Yearly Archives

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12/30 - Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka on the upcoming state legislative session, (2/2)
12/22 - Senate leader Gazelka talks rural priorities
12/14 - Rural diversity manifests itself in form of tech industry, foodie culture
12/07 - Dawn Espe, Development Planner for Region 5 Development Commission on new grant
11/28 - MN Department of Labor and Industry deputy Jessica Looman speaks on apprenticeships, (1/2)
11/22 - State of Rural Minnesota 2017
11/17 - CRPD President Finstad on challenges of recent election, part 2
11/16 - Renewable energy projects 5,000 jobs for rural Minnesota
11/11 - CRPD President Finstad reviews election results
11/03 - CRPD President Finstad talks upcoming MN Legislative session
11/01 - Small Business Development Center works to get Vets in business for themselves
10/19 - Marnie Werner talks about the underlying issues behind the daycare shortage in rural MN
10/12 - Renewable energy in Northeast Minnesota, part 2
10/05 - Renewable energy in Northeast Minnesota, part 1
09/30 - Workforce Development and Retention in Rural MN Part 2
09/22 - Workforce Development and Retention in Rural MN Part 1
09/21 - The impact of nonprofits in Greater MN
09/15 - Small business development with Tim Penny, part 2
09/08 - Small business development with Tim Penny, part 1
09/01 - The search for child care
09/01 - A quiet crisis: Minnesota’s child care shortage
08/19 - Gov. Mark Dayton on the special session
08/15 - Steve Wenzel: Special session and taxes
08/05 - Steve Wenzel: In defense of Rural Development in the Farm Bill
07/28 - Issues and hot topics at Farm Fest 2016
07/21 - GMO labeling: Where are we at? Part 2
07/14 - GMO labeling: Where are we at? Part 1
07/07 - Higher education in Greater Minnesota, part 2
06/30 - Higher education in Greater Minnesota
06/26 - School funding and a history lesson, pt 2
06/17 - School funding, ag land and the special session
06/09 - Giving in Greater Minnesota, part 2
06/02 - Giving in Greater Minnesota
05/26 - After the smoke clears…
05/12 - Ron Zeigler: services for small communities, pt 2
05/05 - Ron Zeigler: services for small communities, pt 1
04/29 - Nancy Norr part 2
04/21 - Minnesota Power’s Nancy Norr
04/14 - Local latitude in getting broadband to rural areas
04/08 - The legislative session so far, pt. 2
04/01 - The legislative session so far, pt 1
03/24 - Tony Sertich, part 2: Challenging the child care shortage
03/18 - Tony Sertich and the Initiative Foundations at 30
03/11 - Broadband 101
03/04 - A conversation with Rep. Joe Schomacker, part 2
03/01 - Bringing broadband to rural Minnesota
02/25 - A conversation with Rep. Joe Schomacker
02/19 - Aligning strategies for better planning, pt 2
02/12 - Aligning strategies for better planning, part 1
02/05 - Natural gas is also key to economic development
01/29 - Missing links in economic development
01/21 - Innovation in business
01/14 - Getting the most from public transit in Greater MN, part 3
01/13 - State of Rural Minnesota 2015
01/07 - Getting the most from public transit in Greater MN, part 2
01/07 - Rural Reality: City transit, rural transit

12/31 - Getting the most from public transit in Greater MN, part 1
12/28 - The Three T’s of the Iron Range: Taconite and Tourism
08/14 - Diversity in rural wealth: The many capitals of rural Minnesota
07/30 - Addressing the coming workforce squeeze
06/02 - The coming workforce squeeze
04/22 - Grocery Stores by the Numbers
04/20 - Challenges in building the long-term care workforce in rural Minnesota
01/12 - The state of freight rail: key findings
01/05 - The state of rail: Untangling the issues

12/05 - Rural Success in the Making: The Inadvertent Café
06/23 - Identifying Best Practices for Collaboration
05/22 - The continuing education needs of immigrant farmers
03/19 - The State of Water
03/19 - Rural Reality: Rough Roads Ahead & Roads Less Traveled
03/18 - 2013 State of Rural Minnesota
01/01 - Rural Minnesota Journal 2014

11/01 - Rural Minnesota Journal 2011

Self-driving cars? They’re closer than you think

Frank Douma, director of the State and Local Policy Program at the U of M’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, joins us this week. Frank has been tracking self-driving vehicles for years. The technology for them is out in fields right now, Frank says, and MnDOT demonstrated self-driving buses last year already. We can expect more demonstrations, including in Greater Minnesota. But what about people with jobs as drivers right now?
Shopping small in Greater Minnesota, pt 1

Heather Fisher, owner of Salvage Sisters in Mankato, joins Marnie and Jim to talk about Shop Small Saturday and the importance of small businesses to cities small and large in Greater Minnesota.
Government: At the intersection of local, state and federal, pt 3

In the third and final part of our interview with CRPD board member and Crow Wing County Administrator Tim Houle, Tim talks about how federal transportation dollars are divided among Minnesota’s communities, and why with the upcoming Census in 2020 it will be especially important that everyone gets counted. Minnesota is on the verge of losing a Congressional seat, and that could have a serious impact on the amount of federal dollars flowing into the state.
Government: At the intersection of local, state and federal, pt 2

Crow Wing County Administrator and CRPD board member Tim Houle joins us again this week to talk about the complicated relationship between the county, state and federal governments. This week we look at the need for counties to communicate the local perspective to state lawmakers in St. Paul. As an example, Tim talks about mental health and county jails.
Government: At the intersection of local, state and federal, pt 1

Crow Wing County Administrator and CRPD board member Tim Houle joins us this week to talk about the complicated relationship between the county, state and federal governments.