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May 18, 2010                                                                    701-237-4850

PRAXIS STRATEGY GROUP HIRES RACHEL A. WELLS AS INTERN

FARGO, N.D. – Praxis Strategy Group has hired Rachel A. Wells as a summer intern to work with the company. Rachel will work on Red River Valley Research Corridor initiatives related to summit event planning, new job creation, and activities to spur innovation and commercialization of new technologies.  She will also do exploratory research on the emerging New Localism, an initiative of Praxis Strategy Group and Joel Kotkin to understand future development initiatives that will occur at an increasingly local and regional level.   Rachel is the daughter of Dr. David and Sarah Wells of Fargo, ND and is attending North Dakota State University majoring in History with a minor in Economics.

This internship has been funded in part by the Operation Intern program, administered from the North Dakota Department of Commerce.  The program provides matching funds to businesses for starting internship programs and apprenticeships for North Dakota college students and high school juniors and seniors pursuing trades and technology careers.  Industries targeted for the program are energy, advanced manufacturing, value-added agriculture, tourism and technology.

About Praxis Strategy Group
Praxis Strategy Group is a growth strategy company that works with economic development corporations and agencies, research and development organizations, entrepreneurs and companies to develop and implement technology-based industry initiatives and business ventures. The Group specializes in economic strategies for small to medium-sized metropolitan, micropolitan and urbanized rural regions. Praxis Strategy Group also is the Coordinating Center for the Red River Valley Research Corridor a Senator Byron Dorgan initiative that fosters innovation and commercialization between public and private industry as well as the North Dakota Universities.  Praxis headquartered in Grand Forks, North Dakota, with offices in Fargo, North Dakota, and Los Angeles, California.

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