Helping Communities Transform Themselves
You can tell a community is on an upward path not just by looking at the nice business facades along the street or the attractive new housing. You can tell by talking to the people who live and work there. Do they feel they have opportunities and choices? Do they have hope for the future?
The comprehensive community development we support isn’t successful unless residents and business owners enjoy its benefits. That means access to regional resources like training, jobs, and transportation; stable housing they can afford; a good education for themselves and their children; quality healthcare; the chance to grow their assets; and a safe, clean environment.
We focus our investments in four urban geographic areas and in equitable development throughout the region. The urban neighborhoods we work in include the East Side and Central Corridor in St. Paul and North and South Minneapolis. We chose these geographies because we wanted to build on our historic investments and their high levels of interest in comprehensive community development.
We call this work building sustainable communities.
