"The University of Minnesota, Morris Center for Small Towns (CST) is a community outreach program that serves as a point of entry to the resources of the University of Minnesota. Small towns, local units of government, K-12 schools, nonprofit organizations, and other University units are able to utilize CST’s resources as they work on rural issues or make contributions to rural society" (Center for Small Towns). For more information, see the Center for Small Towns website.
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2010 Census Community Data Brochure- City of Murdock
Center for Small Towns (University of Minnesota, Morris) and Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
This brochure provides publicly available data for the city of Murdock relating to population, housing, school enrollment trends, and the amount of employment and industry in the community (2010/2011). This was a collaboration between the Center for Small Towns and the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission.
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2010 Census Community Data Brochure- City of Hazel Run
Center for Small Towns (University of Minnesota, Morris) and Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
This brochure provides publicly available data for the city of Hazel Run relating to population, housing, school enrollment trends, and the amount of employment and industry in the community (2010/2011). This was a collaboration between the Center for Small Towns and the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission.
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2010 Census Community Data Brochure- City of De Graff
Center for Small Towns (University of Minnesota, Morris) and Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
This brochure provides publicly available data for the city of De Graff relating to population, housing, school enrollment trends, and the amount of employment and industry in the community (2010/2011). This was a collaboration between the Center for Small Towns and the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission.
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2010 Census Community Data Brochure- City of Watson
Center for Small Towns (University of Minnesota, Morris) and Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
This brochure provides publicly available data for the city of Watson relating to population, housing, school enrollment trends, and the amount of employment and industry in the community (2010/2011). This was a collaboration between the Center for Small Towns and the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission.
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2010 Census Community Data Brochure- Big Stone County
Center for Small Towns (University of Minnesota, Morris) and Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
This brochure provides publicly available data for Big Stone County relating to population, housing, school enrollment trends, and the amount of employment and industry in the community (2010/2011). This was a collaboration between the Center for Small Towns and the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission.
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2010 Census Community Data Brochure- City of Clarkfield
Center for Small Towns (University of Minnesota, Morris) and Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
This brochure provides publicly available data for the city of Clarkfield relating to population, housing, school enrollment trends, and the amount of employment and industry in the community (2010/2011). This was a collaboration between the Center for Small Towns and the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission.
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2010 Census Community Data Brochure- City of Canby
Center for Small Towns (University of Minnesota, Morris) and Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
This brochure provides publicly available data for the city of Canby relating to population, housing, school enrollment trends, and the amount of employment and industry in the community (2010/2011). This was a collaboration between the Center for Small Towns and the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission.
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Wind and Solar Analysis
Seth Elsen and Jessica Beyer
This project aimed to examine wind, solar photovoltaics, and solar thermal as means of alternative energy generation on the Upper Sioux Community’s landbase.
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2010 Census Community Data Brochure- City of Nassau
Center for Small Towns (University of Minnesota, Morris) and Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
This brochure provides publicly available data for the city of Nassau relating to population, housing, school enrollment trends, and the amount of employment and industry in the community (2010/2011). This was a collaboration between the Center for Small Towns and the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission.
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2010 Census Community Data Brochure- City of Hanley Falls
Center for Small Towns (University of Minnesota, Morris) and Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
This brochure provides publicly available data for the city of Hanley Falls relating to population, housing, school enrollment trends, and the amount of employment and industry in the community (2010/2011). This was a collaboration between the Center for Small Towns and the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission.
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2010 Census Community Data Brochure- Lac qui Parle County
Center for Small Towns (University of Minnesota, Morris) and Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
This brochure provides publicly available data for Lac qui Parle County relating to population, housing, school enrollment trends, and the amount of employment and industry in the community (2010/2011). This was a collaboration between the Center for Small Towns and the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission.
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2010 Census Community Data Brochure- Yellow Medicine County
Center for Small Towns (University of Minnesota, Morris) and Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
This brochure provides publicly available data for Yellow Medicine County relating to population, housing, school enrollment trends, and the amount of employment and industry in the community (2010/2011). This was a collaboration between the Center for Small Towns and the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission.
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2010 Census Community Data Brochure- Clara City
Center for Small Towns (University of Minnesota, Morris) and Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
This brochure provides publicly available data for Clara city relating to population, housing, school enrollment trends, and the amount of employment and industry in the community (2010/2011). This was a collaboration between the Center for Small Towns and the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission.
