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Long Prairie area residents complete Blandin Community Leadership Program retreat

Grand Rapids, Minn. — Twenty-six residents of the Long Prairie area returned March 27 from a five-day leadership retreat, the first segment of an intense eight-day training provided by the Blandin Community Leadership Program (BCLP). The team also will participate in follow-up workshops in June and September. A program of the Grand Rapids-based Blandin Foundation, …

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Blandin Foundation and Trust to meet with Court

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – Representatives from Blandin Foundation and the Charles K. Blandin Residuary Trust head to St. Paul on April 21 to update the Ramsey County District Court and to consider a new way to report and verify that the Foundation is meeting its commitments to the communities of its local giving area (Itasca …

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Redwood Falls area residents complete Blandin Community Leadership Program retreat

Grand Rapids, Minn. — Twenty-four residents of the Redwood Falls area returned February 27 from a five-day leadership retreat, the first segment of an intense eight-day training provided by the Blandin Community Leadership Program (BCLP). The team also will participate in follow-up workshops in June and August. A program of the Grand Rapids-based Blandin Foundation, …

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(c) Dave Bjerk

Blandin Foundation seeks trustees from Itasca area

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – Blandin Foundation has launched a search for at least two Itasca-area engaged community leaders to join the Blandin Foundation Board of Trustees. When Charles Blandin established his charitable foundation in 1941, he designed its governance to include strong advisors who would steer and oversee it when he could no longer be …

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International Falls area residents complete Blandin Community Leadership Program retreat

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE International Falls area residents complete Blandin Community Leadership Program retreat Grand Rapids, Minn. — Twenty-three residents of the International Falls area returned February 13 from a five-day leadership retreat, the first segment of an intense eight-day training provided by the Blandin Community Leadership Program (BCLP). The team also will participate in follow-up …

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Grand Rapids residents complete Blandin Community Leadership Program retreat

Group joins largest group of alumni in the state Grand Rapids, Minn. — Twenty-six residents of the Grand Rapids area returned January 30 from a five-day leadership retreat, the first segment of an intense eight-day training provided by the Blandin Community Leadership Program (BCLP). The group also will participate in follow-up workshops in May and …

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Blandin Foundation awards broadband grants across rural Minnesota

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – Blandin Foundation announced today that it has awarded  six grants totaling $113,900 to support rural Minnesota communities as they grow high-speed Internet access and use in their communities. Long Prairie will develop a business plan to build a fiber-to-the-home network, Project FINE out of Winona County will support refugee and immigrant …

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(c) John Connelly

Education Grant applications available

Blandin Foundation education grants help put higher education within reach for area students For Immediate Release GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – Applications for Blandin Foundation need-based education grants are now available for Itasca area students and are accepted until May 1. Up to $950,000 will be granted to Itasca County area students pursuing higher education during …

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Ten new communities selected for Blandin Community Broadband Program

Two-year partnerhips provide planning, technical and financial support to help 10 communities meet digital technology goals BRAINERD, Minn. (November 19, 2014) – Blandin Foundation announced today that it has selected 10 rural Minnesota communities for intensive, two-year partnerships with the Foundation to advance local broadband initiatives. The announcement was made today at the Border to Border …

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Worthington area residents complete Blandin Community Leadership Program retreat

Grand Rapids, Minn. — Twenty-two residents of the Worthington area returned November 7 from a five-day leadership retreat, the first segment of an intense eight-day training provided by the Blandin Community Leadership Program (BCLP). The team also will participate in follow-up workshops in February and April 2015. A program of the Grand Rapids-based Blandin Foundation, …

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