Regional and State Grants

Overview

The City of Saint Paul strongly supports efforts to reinvest and strengthen neighborhoods and commercial areas by bringing needed regional and state funding resources to real estate development projects.

The following identifies funding sources for brownfields investigation and cleanup, transit-oriented development, design and development, and housing, as well as details on how to work with the City to apply for these funds.

Requirements and Process

For most of the programs below, the City of Saint Paul must sponsor the application for the applicant to be eligible to apply. A pre-submittal meeting with your assigned City of Saint Paul project manager (if any) is highly recommended.

After the initial pre-submission meeting, the applicant must provide the following:

• Pre-application form (submitted online or completed Word document emailed to DevelopmentGrants@stpaul.gov)
• A completed Compliance Acknowledgement Letter
• A site plan or location map
• Proposed grant budget (submit the Excel worksheet as an electronic file to DevelopmentGrants@stpaul.gov) (for Livable Communities predevelopment and development grants only)
• The Project Proforma

No fee is required for pre-application consideration.

Upon submission of the pre-application packet, a meeting between the applicant, City staff and the granting agency will be held to discuss the final application. In addition, leadership from the Department of Planning and Economic Development (PED) will review all pre-applications and determine the best project to move forward.

The selected projects must pay a nonrefundable fee upon submission of a final application to the granting agency ($750 for one application, $1,225 for more than one application for the same project).

Programs

Brownfields Grants

There are several grant programs that can assist developers and property owners to assess and/or cleanup properties with suspected or known environmental contamination. Each year the funders hold competitive grant cycles.

* Nonprofit and for-profit organizations may apply for these funds from Ramsey County on their own but must obtain a letter of support from the City. Please contact Ramsey County staff to determine if funding is available.

Design and Development Grants

The following grants provide financial assistance for site design, acquisition, and public infrastructure improvements.

* DEED Redevelopment Grant proposals are typically by invitation with a City project manager assignment and recommendation by the City of Saint Paul grants team with a year or so in approach, vetted concurrent with cleanup grant cycles. Please contact your assigned Project Manager to learn more.

Transit-Oriented Development Grants

Metropolitan Council has developed grant programs to catalyze transit-oriented development within the region's transit corridors.