News Release: Met Council: Twin Cities metro area is awarded competitive federal grant

St. Paul — (October 14, 2010) — McKnight participates in planning grant focusing on development along transit corridors.

The news spread quickly through a regional planning consortium this morning: the Twin Cities has been awarded a coveted $5 million planning grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. With the help of local matching funds, the grant will support planning along the region's growing network of transit corridors.

The grant is part of HUD's $100 million Sustainable Communities Initiative to build on existing regional planning efforts to advance multi-modal transportation choices and promote affordable housing with access to jobs and housing, transit- and pedestrian-friendly development, environmental preservation and energy efficiency. In a nutshell, planning that promotes sustainable, vibrant and healthy communities...
 

Read the full news release at the Metropolitan Council online.