The Otto Bremer Foundation, majority owner of Bremer Bank, awarded $91,887.00 to the University of Minnesota Morris. The funds will be used to help the Center for Small Towns with general operations.

The Center for Small Towns (CST) is a community outreach program of the University of Minnesota, Morris. CST serves as a conduit between the valuable resources of the University and people and projects in small towns. It is an ideal place to link rural issues with needed resources and helps create a network for ideas and resources for communities. Learn more about CST at http://www.centerforsmalltowns.org/.

In the photo above: Receiving the Otto Bremer Foundation check on behalf of the Center for Small Towns is David Fluegel,Community Program Specialist; Bart Finzel, Interim Director of the Center for Small Towns. Representing Bremer Bank are Holly Witt, Nonprofit Resource Specialist and Jan Hagen, Morris & Starbuck Branch Manager.

Holly Witt, NRS, Alexandria