Focus on tackling the challenges facing regional transit, housing, equity, and investments in the region's planning and infrastructure that contribute to its economic vitality and competitiveness.

Applicants selected to be interviewed by the committee will testify at one of four public meetings: Jan. 29, Jan. 30, Feb. 12 or Feb. 13.

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

After more than two decades of planning, state’s largest infrastructure project is moving into construction.

Thousands of households are expected to participate using smartphones — a first for the region.

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

The Council approved a land swap that will allow the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to go ahead with plans to expand Above the Falls Regional Park.

An effort to improve safety and reduce traffic congestion in a stretch of freeway in Minneapolis and Saint Paul is initiating and fortifying connections with the residents who live in the corridor.

A new Met Council Research report says the seven-county area is losing ground when it comes to meeting the housing needs of working families.

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

Over the last three years, MCES built a new, larger wastewater lift station that blended in so well with the surrounding community that its mission stumped even some local residents.