4 Directions Development

4 Directions Development

Funding Received: 2017
Red Lake, MN
$500,000
Funding Period: 2 years

4 Directions Development will repurpose a former tribal college on the Red Lake reservation in northern Minnesota as a community hub that is home to a performing arts center and creative business incubator. Together, these will provide new economic opportunities for Tribal members, as well as anchor a strategy designed to attract people who do not live on the reservation for shopping, entertainment, and tourism.

The Red Lake reservation is one of few “closed reservations” in the United States often confusing outsiders to believe that the community is not open to non tribal members. Being a closed reservation only means that all lands are owned in a communal tribal trust and not privately owned.

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press
Dec 7, 2017
Selected from nearly a thousand applicants, the grantees include 4 Directions Development , which was awarded $500,000 over two years to repurpose a former tribal... Read More
blog
Today, we are proud to announce the 23 creative placemaking projects that will receive funding in communities of all sizes across 18 states and one...Read more