Regional Economic Development

The Foundation will select up to four communities from its eight-state region: MN, IA, ND, SD, MT, ID, WA, and OR. At least two awards will go to rural communities.

One of the least-known cottage industries in this very civilized city amounts to a tutoring clinic for other cities experiencing growing pains or merely having an identity crisis.

No community can pin its long-term economic future on one industry. That includes renewable energy, which sometimes is viewed as a potential savior.

Year Up is a one-year, intensive training program that provides urban young adults 18-24, with a unique combination of technical and professional skills, college credits, an educational stipend and corporate apprenticeship.

LibertyGives, the grantmaking arm of the Liberty Media Corporation, will award $250,000 in grants to charitable organizations in the Rocky Mountain region that prevent, detect, and treat medical problems among vulnerable populations, including the homeless, indigent, and uninsured.

"Early childhood interventions have demonstrated consistent positive effects on children’s health and well-being."

Western counties that rely on timber, coal mining and oil and gas drilling at the expense of natural beauty are trading short-term gain for an economy that could rely on hunting, fishing, tourism and attracting affluent residents from other parts of the country.

“The more we prosper, the more we trade; the more we trade, the more we prosper.”

The 100 Best Communities for Young People is an annual competition which recognizes outstanding community-wide efforts that improve the well-being of youth.

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