, starting at 9:30 a.m. at its Minneapolis facility. First implemented in 2017, the program provides people with and without disabilities the ...

  • May 10, 2019 News

      From the outside, it looks like any other industrial building in Northern Minnesota. Minnesota Diversified Industries (MDI) in Cohasset occupies an 110,000 square foot building with a busy workforce that includes people with and without disabilities working at the ...

  • April 30, 2019 News

      Career Skills helps individuals build personal and professional development tools that improve our communities’ workforce vitality. The program offers courses that are tailored to the participant’s abilities and aspirations helping develop life-long career skills. This two-part series includes professional ...

  • April 24, 2019 News

      MDI’s 2018 annual report is now available online. Highlights Inside:   Achievements & Accomplishments Employee Stories Community Engagement Business Lines Financials Download the 2018 annual report.  Tags

  • April 22, 2019 News

      Graco is committed to the communities they serve and has a long history of giving back. In 2018, Graco Foundation awarded MDI a $54,779 grant to purchase equipment that aided in manufacturing efficiencies. By partnering with non-profits, The Foundation provides real people, like ...