Somerset’s social push boosts spirit in rural Manitoba towns

A Somerset restaurant’s “60 Towns in 60 Days” challenge has become a provincewide movement, prompting organizers to raise their summer goal to 100 Manitoba communities. Photo courtesy Food Bar & Lounge.

A Somerset restaurant’s “60 Towns in 60 Days” challenge has become a provincewide movement, prompting organizers to raise their summer goal to 100 Manitoba communities. Photo courtesy Food Bar & Lounge.

A social media challenge launched by a family-owned restaurant in rural Manitoba has grown into a provincewide campaign celebrating small-town communities after attracting visitors from dozens of communities in a matter of days.

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