Ground Level®: Amplifying Community Voices

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Friends in the Field meetings in Little Falls every few months offer a chance to learn what community development organizations are hearing on the ground.
Simple fixes like ramps and grab bars can keep seniors at home.
MPR News has enlisted Brooke Walsh to contribute to its Ground Level blog on issues relating to Baldwin Township in Sherburne County.
Former Baldwin Township board member Elly Rittenour has been thinking about what Thomas Jefferson might have said about Baldwin Township. “I want to think about those yet to come; what is good for them?” she says.
As Todd County ages inexorably, a young immigrant population is offering an economic counterbalance.
What is the best way to translate a live panel discussion into Spanish for audience members?
The primary care providing group in Todd County — women between 45 and 64 — won’t keep up with the primary care receiving group — people over 85.
New ideas about agriculture could be a key to whether Todd County can deal well with coming demographic changes.
We need to talk
Latinos learn English in order to overcome cultural barriers.