ArtOrg’s director Dave Machacek took part in the “Rural Design Conference: Thriving by Design II” on July 30-31 at University of Minnesota Crookston. The conference was put on to highlight the good work that the Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, a part of the University of Minnesota Extension. Dave took part in several seminars, and met various people such as Tom Fischer, head of the University of Minnesota School of Architecture. Dave also met with Center for Rural Design’s Dewey Thorbeck and talked extensively about the ArtOrg Concept Master Plan project in Cannon Falls.