Business News & Updates

You can still play an important role in ensuring state leaders prioritize rolling back the damage caused by ICE and Border Patrol agents. Federal agents targeted immigrant communities and businesses, using illegal intimidation tactics and causing over $600 million in economic losses statewide. 

Updated list of resources for businesses recovering from Operation Metro Surge and the federal immigration presence on Lake Street

The Lake Street Council, working closely with our community partners MCCD and the MN CDFI Coalition, continues to press the case for emergency small business relief funding at the Capitol in St. Paul. Several bills have been introduced at the state legislature that would allocate funds to help business owners offset revenue losses related to recent federal immigration enforcement.

Participate in this short 3-question, anonymous survey on Paid Leave to tell the Lake Street Council how we can help your business as Paid Leave rolls out:

Join Ward 7 City Council Member, Elizabeth Shaffer, for a conversation around public safety in Uptown on Thursday, April 30, 5:30 - 6:30 pm at Grace-Trinity Church.

The first quarterly premiums (covering wages from January 1 to March 31, 2026) are due to the state on April 30, 2026.

The Community Safety Ambassadors can be dispatched to places along the Lake street Corridor for aid and support.

Lake Street Council is planning a vibrant season of activating our corridor’s community spaces this year, and we need your help! We received some small grant funding to support pop-up programming and smaller community events this spring, summer, and fall. We’re looking for proposals to do the following:

As we emerge from so many months of hardship, the Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival wants to provide an opportunity for businesses that need help getting back on their feet.

The Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HCRA) is making approximately $2 million available in the form of grants between $3,000 and $10,000 to help businesses that were impacted by the surge overcome short-term financial hurdles, enabling them to remain in business in their communities and prevent widespread blight in Hennepin County.