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Science and Math Summer Program

June 29, 2012 By admin

Reconnecting with Nature and Culture For Generations, the Ojibwe people lived off the land in what is now northern Minnesota. They harvested wild rice, medicinal herbs, and wild fruits, hunted and fished, collected maple sap and boiled it down into syrup, and built canoes, baskets, and seasonal lodging. Their way of life requires strong analytical […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Children, Families and Learning, Cultural Preservation, Enviromental Learning, Minnesota, Program - community, Reservation, Schooling

Rural America Arts Partnership

June 29, 2012 By admin

“That’s Our New Theater” Sometimes art begets art. On his drive home from a poetry festival in Marshall, Minnesota, in the spring of 1998, Ken Flies imagined the basic idea for the Rural America Arts Partnership. He had heard enough that week of abandoned barns and falling silos, and he knew there was a strong […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Center for Collaboration in the Arts, Children, Families and Learning, Collaboration, Cycling, Ecotourism, Agri-tourism and Educational Travel, Food and Beverage, Heritage Tourism, Historic Preservation, History Center, Minnesota, Performing Arts, Program - community, Restaurant or Cafe, Schooling, Theater, Tourism and Recreation

Rocori Senior Center

June 29, 2012 By admin

A New Home Founded in 1990 and with its lease up for renewal, the Rocori Senior Center began searching for a new home. The Center found that home in an unusual setting: a shared space with the Rocori Middle School in Cold Spring. The allocation of physical space for a senior center by the Rocori […]

Filed Under: Children, Families and Learning, Collaboration, Community Development and Design, Eldercare, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Minnesota, Program - community, Public Schools, Schooling

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