Crow Wing Energized: Grants available to support healthy choices
Up to $500 will be awarded for Workplace Wellness Grants and up to $2,000 for the Healthy Community Grant.
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Crow Wing Energized | 8:00 am, Jan. 25, 2021 ×
Crow Wing Energized has opened two grants to support efforts to make the healthy choice is the easy choice.
Grant applications to improve health and wellness in our community by making the healthy choices, the easy choice are currently open. The deadline for both grants is March 1, with an award date of April 1.
Organization criteria for applying includes serving or located within Crow Wing County, including but not limited to: neighborhood, youth, or environmental groups; faith-based organizations; health care organizations; civic or citizens associations; economic development agencies; local government entities; local businesses; school districts and other similar groups. Applicants are not required to be incorporated 501
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The New Ulm City Council will determine the fate of the building at 307 N. Minnesota St. The buildingâs crumbling north wall is a safety hazard and the city will determine whether to repair or demolish.
NEW ULM The New Ulm City Council will mull options for the property at 307 N. Minnesota Street, Tuesday.
The city has been dealing with maintained issues associated with this property since July 2015. Currently, the north wall of the building is crumbling.
The building owner has stated he did not have the money to fix the wall. The city now has two options, but both options have potential hidden costs making it difficult to determine which is less expensive.
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Above: MCSAP Project Coordinator, Stpeh Johnson, holds a Youth Connections magazine. The magazine will go out to local families in March.
FAIRMONT– The Martin County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition is going to provide Youth Connections magazine free to all students and families in Martin County. The family-orientated magazine will provide local stories, as well as educational articles on parenting, prevention and more.
MCSAP’s project coordinator, Steph Johnson, said the coalition has been working on this for about four months. She explained why they wanted to partner with Youth Connections.
“With the pandemic, our coalition was looking for more ways to reach more students and people. When we heard about another coalition doing this, we looked into it and saw the success they were having with connecting to students and families. We decided it would be a good opportunity for us to meet people where they’re at, which is at home right now” said
There are currently three locations in Prior Lake to purchase e-cigarette products and the approval of a tobacco and e-cigarette retail license by the city council will shortly make that four.
But the sale of flavored e-cigarette products at the new retail location and convenience stores may be short lived as city staff have temporarily halted further applications and are in the process of drafting an ordinance that could potentially ban the sale of flavored e-cigarette products within Prior Lake entirely.
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Prior Lake isnât the first city to consider stricter regulations than recognized by the state.
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FAIRMONT Human Services of Faribault and Martin counties will be offering free mental health first aid courses in the first three months of the new year. The eight-hour course is being offered through the National Council for Behavioral Health.
Mental health first aid teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance abuse disorders.
Caroline McCourt is the Statewide Health Improvement Partnership coordinator for FMCHS. She explained how the courses came to be offered.
“When the pandemic began, some of the ag producers and meat packaging plants were closing down, farmers were having a difficult time and some had to slaughter many of their animals. It all had a ripple effect in our community, along with everything else piling on. There was a lot of uncertainty,” McCourt explained.