Red Wing Ignite celebrated a considerable milestone
October of 2023 marked our 10th anniversary. Our organization was founded in 2013 through significant support from the City of Red Wing and many community stakeholders, with Neela Mollgaard as our first Executive Director. One year later in 2014 we were selected by US Ignite as the first and smallest rural community in the United States to receive Smart City designation. We were honored to be nominated as a US Ignite Community due to the successful implementation of our city’s gigabit broadband provided by HBC. Out of 25 US Ignite cities selected, we were proud to be the smallest.