Third Annual Symposium on Small Towns

With a unique focus on small towns and rural areas, this event features opportunities to learn and discuss our political framework and issues, identify future trends/conditions of rural place, and celebrate towns and rural living. Participants of the Symposium will include residents of small towns and rural areas, staff of community and rural development organizations, elected officials, and others interested in the current happenings of small towns. Topical speakers, future session discussions, and celebratory activities will highlight this event.

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June 7-8, 2005
On the campus and in the city of the University of Minnesota, Morris

Minnesota Public Radio invites you to visit the MPR Future of Small Towns Idea Generator and offer ideas in a range of areas, including economic opportunity, people and health care.

Sponsors: Minnesota Public Radio, U of MN Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, and the Minnesota Association of Small Cities. This symposium is a part of the President's 21st Century Interdisciplinary Conferences Series of the University of Minnesota.

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