Join Us for a Conversation about Innovation in Local Government!

The Humphrey School of Public Affairs and InCommons are pleased to announce Dakota County Community Services, Irondale High School of Mounds View Public Schools, and the City of St Paul’s EMS Academy as finalists in the sixth annual Local Government Innovation Awards.  A public vote will determine which one of these finalists will receive a $25,000 grant to continue innovating. 

You are invited to join us in helping select the grant recipient by attending one of the following community conversations to learn and share about local government innovation happening in your community. These events are also an opportunity to talk with elected officials and to connect with others interested in supporting and improving the work that our schools, cities, and counties do every day.  Everyone who attends a community conversation in December will have a chance to vote for which of the three finalists should receive the $25,000 grant. Please join us for one of the following conversations:

• December 11 with the Humphrey School: 11:30 am to 1:00 pm at the Humphrey School for Public Affairs in Minneapolis. RSVP by December 9 http://conta.cc/V3p0R1

• December 13 with Dakota County Community Services: 9:30 am to 11:30 am at the Rosemount Community Center. RSVP by December 11 at http://conta.cc/V6JE4W

• December 18 with Irondale High School: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm at the TIES Building in Saint Paul. RSVP by December 16 at http://conta.cc/Tug4XJ

• December 19 with the City of Saint Paul’s EMS Academy: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Fire Station 51 in Saint Paul. RSVP by December 17 at http://conta.cc/VeowNT

Refreshments will be provided.  In addition, all attendees will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to a local restaurant!

Please contact John Anderson directly with questions at John@InCommons.org or (612) 746-6721. To learn more about the Awards or to read about the finalists’ innovations, go to InCommons.org/LGIA.

The Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota is pleased to partner with the Association of MN Counties, the League of Minnesota Cities, the MN School Boards Association, and InCommons to conduct the 6^th annual Local Government Innovation Awards.  This year’s Awards have been made possible with the support of InCommons, an initiative of the Bush Foundation that inspires, supports, and connects community-powered problem-solving.