Ground Level®: Amplifying Community Voices

Your story is powerful. The stories you share with others honor the complexity of our communities while forging a more equitable and vibrant future.

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We’d like to hear your thoughts and questions. Your ideas about solutions. How are your communities? What are you seeing today? And what do you want to see tomorrow?

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The league of Minnesota Cities held four community conversations in St. James, Minn., the first of 10 cities where residents are being encouraged to examine what services they want from their cities and how they should be delivered and paid for.
MPR News’ Midday program today featured Bush Foundation, Citizens League and Insight Now reflecting on how their sampling of Minnesota residents in recent months shows people want long-term change, not simply short-term budget solutions.
Ground Level rolls out the remainder of its Broadband 7, seven Minnesota communities trying to figure out how to increase access to the Internet for more people.