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News from the Waterfront

Friends of the Waterfront will make regular reports in the Lake County Press updating readers on progress being made on revisioning the Agate Bay waterfront.Friends of the Waterfront make progress toward design goalsSince the Local Design Workshop in June, led by CIRD (Citizens Institute for Rural Design), that City Council members and many community residents took part in, there has been continued progress towards advancing this effort which began over a year ago.Later in June, we hosted Kristi Duval of Duval Design an affiliate of the UMN Minnesota Design Center, to begin work on a grant from the Empowering Small Minnesota Communities (ESMC) program, a community-centered collaboration with the University of Minnesota to support small communities in becoming well-positioned to benefit from federal, state, and local investments.

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Taste of Lake County

Rhubarb Upside Down CakeSince it is rhubarb season and because this is such a delicious and easy-to-make recipe, I am printing it again!1 white or yellow cake mix prepared per package directions in a 9”x13” cake pan.Before putting in oven top the batter with:1.

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Our Clean Energy Economy

LSSD #381 opportunity to add Solar For SchoolsAll Minnesota school districts have a unique opportunity to receive Federal plus State funding for solar panel arrays and storage batteries with the MN State Solar for Schools (S4S) program combined with the landmark Federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).In 2023 the MN State Legislature appropriated $29.3 million to S4S for K-12 schools, state colleges and universities.

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