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Investigate possible funding for manufactured home maintenance and outreach strategies that City staff could employ to reach residents and park owners and connect them to available programs and resources.
Determine the best strategic use for new Metro Area Sales and Use Tax for Housing fund to support affordable housing opportunities for residents of Chaska.
Create a placemaking/activation plan that can be used by the City, businesses, and the local business district as a guide and inspirational tool to foster social activity in newly constructed paseos to bring more people downtown to socialize, shop, eat, and explore.
Research manufactured home replacement program design and funding options to help retain the community’s affordable housing stock
Discover the barriers that discourage rental property owners and managers in Scott County from accepting Section 8 vouchers, identify opportunities to correct misinformation or misperceptions of the program or the people who participate in it, create a marketing strategy to encourage greater rental property owner and manager participation in the program in the future, and identify other strategies to increase access to affordable housing in Scott County.
Analyze different Employer Assisted Housing (EAH) models to determine effectiveness at attracting and retaining a workforce and identify specific businesses or business sectors in Scott County that would benefit from and potentially participate in an EAH initiative in the county.
Explore best models and approaches to creating a community land trust (CLT) in Scott county; gauge demand for land-trust properties; research best practices for optimizing affordability; assess benefits of CLT programs for families and homeowners; research public-private implementation models and potential funding sources; generate marketing ideas for a CLT program in Scott County.
Project Goal: Identify opportunities for the City of La Crescent to share the history and celebrate the culture of indigenous communities that have inhabited the land in and around La Crescent as they develop a plan for a new Overlook Plaza and other public spaces in the community
Identify ideal locations for county service facilities and explore opportunities for private redevelopment of other county-owned properties.
Assess and evaluate the outcomes of Environmental Response Fund (ERF) funded projects post-2012 and how they compare to the proposal provided in the original application.