Author: David Pierini

Construction for a new manufacturing plant will begin later this year on West Broadway Avenue in North Minneapolis. When it’s ready for production, the call for workers will read something like this: Wanted: Northsiders interested in building spaceships and satellites. Eden Prairie-based aerospace firm ION Corp. and RiverNorth Development Partners announced a partnership to build a plant at the intersection of West Broadway and Washington avenues. The announcement was made at the offices of the Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation and attended by several local leaders in government, business and non-profit organizations. The ION facility, which will be located…