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This bill appropriates $6 million from the state's general fund in fiscal year 2026 to the commissioner of employment and economic development, specifically designated as a grant to the Rondo Community Land Trust, a nonprofit organization. The funding is intended to support a comprehensive urban development project in St. Paul, Minnesota, covering activities such as acquiring land, designing, predeveloping, developing, constructing, remediating, and redeveloping parcels located between Dale Street North and St. Albans Street North. The bill specifies that the grant can also be used for site improvements, infrastructure, and landscaping. This is a one-time appropriation that will remain available until the project is either completed or abandoned, in accordance with state financial regulations. The Rondo Community Land Trust, named after a historically significant African American neighborhood in St. Paul that was displaced by highway construction in the 1960s, appears to be working on revitalizing and redeveloping land in the area.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2560&ssn=0&y=2025