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Blog
- Taking a bite out of food insecurity
- AspireNORTH on the air
- Veterans Day: a time to stand with those who have served
- Rural transportation goes autonomous
- Editorial: Making sure an ambulance shows up
- Minnesota Digital Equity Profiles are out!
- Meeting this Moment: Rural Boost Grants ignite rural doers to action
- Riverfest Creates Community, Celebrates “Home”
- College = many types of success
- A call for clear-eyed definitions of rural
- Celebrations!
- Gearing up for federal broadband funding? Your county profile can help
- After 12 years of service, the LqP Computer Commuter nears the end of its road
- To move rural places forward, federal funding systems must reflect today’s rural realities
- Share your #MNthanks2broadband story
- ElderCircle’s Assisted Transportation: Making Health Care Accessible for Rural Older Adults
- Growing Rural Communities Will Need Newcomers
- Preeti Yonjon: cultivating inclusion in Alexandria
- Grand Rapids, like many Greater Minnesota cities, works toward a welcoming environment
- Janell Hecimovich: Pushing through the fear of failing to keep communities safe
- Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center advances sustainability in rural Minnesota
- Willmar Main Street: strengthening community through creativity
- Harvest Nation brings locally-grown, affordable food options to rural northeast Minnesota
- From zero to 100: Red Lake leaders achieve complete census count
- Don’t Come A-Knockin’: Worthington leader switches census strategy to reach communities of color amid COVID 19
- Indigenizing the Census: Minnesota tribal communities collaborate for a strong Census 2020 count
- In Worthington, youth lead the way to full Census 2020 count
- Among low-income communities, trusted relationships are key to a full census count
- Kickstart Census in your community
- Get Started Rural Leaders – Census 2020 is coming!
- Rural Minnesotans confident they can stand up to hate, says Rural Pulse survey
- Rural Pulse 2019: Student success looks different to rural, urban communities
- Rural Pulse 2019: More urban Minnesotans consider rural, creating new opportunities for recruitment
- Rural Pulse 2019: The Pulse captures the complexity of Minnesota
- Introducing GroundWork: tools to grow vibrant rural communities
- Fueling the engine of hope: Leadership lesson 3
- Recognizing students opening doors to education
- Boosting Student Success by Meeting Needs In and Out of the Classroom
- It's Time to Talk
- Fueling the engine of hope – part 2
- New Dental Clinic Leaves Bigfork Residents Smiling
- Fueling the engine of hope – part 1
- Performers capture local history to engage and inspire at Forest History Center
- Recharging Redwood Falls: leaders share what fuels them
- Mixing Art, Education, and Community Conversations on critical social issues
- Vibrant communities. Vibrant arts.
- Itasca area youth programs kicking it up a notch
- New Americans series shines light on impact of immigrants and refugees in rural Minnesota
- Program Associate Becky LaPlant featured in Giving Forum magazine
- Newest BRCLP leadership cohort builds on strength in reservation communities
- Blandin Foundation CEO Addresses Central Minnesota Community Foundations
- A school on wheels: Wi-Fi opens up new learning doors on Iron Range school buses
- Healing Foundations Therapeutic Farm Offers a Fresh Approach to Youth Mental Health
- Rural "neighborhood effects" give kids a leg up for future job earning
- Standing with students as they make a courageous commitment to education
- Community readiness is key to expanding rural Internet access, says Blandin's Bernadine Joselyn in Star Tribune article
- Blandin Foundation celebrates Itasca area students as they step into their future
- Early Start builds community support while boosting kindergarten readiness
- Minnesota newspapers feature Blandin Foundation CEO commentary on broadband needs
- Story (re)tellers: Reservation leaders take a fresh look at self, community to boost resiliency
- Blandin leadership alum applies learning to community challenge
- Redwood area, Lower Sioux: Building cultural bridges to strengthen a divided community
- Blending economic classes in rural Minnesota boosts youth upward mobility
- Rural Minnesota's bright spots tell a story of revitalization, not ruin
- Creating jobs, the rural way
- Rural Pulse 2016: Seeing rural Minnesota through the eyes of our communities of color
- The 9 Dimensions: A look into the health of rural Minnesota communities
- New this year! Rural Pulse 2016 Regional Reports
- Rural Pulse 2016: a snapshot of the concerns, perceptions and priorities of rural Minnesota residents
- Blandin Foundation data, message on inclusion featured in Star Tribune editorial
- Brain Gain bill would jump start rural workforce recruitment
- Hackathons: calling ALL creative thinkers (not just coders)
- Blandin Foundation lifts up rural voices on broadband in Star Tribune
- NTIA launches Community Connectivity Initiative to help local leaders plan for broadband; Blandin Foundation signs on to partner
- Border-to-border broadband: a movement that's not going away
- Reprinting history: Blandin Foundation recognized as a Friend of Minnesota Newspapers
- Blandin Foundation: a catalyst of connections
- Fond du Lac Ojibwe School brings culture, education to life through broadband access
- Know your neighbors: Circle of Healing builds welcoming communities through understanding and appreciation
- Vision follows passion: Chisago County taps community's energy to drive change in broadband access and use
- Closing the philanthropic gap through voice and vision
- Highlights from Rural Assembly panel on rural philanthropy
- Imagining the future of rural philanthropy
- What's Left: sparking conversation about suicide prevention through art
- PART 2: Your questions about Blandin Foundation, answered.
