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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The Initiative Foundation held another training session in Little Falls Thursday for residents in Baldwin Township, Todd County, Brainerd and Eden Valley who are trying to get people engaged in civic action.
Voices from 1979
A magazine called Snowshoe documents the voices of Long Prairie’s elderly.
Coming wave of aging will test Todd County
First of four parts: This series has been prepared by Minnesota Public Radio News as part of a project called Ground Level, which explores Minnesota communities facing their futures.
MPR News’ Ground Level project launches its second set of community coverage, this one focusing on the issues of aging in rural Todd County, Minnesota.
Coffee equals community in Bertha
A makeshift coffeehouse keeps community alive in Bertha, Minnesota.
Two counties, three cities and a township have been comparing notes and sharing expertise around Gull Lake near Brainerd for the past five years.
The Atlantic Magazine writer Jonathan Rausch talks on Midmorning about dealing with aging parents.
A dozen students at Long Prairie-Gray Eagle High School talk about their pasts and their hopes and what those might mean for the rest of us.