Council adds $5 million to Municipal I/I Grant Program The additional funding is good news for the 79 communities in the region eligible for municipal inflow and infiltration grants: July 18, 2018
Council offers $500,000 for local project to reduce inflow and infiltration from private property Local communities are invited to apply for up to $500,000 to demonstrate effective ways of reducing inflow and infiltration into the regional wastewater system from private property sources. July 18, 2018
Annual regional parks visits top 58 million in 2017 Improved methodology allows for more accurate count, shows more visits than previously thought July 18, 2018
Study finds transit access to jobs rises, thanks to A Line Twin Cities transit riders can reach more than 18,000 jobs within a half-hour when traveling by bus or train, up 7 percent between 2016 and 2017, according to study results released by the U of M. July 8, 2018
Council awards $3.3 million to local projects promoting jobs, economic development The Council awarded three types of grants, for investigating and cleaning up contaminated sites, and for improving redevelopment opportunities in an existing or former area of concentrated poverty. June 27, 2018
Can manufactured homes help the housing crisis? Tiny houses get all the attention, but mobile homes–despite the stigma–are already a huge part of the country’s housing, and could have a bigger part to play. June 22, 2018
Aging and changing: U.S. Census and Metropolitan Council reach similar conclusions about population growth The Metropolitan Council estimates that metro area population grew more between 2010 and 2017 than the U.S. Census. But both agree the region is aging and becoming more diverse. June 22, 2018
St. Paul would get new wastewater incinerator under $150 million proposal As the metro grows, so does the amount of its poop. And that means a major wastewater plant along the Mississippi River in St. Paul needs to grow as well, to burn heavier volumes of solid waste. June 13, 2018