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Greater St. Cloud Community Priorities Update

RELEASE DATE: August 01, 2012

Greater St. Cloud
Community Priorities

The Initiative Foundation partnered with the Central Minnesota Community Foundation in 2011 to launch a community visioning project designed to identify key ways to improve the region's vitality. A joint grant fund has been created by the two foundations to support initial planning and short term expenses to advance priorities, leverage other resources, and increase community engagement.

The 2^nd Annual Community Priorities Meeting, held on February 23, 2012, had over 200 people attend and connect to one or more of the Greater St Cloud Community’s Top 10 Priorities. (download a PDF of this update)

Jointly facilitated by the foundations and the St. Cloud Times, a summary of the event is available at www.sctimes.com/article/20120224/. And a nice editorial:
www.sctimes.com/article/20120226/

Based on the reports given on February 23, we can each take specific actions to assist in accomplishing the priorities. These things include:

Ride the Northstar Train and Northstar Link - www.mn-getonboard.com.
Support efforts to bring air service back to Greater St. Cloud - www.letsgostc.com.
·Get involved with the great educational institutions in our community and help stop the export of one of community’s greatest resources – our youth!
Join a service corps of the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation or attend the May 4 meeting for more information - www.GreaterStCloud.com .
Get to know the Mississippi River. Paddle or fish the river or travel one of the trails alongside this precious community asset.
Volunteer with the Volunteer Engagement Initiative - www.UnitedWayHelps.org.
Share your ideas regarding streamlining local regulations. Send them to Teresa Bohnen at the Chamber - www.stcloudareachamber.com.
Contribute to ideas and plans for a new aquatic/community center that will potentially break ground in 2015.
Invite a new resident of the area – an immigrant or refugee – to your home for dinner.
Visit public art in the Greater St. Cloud area including recent additions at SCSU and the new mural in the River’s Edge Convention Center
Browse and share the website: www.AroundtheCloud.org (an online guide to local arts and events) with friends and family.

Contact information for each of the 10 priorities and presentations from the meeting are listed below:

· Agenda and Contact Information

We encourage all to get involved in helping make the Greater St. Cloud area an even better community in which to live, work and thrive!

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