The virtual informational session will provide an overview of the 2026 – 2028 Activate Rural Learning Lab and the application process for building activation projects in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana.
Join us at Bluenose Gopher Public House in Granite Falls, MN for a night of insight, strategy, connection, live music, and fun!
Join Department of Public Transformation (DoPT) for the Activate Rural Summit on October 21, 22 and 23, 2025. The virtual gathering will share stories and learnings from artists and community leaders activating creative places in rural communities.
Join the Department of Public Transformation (DoPT) at our Southeast Activate Rural Public Workshop in Spring Grove, MN (pop. 1,219). This one-day workshop will provide connections for artists, creative entrepreneurs, small business owners, activators and leaders developing creative physical places of connection for their communities.
Hear from rural artists and activators share stories of how cultivating creative places of connection plant the seeds of a creative ecosystem for their communities.
Join the Department of Public Transformation (DoPT) at our Northwest Activate Rural Public Workshop in Mahnomen, MN (pop. 1,210). This one-day workshop will provide connections for artists, creative entrepreneurs, small business owners, activators and leaders developing creative physical places of connection for their communities. Participants will take away community engagement strategies, funding resource ideas, and structures for stewardship and operations for rural creative gathering places.
Join Department of Public Transformation (DoPT) for our next Activate Rural Workshop to hear two rural artists and activators share stories of cultivating creative places of connection for their communities.
