Our thanks go out to Tim Penny, president of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation and former First District Congressman, for his opinion piece in last Sunday’s Minneapolis Star Tribune featuring our work on cost of living and how your dollar can go further in Greater Minnesota. The study itself is getting a lot of traction around the state. Be sure to read the original report and watch the webinar, where the Center’s research associate Kelly Asche explains how the cost of living compares around the state and U of M Extension researcher Ben Winchester talks about his newest data on people moving from the city out into rural areas.