Implement workplace multi-modal transportation best management practices - including telework/flexwork - in city government, businesses or at a local health care provider.
Incorporate form-based zoning approaches into the zoning code, in those areas where a diverse mix of uses is desired.
Protect working landscapes - agriculture and forestry - by adopting an ordinance or incentivizing one or more of the following:
Create/modify a green residential remodeling assistance/financing program to assist homeowners in adding space or features such as EV charging, renewables to their existing homes.
Implement the Minnesota Main Street model for commercial revitalization.
Require energy efficient, Dark-Sky compliant new or replacement outdoor lighting fixtures on city-owned/private buildings and facilities.
Create incentives for vertical mixed-use development in appropriate locations (downtown, commercial districts near colleges or universities, historic commercial districts, commercial districts with minority-owned businesses).
Participate in regional economic development planning with representatives from surrounding townships, cities, the county and business interests to:
For cities with regular transit service, require or provide incentives for the siting of higher density housing at transit/density nodes.
For cities with regular transit service, require or provide incentives for the siting of retail services at transit/density nodes.
