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Todd County: A Community That Gives Back

June 29, 2012 By admin

Full Speed Ahead In the year 2000, through the Blandin Community Investment Partnership (BCIP) 180 people from across this rural area came together to talk. They were from all walks of life and had this in common: belief in each other and their communities. They also had questions: What needs to be done? How can […]

Filed Under: Children, Families and Learning, Community Development and Design, Enviromental Learning, Healthcare, Innovative Teaching, Land Zoning - Land Use Planning, Lifelong Learning, Minnesota, Program - community, Public Policy, Schooling, Youth, Youth Businesses

Sibley County: Community-Driven

June 29, 2012 By admin

Sibley County has Something for Everyone The residents of Sibley County are on a roll. With the approval of their Blandin Community Investment Partnership (BCIP) grant proposal they are optimistically entering an implementation phase of the expressed goals for the community. Improved health care access to technology environmental protection These are three crucial goals that […]

Filed Under: Community Development and Design, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Healthcare, Internet and High-tech, Minnesota, Program - community, Water Quality, Wildlife Management

Dream of Wild Health

June 29, 2012 By admin

Collective Effort Dream of Wild Health is a collective effort to grow ancient seeds saved for generations by Native Americans. Some of these seeds are 800 to 2000 years old, and they contain within them the key to a healthy future. Sally Auger, Executive Director, began this project when she realized that the decline of […]

Filed Under: Arts and Culture, Biodiversity, Biodiversity, Community Development and Design, Conservation, Cultural Preservation, Diversified, Education and Research, Educational Opportunities, Eldercare, Environment, econ, culture, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Healthcare, Herbs & flowers, Horticultural crops, Human Health, Management Concerns, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Preserving Elder Knowledge, Program - university, Traditional Medicine and Nutrition, Vegetables

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