Tuesday March 31 at Northern Community Internet

At Cass Lake/Leech Lake Community Internet there is a link to a Leech Lake Tribal College BMP blog article on Native American branding.


The Checkered Past Antiques web site has been added to Grand Rapids Community Internet.


The "Hibbing a Fit City" blog at Hibbing Community Internet has a post on helping your children to be mentally healthy.

Monday March 30th at Northern Community Internet

At Bemidji Community Internet  there is  a post from the  Bemdji Arts Center with its schedule for the April Art Walk. There is also a permanent link to the art walk calendar on the site's calendar page.

At Virginia Community Internet, the Quad City Journal has a report on the Superior National Forest looking for advisory committee members. The Quad Cities Journal is the news blog of the Quad Cities area community journalism club.

New Classifieds on Hibbing Community Internet include a large aquarium and stand and Shirley Temple dolls. 

Community Internet Updates

At Edge of the Wilderness Community Internet, the "Basketball in
Bigfork" blog notes that Annalise Klamm and Shelby Goble were
honorable mention on the Pioneer Press all-state basketball team.

At Grand Rapids Community Internet, Habitat for Humanity reStore has a
classified ad for a whirlpool tub complete with a picture. The
ability to post pictures is a feature of the free online classified
ads on all the Northern Community Internet sites.

Community Internet Updates

At Grand Rapids Community Internet, TimeScape photography has added their website to the local search. They also have added a blog to the community blog feed that is updated regularly from Twitter.

At Bemidji Community Internet, the new blog is Tasty Apple Treats. This is a personal blog, not advice on apples.

You can add your blog, whether business or personal, by going to Northern Community Internet and adding it to your local community web site's community blog feed.

Blog Trainings and e-Democracy Events in April

We are bringing Griff Wigley, blog trainer extraordinaire, to do leadership blog trainings in Brainerd, Bemidji, Grand Rapids and the Iron Range on Thursday April 23 and Friday April 24th. Griff focuses on how community leaders, business people, elected officials and non-profits can use a blog to promote their agenda and/or work in the community.

We need people to help in each community with publicizing and recruiting. so if you want to help let us know. If you have suggestions for people or organizations who should be invited or other ways we can publicize the trainings you can post them in the comments here or by email.

The other training is more a public presentation by e-Democracy founder Steven Clift on how eDemocracy Issue Forums can be used to strengthen communities. Bemidji and Cass Lake/Leech Lake currently have active forums in their community. People in Grand Rapids are working on organizing a forum there. Clift will be speaking at the Grand Rapids Regional Library from 7 PM to 8 PM on Thursday, April 2nd.

New on Northern Community Internet 3/18/2009

bemidjicommunityinternet.org
Link to Bemidji Bits blog post about city project. Includes a photo comparison of Minnesota Avenue and an artists rendering of what it will look like with the proposed bike lanes and curb extensions for pedestrians.


brainerdcommunityinternet.org
Link to a story in the Star-Tribune about the efforts of a local Brainerd area group to acquire 2 miles of Mississippi river shoreline.


casslakecommunityinternet.org
Library blog wishes luck to cass laek/bena and Red Lake basketball teams who are facing off. Sulfide mining is the new topic on the eDemocracy forum.


grandrapidscommunityinternet.org
A harbinger of spring, someone is trying to sell their cross country skis in the classifieds.