Communities News & Events

The Met Council has approved $2.5 million in Community Tree Planting grants to 14 cities and agencies to plant more than 5,100 new trees and remove over 2,200 diseased or hazardous trees.
 

The Metropolitan Council has awarded five Livable Communities grants totaling $2.26 million to help three cities investigate and clean up polluted sites for redevelopment.

The Met Council has awarded $5.5 million in Livable Communities grants to support mixed-use development near high-frequency transit routes.

The Met Council awarded $9.8 million in Livable Communities grants in November with a focus on supporting deeply affordable housing for larger families and for people experiencing homelessness.  
 

The Community Relations team connects community and Met Council members.

Young leaders presented their recommendations for policy to the Met Council at a Committee of the Whole meeting. Their recommendations were informed by conversations with their communities.

This month, we approved grants that focus on affordable, safe housing in our region. Our homeownership and multifamily rental housing grants will result in new affordable homes and housing units. 

Our investment in cleaning up polluted land has resulted in the reuse of hundreds of acres. This month, we awarded $2.8 million to communities to continue brownfield cleanup work.