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 […]
Kas Brothers
Winds of Change From one perspective, Richard and Roger Kas of Woodstock, Minnesota are typical Midwestern farmers who grew up farming the family land with their father, William. But this family has something unmistakably unique taking place on their farm: they are farming the wind. With over 17 modern wind turbines on their land, they […]
Little Falls: Footsteps Into the Future
Jumping Into the Heart of Minnesota The people of Little Falls are taking the plunge. Plans for a Family Aquatic Center are now sounds of a wet and wild time. For the first time in Little Falls’ history, the sidewalk could be the underway. They want to fill the air with children laughing their way […]