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East Grand Forks outlines priorities for March 25 legislative action day, highlighting industrial park bonding and enterprise-zone changes

East Grand Forks City Council · February 24, 2026
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Summary

City staff listed priorities for a March 25 Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities event: a state bonding request for industrial park infrastructure, proposed changes to the Border Cities enterprise zone rules, sales-tax relief for arena construction materials, and local bonding requests including a $2.093M potato research lab and a $6.5M special-education learning center.

Mr. Hutton briefed the council at the Feb. 24 work session on priorities for the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities legislative action day in St. Paul on March 25.

Hutton said the city will continue to push for a state capital bonding request to fund roads and infrastructure in the industrial park and noted prior site visits and committee presentations this past summer. He also recommended the council support proposed modifications to the Border Cities enterprise zone…

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