We originally met during our late March “ MIRC Intro Tour,” and Steven was gracious enough to meet us to talk again. Steven Renderos of Main Street Project joined us.

I’ll try to share some of their stories below too.Īfter the Forum, a group of us headed for a post presentation pint and conversation to further explore opportunities for collaboration with MIRC communities.

I was so pleased with everyone’s generosity in sharing their stories and expertise. We’ve posted our slides below – but as is often the case, we seemed to learn as much as the attendees, both during and after the session. (As you may recall we spoke optimistically about the plan for TISP last October when we were still at “applicant” status.) This time around “we” included me, Bill Coleman and several MIRC partners: Dick Senese and Joyce Hoelting from Extension, Casey Sorenson from PCs for People, Gary Langer from Minnesota Learning Commons, and Jeannie Spaulding from Kandiyohi County. Earlier this week, we presented an update on the MIRC project for TISP Forum.

Mirc update