The Center for Small Towns connects University of Minnesota, Morris students, faculty and staff with community members in rural communities to create more vibrant and equitable small towns. Vision: To work toward more vibrant and equitable rural communities. The Center for Small Towns:
*Supports community-engaged faculty research and consulting opportunities that build capacity to better understand rural challenges and make sound decisions to improve rural communities.
*Coordinates student internships with governmental, educational, and community organizations in small towns.
*Convenes events that include respectful conversations, build bridges among small town community members, and provide education about rural assets and challenges. About Our Scope
*We focus on projects that address data-driven needs in small towns of 10,000 or fewer residents.
*We prioritize projects located in small towns in Minnesota.
*We partner primarily with non-partisan community organizations, schools, and governmental entities. We work occasionally with for-profit entities if the work will address the public good. We also sometimes work with individual rural residents who have identified a challenge or project.
