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Huey G. and Mary Copeland believe a thriving community is one that is inclusive of everyone, and they view their giving back as an investment in the future of our community. Learn more about the causes they support in our recent annual report: https://ow.ly/OyXM50U7aUe

Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) recently approved 25 grants totaling $200,000 to support small towns of 10,000 or less in SMIF’s 20-county region. Each grant seeks to impact the culture, education, economy and/or social aspects of a town by investing in collaborative initiatives that help make the community more welcoming. Check out the award recipients! https://lnkd.in/gGidgszF

Barnes & Thornburg's Chris Greisl will present for Accelerate Indiana Municipalities (Aim) on Dec. 5. Designed for local counsel and redevelopment groups, the session will address common challenges, important legal exceptions for nonprofits and governmental entities, and the specific processes involved in transferring property from cities, towns, or RDCs to other entities. https://bit.ly/49fLEnn

Effective in the New Year, Olmsted County will have its own localized mobile crisis response process with 24/7 services provided by the county’s Crisis Response team (previously known as the Diversity, Equity, and Community Outreach team or DECO). Learn more: https://bit.ly/3BM9meN

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Barnes & Thornburg's Chris Greisl will present for Accelerate Indiana Municipalities (Aim) on Dec. 5. Designed for local counsel and redevelopment groups, the session will address common challenges, important legal exceptions for nonprofits and governmental entities, and the specific processes involved in transferring property from cities, towns, or RDCs to other entities. https://bit.ly/3YXMdgY

Barnes & Thornburg's Chris Greisl will present for Accelerate Indiana Municipalities (Aim) on Dec. 5. Designed for local counsel and redevelopment groups, the session will address common challenges, important legal exceptions for nonprofits and governmental entities, and the specific processes involved in transferring property from cities, towns, or RDCs to other entities. https://bit.ly/3YSKedO

Out now, MULTISOLVING by Elizabeth SAwin is a unique resource for anyone hoping to address the current mismatch between complex, deeply intertwined societal issues and our siloed approach to them. It’s for local school boards that need revenue for their students but don’t want to overtax low-income seniors. It is for nonprofits working to reduce food waste and combat the root causes of hunger while increasing racial justice. It is for seaside communities that can protect themselves from flooding while also improving biodiversity with a living coastline. And that’s just scratching the surface of this book’s applicability. To learn more, visit https://lnkd.in/grnPJgUy

Out now, MULTISOLVING by Elizabeth Sawin is a unique resource for anyone hoping to address the current mismatch between complex, deeply intertwined societal issues and our siloed approach to them. It’s for local school boards that need revenue for their students but don’t want to overtax low-income seniors. It is for nonprofits working to reduce food waste and combat the root causes of hunger while increasing racial justice. It is for seaside communities that can protect themselves from flooding while also improving biodiversity with a living coastline. And that’s just scratching the surface of this book’s applicability. To learn more, visit https://lnkd.in/grnPJgUy

In our research, we focused on adapting our approach to meet the unique needs of each community we worked with. One of the most rewarding aspects was supporting communities to reflect on their achievements and successes using participatory inclusive evaluation methods like the River of Life and Ripple Effect Mapping. In long programmes like Big Local (10-15 years!), it’s easy to lose momentum, but revisiting both big and small wins can reignite motivation and progress and help with planning for the future.   Our findings emphasise how flexible, non-prescriptive funding can generate an interconnected web of power to: - expose limiting or facilitating power structures that can be navigated and negotiated by community members, - build responsive resilient resident networks that are there for people when it’s most needed, - strengthen organisational connections for a collective voice in decision-making.   We hope these insights will guide future community-led initiatives and funding strategies.   Read more about how community power can be grown when given resources and opportunities to learn, grow and flourish! https://bit.ly/Big_Local   #CommunityPower #BigLocal #ParticipatoryResearch #SCLAgency #NonPrescriptiveFunding #CommunityLeadership #CollaborativeResearch #Empowerment