Project Grant P116Z220149

The Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership (MSP REDP) was awarded a $1,202,452 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024). The grant funds the Forge North Angel Activation Campaign project, which will establish a startup coalition in the Greater Minneapolis-Saint Paul region to recruit 200 new angel investors through educational events and cohort-based learning...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program. The grant will support the Bold North Bioinnovation Cluster led by the Partnership to make Minnesota a leader in solving problems through bioinnovation. Funds will be used to invest in Black, Indigenous, and people of color workers, entrepreneurs, and existing...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $590,000 Project Grant to the Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307). The grant funds will support supply chain strategy initiatives. The Economic Adjustment Assistance program provides planning and public works assistance to regions experiencing adverse economic changes. The funding will allow the Partnership to deliver technical...

This $584,232 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.500 - Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants) will support the construction of the Orange Line, a new bus rapid transit (BRT) project in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region. The funds will be used by the Metropolitan Council of Minnesota for the Knox Avenue Transitway construction contract, which includes building guideway stations, purchasing transit vehicles and fare...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a $119,004 Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grant to Alliance Housing, Inc., a non-profit community development corporation based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This one-year project grant, effective from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will enable Alliance Housing to provide critical housing and support services aimed at preventing and addressing homelessness in the Minneapolis region. The grant funding will support Alliance...

This $500,000 Project Grant was awarded on August 13, 2024 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development under the Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants program (CFDA 14.251). The funding is intended to support a wide range of economic development and community development activities to be carried out by the non-profit organization Second Harvest Heartland, also known as the...

The Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation will update and complete a comprehensive economic development strategy as an alternative for Economic Development Region 10 under a $100,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration. The two-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2021 under the EDA's Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program, will support the Foundation in creating a regional economic development plan to stimulate and...

This federal Formula Grant award of $11,143,743.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living (ACL) under the Special Programs for the Aging, Title III, Part B, Grants for Supportive Services and Senior Centers program (CFDA 93.044). The grant supports the Minnesota Department of Human Services and its Minnesota Board on Aging division in delivering a comprehensive range of community-based services for older adults across Minnesota....

This federal Project Grant award of $18,000,000 was provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund under the Capital Magnet Fund (CFDA 21.011) program. The purpose of the grant is to attract private financing and increase investment in affordable housing for low-income, very low-income, and extremely low-income individuals and families, as well as support related economic and community development activities. The grant recipient,...

This $506,000 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) will fund the replacement of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) equipment, including dynamic message signs, generators, and shelters, across four sites on I-94, MN 100, US 212, and I-494 in Hennepin and Dakota Counties, Minnesota. The project, titled "METROWIDE: ON I-94, MN 100, US 212 & I-494 IN HENNEPIN & DAKOTA COUNTIES (4 SITES)- REPLACE TMS...