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Representative Johnson seeks $2.5 million annually to replenish Greater Minnesota public infrastructure grant fund
Summary
Representative Pete Johnson introduced House File 335 to provide $2.5 million per year to the Business Development Public Infrastructure grant program for Greater Minnesota; the committee laid the bill over for further consideration.
Representative Pete Johnson introduced House File 335, a bipartisan proposal to continue funding the Greater Minnesota Business Development Public Infrastructure (BDPI) grant program, requesting $2,500,000 per year in the biennium to support infrastructure projects in communities outside the seven‑county Twin Cities metro area.
The BDPI fund, created in 2003, provides grants covering up to 50% of capital costs for public infrastructure tied to eligible economic development projects. Representative Johnson told the committee that since 2010 about $75…
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