Economy
16 Graduate from Enterprise Academy
LITTLE FALLS, MN—The Initiative Foundation is celebrating the graduation of 16 new entrepreneurs dedicated to building their homegrown business ideas in the Greater St. Cloud… Read More
Revitalization Grants OK’d in Five Communities
LITTLE FALLS, MN—Fifteen hometown projects that will bring nearly $4 million in main street improvements to Brainerd, Cold Spring, Little Falls, Long Prairie and St. Read More
Revitalization Grants Go to Three Communities
LITTLE FALLS, MN—Twelve hometown projects that will bring more than $10.2 million in main street improvements to Little Falls, Long Prairie and St. Cloud have… Read More
Minnesota-based CDFIs Hold First Convening
ST. CLOUD, Minn.–A majority of Minnesota’s 33 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) will send leaders and program staff to a kickoff convening of the first-ever… Read More
DEED Announces Main Street Awards
LITTLE FALLS, MN—The Initiative Foundation has been awarded a $4.5 million grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)’s Main Street Economic… Read More
Foundation Awards More Than $5.9 Million in First-Quarter
LITTLE FALLS, MN—The Initiative Foundation delivered 596 grants during the first quarter of 2022 with a value of $5.9 million. A substantial portion of these… Read More