Region Five Development Commission
5 Grants from 2011 - 2018
Grants received
To be a leader and learner as a member of Community Creativity Cohort 2, a 3-year participant-led capacity building effort to support organizations led by and serving people of color and Indigenous people, rural communities, and smaller cities and towns
Supporting professional development and networking opportunities among Minnesota's rural economic development practitioners
To work with 22 rural towns, cataloguing their assets using the Community Capitals Framework: a conceptual model for evaluating a community's overall health and capacity for community and economic development
Training and support of 22 HUD Planning Champions and documentation of community-based stories regarding implementation
Prototype a place-based Innovation site in central Minnesota to beta test the use of InCommons values and practices to solve tough community problems. Region Five will experiment and monitor their activities and share learnings on InCommons