The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development is excited to announce the Redevelopment Grant Program.
Donor Name: Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Mentioned
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Redevelopment Grant Program helps communities with the costs of redeveloping blighted industrial, residential, or commercial sites and putting land back into productive use.
The Redevelopment Grant Program assists local communities with their redevelopment projects by filling the financial gap that often prevents recycling land into more productive uses. Redeveloping previously developed sites, where there are often dilapidated structures and inadequate adjacent infrastructure is more complex and extraordinarily expensive compared to undeveloped parcels.
Redeveloping sites with a past use produces significant public benefits including:
- Short- and long-term job creation
- Revitalization of tax base/tax revenue
- Local economic growth and investment
- Efficient use of existing infrastructure
- Neighborhood revitalization
- Property value increases
- Reduced sprawl
- Decreased crime
Priorities
- Need for redevelopment in conjunction with contamination remediation needs.
- Redevelopment project meets current tax increment financing requirements for a redevelopment district and tax increments will contribute to the project.
- Redevelopment potential within the municipality.
- Proximity to public transit if located in the metropolitan area.
- Multi-jurisdictional projects that consider the need for affordable housing, transportation, and environmental impact.
Funding Information
Total Award Amount $88,549,661.
Eligible Costs
- Public acquisition
- Demolition costs
- Interior environmental abatement (e.g., asbestos abatement, lead paint abatement)
- Public infrastructure improvements (e.g., water, sanitary, and storm connections, public sidewalks, public street or sidewalk lighting, public roads, etc.)
- Environmental infrastructure (e.g., stormwater ponding or system, etc.)
- Geotechnical soil correction (must submit a geotechnical soil evaluation).
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants for this program are statutory or home rule charter cities, economic development authorities, housing and redevelopment authorities, counties, or port authorities. While these are the eligible applicants, the site can be either privately or publicly owned.
Ineligibility
- Construction costs
- Building rehabilitation costs (including interior demolition)
- Environmental remediation (i.e., soil, groundwater, and/or vapor contamination)
- Project/grant administration
- Work performed or fees charged by the grantee or another public entity
- Costs of appraisals or other application costs
- Streetscaping/landscaping (including rain gardens)
- Soft costs (e.g., performance bonds, insurance, etc.)
- Contingencies.
For more information, visit DEED.
