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2 Days • Sessions + Workshops • Networking + Resources

Call for Proposals is Open

Bring a breakout session, workshop, or panel idea. Help shape two full days of systems-changing work across our diverse recovery communities.

At a glance

✔ All are welcome ✔ CEUs for Certified Peer Recovery Specialists ✔ Exhibitors + resources ✔ Social activities + networking
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Dates
May 4–5
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Venue
Eagan Community Center
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Address
1501 Central Pkwy
Eagan, MN 55121
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Now Open
Call for Proposals
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Now Open • Call for Proposals

Help shape the Community Recovery Summit

We’re building two full days of sessions and workshops that highlight systems-changing work across our diverse recovery communities. If you have an idea for a breakout session, workshop, or panel, we’d love to hear from you.

SEE THE PREVIOUS FULL WORKING AGENDA (2025) WITH ALL BREAKOUT SESSIONS — AND GET IDEAS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION!

Learn More + Submit Proposals View 2025 Working Agenda

Registration isn’t live yet — stay tuned. Right now, our focus is on proposals.

Community Recovery Summit session photo
Last Year

MARCO hosted the inaugural Community Recovery Summit

The event brought together grassroots recovery leaders, organizations, and community members from across Minnesota.

  • First grassroots recovery conference hosted in MN
  • 15+ recovery-oriented vendors
  • 2-day conference (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
  • 20+ breakout sessions
  • 175+ attendees

175+

Attendees

20+

Breakout sessions

15+

Recovery vendors

2 Days

9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Submit a Proposal

What to expect

  • 2 full days of sessions and workshops
  • CEUs for Certified Peer Recovery Specialists
  • Social activities and networking opportunities
  • Exhibitors
  • Resources for RCOs, Peer Recovery Specialists, and community members
Stay tuned: registration coming soon

Registration isn’t live yet. Right now, our focus is on the Call for Proposals. If you have a session idea, we’d love to hear from you!

Summit details

When
May 4–5
Where
Eagan Community Center
Address
1501 Central Pkwy, Eagan, MN 55121
Registration
Stay tuned (not live yet)
Now open
Call for Proposals
Learn More + Submit Proposals

Want to attend? Stay tuned—we’ll share registration details as soon as they go live.

Lighthouse Beginnings

LHB came to life when we became a 501(c)(3) in 2020. We built a board of directors of people in recovery. LHB launched for the purpose of assisting and empowering individuals to remove the roadblocks experienced while in the recovery process.

LHB was developed and continues to be managed by individuals with lived experience, education, diverse backgrounds, and different pathways of recovery. We have locations in Brainerd and in Minneapolis, trying to expand our reach to those who face recovery daily, know people in recovery, face homelessness, or have been wrongly incarcerated.

Service Delivery Options

On-site at a physical location
In-person in the community through outreach
In-person in the community through pop-up sites at other provider locations

Services Offered

  • Certified Peer Recovery Specialists (1:1 support)
  • On-demand recovery navigation (call/email)
  • All recovery meetings
  • Volunteer/internship opportunities
  • Recovery skills-building classes
  • Social recovery events

Our Approach

Peer support encompasses a range of activities and interactions between people who share similar experiences of being diagnosed with mental health conditions, substance use disorders, or both. This mutuality is often called “peerness” — a connection between a peer support worker and a person in or seeking recovery that promotes connection and inspires hope.

Peer support offers a level of acceptance, understanding, and validation not found in many other professional relationships. By sharing their own lived experience and practical guidance, peer support workers help people develop goals, create strategies for self-empowerment, and take steps toward building fulfilling, self-determined lives through individualized wellness plans.

Outreach & Resources

Onsite supplies
Street outreach (support, education, supplies)
Referrals to Medication Assisted Recovery
Overdose prevention training

Harm Reduction Supplies

Naloxone/Narcan
Fentanyl test strips
Xylazine test strips

Additional Support

Recovery residences / sober housing
Housing stabilization support services
Mental health peer support services
Food shelf / food assistance
Clothing shelf / clothing assistance

Programs & Events

  • Public trainings

We've offered anger management classes, as well as an all-recovery meeting every Tuesday at 1 PM.