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News and ideas you can use to strengthen rural Minnesota communities.

Author: Blandin Foundation

Spirit behind gathering was reason enough: digging into how a community can host itself

· Rural Capacity Building

Local leadership recognized as key to increasing national broadband access and use

· Broadband, Rural Capacity Building

Looking to the future of rural community leadership

· Rural Capacity Building

Trustees tour Itasca Economic Development Corporation

· Blandin Foundation

Blandin Foundation welcomes Carolyn Olson

· Blandin Foundation

Community leadership: Does it run in the family?

· Rural Capacity Building

Who’s championing rural philanthropy?

· Vibrant Rural

Lesson #1 in Increasing Internet Access and Use: It all comes down to community leadership

· Broadband, Rural Capacity Building

Creating conditions for nonprofit success

· Grants

Ten Blandin Broadband Communities Named at Yesterday’s Border to Border Broadband Conference

· Broadband

Tele-dentistry fights the “silent epidemic” in rural Minnesota

· Broadband

Minnesota shares a holiday gift with the nation

· Vibrant Rural

Seniors-to-Seniors: Tech night boosts broadband literacy in Lake County

· Broadband, Grants

Starting Strong: student success stories from MinnCAN

· Vibrant Rural

A Down-and-Dirty Rural Definition

· Vibrant Rural

Manufacturing and today’s rural MN economy

· Vibrant Rural

Blandin Foundation president/CEO featured in MNSights

· Blandin Foundation, Rural Capacity Building, Vibrant Rural

Education Grants “fill the gap” for 328 students

· Grants

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