Minot, ND – Through its inaugural grantmaking round for the Creative Community Solutions...

When Strengthen ND was started in 2015, we didn’t have a lot. We had no money. We had no clients....

(AGWEEK) DICKINSON, N.D. — Barnabas Nyaaba has called Dickinson home for the past five years. It’s...

(AGWEEK) GRANDIN, N.D. — For Amber and Ross Lockhart, North Dakota holds a special place in their...

(AGWEEK) BOWMAN, N.D. — During the great recession in 2008, Melinda Padilla Lynch and her husband...

(AGWEEK) ASHLEY, N.D. — Shane and Carley Peacock knew they wanted to start their own business;...

(AGWEEK) CROSBY, N.D. — North Dakota wasn’t where Jonathan Kauhako expected to live and work. “If...

(AGWEEK) WATFORD CITY, N.D. — Like a modern-day pioneer, Sandy Rieker packed up her family and...

June 1, 2021 - This is the first of a three-part report on a series of discussions held in Divide...

April 2, 2021 - With small-town North Dakota roots, Warwick-native Megan Laudenschlager is...

April 17, 2021 - Megan Laudenschlager and Larry Keown were able to speak with Ashley Thornberg on...

March 9, 2021 - The public is invited to join business leaders and top nonprofit workers at the...

February 17, 2021 - The Tuttle Rural Innovation Center organizers have big dreams. They want the...

January 7, 2021 - John Harris interviews Megan Laudenschlager, Executive Director of Strengthen ND...

November 16, 2020 - Strengthen ND is deploying a statewide effort titled Rural Matters to gather...

October 2020   Strengthen ND excited to be one of the 36 organizations selected as 2020 Ecosystem...

December 2018   Where I Come From.   Rooted. That’s what I feel when I embark on...

October 28, 2020 - Having a good idea for a business or community project is just the first step....

June 10, 2020 - Twenty-eight organizations from 18 states and the District of Columbia will ...

November 9, 2020 - USDA Rural Development, through the Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG),...