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Residents urge council to fund neighborhood organizations, co-enforcement and the 38th Street Thrive plan at Dec. 9 hearing
Summary
Dozens of residents spoke during the budget public hearing, thanking the council for restoring co-enforcement funding, urging more Equitable Engagement dollars for neighborhood organizations and asking the council to implement the 38th Street Thrive business-support plan rather than a pedestrian mall.
Dozens of residents and neighborhood leaders spoke at the Minneapolis City Councils Dec. 9 public hearing on the 2026 budget, pressing the council to sustain and expand funding for neighborhood organizations, worker-advocacy programs and the 38th Street Thrive corridor plan.
Speakers representing neighborhood groups, small businesses and worker-advocacy organizations thanked the council for restoring funding for the co-enforcement program, which several witnesses said helps workers recover unpaid wages and learn their rights. Multiple commenters asked the council to make funding for the program permanent rather than temporary.
Taylor Heitman (statement read into the record) credited…
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