Walljasper reports that the region's economy now goes
far beyond mining to include tourism, education, health care, aviation, and advanced manufacturing.
In fact, as Jay Walljasper reports from his recent visit,
Willmar's creative co-working space showcases the low-cost quality of life and dot-com credibility that are helping to lure growing numbers of millennials and Gen Xers back to Minnesota's small towns.
In this fourth and final installment, Walljasper, an authority on urban planning and community development,
visits Milan, where a surprising influx of Micronesian immigrants is keeping the tiny town of 370 residents humming, and an innovative clean-energy greenhouse could help local farmers extend the growing season.