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News Release: 1000 Friends of Minnesota is looking for ORDINARY FOLKS!

In a world full of NIMBYs, NOTEs, BANANAs, and CAVEs, Phil Hunsicker of 1000 Friends of Minnesota is suggesting a method for the rest of us to get involved and have a say in the development taking place in our communities.

Congratulations Sally Wakefield!!

 
Our own Sally Wakefield, Geospatial Services Manager, was awarded the Polaris Mid-Career Leadership Award by the MN GIS/LIS Consortium at their annual conference this October. The Polaris Leadership award was established to recognize mid-career GIS professionals who demonstrate a beacon of energy and creativity that inspires and guides the rest of us. Read more!

Raising Local Funds to Protect Minnesota Land and Water: April 19 or April 20

Please join local and national public finance experts from the Trust for Public Land on April 19 or April 20 to learn:

  • Why communities nationwide and in Minnesota are raising funds to conserve water quality, parks and wildlife, including adopting ballot measures;
  • What financing techniques have been successful nationwide and in Minnesota;
  • How civic leaders and government officials can effectively prepare for and support these conservation finance efforts.
Workshop Choices:
Thursday, April 19th, 8:30 am – 12:30 pm, Chaska Community Center,
1661 Park Ridge Drive, Chaska, Minnesota 55318
OR
Friday, April 20th, 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm, Rogers Community Center,
21201 Memorial Drive, Rogers, Minnesota 55374

RSVP by April 12th to The Trust for Public Land, 651-917-2240 Melissa.Constantine@tpl.org
Registration $15 at the workshop. Download a pdf announcement for this event.

1000 Friends of Minnesota is a co-sponsor of this event presented by: The Trust for Public Land and Embrace Open Space

    1000 Friends welcomes Jill Mazullo to the Saint Paul office as our new Director of Communication and Development. Welcome, Jill!

Jill brings backgrounds in journalism and urban and regional planning to 1000 Friends of Minnesota. A former newspaper editor and columnist, she presents the public face of 1000 Friends to its constituencies through the written word. Read more about Jill and the rest of the staff of 1000 Friends here on our Staff page.

4th Annual Lake-Friendly Development Award Winners Announced

On October 12, the 2006 Lake-Friendly Development Award winners were announced in Brainerd, MN. These awards are to recognize and applaud ecologically sensitive development along lakeshore and river shore. There are three categories of awards: Lakescaping Awards go to projects that use native vegetation to protect shorelines and improve water quality. Lake Friendly Protection Strategy Awards go to official entities that create regulations that seek to protect our aquatic systems. The Lake Friendly Home Construction Award goes to a new home construction project that preserves the environmental surroundings of the natural lakeshore setting. Congratulations to the following 2006 Award winners!

Lakescaping Award winners:

  • Laurel Mezner on White Sand Lake in Baxter
  • Todd and Tonya Person on Gilbert Lake in Brainerd
  • Whitefish Area Property Owners Association and the Rush Lake Association

Lake Friendly Protection Strategy Award winners:

  • DNR's Alternative Shoreland Management Standards for the 5-County North Central Region.
  • Kathio Garrison Mille Lacs Sanitary Sewer District and the Mille Lacs Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant.

 

 

Lake Friendly Home Construction Award winner:

  • ETOC Development, Inc for a conservation design residential development called Fawn Ridge in Nisswa. Below are pictures of the community walking path and the community dock of this innovate development.

          

Envision Minnesota
www.envisionminnesota.org

Thank you to everyone who logged onto our Online Citizen's Convention to view, rate and comment on our interviews with the major party gubernatorial candidates. Your ratings and comments will be used to help inform policy discussions around these issues in the coming year and beyond!

And continue to watch the Envision Minnesota website for more opportunities to participate!