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Paulsen Celebrates Minnetonka as Google eCity of the Year

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 23, 2013

Paulsen Celebrates Minnetonka as Google eCity of the Year

Recognized as Strongest Online Business Community in Minnesota  

Minnetonka, MN – Representative Erik Paulsen (MN-03) today joined Google, and other Minnesota business leaders at the General Store of Minnetonka to celebrate Minnetonka being named the 2013 eCity of Minnesota. The Google eCity Award recognizes the strongest online business community in each state. Paulsen joined TwinWest Chamber President Brad Meier, General Store owner Gail Bollis, State Senator Terri Bonoff, State Representative Yvonne Selcer, Minnetonka City Councilman Dick Allendorf, and representatives from Google to present the award.  

“The Minnetonka business community is showing they're using the web to not only sell locally but also to find new customers outside of Minnetonka's borders," said Paulsen. “The General Store is a perfect example of a small, family owned business using innovation and technology.”

 

“Our ‘e-City Awards’ recognize the new ‘digital capitals’ of America,” said Scott Levitan, Google’s director of small-business engagement.  “We’re proud to recognize Minnesota's entrepreneurial-spirit—and the role that it plays in both creating jobs and sustaining the local economy.  With 97-percent of Internet-users looking for products and services online, it’s clear that success is about being connected.”

Click here to learn more about Google’s eCities  http://www.google.com/economicimpact/ecities/ 

Paulsen, a champion of small business and advocate of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, and innovation, serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the bicameral Joint Economic Committee, and is co-chair of the Congressional Medical Technology Caucus.

For more information on Rep. Paulsen’s work in Congress visit www.paulsen.house.gov.

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