Communities News

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:

Date: Wednesday, 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.

Date: Wednesday, 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

Date: Wednesday, 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.

Date: Sunday, July 8, 2018

Article Source: Star Tribune

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.

Date: Wednesday, 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.

Date: Friday, June 22, 2018

Article Source: FastCompany.com

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.

Date: Friday, 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.

Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Article Source: TwinCities.com Pioneer Press

Council names new Community Development Director

Nationally recognized planner to lead work focused on regional planning, livable communities, housing and parks, and research.

Date: Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Region needs more housing; residential construction is not keeping pace with household growth

Multifamily development remains robust. Construction of affordable housing is especially slow.

Date: Monday, June 11, 2018

The numbers don't lie: Twin Cities needs more housing

Construction hit the average last year, but dwellings in the region are far below the projected population growth.

Date: Thursday, June 7, 2018

Article Source: Star Tribune

Shortchange transit, shortchange growth

Every world-class city has a world-class transit system, something peer regions like Seattle, Denver and even Dallas in deep-red Texas acknowledge as they invest more rapidly than the Twin Cities.

Date: Friday, May 25, 2018

Article Source: Star Tribune

Minneapolis is growing at its fastest rate since 1950

Last week, Mayor Jacob Frey announced a goal to fund $50 million on housing projects in Minneapolis to address an affordable housing crisis in a city “growing faster that it has since 1950.”

Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Article Source: MinnPost