The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation welcomed two new board members for 2024 Brenda Tiefenthaler, CEO at Spencer Hospital, and Drew Hage, loan portfolio manager at Northwest Bank.
Tiefenthaler and Hage were voted by membership to three-year terms on the board, and will begin Jan. 1.
Rebuilding Together to aid in rehabbing local homes
$275,000 in grants were received to establish a southwest Minnesota affiliate of Rebuilding Together. A full-time employee will be hired to work in Cottonwood, Nobles and Jackson counties. 5:30 am, Feb. 27, 2021 ×
Rebuilding Together-Twin Cities has a ramp-building team that goes out to construct ramps for low-income individuals who can t afford to hire it done. (Special to The Globe)
WINDOM After nearly 24 years of work in the Twin Cities and other metro areas of the state, Rebuilding Together is branching into southwest Minnesota.
Earlier this month, the agency announced it will establish its first-ever Greater Minnesota office to serve residents of Cottonwood, Jackson and Nobles counties.
Like many Minnesota communities, the southwest Minnesota town of Windom has a shortage of homes for sale at a time when more housing is needed to keep businesses and the local economy humming.
Homes for workers are at a premium, but the Cottonwood County city of 4,400 residents needs to expand and preserve its housing stock across the spectrum, said Drew Hage, Windom’s economic development director.
By way of example, the city has a mere 15 homes on the market at a time when there should be 50 homes for sale to maintain a healthy vacancy rate, Hage said. A new 45-unit apartment building, he added, was filled to capacity within a month of being completed last fall.
Home improvement services for seniors, veterans coming to greater Minnesota
Home improvement services for seniors, veterans coming to greater Minnesota By Bernadette Heier | February 16, 2021 at 8:34 PM CST - Updated February 16 at 8:34 PM
WINDOM, Minn. (KEYC) Rebuilding Together Twin Cities a nonprofit focused on repairing homes for older adults, veterans, and low-income residents is establishing its first-ever greater Minnesota office, thanks to several grants totaling $275,000.
”To do home repair work that folks need to either stay safe in their home or get around more easily in their home. So, we do accessibility items like grab bars and accessibility ramps. We also do home maintenance work like new windows and new roofs,” explained Kathy Greiner, executive director at Rebuilding Together Twin Cities.