A program of Blandin Foundation
Our mission is to strengthen communities in rural Minnesota, especially the Grand Rapids area.
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Community leadership programs offered by the Blandin Foundation help rural leaders develop and enhance the skills, knowledge and relationships they need to build and sustain healthy communities – ones that thrive in times of challenge and opportunity.

Our programs aim to build leadership capacity – that is, to develop people’s knowledge and skills, to work together, and to find common ground so they can address their community’s issues and opportunities.