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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

Showcase West virginia

June 29, 2012 By admin

Betty Rivard has been a photographer all her life, but she really began to get serious about her art after she retired from her job as a state social worker in West Virginia. “My goal is to show the beauty and individuality of the everyday scene in West Virginia,” Betty says of her work. As […]

Filed Under: Appalachia, Arts & Crafts, Arts and Culture, Business - self, Business Development and Marketing, Buy Local, Community Development and Design, Consumption and Purchasing, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, West Virginia

Rising Moon Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Not Just About Profit In a small valley, leading into the Zumbro River, chickens, ducks, guinea fowl, goats and more than 100 lambs roam the fields. This is the home of Rising Moon Farm, operated by Melissa Peteler and Catherine Friend. For Melissa and Catherine, farming is more than just making a profit. “It is […]

Filed Under: Animal Welfare, Business - family, Community Development and Design, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Fruits, Grass farming/free range, Horticultural crops, Livestock, Llamas, Management Concerns, Methods, Minnesota, New products or Services (ag and non-ag- based), Organic farming, Processing, Sheep and goats, Soil Quality, Value added, Weed Control, Women-owned Enterprises

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