Bill > HF3028

This bill appropriates funds for economic development initiatives and Capitol area improvements for fiscal years 2024 and 2025. * **Department of Employment and Economic Development:** * Business and Community Development: $693,290,000 in FY 2024 and $122,988,000 in FY 2025. This includes funding for the greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grant program, small business partnership program, contaminated site cleanup and development grants, the Center for Rural Policy and Development, administration of state aid for the Destination Medical Center, the host community economic development program, grants for child care providers, the Minnesota Initiative Foundations, the Minnesota job creation fund, the Minnesota investment fund, the redevelopment program, the Minnesota emerging entrepreneur loan program, the Minnesota Film and TV Board, the Upper Minnesota Film Office, the film production jobs program, the Minnesota job skills partnership program, the workforce development fund, Launch Minnesota, labor market information, the airport infrastructure renewal (AIR) grant program, the community energy transition office, matching funds for federal programs (including biomanufacturing, economic development, and microelectronic manufacturing), small business navigators, the Office of Child Care Community Partnerships, a grant to the Bloomington Port Authority for Expo 2027, small business development centers, the community wealth-building account, and grants to the Neighborhood Development Center, Center for Economic Inclusion, Canadian border counties economic relief program, targeted community capital project grant program, emerging developer fund, African Economic Development Solutions, Enterprise Minnesota, Inc., MNSBIR, Inc., African Career, Education, and Resource, Inc., African Development Center, PFund Foundation, Quorum, Minnesota Initiative Foundations, Community and Economic Development Associates (CEDA), Latino Economic Development Center, Latino Chamber of Commerce Minnesota, Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA), city of South St. Paul, and the empowering enterprise program. * Minnesota Trade Office: $2,242,000 each year for STEP grants, Invest Minnesota marketing initiative, and general operations. * **Explore Minnesota Tourism:** * Total appropriation: $26,307,000 in FY 2024 and $21,169,000 in FY 2025. This includes funding for private sector matching for tourism development, new initiatives for events and tribal nations, diversity in tourism marketing, support for the tourism industry and Governor's Opener events, and development of new resources and sustainability plans. It also includes a tourism industry recovery grant program. * **Capitol Area Improvements:** * Capitol Area Community Vitality Task Force: $150,000 in FY 2024 for administrative support and consultant fees. * Capitol Area Community Vitality Account: $5,000,000 in FY 2024 to improve livability, economic health, and safety in the Capitol Area. * Capitol Area Transportation Corridors: $5,000,000 in FY 2024 for road projects within the Capitol Area.