Saint Paul Seeks Resident Input For Multi-Million Dollar HUD-Funded Urban Development Plan

Saint Paul Seeks Resident Input For Multi-Million Dollar HUD-Funded Urban Development Plan

The City of Saint Paul is actively seeking feedback from residents for shaping its 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, a strategy underpinned by around $8 million in annual federal funding aimed at developing housing, economic growth, and public services, earmarked from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); residents can now voice their opinions via an online survey.

Understanding the confluence of housing necessities, economic undercurrents and the requisite public infrastructure is vital for the city’s policy makers, and the Consolidated Plan acts as a lever for these urban planners to make informed, region-specific investments based what they hear from the community however the survey available in multiple languages, is just one aspect of a comprehensive community engagement strategy designed to capture a diverse range of voices and perspectives spanning the various enclaves of Saint Paul.

Interested individuals are encouraged to take the survey and impact future investment decisions in Saint Paul's communities by visiting engagestpaul.org/conplan the survey will remain open until Tuesday, December 31, and to ensure inclusive participation, the survey is accessible in English, Hmong, Karen, Spanish, and Somali, addressing Saint Paul's multilingual populace.

For those who wish to delve deeper or pose direct inquiries, the city has provided an email, hudconplan@stpaul.gov, assuring that every resident of Saint Paul has the opportunity to shape the policies that will guide near a decade of urban development and investment, and it is this dialogue between the community and the policymakers that anchors the city's commitment to an inclusive, data-informed approach to urban planning, where the chorus of diverse voices is not just heard, but listened to and acted upon.

SOURCE: hoodline