Education & Community

Join us at Belwin's Education Site for a joint event hosted by Belwin Conservancy and FamilyMeans. Designed for persons with memory loss and their caregivers, this event will feature live music, nature-inspired arts activities, short guided nature walks and bird watching. Poet Zoë Bird, creator of the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project Minnesota, will also be present, along with musician Andrea Stern, courtesy of Compas. Resources from FamilyMeans Caregiving & Aging will be available at the event.  Read more about FamilyMeans Nature Memories Open House

This program is a 5-week service learning, leadership development and entrepreneurial program. It’s designed to give students who are incoming seniors (grade 12) opportunities to develop critical skills necessary for increased community engagement. In the program they will also acquire real world skills to succeed in the business environment and explore entrepreneurship in the 21st century. To attend studenst must reside or attend school in Woodbury. Read more about Woodbury Youth Engagment Leadership Academy

The very popular Food Truck Extravaganza community event takes another bite out of Stillwater when it returns on June 18th, 2022 at the Washington County Fairgrounds!

Bringing the Greater Stillwater Area good food and good moments! SO MUCH MORE THAN FOOD, COME FOR THE FUN! Take your taste buds on a tour of tasty eats paired with family fun and community flavor!  Read more about 2022 Food Truck Extravaganza

Fun activities for all ages. 5k Run with the Bison at 9:00 a.m. (fun trail run prior to the bison’s arrival), then live music, eco-arts, food trucks, and the bison release from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m.: Run with the Bison

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Festival

$10 per car.

Please note: No dogs allowed at this or any Belwin event. Read more about Belwin Bison Festival

View the stars and moon with Minnesota Astronomical Society members, meet a raptor from Carpenter Nature Center, and enjoy arts/ecological activities and a campfire with s’mores.

Belwin’s Education Center and the Joseph J. Casby Observatory will be open.

$10 per car.

Please note: No dogs allowed at this or any Belwin event. Read more about Midwinter Family Fun

We understand the stress educators and health care professionals are in. Energy Pilates in Woodbury and it's team of teachers, trainers and Medical Director, are offering free 35-minute classes so we can take care of you!

Take this time to relax, rejuvenate, learn more about what stress does to your body and how to manage it better. Register for your FREE class at energypilatesfitness.com and/or email info@energypilatesfitness for more information.

*Bring your own yoga mat or we have mats to use at no charge. Read more about FREE yoga/stretch/stress release CLASSES for Educators, Healthcare, First Responders

Welcome to Ruben Custom Sawmill & Woodworks! We are having this event to celebrate going into business full time by offering a free meal from Northwoods Smokehouse and 15% off all live edge slabs. Come see why so many people have fallen in love with our wood products, sourced from locally salvaged logs around the Twin Cities metro area. Read more about Ruben Sawmill & Woodworks: Customer Appreciation Celebration

Local thriller author Allan Evans will be at Lake Country Booksellers in downtown White Bear Lake on Friday, August 20, from 10 to 11:30 am in support of his new book, KILLER BLONDE. Set in the Twin Cities, the book is published by Immortal Works Press.

Every serial killer has a type. But what if that type is part of a larger, more dangerous agenda? Read more about Local thriller author bookstore appearance

Author Sheletta Brundidge, known as Minnesota’s Autism Mom, is giving away hundreds of copies of her new best-selling book, Daniel Finds His Voice.

The book, which was recently featured on CBS This Morning, sold out two days after its release and is currently on reprint. It was written to help raise awareness about the impact that music has for children with special needs. The storyline is based on her son's connection to one special song that went viral in the summer of 2019.  Read more about Book Giveaway & Meet the Author

In partnership with our local Chambers of Commerce and Community Development Authority, we are excited to be providing a county-wide event to assist businesses with leveraging available services to meet your employment needs. This one-hour session will provide you with the following information: Read more about Improving Connections Between Businesses and Job Seekers