County approves joining UMVRDC PACE lending program via Joint Powers Agreement

Aug 5, 2025

The board approved Resolution 2025-09 authorizing Big Stone County to enter a Joint Powers Agreement with the Upper Minnesota Valley RDC to participate in a PACE commercial lending program for energy and renewable improvements.

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RDC Director Dawn Heglund presented the Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission’s (UMVRDC) Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program and recommended that Big Stone County join via a Joint Powers Agreement. The PACE program allows commercial, industrial and eligible multifamily properties to finance energy-conservation or renewable-energy improvements that are repaid through a special assessment on property taxes.

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