City of Bloomington, MN The BUZZ 2023, 15 Feb 2023

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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: The BUZZ February 15

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A new grant from the Metropolitan Council will help bring affordable homeownership opportunities to Bloomington, plus learn about Bloom in Bloomington, a new youth workforce program offering young people aged 16 to 24 summer internship experiences.

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Thank you welcome to Bloomington today, I'm Emily taplin thanks for joining us. First, we bring you the Buzz for the week of February 15th through the 21st. The city's Housing and Redevelopment Authority has been awarded a grant to help bring affordable home ownership opportunities to Bloomington housing.

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Is a cause and an effect, it makes a difference in how you show up in the world. Are you able to go to school? Are you able to achieve your goals, it's housing, and so it's important to focus on different options and opportunities that may be a single family detached home.

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That may be a town home that may be a two unit home that include being able to affordably own as well as affordably rent, and so the HRA in the city as a whole are focused on deep affordability in multi-units in terms of apartment complexes, as well as affordability and home ownership. In.

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August of 2022 the balloon HRA was appointed by the city council to manage five lots that are being released by the Minnesota Department of Transportation in order to develop affordable, homeownership opportunities on those Lots located off Humboldt, Avenue and 82nd Street. Recently, the HRA learned it was approved for a three hundred thousand dollar Grant from the Met Council. To help do that work, the HRA will provide a match of three hundred thousand dollars to the Met council's funding to produce at least four affordable homeownership units. So.

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Affordable home ownership, which we all deserve, were all entitled to decent dignified housing, but wow going a bit further and saying home ownership, which lends itself to generational wealth, building and just stability. These homes would be occupied by people that are our First Responders police officers, firefighters, Teachers, Community, connectors. These homes are going for affordable home ownership to those people that want to live work and have a passion for the Bloomington community, and so I'm super excited about the opportunity to bring that forward. The.

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Minnesota Department of Transportation was holding these Lots in case they needed to expand Interstate 35W South. The next step is to market the Lots publicly, with the long-term affordability requirements that align with the focus in the city of Bloomington. The city has a new internship program for youth. Bloom in Bloomington is a youth Workforce program offering young people ages 16 to 24 summer internship experiences. Young people will have an opportunity to explore career paths from a wide variety of employers, build valuable work experience and develop leadership skills.

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The goal is to support and grow a more diverse and accessible workplace for our community by pairing young people with Employers in local government, non-profits and private sector jobs. Applicants must live in Bloomington or attend high school or college in the city to learn more about the paid internship program options, qualifications and to apply visit blm.mn bloom- that is the buzz on Bloomington today for the week of February 15th through the 21st.

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If you would like to watch other stories from the show go to this week's playlist meet two Kennedy High School Educators furthering their degrees through a unique program offered at Normandale, Community College plus learn more about how Bloomington Public Health is training the future Workforce thanks for watching.