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Looks like any info on bonding bill $$$ will come in early August. Full disclosure, I am a baseball fan, but I like this project mainly because it ties into "ongoing development" in St. Paul...Hope that's not an oxymoron.The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development is offering communities across the state a second chance at millions of dollars to fund local projects.
St. Paul wants a new $27 million ballpark for its minor league team. Mankato, Rochester and St. Cloud wanted new civil centers. Regional chambers of commerce wanted a new Southwest rail corridor. All left the Legislature disappointed this year, when their projects were cut from the $496 million bonding bill.
But lawmakers did offer one consolation prize: a $47.5 million pot of capital improvement funds given to the Department of Employment and Economic Development. On Thursday afternoon, DEED opened the application process for the grants.
The newly established Business Development Through Capital Projects grant program will allow communities to compete for grants that would fund up to 50 percent of the cost of their proposed projects. To qualify, the projects have to meet the 11-point eligibility criteria outlined by lawmakers, including requirements that the project be shovel-ready, be capable of drawing out-of-state money and be supported by local government.
The deadline to apply for the grants is 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26. DEED expets to award the grants in early August.
Which article you were reading, also maybe what comments stood out? I've seen Veeck interviewed, he does come off as a character, but he has managed to keep the team vital.Didier wrote:Did anyone read the City Pages profile on the Saints owner? Based on that I wouldn't be surprised if a new stadium was pretty non-traditional.
Didn't mean to be perpetuating Hosko's design (There's going to be a Velodrome to right?).spectre000 wrote:
I think that's a proposal by Bill Hosko. That'll never happen. He's rubbed city hall/council wrong too many times.
I think St. Paul will get a piece of the DEED money. The rest they may be able to come up themselves since the Rivercentre debt is getting relieved by the Vikings Stadium bill (at $2.7 m per year).
True. True.Didier wrote:I didn't mean my post as a knock to Veeck, but that he is well-known for being outside-the-box.
LOL. Is this enough for you? And that picture doesn't include two large parking lots (plus a 1000 space public ramp) at the intersection of 7th and Jackson just NE of Mears Park. Plenty of room as well for tailgating.iampatrick wrote:Parking parking parking "This is all I have to say."
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