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New ideas for Downtowns: Aaron Brown on ReVive Virginia and Their Ambitious Plans for Chestnut Street

Virginia, MN
Bjoertvedt, Creative Commons
Virginia, MN

Journalist and blogger, author and college instructor Aaron Brown joined us to talk about his latest blog post “Ready, set, revitalize”.

In his last conversation with us he was talking about how to reimagine our towns of northern Minnesota. To move the conversation away from what isn't working to what IS working...

In this latest post, he spotlights a community group in Virginia, MN with ideas for the future - ReVive Virginia.

Interested in local history? Check out Aaron Brown & Karl Jacob's
podcast produced for KAXE/KBXE with funding from the MN Arts and
Cultural Heritage Fund - Power In the Wilderness.

Heidi Holtan is Director of Content and Public Affairs. She manages producers/hosts and is the host of the KAXE Morning Show, including a variety of local content like Phenology, What We're Reading, Area Voices, Sports Page and much more, alongside Morning Edition from NPR.