Finalist for SMIF REV program

The communities of Winthrop, Gibbon and Fairfax are finalists for the Rural Entrepreneurial Ventures program through the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation. There will be four communities awarded this year and the announcement will be made September 26. Front row, from left to right: Andrea Merkel, Fairfax City Administrator; Michael Looft, Winthrop City Administrator and Dana Lietzau, Gibbon City Administrator. Back row: Jason (Compeer Financing), Kelly Lutgen, Kelsey Odegard, Sheila Prax, Katie Gran, Rachel Holmquist, Steve Klukas and Pam Bishop (SMIF). Photo by Michael Mattison