 Well, for years, Sourcewell has been awarding funds to help bring innovative Region 5 projects to life through its innovation funding program. Sourcewell announced that their innovation program is back, and this year, there is roughly $500,000 available for Region 5 projects. Our Anthony Scott has more. We're really trying to help communities on projects that they might not otherwise be able to do themselves. A lot of great ideas in projects never come to life because of the money it would cost to make it happen. Sourcewell's innovation funding program is trying to eliminate money from being an issue and is giving many Region 5 projects a chance to succeed. So we require it to be something that benefits multiple entities and involves multiple entities and then that it's innovative. Anyone with an idea that can help the Region 5 counties of Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd and Wadena can apply until May 8th to get a share of $500,000 towards their project. There can be any city or county department, so we've seen law enforcement, we tend to see at least one social service or health and human services application, we've had a veterans project, we've done a food kitchen, so it is all across the board. One project that Sourcewell's innovation funding program brought to life in 2017 was the Crow Wing County Unmanned Aerial System drone team. We probably would not have been able to start up our UAS team or our drone team in Crow Wing County without the help from Sourcewell with those funds. The UAS drone team has went on over 40 missions in the second half of 2018, helping law enforcement on a number of different calls. From missing hunters, missing children, missing any kind of missing persons, but also structural fires. We've had drownings where we've taken them out, pretty remarkable. You can actually see 10, 12 feet under the water with even out a polarized lens. The drone's thermal lens can help firefighters identify hot spots where a fire could rekindle and the drones don't just help Crow Wing County. Our UAS team is not just Crow Wing County, we will respond to all the whole region for mutual aid calls and working together as public safety and as a region, I think it's been a huge benefit for the region. And Sourcewell is excited to give more projects a chance to benefit Region 5 with this year's innovation funding program. I think innovation funding has allowed cities and counties to have this pool of funds to come with projects that they maybe have had in their mind and dreamt about, but it's hard to find an exact grant resource that you can go to that it fits with. So it's really giving them the opportunity to do things that they otherwise would never have the opportunity to. Reporting from Brainerd, Anthony Scott, Lakeland News. Applications for the innovation funding program are due on May 8th, and then any projects that meet the requirements will be invited to present their ideas at Sourcewell's Review Day on May 22nd. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.