Our World

Closing the Housing and Employment Gap

Since one of our recent topics was urban development and the movement of people, I was interested when I found a web site that related it to Minnesota. Minneapolis has received $25.7 million in direct funding to create sustainable communities through economic growth, affordable housing, safety, education, job training and community services. This program if focused on making Minneapolis a more efficient town and allows new job and housing opportunities to parts of the city’s population that would typically struggle. These new homes and jobs will decrease the gap between the rich and poor in Minnesota, if only for a small group of people. With a chance at better jobs and homes, in a more secure area the growing population in Minneapolis will continue to thrive and grow as more people move into cities settings. I think that only positive events can come from these new additions to Minneapolis. I hope that Minnesota continues to create more community improvements like this in the future to help employ and house the growing population.
This Site includes maps of the areas that are going to be improved with the funding.
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/ez/
One of the Links from this website brings you to a page outlining the program to create new jobs.
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/mayor/news/Closing_the_Gap.pdf

posted by Anonymous @ 2/12/2006 08:48:00 PM