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Let's Talk About Our Future!
What will your community look like in 2050?

We invite you to join any of these upcoming dialogues:

  • July 9 - Madison, SD (Olinger Center at St. John's Lutheran Church 7pm)
  • July 10 - Mobridge, SD (Wrangler Inn on Highway West 12 7pm)
  • July 11 - Pierre, SD (Pierre Chamber of Commerce-Pierre Community Room 6pm)
  • September 11 - Fergus Falls, MN (West Central Initiative Offices)
  • September 17 - Holdredge, NE (NE Rural Institute)
  • September 19 - Morris, MN (The Prairie Inn)
  • October 2 - Keokuk, IA
  • October 3 - Indianola, IA
  • October 4 - Southwest Iowa
  • October 22 - Isabel, SD
  • November 26 - Grand Rapids, MN (Public Library)
  • November 27 - Two Harbors, MN (Superior Shores Resort)
  • November 28 - Cloquet, MN (Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College, room 256)
  • North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota Dialogues coming soon
  • March 17 - Cooperstown, ND (Cooperstown Country Club 5:00 p.m.)
  • March 18 - Velva, ND (Senior Citizens Center 5:00 p.m.)
  • May 1 - Williston, ND

For more information about the dialogues or to hold one in your community, please email jnagel@ngplains.org

The Meadowlark Project

A Leadership Laboratory on the Future of the Northern Great Plains is a two year, innovative, disciplined process that leads to systemic change by bringing a diverse sample of the region’s population to the table and engaging in intense dialogue about the kind of future we want, focused research on actual and possible future conditions, exposure to direct learning experiences, use of scenario planning techniques, and implementation of replicable demonstration projects. The process will create a new framework for understanding what the future can offer on the northern Great Plains.

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