Business News & Updates
Hi-Lake Redesign - Open House 9/20
The Hiawatha Avenue and Lake Street intersection (Hi-Lake) is being redesigned to create a safer area where people can move easily—and more often—by walking, biking, rolling and using public transit.
Naming 3030 Nicollet - The future name of the Wells Fargo site at Lake/Nic
Putting power in the hands of the community to select a name that carries the intention of social justice and cultural solidarity and a vital future that increases access to opportunity.
Website Translation Now Available
Each page of VisitLakeStreet.com is now available with Spanish and Somali translation.
Black Business Week Resource Fair
The City of Minneapolis is hosting its second annual Black Business Week. It takes place from Monday, July 25th to Sunday, July 31st. August is National Black Business Month. To start it off, we’re having a wide range of events and activities. Black Business Week returns us to our pre-pandemic goals of 2019.
Small Developers Technical Assistance
The Developer Technical Assistance Program (DTAP) supports the advancement of small and emerging real estate developers in the City of Minneapolis.
Business Support Funding for Creatives in 2022 Through the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy
The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy invites Minneapolis based small creative businesses, and arts and cultural nonprofit organizations to apply for business support funding for creatives. Three new funding opportunities are available under a Business Support Funds for Creatives umbrella.
METRO B-Line Coming to Lake Street
METRO B-Line is coming to provide faster public transit on Lake Street
Verizon Small Business Grants
The Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program’s goal is to arm entrepreneurs just like you with a range of free learning courses and a $10,000 grant opportunity.
Sign up and complete at least two courses or coaching events to be eligible to apply for the latest round of grants. Complete your application by June 30th to be considered.
LISC Twin Cities 2022 Developers of Color Capacity Building Initiative
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Twin Cities is requesting applications for a second round of the transformational initiative aimed at supporting emerging developers of color who are working to build assets and ownership in historically low-income neighborhoods and communities of color, aligning economic opportunity with place-based investments, and recognizing identity and culture as components of thriving social capital.
Minneapolis Minimum Wage Ordinance
On July 1, 2022, the minimum wage in Minneapolis is going up to $13.50 at small businesses and $15 at large businesses.