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Minnesota Design Team
 

Helping Minnesota communities plan their future with grassroots involvement, volunteerism and quality design.

Welcome to the Minnesota Design Team!

News

Crosby Cuyuna Range Visit Scheduled for April 22-25

The Minnesota Design Team will make our only spring visit April 22-24 to the Cuyuna Iron Range region.  We will focus on Crosby but will include surrounding cities of Ironton, Deerwood, Cuyuna, and others.  This will be a unique visit because of the heavy focus on creating a regional vision.  Some issues include:

1. Creating a regional framework to better connect the cities in the Cuyuna Lakes Region.
2. Rebranding and marketing the area to draw more tourists interested in outdoor activities, particularly mountain biking.
3. Preserving and revitalizing Crosby's historic downtown.
4. Creating infrastructure to attract more employees to the regional hospital, in particular creating more affordable housing near the hospital.
5. Preparing for an aging community.

If you are interested in being a team member, please contact Josh Tolkan at josh.tolkan<at>gmail.com.

2010 Annual Retreat is great success

About 30 people attended the retreat on January 16.  Thanks to those who came and especially to those who gave engaging presentations!  Presentations included:

Public Speaking Skills Judy Southwick, Simply Speaking

Albert Lea Vitality Project/Blue Zones Bob Graham, Albert Lea

Healthy Communities Partnership Dan Frank, Initiative Foundation

January Membership Meeting cancelled

MDT will NOT meet on January 27, 2010.  The next membership meeting will be February 24, 2010.

The online membership form is ready

Are you interested in becoming a member of MDT? Are you already a member of MDT? 

If so, please complete an online membership application by clicking here.  Even if we already have your information, please help us by filling this out.  Doing so will help us streamline our records and will help you stay updated on MDT events.

Welcome to the MDT's new Web site

Thank you for visiting. Stay tuned as we continue making changes and add updates. Please be patient, too, as we experiment with our new features.  We welcome your feedback and suggestions.  

The September Pine City Visit is a success

Click here to see the boards.

Did you know?

MDT is an all-volunteer organization.

MDT has over 300 active members from all over the state of Minnesota.

MDT has visited over 100 communities since 1983.

MDT Membership Meetings occur on the 4th Wednesday of the month January-May and September-November. Click
here for more information.


 
 
The MDT Mission: To use design to help small Minnesota communities develop a shared vision of a healthy future.