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Challenges Met and More to Come in Grafton

June 29, 2012 By admin

Challenges Met and More to Come in Grafton Grafton, North Dakota, sits in the far northeast corner of the state, 45 miles south of Canada, 11 miles west of the Minnesota border and in the flood plain of the Red River. The south branch of the Park River flows eastward through this community of about […]

Filed Under: Business Retention and Development, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Mainstreet, North Dakota, Northwest Area Foundation Horizons Project, Program - community, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Rural Business Development, Small Business, Sustainable Regional Economy

Snowy Pines Restoration

June 29, 2012 By admin

Message in a Bottle Greg and his wife, Marcia Rapatz’s passion for trees led to the creation of Snowy Pines Reforestation, a service-oriented forestry business committed to sustainable forestry and reforestation near Browerville, MN. Combined, Greg and Marcia have over 45 years of forestry experience. “Planting trees is like sending a message in a bottle,” […]

Filed Under: Air Quality, Business - cooperative, Business - mid-sized (>21 employees), Community Development and Design, Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Energy and Green Building, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Forestry, Forestry Cooperatives, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Harvesting Nature, Minnesota, Passive Solar Design, Responsible Purchasing, Sustainable Management, Water Quality, Wildlife Management

Creating Connection and Community

June 29, 2012 By admin

Creating Connection and Community On Washington State’s western coast, the Hoh River Reservation encompasses 443 acres of natural abundance. The Olympic rainforest, Pacific Ocean and the Hoh River have sustained generations of Hoh River people on their ancestral land. In the tribal village, 120 community members make their home in two neighborhoods, the upper and […]

Filed Under: Children, Families and Learning, Civic Literacy & Leadership, Community Development and Design, Family Entertainment and Activities, Fish, Fishing, Gathering and Hunting, Harvesting Nature, Lifelong Learning, Multi-Generational Recreation Center, Northwest Area Foundation Horizons Project, Program - community, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Shellfish, Washington, Youth, Youth Leadership

The Best-Kept Secret in Northwestern Minnesota

June 29, 2012 By admin

The Best-Kept Secret in Northwestern Minnesota Red Lake Falls — “A scenic community committed to learning, growth, compassion and heritage.” The mission says it well. One leader, who is one of those rare individuals who lives in the house his grandparents built, calls his town “the best-kept secret in northwest Minnesota.” He describes how you […]

Filed Under: Children, Families and Learning, Civic Literacy & Leadership, Community Development and Design, Lifelong Learning, Minnesota, Northern Minnesota, Northwest Area Foundation Horizons Project, Program - community, Promoting Community Interaction on Common Goals, Rural Business Development, Youth

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