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Description
Representatives of Mayor Jacob Frey’s Inclusive Economic Recovery Work Group present recommendations on strategies for an inclusive economic recovery from the impacts of the pandemic and the civil unrest of 2020.
A
A
A
Good
morning,
everyone
we
wanted
to
give
you
a
rundown
of
the
report
that
has
been
put
together
by
our
inclusive
recovery
work
group
they've.
Some
done
some
incredible
work
over
the
last
several
months
with
me,
I'm
proud
to
be
joined
by
our
two
co-chairs,
pj
hill
and
adam
dunick.
A
This
work
group,
however,
has
been
included
with
a
number
of
extraordinary
people
from
non-profit
to
business,
to
labor
partners
and
they've
all
come
together
to
rally
around
a
common
cause
which,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
is
getting
back
not
to
the
old
normal,
but
blowing
by
that
old,
normal
and
recognizing
that
every
single
day
here,
as
we
recover
from
a
combination
of
a
global
pandemic
and
the
economic
and
the
unrest
that
we
saw.
This
is
an
opportunity
to
do
things
differently
through
this
report,
which,
as
you
will
see,
is
very
extensive.
A
A
The
recommendations
which
you
have
seen
are
precise
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
precision
of
our
solutions
now
are
matching
the
precision
of
the
harm
that
was
initially
inflicted
on
our
black
and
brown
communities,
and
this
is
about
doing
things
better.
This
is
about
doing
things
right,
as
we
do
in
fact
transform
some
of
the
key
areas
that
I
want
to
highlight
that
this
work
group
has
suggested
that
we
either
initiate
or
double
down
on
are
the
following.
A
Second,
ownership
of
residential
and
specifically
the
homes
program
that
we
already
have
here
in
minneapolis.
This
work
group
has
identified
that
not
just
as
a
mechanism
to
provide
foundational
home
assistance,
but
also
of
business
assistance
as
well.
You
know
you
can't
possibly
think
about
think
about
becoming
an
entrepreneur
or
running
with
an
incredible
idea
if
you
don't
have
that
base
of
home.
This
provides
not
just
that
foundational
basis
of
home,
but
also
allows
the
very
same
people
to
build
intergenerational
wealth,
which
is
a
huge
piece
ultimately
of
homeownership.
A
This
is
a
mechanism
to
both
keep
people
in
place,
protect
some
of
the
very
important
naturally
occurring,
affordable
housing
stock
that
we
have
throughout
our
city
and
simultaneously
uplift
and
help
out
some
of
the
bipark
developers
that
we
are
working
with
on
a
daily
basis.
So
this
has
really
been
no
small
undertaking
and
I'm
incredibly
grateful
for
the
work
that
our
co-chairs
and
our
staff
andrea
brennan
from
from
cped,
is
here
eric
hanson
from
cped
elfrick
is
here:
we've
got.
A
We
got
a
full
team
of
some
really
incredible
people
that
have
stepped
up,
including
chuck
lutz,
who
has
been
a
mastermind
at
the
city
for
quite
some
time,
and
when
I
get
going
down
the
route
of
naming
everybody
off,
I'm
inevitably
going
to
forget
someone.
I
apologize
bottom
line.
Is
it's
been
an
awesome
group
they've
put
together
some
excellent
recommendations
and
importantly,
those
recommendations
will
be
used.
A
They
will
be
utilized
in
a
combination
of
our
american
rescue
act,
phase,
2
funding,
which
we
anticipate
will
be
rolled
out
and
recommended
in
the
coming
weeks
and,
secondly,
we're
going
to
have
phase
we're
going
to
have
a
the
2023
budget,
which
should
also
include
a
number
of
these
recommendations.
A
Again,
thank
you
to
to
my
staff
to
our
city
staff,
as
well
as
the
incredible
co-shares
that
have
got
all
this
set
up
and
with
that
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
pj
hill,
followed
by
adam
dunnick.
Who
can
give
you
a
rundown
of
some
of
their
work
and
why
they
made
the
specific
recommendations.
B
So
I
would
be
remiss
not
to
thank
the
mayor
for
this
incredible
opportunity
to
co-chair
this
recovery
group.
It
was
an
absolutely
incredible
experience
as
he
named
some
of
our
internal
team.
I
want
to
thank
them,
but
you
know
we
had
the
opportunity
adam
and
I
to
work
with
some
incredible
leaders
from
great
organizations
across
the
city
doing
great
things
from
workforce
development.
B
Experts
like
lewis,
king
and
bill
english
to
developers
like
david
wellington
and
stu
ackerberg
to
our
foundation
leads
like
tanya
allen
to
business
owners
like
kenya,
mcknight
and,
to
you
know,
people
who
focus
on
economic
development
every
single
day
for
their
work,
like
alfredo
martel
for
media
and
peter
mclaughlin
from
lis.
B
Everybody
in
the
group
was
absolutely
phenomenal.
So
to
those
I
didn't
name,
we
thank
you
for
everything
that
you've
done.
Obviously
we
can
name
everybody,
but
in
this
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
didn't
reinvent
the
wheel,
but
that
we
continued
off
of
the
work
that
was
done
by
the
community
now
coalition
that
the
mayor
had
set
up
in
wake
of
the
2020
unrest.
So
we
built
up
their
recommendations
and
we
try
to
take
it
to
another
level.
