FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palmer to advocate for rural communities in economic policymaking Grand Rapids, MN – The Blandin Foundation announced today that its President and CEO, Tuleah Palmer, has been invited by Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari to join the Federal Reserve Community Advisory Board (CAB). Palmer attended her first meeting on …
Daily Yonder features Spring Grove, Minn., and its work with the Citizen’s Institute on Rural Design, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Today the Blandin Foundation helped announce a significant grant from the Housing and Urban Development Office (HUD) to a coalition of local homeless organizations, Northeast Continuum of Care (NE CoC), to develop new housing units and opportunities and better serve the housing needs of the region. Blandin helped the local coalition secure the $352,280 federal …
Opinion column in the Star Tribune by Blandin Foundation CEO Tuleah Palmer on the Minnesota state budget surplus and rural Minnesota funding disparities. Read the column.
Largest scholarship budget in Blandin Foundation history of $1.5 million aims to build strong future rural workforce GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (Feb 17, 2023) – Applications for Blandin Foundation scholarships are being accepted until March 1, 2023. The scholarships provide Itasca area students $1,000 to $5,000 or more per student for the 2023-2024 school year. Students …
Blake, Charwood, Marinucci and Scrivner to help the Foundation improve rural Minnesota outcomes in three priority areas GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (February 13, 2023) – Four northern Minnesotans have been selected to join the Blandin Foundation’s board of trustees starting in January 2023. Their personal knowledge of rural communities and their professional expertise will move the …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MINNESEOTA NORTH COLLEGE RECEIVES $3M BLANDIN FOUNDATION GRANT TO TRANSFORM NE MINN BY BUILDING REGIONAL SKILLS, RESOURCES AND CAPACITY AspireNORTH takes aim at the region’s labor challenges with student-centered programs, a holistic approach and improved access for underserved students and workers GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (Feb. 7, 2023) – Minnesota North College (Minnesota …
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe was one of two Tribes to receive a Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program grant from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration, to bring high-speed internet to more than 4,300 homes on the Leech Lake Reservation. Read more here
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (Jan. 12, 2023) – Applications for Blandin Foundation’s scholarships are available and being accepted until March 1, 2023. The scholarships provide Itasca area students $1,000 to $5,000 or more per student for the 2023-2024 school year. Students may reapply each year, until they are age 25 or have earned up to a …
PBS’s Crafts in America focuses on the ways woodcrafts enrich and support the economy and social fabric of Grand Marais, and keep wealth in the community. Catch it December 16 on your local PBS station. “The new roles Hedstrom Lumber plays in this community include providing economic diversity to the area to counterbalance the strong …