Hennepin Planning Grants help cities plan for a vibrant future, shape land-use patterns, and guide private investment to best achieve community goals.
Donor Name: Hennepin County
State: Minnesota
County: Hennepin County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/27/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Hennepin County seeks land use and development planning projects that address county priorities, including:
- Compact, efficient land use that promotes walking, biking, and transit use
- Economic growth, increased prosperity and economic inclusion
- Climate change mitigation and climate resilience
- Reducing disparities in housing, transportation and access to destinations.
The Hennepin Planning Grants Program goals are to:
- Transition single-use, auto-oriented areas into more compact, mixed uses places with a highquality public realm for walking and rolling
- Improve connectivity between destinations (home, jobs, educational opportunities, commercial, recreation) via walking, biking, or transit
- Expand economic opportunities and housing choices
- Promote equitable development, community wealth building and economic inclusion
- Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) and greenhouse gas emissions
- Improve community resilience to impacts of climate change.
Types of Projects
- Small area, master, or station area plans
- Area redevelopment and market feasibility studies
- Public realm concept plans
- Other analysis or plans
- District energy or storm water management plans.
Funding Information
Hennepin County anticipates providing $50,000 in funding per project. The final funding amount may be less depending on project scope. A total of approximately $200,000 is available.
Eligible Activities
The Hennepin Planning Grants program supports land use planning and development-related projects that are at a small geographic scale, rather than city-wide plans, including:
- Small area plans
- Station area plans
- Master plans
- Green infrastructure or district system planning, such as for energy or stormwater
- Other types of plans and studies advancing program goals may be considered.
Eligibility Criteria
Municipal governments, economic development/housing and redevelopment/port authorities, park districts, watershed districts, within Hennepin County.
For more information, visit Hennepin County.
