The Rural Voice series, developed by the Minnesota Initiative Foundations that serve Greater Minnesota, will launch its third season at the Minnesota State Fair and host three additional town halls moderated by Minnesota Public Radio’s Kerri Miller in September.
“Changes in Rural Minnesota” will be hosted at 10 a.m. Aug. 26 at the Minnesota State Fair; the location will be the Minnesota Public Radio booth on the corner of Judson and Nelson. One of the three additional town hall events will take place in Worthington. ”Revival and Renewal: How Rural Communities Thrive as Immigrants Put Down Roots” is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 19 at Forbidden Barrel Brewing Co. Doors open at 6 p.m., with discussion set from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and a reception to follow.
Other town halls scheduled in September include “Building Civic-Minded Communities” at the Sheldon Theatre of Performing Arts in Red Wing on Sept. 5 and “Cultivating Conservation-Driven Agriculture” at Bucks Mills Brewing in Detroit Lakes on Sept. 9.
Additional partners to this year’s Rural Voice series include Minnesota Public Radio, which will air each town hall, Cherry Road Media, the Center for Rural Policy and Development, and the Star Tribune.
Said Miller, the moderator: “I’m eager to delve back into these imaginative, solution-driven discussions in these communities and thrilled Minnesota Public Radio will be broadcasting them state-wide.”
The Otto Bremer Trust, St. Paul, is the presenting sponsor of this year’s Rural Voice series. Supporting sponsors include the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, Owatonna; the Southwest Initiative Foundation, Hutchinson; the Initiative Foundation, Central Minnesota; the Northland Foundation, Duluth and the West Central Initiative, Fergus Falls. For more information on the Rural Voice series or to register for the in-person events or live-streaming of the event, go to ruralvoice.org
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