- Vibrant places, vibrant spaces: Nashwauk Township rebuilds community hub
- Is rural stuck in a philanthropic catch-22?
- MinnPost launches Rural Dispatches series
- Your questions about Blandin Foundation, answered.
- Need and Imagination: Principles for Raising Dollars, Support
- Kathy Annette featured in Minnesota Native News: Bemidji, Rocking the Boat
- Get up close and personal with C.K. Blandin and his Foundation
- Calling conversations that matter: Superintendent Matt Grose shines a light on standardized testing
- The Wi-Fi on the bus goes...click, click, click!
- Is wireless the answer for rural Minnesota?
- Freeborn County's Lift One; Lift All teams up for Homeless Day on the Hill
- Nichole Uzelac: highly motivated and mechanically minded
- Bemijigamaag Powwow draws a vibrant mix of community
- Red Wing rallies all voices to change community story
- The rural Minnesota housing crunch
- RREAL installs first solar heating system in Itasca
- Inviting youth & community to learn Why Treaties Matter
- The role of local news in rural communities
- Baudette Library a True Community Connector
- Minnesota newspapers recognized for their role in community
- Blandin Foundation awards broadband grants across rural Minnesota
- Jasper Journal features two Blandin Community Leadership alumni, brothers and Minnesota city mayors
- Spirit behind gathering was reason enough: digging into how a community can host itself
- Local leadership recognized as key to increasing national broadband access and use
- Looking to the future of rural community leadership
- Trustees tour Itasca Economic Development Corporation
- Blandin Foundation welcomes Carolyn Olson
- Community leadership: Does it run in the family?
- Who's championing rural philanthropy?
- Lesson #1 in Increasing Internet Access and Use: It all comes down to community leadership
- Creating conditions for nonprofit success
- Ten Blandin Broadband Communities Named at Yesterday's Border to Border Broadband Conference
- Tele-dentistry fights the "silent epidemic" in rural Minnesota
- Minnesota shares a holiday gift with the nation
- Seniors-to-Seniors: Tech night boosts broadband literacy in Lake County
- 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
- Education Grants "fill the gap" for 328 students
- Forging a path for Itasca County's future through conversation at first-ever Community Cafe
- Connect Itasca seeks to build the case for broadband expansion
- Art of Hosting: Have conversations that matter
- Digital storytelling: the megaphone for rural voice
- The Birthplace of Brain Gain: Mitchell, S.D.
- Putting generational differences to work in rural Minnesota
- Blandin Broadband Communities Strut Their Stuff
- Albert Lea busts poverty myths to build community
- Celebrating rural resiliency and passion across the U.S.
- Ecosystem philanthropy: a recipe for change
- 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
- Engage in conversations that matter. Attend Art of Hosting training!
- 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
- Why Treaties Matter exhibit travels to Itasca County
- Tatanka Bluffs: creating vibrant communities through collaboration
- Lake County chronicles their journey to broadband adoption on YouTube
- Minnesota Council of Nonprofits expands presence in Greater MN
- Blandin Foundation awards $4.4 million in grants
- Who's in rural's corner at Blandin Foundation?
- Grants Reports: 6 Ways to Wow your Funders
- To support rural work, connect the dots
- Think people, not place in rural migration
- Blandin Foundation doubles its commitment to early childhood
- Communities come together to imagine a resilient rural region
- Rural: talk about your community's bloom, not the doom and gloom
- A pinch of framing, a dash of social capital: a successful recipe for community leadership
- Closing the crack through collaboration: Support Within Reach partners to strengthen approach to sexual violence support
- Rural arts: bursting at the seams in northern Minnesota
- What does it all add up to? The Mountain of Accountability
- Future Workers Learn the Importance of Committed Connections
- What does effective leadership in rural communities look like?
- Rural students make the case for state broadband funding
- Cradle-to-Career Pipelines Prepare Students for Lifelong Success
- Redefining competitiveness
- Blandin Foundation extends its commitment to rural broadband
- Rural connections cradle our littlest learners
- The Web celebrates 25th birthday. Is rural invited to the party?
