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Senate panel hears bill to extend university partnerships aiding small Minnesota towns
Summary
Senate Transportation Committee heard testimony on Senate File 2203 to continue the Empowering Small Minnesota Communities program, which connects University of Minnesota expertise with small towns to plan and advance infrastructure projects; supporters cited work in Two Harbors and Bridgewater Township.
The Minnesota Senate Transportation Committee on April 7 heard testimony on Senate File 2203, a bill to continue the Empowering Small Minnesota Communities (ESMC) program that pairs University of Minnesota researchers and staff with small cities and townships to plan and advance local infrastructure projects.
Supporters said the program helps communities with limited engineering capacity prepare competitive grant applications and develop implementable project scopes. "This program was funded by the legislature back in 2023 and was really based on the need we saw ... around the need for capacity and project support on infrastructure challenges broadly in small communities across the state," said Kyle Shelton, director of the Center for Transportation Studies at the…
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