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title: "AtWork Owner Opens First of Two Locations in Minnesota"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/699b2ce3-52aa-4d7c-84be-144b08f36db4
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20240920_atwork_owner_opens_first_of_two_locations_in_minnesota.html
category: "Business Services"
industry: "Business Services"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2024-09-20T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T18:35:51.215Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1497366216548-37526070297c?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# AtWork Owner Opens First of Two Locations in Minnesota

**TL;DR:** AtWork has opened its first location in Minnesota, owned by Terry Ceulemans. The new location is in St. Paul, at 1272 Grand Ave.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2024-09-20. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20240920_atwork_owner_opens_first_of_two_locations_in_minnesota.html).*

## Story

AtWork® has opened its newest location at 1272 Grand Ave. across the street from Kowalski’s Market. The opening marks the first AtWork location in the state.

AtWork St. Paul is locally owned by Terry Ceulemans who is originally from Belgium and has resided in Minnesota with his family since 2015. Ceulemans comes from a 30-year career at 3M where he most recently served as a senior director of global application engineering. He specialized in stewarding top-performing teams and organizations, both domestically and abroad, to bring new technologies through development to commercialization. Throughout his career, he collaborated among several different business verticals including industrial, healthcare, automotive, aerospace and more.

“I am proud to introduce AtWork to Minnesota,” said Ceulemans. “Even though I have spent my entire career in the corporate world, I have always had an entrepreneurial spirit and desire to own an impactful business. My expertise is in customer service, innovation and leadership, all of which translate well to staffing, and I look forward to connecting local job seekers with growing businesses to enact positive change in our state.”

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Multi-Unit (sector)
- franchisee (topic)
- location opening (topic)
- Minnesota (location)
- AtWork (company)
- 3M (company)
- St. Paul (location)
- Terry Ceulemans (person)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20240920_atwork_owner_opens_first_of_two_locations_in_minnesota.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/699b2ce3-52aa-4d7c-84be-144b08f36db4).