B
I
think,
through
december,
through
mid-february,
we
had
three
areas
of
focus
that
we
were
tasked
with:
workforce,
housing
and
entrepreneurship,
slash
small
businesses,
and
we
wanted
to
make
sure
it
was
very
important
that
we
were
rooted
in
three
principles
that
was
very
important
to
this
work
group
and
that
was
charged
to
us
by
the
mayor.
One.
We
want
to
center
equity,
especially
around
those
who
historically
have
been
left
out
of
economic
development.
B
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that
they
realized
the
benefits
of
this
recovery,
and
our
bipod
community
really
felt
that
we
were
going
to
do
things
different
this
time
around.
Also
also,
we
wanted
to
leverage
strategic
partnerships,
knowing
that
the
whole
as
a
as
a
whole
we're
greater
than
the
sum
of
all
of
our
individual
parts.
So
how
can
we
make
sure
that
we
build
strategic
partnerships
to
move
the
work
forward
and
leverage
leverage
on
the
work
that
we've
done
in
the
past?
And
then?
B
B
We
were
tasked
with
a
tall
order
in
a
couple
of
months
of
really
trying
to
make
a
difference,
but
everybody
said
not
only
do
we
want
to
commit
to
these
couple
months,
but
we
want
to
see
the
work
through
so
no
matter
how
long
it
takes
to
implement
not
only
the
organizations
but
the
individuals
have
committed
to
the
long-term
commitment
of
seeing
this
work
through
and,
lastly,
our
goal
was
to
make
sure
that
we
recreate
the
black
middle
class
in
minneapolis.
B
C
Thank
you
pj,
and
I
want
to
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
echo
the
same
thanks.
Thank
you
to
the
mayor
for
the
opportunity,
the
appointment
to
co-chair
this
group.
It
was
a
great
honor
to
lead,
so
many
thought,
leaders
and
practitioners,
people
around
the
region
that
are
doing
really
important
work.
I
echo
everything
that
pj
said
in
terms
of
some
of
the
energy
that
this
group
brought
forward.
This
was
a
room
that
we
met
in
a
number
of
times,
and
so
it
was
just
a
real
honor
to
be
a
part
of
it.
C
So
I'm
just
going
to
talk
about
a
couple
of
the
key
workforce.
Excuse
me
the
key
recommendations,
such
as
workforce,
housing,
entrepreneurship
and
legislative
recommendations.
The
mayor
touched
on
a
few
of
them,
so
I
won't
go
into
great
great
detail,
but
when
it
came
to
workforce
and
all
these
subjects,
the
biggest
thing
that
we
started
with
was
how
do
we
align
our
resources?
C
How
do
we
think
about
what
the
city
does
well,
what
we
could
do
better
and
how
do
we
work
together
in
the
public,
private
and
non-profit
sectors
to
expand
our
reach
as
as
a
city
as
a
driver
here?
So
when
it
comes
to
workforce,
how
do
we
identify
opportunities
to
help
to
align
our
programs
projects
and
investments
that
support
both
workforce
and
housing
goals
together?
There's
such
a
great
opportunity
in
this
region
right
now
in
terms
of
the
needs
for
workers
in
construction.
C
I
t
healthcare
sectors
across
many
different
sectors
and
there's
a
lot
of
great
groups
doing
workforce
readiness.
How
can
we
support
the
youth?
That
was
a
big
topic
of
conversations?
How
do
we
support
younger
workers
to
get
them
ready
for
the
jobs
of
the
future
housing?
How
do
we
scale
the
funding
for
strategies
that
expand,
sustainable
and
affordable
home
ownership,
especially
again
with
a
focus
on
bypoc
residents?
C
Housing
is
something
that
we
talked
a
great
deal
about,
especially
not
just
what
we're
doing
here
as
a
city
but
regionally
it's
such
a
regional
issue,
the
supply.
How
do
we
help
add
to
the
supply?
How
do
we
help
try
to
cut
through
some
of
the
challenges
it
comes
to
when
it
when
it
comes
to
ownership
of
a
home?
That
is
the
biggest
wealth
builder
that
we
can
help
support
from
a
policy
perspective
and
then
entrepreneurship
and
small
business?
C
Again,
I
come
back
to
this
theme
of
ownership
if
we're
going
to
create
a
black
middle
class
and
we're
going
to
help
communities
own
both
just
a
business
that
they're
that
they're
running,
but
also
just
take
more
ownership
of
pieces
of
the
economic
development
that's
happening
here.
We
need
to
support
entrepreneurs
and
to
help
them
with
the
risk
that
they're
taking
so
a
lot
of
great
recommendations
in
that
in
that
sphere
and
then,
lastly,
legislative
recommendations.
C
How
do
we
increase
funding
to
the
programs
that
are
working,
the
deed,
main
street
program,
the
commercial
redevelopment
fund,
the
things
that
have
shown
great
success,
and
we
think
that
there's
a
story
to
tell
down
the
street
in
st
paul,
and
so
even
the
cohesion
that
this
group
formed
over
time?
I
think,
will
help
build
some
of
the
on
the
work.
That's
happening
there,
a
number
of
the
the
people
that
were
part
of
the
working
committee
said
we're
gonna.
You
know
we're
happy
to
talk
to
legislators,
we're
happy
to
help.