Yearly Archives

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01/21 - Why I live here: New London
01/16 - St. Cloud Times: State troopers will carry kits to help the homeless
01/13 - Minnesota Public Radio: In rural Minnesota, a scarcity of beds for people in crisis
01/11 - Mankato Free Press: Blue Earth County faces tough broadband costs
01/10 - MinnPost: As Minnesota counties vote on accepting refugees, here are the counties where refugees have actually moved in the last decade
01/10 - Minnesota Public Radio: Walz says $293M needed to make water infrastructure more resilient to climate change
01/06 - MinnPost: How Minnesota towns are trying to fill their empty Shopkos
01/02 - National Public Radio: In Rural Areas Without Pain Or Addiction Specialists, Family Doctors Fill In The Gaps

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

RuralMN Radio: Signing off, pt 2

We wrap up our conversation with Brad Finstad, state director for USDA Rural Development, about rural policy and its impact on rural communities and how the Center helps with the understanding of complicated issues.
RMR 03-20-2019 USDA Rural Economic Development Pt 2
RuralMN Radio: Signing off, pt 1

After more than 15 years, we’re closing down RuralMN Radio. Former president Brad Finstad joins Marnie and Jim to talk in his capacity as state director for USDA Rural Development about what’s going on around rural Minnesota, what the Center is doing, and the synergies between federal and state funding for rural areas. While RuralMN Radio is going away, be sure to check out our blog, and coming towards the end of this year, our new podcast!
A look back at rural Minnesota, pt 2

As we close in our final RuralMN Radio in two weeks, we take a look back at how things have changed in rural Minnesota over the last fifteen years, including the engagement of the rural voice.
A look back at rural Minnesota, pt 1

As we close in our final RuralMN Radio in two weeks, we take a look back at how things have changed in rural Minnesota over the last fifteen years, including the advent of broadband and the ups and downs of the economy.
RuralMN Radio: Letters to the new Governor

Our newest publication is “Letters to the New Governor,” a collection of essays by experts around the state writing on an overview of the issues in Greater Minnesota. Some of the authors include Tim Penny and Charlie Weaver on why the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota need each other, Gary Wertish and Kevin Paap on agriculture, Megan Dayton from the Minnesota Demographic Center on population projections, Fred Nolan from the Minnesota Rural Education Association on K-12 education, Gary Johnson and Brian Bissonette of Paul Bunyan Communications in Bemidji on their philosophy on broadband and more. While it’s called “Letters …