Updates with Ely Community Resources

Hello! My name is Jill Nocera Swanson and I have lived in Ely since 2009. Originally from Bristol, Connecticut, I began working at Ely Community Resource in the Spring of 2011 as a Youth Program Coordinator. In November of 2024, Julie Hignell retired from her position as the Executive Director of ECR and I took on that new role. Before moving to Ely, I was a teacher in both formal and non formal settings and received a masters of Education in Environmental Education Degree at the University of Minnesota Duluth in the Spring of 2009. I absolutely love working at ECR and I love our community here in Ely. My husband Scott is a Forest Technician for the Forest Service here at the Kawishiwi Station and we have two strong-willed "not so little anymore" girls named Kaija (11) and Mila (9).  

I would like to talk more about our programs at Ely Community Resource, what we have to offer, how many students and families we serve, volunteer opportunities and the new initiative we are now a part of in North St. Louis County as a Community and Family Resource Center.