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.
Instead, Willmar redeployed one of its best community assets,
converting the 1912 state hospital's historic lakeshore campus into a bustling business incubator now home to more than 30 companies employing nearly 570 workers- nearly as many as the hospital had in its heyday.