Making the time and place for connections
If you are into rural development policy like I am, the 2011 gathering of the National Rural Assembly a few weeks ago was THE place to be. Nearly 350 people from across the country—local elected...
View ArticleCommunities honored at the Minnesota State Fair
Each day across our three-state region, people work together to improve the communities they live in, translating their combined ingenuity and can-do spirit into a statewide vitality that sees us all...
View ArticleMinnesota Community Pride Showcase Reflections
Joyful exhaustion describes my reflection on completing the recent Minnesota Community Pride Showcase with InCommons event at the Minnesota State Fair earlier this month. We arrived at 6 a.m. to set up...
View ArticleWorking together to measure community vitality
The Advancing Solutions Team of the Bush Foundation recently hosted 20 community change researchers and evaluators from across the country, many of them colleagues I’ve met through the Community...
View ArticleWhat will the future of leadership development look like?
We ask ourselves this question every day at the Bush Foundation as communities find themselves facing increasingly complex problems with fewer apparent resources, including people willing to step up...
View ArticleNew perspectives, inspiring connections under the Chautauqua tent in Morris
There’s something about a Chautauqua tent that twists your mind just enough to let in new perspectives and create inspiring connections. That’s what happened last week on the beautiful campus of the...
View ArticleEarth Always Endures (maakĕ tĕhaᶇ makoṡ)
In mid-July, 20 staff and friends of the Foundation embarked on a 14-hour odyssey through North Dakota oil patch country. As we sat down to lunch at the 4 Bears Casino near New Town, Marilyn Hudson...
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