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Senate committee hears bill to expand university partnership program for small towns
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Senate File 2203, a bill to continue and expand the Empowering Small Minnesota Communities program, was introduced Monday before the Minnesota Senate Transportation Committee with support from the bill sponsor and university partners.
Senate File 2203, a bill to continue and expand the Empowering Small Minnesota Communities (ESMC) program, was introduced Monday before the Minnesota Senate Transportation Committee with support from the bill sponsor and university partners. The committee heard testimony but did not take public testimony; members laid the bill on the table for possible inclusion in the omnibus.
The bill’s sponsor, Senator Pappas, described ESMC as “a very well loved program” that pairs University of Minnesota units with small communities to identify and scope infrastructure projects. Kyle Shelton, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies, told the committee the program—initially funded by the legislature…
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