1000 Friends of Minnesota promotes
development that enhances the
best of Minnesota: thriving small
towns and cities, healthy natural
resources and a growing economy.
We’re helping Minnesota grow
without wrecking the place.
My, how we’ve grown
How has the population of Minnesota grown across the state? Our animated map shows it in detail, from 1940 to 2030.
Community Growth Options is our effort to promote thoughtful development in fast-growing Minnesota communities.
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1000 Friends responds to the Star Tribune “Losing our lakes” series in a letter to the editor. Find out what 1000 Friends has been doing on the lake front.
1000 Friends of Minnesota captures what people treasure most about the state in Legacy Letter videos.
Visit our video gallery.
1000 Friends of Minnesota works in the Lakes Region of Minnesota. We recently released a new Conservation Design Scorecard to help local units of government assess new conservation design proposals in their communities. And we commend our Voices for the Lakes essay winners. Find out more.
Featured in the Library
1000 Friends of Minnesota and Minnesota Waters teamed up to create A Citizen’s Guide to Influencing Local Land-Use Decisions, a lighthearted yet informative approach to citizen participation. This short book describes effective ways to help guide land-use decisions that will shape the places we live.
Our staff worked with the McKnight Foundation to write Re:Focus: Making Choices for Future Generations, a report on growth and change in the edge communities of the Twin Cities metro. The report reminds us that the decisions communities make today affect our entire region for generations to come.