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 […]
Todd County: A Community That Gives Back
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 […]
Northeast Minnesota Sustainable Development Partnership
Reaching Out Tucked among serene pines at the Cloquet Forestry Center, is a beehive of activity called the Northeast Minnesota Sustainable Development Partnership (NMSDP). The Partnership is reaching out to a wide range of groups in the region to find innovative ways to renew the countryside. With the energetic support of its executive director, Okey […]