Human Services News

Northwest Area Foundation:

The 2006 Grassroots & Groundwork conference, scheduled from September
16-19, 2006, promises to be a valuable, memorable event featuring:

20 break-out sessions focused on microenterprise development, living-wage jobs, collaboration between businesses and nonprofits, community-driven initiatives and other successful poverty- reduction strategies.

Community-Builder Institute - our new half-day program with two powerful workshops: "Building Economic Engines and Opportunities" and "Building Community Capacity to Design, Lead and Implement Lasting Change."

Outstanding keynote speakers and panel experts give participants the opportunity for in-depth and lively discussions with policy-makers, authors, reporters, nonprofit leaders, civic and business leaders, and more.

Picturesque fall in the Upper Midwest ~ the mighty Mississippi River flows just outside the Crowne Plaza Riverfront Hotel, great coffee houses await you, shopping and restaurants are within a five-minute walk of the hotel, miles of walking paths and bike trails throughout the Twin Cities provide scenic areas for recreation, and our state's 10,000+ lakes and more than 400 golf courses are unparalleled.