Rural Australia – Summer Down Under in Hamilton, Victoria

Minnesota Rural Partners, Inc. President Jane Leonard is currently on a long planned, personal sabbatical to Australia.  While she is there, she is also talking to colleagues about rural urban issues and opportunities.   Here is one of her occasional entries sharing what she is learning in Australia. We’ve arrived in Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, for the [...]

The idea is to share ideas – Rural Urban Connections to Innovation

You have to share ideas to prime the innovation pump. That’s why the Minnesota Rural Partners, Inc. team is putting together the Rural Urban Connections project, now underway in cooperation with USDA Rural Development.

Rural Urban Connections – Are You Making Some in the New Year?

The Rurb.MN team is meeting today to set out the 2010 schedule, which includes co-hosting the 2010 Small Town Symposium and Rural Urban Gathering at the University of Minnesota Morris, June 9 & 10. Watch this space for more details.

Rural-Urban project parts coming into focus

After many weeks of meetings, we have gathered a great team of  people and organizations to help on the Rural Urban Partnering project, including the good folks at MinnPost.com, the University of Minnesota Morris Center for Small Towns, the K-12 Interactive Television (ITV) regional coordinators, Governor’s Workforce Development Council, Minnesota Workforce Council Association,  the Minnesota [...]