1994
- Community activists formed the Alliance for
Metropolitan Stability
- Comprehensive Choice Housing Act proposed
1995
- Metro Fair Tax Base Act proposed
- Livable Communities Act passed
1996
- First Tour de Sprawl in conjunction with the Sierra Club,
North Star Chapter
1997
- Brownfields Campaign – helped faith and environmental
communities secure $19.4 million to clean up polluted land
1998
- Helped community coalition & Minneapolis Affordable
Housing Task Force to persuade city of Minneapolis to
pass “voluntary” inclusionary housing policy
1999
- Secured $8 million for statewide Inclusionary Housing
Program
- Sewer Access Charge waiver allowed by Met Council for
mixed income developments
2000
- Alliance Inclusionary Housing Campaign received smart
growth award from the National Neighborhood Coalition as one of fifteen Communities Leading the Way
- Supported Moving Minnesota advocacy effort: multi-modal
transportation spending reform
- Helped secure $4 million for the Hennepin County
Affordable Housing Investment Fund
2001
- Helped secure $10 million commitment from Ramsey
County for the Affordable Housing Endowment Fund
2002
- Hosted 2 Minneapolis Affordable Housing Summits
- Challenged Met Council & City of Eagan over affordable
housing policies under the Land-Use Planning Act (LUPA)
2003
- Smart Growth Organizing Project initiative formed
2004
- Helped community coalition to defeat a Brooklyn Park ballot
initiative that threatened to displace 900 local residents
- Alliance launches community education effort to raise
awareness of Equitable Development strategies, holds
Community Benefit Agreement roundtables
2005
- Community coalition formed around development issues at
Lexington & University Avenues in St. Paul — community
coalitions soon formed around University Avenue corridor
development and around transportation equity issues
- Helped Transit Partners coalition to pass historic
Transportation Choices 2020 bill on both the MN
House & Senate floors – measure is vetoed by Governor
- Digital Access+Equity Campaign launched to improve
Minneapolis WiFi proposal and bridge digital divide
