All About Family in Fairmont The hard working and dedicated core of volunteers in Fairmont had been enjoying a vacation. The break ended with the arrival of good news: Blandin Foundation approved their Blandin CommunityInvestment Partnership (BCIP) grant and, according to Fairmont steering committee member Becky Von Holdt, “It’s time for the real fun to […]
Circle – A Great Place to be Around
Circle – A Great Place to be Around “Keeping our community connected remains our priority here in Circle,” comments a local resident. Such priorities resound through a flurry of local revitalization projects strengthened by the community’s participation in Horizons, a community leadership development program sponsored by the Northwest Area Foundation. One such project stemmed from […]
Earthrise Farm
A Healthy Beginning After 40 years at the Sisters of Notre Dame convent school, Annette and Kay Fernholz returned to their family home in Louisberg, Minnesota and with the help of the convent established Earthrise Farm in 1996. It was a risky, but hopeful start for the sisters and their first year they had only […]
Forming a Multi-Community Alliance
Forming a Multi-Community Alliance The three small towns of Dayton, Elmo and Big Arm form a u-shaped area around Flathead Lake in stunningly beautiful northwestern Montana. The community of Elmo was selected to participate in Horizons — a community leadership program sponsored by the Northwest Area Foundation. When their neighbors in the towns of Big […]
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