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Media 

For all media inquiries, e-mail Marc Hosmer or call 651-644-9225

Highlights:

Minnesota Moment: Kids Launch Canoes Built During Summer Program - KSTP 5 Eyewitness News (August, 2018)

Twin Cities Teens Launch Projects Built Through Urban Boatbuilders Apprenticeship - WCCO Channel 4 (May 2018)

Teens chart a new course with Urban Boat Builders - Fox 9 News (July 2017)

The Art of Launching Boats and Youth - The Rudder, The Antique & Classic Boat Society (Fall 2017)

WCCO Channel 4 10:00 pm News Feature  - WCCO Channel 4 (April 2015)

All: 

Building community with Urban Boatbuilders - Star Tribune Photography (October 2018)

Urban Boatbuilders Partnership Brings Canoe-Building to the MWMO - MWMO Blog (August 2018)

A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Even a 76-year old canoe. - Monitor St. Paul (March 2018)

Urban Boatbuilders is empowering youth, one boat at a time - The Growler Magazine (June 2017)

SPPN Neighborhood Forum - SPPN (April 2015)

Urban Boatbuilders Inpires Positive Youth Development Through the Building and Use of Wooden Boats  - Monitor St. Paul (February 2015)

Urban Boatbuilders, Advocates Honored for Work to Preserve Rivers  -  Pioneer Press (December 2014)

 

 

 

 

MinnPost Video - August 2014

Program Teaches Youth Leadership Through Boatbuilding  - Kare 11 State Fair Appearance (August 2014)

Urban Boatbuilders Creates Positive Change in Youth Through Building Boats                                                   - Executive Director Marc Hosmer Interview on WTIP North Shore Community Radio (August 2014)

Rockin' the Boat to Discover New Skills - ThreeSixty  Journalism (August 2014)

These Kids Build Boats along with Teamwork, Perseverance and Confidence - MinnPost  (August 2014)

Twin Cities Live Feature Video - Twin Cities Live Feature (August 2013)                                                                                                                                                                         

Urban Boatbuilders: Building Boats and Young Lives - Park Bugle Feature (February 2013)

Nick Coleman: Learning How to Cross Life's Rivers - Star Tribune (April 2010)

Floating in Hand-made Boats on the Mississippi, Inner-City Youths Find Themselves in Nature -  Pioneer Press (October 2008)

PRESS RELEASES:

Opus Group Finalist Press Release (March 2015)

Grand Opening Press Release   (February 2015) 

State Fair Press Release    (August 2014) 

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