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Archives for April 2017

Office Closed-April 29th

Our office will be closed all day Friday, April 29th for a management seminar that all staff will be attending.  Thank you for your cooperation.  Our office will open again Monday morning at 8am.  

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Kay's Processing LLC and Kay's Naturals Inc.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has chosen the co-founders of Kay's Processing LLC and Kay's Naturals Inc., of Clara City, as the Minnesota Encore Entrepreneurs of 2017. See full article    

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April 2017 Board Meeting

The monthly UMVRDC board meeting will be held Tuesday, April 25th beginning at 6:30pm in Appleton at the Civic Center. The meeting is open to the public.  Click here to view the board packet.  

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Office Closed – Good Friday

Our office will be closed on Friday, April 14th in observance of the Easter Holiday.  We will reopen on Monday morning at 8am. Safe travel over the holiday weekend!

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Transit Plan

Transit Plan Based on MnDOT’s Transit Dependency Index (which looks at: population, jobs, zero vehicle households, poverty, disability, limited English proficiency, seniors age 65+ and youth under 18) the Big Stone, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift,

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RLF Update

UMVRDC RLF Update The UMVRDC Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) works to help businesses by creating a financial package to fund their start-up or expansion project.  A primary focus of the UMVRDC’s RLF is job creation and retention in the region. Northern

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Safe Routes to School – KMS

Safe Routes to School – KMS Walking and bicycling was once the way most students arrived at school, but that has since changed dramatically. Kerkhoven – Murdock – Sunburg (KMS) Schools, their communities, and the UMVRDC have been hard at work

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Center for Small Towns Partnership

Center for Small Towns Partnership This past year the UMVRDC has worked with students from the University of Minnesota Morris, Center for Small Towns, to collect new imagery of the region in hopes of changing the negative rural narrative. One of the

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