Job opening: Coalition Organizer/Researcher - 7/2/2008
The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability seeks a coalition organizer/researcher to provide research and organizing assistance that increases the capacity and grassroots power within and across organizations and communities working for more equitable and sustainable development patterns.

Council OKs road plan, but area residents say they'll still fight for those being displaced - 7/2/2008
The Arden Hills City Council's vote Monday to approve a design concept for a road project on the stretch of Hwy. 10 between Interstate 35W and Hwy. 96 was met with disappointment by residents of a manufactured home development sandwiched between the three highways.

Metro Organizer - 7/1/2008
Help us improve the Metro Organizer with a quick survey. Also: Community Training and Forum on Climate Justice, Federal Disinvestment in Opportunities for Marginalized Communities, Racial and Economic Justice Roundtable Resources and much much more!

Racial and Environmental Justice Roundtable Resources - 6/27/2008
The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability held a Racial and Environmental Justice Roundtable Organizer Roundtable on June 11, 2008, to bring grassroots organizers from the racial justice and environmental movements together to discuss how they could work together more effectively.

St. Paul Ford Plant May Get Reprieve - 6/26/2008
Ford Motor Co. officials are reportedly studying plans to keep the Ford Ranger plant in St. Paul open longer than its scheduled fall 2009 closing date.

Green Affordable Housing Organizer Roundtable Resources - 6/13/2008
The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability held a Green Affordable Housing Organizer Roundtable on May 28 featuring nonprofit affordable housing developers, funders and architects who spoke about the challenges and opportunities in developing housing that is affordable to working families, yet demonstrate principles of green design and reduces our impact on climate change.

Blue Green Jobs Roundtable Resources - 6/2/2008
On May 14, the Alliance held an Organizer Roundtable featuring local experts who spoke about connecting new green jobs to the need to create new job opportunities for low-income people and people of color.

Spring 2008 Common Ground - 5/21/2008
The latest issue of the Common Ground newsletter focuses on recent victories for the Alliance and our partner organizations, including the recent passage of the transportation bill over the governor's veto and the Twin Cities' first community-based CBA.

Community Benefits Agreements: Growing a Movement in Minnesota - 1/28/2008
The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability recently released this report on community benefits agreements to further develop local understanding of the CBA's potential to yield significant, community-desired results from large-scale redevelopments and other projects. More and more organizations and coalitions are turning to the CBA model to produce meaningful — and, perhaps more importantly, enforceable — outcomes for low-income people and communities of color.