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‘Chalk the Park’ packs still available

Jul 15, 2020

Lake City Area Arts still has some packages of sidewalk chalk to give away as part of its “Chalk the Park” program encouraging people of all ages to create sidewalk art in Patton Park. Packs are available at no charge while supplies last at Lake City Market by the Lake, Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 8 p...

Community invited to ‘Chalk the Park’

Jul 1, 2020

Lake City Area Arts (LCAA) is inviting residents to create artwork on Patton Park sidewalks for the community to enjoy with its “Chalk the Park” program. People can sign up to receive 20 sidewalk chalks and an art project plan. “Through this program, LCAA aims to provide a creative and fun outlet...

Foundation announces trades school scholarship

Jul 17, 2019

A new scholarship aimed at students who plan to attend a vocational or technical school will debut next year at Lincoln High School’s Awards Night. The endowed scholarship is managed by the Greater Lake City Community Foundation. Banks Heating and Air Conditioning of Lake City is making a...

Five for Food exceeds goal in 2019

Apr 10, 2019

Sponsors of the Five for Food Initiative for the Lake City Food Shelf presented a check for $22,239 representing $10,000 in donations from sponsors and $12,639 provided by 1,234 members of the community who contributed $5 or more. Five for Food, the annual initiative of the Greater Lake City...

Community foundation updates Rotary Club

Jan 24, 2019

Jim Schreck (left) and Bruce Carlstrom (right) of the Greater Lake City Community Foundation spoke to the Lake City Rotary Club Monday, Jan. 21. The foundation has about $150,000 set up in various pillars or endowed funds. The four main primary pillars are the Arts, the Community, the Education,...

Letter: Many hands make bikes work

May 9, 2018

To the editor: Over the past 7 years an effort has been on-going to establish a viable community bikes program in Lake City. It started with a few individuals who had seen bikes available to be used by anyone within city limits in local area towns and wondered “Why not in Lake City?” These folks...

Letter: Five for Food returns with more sponsors and a higher match

Feb 28, 2018

To the editor: Five for Food, an annual initiative to raise money for the Lake City Food Shelf begins on March 1 and continues through March, which is Food Share Month. In the past three years, Five for Food has raised over $53,000, which has allowed the Food Shelf to purchase over $200,000 in...

Fluid flow: A love story

Dec 6, 2017

“All of us are bound together by our love for fluid flow,” Jeff Marr told the audience at a fundraiser for a Lake Pepin-focused project by the Greater Lake City Community Foundation Nov. 30 at Nosh in Lake City. Marr was referring to he and his colleagues at the University of Minnesota’s St....

Lake Pepin's future is the focus of Greater Lake City Foundation project

Nov 29, 2017

The board of the Greater Lake City Community Foundation (GLCCF) has elected to create a study of the evolution of Lake Pepin over the coming fifty years, the foundation has announced. “Growing evidence in the Mississippi River at and above Red Wing demonstrates significant deposition of sediment...

Community foundation participating in 'Give to the Max' fundraiser

Nov 2, 2017

The Greater Lake City Community Foundation is asking area residents to consider donations to the foundation on Nov. 16 – Minnesota Give to the Max Day. Tax-deductible donations can be made by credit card at https://givemn.org. Donors can enter “Greater Lake City Community Foundation” in the “...