The Initiative Foundation in Little Falls hosted Gov. Walz and Lt. Gov. Flanagan on July 11 for a roundtable discussion on Greater Minnesota’s child care crisis. The roundtable brought together a variety of voices—from employers and child care providers, to city and economic development leaders—to highlight the impact the crisis is having in the region […]
Continue reading →The Greater Minnesota Partnership’s annual membership meeting is coming up on Thursday, July 25 at 11 a.m. in the conference room in the Country Inn & Suites in Bemidji. All GMNP members are encouraged to attend! We will email the full agenda and any other meeting materials to our members when we get closer to […]
Continue reading →The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has announced a request for proposals for the Minnesota Child Care Economic Development Grant program. This legislative session, the state appropriated $750,000 to help reduce the child care shortage in Minnesota. Of this amount, $450,000 must be awarded to proposals that address the shortage in Greater […]
Continue reading →The Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) has put out a call for applications for the next round of Redevelopment Grant and Demolition Loan programs. The Redevelopment Grant Program helps communities with the costs of redeveloping blighted industrial, residential or commercial sites where costly site preparation stands in the way of a redevelopment project. […]
Continue reading →Mark your calendar for the GMNP Annual Meeting. It will be held Thursday, July 25 at 11 a.m. in the conference room in the Country Inn & Suites in Bemidji. As in past years, the meeting will be held in conjunction with the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities’ Summer Conference, which will be held July […]
Continue reading →The final jobs, energy and commerce omnibus bill that Minnesota Legislature passed on May 25, and which Gov. Walz signed into law today, includes two separate appropriations targeted at addressing the child care crisis in Minnesota, with a particular emphasis on Greater Minnesota. The bill includes a one-time appropriation of $750,000 to be divided between […]
Continue reading →Below is a legislative update from GMNP Executive Director Dan Dorman: It’s been an interesting few days at the Capitol. While the “regular” legislative session ended at midnight on Monday, by last Friday it had already become clear that there would need to be a special session in order for the Legislature to complete its […]
Continue reading →Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) has released its capital budget instructions, outlining the process by which local governments and state agencies submit capital budget requests to be considered for inclusion in the Governor’s next bonding proposal. This is the first step in the agency’s capital budget process, which will conclude with submission of the Governor’s […]
Continue reading →With just days left until the Legislature’s May 20 deadline, it is vital that Greater Minnesota business and community leaders speak up about the dire need for more child care options in Greater Minnesota. The GMNP is advocating for two important child care initiatives that are currently making their way through the legislative process, but […]
Continue reading →The Center for Rural Policy and Development (CRPD) recently published the final report in a three-part series exploring the impact the tight labor market has on Greater Minnesota. The analysis examines a growing divergence in the amount of workforce development funding going to organizations in the seven-county metro compared to Greater Minnesota. In their analysis […]
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