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Storming Forward

June 29, 2012 By admin

Storming Forward “Living in Emmetsburg feels like I’m in the middle of a Normal Rockwell painting, just add in a couple leprechauns,” says one area resident. From a bustling downtown touting turn-of-the century architecture and well-preserved historic homes to welcoming smiles and scents from the local bakery, Emmetsburg, Iowa, provides a nostalgic backdrop of quintessential […]

Filed Under: Community Development and Design, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Iowa, Northwest Area Foundation Horizons Project, Program - community, Small Business, Women-owned Enterprises

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

A Community With a Can-do Spirit

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Community With a Can-do Spirit As you drive into eastern South Dakota, the prairie extends forever. There is vegetation the color of Black Hills gold. The sky is a brilliant blue. Pheasants, the peacock of the prairie, cross in front of you. Cattle graze. If you are traveling at night, the sky is hung […]

Filed Under: Children, Families and Learning, Community Development and Design, Program - community, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Public Planning, South Dakota, Youth, Youth Leadership

Leadership Grows Community Opportunities

June 29, 2012 By admin

Leadership Grows Community Opportunities “We all tend to wear at least three or four different hats,” says one of Elk River’s residents who laughs as he explains that he serves on City Council, operates a local restaurant and volunteers for both the fire department and ambulance service. The same resident joins some of the other […]

Filed Under: Children, Families and Learning, Community Development and Design, Idaho, Northwest Area Foundation Horizons Project, Program - community, Rural Business Development, Youth, Youth Leadership

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