Humans may have help in combating climate change in Minnesota: beavers. SEE: https://fluence-media.co/4nm5QK8
A new poll finds employee treatment, safe working conditions, and wages are more likely than other environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives to impact consumer choices. MORNING CONSULT: https://fluence-media.co/3Vaxk9J
All Star Lynx guard Courtney Williams shares what she describes as an unlikely success story via The Players’ Tribune. READ: https://fluence-media.co/3IkfFcC
In Minneapolis last evening, a restaurant set a table for 2,000, raising funds for a local organization – and possibly setting a new record. LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/3I8JBZk
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70-YEAR LEGACY OF CONTINUOUS TRANSFORMATION. Innovation has been synonymous with the Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery since it was established 70 years ago. Today, Pine Bend operates with cutting-edge leak detection technologies, the largest solar installation of its kind, a community-driven water-recycling system, and numerous other advancements. These innovations have allowed Pine Bend to produce more of the fuels and other products we all need, while continually finding ways to use fewer resources and minimize emissions. LEARN MORE: Environmental, Health, and Safety at Pine Bend refinery (SPONSORED: Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery)
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CLIMB: Via TikTok, firefighters and others from the community honored the 24th anniversary of 9/11 by climbing stairs at the Science Museum of Minnesota 14 times – a feat meant to represent the 110 floors of the World Trade Center. WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3VJj5sq
MORE: Via CCX Media, VERBATIM: “Brooklyn Center police and firefighters did a stair climb at Los Campeones Gym. At exactly 8:46 a.m. on Thursday, fifteen people took turns on the StairMaster dressed in full gear, each climbing 22 floors.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3JYr82c
BLANKETS: Via Lake Expo, VERBATIM: “25-year-old Minnesotan Peter Stachowicz passed away from a rare brain tumor (anaplastic astrocytoma) six years ago. He was a talented hockey and baseball player who also loved fishing and traveling . . . Pete only lasted 18 months after he was diagnosed. Yet, his family said he never gave up hope. That sentiment sparked a nonprofit. The Peter Stachowicz Foundation is a Minnesota-based non-profit that offers cancer patients support, comfort, and hope by donating homemade, crocheted blankets.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/3Imbxc9
FURNITURE: Via WCCO-TV, VERBATIM: “This week, WCCO is teaming up with Xcel Energy for the company's Day of Service. It's a chance for all of us, and all of you, to find ways to give back to the community. As Jonah Kaplan reports, one project helps build furniture for those in need. But in the process, it builds something that may be even more important.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/4nkLvVE
COLLEGE: Via WCCO-Radio, VERBATIM: “For some, the four-year, living-in-the-dorm college experience is not the best fit . . . [Dougherty Family College] opened in 2017 and is a two-year college located within the University of St. Thomas’s downtown Minneapolis campus. It offers an associate degree and a rigorous curriculum including leadership development, mentoring from St. Thomas faculty, and paid internships. It is a fit for students who ultimately aspire to attend a four-year bachelor's degree program.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/4mbObUw
ROCHESTER: Via KIMT-TV, VERBATIM: “The 7th Annual F.A.R.M. Fest is set to return to Rochester's MLK Park on September 28, offering a day filled with food, art, and music. The free event, organized by The Village Agricultural Cooperative, highlights regional farmers, artists, and musicians to celebrate an inclusive food system.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4622XIO
MATCH: Via news release from Minneapolis-based Ameriprise, VERBATIM: “For the 14th consecutive year, Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) will match donations to Feeding America (up to $250,000) to help the more than 47 million people, including 13 million children, in the U.S. who lack consistent access to food. With the Ameriprise match, each dollar donated through October 31 will help provide 20 meals* to families and individuals experiencing food insecurity.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4n9R6yj
PRAIRIE ISLAND: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “Dakota people from several communities gathered at a repatriation site in the Red Wing area beginning Monday night to plan for the week’s events. They gathered at a quiet place atop a gently rolling terrace surrounded by trees on one side and farmland on the other. Earlier the same day, Prairie Island Indian Community cultural resource workers completed preparations for the return of ancestral remains, along with hundreds of funerary items. Taken from burial mounds in southeast Minnesota, the remains had been held by Minnesota institutions for many decades.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/46GiQnp
MINNEAPOLIS: Via Minneapolis Arts & Cultural Affairs, VERBATIM: “Following a successful pilot last year, the City of Minneapolis today announced the expansion of its Vibrant Storefronts initiative in year two – providing a total of $752,879 for eight local artists and creative entrepreneurs bringing culture and creativity to vacant retail spaces across Minneapolis. Vibrant Storefronts brings artists and arts organizations together with property owners by subsidizing rental costs for two years. This provides opportunities for local artists and creative entrepreneurs to strengthen their business models and engage the public through their art with the goal of fostering creativity, enhancing vibrancy, and promoting sustainability in Minneapolis.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/46hOU0i
BIKE PARK: Via Lakeland PBS, VERBATIM: “The Northland Arboretum in the Brainerd Lakes Area is receiving a $50,000 grant from construction equipment manufacturer Kubota to help complete central Minnesota’s largest bike skills park.” WATCH: https://fluence-media.co/3IknuPx
FRESH15: The latest season of Fresh15 includes interviews with new Minnesota House members. So far, five new members have shared their goals, background and fun facts before they take office in a historic session this January.
Rep. Kari Rehrauer
Rep. Wayne Johnson
Rep. Julie Greene
Rep. Keith Allen
Rep. Peter Johnson
Follow on your favorite podcast platform, or at www.TheDailyAgenda.com/Podcasts. (SPONSORED: Minnesota Telecom Alliance)
THIS MONTH: Via WCCO-Radio, VERBATIM: “September 22 is World Car-Free Day, celebrated globally and aimed at creating awareness and educating communities about alternatives to driving alone.” QUOTE: “We’re asking you to just change one of your trips within September and pledge, saying you're going to do that,” said Tenille Warren, senior community outreach specialist at Metro Transit. “So instead of driving to go see a movie with the kids, you could take light rail.” LISTEN: https://fluence-media.co/41Ngul0
THIS MONTH: Via MplsStPaul, VERBATIM: “For 50 years, Park Square Theatre, one of the Twin Cities’ largest and oldest professional nonprofit theaters, has brought classic and contemporary plays, new works, and youth programming to the St. Paul performing arts community—and what better way to celebrate than a season that reflects the vibrant, whimsical, and inspiring world of theater itself? Featuring four new productions, Park Square’s 2025-2026 performance season opens in September.” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4mig79p
30 YEARS: Via MPR, VERBATIM: “In the former Carnegie Library in Aitkin, Pamela Andell stares closely at a painting of two moonlit wolves ascending a snowy hill . . . Andell is the executive director of the Jaques Art Center, which has been housed in the Carnegie library since 1995, when, according to a plaque at the entrance, ‘it was purchased for a $1 by area citizens wanting a home for the preservation and exhibition of the work of Aitkin County artist, Francis Lee Jaques.’” READ: https://fluence-media.co/4mjTUYt
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