Grants & Business Resources

The deadline for the Façacade Improvement Grant has been extended.

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City of Minneapolis Business Services – Starting or changing your Minneapolis based business? The Minneapolis Business Services pages give you quick access to zoning, licensing, permits and economic planning.

Community Planning & Economic Development (CPED) – The Department of Community Planning and Economic Development works with local and regional partners to preserve and enhance our natural and built environment, plan for growth, and advance the physical and human development of the city.

Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce – …focused on the development of existing businesses and the global recruitment of new business to the metropolitan area.

Metro MSP – A powerful resource for business development. MSP Prospector is free and available to all users. It is funded by a regional, public-private consortium convened by the Minneapolis Regional Chamber Development Foundation. It is powered by GIS Planning’s ZoomProspector software. Find economic development statistics and available commercial or industrial properties. Then access site-specific demographic information, and generate instant reports.

Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers (MCCD) website – Economic Growth Center Legacy Funds available to businesses in Elliot Park

Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association (DMNA) – The Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association is organized and operated to promote the common good and general welfare of the community. Civic betterment and improvement are sought through discussion, education, and change.

Elliot Park Neighborhood, Inc.(EPNI) – Bringing people and resources together to preserve and promote the unique urban character of the historic Elliot Park Neighborhood.

Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) – Our MPRB park system an important component of what makes Minneapolis a great place to live, play and work. MPRB was created in 1883 as an independently elected, semi-autonomous body responsible for governing, maintaining, and developing the Minneapolis park system.

Downtown Minneapolis (dot com) – Minneapolis – Where to Go, How to Get There, What’s going on. Website sponsored by Minneapolis Downtown Council

Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District – making downtown cleaner, safer, greener and better in order to achieve a more vital and vibrant downtown

MnKnows-Dig Deeper @ Your Library – MnKnows (or, read it Minnesota Knows, if you’d like) is a portal to Minnesota’s online library services, welcoming you to use and explore the various electronic resources listed below. Minnesota’s libraries cooperate to connect Minnesotans with the world of information, the content of their collections, and the expertise of their staff members. MnKnows is provided by Minitex, an information and resource sharing program of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Governor Mark Dayton

Mayor R.T. Rybak

Councilmember Lisa Goodman

Luther Krueger, CPA and Ahmed Hassan, CPS – MPD 1st Precinct Crime Prevention

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar

U.S. Senator Al Franken

U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison, 5th District

Minnesota Senator Scott Dibble, District 60

Minnesota Senator Linda Higgins, District 58

Minnesota State Representative Bobby Joe Champion, District 58B

Minnesota State Representative Marion Greene, District 60A

Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin, District 4

Metropolitan Council Member Annette Meeks, District 7

MPRB Commissioner – District 3 (Downtown East) – Scott Vreeland

MPRB Commissioner – District 4 (Elliot Park) – Anita Tabb