We need your voice. You can help by calling or emailing your Minneapolis City Council Member and Mayor Frey and asking them to invest in the future of Lake Street. We need essential funding for redevelopment and community safety to bring customers back to our neighborhoods.

We need your voice. You can help by calling or emailing your Minneapolis City Council Member and Mayor Frey and asking them to invest in the future of Lake Street. We need essential funding for redevelopment and community safety to bring customers back to our neighborhoods.

The Minnesota legislative session wrapped up last Monday with a historic set of new policies and record-breaking funding allocations, including millions of dollars to support businesses and nonprofits in the Lake Street corridor. We applaud Representative Hodan Hassan and Senator Zaynab Mohamed for their leadership in advocating for our resilient community.

The Minnesota legislature has negotiated a funding package that will likely be voted on TODAY, Friday, May 12th, by the Jobs and Labor Conference Committee. The omnibus SF3035/HF3028 bill would make a historic investment of over $100 million toward economic development for small businesses in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

We believe that HF 3028 will foster a stronger, more flexible approach to economic development by expanding the capacity of local community and business groups across each commercial corridor through direct funding allocations, which enables recovery and revitalization to be driven at the local level by local partners. One of these community partners would be the Lake Street Council, which HF 3028 identifies as being a potential recipient of a $10.85 million allocation.

On Wednesday, small business owners and partners from across Minneapolis and Saint Paul – including Lake Street, University Avenue, West Broadway, and 38th Street – testified in support of HF 3028 and SF 3035.

The Lake Street Council - in partnership with other Twin Cities organizations - is currently asking the Minnesota legislature for $400 million to support recovery efforts across the metro area through a new Next Level MSP program.

We believe this year’s historic budget surplus presents a unique opportunity to make a generational impact on Lake Street’s future. But we need your voice.

There is still more to rebuild and more local businesses and nonprofits that need support. That is why the Lake Street Council is calling on Minnesota legislators to invest directly in our We Love Lake Street program this session.