About us

Our History:

The Future City Competition was offered for the first time in Minnesota during the 2000-2001 school year. Seventeen schools participated during that inaugural year. Since then, Future City Minnesota has grown--25 to 40 schools participate each year. Our mission has remained the same: to expose middle school students to engineering in a creative, hands-on way.

Below are the 1st place winners from each year, as well as the location of the regional competition.

Date	First Place Winner	Regional Competition Venue
2000-2001	Chippewa Middle School (Mounds View)	St. Anthony High School
2001-2002	Chippewa Middle School	Science Museum of Minnesota
2002-2003	Cook County Middle School (Grand Marais)	FAIR School (Crystal)
2003-2004	Chippewa Middle School	FAIR School
2004-2005	Blackhawk Middle School (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan)	FAIR School
2005-2006	Chippewa Middle School	FAIR School
2006-2007	Valley Middle School (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan)	FAIR School
2007-2008	Chippewa Middle School	University of St. Thomas
2008-2009	Cook County Middle School	University of St. Thomas
2009-2010	Chippewa Middle School	University of St. Thomas
2010-2011	St. Francis of Assisi School (Rochester Catholic Schools)	University of Minnesota
2011-2012	Blackhawk Middle School (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan)	University of Minnesota
2012-2013	Grandview Middle School (Westonka)	University of Minnesota
2013-2014	Lifelong Learning Center (Maple Plain)	University of Minnesota
2014-2015	Orono Middle School	University of Minnesota
2015-2016	Olson Middle School (Bloomington)	Dunwoody College of Technology
2016-2017	St. Francis of Assisi School (Rochester Catholic Schools)	Dunwoody College of Technology
2017-2018	Justice Page Middle School (Minneapolis)	Dakota County Technical College
2018-2019	Justice Page Middle School (Minneapolis)	Dakota County Technical College
2019-2020	Justice Page Middle School (Minneapolis)	Dakota County Technical College
2020-2021	Roseville Area Middle School	Virtual