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As media leaders, Knight Foundation's founders Jack and Jim Knight sought to bring communities together through information. In their publications, they delivered the news that helped people determine their "own true interests," as Jack used to say.

Today, Knight Foundation is also focused on that ideal. Working with community innovators, Knight Foundation fosters informed and engaged communities. The foundation believes residents should have the information they need to make decisions about their lives and community. Knight strives for those residents to be highly engaged in the issues and opportunities that matter most to them and their neighbors.

Towards its goal of informed, engaged communities, Knight Foundation seeks out projects with the potential for transformational change.

Knight Foundation recently announced a partnership with community foundations in the cities and towns where the Knight brothers owned newspapers.

Grant seekers in the Duluth area should inquire about funding by contacting Holly Sampson at the Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation, 218-726-0232, and asking about Knight Foundation's Donor-advised Fund.

Duluth

The 2009 Soul of the Community Survey explores the link between residents' emotional ties to where they live and the community's economic growth. Three key factors that bind residents to the region: social offerings (fun places to gather), openness (how welcoming a place is) and aesthetics (an area’s physical beauty and green spaces.) Aesthetics, particularly its location on Lake Superior, was seen as a community strength. Residents, however, said that social offerings and openness – particularly with respect to recent college graduates – need to be improved.

See survey details for Duluth at http://www.soulofthecommunity.org/duluth .


 

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