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Valley Creek Community Farm

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A Dream Come True In Prairie Creek, local citizens are realizing their dreams of growing their own produce and their ideals of education and community. Valley Creek Community Farm is a Community Supported Agricultural (CSA) endeavor that materialized out of the partnership between several local residents. CSA members, Todd Lein and Anne Klawiter, rent land […]

Fairmont: Volunteerism at its Best

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All About Family in Fairmont The hard working and dedicated core of volunteers in Fairmont had been enjoying a vacation. The break ended with the arrival of good news: Blandin Foundation approved their Blandin CommunityInvestment Partnership (BCIP) grant and, according to Fairmont steering committee member Becky Von Holdt, “It’s time for the real fun to […]

Creating Connection and Community

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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 […]

All Aboard the Train to Tomorrow

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All Aboard the Train to Tomorrow An industrious, hardworking and fun-loving community of 3,600 people, Jackson, Minnesota, realizes that their community’s most vital link to progress reaches deeper than their expansive 230-acre industrial park, charming historic downtown, or roaring action at the Jackson Speedway, the fastest half-mile dirt track in the five-state region. Jackson’s vitality […]