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Offering a Fresh Start: Bemidji man aims to start food truck to offer felon-friendly employment
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Offering a Fresh Start: Bemidji man aims to start food truck to offer felon-friendly employment

Jody Pemberton, a graduate of Bemidji High School, earned two scholarships through NMF: the K.E. “Red” and Ruth Shannon Wilson Scholarship and the Mississippi Headwaters Blood Bank Scholarship.

A celebration is planned for tomorrow, January 20th, in Bemidji to celebrate the installation of new signage at the Headwaters Music & Arts.

From cash-flow management to profit-sharing: How one business found stability in partnership with the Northwest SBDC

A lot of business owners ask themselves these questions or make these statements but a recent three-part business workshop titled Rise of the Resilient aimed help business owners learn how to cope with stress and move their businesses forward.

Evolving requirements and shrinking targeted geographic zones provide challenges to providing low-interest CDFI lending – but the potential for impact is limitless.

Landlord Risk Mitigation Fund expands options for young adults hardest to house

The impact of the latest grant round of the Bemidji Area Arts Endowment could be clearly heard this week in downtown Bemidji.

It’s here! The All School Reunion weekend in Bemidji is happening now, through this weekend, from which a proceeds of the event will benefit the Bemidji 31 Education Foundation, a component fund of the Northwest Minnesota Foundation, and go toward its $20,000 matching grant from the George W. Neilson Foundation.
