Economic Development Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Hodan Hassan
Location: 10 State Office Building
Time Note:

Committee will meet from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Agenda:

HF 1922 (Hassan) Jobs and Economic Development Policy Bill

HF 2590 (Hassan) Funding provided for business loans, technical assistance, and capacity building to nonprofits serving African immigrant community; and money appropriated.

HF 2384 (Her) Minnesota Sports and Events grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Wendy Blackshaw, President and CEO, MN Sports and Events
Fartun Osman, Founder and CEO of Girls Rock

HF 2520 (Pursell) Rural economic development technical assistance grants funding provided, and money appropriated.

HF 2556 (Wolgamott) Initiative foundations grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Scott Marquardt, President, Southwest Minnesota Initiative Foundation
Tohow Sayid, Owner, National Home Health Care+

HF 2152 (Brand) Center for Rural Policy and Development funding provided, and money appropriated.
Julie Tesch, CEO of The Center for Rural Policy & Development

HF 2015 (Kozlowski) Latino Economic Development Center grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Henry Jiménez, Executive Director of the Latino Economic Development Center

HF 2440 (Kozlowski) LatinoLEAD grant funding provided, and money appropriated.
Karen Velez, Finance and Operations Director, LatinoLEAD
John Pacheco, President of the MN Latino Chamber of Commerce and MetCouncil Member.

HF 2789 (Kozlowski) PFund Foundation and Quorum grant funding provided to establish business expansion program for LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs, and money appropriated.
Aaron Zimmerman, Executive Director of PFund Foundation
Ron Strychar, Quorum Board President, Owner of Horizon Agency LLC
Belo Miguel Cipriani, Ed.D., Founder of Oleb Media

Each bill will be given up to 10 minutes total on the agenda before being laid over for possible consideration in the omnibus bill, except HF 1922 which will be referred to the General Register

If you have any materials you would like to submit anything to the committee for this hearing, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by Noon on Tuesday, March 21

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Chair: Rep. Hodan Hassan
Location: Capitol 120
Time Note:

Location still TBD

Agenda:

HF 2427 (Klevorn) Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board required to update Capitol Mall Design Framework, elements that must be included in updated framework specified, and money appropriated. *Pending Referral*

HF 2870 (Vang) Fortis Capital grant funding provided for revolving loan fund, report required, and money appropriated.

HF 1163 (Hassan) Targeted community capital project grant program modified, and money appropriated.

HF 2826 (Grosell) Forgivable loan program for remote recreational businesses modified.

*Other Bills May Be Added*

If you would like to testify or provide materials, please contact Travis Reese at travis.reese@house.mn.gov by Noon on Thursday, March 23, 2023

To learn more about requesting an accommodation, please visit the FAQs for Disability Access. If you have further questions on accommodations or accessibility, please contact the Committee Administrator.