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2010 Census Community Data Brochure- City of Odessa
Center for Small Towns (University of Minnesota, Morris) and Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
This brochure provides publicly available data for the city of Odessa relating to population, housing, school enrollment trends, and the amount of employment and industry in the community (2010/2011). This was a collaboration between the Center for Small Towns and the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission.
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Economic and Demographic Information for the Evaluation of Business and Economic Development Opportunities
Benjamin Winchester and Michael Peterson
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Towards a Better Understanding of Rural Homelessness: An Examination of Housing Crisis in a Small, Rural Minnesota Community
Gregory R. Thorson, Joel Deuth, Jacob Anderson, Katherine Clark, Brad Coulombe, Dan Moore, Evan Mowry, Hilary Opatz, and Christopher Yard
This report compiles the work done during the Rural Housing Policy course at the University of Minnesota Morris by the students and their instructor, Professor Greg Thorson. the class reviewed the literature on urban and rural homelessness, interviewed local providers of social service programs, developed a survey to be administered at regional homeless shelters, wrote the Institutional Review Board (IRB) proposal to authorize the administration of the survey, administered the survey, and analyzed the results.
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Housing Costs and Employment
Bart D. Finzel, David Fluegel, Sam Potter, and Seth Arnold
Completed in June of 2008, the Housing Costs and Employment Survey report examined the relationship between employment in the city of Morris, MN and the cost of housing in the city and in the villages nearby.
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West Central Minnesota Job Seeker Survey Results
Engin Sungur, Meng Her, and Kao Vue
The Goal of this project was to identify and address the gaps between employers in the region who have entry-level positions that will lead to higher-wage positions and those individuals seeking employment.
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Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association: Electric Utility Service Area Analysis
Benjamin Winchester
In the spring of 2007, the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association approached the Center for Small Towns for a demographic analysis of electric utility service areas. The goal of the analysis was to answer the question: How does the per-capita income of customers of municipally-owned electric systems compare to those of other utilities?
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WCMCA Customer Satisfaction Survey
Benjamin Winchester and Matthew Rousseau
In July of 2006, the Center for Small Towns began the fourth Customer Satisfaction and Needs assessment for West Central Minnesota Communities Action, Inc. There were a total of seventeen different survey types sent out to clients, service providers, vendors, and funding sources of the WCMCA. A total of 14 different survey types were sent to the clients, including: Affordable Housing, Customer (MHFA, Small Cities, and Frail Elderly), Energy Assistance, FAIM, FPAP, Group Work Camp, Head Start, Jump Start, MURL, RSVP, Weatherization, Transitional Housing, ESGP, and EITC.
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Western Minnesota Home Values: Analysis of Change, 2000-2005
Benjamin Winchester, James Gambrell, and Matthew Rousseau
In 2004 the West Central Initiative began developing a Family Economic Success framework based on three key issues of: Earn it, Keep it, Grow it. The goal of this approach was to help low-income families build strong financial futures. In 2006 the Center for Small Towns was approached by the West Central Initiative to provide needed baseline analysis for the Family Economic Success framework they began developing in 2004. This study was developed and intended to provide a baseline of valid data from which to measure progress, and answer the question, are the low-income households able to maintain, and grow (increase), the value of their home?
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Student Housing Choices in the Morris Community
Arne Kildegaard, David Fluegel, Sarah Black, Cassandra McMahon, Karin Buchen, Leo Baker, and Josephine Myers-Kuykindall
This report discusses the results of a housing survey conducted by the Center for Small towns in April of 2006 that addressed what factors determine the student demand for off-campus vs. on-campus housing, and also includes a discussion of historical data in addition to the results of the survey.
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Jumpstart: Enhancing Quality of Life through Transportation
Benjamin Winchester and James Gambrell
In 2005, the executive director of West Central Minnesota Communities Action, Inc. worked with the Center for Small towns to conduct a survey of recipients of vehicles purchased through the JumpStart program. The goal of the survey was to assess the impact of the program on the lives of its clients. The JumpStart program works to provide vehicles to low-income families who need a reliable vehicle but lack the disposable income for expensive car repairs or insurance.
