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Eligible Communities <br /> the use of GMHF technical assistance and funding <br /> Ilkal city and county government agencies in to achieve the following community planning <br /> Chisago, Isanti, Sherburne and Wright principles: <br /> Counties are eligible to apply for GMHF Growth a. Development Patterns: Promotion of compact <br /> Corridor Initiative funding in the pilot year 2005- development patterns,including the provision of <br /> 2006. Special consideration will be given to cities a diverse housing stock and well-planned <br /> that plan collaboratively with surrounding transportation options. <br /> townships and neighboring communities. b. Public Infrastructure as Community Facilities: <br /> Efficient and cost-effective provision of public <br /> Communities who can positively answer the infrastructure and community facilities, <br /> following questions will be most competitive for including the consideration of environmental and <br /> funding: social costs. <br /> c. Economic Development: Advancement and <br /> ®Growth: Is your community experiencing rapid retention of sustainable economic development <br /> growth and projected to continue to develop strategies, including the development of local <br /> rapidly? resources. <br /> ®Community Process: Is the community willing d. Natural Resources: Conservation and <br /> to conduct an integrated master planning process enhancement of natural resource systems, <br /> with broad-based community participation,timely including agricultural land, forests, water <br /> and meaningful involvement of stakeholders, and resources, open spaces, recreational areas, and <br /> sustained communication with all the scenic resources. <br /> participants? 4. Site Control: Does your community have, or <br /> ®Planning Principles: Is the community willing can it obtain, site control for a large-scale <br /> ivonsider the benefits that are available through residential or mixed-use development? <br /> TRENDS <br /> h Strong <br /> Job Growt <br /> l rye <br /> ti <br /> i <br /> Along Transportation <br /> Corridors , r <br /> a <br /> w <br /> Facts v v:. 7,t `C r ':." i' :,.1.,''r'x p` c,. :3 '+k,y,� .,,�c�, _� _ <br /> Gir®_ • c ®or coffin es ark e e <br /> t significantly higher job growth than th a.l , IL <br /> ,E''Minnesota county i,,,..,--4,,,,,,...4.„0.--$4,%,/,,--` ; <br /> ' `:• The highest owth rates in co ride y� . Y> ,�, <br /> > adjacent to the seven-county metro area® * ' �� <br /> Chisago and Wright Counties <br /> ._. g�i*:.4;-''' <br /> ;-'' 44-s t z t". � ;°c 74--fgz i [ <br /> 7 <br /> Implications: <br /> • • As the price of land skyrockets in rapidly '� ��� <br /> Source: 1990 and 2000 Census Data <br /> developing communities, it is increasingly Interstate Highways <br /> difficult to match a growing workforce with an Percent Change in Labor Force(1990-2000) <br /> adequate supply of affordable housing. -10.18-0% <br /> E j0.01 -10% <br /> mg 10.1 -35% <br /> 1 35.1-62.77% <br />