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CASE STUDY
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<br /> Foundation Challenge Grant funds for development models best practices
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<br /> land acquisition, construction, and in community p p ,
<br /> The City of Cambridge, along homebuyer gap financing. use development planning home
<br /> with its development team, is City leaders participated in design and partnerships among many
<br /> developing a 292 unit mixed Minnesota Initiative Foundation's philanthropicfunderstohelpachieve
<br /> income, mixed-use development on Healthy Communities program, and a community vision for growth.
<br /> 86 acres in the central city. ultimately received funding from
<br /> Located on the old state mental Blandin Foundation for further [Development Team: City of Cambridge,
<br /> health facility site, the highlights of leadership development training and R-1etroPlains Development, Central
<br /> this model project include: grants funds to purchase the site. Minnesota Housing Partnership, Lumber
<br /> One, Bright Keys Development, and
<br /> • Combination of single-family Combining with GMHF's Technical
<br /> Hoisington Koegler Group.]
<br /> homes, for-sale and rental Assistance and project financing, this
<br /> townhomes for families and seniors.
<br /> • High-quality home designs on
<br /> compact lots with alleys. - _` .-_,
<br /> • Pedestrian-friendly streetscape _.
<br /> with street trees, sidewalks and
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<br /> linkages to surrounding neigh-
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<br /> • Preservation of open space and a
<br /> central park;community center and �' ` ��
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<br /> • Connections to the central city and . ..�--. .tS c
<br /> existing infrastructure. C,., t !'L4`,v,� r'. J ; c_
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<br /> The community, Cambridge city I '" '~ ti
<br /> officials and the development are ' ° ii " • :rr` '�'� I W, r w „
<br /> committed to features of Traditional - "°• if; r—r rtt�`,_.<--''-'' `�" " t ,.....""`
<br /> Neighborhood Design, including the _ r r i.7...5` ? 7 7
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<br /> Better Neighborhoods program. �, � ��-, � r ,'-;:�- �f<� � ..,�
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<br /> With a commitment to making a b ;- ,' . `-4re--' „ �' „ I.,
<br /> substantial number of units 00,e,',.- " " " " j "
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<br /> affordable, the City is exploring how Y ' c "a ° .: rr r r-` ` 0t
<br /> to incorporate a Community Land err -, �A- -
<br /> Trust to keep a percentage of the i r , ' r.. -_S ;" �.-- - - t
<br /> owner occupied units permanently .4 ,,,-h �`r `�. i _
<br /> affordable. • 1 • "` `" "' r
<br /> More than 150 community �� ,1 ,- %; VI ' .,
<br /> members have participated in a � `.� "-',7. :' `r . .. ' - • :
<br /> community-planning process that '; - ""`•"'" - =r'rr: II .. II y A _
<br /> began in April 2001 . GMHF is `, "-i r. , rt'e« __.-x, -.4. f� ,�. ,j;�_<t! t
<br /> assisting this development with BBN .� ' "`' `~ ' �� o �` -
<br /> Technical Assistance, funding for er''•_:E �..,.• , fr ,r .
<br /> planning in the spirit of the Growth +'%' - 1 ._.__.- -° f: ti E *'� .--
<br /> Corridor Initiative Initiative, and a v '`-::: - "7-—; r r '" �,` t 5
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<br /> $1 million loan of McKnight � ..,.
<br /> State Hospital Redevelopment Sae:Revised Concept Plan
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