INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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SAY HELLO TO THE LEARNING NETWORK –––––––––––––––––––––––––––
A LIGHT IN THE HILLS –––––––––––––––––––––––––––
MEET OUR AMAZING GRADS
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OUR FELLOWS DO IT ALL –––––––––––––––––––––––––––
SEE YOU AT #RURALX17
S PRIN G 2017 N E WSLE T T E R
You told us what you wanted: more connections, more flexibility, more partners and more opportunities to learn. The good news?
That’s exactly what we want to give you.
JOIN OUR LEARNING NETWORKS AND CONNECT LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
Your interest and input is helping us connect more rural South Dakota communities to each other, to resources, and to us, with options to participate even on a small scale. While most of what we’re offering has always been available, we are doubling down on our learning networks and making them even better. Our learning networks are the foundation of our community interaction, and are now more accessible to communities not in a long-term partnership with Dakota Resources. By joining one or more of our learning networks, your community can focus on one or more topics, such as housing (Home Address Plus), entrepreneurship/business development (Dakota Rising), leadership/civic engagement (Empower!) and financial development.
“Any rural community can become part of our learning networks. We are here to facilitate valuable connections and help communities learn together and support each other,” explains Joe Bartmann, VP of Community Innovation. – continued on next page –
They dreamed big and achieved even bigger. Meet the 2016 Dakota Rising graduates and read how the fellowship experience changed their lives for the better. See page 4.