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Comments Sought on Proposed Transportation Projects in Area

Public comment is requested on the draft Area Transportation Partnership Improvement Program (ATIP) for 2026-2029 regarding projects occurring in Big Stone, Swift, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle and Yellow Medicine Counties. The ATIP lays out the four-year

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March 2025 Newsletter

Welcome Savannah!  We are excited to welcome Savannah Hundley to the UMVRDC! As a Community Development Specialist, Savannah will be working on the MnDOT Transportation Planning Program, Safe Routes to School, and Active Transportation. She will

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Register for the Southwest MN Workforce Summit!

Registration for the SW MN Workforce Summit is now open!  The Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission is partnering with several economic development and workforce partners in southwest MN to hold a Southwest MN Workforce Summit on

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Join us March 18th to learn about MHP’s Housing Institute!

We are well aware of the challenges communities are facing in regard to housing as housing-related issues showed up in five of the top 11 most important topics in our most recent Annual Regional Survey.  One way to help your community address local

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Southwest MN Workforce Summit

The UMVRDC is partnering with several economic development and workforce partners in southwest MN to plan a Southwest MN Workforce Summit on April 29 at the Heritage Event Center in rural Taunton. This all-day event will feature great speakers and

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What’s Going on in Greater Minnesota?

Make plans to join this special live webinar brought to you by the Center for Rural Policy and Development. Check out the details from CRPD below:   What’s going on in Greater Minnesota? A special live webinar from the Center for Rural

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December 2024 Newsletter

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, from all of us at the UMVRDC! Byway Secures Grant for Website Redesign The Byway Alliance, during its December 12th meeting, approved the continuation of the UMVRDC as the Byway

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Congratulations to our UMVRDC Planner Scholarship Winner!

We would like to congratulate Paige Meyer on receiving the 2024 UMVRDC Planner Scholarship! Paige also received the scholarship in 2023 and has worked for the UMVRDC as the summer intern for the past two summers. Paige is a 2023 Lac qui Parle Valley

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