Center for Small Towns, University of Minnesota, Morris
600 E. 4th Street
Morris, MN 56267
(320) 589-6451
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First Annual Symposium on Small Towns

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Multimedia Materials from the Symposium

Martha McMurry. Turn of the Century: Minnesota's Population in 1900 and Today.(Download Powerpoint)

Randy Cantrell and Benjamin Winchester. The First, Second, and Third Minnesota. (Download Powerpoint)

       Second portion of presentation written up by Randy Cantrell in MS Word

Paul Olson. Future Challenges Facing Minnesota's Small Towns. (Download Powerpoint)

The Small Town Quiz. (Download MS Word)

Maps of Minnesota that were on display.

List of folks that attended.

If you need hard copies of these documents, please contact us.

The First Annual Symposium on Small Towns
“Rural Minnesota and a Century of Change”
Sponsored by the Center for Small Towns,
University of Minnesota, Morris

Date: June 10-11, 2003
Location: Student Center, University of Minnesota, Morris
Time: 6:30 - 9pm on June 10th
9am - 4pm on June 11th.

Purpose

This symposium will bring together leaders from across Minnesota to examine, describe, and discuss the changes witnessed by small towns in rural Minnesota between 1900 and 2000.

Audience

K-12 education personnel; economic development specialists; city and county personnel such as planners, managers and council members; Extension educators; rural development organizations; and citizen action groups.

Sessions

Topics include population, demography, economics, politics, and change in general. The format of each session will be a presentation of 30 to 45 minutes followed by audience participation for questions and discussion. In each of the sessions the historical analysis will include a look to the future. The final session will bring together speakers from the day to discuss the future research needs of small towns.

Fees

The registration fee of $45 includes admission to sessions, refreshments, lunch, a copy of all handouts, and a concert ticket to see Peter Ostroushko, one of the finest mandolin and fiddle players in acoustic music today.

Center for Small Towns
University of Minnesota, Morris
110 Community Services Building
600 E. 4th Street
Morris, MN 56267
(800) 842-0030