Projects are competitively evaluated for increased transit ridership, pedestrian-friendly design that encourages active living, economic development impact, job creation and retention, and the ability to leverage other public and private resources.

Examples of projects that received past awards include:

• $405,000 was granted to the city of Bloomington to upgrade a sanitary sewer to support a major expansion to an existing manufacturer that will retain and create jobs. Grant funding also provided for pedestrian enhancements to improve the connection between area businesses and the Hiawatha Light Rail Transit station.
• $300,000 was loaned to Beacon Interfaith to redevelop a site and add pedestrian connections at a site on 66th Street West in Edina.
• $750,000 was granted to the city of St. Louis Park for site acquisition and area infrastructure improvements for redevelopment of a site near the planned Wooddale LRT station on the Green Line Extension.

Hennepin County has released a request for proposals (RFP) for the transit oriented development program. Up to $2.2 million will be available this round, with applications due February 7, 2019.

There is a new application process and RFP respondents will be asked to complete applications using the Hennepin County Supplier Portal.

• Statutory or home-rule-charter cities or towns and development authorities (e.g., housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority or port authority)
• Private entities, including nonprofit and for-profit developers
• Hennepin County and the Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority