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

The Center’s new blog and the future of RuralMN Radio

This week we talk about the Center’s newest undertaking: a new blog that will discuss our latest research and other rural issues. We’ll be posting new pieces weekly, at least for now during the legislative session, and at least bi-weekly after that. We also talk about the Center’s new State of Rural report for 2019, active now on our web site, that looks into the most pertinent economic and demographic issues in rural areas right now. And we announce that after 15+ years, we are bringing RuralMN Radio to a close in a few weeks, but we will be …
The political balancing act, pt 2

Reed Anfinson, editor and owner of the Swift County Monitor-News in Benson and the Grant County Herald in Elbow Lake, continues his conversation this week about the issues our new governor from Greater Minnesota will be working with. Transportation is, of course, big, and so is workforce housing. But the real problem, says Reed, is population. Who’s going to replace the baby boomer employees as they retire at rural Minnesota’s manufacturers and other businesses?
The political balancing act, pt 1

Reed Anfinson, owner of the Swift County Monitor and Grant County Herald newspapers and a CRPD board member, joins us this week to talk about the fact that the new governor of Minnesota is from Greater Minnesota, something that hasn’t happened in 30 years. Gov. Walz’s job now, says Reed, will be to balance the interests of both Greater Minnesota and the Twin Cities as he moves forward in his first term.
Rural broadband and cable providers

Anna Boroff is the executive director of the Minnesota Cable Communications Association and a CRPD board member. This week she joins Jim to talk about broadband. MCCA represents cable providers across Minnesota who represent about one million customers throughout the state. Demand for services and for increased speeds is continuing to grow. Anna talks about the areas of the state where the private business model doesn’t work and about ways to fill in those gaps.
Kevin Paap talks Farm Bill, pt 2

Click to listen: RuralMN Radio, 1/11/19 We’re with Kevin Paap, president of Minnesota Farm Bureau, again this week to continue our conversation on the Farm Bill and some of the big issues with agriculture this legislative session.