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Bolt Enterprises

Bolt Enterprises

Young Entrepreneurs Business Opportunities through Learning and Technology (BOLT) Enterprises, a student-run business, provides a unique educational opportunity for young entrepreneurs attending Westbrook-Walnut Grove High School in Westbrook, Minnesota. BOLT Enterprises gives students the experience of running a real business, provides jobs, and manufactures a dynamite barbecue sauce, all on the high school campus. Students […]

Bio Builder of Minnesota

Bio Builder of Minnesota

Healthy Lakes Bio Builder of Alexandria designed a unique fertilizer to keep Minnesota lakes clean, while helping lakeshore owners grow healthy, green lawns. The fertilizer, Thrivin’ Natural™ and Organic Turfgrass, is made from corn distiller’s dried grain and rough fish. The environmentally friendly formula is phosphorous-free eliminating toxic run-off and protecting and maintaining lake water […]

Big Stone Lake: A Vision for the Future

Big Stone Lake: A Vision for the Future

The CUP is Half-Full in the Big Stone Lake Area No, CUP is not a typo. It is a philosophy and a vital partnership on the western border of Minnesota that started when people from nine communities across the area got together to discuss their future at a Blandin Community Investment Partnership (BCIP) meeting. It […]

Betsy Bowen

Betsy Bowen

Carving Out a Fulfilling Life Two miles West of the vibrant community of Grand Marais, out towards the Cascade River, artist Betsy Bowen sits on the back step of her old farm house, carving a wood block into a work of art – a loon, flying across a blue sky dappled with clouds. A dreamy […]

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