Receive community-focused news and updates in your inbox by signing up for our Vital Connections newsletter.
Read news and insightful learnings and perspectives from Extension's work in Minnesota communities.
Use these blog articles to know and grow your local economies, strengthen community leadership and engagement, and develop tourism. Choose to explore all or filter content by topic.
For community groups and organizations that are starting to meet regularly again, how healthy are your committees? Learn about seven common traps of committees to avoid.
Have you asked others to take a survey or participate in a forum for your organization only to never consult them again? Learn how to engage with others in more meaningful ways.
What does your community have to offer and what do you bring to it? Learn about five types of community and reflect on where you may find yourself in them.
Hear our conversation with Brenda Child about the legacy of boarding schools and its impact on tribal land, American Indian education, and more.
You look at your calendar and there it is … your first in-person meeting. If some on your team are attending remotely, how do you facilitate the hybrid meeting?
Related articles and media
What do you intentionally do to grow your well-being? Learn about four key pillars of well-being that you can practice…
How does a community become more welcoming for everyone? Learn some reasons to create change and read stories from…
Open your mind. Open your heart. Open your will. Learn about research that will help you be ready to listen for new…
Stay informed
Permission is granted to news media to republish our news articles with credit to University of Minnesota Extension. Images also may be republished; please check for specific photographer credits or limited use restrictions in the photo title.