- Cultivating young rural leaders
- Pipestone Businesses Stand Behind Community Leaders
- A fresh angle: rural newspapers redefine their role in community
- Report released: What's the ROI on broadband?
- Got broadband on the brain? If not, you should! Here's why...
- Invest in people. Stay economically competitive.
- The Future Started Yesterday: a response
- Happy holidays from the Blandin Foundation
- Breaking the lock on American Indian student success
- Foundation trustees travel back to Blandin's roots
- Blandin Foundation president Kathy Annette shares a message of hope at 2013 Women in Public Service Conference
- Sticky, sweet success
- PCs for People: tech elves delivering holiday cheer
- Rural Minnesota voices lead national conversation on Internet adoption
- Minnesota forests: So what? Now what?
- Putting an Equity & Opportunity Lens on Community Development
- Bringing rural techies together to boost economic development in Itasca County
- Connecting leaders to leaders
- Welcome new staff members
- During Cultural Transition, Youth Can Be the Drivers of Change
- Expanding Opportunity for Area Students through Curriculum Reform
- Relationships, Discernment and the Home Place
- Tapping into youth's rural passion
- Raising a legacy of hope in Chibaawaating
- A small bite of the Itasca area hunger picture
- Vibrant communities: Windom and Worthington
- Is "rural" the right word?
- What's the point of a road if there are no drivers?
- Blandin Foundation Welcomes Newest Staff Member
- Rural-urban broadband gap still an issue, newly released NTIA map shows
- Second Harvest Builds Community Bridges to End Hunger
- The economy is improving - so why doesn't it feel like it?
- Broadband: stringing lives together through music
- Boost in Early Education Funding Reaches 8,000 Minnesota Students - what about the other 30,000?
- New workforce development model realigns education with employment opportunities in rural Minnesota
- Strengthening rural economy is focus of recent Blandin Foundation grants
- Rural America: Stop, reverse, revitalize
- Blandin Foundation names three new trustees
- Blandin Foundation Names 2014 Leadership Program Communities
- Blandin Foundation Board Tours Food Bank
- Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities Project Bolsters Broadband Adoption
- Rural Leader: BCLP Alum Scott Adkisson Sparks Community Change with Red Wing Ignite
- Calling rural community leaders!
- Deer River Students Harmonize on the Information Highway
- Listening in Itasca communities
- Education bill forges new path for MN schools
- Quality of Life: Rural's Golden Ticket to Economic Vitality?
- Grantee Spotlight: Indian Land Tenure Foundation
- Rural Pulse raises community voices
- Career Fair gives students a glimpse of future opportunities
- Building our connected future
- MIRC garners Tekne Award for innovation
- Spotlight shines on northern Minnesota schools' tech initiative
- Women’s equality in Minnesota: we’re not there yet
- A testament to resilience
- Tackling a tough issue: health care
- Beyond graduation - the rural brain gain
- Broadband continues growth in rural Minnesota
- Blandin Foundation Meets with Itasca area stakeholders
- Spotlight on Student Success
- New report shows Minnesota is ready for innovation in government
- Making Progress toward Real Representation
- Leadership Matters!
- Partners honored for community work
- Driving toward a drop-in center
- Collaborating for kids
- One community’s “can do”
- Native Americans' experiences shared online
- Community, in first, second and third place
- Census: Change is here (still)
- Congratulations, Stevens County!
- Help imagine a new way
- Worlds apart, same message
- Rural development challenges, national-style
- Lessons learned: when ideas met reality
- Op-Ed: Little Learners, Big Responsibility
- School Readiness Funders Urge Early Childhood Care and Education Reform
- Blandin Foundation Awards $4 Million in Grants
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Team Members
- Alice Moren
- Amber Smith
- Amy Fearing
- Ashley Charwood, LGSW, MSW
- Becky Adams
- Bukata Hayes
- Carolyn Olson
- Chris Romano
- Christy Marshall
- Daniel Lemm
- Dustin Goslin
- Guy Clairmont
- Heidi Korstad
- Janae Moore
- Jenna Ihle
- Jen Alger
- Jennifer Bevis
- Jim Hoolihan
- John Weyer
- Julie Marinucci
- Katie Christenson
- Kayla Scrivner
- Kyle Erickson
- Laura Connelly
- Linda Gibeau
- LuAnn Robinson - Nawagiizhigookwe
- Mackenzie Grubbs
- Mark Hawkinson
- Mary Magnuson
- Matt Hanson
- Missy Johnson
- Paige Stensrud
- Paula Troumbly
- Peter Birkey
- Senja Morque
- Shari Undeland
- Sholom Blake, CPA
- Theresa Stark
- Therese Casey
- Tim Schultz
- Traci Gangl
- Tuleah Palmer