Region Five Development Commission

Staples, MN — 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

Staples, MN — Supporting professional development and networking opportunities among Minnesota's rural economic development practitioners

Staples, MN — 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

Staples, MN — Training and support of 22 HUD Planning Champions and documentation of community-based stories regarding implementation

Staples, MN — Prototype a place-based Innovation site in central Minnesota to beta test the use of InCommons values and practices to solve tough community problems.