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Planning for Rural Minnesota’s ‘Brain Gain’

Amid headlines about rural brain drain and the migration of young people to the city, rural Minnesota is seeing a quiet but steady "brain gain" of people like Schueler, a health educator for Kandiyohi and Renville County Public Health.

Harnessing this demographic is one of the goals of Vision 2040, an initiative to design the future of Kandiyohi County.

"Part of our goal is to look at newcomers," said Linda Mathiasen, co-chairman of a Vision 2040 task force studying ways to make the Willmar lakes area more attractive to new residents.

By Anne Polta

Full Story: http://www.wctrib.com/content/willmar-undergoes-brain-gain

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