Center for Small Towns News
Seth Elsen '13 Recounts Working for CSTSeth Elsen '13, Shelton, Washington, discusses his experiences as a student employee with the Center for Small Towns. More »
UMM junior Zach Johnson is working with CST and the University of Minnesota Southwest Regional Sustainable Development Partnership to promote local foods in the area. More »
Samantha Bruno '13 Reflects on Four Years With CSTSamantha Bruno '13, Foley, reflects on four years spent working with the Center for Small Towns. More »
Rural Arts and Culture Summit Will Offer Diverse Programming for Rural LeadersThe 2013 Rural Arts and Culture Summit will focus on rural development and art. More »
Student Documents History of Local Non-ProfitAbbie Thebault-Spieker '16, Bemidji, is scanning and organizing documentation from the local Barnes-Aastad Association. More »
Students Bring Technology Education to Rural MinnesotaMichael Lindgren '14, Crystal, and Zak Threadgill '15, Ramsey, are performing a statistical analysis of Lac qui Parle's Computer Commuter. More »
Holten Works to Improve Local Businesses' Online PresenceCory Holten '15, Starbuck, works with his hometown and CST to help local businesses get online. More »
2013 Rural Arts and Culture Summit to be Held in MorrisThe 2013 Rural Arts and Culture Summit will be hosted by the Center for Small Towns June 5-6. More »
Center for Small Towns Receives Major Grant from Otto Bremer FoundationThe $150,000 grant will assist in the Center for Small Towns operational and project costs. More »
Jolee Henkel '15 Works to Map Carbon Footprint of Stevens CountyJolee Henkel '15 works with Stevens FORWARD! to calculate Stevens County's carbon footprint. More »
More CST News »
Bart Finzel, interim director of the Center for Small Towns and professor of economics, was interviewed for “New data to shed light on Minnesota towns, big city neighborhoods,” a story written by Elizabeth Dunbar for Minnesota Public Radio. Read more »
Recent Center for Small Towns Publications
- A Model for Facilitating Campus-Community Partnerships with Small Towns at the University of Minnesota, Morris. John Hamerlinck, Minnesota Campus Compact
- Community members, young and old, gather to partake in old practices
- Small talk: An interview with three small-town advocates
- Ownership and Regional Economic Impact: The Case of Wind Development in Minnesota. Arne Kildegaard, July 2010 (Cover)
- Housing Costs and Employment. Bart Finzel, June 2008
- Towards a Better Understanding of Rural Homelessness: An Examination of Housing Crisis in a Small, Rural Minnesota Community. Gregory R. Thorson, Joel Deuth, June 2008
- Student Housing Choices in the Morris Community. Arne Kildegaard, June 2006
- Today's Rural Demographics, an interview with Benjamin Winchester" appears in the Sept/Oct 2007 issue of The Minnesota Preservationist magazine.
- The Fergus Falls Art Crawl - A Different Way to View Art. February 21, 2007
- Butterflies, Birds, and Pizza Toppings. November 10, 2006
- Preserving Milan's History. April 14, 2006
- Marketing a Unique School in Cyrus. March 14, 2006
- City of Milan Historic Video Preservation. August 26, 2005
- The Heartbeat of a Small Town Business Community. January 6, 2005
- Portraying "Rural" in Metropolitan Media. September 1, 2004
- Clean Energy Research Team. April 19, 2004
- Morris Student Examines Health Care. February 2, 2004
- City of Milan Looks at Senior Housing. November 4, 2003
- Morris Students Present to the Board of the Midwest Assistance Program. October 10, 2003
