Brochures are now available for the 2011 Meander Art Crawl. This year's brochure features artwork by Kerry Kolke-Bonk of Appleton. The Meander is a regional self-guided tour of artist studios, galleries and shops from Benson to Madison, Ortonville to
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Minnesota River Valley National Scenic Byway Receives Schmidt Grant
The UMVRDC wrote a successful grant for the Minnesota River Valley National Scenic Byway Alliance to the Carl and Verna Schmidt Foundation. The byway will receive $10,000 to work on interpretive planning projects, including completion of a current
Human Service Transit Coordination Plan
On June 8, the UMVRDC hosted a one-day workshop as part of the 2011 Local Human Service Transit Coordination Plan for the region. Currently, numerous individuals in our region have difficulty getting to medical appointments, the grocery store,
Click here for Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) info!
Is your city, county or agency website linked to the UMVRDC Revolving Loan Fund (RDC RLF) page? If not, it should be! Make it easier for your economic development professionals, bankers, and businesses to easily access RLF info. Click here to go to
Showcase Your Community Pride!
The Minnesota Community Pride Showcase is back and we'd like to invite you to participate once again! The 2011 Minnesota Community Pride Showcase builds off the successful "Reinventing Minnesota-Minnesota Community Pride Competition" that has taken
Giving Rural Businesses a Boost: Extension Offers Classes to Ensure Business Owners Have Power Over Their Online Presence
Is your business online? The answer might surprise you. Do a simple test. Google yourself. What came up? Much of the information you find on your business could be handled by a company unaffiliated with yours. It is often inaccurate, and can be
Western Minnesota Prairie Waters Receives Collaboration Award
Western Minnesota Prairie Waters was honored recently by the Southwest Initiative Foundation (SWIF) for their efforts in collaboration. The Southwest Initiative Foundation celebrated 25 years of serving southwest Minnesota with a regional
Put Technology to Work for You!
All across the state businesses are using the Internet to: Expand their MARKETING efforts beyond their local area, Enhance their capabilities in SELLING their products and services to a wider audience, Enable them to become more effective in
