Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board
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The Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB) is an economic development
program of the State of Minnesota, designed to advance growth on Minnesota's
Iron Range
. Founded in 1941, the board was tasked with using proceeds from taconite
mining
to spur broader development in the region.
The IRRRB has worked to invest in business development, workforce, community development, mineland reclamation and tourism. The board's goal is to help the region transition from one dependent on mining to one with a diverse economy. The board is headquartered in Eveleth, Minnesota
.
The board's commissioner is appointed by the sitting governor and serves as a member of the governor's cabinet. The current commissioner is Tony Sertich.
Economic development
Economic development generally refers to the sustained, concerted actions of policymakers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area...
program of the State of Minnesota, designed to advance growth on Minnesota's
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
Iron Range
Iron Range
The Iron Range is a region that makes up the northeastern section of Minnesota in the United States. "The Range", as it is known by locals, is a region with multiple distinct bands of iron ore...
. Founded in 1941, the board was tasked with using proceeds from taconite
Taconite
Taconite is a variety of iron formation, an iron-bearing sedimentary rock, in which the iron minerals are interlayered with quartz, chert, or carbonate...
mining
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
to spur broader development in the region.
The IRRRB has worked to invest in business development, workforce, community development, mineland reclamation and tourism. The board's goal is to help the region transition from one dependent on mining to one with a diverse economy. The board is headquartered in Eveleth, Minnesota
Eveleth, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,865 people, 1,717 households, and 971 families residing in the city. The population density was 611.0 people per square mile . There were 1,965 housing units at an average density of 310.6 per square mile...
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The board's commissioner is appointed by the sitting governor and serves as a member of the governor's cabinet. The current commissioner is Tony Sertich.