Articles From the Director

Public Transit Returns to Deuel County Deuel County and those around will be offered transit again on Tuesday and Thursdays of the month. Continue here to read the article from the Clear Lake Courier.

(Courtesy of Clear Lake Courier 6/16) Letter from the DADi Director: Deuel Area Development, Inc. June 16, 2020   Do We Have Friendly, Welcoming Communities in Deuel County?   In light of all the events happening around the world and on our own USA soil, we need to recognize the messages and problems out there.  As a community(ies) in Deuel County, we need to remain relevant.  We are communities, states, counties needing to adapt to a radically changing world; whether we like it or not.    Without getting into politics; are we ready for this change?  Already there is discussion about people moving out of Minnesota and also large...

Deuel Area Development, Inc. May 19, 2020 These Times; They Are'a Chang'in

Deuel Area Development, Inc. March 30, 2020 Our Small Businesses I do not know about you, but I am seriously on information overload.  I’m grateful for Facebook because resources and news is coming at us, however at too great rate of speed.  So I have the option to turn it off.  Some of it’s accurate and some of it is slanted.  But I still feel overloaded.  I also realize the disaster relief that comes out of this and our government is designed to help all business in general.  The politicians are hashing it out as whose businesses are too big or small an...

Can’t We Love Both? I was with a group of women recently discussing local and talking about the size of our community back 30-40 years. It was sad to hear them talk how much change there has been in our particular 'rural' community. Now, compared to the 50's-60's our community of 1300 was around 2400 at that time...a thriving metropolitan “rural” community. I did not know the community in which I live, then, since I am a transplant. I would love to have seen it in its heyday. I can only imagine now. The women commented that there were farms everywher...