Category: Vibrant Rural

The role of local news in rural communities

Jasper Journal features two Blandin Community Leadership alumni, brothers and Minnesota city mayors

Who’s championing rural philanthropy?

Minnesota shares a holiday gift with the nation

Starting Strong: student success stories from MinnCAN

A Down-and-Dirty Rural Definition

Manufacturing and today’s rural MN economy

On the path to a vibrant future: Warroad

Newspapers: The Foundation of Vibrant Communities

Blandin Foundation president/CEO featured in MNSights

Connect Itasca seeks to build the case for broadband expansion

Digital storytelling: the megaphone for rural voice

The Birthplace of Brain Gain: Mitchell, S.D.

Celebrating rural resiliency and passion across the U.S.

Want young people to boomerang back to your community? Get sticky with your high-achievers.

Rural MN looks to generational wealth transfer to stimulate vibrancy

Rural Minnesota’s ‘Brain Gain’: Our future rests not in whether we lose young people, but how we welcome them back

Nurturing the next generation from cradle-to-career