Opportunities continued...

The Crow Wing County 2008 Plat books are here!

Copies are available for purchase at the following locations:

• Crow Wing County Auditor's office in the Historic
  Courthouse building in Brainerd
• Crosby-Ironton Courier, Crosby
• Crosslake Holiday Station, Crosslake
• Thurlow Hardware, Pequot Lakes
• Lakes Bank, Pequot Lakes
• Beimert Outdoors, Pillager
• Tutt's Bait & Tackle, Garrison
• Emily Hardware, Emily
• K&JC Stores, Inc., Aitkin
• Gander Mountain, Brainerd
• Sportsman’s Store, Merrifield

2005 Plat books are available for a donation of $10.00 (checks made payable to CWC 4-H Federation) through county 4-H clubs.

Call 218-824-1065 for club locations or see a list online at: http://www.extension.umn.edu/county/Crowwing/news/4-H_Clubs-in-the-Area.pdf

 Safe Routes to School

Deadline:  November 21^st

Projects that improve the conditions and quality of bicycling and walking to school.

www.dot.state.mn.us/saferoutes

Verizon Foundation

Deadline:  January 1^st to November 1^st annually

Grants from $5,000 to $10,000

Supports literacy, presenting domestic abuse, healthcare and internet safety.

On-line Basic Foreclosure Course

To register:  www.nw.org/network/training/elearning.asp

Certificate course that provides tools to help clients through the foreclosure process

National Low Income Housing Coalition

Analysis of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac takeover and what it will mean for housing and community development.

www.nlihc.org/detail/article.cfm.

MinnPost Seeks Rural Writers

The Blandin Foundation awarded funding to three projects this summer that focus on using broadband or the Internet to improve connectivity.  MinnPost received a three-year, $225K grant to include a rural point of view.  MinnPost is a non-profit, non-partisan high-quality news site for people who care about Minnesota.  Because of the Blandin grant, coverage and outreach has expanded to include Greater Minnesota.  The on-line news service discusses issues pertinent to Minnesotans. The recent grant will reach out to residents in greater Minnesota asking them to share their opinion.  MInnPost is seeking writers from rural Minnesota.  The website which has been up and running since 2007 provides insight into topics of interest in Minnesota and depends on guest writers for the majority of its content with dozens of the best-known journalists in the area contributing.

The issues and concerns facing greater Minnesota are sometimes vastly different than those faced by residents in the Metro area.  MinnPost is looking for contributions from rural writers in greater Minnesota; people that are willing to share their opinion.  If you are interested or know someone that may be interested, MinnPost can be reached at www.minnpost.com.  Two on-line newsletters are available for those that wish to receive them.  You can sign up for a daily email newsletter that goes out at 11 AM each day or the weekly edition with greater Minnesota coverage. 

 A portal to MinnPost is available through the Region Five website at www.regionfive.org.  We are not endorsing the sight merely providing a convenient portal.

Guest Writer disclaimer:

Region Five Development Commission assumes no responsibility for or agreement with the content of the guest writer’s articles.  Contact with any of the writers is at your discretion.