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EDA outlines childcare incubator, affordable housing plans and hotel timeline
Summary
EDA Director Lauren Deitz updated council on local childcare capacity shortfalls and a proposed 'childcare house' pilot, modular single-family homes through a housing partnership, a disappointed low-income tax credit non-selection for the Tapestry multifamily project, continued coordination with Solugen (construction planned for 2026), and a hotel developer’s request for a temporary unobligated TIF extension with benchmarks.
At Tuesday’s Marshall City Council meeting, Economic Development Director Lauren Deitz briefed council on several projects the city’s EDA is pursuing to address childcare and housing shortages and to keep local economic projects moving forward.
Deitz said a 2024 childcare strategic supply study found Marshall had about 418 licensed childcare spots but needed roughly 530 more, a gap the city views as significant. To address supply, the EDA voted to explore a partnership with Business of Childcare, a Minnesota-based nonprofit that builds and supports residential-scale childcare facilities. Deitz described the idea of a city‑owned, roughly 800-square-foot “childcare house” that would be licensure-ready…
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