This week on Rural MN Radio, Jim and Marnie discuss network mapping. A group of community development practitioners from foundations, the U of M Extension, rural development commissions and other groups in central and west central Minnesota get together on a regular basis in LIttle Falls to share information and talk about what’s going on in rural Minnesota. After last year’s Finding the Voice of Rural Minnesota report, this group, Friends in the Field, decided to work out just what that voice looks like. The preliminary data is in and the group plans to have a report out later this summer.

Taking a snapshot of rural Minnesota’s voice