TRForward - Thief River Falls, MN

TRForward is an ad-hoc community stewards group existing to promote the area. They strive to reinforce our collective decision to reside in this region - to work here, to play here, to raise our families here.

This group, through active community involvement and interaction, has identify a collective vision for the area. This vision, which is really a reflection of our collective assets and values, will allow this region to own an identity.

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Our Destiny

Thief River Falls will be a community that provides a high quality of life which enhances our status as a regional center for manufacturing and entrepreneurship in northern Minnesota. Our prosperity will have as its foundation an unmatched quality of life that attracts the talent we need to be successful. Our culture will support innovation, individuality and family values.

We will be the community that:

• works together to get things done,
• builds coalitions between private, public and non-profit organizations to move our community forward,
• provides a robust calendar of activities appealing to all ages,
• promotes active involvement by all community members in civic life, and
• supports expanding opportunity for all.

How we'll get there...

As stewards, we believe that this process takes a collective, strategic, sustained civic effort.

• Collective: Our effort can have only one common strategic direction.
• Strategic : It doesn't make any difference how fast you are climbing if your ladder is on the wrong wall!
• Sustained: There are no short-term solutions to our long-term challenges
• Civic Effort: Implies an attitude of “we are all in this together”