From the Pioneer Press:

Minnesota is a place where people and businesses tend to give generously to charities, foundations and non-profit organizations. A new report suggests that those doling out grants should pay more attention to advocacy and community organizing as a way of getting more return on the philanthropic dollar.

At the same time a survey of the Twin Cities metro area finds understandable concern about jobs and the economy, and an equally strong attachment to the region's green spaces and higher-education offerings.

The second report is an opinion survey by Gallup for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Soul of the Community Study. It focuses on what people like and are concerned about in their hometowns, and tries to see how great a percentage of residents are strongly attached to where they live. 

As we read it, people are somewhat conflicted.