Topics of Interest
Topics of Interst:
**Region Five FY2009 Annual Report
* It's Time to Celebrate Regional Sucess!
* Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy — CEDS
* Rural Minnesota Health Care Collaborative
* County Energy Studies Available
* Homestretch Registration Information and Schedule
* New CERT Regional Organizer
* Farm-to-School in Central MN-Applied Economic Analysis
Business Assistance: The Small Business Development Centers around the state provide business counseling such as cash flow projections, defining market area, and business plan review. Entrepreneurs in Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd or Wadena counties are served by the SBDC in Brainerd.
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
Please send comments to Lee Miller lmiller@regionfive.org or call 218-894-3233 extension 11.
It's Time to Celebrate Regional Sucess! Friday July 23, 2010 6:00PM-7:00PM Dinner with County Administrators as Guest Speakers! Located at the Bear's Den in Leader. Pig Races to take place at 7:00PM. Click here for more information and registration details. Or contact Nicole Scheler at 218-894-3233 or by email nscheler@regionfive.org.
Rural Minnesota Health Care Collaborative: A collaborative effort to enhance the competitiveness of the health care sector in North Central Minnesota, it is composed of health care industry leaders, economic and workforce development professionals, and leaders from both higher education and secondary education. This unique partnership was made possible by a grant from the Governor's Work Force Development Council. The primary convening organization for the collaborative is Rural Minnesota CEP Inc. For any questions or additional details please contact: Craig Nathan, Rural Minnesota CEP, Inc. by phone at 218-825-6784, or by email.
New CERT Regional Organizer:
Angela Headlee named the “Central CERT - CMAERC Organizer”
Through a unique partnership of the Clean Energy Resource Team - CERT and the Central Minnesota Alternative Energy Regional Collaborative - CMAERC (a collaborative administered by the Region Five Development Commission), Angela Headlee has been named the “Central CERT- CMAERC Organizer”.
Angela will provide coordination of various groups and individuals to identify and implement established and newly generated regional community-scale energy efficiency and clean energy projects.
Angela has completed the Dunwoody Energy Audit training, has experience and interest in regional and community-scale energy efficacies.
The Central CERT – CMAERC Organizer will benefit by connections and direction of the Central CERT Steering Committee and of the CMAERC members however welcomes the opportunity to correspond with other interested regional residents at 218.894.3233 or aheadlee@regionfive.org.
Home Stretch Registration Information and Schedule
-CMHP Home Stretch workshops are scheduled in 16 MN communities
-Workshops are scheduled every month of the year
-Workshops consist of three class nights; one class per week on same night. **Participants must attend all three classes to receieve completion certificate.
-Evening sessions are 6:00PM to 9:00PM-All one day classes are 8:00AM to 5:00PM
-Home Stretch household registration fee is $25
For more information please visit the Central MN Housing Partnerships website at: www.cmhp.net
Farm-to-School-Applied Economic Analysis: The farm-to-school model was created in the 1990s, as a result of two seemingly unrelated public programs. The first was an initiative started by the USDA in Florida, designed to help local farmers by establishing schools as a potential market for certain crops. The second was a pilot program at a low-income school in California which focused on school food issues (Valliantos, et al, 2004). Since then, the farm-to-school movement has spread throughout the country. Today, forty-one states have operational farm-to-school programs, and over two thousand such programs exist in the United States (National farm-to-school website)....Read more......