On this episode, Julie Tesch, President and CEO of the Center for Rural Policy and Development, speaks with 3x Emmy-winning Documentarian and TV Anchor Cory Hepola. They discuss his journey from growing up in Perham, Minnesota and always being drawn back to small towns in his work and life. Cory currently produces the My Town ...
By Marnie Werner, Vice President, Research & Operations Greater Minnesota can be hard to define for people who don’t live there. Kind of amorphous. And it is hard to come up with a good single name that encompasses what is basically the whole state outside of the seven-county Twin Cities metro. But for us at ...
In this episode, Kelly Asche, Senior Researcher at the Center, interviews Erik Osberg, Rural Rebound Coordinator for Otter Tail County. They discuss how Otter Tail County created the Rural Rebound initiative, the research framework backing their initiative, and some tips for other rural regions wanting to develop a similar initiative.
On February 6th, 2025, Sourcewell hosted the Center for Rural Policy and Development for a 1.5 hour webinar highlight recent research in rural Minnesota. In this section, Marnie Werner, Vice President of Operations and Research, discusses her recent research about what parents can do in accessing mental health services for youth in rural Minnesota.
On February 6th, 2025, Sourcewell hosted the Center for Rural Policy for a 1.5 hour webinar highlighting recent research on rural Minnesota. In the section, Kelly Asche, Senior Research, provides an overview of a recently published research describing the declines in nursing beds across rural Minnesota, and why they are occurring.
Our hyper-focus on population numbers overlooks important trends in the number of households. By: Kelly Asche, Senior Researcher Leaders in communities are obsessed with population numbers – are they growing or declining and by how much, over how long of a time period? – and they believe that the trendline is a marker of their ...
On March 13th, the Citizens League and the Center for Rural Policy & Development hosted the webinar – Shifting Landscapes: Understanding Migration Patterns in Minnesota. The Center for Rural Policy and Development’s newest research – “Time to work together: our roles in keeping and attracting residents” – was presented by Senior Research Kelly Asche. ...
On February 6th, 2025, Sourcewell partnered with Center for Rural Policy & Development (CRPD) for a live webinar with CRPD staff presenting their newest research. This video focuses on the economic and demographic trends in Greater Minnesota.
March 2025 By Kelly Asche, Senior Researcher & Marnie Werner, Vice President of Research & Operations Click here for a printable version of the report. It seems that Minnesota’s regions continue to pit themselves against each other when discussing population growth—specifically, population migration and workforce development—but discussions usually lead to confusing and contradictory ...
