{"id":58474,"date":"2023-06-12T21:20:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T04:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=58474"},"modified":"2023-06-13T13:58:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T20:58:08","slug":"u-s-support-for-the-minnesota-bid-to-host-expo-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=58474","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Support for the Minnesota Bid to Host Expo 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>06\/12\/2023 05:36 PM EDT<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State<\/p>\n<p>On June 21 in Paris the United States will present to the member states of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) our bid to bring an international expo to Minnesota ahead of the selection vote. \u00a0With a projected 14 million visits, it will serve as a gateway to the heartland of America.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. bid, and theme of \u201cHealthy People, Healthy Planet \u2013 Wellness and Wellbeing for All,\u201d has never been more timely.\u00a0 In addition to offering nations of the world an unrivaled forum to expand business, trade, and tourism opportunities, our theme will spur conversations on cutting edge innovations in healthcare, green tech, and agriculture\u2014convening the global community around international health and protecting our planet.<\/p>\n<p>The state of Minnesota is the ideal choice to host, as it is home to the world\u2019s largest health tech cluster, Medical Alley, and the nation\u2019s top-rated hospital, Mayo Clinic.\u00a0 The region boasts one of the country\u2019s most diverse economies and ranks first per capita among the 30 largest U.S. metro areas in concentration of Fortune 500 companies. \u00a0The proposed U.S. site is \u201cexpo ready\u201d with world-class and environmentally sustainable infrastructure, and easily accessible by nearby Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The United States is eager to host Expo 2027 in Minnesota to convene international partners to work together in pursuit of innovative solutions to some of our most pressing shared challenges for our people and our planet.<\/p>\n<p>I encourage all BIE member states to vote for the U.S. bid to host the Specialized World Expo in 2027 in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>06\/12\/2023 05:36 PM EDT &nbsp; Antony&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58475,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58474\/revisions\/58475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}