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to identify approaches that have been demonstrated to work and high-risk or experimental ventures worth testing. They also begin to identify the nonprofit partners best able to implement programs and activities most likely to produce outcomes the community has designated as priorities. Here, Knight Foundation is able to use its communities as learning laboratories, helping local partners adapt strategies others have employed. St. Paul Status: Watch this space, but check developments in other Knight communities. 5. INVITATION TO APPLY: Armed with information and an enhanced awareness of potential partners and promising approaches, the committee and Knight invite capable organizations to submit applications for funding. St. Paul Status: Watch this space. 6. REVIEW AND SELECTION: Knight Foundation reviews grant applications, gets recommendations from the advisory committee and funds successful applicants for three to five years to work toward the community outcomes. St. Paul Status: Watch this space. * Please note that submissions for Community Advisory Committee membership are by invitation only and that those organizations capable of working toward our Knight Community Partners Program goals must first write a one- or two-page letter of inquiry. Please visit this page regularly for developments regarding our St. Paul Community Partners Program. ST. PAUL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Harold Higgins President & Publisher Pioneer Press Joanne Benson Chief Education Officer & President Minnesota Business Academy Ron Clark Editorial Page Editor The Pioneer Press Susan Haigh Commissioner - Ramsey County Board of Commissioners Ramsey County Denise Harris Credit Call Center Supervisor Xcel Energy Tom Kingston President Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Lauren Segal President, COO Greater Twin Cities United Way Lupe Serrano Executive Director Cas a de Esperanza Paul Verret President St. Paul Foundation Paul Williams Program Director Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corp. 2