Intensive Residential Treatment Center

Intensive Residential Treatment Center

In 2018, SCALE members partnered to build an Intensive Residential Treatment Center in Savage, MN to provide short term inpatient care to adults with mental illness. This type of care is currently not offered anywhere in Scott County. While the facility will serve...
SCALE Legislative Efforts

SCALE Legislative Efforts

In addition to shared research and cooperative legislative efforts, SCALE members also benefit from the presence of a lobbyist who represents the interests of both the SCALE organization as well as individual member entities.  Indeed, it was through such coordinated...
First Stop Shop

First Stop Shop

The First Stop Shop (FSS) is an economic development resource housed within the Scott County Community Development Agency (CDA) and created by SCALE to assist the cities and townships of Scott County. Creation of the FSS is aimed at improving the ability of our...
Greater MSP

Greater MSP

In 2011, The Itasca Group and other key stakeholders decided to make a significant contribution to growing the local economy by creating a regional approach to economic development, leading to the creation of Greater MSP.  Since then, the Greater MSP Region leads the...
SCALE Regional Public Safety Facility

SCALE Regional Public Safety Facility

The SCALE Regional Public Training Facility, opened in 2008, serves not only Scott and Carver Counties and the Minnesota River Valley Region, but all of greater Minnesota. This premier training facility offers primary training opportunities for law enforcement,...