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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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Heeding the paradox of choice in exurban planning

Industry in Baldwin doesn’t need to try to compete with industry everywhere else. Small town businesses don’t need to have the variety of big boxes if they choose to focus on quality items and making the entire experience satisfying instead.

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Share a meal, idea at Baldwin’s visioning session

Baldwin’s Initiative Foundation Core Team continues to plan for their June 29 visioning session. The event will be a time for residents and Baldwin business owners to meet their neighbors over a shared (and free) meal, then break into smaller groups to discuss the township’s future.

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Reinventing the bedroom community in Baldwin

As gas prices rise, housing equity falls and urban renewal begins back in the city, some wonder where that leaves Baldwin Township. How can a township adapt to become a different kind of bedroom community?

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Immigrants, jobs and Long Prairie

MPR News’ Ground Level forum in Long Prairie raised the role of immigration in the local economy. What’s the evidence around jobs?
by Dave Peters

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