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General Area Information
We'd like to introduce you to the City
we choose to live, work, and play in.
With a population of over 16,000, Hibbing offers a comfortable, high quality of life and serves as a regional center for employment, education, transportation, services, retail, healthcare, professional services, government, and industry.
Innovation is evidenced in businesses such as DMR Electronics, employing 65; Hibbing Taconite, 720 employees; and Fairview University Medical Center-Mesabi, 1,500 employees. They flourish with one steadfast workforce - experiencing low turnover and high productivity.
Hibbing is a hub for the smaller communities
north, south, east, and west.
Our elaborate infrastructure includes:
- Fairview Range combines the area's finest medical services to provide the most comprehensive health care system on the Iron Range and northeast Minnesota.
- Highways 169, 73 and 37 provide easy access to the east and west range cities, Duluth, the Twin Cities, and Canada.
- High speed cable internet access and state of the art citywide fiber optic network providing high speed internet and intranet services at a fraction of the cost businesses in larger towns pay.
- Delta/Northwest Airlines Reservation Center in Chisholm
- The Chisholm-Hibbing Airport offers daily passenger and commercial flight services boasting one of the longest runways in the state with ILS approach from both directions. www.hibbingairport.com
- Three shopping malls. More than 500 retail/service businesses.
- Daily bus service.
- Abundant and affordable commercial and residential property.
- Full-time police & fire protection with a 5-min. response time.
- Daily community newspaper and weekly shopper.
- Hibbing Community College located on the edge of our retail districts provides extensive, high-quality programs for students of all ages.
- Financial Institutions with deposits of over $380 million.
- 20 community churches.
- Local utilities with aggressive rate structures.
- Memorial Building servicing conventions, large events, tournaments, regional, state, and national sports events.
- Spirited arts community and cultural and historical attractions.
- Four downhill skiing facilities within an hour's drive.
- Boundary Waters Canoe Area with an hour's drive.
- Connections to a 3,000 mile network of snowmobile trails.
- Golf courses, parks, indoor/outdoor tennis courts, racquetball.
- Forest lands, recreational trails, playgrounds, municipal parks, beach and swimming areas, and festival park area.
Superior education...Superior work force.
Approximately 80 percent of Hibbing High School graduates go on to college. Built in 1920, the grand, elegant Hibbing High School is a symbol to our community's dedication to excellence in education and of our commitment to fine workmanship.
Hibbing is also home to Hibbing Community College. Staff is available to develop and implement customized employee training programs on campus or at the employer's site giving employers the opportunity to upgrade or seek new skills for employment.
Hibbing boasts of its 3 public elementary schools, 2 private elementary schools, and an extensive community education program.
Hibbing daycare facilities are second to none in Northeastern Minnesota. Multiple childcare facilities, early childhood family programs can be found with minutes from Hibbing's downtown and commercial districts. All provide caring, quality services for children and their families and are capable of quickly expanding capacity and programs to meet increased employee needs.
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