The Hennepin County is seeking applications for its Hennepin Planning Grants to support cities’ planning efforts to create a more sustainable built environment.
Donor Name: Hennepin County
State: Minnesota
County: Hennepin County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/22/2022
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The Hennepin Planning Grants Program goals are to:
- Improve community resilience to climate change by adopting mitigation and/or adaptation strategies
- Transition single-use, auto-oriented areas to compact redevelopment patterns, integrating a mix of uses in a walkable environment
- Expand economic opportunities
- Expand housing choices
- Improve connectivity among jobs, housing, and services via transit, walking, rolling, biking
- Promote equitable development, community wealth building, and economic inclusion
Priorities
Hennepin County Planning Grants help cities plan for a vibrant future, shape land-use patterns, and guide private investment to best achieve community goals. Hennepin County seeks 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
Funding Information
- The total available is approximately $100,000.
- The maximum award per project is $50,000
- A monetary (not in-kind) match is expected, based on population under the local authority’s jurisdiction:
- 50% match if population more than 40,000
- 25% match if population more than 15,000
- 10% match if population more than 5,000
- 0% match if population less than 5,000
Grant Period
Funds must be used within 24 months.
Type of Projects
- Small area, master, or station area plans
- Area redevelopment and market feasibility studies
- Public realm concept plans
- Bicycle and pedestrian network
- Other analyses or plans
- District energy or stormwater management plans
Eligibility Criteria
Municipal governments, park districts, watershed districts, and other public agencies within Hennepin County.
For more information, visit Hennepin Planning Grants.
