The “2010 Reinventing Minnesota – Minnesota Community Pride Competition” is open for nominations, with winners announced and cash awards distributed at the Minnesota State Fair. The Minnesota State Fair is donating $15,000 in cash awards. Applications are due July 21. The program is open to all Minnesota communities, including neighborhoods. Special categories this year include [...]
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The evening before the Symposium on Small Towns held at the University of Minnesota Morris on June 10, over 120 people met for the Rural Urban Gathering, an opportunity to share ideas, network and help shape the RurbMN project to demonstrate the interconnectedness of rural and urban areas. Participants in the Gathering came from every [...]
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Now that summer is in full swing, we wanted to remind everyone that “Reinventing Minnesota -Minnesota Community Pride Competition” applications are due July 16, 2010. You can download contest guidelines and applications and learn more about the 2010 contest (including summaries of award-winning community projects from the 2009 25th anniversary competition) here. There is no charge for contest entry, though [...]
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“Amazing” more than adequately describes last week’s Symposium on Small Towns and Rural Urban Gathering at the University of Minnesota Morris. Over 200 community leaders from across Minnesota attended to share ideas, solutions, and just plain old support for one another. Attendance surpassed organizers’ predictions. Energy at the one evening-one day event was so thick [...]
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Well, a moment that we have been anticipating for several months is finally here. The Symposium on Small Towns and Rural Urban Gathering is now upon us! The Rural Urban Gathering begins this evening, Wednesday, June 9, from 6:30 – 8:30 and is followed by a reception hosted by the U of MN Regional Sustainable Development [...]
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We received this information from the folks at Preservation Alliance of Minnesota & wanted to share it with you, since we are all about making rural urban connections. We are excited to be launching Minnesota Main Street to assist local communities in their commercial district revitalization efforts. This first year, we have a very short application [...]
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Showcase Your Minnesota Community Pride This Summer! We are delighted to announce that the “Reinventing Minnesota – Minnesota Community Pride Competition” is open for applications as of June 1, 2010, with all communities recognized, winners announced, and cash awards distributed August 29 at the Minnesota State Fair. Applications are due July 16, 2010. There is no charge for contest entry, though [...]
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Last week our video conference on May 26th featured arts connections in East Central Minnesota. Below are some of the highlights from that video conference. Kristin Seuntjens talked about how Pine Center for the Arts has grown into a successful community gathering place focused on visual arts, music, dance, theater and writing. The Center was [...]
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During our seventh video conference on Wednesday, May 26th, we learned about several different arts-based initiatives that are contributing to the quality of life and economic improvement in towns across east central Minnesota. Below is one of the connections we learned about during the video conference this past Wednesday. Pine Center for the Arts, located [...]
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Our fifth video conference, held on Monday, May 10, featured broadband, entrepreneurship and workforce development connections occurring in northeast Minnesota. Here are some of the great examples that were discussed during the video conference. Paula Frings, from Maven Perspectives and Bud Stone from the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce discussed an innovative workforce development program called [...]
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