$1.5 million Community Economic Advantage (CEA) program-related investment to the Itasca Development Corp. (IDC) to support a building development fund and a $100,000 four-year grant for support of the Greenway Area Business Association.

$200,000 over five years to support the Itasca County Trails Task Force in which the Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation is the fiscal agent.

$50,000 for the development of a new skate and skate board park.

$110,700 over two years to Advocates for Family Peace to support a Federal supervised visitation pilot project.

$80,000 over two years to support the Itasca Area Crisis Nursery.

$750,000 over three years to the Minnesota Center for Rural Health to provide operating support for the center to continue the Blandin Health Care Leadership Program.

$150,000 over two years to Bemidji State University for the development of the "Ingenuity Frontier," a group of 23 associated organizations to encourage a culture of engineering innovation in northern Minnesota; increase the pool of engineering talent in the region; increase the availability of investment capital in the region; and increase the visibility of northern Minnesota as a hub of engineering talent and innovation.

$150,000 to Artspace Project, Inc., to support the development of the Franklin Artists Lofts in Brainerd.

$52,000 to Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) to support a five-part public radio and Internet series on the economic future of rural communities.

$15,000 to Independent School District 482 (Little Falls) to help the district offer vocational and technical courses in the Little Falls Middle School for joint high school and college credit.