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COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS: Flint Hills Resources is celebrating summer with thousands of Minnesotans at local festivals and parades. Look for Flint Hills employees – along with their families and friends – as they show their hometown pride at many local celebrations, including Rosemount Leprechaun Days, Hastings Rivertown Days, Inver Grove Heights Days and Saint Paul’s Lowertown Sounds. For decades, Flint Hills Resources has supported programs, organizations and events that improve our quality of life in our communities. LEARN MORE: Community Partnerships (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery)
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SATURDAY: Via Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, VERBATIM: “Sabathani Community Center celebrates its 60th anniversary Aug. 8 with a free block party at 310 E. 38th St. in South Minneapolis. The event, ‘Coming Back Home,’ honors Clarissa Rogers Walker and Launa Q. Newman, MSR’s former publisher and grandmother of current CEO Tracey Williams-Dillard, both of whom have South Minneapolis streets named for them.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4qfsoiB
THIS MONTH: Via Free Bikes 5 Kidz, VERBATIM: “Join hundreds of cyclists, families, volunteers, and supporters for the 2026 Free Bikes 4 Kidz Gran Fondo, a community cycling event that helps put more bikes into the hands of kids who need them. Hosted by Luce Line Brewing, this one-of-a-kind event combines incredible riding, family fun, and a post-ride celebration, all while supporting the mission of Free Bikes 4 Kidz.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4hdX1ST
AIR PURIFIERS: Via Northern News Now, VERBATIM: “A Duluth resident has secured more than $100,000 worth of air purifier donations and is working with the American Red Cross to distribute them to vulnerable populations across the region. Smoke from fires in the Superior National Forest and Canada pushed air quality in mid-July to hazardous levels. Travis Wright said he saw people struggling and noticed air purifiers were becoming hard to find.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4hjjspX
BASEBALL: Via MplsStPaul, VERBATIM: “Friday evenings on the field of dreams (AKA Powderhorn Park), the baseball field becomes the grounds for Minneapolis’s hottest, most serious ballplayers. The Southside Serious Hotties, a baseball team in the Dock Ellis League, a very nonprofessional league with independent teams across the country, brings America’s pastime back to its sandlot roots: amateur, accessible, and most importantly, fun.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4fK1FWo
FARM BUDS: Via Sahan Journal, VERBATIM: “On a rainy, windy Sunday morning in late June, a group of more than 30 volunteers dug into the soil of 30 acres in Medina. The group was from Farm Buds, which organizes volunteers to help farmers across Minnesota and Wisconsin. They tackle tasks such as weeding, planting and preparing for the harvest. On this weekend, they were supporting four farming sisters originally from Kenya.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4fDFYbG
RONDO: Via Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, VERBATIM: “A longtime vision to create a space that honors Rondo’s artists and creatives has finally become a reality. On Saturday, July 25, the community celebrated the inaugural Selby Arts and Cultural Day and the grand opening of the Rondo African American Arts District (RAAD), hosted by the Rondo Community Land Trust. The celebration brought together local artists, vendors, musicians and community members for a day of art, culture and live entertainment.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4g7SujQ
HOUSING: Via PPL, VERBATIM: “Together with residents, project partners, community and civic leaders and elected officials, Project for Pride in Living (PPL) today gathered to cut the ribbon on Opportunity Crossing, a new, 110-unit affordable housing development built on the site of the former Wells Fargo branch that was destroyed during the social unrest of 2020. Located at 3030 Nicollet Ave. in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Opportunity Crossing is one of the largest affordable housing projects in Minneapolis history and represents a transformative new chapter for the Lake Street community and everyone who calls it home by creating affordable housing, economic opportunity and neighborhood vitality.” NEWS RELEASE | PHOTOS
BOOKS: Via Pioneer Press, VERBATIM: “When young kids are learning to read, it’s important that they also develop a desire to read, Taylor Sorrells says. That’s why Sorrells, a St. Paul elementary school teacher, started the nonprofit READ With Me MN, in February 2025. READ stands for representation, education, accessibility and diversity.” QUOTE: “We are losing librarians and, unfortunately, classroom teachers are tasked with keeping their classroom library stocked with books,” Sorrells said. “Representation and diversity in books has a direct impact on student engagement and interest in literacy.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4wItbLa
DULUTH: Via Duluth News Tribune, VERBATIM: “Last week, the Duluth School Board approved a name for the district’s newest facility in downtown Duluth. The newly named Duluth Central Education Services, located at 424 W. 1st St., will house a number of district services and programs. The facility’s name is a tribute to Duluth Central High School, the first iteration of which was used as a school until 1971. But inside, a former Central alumna will also be recognized through the dedication of the Ethel Ray Nance Welcome Center. Duluth School Board member Henry Banks calls Ethel Ray Nance the ‘most distinguished graduate’ to come out of the district.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3S7axO1
WALKER: Via MplsStPaul, VERBATIM: “What is Love? is a question (and an exhibition on view at the Walker Art Center until Aug. 23) with many entry points (three at the museum to be exact). Walking into the gallery, curator Taylor Jasper meditates on this conscious subversion of chronological journey.” READ/SEE: https://fluence-media.co/4fYtECW
GRANTS: Via WJON-Radio, VERBATIM: “The Bernick Family Foundation is accepting applications for its latest round of grants. The foundation will be offering up to $300,000 in grant funding to eligible programs in their territories in Minnesota and Wisconsin.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3RKvf6e
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