Presented with an opportunity to share their entrepreneurship model across the state of Minnesota, the Twin Cities-based nonprofit Neighborhood Development Center began partnering with rural communities. The Initiative Foundation serves as a key partner in adapting and adopting the NDC model in St. Cloud, Minnesota and future locations. Come learn from both organizations’ experience and consider how you could apply similar thinking to develop partnerships in your region.
Christina Pope is Senior Network Director at Welcoming America, where she designs programs and strategy for the organization’s network of local governments and nonprofits. She addresses new and emerging needs in the field and provides technical assistance to organizations making... Read More →
Jeff is VP for Economic and Business Development for the Initiative Foundation, a unique grantmaking, business lending and operating foundation serving a fourteen county region of rural Minnesota. The Initiative Foundation has just begun adapting Neighborhood Development Center's... Read More →
