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Blandin Foundation Announces 2025 Local Grant Opportunities Open March 7, 2025
New grant portfolios are designed to strengthen Community Wealth Building, Small Communities, and Rural Placemaking.
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Blandin Foundation Announces 2025 Local Grant Opportunities Open March 7, 2025
March 6, 2025
New Grant Portfolios Designed to Strengthen Community Wealth Building, Small Communities and Rural Placemaking Grand Rapids, Minn. – March 6, 2025 – The Blandin Foundation announced applications for its 2025 grant programs open on March 7, 2025 for prospective grantees in its local giving area of Itasca County, Blackduck, Hill City, Northome and Remer. The three…
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From Shared Meals to a Shared Vision: Marietta’s New Gathering Space
April 29, 2025
One Sunday each month, 80 to 100 people from Marietta, Minnesota, and surrounding communities descend upon the town firehall for a shared community meal prepared by volunteers from the HomeTown Group, a community enrichment organization that’s been connecting the community since 2009. For the small Minnesota community on the border of South Dakota, that attendance…
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