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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