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Council Chair calls for state lawmakers to pass transportation bill with real solution for Metro Mobility.

Silver designation highlights achievements in expanding solar across the region by offering resources and technical assistance on solar planning, and market development and finance.

The funds promote livability, a mix of housing choices and affordability, jobs and local economic development.

A majority of these grants will help clean up contaminated sites for future development; one grant was awarded for contamination investigation.

Nearly half a million dollars in grants will help local communities plan for development around future transit lines and for other predevelopment activities.

Nearly 850 new homes and more than 1,100 jobs will result from $9.6 million in Livable Communities grants.

The Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership (MCAP) awarded the Council for efforts to help the region adapt to climate change.

At stake is the number of representatives each state will get in Congress, and distribution of billions of dollars to and within states for the upcoming decade.