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Melissa Streich

Call for Regional Public Art

Region 6W seeks artists interested in creating a public art project for the region, including the counties of Big Stone, Swift, Lac qui Parle, Chippewa and Yellow Medicine along the upper Minnesota River Valley in Western Minnesota. For more

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International Walk/Bike to School Day

In 2012, the UMVRDC led the elementary schools in Appleton, Benson, Dawson, Granite Falls and Madison through a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) planning process to develop plans with the goal of encouraging students to walk and bike to school. The plans

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Highlights from NADO's 2014 Washington Policy Conference

Over 300 regional development practitioners, policy makers, and other stakeholders participated in the 2014 Washington Policy Conference: NADO on the Hill from March   23 – 26.  Over the course of the four-day event, attendees learned about the

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Latest Newsletter Available

March 2014 newsletter issue is now available!

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National Association of Counties Report Economic Recovery at Local Level

In January, the National Association of Counties (NACo) issued a report tracking economic recovery at the county level. NACo's new study, County Tracker 2013: On the Path to Recovery, assesses the performance of the nation's county economies by

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The Final Flood Mitigation Project for Granite Falls

Since the floods of 1997 and 2001, the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission (UMVRDC) staff has worked with the City of Granite Falls in their flood recovery efforts. The city has utilized approximately $40 million funded from a

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Enable the region to thrive through assisting local units of government.

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