TAKE OUR SURVEY (Click the Link Below)

None of the information you provide can be tied back to any specific person or address. Survey responses are 100% anonymous, but they do become public information and will be used to inform Crystal Bay Township & Lake County in decision-making.

CLICK HERE: https://forms.gle/w7yZf8JyQv7fPF5z9

Finland Home Solutions was formed in response to Crystal Bay Townships Comprehensive Plan.
Enjoy our vision for Crystal Bay Township! check out our plan here.
Our project has been held in many hands since its inception with early project collaboration from the Friends of the Finland Community.

Crystal Bay Townships (Home Solutions) Project currently has the following structure: a Community Outreach Coordinator, Secretary and a Steering Committee. The project is currently absent a Grants and Partnership Coordinator but is looking to merge those duties to the Steering Committee.

Crystal Bay is in partnership with the U of M through a ESMC grant until June of 2025.
The Project is currently fully grant funded which means there is no cost for Crystal Bay Township taxpayers. (Click the Link below to view agreement)
To keep up to date on the financials of the project be sure to attend a monthly Township meeting.

If you would like to join in our Monthly Meetings you can find the information below by clicking the link.

If you would like to check us out on Facebook, please click the link below and enjoy viewing our most recent Community Meeting where we laid out our progress to date.

https://www.facebook.com/61556008871588/videos/1203146455143787

Here you will find a copy of the poster we had present at the meeting on 2/22/2025

Finland Home Solutions Poster 2/22/2025

Before we had a name we were dubbed (The Housing Project) Here are the results of our first and only survey to date!

Grant Summary found below in link

Here are some links too, including the housing presentation Moving In, Out, and Over
•    My “Brain Gain” landing page which contains articles, podcasts, and research papers. http://z.umn.edu/braingain
•    Rural Rebound Initiative overview video
https://youtu.be/eC6BPMjKWIM
•    Rewriting the Rural Narrative webinar (Jan 2023): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR0U7kazn5E
•    Supply and Demand of Rural Leadership webinar (March 2023):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVP_-G6asQU
•    How Many People Run our Towns? Positional Leadership across rural and urban Minnesota. https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/227109
•    Moving In, Moving Out, and Moving Over: Dynamics of Rural Housing webinar (Oct 2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOrSygXDINk
•    Living in the Middle of Everywhere presentation (Aug 2024) https://www.cts.umn.edu/events/seminars/2024/everywhereAdditional Resources


Additionally, here is the Rural Housing and Development Webinar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GglIskqR92Q

Finland Home Solutions Monthly Committee Minutes & Resolutions