Center for Rural Entrepreneurial Studies

The Center for Rural Entrepreneurial Studies (CRES), through the University of Minnesota, Crookston, is a grant funded organization that assists entrepreneurs in Northwestern Minnesota with the development and creation of their entrepreneurial enterprise. CRES serves eleven counties including Beltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and Roseau. The services offered by CRES are based on the client’s needs which include but are not limited to Feasibility Analysis, Growth Strategies, Product and Service Development, Lean Evaluation, Supply Chain Analysis, Market Extensions, Sales Forecasting, and other projects and services identified by regional companies.