The Blandin Foundation is re-launching the Light Speed and Open Access Feasibility Fund especially to communities in southwest Minnesota:

Chippewa, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Yellow Medicine, Brown, Cottonwood, Jackson, Martin, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock, Watonwan, Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, LeSueur, Rice, Steele, and Waseca.

To assist potential applicants, a series of grant workshops will be held as follows: June 18 in Willmar and Appleton; June 19 in Mankato and June 27 in Slayton. The workshops are hosted by the area regional development commissions and co-hosted by the area Initiative Foundations.

To get more information, please visit the Blandin Foundation web site.