Tag Archives: infrastructure
Firming the Wind
This bit of renewable energy news was buried in a subhead in Sunday’s STrib: JUHL WIND TO BUY STORAGE UNIT Juhl Wind, the little public company near Pipestone that is a 30-plus year pioneer in community-owned wind power, has agreed … Continue reading
An Intelligent Community Framework
Improved productivity and growth can basically come from two sources: 1. You make more stuff, or 2. You make stuff better. The first option falls into the commodity trap. To overly simplify, there’s probably somebody somewhere on this big wide … Continue reading
Center for Rural Policy & Development MN Broadband Survey
NEWS RELEASE Broadband Use Explodes Statewide, But Adoption in Rural Minnesota Still Inconsistent Center for Rural Policy and Development Minnesota Internet Survey Measures Broadband Adoption and Use SAINT PETER, Minn. — Comprehensive research conducted by the Center for Rural Policy and … Continue reading
Wants and Needs
I am really excited to be able to participate in the Blandin Foundation’s new Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities (MIRC) project. Southwest Regional Development Commission, along with other Minnesota Regional Development Organizations, has been asked to be a partner in the … Continue reading
Costs of Sprawl, MN Housing Bust Version
Minnesota Public Radio did a story this week titled: Housing bust exposes the cost of unplanned growth Geographers call them “the exurbs.” These are bedroom communities; people here generally commute to the city for work. Baldwin Township has only 30 … Continue reading
MN Ultra High-Speed Broadband Report
Summary for Southwest Regional Development Commission. Continue reading
Politics and Policy on a Planner's Blog
Is it possible to divorce policy and politics? Continue reading
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