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This project has been financed in part with funds from the State of Minnesota Arts and Culture Heritage Fund through the <br />Minnesota State Historical Society. <br />Our Mission: To develop enduring workforce and life skills through service learning in historic <br />preservation and community stewardship. <br />Our Values: Serving, Transforming, Preserving, Honoring <br />In 2023, we have focused on program and project host retention by engaging Members and <br />Stakeholders in our conversations on programmatic changes, strategic planning, and the development <br />of Crew Leader roles. <br /> Our Crew Leaders were able to use their hands-on experience from their previous field season to <br />assist in training our new Members while growing their leadership skills. Having permanent Crew <br />Leaders has allowed our new Members to grow more comfortable with a variety of skills and tools <br />while providing our Project Hosts with a permanent in-field contact. <br />Projects are scheduled as nine-day, camping-based project “hitches” that run from May through <br />October, with five days off in between each hitch. Projects are planned in collaboration with a variety of <br />groups throughout the state of Minnesota, including non-profits and government entities at all levels <br />(federal, state, county, and local). 2023 marked our first hitches with the MN DNR serving a Itasca and <br />St. Croix State Parks. <br />We onboarded 13 total Members for our 2023 Field Season. To diversify recruiting, we decided to <br />maintain our two full seasons (June to October) and one summer only (June to August crew). Members <br />were recruited nationally, but staff continue to make concerted efforts to recruit local participants. <br />In September of 2023, we purchased a complex that will become Northern Bedrock’s new home. It <br />includes a 7,000 sq ft workspace, two apartments for AmeriCorps Members, and four acres in the <br />heart of the historic neighborhood of Morgan Park. We are very excited to see how this asset will allow <br />us to grow our programming in 2024 and years to come. <br />Page 77 of 89