Resource Library: Region & Communities

Reports, research, and web-based resources — created both by McKnight and by our partners and other field leaders — that address the ideas and issues at play in our work.

Limit to McKnight-funded reports
  • Hsgmeasurestn
    Minnesota Housing Baseline Measures reports
    October 2013 - McKnight's annually updated report on progress toward goals as established in our affordable housing evaluation framework.
  • Mtmdlhtn
    Food for Thought: Mary Tyler Moore Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    ​July 24, 2013 - Jay Walljasper, commissioned by The McKnight Foundation. The third installment of the Food for Thought Series, a collection of third-party reports that inform our program strategies and are shared with the fields we support. In this report, Walljasper examines identity issues confronting Minneapolis-St. Paul and posits some solutions.
    PDF, 232 KB
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    NARC: Planning for Regional Competitiveness
    ​May 2013 - A new McKnight-supported report from the National Association of Regional Councils provides a snapshot of regional economic innovation and collaboration necessary to achieve equitable economic growth in the Twin Cities metro area.
    PDF, 10MB
  • University of Minnesota: Center for Transportation Studies
    Transportation research at the University of Minnesota covers the spectrum from basic to applied research, drawing on the many transportation-related disciplines within the University.
    http://www.cts.umn.edu/research
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    A Vision for Minnesota Families
    Jun 2008 - The McKnight Foundation supports affordable housing statewide to increase family stability and link families to greater opportunity in our communities.
    PDF, 214 KB
  • Affordable Housing Research and Recommendations
    June 2009 - Himle Horner report commissioned by McKnight to help better understand the values and perceptions that shape public attitudes toward affordable housing, and to identify strategies and messages that could promote broader public support for affordable housing.
    PDF, 2 MB
  • Re:Focus
    Oct 2008 - A new McKnight report looks at models and tools for shaping development in the outer-ring suburbs.
    PDF, 5.8 MB
  • Intersection: Taking it to the Street
    April 2005 - This case study about Minneapolis's Lake Street illustrates how roadway design can help shape a neighborhood's development.
    Adobe Acrobat format (1.4 MB)
  • Brookings Institution: Transportation Reform Series
    March 2003 - Analyses designed to assess federal transportation reform, supported in part by The McKnight Foundation.